I was curled up in my bed, reading Deathly Hallows when the phone rang. My arm shot out to the end table, grabbing the phone. I'd been waiting for this call.

"Hello?" I asked, making sure.

"Hey, Scout." Collin, just like I thought.

"So, where'd you and Brady run off to earlier?" I asked, cutting to the chase.

"Pack stuff." he answered casually. "No big deal though. It's taken care of now. Sorry about running off."

"It's okay. I understand." I answered. I was just happy that he was fine.

"Anything happen after we left?" Collin asked curiously.

"Nothing really."

"Oh, come on. Something interesting always happens at your house. That's why I like your family so much." He thought we were interesting. Well, that was a new one.

I sighed. "I helped Mal out. Faith just went back to being all weird. The usual."

"Maybe you should just ask Faith what's up with her." Collin suggested. "Maybe she just feels lonely."

Lonely in a house full of kids. Boy did I know how that felt. "Okay, I'll go and talk to her then."

"Good. Let me know how it goes. Bye."

"Bye." I said, hanging up the phone.

I stared up at my ceiling. I must admit that I had no idea what was going to happen when I started my talk with Faith. I had to brace myself.

After about five minutes of steeling myself for that conversation, I forced myself out of bed and out of my room.

I cautiously made my way into Faith and Mal's room. Faith was sitting on her bed, alone, so I assumed Mal was taking a bath or something.

"Hey, Faith?" I asked, walking in and closing the door behind me.

"Hi Scout." Faith said without turning around to look at me. She was just staring out the window into the pitch black night.

"What're you doing?" I asked, walking towards her.

She hesitated a moment. "Waiting for… Collin."

"What?" I asked, totally confused.

"He always comes around this time to see you." she explained.

"And you've seen him?"

"Sort of."

"What do you mean 'sort of', Faith?" All she was managing to do was make me very confused.

Faith let out a sigh. "I only see him out there as a wolf."

Faith knew? "A wolf?" I asked. "Faith, that's absurd."

Faith rolled her eyes at me. "He's a wolf from the legends and you know it, Scout. He protects you."

I sank down next to her. "How do you know all of this?"

"I've seen him change." She turned back towards the window. "It's pretty cool."

I stared at my sister, shocked. "So that's why you've been acting so strangely?"

Faith nodded. "I've just been listening and looking for him. I just… I like having something that no one else has. Something… I don't have to share." She stared at me. "Well, except with you. I don't mind sharing with you."

I smiled. "Well, I don't mind sharing things with you either."

Suddenly, Faith's eyes got really big. "There he is." she said, tugging on my arm. "It's Collin."

I looked out the window and could make out two tiny pinpricks of light in the distance. Collin's eyes. "Come on, Faith." I said, standing up.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"We're going to sneak out your window and go see Collin." I answered, opening her window. "I'll go first. It's a short way down."

"Are you sure?" Faith asked, warily.

"Positive." I answered, shimmying out the window. I dropped to the ground and looked up at Faith. "Coming?"

Faith sighed and climbed out of the window. "Are we going to get in trouble?" she asked once we started walking towards the woods.

"Good Lord I hope not." I answered, taking her hand as a precaution.

We walked along until we reached the edge of the woods. I could see Collin's outline in the dark. He was being perfectly still.

"Collin, it's Scout." I told him. "I figured out why Faith's been acting so weird. She knows."

Collin looked at me for a moment and then slowly walked towards me and Faith.

"Scout?" Faith asked, sounding a bit nervous.

"It's okay." I said, kneeling down in the grass. The ground was freezing cold. I started wishing for an early spring.

Faith knelt down next to me and reached out to touch Collin. When her hand made contact with his head, her face lit up. "Scout, this is so cool."

I gave a little chuckle. "Yeah, I guess."

So, faith and I stayed outside for fifteen minutes before I dragged her back into her room to keep the two of us out of trouble.

"Thanks, Scout." Faith said as I tucked her into bed.

"No problem, kid." I said, crossing to the other side of the room.

"Do you love him?" Faith asked, taking me by surprise.

"Well… I don't know, Faith." I admitted. "I like him a lot though."

"Why don't you know if you love him?"

"I don't know the answer to that either, Faith."

"Well, think about it and get back to me, okay?" she asked.

I was quiet for a moment. "Hey, Faith?" I finally asked. "Would you like to come to Seth Clearwater's birthday party with me?"

"Sure." she answered.

I smiled. "Well, good night then." I said, turning off the light.

"Night, Scout." my weird little sister replied.

Thursday was going to be a very interesting day. Very interesting indeed.