Chapter Five (Isaac's POV)
I woke up and felt Ally still clinging to me, I looked at her. She looked so peaceful, like last night didn't happen. She had a small smile on her face.
"I can feel you watching me, Isaac." She said and I forced myself not to jump. She opened her eyes and I felt like aquamarine gems were staring back at me.
"Oh, sorry." I said embarrassed. She smiled widely at me.
"Don't be." She hopped up enthusiastically. "Want some breakfast?" I looked at the clock; it was three in the afternoon.
"Uh, I mean it would be more like lunch or dinner, but sure." She pulled me out of bed and I walked ahead of her, I felt her jump on my back. "Whoa, someone's hyper." I said laughing. I gave her a piggy back downstairs and set her on the counter.
"I'm hyper because last night after you fell asleep; I woke back up and learned something." I raised my eyebrow. I saw her eyes go to gold and claws come out.
"You learned how to change when you want?" She nodded and hopped off the counter. She went to the fridge and pulled out eggs, bacon, milk, and a bag of chocolate chips. Then she went to the pantry and grabbed pancake mix.
"I was thinking chocolate chip pancakes, eggs and bacon?" I nodded.
"Sounds great." I replied as she started cooking. I checked my phone. I had a text from Derek. I'll be there around four. I looked at the time and it wasn't even 3:10 yet. "Derek will be here in about an hour."
"Kay." She said and went over to the stereo to turn it on. She started dancing wildly. It was kind of cute.
"You're really hyper, huh?" She nodded and started to grab coffee from the cabinet. I ran over to her. "Oh no you don't, you are awake enough." She frowned at me then shrugged.
She finished making breakfast and we ate at the table. Derek walked in when we were about halfway done.
"There is a plate for you in the microwave." Ally said. Derek walked over and kissed her cheek.
"Thanks." He turned to me. "Isaac, can I talk to you?" I nodded and got worried. We walked downstairs.
"Isaac, I have bad news."
"What is it?" I asked scared. He looked away for a little bit and when he turned back I saw he was crying. "Oh god no, is it Erica?" He nodded and tears fell from my eyes. I ran upstairs and out the door as if my claustrophobia had kicked in. Ally followed me out.
"Isaac, are you," I turned towards her and she saw that I was crying. "What happened?" She asked touching my arm.
"It's Erica, she's dead." I said shaking and I fell to my knees.
"Oh my god, Isaac I'm so sorry." She got to her knees and hugged me. I let myself fall against her as she smoothed my hair. "It will be okay, I promise, it will be okay." She kept repeating that and rocking me back and forth. We sat like that on the front porch for a long time. Derek had come out after a while and started rubbing my back. By the time I had calmed down the sun had started to set.
"Isaac, I was wondering, that since you and Boyd were so close with Erica, what you would like to do. Like a funeral or something." Derek said cautiously, like I would snap at him any second.
"I hate to say this, but wolves never have funerals. From what I heard the kid just stays missing. So maybe, we should either burn or bury her body." I could feel Ally's heartbeat quicken at my decision.
"I'll ask Boyd which one he prefers." I nodded and Derek left. I could feel Ally shifting below me.
"Isaac, sweetie, we have to go inside. I think you should stay here again tonight." I didn't refuse and she started helping me up.
"I'm going to stay on the couch tonight though, I don't want Derek getting mad at the fact that I keep staying in your bed."
"There is a guest room upstairs, you can sleep in there." I nodded and let her show me the way.
"I thought this was your brother's room." I said confused as she opened the door.
"No, it is just a guest room in case I had someone stay the night."
"What about the clothes?" I asked.
"There are girls' clothes too." She walked over to the closet and opened it, inside were girls' and guys' clothes.
"Oh."
"Yeah, there are towels in the other closet, the bathroom is through that door, and underwear, pajamas and such are in the blue dresser, the green dresser is for girls, I don't suggest going in there." I nodded finding it weird that she had all of this stuff, I guess since she didn't have a mom, she kind of had to be prepared for whatever. She walked out and I grabbed a towel and went into the bathroom.