• Chapter 6.
    I ate the cereal that was set on the table and drank the milk from the bowl and set it back down. So many things were running through my head. Like the reason I fainted. A person doesn’t faint for any reason. Or maybe there was a reason; maybe it was the stress of school and the idiots on the council. Who knows really but what I do know is that it might have given Stephen a heart attack just about. Then a less important question popped in my head, what time was it?
    I turned my head to face him and asked, “How long was I out? What time is it?” He shrugged and looked at his watch. He put his arm by my head and I read the face of the watch. 3:30 p.m. That meant that Jacob would be coming home from school soon. And if he knew what happened to me, he wouldn’t be taking the bus. He would be running and more or less be walking in the door butt naked, leaving Stephen and me scarred for life, not something that I needed to deal with right now.
    And almost on cue, Jacob came running through the grass, in his wolf form, and crashed into the front door. Stephen got up from the couch and opened the door, and my brother bounded through the living room and up the stairs. I shook my head and called, “I’m down here!” And the patter of paws could be heard coming back down the stairs and he jumped on the couch, looking me over for any injuries. When he found none he went back upstairs, and more or less changed his form and clothes.
    Stephen walked back to me and put the back of his hand to my forehead, and cheeks. “Good, your fever broke. I was beginning to…” He couldn’t finish, as Jacob jumped down from almost the top stair to the floor below and was at my side at an instant.
    “What happened to you?” He asked furiously. He then turned his head to Stephen and balled his hands into fists. “I thought you said you would protect her! It doesn’t look you did a very good job from where I’m standing!” I pulled on Jacobs arm.
    “Nothing happened, I just fainted. It’s not a big deal. Just chill out okay? I don’t want to hear you complaining about something that no one could have stopped.” Jacob stopped and sighed. He knew he would deal with me yelling at him if he didn’t. And everyone knows I have the loudest mouth in the family. Even the neighbours down the road knew when I was yelling at someone.
    Now the only thing left right now was to tell mom and dad. Ugh! How was I going to do this? No matter what I said, they would think that something else has caused my fainting, and I would have to go to the doctor. What a mess this would be.