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~Part where Derek comes back, as requested~

Tori's POV.

I sat in my room, staring at a wall. Was it right for me to just leave them like that? Derek was my brother now, as much as it pained me to admit. I had to treat him just as I would treat Simon, or like my sister back at home. We were family in a way. Well, it depends on the way you look at it. Simon and him grew up together but they were in no way related.

Since they grew up together, it gave them the right to call eachother 'brother' but what did it give me? Kit was my father and Kit had adopted Derek. We were siblings, I suppose, but not technically. I didn't have to call him my brother. Maybe it was just a decision I would have to make. Seeing as I just left because I was cold, being selfish and, well, bitchy it seemed like the decision was made.

Was it, though? What if Derek was really a good guy? I'd never gotten along with him, nor did he with me. He called me the bitch, I called him the dog. It seemed obvious that I wouldn't want to get along with him. But the way he treated Chloe and Simon, like they were more important than anything in the world, it seemed unfair. I have no one like that to me. If I got along with him, would he accept me like he did with them, or was it too late?

Chloe was no one, yet she was so quick to make friends with everyone. She came around, spoke a few simple words and voilà. Maybe it didn't help that I basically gave them every clue they needed to know that she was a necromancer. I didn't know though! How was I supposed to know that it would make her the most fantastic, wonderful girl at Lyle House? And here?

The door banged open and I looked up, startled. It was Derek.

"Where is everyone?" he asked, his voice sounding like he didn't really want to be asking me. Honestly, I didn't want to be talking to him. I'm sure he heard the news about me and his brother being related and I'm sure he had a good laugh at Simon. With the look he was giving me, it was clear that we weren't going to get along just because of what happened.

My mind halted, cutting off the issue that was spinning in my head. Derek was supposed to be missing. What was he doing here?

"Tori?" Derek sort of growled. He was losing his patience.

"Everyone's looking for you," I said dumbly. I attempted to make it sound like I didn't necessarily want to be talking to him, but I did. I wanted to try to make him like me. I wanted to fit in.

"Why?" he asked. His eyebrows were getting lower and closer together, making me feel dumb for not explaining more.

"They thought you got kidnapped or something."

"What the f-" He stopped. He ran a hand through his hair, sighed and looked out the window. "Do you know where they went?"

I nodded. "Forest. They thought maybe you went for a run."

His shoulders slumped and he went towards the door. Just then, I pad of paper and pen went flying from the nightstand, towards him. Derek turned his head sharply and caught them. A look of confusion passed across his face, then he looked at me angrily. "Did you-?"

"No."

He put them down and instantly the pen began to write. It wrote:

"Hey guys, it's Liz. Isn't it cool how I can write to you? Anyways, Simon and Chloe are in the forest waiting for me but I'm going back now to tell them about this. I found you Derek! Yay! Go wait for us outside. I'll bring them to you. Tori, you can stay in here. Oh... Hi!"

Derek chuckled and left the room.

Now, what was I going to do until he came back with them? My one chance at being alone with him and I blow it. How would I get him to like me if Chloe and Simon interrupted me at every opportunity that struck? It would be hard, but I hope, worth it. I was determined to actually get this sibling thing to work. I needed it to.

I left the room a few minutes after Derek.


Chloe's POV.

"Yo, Tori," I said, trying to sound like all the kids did these days. Being out of school for a little while made me completely un-cool. It was very evident when she started laughing at me.

"Don't." She laughed again and became serious. "I don't really want to interrupt but-"

Derek sighed and got up. He took Tori be the wrists and forced her towards the door. "Go, Tori. I want to talk to Chloe." The harshness of his voice was scary.

Tori blinked at him, stunned. She nodded and left.

I sat there, almost as stunned as Tori. What was that? Derek wasn't usually like that at all. He usually just yelled at her until she did what he said or he just ignored her. Since when did he grab her like that? And shove her away?

"Derek?" I asked quietly. He turned. "What's up?"

He came to sit next to me. He sighed, like he did just a moment ago and put took my hand in his. "Tori is pissing me off, Chlo. Why does she do that, just pop up all the time? I don't want her here, you don't want her here... Yeah, she's Simon's sister and Dad's daughter but can't she go back where she came from? I really don't want her here right now."

My mind tried processing all of this. Were we not just talking about the girl from the parking lot? Where did this come from, the hate he had on Tori?

"This has nothing to do with what we were talking about," I said slowly.

"I know that. You don't need to talk to me like I'm an idiot, either," he snapped. I stared at him. He closed his eyes for a second and brought up a hand, rubbing his forehead. Again, he sighed. "I'm sorry. I'm just stressed. With what happened before, my head's been going nuts. I don't need Tori adding to it. Can't she just get the fact that no one wants her around?"

I watched him for a moment. "Do you want to continue with what you were saying before? Or..."

He nodded and thought for a moment, then began. "I'll need to go checking up on her later. I'm not sure what she is though and that's what scares me the most. She smells like a wolf, but she doesn't all at once. Unless..." He trailed off, muttering to himself.

I smiled sadly. Lately, Derek had been doing that. He's been getting stressed with the littlest things. He's been counted on for so much. When I needed him, he came, no matter what it was for. When Simon needed something, Derek helped. All of the questions I've wanted answers for were for Derek to answer, so he'd either have to research them or have to dig around his mind for the answers. I'd stopped with them though. He had enough with everyone counting on him, with everything in his head.

Too, all of this has been causing him really bad headaches. Kit said it was normal, under the circumstances he was in. He was a newly Changed werewolf and his body was still processing everything. The stress didn't help with his Changes either. Kit said it was normal that he'd Change about once a week. With Derek, it was up to three. Kit explained that werewolves Changed when their moods thought that they needed to. It was plain to see the issue there. Derek was an emotional-mess, although he hid it well. With me, I was close enough to see when he wasn't well. And that was a lot.

"Women aren't supposed to be werewolves though," he said, loud enough for me to hear. He was still in the state of thinking aloud. "Men only, that's the rule. Women can't take the Changes and so they die. I don't get it!"

I rubbed my thumb across his hand. "How about we go to bed? You'll think better with some sleep in you."

"I'm hungry. I didn't eat yet."

I laughed a little bit and picked up the phone, letting him order from room service. It was typical that he'd want food, I thought. Later, our food arrived and we ate. We went to sleep curled up together and when I awoke, he was still here.


REVIEW. Oh, and sorry if the ending is crummy. I got tired at that part and really wanted to update. I was sort of really determined. Lol. Anyways, thanks for reading.

-Emily.