Author's Note: Well, here you go! The results for the ASAT are in and waiting for you to read (*cough* and review if you wish).

Chapter Fourteen

The six young wolves looked at their results, anxious to see where the next few months of their lives may or may not take them. Half of the wolves present were smiling, while the other half had a confused and somewhat hurt look on their faces.

"Well, it looks like, um, I PASSED!" Kate yelled out.

"Hey, so did I!" Nicki exclaimed.

"Yeah, me too!" Carly shouted. "What up girl?" Carly then gave Nicki a wolf paw bump that was similar to a human's fist bump.

"What did you get, Humphrey?" Kate asked her secret crush.

"Well, Reba and I did NOT pass. Oh well. Guess we'll just be omegas or do something at the next ASAT meet." Janice interrupted Kate's conversation.

Janice and Reba walked away, probably heading back to their dens. Carly and Nicki started to leave, but just before they walked away Carly whispered to Kate, "We'll leave you two 'future alphas' alone," and then she winked at her before leaving the valley.

"Humphrey?" Kate asked. "Is there something wrong?"

"Um, well, it was just a stupid test! Not like it pretty much sets up or tears down my life or anything," Humphrey tried to reason. "Oh wait…"

"So you did not pass or you did? I'm trying to figure out what's going on," Kate said sweetly.

"Well… Can I meet you later tonight?" Humphrey suddenly asked.

"Sure thing, but why?" Kate asked.

"Well, you'll understand then. So yeah, I'll see you later!" Humphrey tried to cheer up about the whole matter and then dashed off towards his den.

"You can always tell me if something is wrong," Kate whispered as she watched the young Humphrey run off taking his bark slate with him. Then Kate picked up her own bark slate and headed back to her own den.

Kate walked into her den and found that Lilly was in their alone, lying on the cold, hard stone and dirt floor of their den, not bothering to get up and lie on her bed. Setting her bark slate with the results that would change her life aside, Kate approached her younger sister and sat in front of her. "Hey Lills," she said. "Where's Mom and Dad?"

A small sob escaped from Lilly. "Hmm?" she asked, tuning into conversation with Kate as she lifted her head off of the ground. "Oh! They're still down at the ASAT thing." Under her breath so that Kate could barely hear it, Lilly whispered, "The STUPID ASAT thing!"

"Oh, okay," Kate concluded. Then she noticed that Lilly was not too happy. She started her interrogation slowly. "So, did you take the test? I didn't see you down there."

"Yeah… I took it. Yep!" Lilly responded with disdain.

"Is something wrong, Lilly?" Kate said, using the same question that she had used for Humphrey earlier.

"Well, if you want me to, I'll tell you." Lilly began.

"I want you to, Lills! You're my sister!" Kate said.

"'Lills?'" Lilly asked.

"Yeah, it's your new nickname! Do you like it? I thought of it a few days ago." Kate explained.

Lilly smiled at her sister's thoughtfulness. "It's kind of cute," she said. And then, with a bit of a sigh, Lilly started to tell Kate what was wrong.

"Kate, there's just so much wrong with me! I failed miserably at that stupid physical part of the test!"

"What did you score?" Kate interrupted.

"A sixty-five," Lilly said sadly.

"But Lilly, there's always next time!" Kate encouraged.

"No, Kate. I looked like such a clueless loser out there that I don't think I can ever have anything to do with that test ever again! It was bad! VERY BAD! So, I'm done with trying to be an alpha. I'll be just fine as little Omega Lilly."

"Well, I really don't want to push you into anything, but there are three chances at the test for a reason. Don't you think you could try again? Maybe at least once?"

"Kate, you did not see me. This was the most humiliating thing that has ever happened to me! It was BAAAADDD!" Lilly repeated.

"Well if you would rather be an omega, then I guess…" Kate was interrupted by Lilly.

"No, I just don't think I'm cut out for being an alpha. I think I'd rather be an omega anyway."

"Okay. But is there anything else that's bothering you?"

Lilly stared at Kate for a few seconds in silence. Then, she slowly nodded her head and said, "Yes, there is definitely something else. I really wish I was more like you!"

"Oh, but Lilly, it's really…" Kate was yet again cutoff by Lilly.

"No, just let me explain. I don't have but hardly any friends! I'm just so shy! I mean, I love to meet new people, but I never know what to say. But you have a whole bunch of friends! You always know what to say and you are definitely not shy! You've even got your own crush!"

Kate smiled when Lilly mentioned Humphrey, her crush. "Lilly, I have these things because…"

"Because Mom LETS you outside of her sight! Kate, whenever I want to go do something, she does not let me. She'll say it's too dangerous or I can go if I get a friend to go with me. And we both know where that puts me, since I HAVE no friends."

"Lilly, I could introduce you to some of my friends. Maybe they'll know someone that would be a really good friend to you!"

"It's a nice offer, but I don't think it would work."

"Why not?"

"I'm just not good with any wolves! That's all. I don't even have a guy that likes me. Mom probably told you this, but I tried to hang out with Humphrey's friends the other day and ended up running away because I was just so scared to be around them."

Kate's eyes widened when Lilly mentioned this. She was already being taken by surprise that all of these things bothered Lilly, but when she found out that she had tried to hang around HUMPHREY'S FRIENDS in order to improve her social skills, she really got worried! "You tried hanging around those guys? No wonder you were so scared! Lilly, Humphrey's friends are just… Well… they're just goofy. They think everything is funny or a game and they really don't know how to behave around girls yet. But Humphrey is different! And that's what I like about him."

Kate did not know it, but she had just opened up something else for Lilly to be unhappy about. "Face it, Kate, I won't ever get someone to love me. Never! I'm too shy." Lilly said laying her head on the ground.

"You know what, Lills? One day, the right guy is actually going to walk up to you! Whether you recognize it or not is entirely up to you and you alone! Trust me, Lills, you will find the right guy sooner or later, and I have a feeling that it won't be in a way you would normally expect."

As she tried to imagine her dream guy, Lilly smiled a smile that had both pain and a trickle of happiness contained in it. "I really hope you're right," she said.

"I love you, Lilly. It may not always seem that way, but I really do!" Kate confessed.

Lilly smiled, tears just now starting to come from her eyes. "You're the best sister ever Kate! You really are! I love you too!" Lilly sat up and hugged Kate, with some of her tears falling onto her sister's neck. "I love you too," Lilly repeated in a slower whisper.

Author's Note: Kind of a sweet chapter between Lilly and Kate, right? Just a bit? Let me know in a review!

Next chapter (which I hope will be typed tonight and finalized so that it can be out in a day or two): Humphrey and Kate have to make a few life changing decisions. And they're gonna talk about… Okay, I know I'm not giving away anymore! You'll see VERY SOON!

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