Chapter 3 (Betrayal)
I lay there keeping my eyes closed. I couldn't believe it had been a week since I phased. A week since I had had longish hair, a week since tattoos were a foreign thing, a week since I had talked to Amy and Collin. Everything had changed drastically in that one week. I was different, now. I had grown a lot taller, grown some muscles, I now had a tattoo on my arm, my hair was cut short and manageable, and I now walked around in nothing but shorts…well that is when I was aloud outside, and that was never in public. Sam kept saying something about me phasing at small things that upset me and needing to learn to control it.

I had been living at Sam and Emily's place for the past week so my friends and family weren't put in danger, but today was the day I went back home. I was excited and nervous at the same time. What if my friends replaced me? What if my grandparents rented out my room? What if Amy and Collin don't like the new me? I felt sick to my stomach, now. I couldn't handle the thought of losing my two best friends. Sure I had the pack now, but it wasn't the same. Okay, the pack knew as much about me as my two best friends did, but that was only because wolf telepathy. My thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a knock on the door followed by Emily's soft voice.
"Honey, are you awake? It's almost 10am."
"I'll be out in a second, Emily." I spoke to the door.
I heard her walk back to the kitchen where she was no doubt making brunch for the rest of the boys.

I slowly rolled out of the bed and looked in the mirror. I quickly ran my fingers through my hair, making it stand up in all directions, making it look perfectly messy. I grabbed a clean pair of shorts and looked down at a shirt on the floor, Amy's words echoing through my mind "I think its hot how they show off their muscles!" I decided against the shirt with a giant grin. I thought about my chances with Amy while I brushed my teeth. Maybe I should put on some cologne. I shook my head remembering one time that she found it hot when a guy was all sweaty and smelt of "man musk". I finished brushing my teeth and practically ran out the door, only hearing Sam's warnings about getting angry as an annoying buzz in the back of my head. I didn't have time to listen to his ten millionth warning about phasing in public. I was this close to seeing my crush and best friend!

I stopped just around the corner from Collin's place and dropped to the ground doing a few one armed push ups to make my arms look even nicer. I stood and used all my will power to restrain from running up to Collin's front door. I walked through the front door trying to act as casual as I could, nodding upwards to him.
"Sup, dude?"
He just stared at me.
"Dude?" I asked and leaned down shaking him gently.
"..y-you…" he shook his head having troubles with his words. "You're one of them now…" he looked disappointed.
"I'm still the same Brady you know and-" I stopped mid-sentence as I noticed Collin's nice shirt and the roses on the table. "Dude you totally have a date! Who is she!" I grinned at him.
"Maybe you should go, man" he mumbled never meeting my eyes.
"I'm not going till you tell me who she is!" I pestered him.
I was happy for my best friend, he wasn't the best looking guy but he was kind hearted and any girl who snagged him would be lucky.
"Well…since you've been gone Amy and I have been chillin'-" he started but I couldn't keep quiet long enough to let him finish. "Oh my god! Amy hooked you up with that girl on her soccer team, didn't she!"
Before either of us could get anything else out I heard the familiar voice of my crush/best friend.
"Hey, babe I couldn't find-Brady!"
Babe? What was she talking about? I turned around and looked at Amy. She looked amazing-well more amazing than usual. Her hair was down, framing her beautiful face. Her face seemed to be glowing with happiness. My eyes paused looking at her lips, slightly shinny from lip gloss-lip gloss? She only wore lip gloss on her dates. And Collin's nice shirt? Oh God.
"You two are dating…" I breathed out the words not trusting my voice.
"Yea, well Amy and I just started hanging out a lot, alone while you were gone and one thing led to another…" Collin stated smugly.
That bastard. We had a deal; both of us liked her so we agreed that neither of us could tell her. I wanted to rip him limb for limb. I spun on my heel to face him, my body trembling. I bared my teeth at him like an animal, a low growl escaping my lips. Suddenly I felt Amy's hand rest on my forearm making me feel suddenly calm and relaxed.
"Brady, are you okay? You sound like an animal" she seemed concerned.
I suddenly realized what had just happened and I panicked. Quickly I pulled my arm away from her touch and sprinted out the door. I knew that feeling, I had felt it in the other guy's heads…well only Sam, Jared, Paul, Jake, and Quil's head but there was no doubt in my mind that I had just imprinted on my best friend's girlfriend.