Blood of the Wolf

Chapter IV: Changes and Emotions

The next few days passed by kinda softly but restlessly. I strangely wasn't injured. Just some bruises. The doctors told me to take it easy and stay home on bed rest for a few days. Lucas called me the day after the accident with worry in his voice. I reassured him that I was fine and he had no reason to worry. He still insisted upon having the Taggart family physician come over and check me out and make sure I was okay. I enabled him. He was just being a worried and caring friend and it was nice. The doctor came and checked me out. Lucas was with him. The diagnosis was the same. He was equally surprised and he gave Lucas's father some intrigued looks before saying that after a week of rest I should be fine. Just a few bruised bones but nothing truly severe. My mum was thankful for the second opinion. Lucas was still worried. After the standard assessment, the doctor asked some strange questions. If I had been hearing any strange sounds or noises, he asked about my dreams, how I felt around light or blood. I answered honestly. I had some, but not many and it didn't really affect me. He seemed to be satisfied so he left.

Two weeks later, I was fully recuperated, and back in school. That helped pass the time. Mr Shostic even let me go back to attending his therapy sessions again. It took a while to get back into the swing of things again, but it was nice that things were starting to feel a bit normal. The accident became not much more than a memory after a few months.

I continued to have some strange dreams, getting stranger and stranger. I started hearing this ringing in my ear that happened whenever I got emotional. Be it sad, worried, scared, or angry, which was the worst. I became restless and I had no explanation. I wasn't able to sleep at night, but I wasn't tired during the day either. I was eating a lot more than normal, but it was strange because I wasn't gaining weight. I started feeling hot out of nowhere randomly and I wasn't getting cold at all. So we went to the doctor again and they ran several tests but they couldn't figure out the origin so there was nothing they could do.

It came and went so I wasn't that worried but my mum was going completely mental about it. She was worried but I didn't understand why. Serena seemed confused about it when I talked to her, so I decided to call Corby to talk about it. Maybe he would understand. So I decided I would call him on one Saturday afternoon, but I had something else to do first. I wanted to go on a date with the most amazing girl in the world, Serena Beaumont.

I talked to her about it Friday and she seemed excited and we hadn't gone out in a while so I decided I'd take her to dinner and a play, knowing how she loves theatre. Luckily, the car was repaired by that time, so I picked her up at 6 and she came out in the most beautiful magenta dress I'd ever seen. I thought my jaw would fall off my face but I managed to keep my affinity contained. As she strolled towards me with her natural, personal grace, I could feel the idiotic smile crawl across my face. I wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her into a short but tender kiss.

"Hi there," I said after we pulled out of the kiss. "Looking rather gorgeous, aren't you? All this for me?" I said, playfully. She rolled her eyes and lightly and playfully elbowed me in the chest. I faked being in pain and then chuckled.

"You aren't so bad yourself Mr.Woodman". She pulled me down into another kiss and winked at me. "I see the car was fixable?" She said, nonchalantly. I nodded my head as she got into the car. I smiled and thought to myself, how was I able to get someone so amazing? I broke the veil and got into the driver's seat and drove to the restaurant. The drive there was filled with laughs and in thought talking. I always enjoyed conversations in the car with just us two, so much so that I was a little disappointed when we pulled up to the restaurant, it was her favourite, Italian.

We sat and ate politely, making quiet conversation, still enjoying our time together. That was one of the things I liked most about her, she had situational awareness. She knew the right times to behave certain ways, an art lost amongst most people these days.