Today Was Crazy

"She hasn't reacted like that in years, Adam, I figured you should know." I heard Bran talking to dad after Tolinka was fixed best she could be and Dad had finished his tirade against Ben not telling him about important things.

Tolinka had woken up for not longer than a moment before she passed out again but we had managed to get a "they found me…" out of her.

"That means she's getting worse, not better." Dad's voice betrayed his frown, though I wasn't in the room.

"Not entirely." Bran corrected, "She has gotten considerably better, she has something she can call hers and she can protect it, in her mind. It's put her more at ease considerably. I'm surprised she was ever able to suppress her hunger for blood at all. We all go through it, some worse than others."

I stared at my hands, Shuck was playing with Remus in the corner and I listened to Shuck's surprised barks as he realized the older dog was a pretty good fighter.

It was seven in the morning, but I was still humiliated by my sudden lack of control.

Ben rubbed circles on my back soothingly.

"It happens to everyone." He reasoned.

"It hasn't happened to me since I was nine." was my response.

I was still hungry and stressed and I just felt the need to kill something. I wanted to to taste the warm iron tainted blood gush between my teeth.

I took a breath and let it out in an attempt to settle myself, it still didn't work.

"I want to make something bleed." I groaned.

"Maybe you need to go hunting." Ben offered.

I glared at him.

"That's a terrible idea! I should let her loose? What world do you live in where that's acceptable?"

"It was just an honest suggestion." He kissed my hair. "Do you want me to get you a steak?"

"I won't eat it." I told him honestly. "Picky eater as a human."

"Ah, I see, perhaps not raw, rare then?"

I leaned my head on his shoulder.

"Yeah." I sighed. He gave me a quick kiss on the head again and left.

I heard a shout from downstairs and Shuck began to run towards the basement before Romulus came our of hiding and snarled. The older two obviously remembered the "not invited, don't come down" rule I had set for their safety and more obviously they were enjoying proving they were head honchos at our house full-dog wise.

I did run downstairs to find Tolinka was awake and terrified.

"Where am I?" She gasped and her eyes widened when they fell on me and Ben, who had arrived down there as well. Of course Dad, Mom, and Bran were there and so was Samuel. "You're the werewolf couple. The ones who knew what I was."

"My mom's a walker, I'm half." I rolled my eyes, "Not that hard when you grew up with the smell of coyote." I bit my lip, even though she was awake I still wanted to just…eat her. Ben knew that and pulled me to him inconspicuously so it looked more like he just didn't want Toli near me.

"What happened to you?" Sam stepped forward to help her and she startled, hyperventilating and just stopping breathing altogether.

"Panic attack." I murmured, Mom pulled Sam backwards, but she had already fallen unconscious again.

"Perhaps it's simply a coyote thing." Ben suggested, "Perhaps they're supposed to find traumatic experiences." I knew he was joking but Dad didn't like it.

"Don't you ever joke about something like that." He growled, "Not when you know what it was like."

"She was raped?" I asked.

"Supposedly." Samuel frowned. "We can't be sure, but from her injuries? Yes, it would seem she was raped."

"Oh my God!" I gasped.

"And perhaps it'd be best if she woke up to Mercy or Porsche next time?" Bran hadn't meant it as a question, he just posed it that way. "I'd say Mercy first, but she knows Porsche."

"She let her get away last time."

"Which could work to our advantage."

I shook my head.

"I can't do this, I'm not feeling well." I said.

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Tolinka didn't wake up again until I was doing my algebra homework one evening with Shuck next to me and Remus under my book and Romulus on my other side. Ben was busy doing work for Dad so I just had them to help me. As it was I was asking them for help.

"Hey, Remus, what is the distance a ten-speed bike with a tire that has a diameter of twenty-seven inches will travel in ten rotations of the tire?" He gave me a bored look and I groaned. "I am so screwed on the test."

"The answer is 847.8 inches in ten rotations." Ben chuckled and I jumped, turning my head to look at him.

"How did you get that answer?" I asked.

"I multiplied the circumference by ten." He smiled.

"Wait…what?" I frowned down at the paper and looked back at him. "I don't have the circumference! It doesn't give it to me."

"There's a formula." He sighed. "C equals the diameter times pi."

"What's C?"

"C would be the circumference." He grinned and my confused expression.

"And pi, how do you figure that out?"

"It's either 22/7 or it can be 3.14 if you'd prefer, but you multiply it by one of those two numbers and you get the circumference as 84.78."

"You multiply what by pi?" I was so totally lost.

"The diameter."

"So…twenty-seven times pi equals 84.78?"

"Yes." He nodded.

"That's great, how do you get the answer?"

"Multiply it by ten." He smiled.

"Where'd you get the ten from?" I wailed.

"From the ten rotations." He pointed, "Porsche, it's not that hard."

"For you!" I snapped. "So the answer is 8478?"

"No…847.8, you're not multiplying by one hundred." He told me.

"I can't do this!" I closed the book and suddenly I heard someone downstairs let out a shrill scream. I jumped, accidentally knocking Remus off my lap. I scratched his head apologetically and followed Ben partially to the basement, cutting in front of him and leading the rest of the way.

I watched as our patient settled down a little, throwing glances at Bran who must have startled her.

"You're awake!" I smiled.

She looked at me and I waved.

"Hey, I'm Porsche." I waved, "I guess you remembered me last time you were awake. This one," I pointed behind me with my thumb, "Would be my Ben."

She looked him over and wrinkled her nose before looking back at me.

"I'm Toli."

"I know." I nodded. "So, what brings you here?"

"I don't know." She shook her head before wincing.

"Well, that's not good. Were you already unconscious when someone brought you here without your knowledge?" I asked. "Personally, I hate it when people do that. It tends to happen a lot."

"It wasn't someone because his name is Brian." She blinked back tears.

"So you knew him." I nodded, "Well, at least it's not too bad. That'd suck if complete strangers brought you here. I've had that happen a few times myself. Never ceases to amaze me what werewolves are capable of."

She looked at me funny as if to say "I didn't say werewolf."

"I live with 'em, they have this whole thing about kidnapping. It's their speciality." I smiled, "Sorry if I was wrong or offended you."

"No, you're right." She sighed, holding her head as if it hurt.

Bran looked at me.

Ask if he lived in Lewiston.

"I think you need a vacation." I commented, "Get yourself away from this mess. How does Lewiston, California sound? I was going to-"

She had already freaked out and tried to hide it by keeping her breathing a little steadier but her eyes were as wide as saucers.

"I'm sorry…I didn't realize you'd been there."

"I-I used to live there." She whispered. "But I left. He…he found me."

I nodded, realizing she wasn't much older than I was. Probably three years or so, only nineteen.

Brian McGloughlin, alpha of Snake River Pack in Northwest California. We haven't checked up on him this year, but we're supposed to see him next month at the alpha meeting in Aspen Creek. I guess this can't wait.

"You said his name was Brian?" I asked slowly, "What was his last name?"

She shook her head and I sighed.

"I only wanted to help."

She blinked and paused for a moment before sighing.

"McGloughlin," She bit her lip, "Brian McGloughlin."

He never brought his mate to the meetings, but his second said he had one, she was fairly young. She was your age when it was first brought to my attention.

You didn't do anything about it?

I didn't realize anyone would abuse their own mate. We don't make house calls unless necessary.

I winced and looked at Bran.

What would you have done if that had happened to me when you sentenced me to find a mate?

I didn't get an answer, he just shook his head.

"He's your mate?" I asked carefully, I was walking on a fragile tightrope here. She winced.

"Yes."

Oh my God.

What the hell do I do here?

"Er…Toli…meet the Marrok…he's the one you- -er- -screamed at." Where's mom and Dad?

Not available, they're out with a few of the wolves trying to solve the problem we found the answer to here.

That's fantastic.

Do I ever have my own mind these days?

No.

Dear Lord.

I looked at the older girl sympathetically and then smiled.

"Come on, you need a shower!"

Ben moved to follow us and I laughed.

"You're not coming, go take your own shower! I've gotta get this one clothes and everything!"

A/N-

Sorry for not updating yesterday i feel guilty but i was so tired after orientation! Such a boring time xD but i cant wait until i get some reviews for this! I'm glad to say I at least got two more reviews! School is starting in many places so a lot of you guys are busy and whatnot, so am I :D i just hope u guys wont forget about me and will continue to review!

This is still so short and I kno i had like…2 days to do it but i didn't get on the computer yesterday except for on and off as I was typing a HUGE essay! and so the only thing i really had time to do was reply to threads on the role-play site. And i snuck those in! I spent most of my time at borders after school just doing math with my little group of friends xD we r so sad

Notloggedin: yeah i kno, i wish i went there

lolz

gah! that'd b terrible xD

lolz me too, he's even more smarticle cuz he's doing my homework in this one my mom had to help me cuz none of my friends are helpful or knew watt to do and i am an idiot who can figure out the harder problem on the paper and not that one xD

not at all duh! lolz

POOR ME! I HAVE MATH HOMEWORK AND A HUGE ESSAY!

:) he does both er his name is somewhere in here…sorta

so am i, their much more fun

blood makes them hungry or thirsty i believe i cant remember which but i believe it was hungry, its worse the more dominant you are i think omegas are completely immune to it and i believe submissive are not likely to have the problem either

NO! I NEED THAT DARNED COYOTE! I CREATED HER FOR A REASON YOU JERK! jk jk ur not a jerk! i like u xD

Julz: Yay! u reviewed! i missed u!

oh thank u! i do not have an amazing mind else fictional characters would not be doing my homework xD yeah i kno i should b able to make them longer but i always feel like…like i like the way it ended where it was its a weird thing and its hard to explain but they'll probe start getting longer cuz i may only b able to update every other day or so when school hits me full swing cuz my dad will set the timer again and have my internet shut off at like…10 on weekdays so ill have to post in either the morning or right after i get hoe so they should be longer unless i have a huge thing to do (like now) and i just try to post watt i can

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