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When Aurora got back to her house it was 7 p.m. Thankfully, no one was home. She did not want to have to explain where she had been for the last couple of hours. It was not like she could have lied about her whereabouts, considering the mud she had tracked in on her shoes.

'Shower time.' Aurora thought.

When she got out of the shower Aurora put on her pajamas and headed to the living room. Plopping down on the couch, she looked at the clock on the wall, it read 8 p.m. She decided to text her brother to check on him.

To: N-Dog

From: A-Bomb

Having fun, brat?

To: A-Bomb

From: N-Dog

Yeah. Kicking some major boo-tay at HALO.

To: N-Dog

From: A-Bomb

Did you have a good dinner, lame face?

To: A-Bomb

From: N-Dog

Yes ma'am. ;) I'll be home in an hour. Love you!

To: N-Dog

From: A-Bomb

Love you too baby brother!

Aurora couldn't help but smile. He might be her annoying little brother but he was pretty awesome.

'Speaking of awesome.' Aurora thought, 'I have to call Lizzie.'

Aurora pushed speed dial one on her phone and it wasn't long before she heard her best friend's voice greeting her.

"Hello my gorgeous bestie. How are you this lovely evening?" Elizabeth asked in a cheery voice.

"I'm very well my stunning BFF. How are you?" Aurora asked returning Elizabeth's enthusiasm.

"Peachy keen jelly bean. What's up A?"

"Nothing much…I was just calling to tell you about my crazy adventure." Aurora said baiting her best friend.

"Oh yeah? Did it involve a date with Ben and Jerry while you drooled over Mr. Depp?" Elizabeth joked.

"Actually, it involved pitch black woods and a really sexy guy." Aurora said.

She barely got the words out of her mouth when she heard a high pitch shriek from her friend.

"WHAT? Aurora, are you crazy? You went back into the woods? By your fucking self?!" Elizabeth seethed over the receiver.

"Whoa there tiger! It's all good. I'm alive and kicking. Are you really not gonna asked about the sexy guy?" Aurora asked trying to calm Elizabeth down.

"Gah! Tell me about the sexy guy, you freaking idiot." Elizabeth said a little more relaxed.

Aurora launched into the story of how she went looking for Silky and ended up meeting Derek. She was sure to explain every little detail about how unbelievable attractive Derek was.

"How old is he?" Elizabeth asked skeptically.

"Gee mom, I don't know. I couple years older than us?" Aurora said hoping Elizabeth noted the sarcasm in her voice.

"You think he's eighteen?! Aurora Rose. You are freaking sixteen. That's illegal!" Elizabeth scolded.

"Holy crap! It's not that bad. Plus, I didn't say I wanted to marry the guy, I just said he was good-looking." Aurora said defeated, her bubble was totally burst.

"Your dad is a judge and your mother is a lawyer. It's a little bit of a big deal." Elizabeth sighed in disapproval.

"You suck. You know that? All I wanted to do was tell my best friend about my frolic with a hot stranger in the woods that didn't end in homicide and you have to go and be a buzz kill." Aurora whined.

"Oh shut up. I'm glad you had a good time risking your life while hanging out with a non-murderous stranger in the woods. Sounds like way more fun than our first near death encounter." Elizabeth said bitterly.

"Lizzie. Are you jealous that I got lost in the woods with someone other than you?" Aurora teased.

"You are such a loser. Are you gonna see stranger danger again?" Elizabeth asked.

"Oh no. You are not calling him stranger danger! And I don't know. I really want too." Aurora said trying to hold in her excitement at the thought of seeing Derek again.

"You got it bad girl. I can hear your goofy ass grin from here." Elizabeth teased relishing in the fact that her best friend was acting like she had a terrible case of puppy love.

"I do not!" Aurora lied.

"You don't what?" Nathaniel asked walking through the front door.

"None of your business brat." Aurora joked glancing up at the clock which now read 9 p.m. "Thanks for being home on time. You are a good kid."

Aurora's comment was met with her brother leaping on to the couch, laying his body across hers.

"Is that Elizabeth?" he pestered trying to take the phone from his sister.

"Yes. Now go to bed!" Aurora said swatting at Nathaniel's hand.

"Liz! I love you! My proposal of marriage is still on the table if you ever change your mind." Nathaniel yelled into the receiver.

"Ha! Maybe when you are older, darlin'." Elizabeth yelled back so that Nathaniel could hear her.

"That's not a no. Am I right?" Nathaniel boosted raising his eyebrows at his sister.

"I've got to go Lizzie. It's time for me to put my whittle bru-der to sleepy time." Aurora joked pinching Nathaniel's cheek.

"Ow!" he said jumping up from the couch. "I'm going to take a shower. Tell Liz whenever she's ready for me to put a ring on it, she knows where to find me."

"You hear that Lizzie?" Aurora asked trying not to laugh.

"Unfortunately." Elizabeth said giggling. "I'll see you tomorrow A. Good night! Love you!"

"Night Lizzie! Love you too!"

*7 a.m. Monday morning*

"Aurora, baby! It's time to get up!"

Aurora rolled over in her bed, wishing winter vacation wasn't over.

"Coming momma!" Aurora shouted back trying to shake herself out of her foggy state. A loud boom of thunder was enough to wake her up completely.

'Jesus! Enough with the sudden loud noises. My heart is seriously going to fall out of my chest if this shit doesn't stop.' Aurora thought as she got up to look out the window. The clouds were dark and a light rain was starting to fall.

In about ten minutes Aurora was dressed and headed downstairs to grab breakfast. Nathaniel was already half way done with two pancakes, and their mom was fixing him two more.

"Garbage gut!" Aurora joked ruffling Nathaniel's hair.

"How many pancakes would you like, sweetie? Mrs. Montgomery asked her daughter.

"Just two momma." Aurora answered with a smile. "Did you and daddy have a good dinner?"

"We did! Your father's colleagues are a riot." Mrs. Montgomery told her daughter with a smile revealing her prominent dimples.

"That's great momma!" Aurora said taking a bite of her pancakes.

*8 a.m. Monday morning*

"Ugh! I am so tired. Who's bright idea was it to make us come to school at the butt crack of dawn?!" Elizabeth complained as she took her seat next to Aurora in homeroom.

"Right? Fucking bastards." Aurora agreed resting her head on her desk.

The morning dragged on relentlessly until Aurora finally heard the bell ring for lunch.

"I don't think I'm gonna make it!" Elizabeth cried as Aurora joined her at their usual table in the cafeteria.

"Spear me the dramatics Scarlet O'Harra. We are almost done." Aurora joked taking a bite of her nachos.

"Hi Aurora."

Looking up Aurora couldn't help but frown at the boy standing in front of the table.

"Dylan." Aurora said sourly.

"Can I talk to you for a minute." Dylan asked shifting his weight for one foot to another.

"Uh, how about I answer that question for you? Hell no." Elizabeth said giving Dylan the most disgusted glare she could manage. "I don't think my best friend is in the mood to talk to her cheating ex."

"Aurora, please? It will only take a second." Dylan asked being sure to avoid Elizabeth's death glare.

"Fine. Make it fast." Aurora spat getting up from her seat.

Dylan led her over to an empty table making sure he was out of Elizabeth's ear shot.

"I hate to ask Aurora but are we still lab partners?" Dylan asked in a low voice.

'You have got to be kidding me.' Aurora thought in outrage.

"You dragged me away from lunch with my best friend to ask me if I am still your fucking lab partner?!" Aurora shouted causing a few heads to turn. "Not 'I'm sorry Aurora? You know for cheating on you. It's only been two weeks since we broke up but I just wanted to know how you are doing? Did I mention what a piece of shit I am for cheating on you with one of your friends who is probably only with me because I'm captain of the football team and she really wants to be a cheerleader. You know, the girl who is now best friends with Stacy fucking Smith captain of the cheerleading squad!' You couldn't have started with that?"

"Aurora, you know I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you." Dylan began but Aurora wasn't having any part of it.

As she went to walk away Dylan grabbed her left arm at the wrist.

"Aurora, just listen to me-" Dylan started to say but was cut off.

"Dylan. You have two seconds to let me go, or I will punch you teeth down your throat." Aurora threatened.

Dylan immediately let her go.

"I will be you fucking lab partner Dylan. But only because I agreed to at the beginning of the semester and Mr. Michael doesn't like it when we which partners half way through the year. However, if you put your hands on me again or even try to act like we are friends I will let you ass fail sophomore year without blinking an eye. Understood?"

Dylan nodded his agreement. He gave Aurora one last apologetic look before heading over to the lunch table where the rest of the football team had gathered.

"What the hell was that about?" Elizabeth inquired as Aurora sat back down at their table.

"That mother fucker actually had the nerve to ask me if I was still going to be his lab partner." Aurora said in disgust.

"You have GOT to be kidding me. I'm gonna shank him." Elizabeth said grabbing one of the plastic utensils they were given with their meals.

"Easy killer. He's not worth getting blood on you spork." Aurora laughed.

"You're right. Sporks. They are so cool. It's a combination of a spoon and a fork! Best invention ever." Elizabeth said.

"You know, sometimes I can't tell when you are kidding." Aurora said eyeing her best friend.

Elizabeth gave her an award-winning smile.

"No, Lizzie. I need to know when you are kidding."

Just then the bell for sixth period rang.

"See you seventh period!" Elizabeth beamed picking up her tray.

"See ya, ya weirdo." Aurora called after her.

*2:30 p.m. Monday afternoon*

When school finally ended Aurora had to fight the urge to do a victory dance. After saying goodbye to Elizabeth, Aurora got in her car and called her mom.

Mrs. Montgomery: Hey baby, how was your day?

Aurora: Blah. My brain is still on winter vacation. How is your day going so far?

Mrs. Montgomery: Pretty good, just extremely busy.

Aurora: You work-a-holic!

Mrs. Montgomery: That's me! Are you on your way home?

Aurora: Actually, I was wondering if it was alright if I went to the library? I want to do a little bit of reading and they have a Starbucks.

Mrs. Montgomery: Of course! What time do you think you will be home?

Aurora: No later than 5?

Mrs. Montgomery: Okay sweetheart. Have fun! I'll see you later.

Aurora: Thanks momma! I love you.

Mrs. Montgomery: Love you too darling.

When Aurora hung up the phone she let out a loud sigh.

'It's not lying Aurora. You are going to the library. You just didn't mention you were stopping by the woods first.' She thought, trying to make herself feel less guilty.

With the all-around crap-tastic day she was having, Aurora just wanted to swing by the woods to see if she could find Silky. That's why she was completely thrilled when she pulled up to the camp site and she saw him sitting at the edge of the forest.

"Silky!" Aurora shouted as she got out of her car.

The wolf gave her a confused sideways glance.

"It's okay buddy. It's just me." She said walking up to the wolf slowly. Crouching down, Aurora held out her left hand.

The wolf growled, its bright red eyes staring intently at her outstretched arm.

"What's wrong buddy? You know me." Aurora said trying to calm the wolf.

Suddenly a strange thought popped into her mind.

"Do you smell Dylan?" Aurora asked.

Aurora's question was met with another growl.

"Yeah, I don't like him either." Aurora said switching arms. "Here buddy. Come here."

This time, the wolf obeyed.

"That's better." Aurora coaxed. "Were you waiting for me?" she asked with a smile as she pet the top of the wolf's head.

The wolf responded by nudging his nose against Aurora's shoulder.

"I've missed you Silky." Aurora said scratching between the wolf's ears because she remembered he liked that.

At the mention of his name the wolf cocked his head to the side.

"Don't you even dare." Aurora warned. "Your name is Silky."

The wolf let out an exasperated huff and leaned further into Aurora's touch.

"Good boy." Aurora cooed.

Silky responded by licking her face.

"Aw, you are so adorable." Aurora said wrapping her arms around the wolf. In the daylight Aurora noticed that the wolf was bigger than she originally thought, which was unbelievable.

"Dude. You must eat your Wheaties." Aurora joked. "I got a question for you though. Why are you so tame? Don't get me wrong, I love that you aren't afraid of me but you seem way to calm to be wild."

The wolf responded with a lick to Aurora's nose .

"Affection will not distract me Mr." Aurora said petting Silky once more. "So what is this? Am I the Little Red Riding Hood to your Big Bad Wolf?"

Silky made a choking noise.

"Apart from you trying to eat me of course. I'm totally not down with that." Aurora teased. "You aren't gonna eat me, right?'

Silky playfully nipped at Aurora's hand and then licked it.

"Oh, I've got a sassy wolf on my hands." Aurora said placing a kiss on Silky's forehead.

Just then the wind picked up and there was a ground shaking boom.

"Oh my God!" Aurora screamed nuzzling close to the wolf. "I give up! This storm is going to kill me."

Silky whimpered.

"Not literally buddy." Aurora reassured him. "I better get going before it's raining so hard that I can't see my hand in front of my face."

The rain had started to come down soon after the thunder scared Aurora half to death and it was only getting harder.

"I'm so glad I got to see you Silky." Aurora said giving the wolf one last squeeze.

In response Silky buried his head in the crock of Aurora's neck.

"I'll try to stop by tomorrow. Try to stay dry buddy." Aurora said getting up and heading back to her car.

When she shut the door there was another huge boom of thunder and it started to down poor. Aurora took a quick look in her rear view mirror to see Silky watching her drive away.