When We Were Young : Part 3

Chapter 8

There are five stages of grief. First is denial, then there's anger, bargaining, depression, then lastly acceptance. Acceptance could take a few weeks, or it could take years. For a werewolf, acceptance never comes. Loosing a member of the pack is like loosing your own limb, no matter how close you were. Once a bite is transferred from the mouth of an alpha to the skin of a human, a bond stronger than anything immediately takes place. Loosing a member of your pack is like loosing a part of yourself. 

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"Mom!" I yelled trying to get to her, but it was no use. She was in a daze looking down at the man that she loved. My father. She let the flames engulf her completely. Dying with the love of her life. The sound of her pained screams was enough to want the flames to take me also. So I let them.

I jumped up from my position in bed. I was out of breath and dripping in sweat. I don't understand, everything was fine, my nights have been so peaceful without any nightmares. I guess that was short-lived.

I turned my head slightly when I felt Derek's touch on my shoulder, then his lips. 

"It's okay" Derek whispered, still somewhat half asleep judging by his voice.

"I know" I said back to him.

He raised his head up and looked into my eyes while he pushed a piece of my hair behind my ear. "You wanna talk about it?" He asked. 

"It was nothing" I said getting ready to lay back down. I would never tell Derek about my nightmares. His family also died in that fire that haunts me, and I am certain that he still blames himself for it, hell even I blamed him at one point.

"It doesn't feel like nothing, It would help if you talked about them" Derek urged. 

"I said I'm fine, I just want to go back to sleep" I snapped at him and laid back down. Even though I snapped at Derek he still wrapped his arms around me. Before I closed my eyes I took a look around and I felt my heart stop at the sight on the window. 

"Oh my God, Derek" I said raising up to get a closer look. Painted with some sort of black substance was the symbol for the alpha pack, it means that they are coming. Tonight. 

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Neither Derek or I went back to sleep after discovering the alpha's message. We've been bickering at each other on what to do. I went ahead and shot a text to Boyd and Isaac telling them to come over since I already know Derek is going to want to face them alone. I was going to head over to the school and talk with the twins, or at least one of them. The door opened signaling that the boys were here. 

"Go back to school" Derek demanded from his place on the steps.

"I told them to come Derek, you didn't think I would let you face the alpha's alone did you?" I said then looked at Boys and Isaac "Thank you for coming, but I meant after school, I still want you guys to get some sort of education"

"Well we can't go back, Boyd and I are incredibly and unbelievably sick" Isaac said. 

"With what?" Derek said "Brain damage?"

"Well I have a migraine, and Boyd here has explosive diarrhea" Isaac explained. I rolled his eyes at his statement, explosive diarrhea is nothing to joke about. 

"We're hear to protect you" Boyd said "Both of you" He said looking at me also. 

"Well I am in the clear, Deucalion has made it clear that he doesn't want me dead yet, so I am going to the school to talk with the twins, like we agreed at that awful dinner yesterday" I said. 

"Be careful" Derek said and I put my jacket on.

"I will" I said "But before I leave what exactly are you guys planning?"