◇The Hybrid◆

chapter 12

Lizzy's POV.

i wake up to the feeling of sparks flying through my stomach at one certain place. and i know Derek hasn't let go of me.

i smile and cuddle up next to him.. but then reality hits me.

i shoot up, sitting up straight. 

i hear Derek groan and try to pull me back down into his arms. 

i think i broke open a few stitches sitting up, but i don't care. "where's conner?!" panick filling my voice.

i feel tears lining my eyes. 

i need to find him!

my baby brother!

he's only five years old!

i toss the blankets off my legs and run to the door. 

right as i place my hand on the door handle, Derek's voice stops me from opening it.

"he's fine" 

"where is he!?"

"he's with Aaron"

"who the hell is Aaron!?"

"my friend. calm down. conner is fine" he cracks his eyes open and looks at me. "now, will you please come back to bed" he holds his arms open for me to crawl into.

"no. i need to see him. i need to know he's okay"

"please, Layla. i told you, he's fine. Aaron is a good guy. and if you don't trust Aaron, i'm sure once you meet her you will trust Rebecca more than you trust me"

"that's fairly easy, considering i don't trust you" 

Derek's POV. 

"what?" i fully open my eyes, looking her straight in the eyes.

"i feel like you're hiding something. i don't trust you. i can't possibly"

"why not?". yes, it's true. i am hiding something. but she won't find out about that until i want her too.. and besides. we just had a good nights sleep, with her in my arms. .. i still can't ignore the tingles.. no. sparks flying through my arm where i was touching her.

i can't love her! it will ruin everything! i don't love her. i don't. i can't. 

"after all the stuff you did to me. the first day i met you you insulted me and my father. oh and by the way, do you care explaining how the freak you know my father!"

"i'm going to tell you everything, later. just please come back to bed"

i want her in my arms again. .. no! i need to break her! i do not have feelings for her! i do not! and i never will!

i see a tear slip out of her eye. as i watch it trail down her cheek, i feel how scared she is. i want nothing more than to hold her in my ar- no! 

i watch her scy, pretending it's not effecting me.

she covers her mouth and lets out a muffled sob. "i need to see him derek" she says.

i sigh. "fine. but tomorrow, you are staying bed with me" my wolf jumps around excitedly about what i just said, but my human mentally slaps myself. i do not care for her!

i get out of bed and go to my dresser. i grab a pair of sweats that match the pair that Layla's wearing, except these ones are black. 

i look at her. my wolf howls in joy at the sight of her wearing our clothes, but my human mentally slaps myself again. 'why the hell did you give her clothes!? we're supposed to be using her for sex, then rejecting her!' my human says. but my wolf bites my human, 'that is our mate you are talking about!' he growls. 

inside my head my human and my wolf battle. i try to block everything out, but it's not working. i hate it when my wolf feels one thing, but my human feels another. and then they battle to choose who's right and decides how we feel. 

my human usually wins, because he's so self centered and only cares about girls so he can use them. i really hate my human.

i walk over to Layla and open the door. she follows me down the hall. when we reach Aaron and Rebecca's room, i knock on the door.

when they don't answer Layla pushes past me and barges in the room. Aaron and Rebecca arelaying in their bed, while conner is sleeping on a make shift bed, that i'm guessing Rebecca made, on the floor.

"conner!" Layla shouts.

conner immediately, and alert opens his eyes. once he sees his sister, he gets out of the small floor bed and runs into her arms.

sometimes, i wish me and my sister were that close. .. but it's kind of hard when she left our pack house to go live with her mate. but her room in this house is still unoqupied so i'm guessing that's the room they're most likely making conner's.

"what the hell man!?" Aaron groans, still laying in bed.

"sorry, Layla is stubborn when it comes to her brother" i say. Layla shoots me a look, but it only effects my wolf. my wolf is rolling on the floor whimpering in pain from her nasty glare but my human stands his ground and does nothing.

"what time is it?" Rebecca asks sleepily.

i check the watch on my hand. "6:45"

Aaron groans and Rebecca sighs. Rebecca gets out of the bed and goes over to the spot in the room where Layla and Conner are. No matter how tired Rebecca is, she puts a smile on her face. "i'm Rebecca and that's Aaron" she points to the already snoring Aaron.

Layla smiles. "i'm Layla, and this is Conner. thank you for keeping him for the night, i hope he wasn't any trouble" 

"oh, no. it's quite alright, if you guys ever need a night to yourselves again you're welcome to bring him here" she winks.

"i'm sorry, i don't understand"

"didn't derek mar-" Rebecca looks over at me and stops in mid sentence. "nevermind" she says to Layla. "hold on a minute" she says to layla and walks over to me.

"does she know?" she whispers.

i shake my head. 

"but isn't her father-"

"yep"

"how does that work? shouldn't he have told her by now?"

"he should've told her on her fifteenth birthday"

"then why didn't he?"

"i don't know. why don't you go ask him"

"is he here?"

"it is training day" 

"right! i almost forgot. what time do we have to be there agiain?"

"11 o'clock"

"good, so i have around four more hours until i have to wake Aaron"

"good luck with that"

she laughs. "thanks" 

"come on, Layla. lets go back to our room so i can sleep"

"our room?" layla asks.

Rebecca tries to hide the grin creeping up on her face. "busted" she whispers while quietly laughing. "i think you're the one that needs luck" 

i shake my head at Rebecca. "come on, Layla" i say and walk out of the room.

i hear her quiet footsteps along with conner's small footsteps following me.

i walk back into our room and crawl back to my side of the bed.

i open my arms for layla to crawl into them, but instead i get conner.

he giggles and i shake my head, but i can't help the smile from creeping up on my face.

i remove my arms from him and look over his small body. i see Layla curled up next to conner, sleeping.

i guess she really does need rest.. but she just couldn't sleep without her brother by her side.

.. interesting..