A/N Sorry it took me so long to upload this chapter! I had major writer's block. Oh, and to answer the question 'Is this going to be a chlerek', Derek and Chloe will end up together in the end, but this story is more about Simon and Chloe.

Disclaimer: I do not own Darkest Powers.

Simon's POV

After they all left, I quickly settled back down into bed. I was beginning to feel light-headed again. The bandage on my arm was soaked through with blood. I briefly wondered if it was a good idea to jump in front of Chloe, but the thought of her having to go through this instead of me made me more sick that the smell of my own blood. A gentle rapping on the door made me jump.

"Come in." I called, hoping for Derek or Chloe. Instead, Andrew walked in.

"How are you feeling, Simon?" Andrew asked.

"I'm doing okay. Are you here to do the stitches?" Andrew nodded, and stepped forward to unwrapp my bandage. I caught a glimpse of my wound, and it made me head even lighter. The blood gushed, but I could still see the deep cut. Part of my flesh was missing too, by the looks of it. And the smell...the smell was disgusting. I hoped it wasn't infected. I could tell that Andrew was grossed-out too, although he tried hard to hide it. He wordlessly cleaned the blood off of my arm, dissinfected it, and then began stitching. It didn't hurt as much as I thought it would. In fact, I barely felt anything at all, except for the gentle tug of the thread when he pulled it through. Soon, he was finished, and my arm looked a whole lot better. He wrapped another bandage around it, and stood.

"There we go. All done." he said, satisfied.

"Can I get out of bed now?" I asked, annoyed at having been cooped up all day. Andrew hesitated before nodding.

"Sure," he said. "Just don't go outside." I nodded.

"Of course not."

I stood up, and instantly felt blood rush to my head. The world began to spin slowly. I quickly steadied myself, hoping that Andrew didn't notice. Luckily for me, his back was turned, so I re-focused on moving. It wasn't that hard, once I got past the dizzyness. I heard the water from the shower shut off, so that meant Derek was done. I decided to go find him. He seemed kind of unnerved at the fact that I was now a werewolf. I found him pacing our room, running his hands through his hair nervously.

Derek's POV

This is not happening. This is not possible. Simon is not a werewolf. It was not my fault. But it was. This is happening, apparenlty it is possible, Simon is a werewolf, and it is all my fault. I could have been outside much, much earlier. I could have stopped Liam and Ramon. I could have saved my brother. But I didn't. I didn't, and now he was paying the price. I would have to watch my brother turn into a wolf. Watch him go through agonizing pain as his bones shifted. All because I was late.

"Um...bro? Calm down." I jumped at the sound of his voice. I hadn't heard him walk in.

"Calm down?" I snapped. "You're a werewolf, Simon. This is serious."

"You think it's your fault, right?" he ignored my reprimanding.

"It was." I mumbled, forgetting about his newly enhanced senses.

"No, it wasn't. You weren't there. What could-"

"Exactly." I cut him off. "I wasn't there."

"Jeez, bro, I was on a date. What, did you want to stalk me for the rest of my life?"

"If it would have kept you safe." I answered honestly, even though it was a little creepy. And, believe it or not, Simon laughed. He laughed. Right then and there. As if he didn't just get stitches, as if he hadn't been bitten by a werewolf, as if 'he' weren't a werewolf. I forced myself to stay calm. He must have noticed how tense I was, because he struggeled to stop laughing.

"Lighten up, bro. I'm not dead, am I?"

"No, but you've been-"

"Bitten by a werewolf. I got that part. But reality is, it happened. And unless you can turn back time, we're just going to have to learn to live with it."

He was right. Still, I promised myself that from that moment on, failure would not be a part of my dictionary. I will not fail to protect him, or Chloe, or even Tori again.

A/N Sorry. Horrible ending. I know. Also, that was a pretty short chapter, so sorry about that, but, like I said before, I had writer's block. And sorry if Simon was a little bit OOC. I always have trouble with bold and funny characters. But other than that, what did you think? Amazing? Okay? Terrible? So awful you never want to hear the name again, and if you do , you might throw up? Please, please, please, PLEASE review!