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Chapter 7

"Good morning." Tim placed a cup of coffee on the table in front of her as she slowly woke up

"Someone making me coffee," she sat up "That's a change."

"Well, I promised you a coffee and here it is." He gestured

"This wasn't the way I pictured it, but thank you."

"Life wasn't exactly what we pictured was it." he sighed

"Not really." she agreed "All I wanted to be was a biologist or doctor."

"Simple dreams, eh." He smiled "I remember when all I wanted to do was inspire people to love history."

"It was a good dream. You pursued it and you succeeded in your dream." she pointed out "Your students adore you."

"I don't know about that." He seemed amused

"They do. Jana is proof of it." she argued "She wanted your help, even though you used her life story for your own profit and she trust you with the secret. They respect you and see you as an equal."

"Well Jana considers me a friend apparently." He looked proud

"See." This enforced her point "You inspired people and made some new friends."

"So did you."

"Yes but my life wasn't exactly planned this way. I never planned to work in a corporation run by shape changing wolves."

"The main reason that would have been, would be because you didn't believe in shape changing wolves." He said finding a floor in her argument

She stared at him for a moment before laughing at his comment.

"That's true." She admitted before turning serious "Nobody would have."

"Then you did start believing though." The look her gave her said it all

"Is this going to come up often in our conversations?" she looked annoyed

"Until you tell me why you didn't come to me for help," He got straight to the point "yes."

"Probably because I thought, I couldn't trust you." she admitted with a sigh "You weren't exactly welcoming after my accusations about Maddy."

"Yes well," he remembered the time he had dragged her from the school grounds "I didn't mean to be so harsh with you."

"It hurt." She said simply "It hurt that, not even the person I had been friends with for years believed me. In fact it hurt when anybody listened to me and thought I was stupid. Thought I was delusional. My own brother, thought I needed psychiatric help. When that's what your family think of you, then how could you trust anybody else?"

"I see your point."

"The worst year of my life, was spent by trying to find someone to believe me and it was made worse by the fact that nobody believed me."

"You know who you remind me of? Shannon. She was obsessed with a 'beast on the moors' and she tried desperately to prove that it existed." He smiled at the memory "She tried so hard, she even accused Maddy of being a werewolf, so you're not that different."

"She never even mentioned that."

"Shannon tried to keep her obsession to herself, but many people found out and teased her about it." he explained "She never said so but I'm sure her parents thought she needed psychiatric help as well."

"At least I'm not totally crazy then."

"Shannon used to say that as well." He pointed out

"At least we both got something out of it. Shannon's made a new life for herself and hopefully she'll end up with her dream of working with Segolia."

"Shannon keeps in touch actually, she's doing well in her 6th form college."

"At least she's happy, and she has potential, to be a great scientist." She finished

"So do you."

"No I don't," she told him "when I tried to become a scientist and do something that could change the world I ended up near causing the extinction of a species."

"That wasn't your fault though."

"I helped Alex though." She stood up and started to pace the room "I helped him to perfect the serum, I'm to blame."

"No you're not." He stood up, and made her focus on what he had to say "You weren't to know what Kincaid was doing and nobody blames you for it. You helped to reverse what Kincaid had done."

"That doesn't change anything, though. I knew what he was doing with some of the serum and I didn't think that it could be used as a weapon." She was annoyed at herself

"Nobody realised it could be used as a weapon."

"I should have realised!" she insisted, tears started to pool in her eyes "I worked with him, I was the person who knew what the serum would do in the wrong hands."

"It wasn't your fault, you can't blame yourself because you couldn't have foreseen it." he sighed, taking her hands in his

There was a moment when she looked like she was going to protest but instead she stayed silent.

"You can't blame yourself for what happened," he seemed to be getting through finally "Kincaid did what he did but you weren't responsible for any of it."

"I suppose." She spoke quietly, she fiddled with the ring on her hand, he recognised it

"You kept it." he said without thought, when she looked confused, he elaborated "The ring."

"Of course I did," she smiled "I made a promise that I would always keep it, so I thought there was no better way than to always wear it."

She remembered when he had given it to her.

It was the last day of University and they were about to go their separate ways. She had managed to get him a signed copy of his favourite book as a goodbye present, hoping he would be reminded of her whenever he read it. He had been grinning like a madman when he presented her with his gift.

"You like it then?" he asked "I know it's simple but I just wanted you to have something nice for yourself, you've been borrowing a lot from your parents so I thought you could do with a present."

"Tim, I love it, thank you so much." She hugged him tightly "It does make my gift look a bit rubbish."

"This is the best gift, I've ever received Becca." He hugged her back "I'll always keep this."

"And I promise, to always keep this ring, because it will always remind me of you."

"I've still got the book you gave me. It sits pride of place on my shelf." He pointed it out to her

"I feel highly honoured."

"I'm serious, that book means a lot to me." He gave her a smile "When you were sticking to your theory about werewolves, I ended up reading the book, many evenings and thinking of you."

"It's nice to know someone was thinking of me in my hour of need." She said "Anyway, I have to go," she glanced at her watch "I have work in an hour."

"Can you please be careful, this time though." He implored as he walked her to the door "I don't want you to end up on my doorstep with a serious injury."

"I promise I'll be careful today." she stood on the doorstep "Thank you for everything, Tim. The tea, the chat, the sofa." They laughed slightly at this "I'll see you later."

"Is that a promise of another meeting?" he asked

"If you like."

"Dinner?" he gave her a cheeky smile

"Call me." She gave him a kiss on the cheek "Thanks for the goodnight kiss, too"

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