Never knew

chapter 3- Gone!

Before I could see anything, I could feel a soft bed underneath me, a pillow under my head and a blanket pulled up to my chest. I opened my eyes but quickly closed them again because it was to bright. I felt something grab my hand from my side after a minute.

"Taylah, can you hear me? Please wake up Tay. We need you to wake up, please. We miss you" I heard someone say then they started crying. It sounded like my mum. I opened my eyes again, but slowly this time, I looked over at where the voice was. I saw my mum sitting there crying.

"Mum" I said quietly. She looked up straight away.

"Taylah, Oh my gosh. Your finally awake" My mum said giving me a hug.

"What do you mean finally?" She looked at me sadly. "Mum?"

"You have been in a coma for a month and a half" I looked at her shocked. "I'm sorry sweetie"

"Does that mean they are gone?" She nodded sadly.

"They came and saw you everyday. They ask about you every time they call now"

"Can I go and see them when I'm better?" I asked hopefully. My mum nodded and stood up.

"I'm going to go and get the doctor" She kissed the top of my head before walking out of the room.

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After the doctor came and checked everything was ok, I was allowed to leave the hospital and go home with my mum. As we walked up the stairs to the house, the front door opened and my dad and brother ran out.

"Taylah, thank the lord your okay" My dad said giving my a bone crushing hug.

"Tom, be careful. She just got out" My mum said. They all helped me into the house and up to my room.

As I sat on the bed after they left, I was staring at my phone hoping that Sally would call me. My phone had about 30 missed calls from people and about twice as much messages, when it was given to me today. I got up and walked over to my draws, where I had pictures of me, my friends and family sitting on top. I picked up a photo of me and Sally when we were about 10. We had piggy tails and were wearing a pink dress as we ran around the yard with our brothers chasing us with water guns. I laughed at the picture as I remembered that day. Sighing I went back to my bed, lied down and went to sleep.

I was woken up by someone shaking my arm. I opened my eyes to see my brother standing there, he moved his hand in a gesture for me to follow him. I got up and followed him out of the room, down stairs, thought the house and out side. We walked until we had gotten the edge of the yard.

"Why did you bring me here Billy?" I asked.

"Quite Taylah. I needed to tell you something and I don't know how you will react"

"What do you have to tell me?" I asked

"Dad told me that he was going to hand the pack over to me after my birthday, because he feels as if he can't look out for the pack anymore after what happened to you and Sally" I was shocked.

"But dad has always been a good Alpha to everyone. All of the elders said he is the best Alpha we have had in years. Why does he feel as if he isn't anymore?"

"It's because he is upset about the fact he couldn't get to you fast enough to stop the wolf from knocking you to the ground. He feels that if he can't save his own family then he can't save the pack if the time came."

"Oh, but I know you will be a great Alpha Billy, you have watched dad for years and know everything about the pack anyway. You don't have to learn anything, it will be easy for you."

"Thanks sis, but everyone knows an Alpha isn't the only one to run the pack. It is almost impossible for an Alpha to do that, they need someone to help them. The packs Luna does a lot of work as well."

"I know that, but what does this have to do with it?" I asked confused.

"I don't have a mate to help me run the pack Tay. I need someone to help me." I nodded sadly. "Taylah, I want you to help me until I find my mate"

"Me? But why? I don't know anything about running a pack" I asked shocked

"Mum said she would help you, while dad helps me"

"But why can't mum help you? She knows everything about what she has to do. And I only turned 2 months ago, I'm not strong enough yet" Billy placed his hand on my shoulder, when I put my head down, making me look up at him.

"You are Tay, you just need to believe in yourself more. I know you can do it, and so does everyone else. And it wont be for long, I promise" I nodded. "Thanks sis, I know you will do great , don't worry about it" He smiled and led us back inside.

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A few days pasted and I hadn't talked to Sally yet but I did have visits from the rest of my friends, I always had fun then. My mum and dad promised that I could go and see Sally, Bob, Mary and Tim in a week, I was very happy when they told me I was allowed to go. I had sent Sally a message saying that I was coming to see her soon, I got a message back from her saying she was so happy that I was okay and that she couldn't wait to see me as well.

The rest of that week passed quickly. I had gone shopping with Tammy, Emily and Maddy to get some new cloths to take with me to see Sally. The girls were happy that I was able to go and see her and wished they could come with me. Nick, Sam and Eric wished they could come as well. While I was in the car on my way to the airport, I lent my head onto the window and thought about what Billy had told me at the start of the week. I was happy I was able to help him but I was scared about having to tell people what I had to do when the time came.

At the moment I am sitting on the plane waiting for it to take off. I couldn't wait until I saw my family again, I have missed them so much. I have always wanted to travel across the country and this gives me a great chance to, of course it was something I had planned to do with my friends but I couldn't help that right now and they said they didn't mind and that they may be able to come with me next time. I hope they can, that way everyone will be together again. I sat back in my seat and looked out the window, the ground was getting closer to the plane or the other way around. Once the plane had landed and everyone was off the plane, I was walking to the area where I could find my bag. I saw someone I know very well standing in front of me when I get my bag.