Do you Believe in Fate?

Ok so last night I'm trying to go to bed before 3 in the morning and I succeed! U was in bed by 2:15… then guess who gets struck by inspiration? Me… I couldn't not write it so, there I was scribbling as fast as my little hands would let me at 2:30 in the morning… I'm just pleased I was finally able to get the reaction done… this was hard… I hope you enjoy!

Chapter 16: Sixteen Reasons to Panic

Oh God

Oh God

Oh God

Oh God!

Is the only thing I can think as I literally burst out of the forest screaming my head off, the wolf right on my trail. I burst from the trees and stumble right into Emily and Kim's arms.

"Are you okay?" exclaims Emily.

"Oh God! He's a wolf! He just turned into a wolf!"

"It's okay…"

"Oh God…"

I feel myself shaking and my stomach dropping, I go weak in the knees and practically collapse to the ground. Rolling over out of their grips, I end up relieving the content of my stomach, which seems to be currently on a roller coaster ride somewhere in Six Flags…"

Paul emerges from the forest wearing nothing but his shorts and I feel myself flinch away.

"Are you really that afraid of me?" he asks heartbroken as he makes to approach me, but I scurry back even farther away in fear.

I see anger and fear in his eyes, but most of all hurt. He makes for me again, but I shake my head and whimper, "don't…"

Emily and Kim drop their heads on either side of me in sorrow.

"You're really that scared of us?" questions Tommy as he steps forward from the crowd and kneels right in front of me.

"Us?" I murmur as I look around at everyone around me eyes widening in panic.

"Us?" I say more forcefully looking around in panic.

A look of gut twisting pain befalls Tommy's face and he turns and runs away into the forest. A moment later I hear the heart wrenching howl of a wolf in the distance.

My eyes widen and I look down holding my head in my hands as shame, hot and sharp, encompasses my being.

'What have I done?' I think.

Someone touches my shoulder and I flinch away from the contact and look up to see Kim.

"I'm sorry…" she whispers, "you weren't ever supposed to know…"

I look up and meet her eyes as surprise and betrayal fill mine.

"You knew and you didn't tell me?" I yell in disbelief.

Jared's behind her in a moment and I hear a feral growl erupt from is throat and I scurry back in fear only to hear another growl come from behind me. Paul steps in front of me blocking me from Jared's view and the two males begin to glare at one another.

"Don't even think about it," I hear Paul's throaty growl.

"Paul?" I whisper as I look up.

He looks over his shoulder and sends me a heartbroken smile, "I told you I wouldn't let anything happen to you…"

I nod and allow a faint smile before realization hits me like a ton of bricks.

"We have to find Tommy… I really screwed up this time…" I murmur as I fight to stand up but my legs give out again and I end up flopping back on to the ground.

"I'll find him… go home and get some rest…" Paul mutters not meeting my eyes.

"No… I need to fix this… If I don't he won't come back…"

"You mean that you're letting him come back?" Paul asks in disbelief.

"He might turn into a wolf the size of a horse… but I can't let him down when so many people have already," I murmur with resolve.

"You are aware that you're amazing right?"

"No?"

He just smiles at me and holds up his hands in a gesture of peace, "Don't get scared okay? I'm going to transform."

"Why?" I say quickly slightly panicked.

"So we can find Tommy."

"Is the wolf thing really necessary?"

"If you want to find him, yes…" he starts to head into the trees but stops and turns around.

"I'm not going to hurt you Meg… you trusted me before, I'm still the same guy…"

I just nod, not sure what else to do. I now realize that all of the other boys are gone now, I glance over at Kim and Emily in confusion.

"They went on ahead to look for Tommy."

"I see… Hey Kim…"

"Yeah?"

"I'm sorry…"

"It's ok…" she says sending me a small smile, "I'm just glad you know now! It's going to be great having another girl in the pack!"

I just quirk my brow in response, before shaking my head and giving a small smile.

A moment later Paul emerges from the brush, well wolf Paul does…

He walks up to me and I am taken aback by the sheer size of him. I give him a hesitant nod and he plops down on his belly and I cautiously climb onto his back. He glances back at me to make sure I am secure; when I am I give him a nod of my head and he gets up slowly and walks calmly into the woods. I grip his thick fur in my hands surprised at how soft and yet oddly coarse it is. I dig my hands into it further inspecting the under layer of fur before running my hand over the top layer. I give a small smile as I can't help but notice that his fur is quite similar to that of my old dog's, this gives me a sense of comfort. He glances back at me and stares at me intensely as if gauging my reaction. I give him a small smile of encouragement.

"I'm still a little freaked out… but I guess you're not that scary…" I say looking away in embarrassment.

When I look back up at him he is giving me, I'm assuming, the wolf equivalent of a smile. He then snaps his head forward as if hearing a conversation I can't. He glances back at me and I can see am urgency in his eyes. I nod and adjust my grip before he crouches down a little and he leaps forward taking off at a rapid run. I feel my thighs clench around him trying to get a better grip, instinctively my body crouches down and get as close to his as possible as I grip his fur even tighter. We are flying as we weave in and out of trees and jump over streams like puddles. I feel the grip that my fear has over me wane and slowly a feeling of excitement and exuberance takes over.

After maybe ten minutes of traveling at this pace we come to a clearing where several wolves are all huddled around one wolf that is smaller than the others and a deep reddish brown color. He is lying on the ground panting while a larger black wolf towers over him, clearly the authority figure, but not intimidating more understanding.

"Tommy?" I whisper as I get off of Paul's back and walk into the circle of wolves. I feel the fear spike again as I look uncertainly around me. I know that these are the boys whom I see every day, yet I have no idea who they are anymore. They seem so different now

The young wolf's ears perk up at hearing his name and he turns to look at me, shock visiblein his eyes before anger takes over. He growls and I feel myself back up and let out a gasp of surprise as Paul literally leaps over me to stand between me and Tommy. All of a sudden I understand why Paul has always gotten in the middle of our fights. If Tommy had turned into a wolf I wouldn't be alive.

I walk around to stand in front of Paul and look Tommy directly in the eyes, I can see the surprise replace the anger and he stops growling.

"Tommy… I trust you… will you please come home?" I whisper in a small voice.

He stares at me intently then lets a large wolf grin take over his face, he steps up to me and sets his overly large wolf head on my shoulder. I laugh softly as I wrap my arms around his large neck and hug him to me.

"Ok new rule!" I say as I pull away from him, "no changing into a giant wolf in the house. That goes for all of you." I say looking pointedly around me at all of the other wolves who just all just grin back at me.

Aww Isn't that cute? Now that the hard part is over the real fun will begin! Now make me proud and Review! I want to get to 130! If I do you'll get a treat!