AN: So at the request of Annabelle, this chapter will be full of magic. Also thank you for the reviews: Brooke, x Jen bbe x, I love lady a, and whoever else I haven't mentioned. It gets confusing after a while about who I've thanked and who I haven't.

DPOV

Chloe sat shivering in my jacket. I tried to suppress my own shivers. I didn't want her to see I was cold. Chloe noticed any way.

"Are you cold?" She asked.

I shook my head. "I'm fine."

"Liar," she said with a light smile on her lips. "We can start a fire."

I shook my head again. "No, we don't know what's in these woods. We could be drawing unwanted attention to ourselves."

She held out my jacket to me. "Here."

I shook my head. I could tell the wind was having an effect on her. Even though my jacket didn't completely protect her from the wind, it did provide some.

"Well, I'm not going to use it." She said determined to get me to wear it. "Besides, it's yours anyway."

"So." I really didn't want to play this game with her. I was about to tell her to sit down put the jacket on and be quiet but she spoke again.

"So, if I die of hypothermia or something it wouldn't matter because I'm going to die eventually. And I'd rather it not be publicly. "She swallowed. "Besides, if you freeze to death I could just escape and then there would be one more person out there with magic."

I glared at her. Why did Chloe have to bring that up? I had been doing a good job of trying to rid myself of those unwanted thoughts but she brought them back unbidden. I sighed, aggravated and jerked the jacket out of her hands and put it on. Then I grabbed her and pulled her inside the jacket with me. Sharing body heat would keep us both warm and alive. "Go to sleep. We have a lot of walking to do tomorrow." She nodded her head against my chest and snuggled deeper into my arms. It didn't take her long to fall asleep. I stared off into the forest for a while. What was Chloe doing to me? She made me want to forget all my training and all my beliefs and turn around and take her back. Save her. I sighed wearily this time and leaned my head back against the tree and went to sleep.

A DAY OR SO LATER

CPOV

We finally found our way to the gas station. By then, we were both starving and thirsty. We stumbled out of the woods and on to the paved road. Across the street we could see the gas station. Like a mirage in a desert. We ran to it, finally glad to be rid of trees and bushes. We slowed down as we approached it. There were only two people there. A scraggly guy pumping gas into his beat up truck. He looked like a biker dude. Leather jacket and vest. Tattoos, etc. There was another guy behind the counter reading the newspaper who didn't even look up when we entered. Derek and I scoured the little store and eventually found enough food to last a while, or at least til we got back to the car. He grabbed a gas can and placed everything on the counter. The guy glanced up at us and our pile of food on the counter and arched his eye brows.

"Is this gonna be it for y'all?" He asked in a thick southern accent.

"Um, we need $15 in gas." Derek told him. The guy rang up our things and put them in bags.

"That'll be $32.50."

"Here's twenty-eight," Derek handed it to him and searched his pockets for more. He came up with the change but that was it. I pulled out a five and handed it to the cashier. He looked at us suspiciously. He eyed Derek's uniform and me. Then realization dawned on him. He reached below the counter and pulled out a rifle.

"Ya'll got five seconds to get out of my store before I start shootin'." He had it trained at us.

"Hey," Derek shouted, "I'm a Hunter you can't treat me like that."

"Maybe not you, but I can her." He pointed the rifle towards me. I swallowed hard.

Derek growled. "Leave her alone. She isn't doing anything wrong. "

"I don't care. The little freak has magic and this is my store and I can treat my costumers any way I want."

Like I mentioned before magic is connected with emotions. And right now I was a little scared. None of this had seemed real until now, with the gun trained on me. A breeze started up. Then blew faster about the store. Things shook and toppled over. Derek grabbed me and shouted above the roar of the increasing wind.

"It's alright Chloe, calm down." I tried to get my emotions back under control, but it was hard with a guy threatening to shoot you. "It's going to be alright, Chloe. Everything's going to be fine." I focused on Derek's green eyes and gathered my emotions. "Chloe," Derek said softly, just as the gun fired.

AN: Is that a cliff hanger I see? I think it is. . Sorry I would have made this chapter longer but I wanted to throw in a cliffy to keep you all hooked. I hope that was a sufficient use of magic.