Our kiss was interrupted again, and it was getting old! I mean, I was so close, I could feel his breath on my lips and I wanted him so bad. Before, I had always been cold, calculating. With Justin, I could show my emotions. I could tell him I loved him. I sat down at my desk in a slump as I just realised it.

I told Justin I loved him. Me, Aideen O'Conner. I had told my boyfriend that I loved him tonight. Suddenly, the emotions hit again full force, and I almost cried with happiness. Because I also realised he said he loved me.

Someone other than family and friends said they loved me. My boyfriend said it. My werewolf boyfriend, but I couldn't ask for a better one. He was mine, and I loved it.

Suddenly, there was a knock at my door. I turned in my chair and I saw Allison and her dark curls peeking in. I smiled warmly at her, knowing she must be upset about what happened tonight. I waved for her to come in and when she had her back turned to close the door, I slipped a jacket on to cover my bandages. She sat at the foot of my bed.

"Aideen, can I talk to you? It's about what happened tonight. Scott and I broke up!"

My heart tore up for her. "It's going to be ok. Scott had a rough night, too, you know? Maybe you should give him another chance. I'm sure he was as freaked out as the rest and he wasn't thinking clearly. I mean, he watched the janitor die! I'm sure that will do a lot to you."

The tears starting to pool in her eyes flowed in streams down her face. "Yeah, I guess you're right. But I know he's been lying to me for a while now.."

"Then talk to him about it! Let me clue you in on something. Men are visual creatures. they typically don't think with deep emotions unless trying to impress a girl. They think, 'oh, she's got sexy legs in that mini skirt!' If you want to have a deep conversation with Scott, you're going tp have to start it. And if he really cares about you, he'll listen."

At this, she smiled. "Thanks, Aideen. I'm really glad you're here for me to talk to. I'm tired. I'm going to bed. Night." With that, she walked off. I let out the air I had been holding in. Just as I let all my worries flood out of me, they walked right back in the door.

Kate poked her blond curls in my doorway and I could already feel my blood pound in my head. Every bit of me hates her, and I know it. I glared at her and crossed my arms to keep my jacket from opening. "What do you want?"

"Ooh, touchy. Just wanted to let you know there's a meeting in the basement in five minuets. Chris says be there." With that, she made her way out. I shook my head at her as if to rid myself of her presence. Then, I padded my way down the stairs while zipping my jacket closed. I took both flights of stairs to the well-lit basement of the Argent home. The air was still, but all the hunters has gathered anyway. Even the ones from our escaped with Derek. They were already in the middle of conversation when I came in. Chris nodded at me to show he saw I was here.

"Aideen, good of you to join. After all, you're the next generation of hunting. We need you in times like these. As I was saying, the full moon is coming up, so the wolves will be in less control than normal. This will be our time to catch the beta I saw."

"What about Derek?" One of the others asked. I felt my heart clinch in fear for him. He was still healing and didn't need any surprise attacks.

"Please," Kate sneered, "he's not that stupid. He won't be out tomorrow night." Just as she finished saying this, Mrs. Argent came into the room, a tray of her delicious cookies in hand. For a moment, I saw something dark in her eyes.

"You find him, you kill him and you cut him in half," her mom says mercilessly. "Anybody want a cookie?" I had lost my appetite. This wolf had saved my life and I didn't take kindly to people threatening my friends. Since when had I though of Derek and Scott as my friends? I didn't know, but they were. And I had to keep them safe.

I got dressed and ready without really thinking the next morning. My mind was on the people I had to protect from me and my kind. Their names swam in my head and their voices filled my ears.

Derek. "You lost a lot of blood..."

Stiles. "She's a hunter?"

Scott. "Derek can't be dead!"

Allison. "Scott and I broke up."

And the most import; Justin. "I love you..."
I had to keep them safe. I ran my fingers over the wrappings on my stomach. No matter the cost. If something happened to Justin, I don't know what I would do.

Suddenly, Chris hollared for me. "Aideen! Justin is here to drive you to school!" My heart fluttered at his name. I tromped down stairs as fast as I could. When my hand hit the door knob, I was stopped by a strong hand. I spun around to face him.

"Aideen," Chris said with concered eyes, "I am fine with you having... boyfriends, but I just want to make sure you know what can come from certain forms of... relations." I was confused and I guess my face showed it. Chris sighed and continued.

"Are you and Justin... sleeping together?" I blanked and then started laughing.

"Sir, we really don't need to have The Talk! I know about this, and no we are not. I don't plan to
be, either. Not all teens are sex crazed!"

"I know that, Aideen! And I know I'm not your father, but I'm just trying to look out for you. I do think of you as a daughter." I smiled warmly at him and squeezed his hand.

"I'll be careful, Chris. Now, I'm going to be late!" He shoo'ed me away, but his goodbye chilled my blood.

"Have a good day, hun! And happy hunting, tonight!" I just ran faster to my werewolf. He was beaming at me when I got in the car.

"Hey, Aideen. How are you?"

"I'm good, but you, Derek and Scott aren't. The hunters are going out tonight and it's going to be open werewolf season. They seem especially focused to get Derek."

"Hmm. We should let him know. We also need to let Scott know to stick with Derek and me tonight so we can control his change."

"Justin, Derek told me he wants Scott to think he's dead."

"Why would he do that?" Justin was upset.

"He said he didn't want to shock Scott. I mean, you all thought he died. And with the hunters after him and his still being hurt from the alpha attack, I agree he needs the day off." Justin nodded, though I could still see he was annoyed that it would just be him and Stiles taking care of Scott.

"If you want, I could help you with Scott tonight."

He frowned and took my hand in his. "I don't mind you being around, but I don't want you getting hurt. I swear, if Scott hurts you, even by accident, I'll kill him." I smiled softly at him. I was so happy he was concerened.

Suddenly, I felt such strong emotions to him that I couldn't even control my actions. I cupped his face in my hand, making him look at me. Then, as I had done so many times before, I leaned into him, closing my eyes and trusting my instincts. Once again, his hot breath was on me, and it propelled my actions forward. My lips met his and we kissed.

We weren't interupted this time. Instead, we broke apart only a moment to assess each other. After seeing his smiled, I went back for more. We met again, starting soft and sweet. Then we deepened the kiss, melting into each other. After a moment of pure happiness, he broke away, breathing heavey. I looked to his hand on the wheel and saw the claws extending from his hand.
Soon, when he calmed down after a moment, he turned back to me. I could see his eyes had become a deep forrest green. They had a wild look in them, but I still felt calm. I could tell they were somehow still Justin's. They faded back to the jade color they usually were.

"Aideen, I'm so sorry!" I took his hand and felt the claws retreating. I wasn't scared at all. All I felt was love.

"Don't be. That was possibly the best first kiss ever had. And I would kiss either of your faces because they're both Justin. I love you and I mean it. Not human Justin, or werewolf Justin. I love the whole package." Justin beamed, his white teeth shining against his tan skin. He kissed me again quickly before starting the car up for us to drive to school.

That day, we acted like a normal teenage couple. We held hands as we walked to math. I helped him with his assignment when I could, seeing as the teacher finally desided Justin really was getting help from us and that it was better to just let Lydia and I help then to have him repeat the grade next year. When the bell rang for class to end, I kissed him quickly on the cheek s he could head off to the important lacrosse meeting.

Lydia met up with me and we walked to English together. Her delacate heels clicked as she walked with me. "So, Aideen, you and Justin are official now, huh?"

I smiled at the girl. "Yeah, we are. I really care about him."

"Well, he's not my Jackson, but he's definatly important on the team. By the way, what do you think of Scott?"

"Scott? Well, he's my friend. And he's got it bad for Allison. Why?"

"No reason," she said, swishing her red curls, "I just noticed he's gotten good at lacrosse recently." I rolled my eyes. If only she knew. We made it to class on time and went our seperate ways until it was over. I made my way to the locker room to see Justin, Stiles, and Scott walking together. I went to join them.

"So what about other emotions? Can you smell those, too?" Stiles was directing his question at either of the lycans, but mine spoke next.

"Yeah, basically. They all have different scents. Why?"

"Well, can you guys smell desire?"

"Desire?" A weary looking Scott asked for clarification. Justin saw me and wrapped his arm around me. "As in Justin being totally horney right now?" I laughed and Justin turned as red as his hair while snarling at the younger wolf. But getting no reply, we all followed Stiles' eyes to see him looking at Lydia.

"Lydia's desire for... you?" I asumed. Stiles nodded.

"I don't know, but I guess I could find out," Scott spoke. Stiles eyes lit up and a huge grin plastered on his face. Scott started to walk to the unsuspecting girl and Stiles kept shouting how much he loved his "best friend." For some reason, I had a bad feeling about this. Scott didn't seem himself. He seemed almost darker because of the full moon.

"You guys go ahead, I'm going to check up on something. Meet you on the field. Justin hugged me before letting go and Stiles just said ok. I rounded the corner in the direction Scott and Lydia had left to speak privatly. I spotted them in an empty class room.

"Does Allison still like me?" I saw Scott talking, thinking of Allison always.

"Of course she still likes you. She always will like you... as friends" Lydia was wrong. Allison still cared more than that for Scott. She was just trying to protect herself. The conversation became quiet and muffled behind the closed door, but finally Scott spoke again loud enough to hear.

"And are you greatful?" After that, and Lydia saying something else, the two went into a kissing frenzy. Their hands were all over each other, and her tounge trailed on his lips. I gasped at what I saw. I had suspected something was going on, but not this. Scott and Allison are broken up, and he can do what he wants, but Lydia was cheating on her superstar, Jackson. I left them alone and headed to the field to meet my boyfriend.

It had to be from the full moon. His animal instincts saw a pretty girl and they took over. Deep down, the human Scott loved Allison and only Allison. He won't shut up about her! It had to be because of the moon.

I looped arms with Allison who was watching the practice. Danny was set up as goalie and the boys had lined up to take shots. Jackson and Justin were next to each other in line. Stiles was still putting his gear on by the bleachers. Scott came over to him, that dark look still on his face. By looks of it, he told Stiles good news and they headed out to pactice. Scott cut in line and
jumped in before Jackson. He tried and failed at getting through, and he went back again to cut. Something was very wrong. I could see gold in his eyes.

He rushed the defence this time, slaming Danny's head. The goalie fell to the ground in pain. I had heared his nose make a loud crack. We all rushed over to his side.

Jackson looked on as Lydia rushed over. He asked about her smudged lipstick. She promply fixed it and brushed off his questioning glance. Stiles and I continued over to Scott.

"What the hell, man? Everyone likes Danny! Now everyones gonna hate you," Stiles hissed at his best friend. Scott didn't answer.

"It's the moon that's jacking with Scott." Justin confirmed my fears. He had just hurt an innocent, and I couldn't allow that to happen.

"Shut up, Justin. You know nothing," a demented Scott snarled before loping off the field.

"Ok, what the hell was that? He can't go around hurting people, Justin. We need to make sure that he can't get out tonight." His eyes flashed to me.

"We need to meet up at his house tonight. Stiles, I need you to bring chains and handcuffs. Aideen, I need you to bring weapons in case the worst happens. I need you all to be safe."

I nodded, the cold of the silver knife in my boot pressed against me. It chilled my heart to warm feelings to Scott McCall. Tonight, he would be my friend and enemy, and I would stop him if I had to. No matter how that may be.