Tori sat casually on the couch at her father's house. Simon sat at the computer, working on editing Chloe's zombie film. She ran a finger through her short, black hair.

"Dad?" She said without opening her eyes.

"Yes?" He said from the doorway to the kitchen.

"Can Rafe come over for dinner?"

Carter and Rae sat outside Theo's house. It was a warm night, still early August, and Rae had dragged her pants up, making huge lumps of fabric on her thighs. She'd also removed her shirt, revealing a black sports bra and a slightly chubby tummy. Carter smirked ad reached over, yanking one of the pant legs until it became mid-thigh shorts. She glared at him.

"Hey, those were my favorite pants." Carter turned his eyes to her.

"Yeah, well, now they can be your favorite shorts." He ripped the other leg to match, leaning over her, face close to hers. She looked at him, and he could tell she was affected by it. He grinned, then stood and pulled off his own top. She looked away, a blush creeping onto her light copper face. He grinned.

"Like what you see?" He said arrogantly. Rae snorted.

"Yes, those trees I see are nice." Carter grabbed her gently by the arm and yanked in an exact way, not hurting her, but pulling quickly and firmly until she was flush against him. He was taller than her, her head coming to just under his nose, and she leaned her head back to glare up at him, though it didn't come out quite right. He leaned into her ear and whispered,

"You know you want me," before dragging his tongue slowly over her earlobe. She shuddered and whimpered. It was such a nice sound, to hear tough little Rachelle whimper for him... He snickered and walked back into the house.

Theo and Zach sat together at the table, Zach with his head down, pulling gently at his hair.

"Zachary, look. Derek is a smart, resourceful kid who'll get that money, quick and easy." Theo said to his son, not believing a word if it himself. Usually Theo was brutally honest, but right now, Zach was about to rip his hair out. Inside, Theo thought it was quite funny - all the times he'd worried about Zach and his brothers.

"I'm going to bed," Zach said, standing. Theo nodded, said goodnight. His son left.

Theo stood and walked into the living room just as Carter walked in, shirtless and smirking to himself. Theo frowned at him.

"What have you been doing?" He crossed his arms at his grandson, who grinned in reply.

"Teasing Rae. Night, pops." Theo nodded slowly.

"Be nice to that girl."

"Yeah, yeah." Carter went into his room, and Theo just shook his head.

"Boys."

Kit walked over to his son after Tori had left to go see her boyfriend.

"Simon," he said, leaning against the wall.

"One Sec, Dad..." Simon quickly paused the shoot and save his progress. He turned to his father with a grin.

"Yeah?" Kit ran a hand through his greying hair.

"What did you say about werewolves to Derek?" Simon's smile fell, replaced by unhappy confusion.

"What?" He said. Kit sighed and sat.

"I went over to Andrew's after work. Derek was there. I asked about his dad, and he wanted to know how I knew him. I told him that supernaturals need to stick together, and he suggested you didn't feel as if that counted for werewolves." Simon narrowed his eyes and crossed his arms.

"Carter Cain was hitting on Chloe. I insulted him. I said nothing to Derek." Kit sighed.

"What did you say?" Kit asked, sitting on the computer desk. Simon sighed.

"Does it matter?" He looked at Kit, mouth tight. Kit sighed.

"To them, probably not. To me, it does." Simon sighed.

"I told him to leave her the fuck alone, werewolf." Simon walked to his room and slammed the door. Kit pinched the bridge of his nose. He must have been pissed because he'd touched Chlo-

She walked in then, smiling at Kit. She hugged him and murmured greetings before walking into Simon's room. Kit sat on the couch just as Simon came out and went into the shower.

A/N: Short chapter, I know. My sister is in the way to try out at a singing audition, so I have to go.

I've decided not to use the Darkness Rising. Rafe will only be mentioned... I will be doing an AU Darkness Rising story soon, though! Go check it out. :)