The ride was silent. Lydia stared out of the window, searching for answers. She wondered what was so bad about her seeing Derek. She wondered what was so wrong with him. She turned to him and began looking for the bad. All she could see was a handsome and mysterious guy.
"Hey, Derek?" she said trembling.
He turned to acknowledge her as they came to red light. He looked at her trying to figure out what was going on in her head. She seemed anxious.
"What's wrong?" he asked, eyes studying her carefully for answers.
She pulled the sleeve of her jacket over her hand. She looked away from his gaze and out of the window. He saw the hesistation and became instantly enraged.
"Did someone hurt you?" he said through his teeth, fighting the rage of the wolf scratching inside him.
"No." she answered still looking away.
"Then, what's the problem?"
She refused to look at him. She looked up at the light an realized that it was green.
"Go, the light is green."
Derek looked at her for a brief moment before putting his foot on the gas. He pulled up to the deserted and deteriorated house. He turned the car off and sat there before turning to her.
"What is it, Lydia? You can tell me." he said placing his hand on hers.
She looked around nervously.
"Why wouldn't my mother want me hanging out with you?" she asked shooting a fierce look at him.
"Your mom? Maybe it's because I'm a guy. Or maybe it's the fact that's I am 21 and you're not." he guessed.
"She says you're not good company. Why?" she asked feeling like she had just received a half truth.
"I don't know. If you feel like I'm not good company then why did you get in my car and leave with me?" he snapped, his eyes flashing lightning blue.
Lydia noticed and became curious and confused.
"What's wrong with your eyes?"
He looked at her and got out of the car quickly.
"Hey!"
He ran deep into the woods trying to keep the beast from emerging in front of the only kind of humanity he had left. Lydia tried following him into the woods. He ran too fast to fast for her to keep up. She remembered the day she met him and realized that she didn't have time to give up just yet. She ran through the thicke and yelled out for him. She found him eventually, on the ground. He looked as if he were praying.
"Derek?" she asked cautiously.
"Go! Get away, Lydia. Run!" he warned her.
He usually could keep the wolf inside. He didn't know how it was able to break itsself out right now.
"Derek, is everything okay?" she asked nervously.
He dropped into the leaves and let out a weird sound.
"Just go!" he screamed at her.
"I'm not leaving here without you."
He let out more sounds and she became scared, but determined to stay with him. She called his name and ran over to him. When he turned to her, she screamed in the inside.
"Derek?"
Derek had lost himself completely in the transformation. He stood in a protective stance, growling and snarling at Lydia. She began to run and scream as the unknown creature chased her. She ran back to the car and got in the driver seat and locked the door as she tried to start the car.
"Come on!" she whispered to her trembling hands as they repeatedly failed to turned the key to start up the ignition.
He ran to the car and collapsed instantly. Two figures began walking towards the car.
"Mom?" she said as she got out.
"I told you he wasn't good company."
Mr. Argent kicked the recently returned Derek.
"Filthy animal."
He leaned down and put something around his wrists.
"Wh...Wh..." Lydia couldn't speak.
"I'll explain when we get home." her mother consoled her.
Lydia looked over her shoulder as she and mother walked away. She looked into Derek's pain filled eyes. Tears stained his face and they soon stained hers. Mr. Argent hoisted him up and she closed her eyes, not wanting to see what happened next.
"Lydia, sweetie, have you ever heard off lycanthropy?"
