Alright, I have no excuses, I'm just a procrastinator. Sorry, guys.

Josy P.O.V.

Jake's truck was still winding down the road on the way to his house about a half-hour after he had picked me up in the woods. We had been quiet most of the way and it seemed that neither of us were going to break the silence anytime soon.

I needed to know more about this wolf thing. Why did I have green eyes in my other form? None of it made any sense; nothing could have prepared me for this week. Nothing my dad had told me even came close to what I was experiencing. Jake looked over at me, looking like he was trying to keep down the word-vomit that was probably going to make it's way out pretty soon.

"I think I might know where Mike is," He started off, I nodded at him to continue. "I think he might just be in the woods behind your house or he could be around my house." I raised an eyebrow at him.

"Why would he be by your house?" I asked, sounding a little incredulous, even though I hadn't meant for it to come out that way.

"When wolves turn, they want to be near a familiar place. Your house isn't nearly as familiar to him as mine is, even if you guys never spent too much time there." I nodded at him, it made more sense than anything I could have come up with.

"So should we stop at your house first?" He mulled it over for a few seconds before giving me an answer.

"I think we should, or at least I should. I think Seth is near your house right now, he should be, anyway, so maybe I should send you over there to look for Mike with him." I looked out the window to the woods and thought about it for a little bit.

"I don't really want to look for my brother without you, I think it would be better if we stuck together." He shrugged and kept driving. I took it as a yes when he didn't press the matter further. We only had a few more miles to drive and would be at his house in a matter of minutes.

I drummed my fingers on the glove box in my cousin's truck, he slapped my hand lightly as we finally pulled up the drive to his house. I rolled my eyes at him and just rested the hand he had slapped on the dash. The truck came to a stop about ten feet from the house and Jake killed the engine after he put it in park.

He hopped out and motioned to me to do the same as he pulled a flashlight out of his back pocket. I glanced at the flashlight and then up at his face, Jake shrugged and just trudged through some of the mud that was a result of the day's rain. I was glad I hadn't picked flip flops when I threw on my clothes after being in the forest for most of the day. I had pulled on my boots, which were some of the most horrendously stylish things I had ever bought. And thank goodness that I did or else I would have been up to my knees in mud.

Jake flicked on the flashlight - even though I knew he probably didn't need it to see in the dusky evening - and headed for the line of trees around the edges of my uncle's property. I smelled something, not quite human but not quite animal. I followed my cousin as far as two trees in to the small forest, then stayed near where I could still see the red house.

My cousin turned to me and tilted his head to try and get me to follow him further into the wood, I shook my head and stood my ground. I didn't want to be in the extremely dark woods where something bad could happen - not that something bad couldn't happen anywhere, I just didn't want another run in with that thing from earlier.

"Josy, your going to have to come with me or go back to the truck," He said to me. "Your choice." I rolled my eyes and shook my head.

"I'm not going back to your truck and I don't want to go farther." I paused for a second trying to come up with a better alternative to both of the choices. "How about I just walk around the perimeter of the wood?" He chewed the thought over, I could practically hear the hamster wheel going in his head.

"Sure, whatever makes you happy," He snorted and walked farther into the forest, flashlight in hand. I started to walk the perimeter of the wood and tried to keep my eyes and ears open for anything out of the ordinary. You know. Like a really big wolf that just so happened to be my brother.

As I walked towards the middle of the tree line, I heard a twig snap near me. Then another. And then another. It was probably my brother, who was like a bull in a china shop when it came to being careful and quiet. I turned toward the sounds that were slowly becoming further and further apart from each other, like whoever was walking was suddenly getting tired.

I started towards the twig snaps that were a little farther into the wood than I would have liked, but if going into the small forest meant I would find my brother, I didn't care as much as I had earlier. I walked quicker and quicker towards the sounds and finally came upon a body in the dirt. It was face down. My heart beat sped up to an erratic flutter as I reached down to turn the body over.

It was my brother. I breathed a sigh of relief as his eyelids fluttered open and he gazed up at me. "Jos-?" He half-said my name and tried to say something else, but he couldn't get the words to come out.

"It's okay, Mike," I gathered him in my arms and hugged him. "But, dude, you gotta get some clothes on." I grinned at him and he smiled woozily. I yelled for our cousin, praying he could hear us and that he hadn't gone too far. I waited a few seconds and called out for him again, then heard the rush of footsteps on the forest floor.

"You found him?" I gave him a "no duh" look and gestured down to my sibling's head in my lap. "Sorry," He said sheepishly. "Do you want me to carry him back to the truck?" He asked me, but made no move to pick Mike up.

"He weighs one-seventy and it's all muscle," I looked at him with an eyebrow raised. "Yes, I would like you to carry him." He picked up Michael in a fireman's carry and started back towards the house where his truck waited for us. I got up and brushed the dirt off of my knees then began to follow my cousin.

As I cleared the tree line, I glanced back into the forest. Something didn't feel right to me.

And what could that be? Stay tuned, dudes, Josy's journey may get rough.