A/N: Okay, I'll try to keep this short. Thanks for the lovely (I can't believe I just typed that word) reviews and your support. I'd almost feel sorry for Andrew…. except I don't like him. Uhm… I think I created a poll on my page to see who you wanted to be EG, so check that out. I've never done anything like this, so I don't know how it works. Enjoy the new chapter.

Chapter Fourteen

I opened my eyes, and then wished I had kept them shut. My leg hurt and itched like crazy and I had a huge headache. The last thing I remember… the wolf! There was a wolf and it attacked us! Was everyone safe? What happened?

"Is she awake?" I heard a familiar voice ask from just outside the door.

"I think her breathing changed, so maybe," another voice answered. It took me a second, but then I recognized the first speaker as Simon and the second as Derek. What were they doing?

"Do you think Tori distracted Andrew?" Simon asked. I wanted to know what was going on. Why didn't they come in?

"Derek?" I whispered and movement outside the door stopped

"She's awake, I think," Derek told Simon.

"Of course, I'm awake," I snapped, louder this time so Simon could hear me too. Immediately, the door opened and they came in.

"How are you? How's your leg? Are you okay? Does anything hurt?" Simon's questions made my head spin. I've never heard him this way.

"Are you okay?" I asked him. Simon frowned and before he could answer my question, I answered his, "I'm itchy, it itches, I'm fine, my head." Derek was looking at me hard, trying to discern if I was lying and I met his gaze squarely. Finally, Derek nodded in acceptance of my answers and inquired,

"Can you walk?" He reached out his hand and gratefully, I took it as he helped me up. Simon seemed relieved that I was okay, but I didn't know why. When I asked why, Simon and Derek exchanged a solemn glance.

"What?" I demanded, hating that I was out of the loop.

"Chloe… you've been out for a week," Derek reluctantly muttered. I gasped and would have fallen if Derek and Simon hadn't grabbed my arms to steady me, helping me sit down.

"Are you serious?" I asked incredulously. Simon nodded and I gently extracted my arms from their grips. "Explain what happened."

Slowly, they started to tell me what had happened. Me fainting, taking me home, Andrew and Eva caring for me, and then waiting for me to wake up. The door suddenly opened and Andrew came bursting in.

"What are you doing here?" Andrew exclaimed to Derek and Simon, ignoring me.

"Checking on Chloe," Derek replied, his voice taking on a dangerous edge. Something entered Andrew's eyes that made me wonder what happened between them. Finally, Andrew choose the course of ignoring them and came over to me, assessing how I looked.

"Are you okay?" His tone was a little less hostile and more friendly. Confused, I looked at Derek, but he only shook his head.

"I'm f-fine. Just a little headache but I want to go walk around, so Simon and Derek can fill me in on what happened." The lie, that came so easily to my lips, made me want to duck my head in shame, but something was going on with Derek, Simon, and Andrew and I wanted to find out.

"Oh, thank God you're awake!" Tori exclaim. "It would have been so horrible if you had left me alone with them." I shook my head at what she said, but allowed Derek and Simon to help me out.

"Derek?" Andrew called. Derek ignored him and kept walking. Curiosity burned and made me want to ask what that had all been about, but Derek would not open up in front of Simon and Tori. I'd have to catch him alone.

"I put the stuff I bought for you on your bed, so it's probably collected a lot of dust," Tori complained. Simon rolled his eyes and I looked between him and Tori. Something tugged at the back of my mind, but I decided to ignore it.

"Be careful," Andrew yelled, as we headed outside. I guess he was giving up on whatever the Derek thing was.

"Whatever," Simon and Tori yelled back at the same time. Tori looked at Simon in horror and ran off screaming,

"Oh my god, I'm cutting off my tongue!" Derek, Simon and I watching in confusion as she raced back towards the house. Simon sighed and groaned,

"I'd better go make sure she doesn't do that." Simon left and I turned slowly to face Derek. He knew what was coming and he wasn't disappointed as I started to ask,

"What's going on with you and-" I cut myself off as a kid I had never seen before walked outside.

"Who are you?" Derek demanded, shooting to his feet. The kid answered steadily, looking Derek in the eye,

"I'm Damon, Tobias's son."

A/N: Hi, me again. The person in bold letters. I almost thought about doing this in all uppercase, but decided against it. I had sugar. Anyways, I felt I needed something else, so I added Damon. I wish I could tell you what's going to happen and its bugging me that I can't. AGH! Frustration! Oh, well. You'll find out soon enough.