Ok, so firstly I want to apologize for how long this took me to get up. I started work Monday and so I only get Saturday and Sunday off now so I get to write a little less fanfic BUT I won't stop any time soon. Secondly I want to thank all of you for being so patient and for all those who reviewed and favorite and everything you guys are the best, please keep reviewing it means everything to me. I'm glad you all are loving this. So without further delay here is the next chapter. As always PLEASE review guys and gals.

Emma got to school on time her cut had burned a little but she tried ignoring it. "Hey, Em!" someone shouted behind her. She ignored the person who called out to her and continued to her locker. As she opened the door to her locker Stiles ran over panting, red faced, and sweaty. "Emma, why…didn't you wait," he panted as she looked at him funny.

"What are you talking about?" she asked a tone of seriousness in her voice.

"I was calling out to you the second you got here," he panted as she shrugged. "Anyway, have you seen Scott?"

"Stiles, it is not my job to watch after Scott. I'm no one's babysitter," she grumbled as Stiles looked at her funny. He grabbed her arm, but quickly pulled away.

"Are you feeling ok, your cold as…"

"Ice, I know, just leave me alone," she cut him off before walking away. As she made her way down the hall Emma found Lydia standing by her locker talking to a few people. Emma pulled a small card out of her bag and handed it to Lydia. "If you haven't down the locker yet, can you put this in too?"

"Why not give it to Allison, I kind of did her locker already," Lydia said as Emma sighed. "Hey, is everything alright? Do you need me to kill someone for you?" Lydia whispered nudging her friend as Emma smiled with a silent laugh.

"My brother?" she smiled as Lydia shrugged.

"He's kind of cute."

"Lydia, stop," Emma said seriously. "I could kill him right now, I heard him call me a child…I am far more mature than him."

"Absolutely, you are," Lydia nodded, "but have you thought that he could be trying to…"

"Don't say protect me," Emma squinted and pointed. "He is far from doing that, he thinks I need to be kept in my place."

"He didn't…"

"His words exactly," Emma shrugged as the bell rang. The two girls hugged each other and walked their separate ways. As Emma took her seat in her English class Stiles took the seat next to her motioning his thumb to where Scott and Allison would of sat. "Maybe they are skipping," Emma said rolling her eyes.

"That's what I'm worried about," Stiles responded as the bell rang. Emma shook her head rolling her eyes as she opened her book.

"What is there to worry about?" Emma laughed. "Just Scott and Allison skipping school not much can happen in a boring town like this," Emma shrugged rubbing the cut on her cheek that was now forming a scab.

"Hello, where the hell have you been? Werewolves, packs, a fricking alpha trying to kill everyone?"

"Stiles, their fine, shut up," Emma sighed putting her English book down.

"Miss Fryse," her teacher spoke up as she looked at the front of the room. "Since you and Mr. Stilinski cannot read what is on the page I am going to have to ask you to move to the other side of the room," he said as Emma's mouth dropped and she looked around the room as a few people chuckled.

"Thank you Stiles," she mumbled as she grabbed her things and walked to the other side of the room.

After first period, all of Emma's class seemed to slow down significantly and in each class she stared at the clock ignoring whatever any of her teachers were saying. As the bell rang for free period to begin Emma walked back to her locker and shoved her books inside. "Call Allison," Stiles demanded as she laughed and looked at him funny.

"What?"

"I said call Allison. Scott's phone's off." Emma laughed uncontrollably and placed her hand on Stiles' shoulder.

"Stiles, listen, they are just skipping, nothing bad is going to happen to them. Speaking of skipping, I'm off. I'm gonna sneak off through the lacrosse field, wanna join me?"

"Have you not heard a word I have been saying?" he barked in a hushed whisper throwing his hands in the air. "There is a crazy alpha out there that wants to kill people. Scott and Allison are still missing and you want to run through the woods so you can skip the rest of the day."

"If I have to sit through one more lecture I'm going to pull my hair out. Now if you don't want to join me, fine say so, I will be on my way," she sighed hugging the hyper active boy before walking toward the back door. She heard Stiles call out to her as the door slammed shut. Emma looked around for a moment and ran into the woods. Taking a deep breath the clean fresh scent of forest filled her nostrils. A freeing feeling spread through her entire body and she ran into a hard dash not having a clue where her feet would take her. When she came to the road, she stopped running, her breath was heavy and she felt slightly nauseous.

Emma sat down rummaging through her bad to find a her lunch. "Crap," she sighed forgetting she left it in her locker. She closed her eyes and placed her hands on the ground taking deep breaths trying to ignore the sickening feeling. The sound of a car slowing down pulled her back to reality.

"Why aren't you in school?" a familiar voice asked as the car came to a stop. Emma stood up and looked at Kate who smiled back at her.

"Um…well…"

"If your afraid I'll tell, your secret is safe with me," she laughed as Emma looked at her funny. "I promise, look, no crossed fingers," she added holding her hands up as Emma slowly nodded. "So why are you skipping?"

"I needed a break," Emma said shortly slightly nervous. Kate nodded.

"Well you should get on, before someone else catches you," Kate responded as Emma nodded slowly and walked around the car. Slowly she hiked into the woods watching as the car vanished. Emma stopped walking and looked around feeling as if something was wrong and the encounter between her and Kate was strange.

Derek's POV

Derek panted as he leaned against the stairwell and Kate smirked standing before him. "Come on Derek, open up a little," she laughed as he looked at her with a deadly glare. "What does the alpha want with the….oh what was it called," she sighed pouting trying to get him to speak up. "Come on, you're bound to know the name of it…you need it as much as she does," she whispered. Derek made eye contact and let out of soft growl. "What was it…something stupid, the Frozen Heart, or something God awful like that," Kate laughed rolling her eyes. "You want it as much as the next werwolf. It makes you stronger on a full moon, but does it really?"

Derek looked up at her his facial expression filled with hatred and hard as stone. "I mean it can only make you stronger if she's wearing it." Silence took over and suddenly Kate gasped. "Unless you're after it to help her get it back. Oh that's the perfect story," Kate laughed, "you're helping her. I didn't think you had the heart to help anyone ever again. What would you do, if she I don't know…died?" Kate smiled as Derek's face changed only for a moment, his eyes filled with pain and his jaw tightened briefly before looking angry again. Kate smiled and chuckled as she caught the expression she wanted from him.

Emma's POV

Emma looked around the woods an uneasy feeling upon her. Kate seemed to nice and the conversation she heard the night before sent a feeling of untrusting toward the woman for Emma. Emma stopped walking deeper into the woods and looked around, she was alone, but still felt as if someone was following her. She looked around forgetting what she was originally thinking about. As the wind blew the uneasy feeling of something following her left and the remembrance of getting caught filled her mind.

"She's going to tell," Emma whispered as she ran her fingers through her hair. "She's going to tell," she repeated. Emma could feel the nauseous feeling rise up again. "But she said…no, it's bullshit, she'll tell and then that'll give Felix more ammunition against me. And then I'm going…" Suddenly someone ran into her causing both her and the other person to fall to the ground. "Watch were you are going assho…Derek?" she gasped at the frightened looking shirtless Derek before her. "What happened?" she asked seriously helping him up. She saw the uneasiness in his eyes. "Derek? What's wrong," she touched his arm as he quickly took a step away from her. "Sorry," she said silently grabbing her hand realizing how cold she would be to his bare skin.

"Stay away from me," he finally barked as she looked at him funny. She looked into his green eyes, they had a form of sadness to them, no hatred, no harshness, just sadness. "I don't want you around here…anymore."

"What?" Emma squinted in disbelief. "What do you mean by that," she asked dumbfounded.

"I don't want to be near you, or anything. I don't have any form of feeling toward you, so don't get anything in your mind," he said coldly.

"But…you said you'd help me. What about my necklace? The alpha still has it."

"Em!" he barked causing her to jump. "I don't care, it's a stupid necklace, forget it," he sighed as her lips shrunk.

"Fine, I don't need your help, I'll get it back myself."

"You'll kill yourself," Derek growled.

"Then I'll die trying," she yelled before running away from him. Emma ran as far and as fast as her legs would take her. When she finally left the preserve night had fallen. She stood on the edge of the preserve and the city and her heart began to fall. She cupped her hands over her mouth trying to muffle the sound of her gasps. Her eyes felt a flame and she began to cry sitting on the side of the road. Her phone vibrated and she looked at the text from her brother. WHERE ARE YOU?! She rolled her eyes and shoved the phone back in her bag. Hugging herself she tried to feel warmer but nothing helped, now she was cold and upset. "WHAT DID I DO?!" she screamed out between sobs looking at the sky.

One of her tears fell onto her cut on her cheek and it began to burn. She closed her eyes and placed her hand on her cheek taking a deep breath. When she opened her eyes she felt cold as ice and the sorrow was replaced by anger. She stopped crying and looked at the moon. Her brother's words sunk in again and she refused to act so juvenile. Holding her head high she walked all the way back to Beacon Hills High.

"Where have you been?" her mother snapped. "I've been calling you for the past hour?"

"I didn't answer," Emma shrugged.

"What if you were dead in a gutter?"

"You wouldn't have known, nor probably cared," Emma hissed as Felix grabbed her forearm.

"Don't ever say that again," he whispered as she clenched her fist.

"Felix," her mother said darkly as Felix let go. Emma's arm began to bruise where he grabbed her. "Emma, of course I care, that's why I called."

"I find that hard to believe, why bother about your kid when someone else can. Even though no one cared that I skipped today, because they all praised how well I've been doing in school," Emma rolled her eyes as her mother cocked her head.

"You did what….today?" she asked Emma seriously. Before Emma could say another word people began to scream and run around. Emma noticed Scott and Allison on the other side of the parking lot. Scott slowly moved toward the cars and Emma felt a scary feeling come over her. Her mother made the situation worse by grabbing both her and her brother rushing toward the car. The world seemed to stop when the sound of gun being fired broke the panic. Emma pulled herself free and ran toward the group of people. When she saw the dead mountain lion in the parking lot Emma sighed wishing it was the alpha.

"Don't ever do that again," her mother hissed grabbing her daughter dragging her back to the car.