God, this is getting really depressing... No readers...

Disclaimer: Don't own WOMF, goes to MS.

KYLIE

I lay awake in the bed, shivering

The air inside the house was cool and breezy, and I buried my head deeper into the pillow, clutching the blankets around my body.

If this continued, I'd probably shift.

With that though, I jumped out of bed. Stuffing my things back into the duffel bag, I made my way around the room, collecting my things, preparing to leave. Finally, with my duffel bag slung over my shoulder, I was about to turn the door knob when the shivers ran through my body again and I fell to the ground.

"Colin!" I yelled, coughing as I struggled not to lose my skin. "Colin!" I floundered on the ground, trying not to make a mess. At least if Colin were here, I think I could've stayed human a little longer.

But he didn't come, and I felt a little bit of betrayal in my heart. With the doubt in my heart, I lost my human skin and I stifled my scream, exploding into the silvery wolf that I was.

Where was I? What was I doing in a human house? I thought as a wolf.

Just then the door opened and a woman walked in. She was rubbing her eyes in wonder and was squinting in the dark. She smelled like coconut shampoo and dust. I shied away from her when she realized she wasn't the only one in the room.

"Kylie?" She asked in wonder. She felt for the bed and felt where a person should've been sleeping. When she found no one in the place she frowned and turned around. There I sat in the dark, trying to conceal myself, but she'd spotted me against the gloom and screamed.

Folding back my ears, I growled and she ran through the hallways, luckily she didn't scream for long as she tried to hide in her bedroom again. With the door finally open, I leapt out of the room, bolting for the door. Knocking over furniture, I spotted the back door and left through it, ignoring the pain of the glass and wood splintering as I pushed through the door, knocking it off of its hinges.

Finally, I was free of the house and ran back to where I had left my companion earlier. She was covered in deer blood before and had smelled enticing, but I knew that she was fragile like a young pup. When I reached the house where I'd left her, I sniffed around, immediately picking up the scent of deer blood and human. I stood in the clearing and waited.

Just then a human girl burst through the door and smiled.

"Kylie!" she yelled. A human boy followed her, more hesitantly and cautious. I heard my heart beat in my ears and shuddered. Falling to the ground, I shifted, losing my claws and fur. I lay in the snow, gasping slightly. I'd been shifting a lot and my limbs had gotten a bit sore from molding and shaping so many times.

Then Brooke was standing over me, yelling at the boy to get me some clothes. He ran inside the house and brought out a white t-shirt, a pair of jeans, a purple hoodie and some socks. I hurriedly pulled them all on, fighting the shivers that wracked my body, refusing to shift again.

Brooke and I walked inside, catching up with each other. I was going to tell her that the pack had a house they owned for when we shifted but she seemed content here as I saw that she was occupying, what I assumed, the guest bedroom. The boy's mom seemed content with Brooke staying at her house too and I felt a little lonely. After I'd wrecked Colin's house he probably didn't want me staying at his house again.

I looked over at the boy who was following Brooke around like a lost puppy and noticed his hand draped over Brooke's shoulders with her hand hugging his waist. He had a certain glimmer in his, strangely, obsidian eyes when he glanced at Brooke.

"Who's this?" I asked, cocking my head to the side. I was addressing Brooke but the boy introduced himself.

"Will Summerstein," he said. "Glad to meet you." He didn't say 'glad to meet you' with enthusiasm, but I could tell he was sincere. It sounded like he wanted me away so he could have more time with Brooke.

"I see the googly eyes," I said smiling. Brooke and Will blushed. Clearly, they liked each other and I needed to have a private talk with Brooke later. "So don't worry lovebirds. You've got to meet Colin." They both blushed harder and I had to stifle my laughter and keep a straight face on.

As much as I didn't want to see Colin again, another part of me wanted to see him again, so I could apologize for the damages. I had to make sure he'd keep his mouth shut about the wolves and about me. If he told we'd be hunted and probably experimented on. And never see the light of day ever again. I also had to let Brooke and Will know that he knew about us, they'd probably be mad at me for showing him my secret but I really couldn't help it…

He was just… there.

Why did he have to be?

COLIN

It was a long day at school. Finally after the last bell had rung, I sped home wanting to catch my mom. She'd left early for work that morning and I hadn't had a chance to talk to her about the damages. Plus I'd have to find Kylie again too.

"Mom! I'm home!" I called to the still destroyed living room. The cool spring air wafted in through the open door and I wondered where my mother could be until I heard her in her room. "Mom?" I called again.

I found her sitting on the bed reading. She had dark circles under her eyes and I wondered if she'd been reading well into the night again.

"Colin, sweetheart, do you know what caused the damage to the living room and the guest bedroom?" she said sweetly, but I knew that I was in BIG trouble.

"Uh," was all I said, before her face turned red again. She stood up abruptly and glared at me.

"Colin Lu Cohen!" she yelled at me as I winced. "Did you leave the back door open?" The back open wha- Oh no… She must've seen Kylie… It didn't seem like that she saw her shift though, so that's good.

"Mom, it's not what you think… She was just lonely and-" I tried to say.

"So you brought her home?" Her voice rose to another octave.

"What? No! Not for that reason!" I tried to make my case but having your own mother glare you down was not helpful. "She was lonely so I offered our house! She must've let something in when she ran away! She's bound to come back, all of her things are still here! I have no idea where she is now!" My mother frowned but seemed to buy the story. I sighed as he face lost some if its red hue.

"Then find her and bring her here, she needs to pay us back…" she said, sinking back down on her bed.

"Thanks Mom, I really owe you one." I said and left her room. I thought I heard her mutter something else but I didn't catch it as I was jumping over the damaged furniture and was already out of the house. My jacket flowed behind me as I ran, to nowhere in particular but I ran into the woods, calling out Kylie's name every few yards. I ran for about half an hour until I collapsed from exhaustion.

I had no idea where I was and still didn't know where Kylie was. Instead of persisting like I knew I should, I lay there on the ground panting. I shut my eyes, breathing in the scent of the forest. I was totally lost, I was hoping that if I found Kylie, she'd lead me back out of the forest, but she was still probably with the pack. Eventually, I fell asleep, despite the fact that it had gotten colder and darker.

And I was totally alone.

KYLIE

"So when are we going to meet Colin?" Brooke nudged my side, grinning deviously.

"I don't know… I don't really feel like going back to his place…" I trailed off. I'd already filled both of them in about my situation but Brooke was still eager to meet 'the guy who might be meant for Kylie'.

"But you might be missing an important moment between you two! Let's go!" Brooke said, enthusiastic. She didn't seem fazed by my hesitance and grabbed my hand and coat and ran out the door with Will on our heels. She ran until she realized that she had no idea where Colin's house was and asked me for directions. I was resistant at first but then I gave in because she was pestering me so much.

"Fine!" I yelled at her, throwing my hands up in the air. "Fine! It's on the edge of the forest and is the house with the brown roof and the wrecked porch… And the house is a golden yellow color." Will looked intrigued.

"Do you mean Colin Cohen?" Will asked with curious eyes.

"Yeah, why?" I asked with curiosity. I could almost see the cogs turning in Will's mind and I wondered what Will knew about Colin.

"Oh, he goes to my school. He's a real cold fish. He never talks." Will said and I frowned. Colin was a loner? Since when? He seemed fine when I was at school with him. He was eager to talk to me about my secret and he seemed friendly.

"Oh," was all I said as I entered the ruined house. I told Brooke and Will to stay outside as I faced Colin's mother. Picking my way through the debris, I found his mom reading in her bedroom, acting as if nothing happened the night before.

"Oh, good afternoon Kylie," she said sweetly. Though her tone was sweet I could tell that she didn't take to kindly to me. "Did Colin bring you back? Is he with you?" she asked. Thank God that I had told Brooke and Will to stay outside. Then they wouldn't see me trembling from what Colin's mother might say to me.

"No," I said meekly and I could see a vein practically pop in her face. Colin was out in the forest looking for me? He didn't hate me? "I'll go bring him back now… I'm sorry, Mrs. Cohen," I said and I was about to leave when she stopped me.

"It's Ms., Ms. Cohen," she said dryly.

"Oh, okay," I said and then ran out of the house. Brooke and Will looked at me with frowns as I ran past them, running behind a tree.

"Kylie, what are you doing?" Brooke asked with shock. I didn't respond as stripped down, laying the clothes that I borrowed neatly in a pile on a branch nearby. I embraced my shifting and for once, it didn't hurt like it normally did. I was a wolf again.

I took off, running into the forest, following a familiar scent that I smelled around the golden house behind me. I left the two other humans gaping at me behind and focused only on the scent.

It didn't take me long to find the source as it was coming strongly from a small clearing with a sleeping human lying in the middle of it. I stopped, slightly panting from my run and kneeled down besides the human. I gently wrapped myself around the human, keeping it warm with my fur. I don't know what compelled me to help the human but I sensed a strong emotion attached to the human. There we lay together, peacefully in the clearing, waiting until the human awoke.

I'm using a lot of acronyms... Kinda fun... But also tiring...

Cheers,
Kylie Max

P.S. Rnr please!