"Derek," I said.

"What?"

"H-h-How are you feeling?"

"Pissed."

"I meant since we are away from the Alpha."

"Pissed," he repeated.

I glared, I guess being rude back was going to be the only way to get into his head and snap him out of it.

"I'm doing better, thanks for asking. He says I can make it through the change now. Sure, twice today I've felt like I've been hit by a train. But I don't need you breathing down my neck worried about me dying anymore."

Derek went to say something, I cut him off with the icing on the cake.

"That's why you're dragging us back isn't it? To toss me aside. You don't have to waste your time worrying about me ever again. I'm fixed so I'm not your problem anymore."

"You were never a problem," Derek said quietly.

"Then why are you throwing me to the wolves?" I spat.

Derek hit the breaks and spun around. I knew that one was really going to get under his skin.

"Stop accusing me of things I'm not doing," he screamed.

I slid up my seat, getting in his face, "I'll stop when you stop. Simon saved your damn life and you are so angry, you can't be bothered to see that."

Derek practically shook with anger. I waited for him to spit something hurtful back at me. But he just stopped. Derek looked at his brother and back at me. His expression softened.

"I'm sorry," he said eventually.

Then turned back around and started driving again. Simon looked at me and mouthed 'wow.'

"Chloe's right," he sighed. "I'm furious with what you two went off and did."

"It's over with now," Simon said. "Chloe's fine. I'm fine. You're fine."

"Just don't ever do that again," Derek replied. "We make decisions as a group from here on out."

"Agreed," I said.

Simon nodded.

"For the record," Derek glanced back at me. "We're going back because I talked to Dad. Not because you're going anywhere. He's talking Lauren into agreeing to a compromise, she can stick around Tess' instead of taking you away."

"How did you talk to him?" Simon asked.

"Payphone," Derek answered.

He glanced back at me to see why I hadn't say anything yet.

"Group decisions huh?" I mumbled. "You make that rule after you make decisions for me."

"Chloe I was trying to help."

"Yeah? Simon was trying to help with what he did and you got mad," I said. "That's a bit hypocritical that you can be upset with help but I can't."

"Chloe that's not fair," Simon frowned. "Is having your aunt around that bad?"

"No," I said with slight sarcasm. "I'm just fine with adding another person to the list of people watching my every move waiting for me to spontaneously combust."

It might not have been fair for me to get upset here, but I was. I couldn't help it. Derek was making decisions for me and I wanted that to stop.

There was a numb feeling in my arm as it start twitching.

"Son of a-" I swore under my breath. Not now. Please not now.

I moved around the seats and to the trunk space.

"What're you doing?" Derek asked.

"D-don't mind me," I stuttered out. "I'm looking for something."

They didn't buy it. My arm spasmed again.

"Chloe, what's going on?" Simon asked.

"Just keep driving ok?"

"You're changing again aren't you?" Derek growled.

"Keep driving," I answered. "I'm ok."

I grasped the carpeting of the trunk floor, trying to control the urge to vomit.

"Group decisions Chloe, you need help," Derek argued.

"I think my body's calling the shots here not you. And if you pull over on a busy highway, you're begging for the police's attention. Do you want a human walking in on this?"

Derek did not like this at all.

About forty-five minutes later a blonde gray wolf lay utterly exhausted in the trunk of the SUV.

"What the hell do we do now?" I heard Simon ask. "We cant show up at Tess' with Chloe like that. Dad and Lauren will freak."

"Where else do we go?"

Derek must have shook or done something.

"Your not going to change on me now too are you?"

"No, I've already done that twice today."

Derek changed more than once while we were gone. He really had been stressed about Simon did, not just angry. He'd been worried about us coming back alive.

"Doing ok back there?" Simon called back.

I didn't bother trying to figure out a way to answer. I was in a different body right now, I was scared. I wanted to be left alone.

"Maybe she fell asleep," Simon said.

"I've done that before," Derek replied. "It saps every ounce of energy you have. Its almost too easy to pass out."