Twenty-five

I watched as the moon rose I could feel Freya's irritation, she was more antsy than usual. Her pain was feeling like a dull ache to me but to her it could feel a lot more worse than I feel. I could hear her pacing in the living room, I was currently sat in the kitchen with Derek and Scott. "Should she be alone right now?" Scott asked.

I couldn't help but smile he was such the over protective boyfriend and they wasn't even together properly yet. "Scott, I can literally feel her, she's fine I mean she's a little irritated but she's fine. The only reason why I need you both here is in case something goes horribly wrong, but you need to stay out of Freya's way." I stood up and made my way into the living room and ran upstairs I went into my bedroom and grabbed my sports bra I changed quickly and made my way back down stairs.

"I'm jealous of your body," I heard Freya complain. "I mean why do you get to look good in sports bra?"

"Freya you just have to wear one," I told her with a laugh. I walked over to her and she was staring at the window the moon was almost high. "You don't need to worry."

"It's time," she said her eyes closing. She opened them and they were glowing gold I looked at her claws and they were extended.

"Place your hand on her wound Freya," I heard mom say. I turned to look at mom standing at the door. As soon as she did I couldn't help but flinch it was like an electric shock, "Felicity do what you usually do."

I placed my hand on her spare hands and held it tightly, I closed my eyes and focused on Freya. I opened my eyes and frowned, Freya hadn't shifted, "what?" She asked confused. "How come I didn't shift?"

I pulled the bandage off my side and looked down it had healed, "it worked," mom said in surprised. "Damn I didn't think it would."

Freya and I turned to our mom and shook our head, "why the heck would you suggest it if you didn't think it would work?" I asked.

"Freya go half wolf," mom said. She closed her eyes and began to focus, I watched as her claws began to extend, she opened her eyes and they were golden, "now human."

Freya looked at mom flatly shaking her head, she looked at her hands and they slowly began to retract, "mom I know how to control it, well I did before the whole injection issue. Do you think it's solved I'm back to normal?"

"Only time will tell," mom said softly.

I walked into the kitchen and Derek turned to look at me, "you are healed," he said confused. "How? You was basically just bleeding to death a moment ago!"

I smiled, "Mom had an idea bout Freya and I use our magic to counteract each tore, so where I help her shift she uses my powers to heal me," I said. "It's very complicated and mind boggoling to anyone who isn't a twin. We think we may have solved it for good this time, well we hope we won't know until Freya wants to shift of her own accord."

I grabbed Derek's hand and pulled him out into the garden, I sat on the porch and Derek sat behind me, I moved closer in-between his legs and he held me. "I'm glad that you healed and Freya solved her shifting issue, I can't believe after a year your mom solved it in like a day."

I sighed, "in fairness she had information we didn't, if we knew I had powers or was a witch then we would have figured it out a lot sooner." Derek didn't say anything else about the situation, I just laid in his arms as I looked up at the moon, "do you like the moon?"

"We need it to turn," he replied.

"Yeah but do you like it?" I asked. "I mean not in the sense of turning just as part of our earth and a natural part of our solar system."

"Didn't know you listened in Science," he smirked. I rolled my eyes, "you roll your eyes too much."

"I thought that's why you love me," I chuckled. "I do hate science doesn't mean I don't listen some of the time Derek. You still haven't answered my original question. Do you like the moon?"

"I suppose, it's a part of who I am really," he shrugged. "Find more solace in the moon rather than the sun. What about you Miss Felicity who is trying to create a moment, sun or moon?"

"Moon," I said looking at the sky. "Not to create a moment but it's just to think there is other worlds and our whole galaxy is out there. It's beautiful if you really think about it."

"Since when was you into astrology?" He asked.

"Isn't that just for stars?" I asked confused.

"I don't know," he shrugged. "I didn't take astrology and neither did you good job really you would be very bad at it." I looked at him flatly, "what you would be you can't even deny it."

"Can too," I grumbled. I pouted, I leaned up and kissed him softly, "did I ever tell you how much you mean to me and how thankful I am for everything you have done to help and put up with me, I know I'm not the easiest person to take care of."

He kissed the top of my head, "Felicity we are not having another I love you moment your head is getting too big too many for you." I smiled to myself and shook my head slightly, "what's wrong?"

"What?" I asked confused.

"You realise I watch everything you do and when you are thinking too much in a worry way, you get frowns on you forehead," he said. He stroked my forehead and pressed his lips to my head, "always be beautiful, also you bite your lip."

I let go of my lip and smiled sheepishly, it still shocked me how much he did actually take notice, it made me wonder how many times he had been paying attention to me and I hadn't been paying attention at all. "I just I feel like things have changed since being back here I don't mean with you or us, me I just feel like things are different."

"Good different or bad different?" He asked softly.

"I don't know," I shrugged. "Good I think, I mean we don't have to hide us from my parents, school is back to normal I just it feels to good to be true like everything is being easy."

He played with my hair and kissed my hair, "Felicity," he said softly. He leaned forward and kissed me, he pulled away resting his hand on my stomach. "You are just used to having always something to do for the last year it's been hectic and you haven't really had a chance to sit down and just think. You need to do that now."

I nodded, I let out a breath of air and just laid back in his arms, I closed my eyes and just enjoyed the feel of the wind blowing through the air. "What do you think about Scott and Freya?"

"I don't care," he shrugged. I sighed, "anyone who can put up with Freya is a miracle worker in my book."

I laughed, "Freya isn't that bad, she just gave you a hard time Derek," I said rolling my eyes. "You know dating her big sister an all she wanted to make sure you were treating me right."

"And her conclusion?" He asked.

"You're a dick," I laughed. I shivered, Derek sat me up and I turned to look at him taking his jacket off, he wrapped it around my arms and hugged me tightly, "thanks."

"You don't usually get cold easy," he said. "Let's get you inside." He stood up picking me up at the same time he carried me inside I felt my head hit something. "Oops sorry."

I rubbed my head, "damn Derek," I groaned. "Watch the doors." He rubbed my head and he brought me upstairs and dropped me on the bed. He walked back and shut my door quietly and he climbed onto the bed and hovered above me, I leaned up and kissed him softly. "Good job hitting my head makes no difference to my head."

"I'm not so sure about that," he teased. "I think your head needs checking."

I giggled, "well if we are being mean then all that torture clearly got to your head," I said. He leaned down and placed his lips on mine, I kissed him softly, I felt his hands on my stomach, I ran my hand down his back moving them to the front of his body. I prodded my finger into the stomach, I pulled away from him burst out laughing, I turned on my side. I shook my head, "oh that was too funny."

"Maybe that head does need checking," he said. He moved off me and grabbed my leg as soon as he did I knew what he was going to do. I tried to sit up, he grabbed my feet and began tickling the bottom.

"NO!" I screeched kicking my feet at him, I laughed as he tickled my feet, I tried to twist my foot away from him but he had werewolf strength over me. I kicked my foot up and I had managed to hit him in the face but it made no difference because he wouldn't stop tickling my other foot. "I hate this."

"Are you going to poke me again?" He asked raising an eyebrow.

He had stopped tickling my foot for now, and I looked pursing my lips, I shook my head, "no," I laughed. He went back to tickling my foot again and I screamed. "No, Derek!"

His hands left my foot and moved straight to my side, I groaned I hated being tickled. I laughed and turned around kicking him again, "you are rude."

"No," I sighed. I grabbed onto his hands but it didn't stop him from still tickling me. "Derek I hate it."

"I know," he laughed. I couldn't help but smile, I had missed his laugh it sounded slightly more carefree than usual and I loved it. I reached up and poked him in the stomach, every time he tickled me I would poke him.

"What is all this noise?!" I heard someone ask. I turned to look at my door Freya and my mom were stood there looking at us with a raised eyebrow.

I looked at Derek who still trying to tickle me, "they are having a tickle fight, duh," Freya said with a chuckle.

"Well keep it down I am trying to get some work done," mom said.

"Sorry, werewolf hearing," I said flatly.

Mom smiled and walked downstairs Freya looked at me, "you are lucky I heard mom coming and opened your door Felicity," mom said.

"Thanks, I'll pay you back when you have Scott over," I laughed.

"For real though keep it down nobody needs to hear you two flirting it's weird," she said. She shut the door quietly and I heard her going into hers.

"I hate your sister," Derek grumbled.

I poked him again, "stop picking on my sister," I told him slightly amused. I wrapped my legs around his waist and he looked at me, "what you can't tickle my feet if they are wrapped around your waist." I could feel how hard he was getting and I couldn't help but smile. I bit my lip as I looked up at him, he reached his hands back and I felt them land on my feet. I squeezed my feet together and reached up and grabbed his hands, "why aren't you ticklish?"

"Because I'm awesome," he scoffed. I laughed, he leaned down and blowed in my face, I looked at him flatly "I always wondered how you would react to that."

I flicked his nose and he looked at me quite shocked, I laughed I turned on my side I felt his hand move and I went tumbling off my bed, I landed on the floor with a thump and still couldn't stop laughing. "Yeah that was funny." I reached up and tried to pull him off my bed, "if I was a werewolf would I be able to pull you off my bed?"

"Haven't you wanted me on your bed for the past dew days?" He asked pointedly.

I laughed, "I could do the floor, well we could do the floor." He looked at me shocked and I laughed, "you. Wow. Felicity. I'm struggling for words."

"Yeah I can tell," I laughed.