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Dpov

Steph can back with a backpack, dressed in a pair of loose fitting jeans, and a sweater.

"Looks like someone didn't get enough sleep," she commented, gesturing to Chloe.

"She was worried about you, and didn't sleep well last night." I replied.

"Poor kid." Steph ruffled Chloe's hair lightly enough to keep Chloe from waking up. "She always did care too much for people…worrying about them to the point of her own ill being." Steph took the seat on the other side of the table.

"You know her well, don't you?"

"I used to babysit for her…and I was kinda like a big sister. I will warn you though," She said with a glare "if you do anything to hurt her, you'd better watch your back. She has more people who care about her than you could ever know…and werewolf or not, you wouldn't survive us."

"I would never hurt her." I growled. "I love her."

"Good, than you have nothing to worry about." She said, smiling brightly. We sat in silence for a few minutes, then Chloe's cell phone started ringing loudly. The noise startled her awake, and she jumped, nearly falling out of the booth, but I caught her easily.

"Thanks." She said to me. "They're waiting outside for us." We walked in silence out to the car.

"Well, that didn't take long," Chloe's Aunt commented.

"They know me pretty well…when I tell them it's time to go home, they have two options. They can send me home, or just stick me outside and leave me there. I'm not much of one for sitting still and being quiet."

"Well, I'm just glad everything turned out alright." Dad said form the driver's seat, taking a quick look back at us from the rear-view mirror.

"So am I," Chloe murmured. She was sitting in the middle, between her friend and me. She seemed happy, and I was glad. "Are you alright?" Chloe asked in a quiet whisper.

"I'm fine, why?"

"You just seemed a bit…out of it." She replied, tilting her head in a cute way.

"No, nothing's wrong. I'm just tired…I guess I didn't sleep very well either." I answered.

"Oh." Was all she had to say.

Copv

I knew something was up with Derek, and it hurt that he wouldn't admit it, even to me, although he might if I cornered him alone later today. He could be just tired, but I had a feeling that there was something more he wasn't telling me. Steph was asleep within minutes, car rides sometimes had that effect on people, and she had just gotten out of the hospital. Her head was resting on my side, and I was resting on Derek. I yawned again, and couldn't help it, I'd slept so poorly last night it was a wonder I'd been able to function for the short period of time I'd needed to.

"Do you guys want anything to eat?" Mr. Bae asked from the front seat.

"Steph." I elbowed her in the head. "Wake up."

"I don't have a steak." She replied.

"Wake, like stop sleeping." I rolled my eyes. Steph misheard things more often than a hearing challenged person sometimes.

"Why? Sleep is soooooooo good."

"Food is better." I told her.

"…yeah, you're right."

"What do you want?" I asked Derek, who gave me this look like 'did you really just ask that?' and raised one eyebrow.

"How about...um…tacos?" Steph suggested. "I can make them when we get home, we always have everything we need."

"I think someone else should cook," I said.

"Why?"

"How about because you just came out of a coma today, and entrusting you with something I'm going to ingest. I'd like to live."

"Mean." Steph muttered, crossing her arms. "So mean." I Sighed. What were we going to do with her?

And now, the moment you've all been waiting for…

Fpov

I shook my head again, trying to clear it of thoughts of that girl. Two days and I still couldn't get her out of my head. Her or her scent. I'd begun to follow a sort of instinct. It was telling me that the girl wasn't so far off that it would be hopeless to go to her, in fact, I could probably reach the general area by tonight if I hurried. I'd been running as a wolf for the past two days, and it was almost like the more time I spent as the wolf, the more I became the wolf, the more my human half faded into the background. I didn't want to follow the instinct I had, but it seemed like I had no choice. Every time I tried to run away, the wolf would take control and start me running in the right direction, like the girl from my dreams was actually real, like I could see my dead brother again. That was one of the things that hurt, was thinking I might get to see one of my brothers. I hadn't seen any of them since that day, so long ago…

We had done wrong, I realized that almost as soon as I tasted the blood in my mouth. That nurse hadn't deserved to die. She was young, she'd had her whole life ahead of her until I took it. Derek was making noise, and the others were ignoring him. We could deal with him soon enough…but I wanted him to make noise, wanted us discovered. We needed to pay for our actions.

They came then, the scientists. They used sharp things and stinging things to coax us from the room, and then led us down a hallway, and out of the two doors at the end. This was the farthest I'd ever been in this place, and my wolf didn't like it. They took us to a big room, with two chairs. They didn't look comfortable, they had straps and wires all over them. They took the other two first. They cried, and fought, scratching. Then, somebody threw a switch, and they screamed and cried, twisting and squirming. Then they went still, but I was not afraid. I knew they were dead, I couldn't hear their hearts beating anymore. I knew they were going to do this to me as well, but I couldn't be angry. We had deserved as much. They thought we were monsters, and we had just proved them right. I didn't cry as they pulled me forward, and they noticed.

"Why don't you cry? Surely you know what awaits you?" they asked me.

"I deserve this." Was all I had to say. They did not kill me that day, or the next. After a week, I began to wonder about my last remaining brother. Suddenly, there were alarms going off, so loud they hurt my head, and I wanted them to stop. After that, everything got fuzzy. A girl came in, she seemed to be looking for something. She spotted me hiding under a table, and grabbed my arm.

"C'omon, we're getting out of here!" She exclaimed.

After that, after the first car ride, and all the new sights…I'd growled at each one, preparing to be attacked at any moment. I'd ended up in a supernatural's orphanage, I'd been adopted by a nice couple from the large pack in New York. They wanted another child, but the woman was human, having another litter would have killed her. So they adopted me, took me in, and loved me.

I shook my head again, trying to clear it of all the nonsense. Then I took a deep breath of the dewy morning air and began to run.

Once again, thank you all for reading, and please review. I 3 knowing what you all think of the story. I know there was quite a plot twist in this chapter (be honest, you saw it coming though ) . Next chapter should be coming out soon, but no promises…also, if you find numerous spelling mistakes and whatnot…please let them slide for this chapter…it's 3am where I am….and I am now off to bed…that is all for tonight