Well, here's chapter 2. If you're reading this you probably liked chapter 1 enough to click chapter 2. So I wanted to say thank you and I hope you enjoy this.

I get back to the house out of breath and panting like a dog. If I didn't have a higher pitch, you'd think I was Derek. No, I will not think about Derek right now. Not when I was about to make a decision he probably wouldn't like. Not when he just told me all that crap outside. No. He's in the past now.

Ignoring a confused look from Tori, I run to my room and start packing my bag with anything I can find. Clothes, toothbrush, toothpaste, blanket, socks, and about $500 in cash are all included in this.

After a lot of rummaging and quick breaks to cry, I have enough. Instead of getting up and leaving though, I sit down on my bed and think. I can't believe Derek said those things. He has never gotten that mad before. I expected him to understand us not being together. He did say he loved me though, even if it was in the form of I can't believe I ever loved you! I wrap my arms around my legs and curl up in a ball. How could he say that to me? Then I start crying quietly until I am ready to leave.

Just as I am about to leave my room I can hear Derek down the hallway asking Tori where I went while she just points toward my room. Shit. He was probably going to come in and tell me how sorry he was and that I should forgive him. He'd say we could be together and that everything was alright. Then he'd kiss me and everything would really be okay. I am not falling for that one again though. I need to keep him safe and I know I'll give in if he talks to me.

Desperate for escape, I sprint across my room to my window and open it up. Then I jump out with my bag. I was on the first floor so it was only a couple feet drop. Just as my feet touched the ground I could hear Derek enter my room. I crouch to the ground under the window. Oh please, please don't look out the window.

"Tori! You lied! She's not here." Derek yelled, slightly panicking.

Derek? Panicking? No, I don't think so. Derek never panics. He always has everything under control.

"I didn't lie! I saw her run to her room. Why don't you look around with your wolf senses instead of whining to me." Tori screamed back at him.

I hear Derek pause then the sound of his footsteps getting closer and closer. Well this isn't good. He'll spot me for sure. I hold my breath, not even daring to breathe. My leg is under me in a very awkward position, so i attempt to shuffle my foot forwards a bit. I end up knocking the hose which clangs against the side of the motel. I curse myself, and look up to see Derek's rage filled face looking down at me. I can't help but notice the vein that was popping out of his head earlier isn't there anymore so it can't be too bad.

"What are you doing?" Derek asked, struggling to keep calm.

I let out a big sigh and get up, defeated. "Nothing."

"You were obviously doing something if you were crouched beneath the window"

"Maybe I was hiding from you!" I told him, the hurt in my voice was very easy to detect.

For a second I thought I saw a bit of regret and remorse in the depths of his eyes, but as soon as Derek's eyes fall on my backpack his face fills with such anger, I am shocked into stillness. It terrified me how he could go from calm, to anger, to desperate.

"You were running away, weren't you?" Derek stated.

"I wasn't-" I tried to argue.

"Of course you were trying to run away! You always run away when things get tough. Well Chloe, you're not running away this time. You need to grow up and face your problems! Get back in here." He says with a look of disgust.

I was hurt by that though I didn't let it show. I obeyed him like a dog and went back inside the house. As I walked toward my room Derek tried to get in some words to me but I just shoved past him and shut the door in his face. Then I flung my bag at the wall with as much force as I could and screamed into my pillows. Crying and screaming until I was too tired to fight and drifted off to sleep.