AN: Thank you to everyone who had anything to do with the last chapter I posted. I'm feeling pretty hyper and happy at the moment so I'm trying to write as much as possible, which sounds fantastic, but I've been having some major problems trying to write in the characters from the Pack. So please bear with me as I try to get a handle on the extra characters.

And if anyone wants to know why I'm so happy it's because I received my IGCSE results and I got... so far, an A* in Spanish, and A* in english literature, and A* in history, and A in maths, and A in geography, an A in english language and a B/B in science. And an A in Spanish at AS Level.

Anyway so I hope you all enjoy the chapter and please leave me a review with any thoughts, praise or criticism. As always your welcome to send mail to my e-mail address rockchick134hotmail(dot)com

Disclaimer: The books and its characters are all property of Kelley Armstrong and I mean no harm in using them.

After our hugging (albeit slightly cliché) moment, Derek had awkwardly removed himself from my arms before sending me to bed. I'd complained only to have Derek ignore me. I was getting more worried now, I didn't need Derek falling over from exhaustion. I'm pretty sure that would be more then I could handle, physically and mentally. I tossed and turned in the bed unable to sleep, my previous need to sleep had disappeared the moment Derek had said he wouldn't be sleeping.

I got out of the bed and Derek turned to me and raised an eyebrow in an unspoken question. I walked over to him and sat down next to him on the large armchair he was sitting in. I curled up into his side, instinctively seeking his body warmth in the chilly room. I was no longer afraid to get to close to him, I had always known he wouldn't hurt me, but before he had seemed to shy away from my touch, now it seemed like he was more comfortable with it, or that he would tolerate it. Well, that was what I was hoping...

'Derek?'

'Yeah Chloe?'

'Come to bed, we need to rest, looking out the windows not going to help. We-we're stuck here for the night, so, we should make the best of it. We'll sleep and be rested for whatever we'll have to face tomorrow.'

'I can't sleep, you go to bed. I'll be fine, we'll leave as soon as we can tomorrow and I'll sleep on the bus. Ok?'

'N-n-no. You can still see out the window from the bed and you wake up so easily, you'll hear it before anyone manages to get into the room. So let's just sleep, ok? Because I'm not going to sleep until you are going to.'

Derek stood up before leaning down and helping me to my feet. We walked over to the bed, both stopping awkwardly at the foot. Now this might be a problem. We knew there was only one bed, but I'd never actually considered sleeping next to Derek. Oh god, what happens if I roll over in my sleep and snuggle up to him? That wouldn't be awkward at all the next morning. I might as well just get into the bed, Derek and I could sleep next to each other, I mean that was the only choice, or at least the only choice I would consider.

Derek climbed into bed after me and we lay down in silence. I knew most likely Derek wouldn't fall asleep, but at least he would be able to doze in a comfier place. I was so tired my eyes started fluttering closed and within minutes I was fast asleep.

I had been asleep for only a few hours when the motel room door was opened. I shot up scrambling to wake Derek but found he was already in front of me facing the intruder. It was too dark for me too see more then outlines but the guy standing in the doorway was big. Much bigger then Derek. From Derek's posture I could tell he was a werewolf as well, his back was completely rigid and his lips were curled up and a low growl was being emitted.

Oh God, what should I do? I had to interfere before something bad happened. The Pack couldn't be cruel enough to hurt a teenager, could they?

The man was pushed to the side and the second intruder flicked on the light. I blinked a few times, trying to adjust quickly to the blinding light. I gasped quietly when I saw who stood before us. A couple stood before us, there was nothing obvious about it, but there seemed to be this energy between them, I suppose the matching wedding bands also gave it away. The women walked over, arms raised in the air, stopping a few feet away from the bed. She seemed to pause to think before saying,

'I'm Elena, the man in the doorway is Clayton. We were wondering if it was possible to speak to you?'

The man, who I had secretly dubbed muscleman, snorted loudly from the doorway, I guess he didn't want to only talk to Derek. In a movie he would play the role of enforcer, I could imagine him as a mafia thug...

Derek seemed to be frozen in place, his nose was turned up and he seemed to be continuously sniffing the air... I wondered what was going on... was there something in the air? Before I could contemplate anything for any longer my mouth opened and words shot out before I could even think about what to say.

'No, you can't take h-him, we're not doing anything w-wrong, we were just passing through and got stuck h-here. We'll be leaving in the morning and you can just for-forget us.'

'Sorry darling, that's not how it works.'

Muscleman stepped further into the room, his words were contrite but the tone of his voice was anything but, he seemed almost... bored. I turned to Derek begging him with my eyes to snap out of whatever funk he was in. It seemed to work.

'If I go with you, she walks away,' Derek said, 'Right?'

'No,' I whispered. My mouth dropped open in horror, was he, was he giving himself up for me?

'No, she comes with us, she knows what we are, so she comes.'

'Then I guess we're not coming with you. She's an innocent and only here by accident. It's me you want, not her.' He punctuated his statement with a low growl that sent shivers running down my spine.

'Your right, it is you we want to talk to, but she knows so she has to come too,' Elena stated.

I slipped out of the sheets and stood next to Derek, I figured we might as well go with them, right? I mean we couldn't escape right now, there was one door and right now it was blocked. The window was an option, and Derek would probably make it, but me aswell? I didn't think so, there was no way I'd be able to outrun two werewolves. Maybe, maybe there would be another chance if we went with them...

I turned to Derek and lifted up on to my tiptoes and pressed my lips to his ear. My back was turned to Elena and the muscleman but I knew Derek wouldn't let anything happen to me.

'We should just go with them-'

'No. You're not coming with us. I'm gonna go and you'll go to Andrew's house and meet up with Simon and Tori. Ok? You'll be fine, and that right now is all that matters.'

'Derek, no. I'll go with you ok. Please, please listen to me? Just this once?'

When Derek answered he wasn't looking at me, in fact he wasn't even talking to me,

'We'll come with you, let us just get our stuff together.'

Neither of them replied. I walked towards the bathroom, making sure not to walk anywhere near them. I collected the few things I'd left in the bathroom and walked back out. As I took in the scene before me a strangled scream left my mouth...

AN: I'm sorry that it's so much shorter then usual, but I figured that you'd prefer a short update over no update.

Sorry about how long it's been, but Sixth Form is harder then I thought and with all the extra work I'm doing, I really don't have much free time. Hopefully I'll update the next chapter quickly =)