Ginny and Taylor, Howl at a New Moon

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Ginny and Taylor,

Howl at a New Moon

Acknoledgments

First off, thanking Jedward's newest album, Young Love. It might not be the

newest now, as this is being published, but it was when I was writing this, and

the songs are just ... god like and inspirational.

Thank you to Tyler Thelwis, who helped me dicide weather I should use Forking

On, which is my own invention, or Imprinting, which is common in animals and

also, ghosts.

Edward, who didn't even get the slightest bit pissed when I mentioed the

character based on him wasn't the one this time. Seriously, if I had done this

one year sooner, he would have ripped Tyler to shreds.

Thank you to my friend Seth McGuire, who a lot more about something in this

book than I do, so he helped me create it. Oh, and who helped him, I shouldacknoledge Joe, Blaise, Layla, (yeah, she's a grl) Cory and Teddy. Oh yeah, and

also for letting me base characters on them. And take one or two names.

Thank you to Jacob (he's a dog) for being so ... weird and wolf like, so I kind of

know how wolfs act, along with all the help from the wolf stalkers.

Chapter One

Jacob Knew

"I ..." I said just one word, because I had to stop and think first.

Was this actually a surprise? I mean, the way he acted, the hints he dropped, the way he always


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"Thanks." I mumbled with a smile. "Now I can finally stop ageing." I gave a quiet laugh along

with the whisper.

"You still look young to me." Jacob laugh-whispered back.

"What's all the secrecy?" Harry Hooke who was one of my friends, laughed.

"Family stuff." Jacob lied. I was impressed how well he could lie.

Chapter Two

The Disaster Party

"Makes sense." Harry nodded.

"Ginny, someone insde wants to see you." Jacob grinned at me. By the look on his face I already

knew what was coming.

"See you later guys." I smiled at my friends before leaving hand in hand with Jacob."Ahsley?" I raised my eyebrows.

"Who else?" Jacob laughed.

I walked inside and almost the second I got in the doors I was knocked slightly backwards by a

hug from Ashley.

"Happy Birthday!" she shriked in a whisper. "So, look under your pillow at home and you'll see a

new outfit for tonight, that's from me, and you be over by seven or else I'll come get you myself!"

she laughed.

"I wouldn't want to have to be dragged out." I laughed. I didn't know why I was laughing, I didn't

exactly feel like a party. I didn't feel like celebrating at all really. But then I realised why I was

happy.

"Hey Casper, no fair!" I protested with a laugh.

"Only doing what has to be done." he smiled devilishly.

"Hey Ash, don't hog her." I heard Lily say, as she and Brennden arrived.

"Happy Birthday." Lily smiled and hugged me lightly.

"What age you now, like, forty?" Brenndenn asked with a laugh and a high five rather than a hug,

because that was the kind of person he was.

"Yeah, feels like it." I laughed.

"Hey don't worry, we're all much older." he laughed too.

That day was better than most school days, even though it was just the Corcorans who knew

about my birthday. At lunch the talk was of the usual things for our group (Me, the Corcorans,

Jenna, Harry, Victoria, Blaine and Rene), just movies, books, music and sport for the guys.Classes seemed less dull all day too, but that was probably because as part of a birthday present

Casper was controling my mood all day.

After school Jacob and I agreed he would come over before seven and drive me over to his place,

giving me plenty of time with Bill, as he had loads of presents for me which had been sent over

from London and not forgetting Lauren and Oisn is Florida. After the party then he would drive

me home too, and later when Bill was asleep, come back in through my window.

So I drove home alone, strangely the effects of Casper's mood control hadn't worn off. I had been


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smiling even though I hadn't wanted this just twenty four hours ago. All troubles forgotten my

grin almost split my face.

"Here, open my present first." Lily smiled, taking the smallest present off the table. It was

wrapped carefully and box shapped and small. I opened it and I saw a small crystal diamond. It

looked exactly like the crystal heart from The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl.

"Thanks so much, I love it!" I said and we hugged."Well I know how much you love that film because of Taylor Lautner. Even if he was just

thirteen." she smiled as I put the chain on.

"Mine next!" said Brennden, grabbing the biggest one and handing it to me. It felt light, like there

was nothing in it. I shook it and heard nothing. I raised an eyebrow. "I already instaled it in your

truck!" he grinned. "A new stereo for your truck. I know how much you love your music!"

"Thats perfect, thank you!" I laughed.

"How about the one from George and me next?" Sharon suggested with a smile, handing me the

thinest present.

I went to open it with my nails, but my finger slipped against the smooth paper and it sliced

through my skin leaving a paper cut.

"Damn it!" I muttered, as I single bead of blood appeared on my finger tip.

"CASPER NO!" Jacob suddenly yelled and he pushed me backwards out of the way as he jumped

forward at the cent of blood out in the open. He always had trouble with their diet of animal

blood.

After Jacob pushed me I stumbled backwards, surprised at how strong his push was. Both the

oush and my stumbling was enough for me to land on the table with the flowers, and Ihit it with

such a force everything shattered and I landed on the ground with a searing pain in my lower arm.

"Casper, steady, it's okay!" Ashley was saying as everyone restrained him, keeping hom away

from me. "It's just a little ... blood." her eyes widened and she stopped talking as the scent of all

the newly spilled blood washed over all of them, and I was left in the company of six suddenly

ravenous vampires."Get Casper out!" said George, running over to me. I wasn't afraid, he was a doctor. He knew

how to handle blood. "All of you better leave." he warned. No one thought twice before leaving

the room and going outside for some fresh air. Geore examined the cut. "You'll need stitches,

there's a lot of glass in there. It's the kind of wound only wand magic can heal, not our kind of

magic."

So I kept my arm very still as we walked into the kitchen and I put my elbow on the table, George

summoning what he needed to him from upstairs in the doctors office. For a while there was

silence, except for theplink plink plinkof the glass being taken out of my arm.

"How do you do it?" I asked, after a while of theplinking. "How do you stand being around so

much blood?"

"Years of practise." George chuckled. "I'm around it so much I don't even smell it much

anymore."

"Why did you decide to help people?" I asked this time, as I had always been curious. "I mean

you had so much power, so why help people when you could have been like the vampires in

movies and gotten away with it?"

"Well after all my years with the Death Eaters and my disaproval of their ways, I decded I wanted

to help people rather than kill them. And it was with Jacob, hearing his mothers pleads I decided I


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could use this power for good."

"His mother?" I asked, looking up, just as he finished getting the glass out of my arm and started

the stiching up.

"Yes." George sighed, remembering. "His father had already died and his mother knew she was

going to die soon too. Her name was Mary Gambon, very friendly woman. She knew of my extra

"gift" as she called it, of being what I am and she begged me to use it to save Jacob, so I made thedecision and did just that. That's why I decded to save all the others, too, moulding them for the

world of the good vampires."

"That's amazing." I couldn't help frown at the amzement and smile at it at the same time.

"I never really thought about that, but I guess it is from a human point of veiw." he smiled, and

then started to bandage my arm over the stitches.

When I was abndaged up everyone was back inside and Casper wouldn't stop saying he was sorry

even though I constantly told him it was okay. The mess was already cleaned up so it was like it

had never even happened.

"So, what now, back to present opening?" I asked brightly.

"Yeah, sure." Jacob said, distantly. "You were opening George and Sharon's?" His new bad mood

was slightly upsetting, but I opened it and it turned out to be two tickets to Florida.

"Thank you guys so much!" I hugged them each one armed, keeping my bad arm still as it still

hurt a little.

"It was our pleasure." Sharon smiled.

"Mine next." said Casper, with a stiff smile, handing me a medium sized box. I opened it. It was a

box set of DVDs of the last even season of Friends. I was surprised they still sold it, since it was

on so long ago. Friends was one of my favourite TV shows.

"Thank you!" I said with a grin. "It must have taken ages to find!"

"Not really, if you know where to look." Casper gave his usual mysterious smile.

"And here's mine." Jacob smiled but it looked forced. It didn't extend to his eyes, which stayed

hard as ever. It seemed as though he was angry with himself. He handed me something that wasalmost as thin as the tickets had been. I opened it and it was an unnamed CD.

"It's a CD of some of my compositions and covers of songs I know you love to hear me play or

sing." he smiled again, but still there was something wrong there.

"Thank you, I love it." I smiled and we kissed, but there was something missing. Something off.

"So I should realy get you home." Jacob said. "It has been an two hours, Bill might want you

home before it gets too late. School day tomorrow and all."

"Yeah, I guess." I sighed. "Thank you all, everything was perfect." I smiled at everyone.

So Sharon got my cardigan and she gave me a small bag to carry my gifts in, and we left.

"I'm so sorry about Casper." Jacob sighed as we drove on.

"It's not your fault. It's not even his, it's mine. I'm the one who's clumsy and sliced my finger on

that paper." I sighed too.

"Don't blame yourself." We didn't talk for the rest of the car journy and Jacob walked me to just

inside the door. "I'll see you tomorrow."

"Leaving already?" said Bill, coming out of the livingroom. "It's her birthday, it may be after nine

now but it's a special day. Stay a half hour if you want."

"Well now you offer." Jacob smiled that damaged smile again and all three of us sat in the

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I ran upstairs for a second to put my newest gifts away safely (well, the ones I wasn't wearing)

and grab my camera. I wanted to take some pictures while it was still my birthday.

"Hey don't point that thing at me, I look like crap!" Bill laughed when I took a picture. "Why

don't I get a picture of you two though? Toss me the camera." So I did and he took a picture of me

and Jacob.

"Will you show up in it?" I whispered to Jacob as I took my camera and sat back down."Yes, we show up in all the modern day cameras. Not in those old early 1900's ones though." He

whispered back.

We spent the rest of our last half hour talking about nothing in paticular, while Bill watched TV.

After exactly half an hour Jacob left and I went up to my room. I took my cardigan off and hung

it up, thinking that I was lucky it hid my bandaged arm. Then I sat down at my laptop and printed

the few pictures I took today, taping them exactly right into the album. After a while I heard Bill

go to bed and then Jacob came back in through my window. For a while I was afraid he couldn't

come.

"I thought you weren't coming." I told him.

"I may be still angry about this evening, but I would never leave you alone when you were

expecting me."

I was smiling despite everything when I fell asleep that night.

Chapter Three

I Was Completely Alone

In the morning when I woke up Jacob was gone, as usual. I got ready for school , still annoyed

about how distant Jacob had been since the blood thing yesterday. I sighed to myself, hoping he

would be better today and some day we could laugh about it. I barely touched my breakfast since

I wasn't really hungry. When I drove to school I joined my friends as usual, who now were

talking about graduation, which was just three months away in June. They were talking about

speaches and what they were going to say. I really hadn't thought about it much. I had thought

about college though - I was taking a year off to decide which one to go to. Jacob and I were

planning on going off to some college in a cold place where the sun never came out through all

the snow.

Jacob arrived and his greeting was deader than usual, he didn't even try joining in our

conversations and that worried me. Usually he would jump in with advice, since h'd graduated so

many times before. He was different all day.In classes he didn't look as if he were even aware of what was going on, though if he was asked a

question he could answer it perfectly straight away. At lunch all he did was nod or shake his head

or give a distant reply when he was spoken to, and during the last classes I was beginning to get

worried. When the bell went he finally spoke.

"I'm driving to your place after school, Bill is out." he said.

"Okay." I smiled at him and he only half smiled back. His eyes were hard.

We drove there in our seperate cars, me feeling slightly worried. He hadn't seemed himself since


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JulyI stayed in contact with school my friends, but I didn't call or visit them. They called, the visited,

and they started all the conversations. That month Bill got Lauren to come over and try convince

me to start eating and living again, but it didn't work. Bill still came to wake me from my

nightmares and I still went to work, but that's it. I still called my family, but our conversations

were dead.

Chapter Four

Alive Again And Not Alone

"Ginny, this is getting ridiculous!" Bill said at breakfast one morning. Well, breakfast for him. I

still wasn't eating.

"What is? Am in trouble?" I asked.

"No, you're too good!" he said. "You never go out and you never have any fun."

"Fine, if it makes you happy I'll call Jenna and we'll go see a movie tonight." I shrugged.

"It's not that it would make me happy, it's that I want it to make you happy. Or at least less of a

zombie!" Bill sighed.

"I'll try be a little more alive." I said, trying my best to sound not dead.

But lately I couldn't do that. The pain of the first few days after ... he left was gone, now I

couldn't feel anything at all. I was numb. My mind could only concentrate on one thing at a time.

Nothing mattered to me.I waited until after my shift at Hooke's to call Jenna, since my shift was early. I talked to Harry

then of course, and he asked me if I was doing anything Friday night, like he had been for the past

few months. I lied and said I was busy, as usual. One night out was enough for me. Two nights in

a row would be just too much. But when I got home from work, I actually picked up my phone.

"Ginny!?" Jenna sounded happy and surprised.

"Yeah, it's me." I said, trying to sound happy. "I was wondering if you wanted to see a movie

tonight?" I asked.

"Yeah, sure! Which one?" she asked.

"Maybe that new horror film?" I asked, remembering that Jenna liked horror, and Harry had

mentioned a new horror film while at work today.

"Sounds great." Jenna said. "Who'll drive?"

"I will." I said. Bill would want me to be out even longer. "I'll come get you at say, six? And I'll

drop you back when it's over."

"See you then." said Jenna, before hanging up.

So I had a day to kill before hand. Maybe, to please Bill, I could call up my other old school

friends and organize an out dat for us all? Yes, that's what I would do. I would invite them all to

stay over, like this huge slumber party or something. I'd ask Bill first, though. He wasn;t working


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"I'll drive home myself." I suggested. "Taylor can go with whoever."

"Sounds good to me." Bill shrugged.

So Bill set off in his police cruiser, Taylor and I in my truck.

"You know when I started the day, this isn't really what I was expecting it to end like." I half

laughed as I drove.

"Me neither." Taylor laughed back. "At least we know we'll be finished and ready to painttomorrow."

"True." I smiled and nodded. "Can we do that cliff diving thing again after we do the car?"

"Anything you want." Taylor shrugged, and we didn't talk the rest of the way home. We just

listened to music on my stereo.

When we got to my house we went straight to the kitchen to get back to designing right away,

while Bill made up the bed in one of our other bedrooms. Taylor had said he wanted a car that

related to his favourite movies, which also happened to be eight of my favourites, out of my

thriteen favourite movies, so I had plenty of ideas too.

After another hour we came up with a red car, with gold lightening bolts all over, with a a sign

related to the movies on the hood, painted in black. On the back there would be the words in gold

"Car design by" and then a giant pair of glasses, frames painted in black, and where the lenses

would be in one lens would have my name and Taylor's in the other. We both agreed it was

perfect, and there was no such thing as a car like it.

"I think we finally cracked it!" Taylor grinned at me.

"Mhm." I muttered sleepily. "Perfect."

"That's it, you're going to bed." Taylor laughed at my tieredness. I was half asleep at the table.

"Thank god." I muttered and half crawled, half walked up the stairs, and finally got into bed. I

was asleep so fast I didn't even hear Taylor walk up stairs.

Instead of a nightmare that night I had another dream. I dreamt of a foreign country and a turbo-

boost car. I don't know who was driving, but they were going fast through the corwded city. In

the dream I had one thought the whole time. Gotta get there before noon. But I didn't know where.When I woke up I was confused, as it had all seemed so real. I wondered if I had dreamt of the

future, like Virginnia's fiance used to have dreams of things that were happening right at the

moment he dreamed them. But then I thought I was being silly and went back to sleep.

I woke up at nine the next morning and went downstairs to get breakfast. The house was quiet,

Bill having already left for work, and Taylor was still asleep. After an hour I got bored and

decided to wake him up. I actually gave him a fright when I did, but maybe that was because I did

it by whacking him with a pillow.

"Oh thank god it's only you!" Taylor gasped with a shaky laugh. "I was dreaming I was being

chased by all the designs we did last night and they were trying to run me over." we both laughed.

So after he got up and ate, we left for his place and got right to work on the car. It took three

hours but we did it, and I was glad. We agreed to take it out for a spin some time during the week.

After we got some lunch we went cliff diving again and it was even better than last time. Then

like we had plannd to do the day before, we wathed the rest of my Friends DVDs.

It was strange to feel happy all the time now, since I'd been nothing for months. But being

happy was the best feeling in the world. I had forgot what it was like. Or maybe I'd just never

been properly happy before.


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Chapter Six

The Sluber Party

I hung out with Taylor every day for about a week before Bill asked "What about your other

friends?"

So I decided to have the huge slumber party I'd thought about. Only so I wouldn't leave anyone

out, I'd invite Taylor, Draco and Blaise too. Friday was everyones mutual free day, so it was

happening then. Bill was staying with Tyler that night so we could make as much noice as we

wanted. When the night arrived it turned out everyone but Blaise could make it.

"Is he okay?" I asked Taylor.

"No." Taylor frowned. "He's ggoen off with Chord and his pack. Just like the others."

I didn't want to upset him so I didn't talk about it any more. But the night was just as fun anyway.

We had pizza, then ice cream, we played music all evening on the livingroom stereo at full blast.

We did karaoke afterwards. Then we decided toplay a game of "Would you rather".

"So Ginny, would you rather give up your magic or ... makeout with a monkey?" Rene asked me

with a huge laugh.

"Give up my magic!" I half screamed. "I aint kissing a monkey!" Everyone laughed, then it was

my go. "Blaine, would you rather drink an entire bottle of ketchup, or live the rest of your life

with a singing hobo?"

"Ketchup, duh!" Blaine laughed. "Okay, Draco, would you rather be stuck in a cage with a tiger

or have your soul sucked by a dementor?"

"TIGER!" Draco yelled and everyone laughed.

Things went on like that for a while until we got bored, so decided to play truth or dare.

"So,Ginny, here's your truth question. What do you be doing on Friday nights usually?" saidHarry. Of course he would ask that. "Now, do you want to answer the quiestion, or do you chose

dare?"

"Dare." I frowned.

"I dare you to find the weirdest thing in the fridge, and eat it!"

So I did. It was three day old chinese food. Next in the circle to be asked was Taylor, and next to

ask was me, and it was a lot harder to think of things than it looked.

"Why were you so heartless towards movie deaths when you were thirteen? Truth or dare." I

asked.

"Well you did dare, so I'll answer. It's because ... I don't exactly know. Maybe I was just stupid."

Everyone laughed.

We palyed that for a while, before I decided to do something to Victoria that I learned in London.

I decided to do it in a whisper, so I could do it to someone else later. Probably one of the guys, to

make it interesting.

"Okay, Victoria, pick three guys. One famous, one not, and one who can be anything, but you

hate him."

"Robert De Niro, Harry and ... Graham Norton." she said.

"You don't like Graham Norton? SHAME ON YOU!" I laughed, still in a whisper as everyone


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In my room I closed my window just as I heard a wolf howl. I looked out the window at the

moon. It was a new moon. It felt strange hearing a wolf howl at a new moon. It felt strange

hearing a wolf at all! But I'd been hearing them for a while lately.

I decided to call Taylor, just to see if he was okay, but I got no answer, so instead I just calld the

house phone.

"Hello?" Tyler answered."Hey it's me, Ginny. I was just wondering if Taylor got home okay?" I asked.

"Oh yeah, he did." Tyler said quickly. "But he's at the doctors now. He isn't feeling well. I'll let

him know you called."

"Thanks, bye." I said, before Tyler hung up.

It worried me that he was talking so fast and being so short with me. But then I began to

wonder ... doctors weren't usually open at that time of night. Something seemed wrong.

Chapter Eight

The Meadow

In the morning I didn't go and see Taylor like I usually did sunce he was sick. I stayed home not

really doing anything. I drew some things, then around noon I called Taylor to see if he was okay,

but it went straight to voicemail, so I left a message asking how he was. I sighed, hoping he was

alright.

Then I called his house phone again and Tyler told me he had mono and wasn't aloud any visitors.

I was worried about him.

I lay on my bed for about two hours then, just staring at the celing not really doing anything or

thinking about anything. I didn't know what I used to do before I started spending all my timewith Taylor. After a long time of just wondering what do to I decided to read for a while. I read

for the rest of the day, ploughing more than haldf way through a sevenhundred page long book.

I didn't know what I was going to do while Taylor was sick, but was I being too needy? He

wouldn't be better for at least a week or two, knowing how sick mono could make people. I'd call

every few days just in case he needed a friend to talk to while he recovered.

That night the nightmare I'd been having gradually came back. Being alone and stuck inside

wasn't good for me.

The next morning I decided what I was going to do that day. I was going to go to the meadow I

used to go to. Just for something to do, and something familiar. When Bill asked me what I was

going to do I told the truth and he told me to be very careful. He said there had been some strange

attacks in the woods lately, but as long as I stayed on the path to get to where I was going, I'd be

fine.

Around eleven I hoped in the truck and headed off towards the woods, parking at the edge. I

walked in, scared that the familiarity of the place I was going would cause me pain, but sure

about what I was doing. It only took about ten minutes to find the place and it was the same as

ever. While I was looking around I didn't notice someone else join me.

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he was wearing earlier, looking dead tiered.

"Move away!" Taylor called up to me. I gasped as I saw him hump against my house, against my

tree and swing right through my window. "Hey." he said glumly.

"Hey." I said flatly.

"You've been crying." he said, seeing my red puffy eyes, smeared with the eyeliner I hadn't

bothered to take off."Why do you care?" I sighed, turning away from him.

"Because I care about you." He said, grabbing my shoulder and turning me to face him. "Look."

he sighed. "What I said earlier was stupid. I don't want to not be your friend, and I promise I'll

never hurt you like that again."

"But what is this?" I asked. "Why did you say it, that's what I'm asking."

"I wish I could tell you what's going on." a strained look crossed his face. "But I cant. I really

cant. But you don't know how much I wish I could." he sighed again and he looked like he really

meant it.

"Is there anything I can do?" I asked, looking up at him.

"Kind of." He frowned. "Try remember something for me. A story. I told it to you in the meadow

on your first day here. Promise me you'll try remember it."

"I promise." I nodded. I vaugly remembered. A book that helped me figure out what they were,

wasn't it?

"I should go." Taylor sighed. "I shouldn't even be here."

"Okay." I nodded. "Bye."

He pulled me into a hig and then sighed "Bye." In my ear, before jumping out the window and

landing on his feet, running away into the forest. It was amazing to watch, but strange to think of

how he could do that.

I tried to think while I went to sleep but I couldn't remember anything. But then I had a strange

dream about the friendly wolf from the woods. I wondered if that had anything to do with it. In

the morning I had breakfast and then sat in the livingroom thinking, for a long time. I just sat intotal silence until about one o'clock when it hit me that I should go see Taylor again, see how

much e actually was able to tell me. I literally ran outside into my truck and drove to Taylor's.

When I got there I ran across the yard and knocked on the door. Tyler answered.

"Where is he?" I asked, out of breath.

"He isn't here." Tyler said, but I didn't believe him.

I walked past him into the house, through one of the doors in the living room, down the hall right

to Taylor's room. When I opened the door I saw he was there, fast asleep looking more peacful

that ever. I sighed, knowing I shouldn't wake him, but out his window I saw Chord and his gang

aproaching. I made the decision to confront them, so I ran outside.

"What did you do to him?" I screamed at them.

"We didn't do anything." said one of them I didn't regocnize smugly. "He doesn't need anyone to

fight for him."

That did it for me. I was just so angry that I slapped him right across the face, and he bagn

shaking. Chord was yelling for him to calm down, Blaise yelled at me to get back, then he just

exploded. He transfored into a giant brownish-grey wolf, and bits of clothes and shoes flew

everywhere while he snarled and snapped. So it's werewolf time. Is nothing in this world what it

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"I do." I said, and Taylor turned to me. "She's not his girlfriend, her mate was killed." I sighed.

"And she wants me."

"So, I'm guessing she was killed by ... well, you know." Taylor said, stopping.

"Yeah." I sighed.

"Well we wont let her near you, or Bill." Taylor assured me.

"Thanks." I smiled. "I would pet you again, but it would be weird since you're human." I laughed."Well, a hug will do." Taylor grinned, raising his eyebrows.

I laughed and hugged him, still smiling. "Happy now?"

"Very." We both laughed.

"So are you enjoying the wolf things?" I asked. "You know, hearing the thoughts, the speed, the

strength, the possibility of imprinting?"

"Yeah, I guess." Taylir shrugged. "But I'm still human." He added. "It's not like I'm changed or

anything."

"Yeah, you can just turn into a giant wolf." I smiled.

"Yeah." I smiled.

"But there is one thing that I'm dissapointed about." said Taylor. I raised my eyebrows at him.

"There's this gift, very raely wolves get it and it's always the same one. I expected, since I'm so

awesome, I'd get it, but Joe has it, and only one member of each pack gets it."

"What is it?" I asked.

"It's like, when you touch someones face you can show them anything you've ever seen or any

thought you've ever had."

"That's awesome!" I laughed.

"I know right?" Taylor raised his eyebrows.

"No nothing is as it seems." I sighed happily.

"Exactly."

We had been walking up and down for a while, but then we sat down under our tree. It when we

sat down I realised we had been holding hands. We'd kind of made a habit of holding handswhenever we walked together.

"We can still hang out, right?" I asked, then realising what this could mean.

"Of course!" Taylor assured me. "And when I'm off chasing that deamon you can still hnad out

here. We wont all be going at the same time, you know."

"You be careful." I warned. "She's really ... insane."

"I've seen." Taylor laughed. "Oh yeah, another cool thing about this wolf thing, I didn't mention.

We don't age. We live forever, too."

"WHAT?" I shrieked. "That's awesome! Now no one I know will ever die!" I laughed.

"We can die." Taylor frowned. "We just have to be murdered or have some medical thing wrong.

We just don't get old."

"But still." I sighed, contently.

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The Cliffs, The Sea

The rest of that day was spent just having fun, laughing, joking. Taylor just taking a day off from

patrols, searches and everything. I think we may have had more fun that day than ever before, so

Taylor could make up for the days we were apart, and the lies.

Half the next day was the same, but that Taylor had to run, since Karolina was sighted. I worried

about all the wolves as they ran off togehter, and I stayed with Hermione and we talked. Clodagh

Mooney visited that day too, just because she really had nothing to do. Being away from Taylor

actually hadn't been my problem before though, it was being alone. Being away from

supernatural things.

Things really get serious over the next few weeks, the wolves having to stay away more and

more. Soon enough August was over and September started, but all the wolves had dropped out

of school and Chord was much older than the others so he had been out of school a while, so they

still had time to make sure I stayed safe. They acted on different plans, ways of tricking Karolina,

but she always got away. Once they even chased her half way to Seattle. I got to spend less andless time with Taylor, less time at home and less time with my other friends, but I still enjoyed

myself during the day. About three days into September, Taylor finally managed to get a full day,

or what he thought would be two days, off, and we planned to go Cliff Divng on the seocnd.

But when I called over early the second morning, Tyler said he was already gone out, saying they

got something on Karolina and had to run, so I spent half that day at Hermione's again. But hlaf

way through the day I thought to myself, would it be so bad if I went alone? I'd still be in La

Push, close to all the houses, so it wouldn't be lonely. And I'd been twice before, so I wouldn't be

in any danger. I knew what I was doing.

So I changed and headed to the cliffs. I didn't tell Hermione what I was doing, since she often

worried over small things. Up on the cliffs there was a breeze but I thought nothing of it.

I stepped to the edge and crossed my arms over, and jumped in feet first. The wind was cold as itrippled off my skin during the fall, and then I hit the water. I swam back to the surface, but then

something I hadn't thought about happened. I wave knocked me under. These waves were

stronger than when I'd done it before. I tried to swi but it was too strong and I was pulled under.

I was pulled deeper and deeper and I felt my lungs filling with the salt water. I couldn't breathe

and all I saw was a blur. I thought I saw something black, danicng around in the water but then

everything went black. This must be what drowning feels like. I had one final thought. The

thought surprised me.Jacob I love you, Taylor don't worry.

Then I felt something warm on my wrist, but everything was still black and I couldn't breathe. I

was pulled upwards, upwards, but I kept my eyes shut. I was being pulled into heaven, wasn't I? I

felt some soft surface beneath me then. I coughed and spluttered until my loungs were clear, but I

still couldn't breathe.

"Breath!" I heard Taylor yell. "Please breath!" he begged. I tried but I couldn't, until I felt air

being blown into my lungs. It took a few tries but I started to breathe by myself again. "Oh thank

god." Taylor said, when I openedmy eyes. "What were you thinking, Ginny?" he asked with a

sigh.

"You couldn't make it so I went myself." I said with a shiver. My throat hurt.

"You're lucky I saw you! I was chasing Karolina but she went into the water." So that's what the


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black was. "And I barely had enough time after I saw you jump to phase and put some clothes on.

I thought if the waves didn't kill you, she would." He sighed. "Let me get you back to the house. I

have some bad news." He picked me up, even though I could prbably walk myself.

He carried me all the way back to Hermione's and gave me and towel and a blanket when he put

me down on the couch. I was freazing and sneezing. The water was like ice.

"What's the bad news?" I asked, after I had a drink."Oliver Mooney had a heart attack." he said, his voice straining. "Karolina caused it. He died."

"No!" I said. My throat burned with my shout.

"I'm afraid so."

"But he was so young." I sighed. He was only in his late forties I'd say. "And his poor kids!" I

chocked out.

"Everyone is at my place now. That's why here is so empty." he sighed. "You should get some

sleep, Ginny. I'll stay with you."

So I let my tierdness take me over and I fell asleep, still shivering. I didn't dream while I slept.

Just dreamless sleep. When I woke Taylor was there like he promised, and it was dark outside.

"I should get home." I said, rubbing my eyes with shaking hands and standing up. Even after my

sleep I was so cold.

"I'll drive you there in your truck." Taylor said, so I changed and we walked to my truck together.

We sat on opposite sides of the truck, driving on in silence, each thinking our own thoughts. I

stayed shivering, pulling my jacket as tight as it would go.

"One hundred degrees over here, you know." said Taylor, so I moved over and leaned against

him. He was like an oven.

"You're so warm!" I said, just as we were pulling into my drive.

"It's a wolf thing." he laughed slightly.

"No." I shook my head. "It's a Taylor thing." he smiled.

"We shouldn't do this." he sighed suddenly. "You saw what happened to Hermione."

"What?" I looked up. "You would never hurt me.""Ginny, CHord lost it for a split second, and Hermione was standing to close." he sighed. "What

if I did something to you?"

"You wont." I shook my head. I lowered my voice. "I know you wont, because I'll never let you

get angry. I'll always make sure you know, I'll always tell you, how special you are." I layed my

head against his shoulder. I could have turned and pressed my lips to his neck, but I knew what

would happen then. I sat up and we looked into each others eyes, both of us moving in, until

Taylor suddenly turned his head fast, his eye windening.

"There's a Vampire!" he said. I panicked.

Chapter Ten

Germany

I looked out the window rapidly and the panic was over as soon as I saw what I saw. I suddenly

realised how much I missed the Corcorans and how happy I would be if they came back. My


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hopes soared way up.

"That's George's car." I told him.

"It could be a trick!" Taylor warned. "And this isn't out land, I cant protect you here." he pleaded.

"Don't worry." I assured him. "I'll be fine." I got out of the car and he sighed.

I walked into the dark and empty house and my hand fumbled on the wall to find the light switch.

My hand shook violently with nerves, excitement and now that Taylor was gone, cold. But thenthe light was turned on before my hand found the switch. I whipped around.

"Ahsley!" I shriked, and without thinking I hugged her tight. "It's so good to see you!" I smiled

hugely. "Are the others ...?"

"No, it's just me." said Ashley. "Would you like to explain how you're alive?" she asked.

"WHAT?"

"I had a vision. I wasn't looking for you or anything, I swear, but I just saw you, and you jumped

off a cliff! Ginny, why would you try and kill yourself?"

"I was cliff diving!" I said. "I've been before, but with Taylor."

"I never saw you." She frowned. "I didn't see you get pulled out of the water either ..." She looked

deep in thought. "I can't see anyone in the tribe!" she sighed loudly.

"Oh, that explains why you haven't been seeing me." I tried to cheer her up.

"Ginny ..." she frowned. "What smells like dog?"

"Oh, Taylor's a werewolf now." I explained. "Because Korolina's back they started springng up."

"Karolina?"

"Yeah." said Taylor, walking in. "She's here for Ginny. We've been protecting her."

"Taylor, I thought you said you couldn't protect me here?" I frowned, standing up from where I

had sat on the couch with Ashley.

"I guess I don't care." Taylor sighed. "Can I please talk to you?"

"In the kitchen." I said. "Ashley, please don't leave." I begged.

"No, don't worry I wont." she smiled at me, not even looking at Taylor, as Taylor and I passed

through into the kitchen."Are there others?" He asked as he closed the door.

"No." I shook my head.

"Ginny, why are you doing this to me? You know we're natural enemies!" Taylor pleaded.

"Ashley is my other best friend!" I told him.

"Fyi, she left. Remember?" He raised his eyebrows.

"I know." I sighed.

"Please just ... be careful?" Taylor begged. I sighed. "If not for you ... for me?" he was lowering

his voice on each word, moving closer to me.

"Okay." I whispered, as he leaned in towards me. I closed my eyes. I knew what was about to

happen, I knew Ashley was in the other room, probably listening to everything, but I strangely

didn't care. But just as Taylor's bottom lip hit my top lip, the kitchen phone rang.


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