Sure, Sure this chapter is very short indeed but i haven't updated forever and i thought that 800 words or so if better than none so here you go

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I trudge over to the council building and the door beneath my grasp suddenly feels heavier than usual. It is still hard to grasp that it is Monday…Monday where in hell did Sunday go. Shit, I mutter under my breath as I walk towards Clearwater who is looking at me like I lost my mind. I didn't say a word to my mother when I left, her voice ringing in my ears as I ran away from her worried form in the kitchen. I saw several people I knew on my way over though I didn't bother to talk. I knew instinctively that if I wanted an update on Brey I should start here rather than the clinic, for I would undoubtedly have to face either Karen or Sadie there probably both.

"Brey, you shouldn't be out of bed, you are in no condition to see up, you…"

I interrupt, "Can it, how is he?"

"Still not responsive." He says clearly trying hard not to show emotion.

"And Drake?" I glance towards the door where he was last I saw of him.

"Still having trouble…managed to change back but needless to say he is going to have an awful time controlling himself, he can't manage to change back quickly and he only managed to stay human for a few moments yesterday."

"I'll go talk to him." I mumble wishing that my time for an exciting life didn't come with quite so many responsibilities.

I grumble silently over to the door and step inside. Drake's wolf raises his head at my appearance, I try and smile though I am sure I have looked far better than I feel and look now. I pop up onto the table settling in not quite sure what Drake needs to hear.

"How's it going Drake? Yeah, I heard temper temper, not quite a good thing huh." I pause listening to the low growl in his throat, which I ignore, "Yeah, don't know if you heard but Brey is in the clinic…sucks for me huh. Doubt you care much seeing as you can't even stand on your own two feet these days."

Drake stands and stretches and I wonder what it is like to spend so much time as a wolf. I mean it was hard for me to control my changes but I never had to eat a meal or use the restroom as a large lumbering animal. Drake has been more wolf than human since Friday night, I can only imagine, wonder if Clearwater walks him or if he uses the restroom. The thought almost brings a smile to my face but how can I smile at a time like this.

I chat with the silent wolf for about 20 minutes and then I feel like I must leave, gosh one-sided conversations are hard to keep up. I tell Drake that I hope he can control his changes soon, seeing as how we sorta need his help and I head out the door.

Clearwater doesn't try and stop me or talk to me as I head back out of the council building and I am thankful for that. My feet have a mind of their own these days seeing as my brain is full of everything and anything that is going on. I find myself on the shore, the waves crashing against the rocks just as the thoughts in my head are crashing into each other. In my head they are bumbling around fighting for the rank of most important, I need to deal with them all in some order more or less.

A hand on my shoulder alerts me to someone's presence, damn I should have heard them, smelled them or something right. I turn swiftly and am confronted with Lil, "Shit." I mutter not quite knowing what to say to her. She doesn't know the half of it.

"Hey, Tal…you weren't at school today." She says smiling and planting herself beside me.

"It's that late already?" I ask a little amused that the day is all but gone.

"Yeah, I heard about Brey...have you been up to see him?"

"Uh, not since it happened…" I mumble suddenly feeling guilty for not going.

"Sadie looked awful this morning when she arrived to pick up her homework."

"She was there today." It isn't a question more of a verbal acknowledgement.

"You know Talin, everything is liable to turn out alright, you know that don't you, think positive…you have been nothing but sulky for weeks." She squeezes my shoulder gently before getting up and walking down the shoreline.

A few more moments of self-pity and I haul my ass up and start towards the clinic where I know I will find a few of the most important people in my life right now.