After a moment I sighed, looking up at him. I swallowed the lump that had formed in my throat and watched as his eyes softened. There he went, opening up to me in ways that had seemed impossible the first time I'd met him. He'd been cold and calculating in an irritatingly sexual way. But it was like I'd managed to peel back the outer shell that made him so cold. He leaned down and kissed me, pulling my hips against him in what I assumed was a sort of knee- jerk reaction. The kiss itself though was soft and welcoming, but it undeniably made me ache for him. In every way, humanly and inhumanly possible. After a moment, I pulled back, and he leaned his forehead against mine. His breathing was hard, and washed gently over my face. "Tonight's the full moon. I'd better get ready." I murmured against his lips. "Most likely." He said. But we were both reluctant to move away from one another. Sometimes, it seemed as if we were magnets. I suppressed the urge to crawl back into bed and drag him along with me. There were lizard freaks to be taken care of, and plans to be drawn out by the end of the night. Besides, I would be late for school.

I turned and opened one of my drawers, looking for a top. "I'll see you on the edge of the woods by nine." I said. I glanced behind me to look at him over my shoulder. He nodded- he was sitting on the bed lacing up his converse. I smiled at him, turning back and grabbing a pair of black skinny jeans. When I turned back around, he had his leather jacket on, and was standing by the window. "Has it ever occurred to you to use the front door?" I asked. He blinked. "Does Louise know I spent the night?" He asked. "She might get the wrong idea. And believe me, I doubt either of us wants that after the last time she caught me in here." He said. I nodded silently. "Good point." I said. I moved over to him, leaning up and kissing him before he could argue. I gripped his shirt in one hand while the other snaked into his hair, pulling him against me. After a moment, he pulled back. I let out a shaky breath, having felt my knees grow weak. "I'll see you tonight." He said. I nodded, watching as he made his exit out my bedroom window.

I sighed, quickly getting changed and running a brush through my already tousled hair. I think sometimes I did it out of habit, because there seemed to be a lack of effect on my hair from the brush. But I grabbed my bag, and headed downstairs. "Hey Louise." I said, seeing her sitting at the table. She was eating what appeared to be toast and bacon, drinking what smelled like coffee. She held the vile wolfs bane in her hands, examining it. "What's this for?" She asked, a suspicious note in her voice. Oh, hell. I sighed, realizing that she wouldn't be happy when I told her what it was for. "We have a plan to catch the Kanima." Her head snapped up as she took a sip of her coffee. "Do you?" She asked, her voice high and questioning. "We've got it narrowed down to two suspects- Jackson, and a girl named Lydia. Tonight's the full moon- we're going to each of their houses, and were going to wait for the Kanima to shift. Depending on which one it is, we may be able to get an open shot and inject it with the wolfs bane." I explained. She blinked a few times, as if she were just waking up. "Are you, out of your mind!" She yelled, getting up from the table. "Not entirely." I said with a grin, having already expected the angry outburst. "Look, wolfs bane is the one thing we haven't tried. If it works, we could end this. Tonight." I said, grabbing her by the shoulders and looking into her eyes. "We have to try." I said. Her eyes softened for a moment. "I will not lose you." She said- eerily similar to what I said to Derek this morning. "You won't. Look if the wolfs bane fails, then we run and get the hell outta dodge. Okay?" I said. After a moment she sighed. "Be careful." She said, her voice dejected and irritated. I nodded, grabbing the vial of wolfs bane and the two syringes- sticking them in the outer pocket of my bag. I had a lack of hunger that morning, and decided on skipping breakfast.

I hurried to my car, and gunned it to the school, wishing for anything else to think about other than what was about to take place tonight. Truth be told, I could very well be responsible for the death of a lot of people. I sighed, looking out the windshield as the tall trees passed by in a dark green blur. When I arrived at the school, I noticed Stiles and Scott standing by the front entrance. "Crap." I muttered, realizing by the looks on their faces that they'd been waiting for me. I grabbed my bag and got out of the car, making my way over to them. "Stiles. Scott." I said, attempting to walk past them. But Stiles grabbed hold of my arm. I turned and glared at him, feeling my eyes shift to what I assumed due to my lack of a mirror was a feverish- gold. He blinked, suddenly fear in his eyes, as he let go. "I'll remember not to do that again." He said, taking a step back. I blinked, as my eyes began to shift back to their regular hazel color. "On a full moon you will." I muttered, heading inside. But even then, they followed me like a couple of puppies. "What's gonna happen tonight?" Scott asked, anger labeling his voice. I walked up to my locker and unlocked it, pulling it open to exchange my books. I sighed, knowing that there was no point in lying to him. If my heart skipped a beta, he would know it. Hell, I would know it. "Look, last I checked you weren't apart of the pack. Why should I tell you." I said, closing my locker and crossing my arms over one another. "Because we both want the same thing." He said. I nodded. "And what would that be?" I asked sarcastically. "To keep everyone alive, and to find out how to stop this thing." I sighed, knowing that his points were valid and he wasn't lying.

"Look, we have a plan to catch the Kanima, okay?" I asked, moving down the hall. "You do? What is it?" He asked, excitement building in his voice. "Tonight's the full moon, right?" I glanced at him. "Yeah, so?" "Well, tonight, we're going to Lydia and Jackson's house in pairs, to see which of them it is. Once we know, we're going to try and incapacitate it." I explained. "Yeah, uh, last I checked, this thing didn't have any weaknesses." Stiles said. I rolled my eyes. "What's the one thing you haven't tried on it?" I asked. They were silent for a moment. "Wolfs bane." Scott said. I nodded. "Exactly." I said, pulling the purple vial from my bag to show them. "There's two syringes- one for each pair. If we can get an open shot, maybe it'll work." I said, putting the vial back in my bag. "Um, where did you get that?" Scott asked. "Yeah, and say you don't get an open shot, then what?" I sighed, rolling. "Well I got the wolfs bane from Deaton at the vet's office. And if it doesn't work, the general plan would be to run like hell." I said, before turning into English class before they could rattle off any more questions.

I made it through the day- just barely. I could already feel the tug of the full moon and while I'd had experience resisting the urge to kill everything living that was in the near vicinity, it didn't mean that there was no effect on me. Emotionally, I was a bombshell waiting to explode. If someone said the wrong thing at the wrong time, I would snap. No matter how much I didn't intend for it to happen. I sighed as I walked out the front entrance and headed to my car. I got in and threw my bag into the back, leaning my head back against the seat as I turned on the AC. I ran both of my hands through my hair before sitting back up. I nearly screamed when I saw Derek sitting next to me in the car. "Jesus Derek!" I yelled, backed up against the driver's side door. I only then realized that my panicked state had forced me to shift. I returned to my human state and watched him for a moment. "Would it kill you to knock on the window or something?" He suppressed a smile. "Sorry." He said, looking down for a moment to hide his grin. "What are you doing here? I thought we were going to meet by the woods at nine." I said. He nodded. "We are." He said. "So, you just decided to stop b and say hi?" I asked sarcastically. "No- look, what were doing is… dangerous." He began. "Look, Derek- do me a favor and stop right there. No one is going to die. Everyone is walking away from this. And the reason I'm so sure, is because I forbid, anyone from dying. Okay?" I said, looking up at him. He nodded, his lips pulled into a tight line of determination.

I sighed, running a hand through my hair. "You feel it too." He muttered, not having to explain what it was he was talking about. "Yeah. I feel it." I muttered. I blinked for a moment. "You were born a werewolf." He said matter of factly. I looked over at him. "How'd you know?" I asked. "Because, those who are born as werewolves have more control of it- more control over when they shift." He explained I nodded, glancing out the window to see that the parking lot was beginning to clear out. We seemed to be one of the last few there. I looked up at the sky and saw that it was on the verge of raining. "So, were exactly do you hide out when your not with me?" I asked, looking over at him. "I can show you." He said.

I stopped home first to drop off my bag- and Derek said I lived close by anyway. As I walked into the house, I saw Louise sitting at the kitchen table, a box set in front of her. "What's that?" I asked, as Derek and I moved into the kitchen. "This, my pup, is your new crossbow." She said. "A hunter's weapon?" Derek asked. Louise looked up at him. "Long distance. I figure with your advanced senses you should be pretty good at it too." She said, looking back at me. She opened it, and pulled back the bubble-wrap revealing the compound crossbow in the box, along with a quiver of arrows. I picked it up and examined it for a moment. "How much did this-" "Who can put a price on self preservation?" She asked. I looked up at her for a moment. Rolling my eyes, I grabbed the quiver of arrows, and examined them too, before slinging the quiver over one shoulder. "Shall we?" I asked, glancing back at Derek. He nodded. "Where ya headed?" Louise asked. "Derek's lair." I said over my shoulder, having already started toward the door. "Hey- be careful." She called, as I walked out the front door.