Can't outrun that!

[alyse jem]

Alyse had initially wanted to be alone while she ran, but how in the world could she tell her brother to leave her alone? That wasn't possible, she loved the hell out of her brother, and she knew that he wanted to be with her to keep her company, and to make her feel better. Yeah, Aly was down, but come on, who didn't see this coming a mile away. How can you be into someone, and also question the person they are. She was well aware of the fact that you can't help who you like, believe me, she told herself that repeatedly. Looking over her shoulder, Aly laughed and breathed out a puff of air, then inhaled so she could shout back to Dare, "COME ON, I'M OUT RUNNING YOU! YOU RUN FROM POLICE BACK HOME, COME ON!" She ran down the path, then started working her legs hard as she ran up an incline, "THAT MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY YOU WERE CAUGHT AND BROUGHT HOME BY THE POLICE!" Laughs again, then rounds another corner. Alyse had been running this path back home for years. The full moon was lighting the path perfectly, and there was nothing unusual about the night at all. It was just like any other evening in Carlsbad. Right now she felt free, she felt alive, and at ease with some thoughts she'd been working over in her head way more than she should. But that's what running was for her, it was like novocain for her brain, usually. Once she got moving, and the endorphins kicked in, the situation that was bothering her tended to melt away, or she worked it out. Okay, even though she was feeling somewhat brain numb of her problems, Aly didn't really believe that she'd deal with it, or figure it out. There was no figuring this out. Not realizing she'd picked up speed as she went down the hill, Aly thought Dare had finally caught up to her when she heard running behind her, and turned to look just in time to see a big dog at her heels, screaming, she tried to speed up. The next thing Alyse knew, she was on the ground, feeling intense pain at her waist, close to her hip. Taking a deep breath, she touched the spot, and nearly blacked out again from the pain and the sight of blood all over her hand. Thinking of Dare, Aly screamed out his name, hoping he wasn't attacked too, "CALDERA! DARE!" she began to sob when she heard him groaning in pain, trying to move so she could find him, but unable to because the pain was making her dizzy, which made her fall back to the ground. Finally, Alyse reached into her pocket, and dialed 911, and began crying into the phone. All she could do was tell them where they started the track out, let them know she was attacked, and she thought her brother was too. Then the next thing she knew, she laid the phone down, hoping they could use the GPS on it, and find them soon. At least Aly and her brother weren't attacked on the outskirts of Hogwarts. Her phone wouldn't have worked, and there was no way she'd find her wand in order to send of a signal for help. After the attack, her mind was a total wreck, even still, a wreck it is. Opening her eyes a little, she looked at her mom, and made a whimpering sound. "Mom, where is Dare? Please tell me he's okay." Aly cried harder, "It was a coyote I think .. probably more than one." Watching her moms expression, she listened to her mom tell her that Dare was in the room over, and the paramedics had just got to them in time. Oh god, Aly felt like her hip was going to fall off the pain was so bad. "Mom .. they can heal us better at school .. " She cried as she placed her hand on her hip then grimaced, "I am loaded with stitches, I can tell!" Trying to calm down, she listened to her mother tell her that they cannot go back to Hogwarts to be healed because of the wounds, but she'd explain that later, that right now, Aly just needed to sleep. Feeling the medication pull at her eyelids, Aly said in a soft voice, "I love you mom .. please tell dad I love him, tell Dare too .. I love you all ..." Letting herself be taken by the pain meds, Aly fell asleep deeply. tag: whoever knows aly and dare notes: ouch to them both

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BUT IF YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES

how i'ma gonna be an optimist about this?

Dare knew Aly wanted to be alone. Hell, he'd want to be alone too—but, that was exactly why he was going with her, wasn’t it? Because if he was alone when he was feeling like he figured Aly was feeling… well, he tended to do stupid stuff. Really stupid. If Aly was doing something stupid, she’d be doing it with Dare, or not at all. He was her big brother, and he didn’t take that lightly like some brothers did. He was her protector, and if shit went down, went wrong, he’d be there to protect her and take any blame necessary. He couldn’t help laughing, even though he was panting way more than he should’ve been at this point. He finally gathered enough breath to reply to Aly, “Outrunning me my ass! You started early and you know it! I’m telling mom!” he grinned, running even harder as he hit the incline, leaning forward, “THE COPS CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE! I WAS SPRAYING MY LOVE FOR ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM! IT’S A LONG WORD, HOW WERE THEY NOT GOING TO CATCH ME?!” he demanded, letting out another laugh before focusing harder on running. Not that he was competitive or anything… nooo, not at all, the last guy in his rugby match had been smacked in the face on accident. Although, Dare very readily admitted to the fact that he hated the guy—he had insulted Dare’s entire family, how was he not supposed to have any hurt feelings toward him?

Yeah, nope, the guy was missing a tooth now. Which Dare just considered to be proof of… ahhh, the power of rugby! He smirked a little as he ran as fast as he could, knowing if he ran as much as his sister, he wouldn’t have a single problem catching up to her. He didn’t, though—he found time for things other than running. Such as sneaking into girls’ bedrooms, and spray painting the town red. Although, to be perfectly honest, both of those things involved a certain amount of running. That’s why he’d thought he was doing good! But no. His little sister was kicking his ass, and he knew it, and he felt shame of the sort only an older brother could feel. And then he heard her screaming, and everything else in his mind went away. Dare was running faster than he thought he could have at this point in his out of shape state, and when he saw Aly, and those things on her, he felt sick. He ran even faster somehow, in a way he could only describe as the mother seeing her baby trapped under a car syndrome. He slammed his shoulder into the one on top of her, managing not only to get it off of her, but to get it further away from her. He turned his head to look at Aly—and she looked bad. So bad. Dare wanted to go to her, try to staunch some of the bleeding, anything, but that was when he felt something sharp in his back.

He crumpled to the floor, sucking in a breath—or trying to. It felt like his lungs no longer worked, but he knew they had to. They had to because he was still awake, he could feel the air moving through his throat, so painfully slowly he thought he might pass out anyway, like the air was too thin, there wasn’t enough oxygen. That’s when he felt something tearing at his shoulder. The same one he’d used to ram the thing. He finally let out a strained cry, before going back to trying to breathe. It kept hurting… like something was burrowing into him, something was ripping his muscles… he realized he was going to pass out. He realized he was going to die. Just before he started retching, he managed a single, simple sentence, even though he knew he would never know if she heard it. It didn’t matter. It wasn’t for him. “Aly… love you.” he said, as loud as he could. Then his stomach turned, he felt his dinner come up, corrosive in a way he’d never experienced before. It wasn’t until the seconds before he passed out that he realized there were tears on his face. Or maybe it was just blood.

He opened his eyes slowly, but still only seeing darkness, trying to breathe again, then clutching at his ribs, before recoiling. Everything in his upper body hurt… everything. He opened his eyes again—when had he closed them?—to see people in scrubs all around him. He had time to think that he wasn’t blind, and that he probably shouldn’t be awake before the world was black again. This time felt like longer, and when he opened his eyes they felt crusted over. After the effort of that, he almost felt too exhausted to focus his eyes on anything. He tried to move his hand to wipe his eyes, but nearly retched again. Then he realized it was pain. So much pain, everything was blurrier than before, but he thought he could make out his dad, so he fought it. He sucked in a breath slowly, feeling liquid at his eyes as he tried to smile at his dad, “Aly—cheated.” he informed him, then tried to laugh. The next time he was awake, he thought it was the laughing that had pushed him over. He remembered to breathe in slowly and shallowly, although that drove him nuts the second he had to do it. He opened his eyes, and made sure not to move anything now. “Dad? Aly’s okay, right?” he asked, watching the blurred figure intently. He knew it was his dad—no idea how, but he knew it like he knew how to walk. He moved his tongue around his mouth, trying to wet it, “How did they find us?” he asked, after hearing Aly was okay. That had been the most important thing. Now came the irrelevancies.

He let out a choked laugh, feeling tears again, and licked his lips, “I’m not gonna be playing rugby anytime soon, am I?” he asked, having to take a shallow breath every other word. He closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them. The room was empty. Had he imagined Aly being okay? Oh god… he couldn’t have. He hadn’t. Where was that nurse’s thing you could push?? He needed that damn thing. Only problem was, he seemed to be in a full body cast—or maybe he just couldn’t freaking move. He took as deep a breath as he could, then spoke as loud as he could, “DAD? CAL SENIOR!” he sucked in another breath—too sharp. His eyes drooped closed. And it was kind of okay, because sleep was good. But it wasn’t, because he needed to know Aly was okay. He finally resurfaced, feeling tears already against his cheek as he opened his eyes, “Aly? Is she okay?” he asked before his eyes could focus. He saw his dad nod, and let out a breath he hadn’t even known he’d been capable of holding. He nodded back and took another breath, “I need a healer, dad… Caleb, or Dee, or Mannie, somebody’s gotta be able to come, right? You need to get me out of here.” he choked out, breathing harder and harder with each word, tears streaming, “You need to get Aly out of here. She needs to be able to run.”

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we were caught up and lost in all our vices.

Jude had still been at the party, being bored to death, when he got the text. He had taken his time about checking his phone, purely because his mom tended to text just to make sure he was doing okay. If he wasn’t okay, he would either text his parents, or someone else, or be unable to text. So, the purpose of texting to see if he was okay was? He had tried very gently saying this to his mom, but she had never listened a single time, so his way of dealing with it was to wait before responding. So, when he finally took his phone out, he started immediately texting out the response that he was just fine, mom—when his eyes moved over the content of the text. He felt cold suddenly, and it was like… all the air had left his body. His eyes moved over the text so many times the words started blurring, and he pocketed the phone, apparating to the hospital immediately. He looked around for signs of the people he knew would be there, and when he saw Dare’s dad, he moved to him, sucking in a breath, “How’s Aly?” he asked, staring into the older man’s eyes, “How’s Dare? Are they… was it an alpha?”

He found himself chewing on his lip as Caldera described as much as he knew, then Jude nodded, “Okay. Okay. So, when are we going to confront the alpha?” he asked, looking back at Caldera’s face. He couldn’t imagine what he was going through right now—but he knew his father would know. It didn’t matter, at this moment. He nodded a few times as Cal spoke, hardly even hearing what he was saying. He pressed his lips together, then interrupted him, “Where’s Jace? I need to talk to him. He’s going after the alpha, right?” he asked, looking into the man’s eyes, “I’m seventeen now. Mom and dad know that means I have a choice. I’ll tell them, and everything, but I need to talk to Jace right now.” he said, speaking low. He knew if he spoke too loud, he might scare someone nearby—or convince Caldera not to tell him where to find Jace. But, he did anyways, probably because they could hear Dare shouting for his dad. For a few seconds, as Cal moved towards Dare’s room, Jude thought. Then, he made up his mind, opening the doors of rooms near Dare’s until he found Aly’s room. He knew it wasn’t visiting hours, and that Aly’s mom was probably in there… he didn’t care.

He looked around before entering the room, then looked a little nervously at Aly’s mom. Basically, the only mom that liked him was his own. He swallowed a little as he moved to Aly’s bed, still just watching Aly’s mom. Finally, when he was near Aly’s head, he nodded at her, “Jade.” he said, then looked at Aly, breathing in slowly. He had never seen her look like this. And it was his fault. He had provoked her, like he always did, and he had to make this right. He took her hand for a second, twining his fingers in hers gently, hand around hers, then leaned in, towards Aly’s ear, “I’ll make this right. And then I won’t ever speak to you again, Aly.” he said softly, kissed her forehead, then let go of her hand and moved out quickly. It wasn’t hard to find Jace—he looked as upset as Jude felt, he was pacing, and his wife was sitting down across from him, looking pale. He sat down near to her, then pulled out his phone and texted his mom and dad. They had a right to know. Plus, he wanted to tell them he loved them, in case anything happened. He looked up and realized he was looking into Jace’s son’s eyes. Well, of course he would be. There was a reason Cal’s son was named Caldera Jace, and why Jace’s son was named Jace Caldera. He nodded at the guy, then swallowed hard before getting up and approaching Jace, “When are we getting the bastards that did this?” he asked, looking directly into his eyes.

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[alyse jem]

Even in her sleep, Alyse was aware of the comfort and love coming from her mother. All her life, Jade had been there, supporting her, comforting her. Her mom, she had a horrible childhood, and at a very early age she had to experience things no person should. But that didn't suck the love and tenderness from her mother, it made her gentle and caring. It gave her mom the need to show love to those that she loved beyond anything. Her dad, he was just as tender toward her. Aly had woken up a bit ago, her dad was speaking to her, and telling her that Dare was going to be okay, that they both were. But there was a catch in his voice, a catch that Aly had never heard before when he told her he loved her. He was always strong, and tough. He, like Jade, had some rough memories from childhood, and it didn't diminish the love he gave his children not one bit. Alyse couldn't have asked for better parents, and it ached her heart to know how worried they were for her and her brother. Laying there, unable to open her eyes because of the pain medication, Aly concentrated on her mothers breathing and the beeping noise of her heart monitor until she fell back to sleep. Restless sleep, that's what Alyse was dealing with. Her mind was in and out of dreams. In her dreams she was running, wolves, not coyotes were chasing her and she couldn't go fast enough. Pretty soon she was on the ground, and they were pulling apart her insides, her insides spilling onto the floor of the forest where she laid screaming for someone to help her. All Aly wanted to do was live, she didn't want to die, and then, there was Dare, laying by her side .. about to scream because of what she saw had happen to her brother, the dream shifted. Alyse was standing on the pier at home, watching the fireworks. It's the forth of July, and people are laughing and partying ... and her mother was there, talking to someone, and she couldn't see his face. In Aly's dream, Jade said Jude's name softly, then it was silent. All she could hear was voices everywhere. It seemed like everyone had something to say. Then, the lights had gone out. It must be time for the fireworks to start. It was so dark, Aly couldn't make out any faces, but she could hear one voice over everyone else's, it was telling her, "I’ll make this right. And then I won’t ever speak to you again, Aly." But why would he never speak to her again? On the verge of protesting, she was stopped by the faceless person kissing her on the forehead, then leaving her. Once again, her dream shifted to something meaningless, like riding a pony down a water slide. Okay, just so we're on the same page, when Alyse is on pain medication in the hospital, and wrapped up like a mummy due to being a chew toy for werewolves, her head turns into Inception. Mmmkay? Pulling herself from her dreams, Alyse laid in her hospital bed, staring at the ceiling. The tiles looked new, no water damage, no blood splatter. That was a good thing. Could you imagine laying in a hospital room, and you find blood splatters on the ceiling tiles. It'd be down right alarming. On top of scuzzy as hell. Yeah, she'd be sure to leave the hospital with a severe case of squaids. Or something far worse. Yeah, this pain medication they had pumping into her was really good. Like, pretty butterflies landing on candy flowers, kind of good. Laying there, closing one eye, she squinted with the other as she listened to talking in the room right outside her door. Aly heard her dad mention something about finding who did this, then she could hear her uncle Jace speaking, he was talking about how as soon as he could manage it, Dare and Aly would be removed from the hospital for safety reasons. He sounded mad, madder than she'd ever heard him before. He had this rumble to his voice, that was alarming. It made Aly want to get up as quick as possible and go to him, let him see that she was fine, that he didn't need to put himself in danger to kill whatever wild coyotes did this to her and her brother. Then she heard Jace Jr. speaking. What in the world was he doing here? Raising her head as best as she could, Alyse listened, trying to fight the pain off in her side. Turning her head quickly, she heard the voice from her dream, a familiar voice .. no way. After a moment of silence, Jace Jr answered Jude, telling him that as soon as they got the go ahead from the powers that be, they were heading over there to confront the alpha. Laying her head back down, Aly pushed the thought away. The term alpha was something she'd heard before, many times from her uncle Jace. But why here, why now? A voice inside her head told her she knew the answer to that question, but right now, she couldn't accept it. Not now .. maybe later. Thoughts of full moons invaded her mind, then she was snapped out of the worry when she heard her moms voice say, "You told her goodbye in there. You said you'd make it right, then you'd never speak to her again." Her moms voice sounded tired, but fiery, "You walked in there, and showed her tenderness with kiss, then blew it to shreds with your words. I think my daughter can hear everything that everyone is saying. You say you want to make things right .. going to fight with these people and getting hurt will make nothing right. I understand why Jace and his son have to go. I want to go, but my place is with my children. Your father, he's going, Jude. But why you? Why show this kind of loyalty to my daughter, then ignore her after? What is it you're trying to prove!?" It seemed like her mom didn't wait for an answer, because the next thing she knew, her mom was quickly walking past her room. Probably heading for the ladies room before she blew something up with her "anger issue". Licking her lips, Alyse made a soft whistling sound, then tried to make it a little louder. God, her body ached in a way that she'd never known. Oh hell, why couldn't they just be taken back to Hogwarts, let the healers deal with them. Or find the local healers here to help. Whistling again, Alyse used her fingers to tap the metal on the side of the bed, then in a soft tone, she said, "Brat. I know you're out there. Did those people ever fall off the roof?" tag: whoever knows aly and dare notes: ouch to them both

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we were caught up and lost in all our vices.

Jude nodded when Cal said they were going to find the one who did it, then that they needed to get Dare and Aly out of there, “Of course we’re getting them out of here.” he blinked, then set his jaw, exactly like his parents did, “You’re going to. I’m going to find who did this if you guys are just gonna hang out around here being all pissy.” he said, breathing in hard, “I don’t have to deal with the authorities here, Jace, I don’t have to wait until I get permission.” he almost snarled, then grinned recklessly, “Best part is, here I’m still underage.” he said softly, gritting his teeth, still managing to smile, “What can they do to me while I’m still at Hogwarts?” he asked, shaking his head, then moving away from their group. He couldn’t look at them. He felt sick, and he needed air, and he needed to be finding who had done this, and he wanted… he wanted to rip this guy apart. Or girl, it didn’t matter who it was.

He was reciting the various offensive spells he’d learned over his years—whether through lessons, extracurricular activities, or random books he’d actually read in order to learn such things. He didn’t actually care that he had probably just pissed off not only the entire Jem family, but the Edgecombs, too. He didn’t care much about anything right now. And he certainly hadn’t expected Aly’s mom to approach him. He blinked at her, backing away automatically, because he was used to being slapped when approached with… that kind of vigor. He frowned at her, then backed away even further, “Yes, I did say goodbye to her in there, but what does it matter? She’s on so many meds she probably can’t even remember her own name right now.” he said, holding his hands out and shrugging again, “What does it matter?” he asked, then frowned harder at her, shaking his head as she spoke, “Ignore her? You do know this is my fault, right? Every time I talk to her, all I do is piss her off, because I’m an asshole! You can’t tell me you want me in her life! I was the reason she had to go running tonight! I was the reason your son went with her!” he said, basically shouting after her now, because she was already heading away from him.

He shook his head, covering his face for a few moments. Then he heard a whistle. He pulled his hand away from his face, which now looked confused, then looked around. He couldn’t find a source, so he shrugged, rubbing his forehead—and then he heard it again. He frowned hard, harder when he heard the voice. He moved slowly towards Aly’s room, putting his hands in his pockets before he entered, leaning against the doorsill and looking at her cautiously. “No, they didn’t fall off the roof. I was only there about an hour longer than you, though.” he said, breathing in slowly as he looked her over slowly, then looked down, “You want me to go?”

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[alyse jem]

Looking up, trying to roll to her side so she could look at him better, Aly makes a noise of discomfort, and grimaced. No, nope, not going to show how bad that hurt. Taking a slow deep breath, she focused on Jude's face and shook her head. "I don't want you to go .. not until you feel you need to." Aly told him, referring to his need to run into a dangerous situation. Messing with the heart monitor on her pointer finger, she didn't look at him when she spoke. "I heard what you said out there." Alyse said softly, then looked up and into his eyes, "You didn't push me to go run, Jude. I always run. I always run where we were running ... it's nobody's fault." Looks down then back up again. Okay, this whole situtation is messed up beyond belief, and what made it even weirder, Jude was here, and looking like he cared what had happen to her. Not only that, what he had shouted to her mom .. what was that about? Sucking in a breath, not because of the pain, because Alyse needed to work up nerve to ask what she wanted to ask, "Why are you hear, Jude?" Goes to quickly wave her hand, then groans, "Gaawd ..that sucks .. " Shakes her head a little, "Okay .. I'm not asking that to start an argument with you, please know that. I don't have it in me to fight with anyone, let alone you." Aly told him, a slight smile curving her lips upward as her eyes found his. "You're here like everyone else that cares .. I heard something in your voice when you spoke to my mom out there." Swallows audibly, then tries to scoot up in the bed some, because the bed sucked. Everything about the hospital sucked. Frowning from the pain, but still looking at Jude curiously, Aly continued, "You are a jerk to me to make me dislike you, aren't you, Jude?" She got the words out, then waited for a response. It never had occured to Aly that was the reason Jude behaved the way he did to her. No matter how much he would try and deny it, he cared for her. Why else would he be here ranting and raving in the sitting area? He wanted to go make things right, hurt the animals that hurt her and her brother. But could that truly be the only reason, the fact that Aly got upset and had to go running because of him? She told herself that it was a strong possibility. That Jude could never in any world, care about her in a way that was more than just someone he knows from home, and school. Laying there, Aly cocked her head to the side, and looked at the cup with condensation on it, and one of those bendy straws. Being thirsty, and curious about Jude's reaction was so strong, that Aly had forgotten the pain and leaned forward and to the side to reach for the cup, then gasped like someone was trying to saw her in half. Whimpering, she fell back to the pillow, and clenched her teeth, "Jude, could you please hand me that cup?" Never in her life, did Alyse think she'd ask him for anything in a kind, and pain filled voice. tag: whoever knows aly and dare notes: ouch to them both

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we were caught up and lost in all our vices.

Trying to convince himself he was only jumpy because Aly’s mom could come in at any moment, Jude still found himself moving closer to her when she tried to move. She was so badly hurt that even trying to move a little bit was hurting her. Thing was, that just pissed him off more. His hands curled into fists, though he managed to keep his face completely blank, the way it needed to be. He shrugged a little at her first words, eyes flitting away from her face, as though he needed to study her room very intently. Hey, if a hospital room wasn’t spotlessly clean, shit happened. As she spoke more, he found his eyes rolling up to the ceiling, trying to form a mask of indifference onto his face, “Your mom looked like she was about to kill me.” he smiled recklessly, “I was just trying to fan the flames.” he said, then finally looked into her eyes, seriously now, “But if it hadn’t been for me pissing you off at the party, you wouldn’t have been running in that exact spot at that exact moment, you probably would’ve been out trying to get your hands on some real alcohol, not the firewhiskey crap, safe somewhere, and having fun.” he said, looking away again, then spreading his arms in a sweeping motion, as though Aly wasn’t aware she was in a hospital, “Not here. Not nearly dead.” he said, eyes flitting to hers, then back around the room. “What happened, anyways?” he asked softly.

Then he rolled his eyes, moving closer to her, “Are you kidding me? Why am I here?” he raised his eyebrows high at her, then blinked and moved closer to her quickly, eyes moving over her, “How about you stop moving, okay?” he asked, frowning as he moved closer, “Fine, I won’t try to make you fight with me, as long as you stop moving, okay??” he said, frowning harder as he moved closer to her, “No fighting, no pissing off the wounded.” he smiled, just a little. He sat down in the chair Aly’s mom had been in just moments before, then just went back to looking around the room, acting like he hadn’t heard her questions. Well, up until she asked for the water, because how the hell was he supposed to refuse somebody in a hospital bed. He shook his head at the thought, then reached for the cup and handed it to her, frowning, “Do you need a straw or something?” he asked, studying her face.

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Jace realized that everyone had a right to be bothered by this situation, hell, of course they would, especially uncle Cal, and aunt Jade. He was bothered to the point of silence and stillness. Some might see it as him being indifferent, but that wasn't the case. Jace Jr. has known Alyse and Dare all his life, and to know that there was an alpha out there that was willing to risk his pack just to chew on some teenagers, teenagers that meant something to him, was willfully asking to be killed. Glancing at his dad, he could see he was also doing the silent anger thing too. Not only was he having some of his people track down the pack, he was also arranging for Dare and Aly to be moved. They really needed to be moved as soon as possible. The last thing they wanted, anyone here wanted, was for the wrong people to find out that they were attacked by werewolves, an alpha nonless. The words had been sent out that they were in a muggle car accident, and that before anyone from the ministry could get there, they were transported to the hospital. Once everything was in place, and the fake story was on paper, they'd make the move, and no one would be the wiser.

Looking up at his dad, Jace Jr. nodded, then stood slowly, and stretched. He hadn't been to sleep since the day before, and he had to admit, he wasn't running on a full tank. Yes, they were getting ready to confront this pack, and take down the alpha, maybe he should have gotten a nap, maybe not. Basically, his dad was going to do most of the work with the alpha, and being half asleep while taking down stragglers was no big deal to him. "Jade is staying with the kids, and to be here when the group comes to move them, right?" He walked to the door, then glaned outside, "I think Mr. and Mrs. Brewer are outside waiting. I'm going to get Jude." He told his dad, then walked by his uncle Cal, and patted his back. "Uncle Cal, no one will think badly of you if you stay here with your wife and children." He told him as he crouched down by his side, looking at him. "I'll take care of what you want taken care of personally, okay?" Jace Jr. told him warmly. There was no way he wanted his uncle out there trying to fight. He had too much on his mind, and he was still a human. Anything could happen, and the last thing anyone wanted was Cal hurt, or worse.

Standing back up, he patted his uncles shoulder once more, then made his way to the hospital room. Not saying anything at first, he walked to the side of Aly's bed, and pinched her nose. "Stop trying to move. I know how you are. It's okay to let people help you for now. You'll be healed soon, but you'll still have to take it easy for a few days, alright?" He said to her, then glanced at Jude, and nodded slightly, telling him they were all ready, and it was time to go. "Hey Jude, your parents are outside." Jace said, then looked back at Aly, "I'm going to go see Dare before I go. You'll be okay, girl, and so will he." smiling slightly, he pinched her nose again, then turned around and walked away. Whenever Jace left someone he cared for, never did he utter the words goodbye. In his line of work, your life could be taken any day, so instead of goodbye for Aly, he said as he strolled out the door, "Get some rest, and I'll see you later."

Before heading outside, Jace stopped in Dare's room, and leaned over the railing. Damn, he looked worse than Aly. The thought of these two hurt boiled his blood in a way that nothing else ever had, and all he wanted to do was get even. Making a growl like sound, then speaking softly so he didn't startle Dare, "Hey man, you're sister is doing good. We'll have you guys home soon, and everything will be the way it's supposed to be." He wasn't sure if Dare was awake, or out because of all the medication, but it had to be said. "I care about you two. I know I never tell you this stuff, because it's not my thing. But I do. And i'll watch over you two even more than I already have been. Things are going to be tough at first, but you'll adapt. My dad is going to help too." He said as he shoved his hands in his pockets, "And don't let your sister find out this news alone. She thinks you two were attacked by coyotes. She doesn't know yet." He worked his jaw in anger. "I have to go now. Take care man, see you later." Jace said, then turned and made his way out of the room, then outside with the group of people assembling to go take care of business.

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Jude found himself stiffening a little when Jace Jr. walked in, watching him for a few seconds, then nodding when he was nodded to, standing up, “That’s me, then.” he said, glancing at Aly for a second, “Feel better.” he said, then started walking out. Before he could, he turned around and squinted at Jace Jr., “By the way, thanks for not finishing off that ‘hey jude.’ Most people do.” he smiled a little at him, then walked out the door, keeping his space from Aly’s dad, but nodding at him, “You stay safe, here with them.” he said, then went outside to meet his parents, biting his lip a little as he looked between the two of them, “So I guess you’re going with me so I don’t get my ass kicked too bad.” he said, walking with them inside to wait for Jace and Jace Jr. to be ready, “Or, worse, get bitten by an alpha like these two tonight, huh?” he asked, ignoring the choked noise Caldera made, but mostly only because his mom had ahold of his ear, “OW! MOM! Jesus!” he cried, frowning at her. “Jude, you’re my son, and I love you, but sometimes I have to wonder if you’ve hung out with some of my less savory siblings without my knowledge. Have you?!” she demanded, and he rolled his eyes, “No, mom, I know Wendy’s the wicked witch and all the other ones are no good, why the hell would you think that?” he asked, looking plaintively at his dad, “Are you guys coming, or are you just here to try to stop me?” he asked, and received a slap to the back of his head, “Mom! You’ve already got my ear on lockdown! You really think I need a smack?!”

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how i'ma gonna be an optimist about this?

Dare was in and out, admittedly, and now that he’d heard Aly was okay, he wasn’t saying much. He had noticed that when he talked, he passed out. He thought that might have something to do with the fact that every single time he took a breath, he felt like someone was… actually, he had no idea what it could be compared to. It felt like his lungs were getting poked through, and like a couple ribs were loose. Not that he knew anything about his condition, other than that he shouldn’t move, and that he shouldn’t breathe. Wait, scratch that, breathing was a necessity. He took one, just to prove he could, no matter how much it hurt, then went back to closing his eyes. They were heavy. It was actually kinda nice here. He had no idea how much time had passed, and it totally felt like he could just sleep forever. That wasn’t something he did. Usually, he woke up with energy, and he wanted to jump up and do something. That tended to lead to not sleeping enough, and generally passing out and night, then waking up early and going out and doing something. It was a vicious cycle.

His eyes were still closed when he heard a growl. He sucked in a breath, whole body tensing for just a moment. Only a moment, because then the pain hit him, and he was forced to relax, even if he was about to be finished off by the dog who’d started this. He breathed in slow and shallow, eyes still shut tight, this time from pain. He was relieved to hear Aly was doing good still. He listened to what his cousin had to say, then smiled, opening his eyes slowly, then looking at him, “Hey, Jace, man, before you go… were you… were you trying to come out to me?” he asked, smiling mischievously at him, “Because man, not only am I too young for you, you’re my cousin in all but blood. I’m sorry, but it’s just a no for me. But I totally love you like a cousin.” he grinned at him, then took a slow, small breath, “Get me in with Aly as soon as you can, okay?” he asked, watching him, “I’ll be there when whoever tells her tells her.” he said, refraining from shrugging, “You be careful. Dad’s not going with you, is he? I’ll kick your ass if you let him.” he blinked, looking over himself, “I mean, when I’m better, and when I howl at the moon and stuff.” he said, smiling crookedly at Jace, then frowned, “Don’t let anybody else be hurt, okay?”

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Finding it incredibly hard not to stare at him, Aly shook her head, then sighed and nodded, "Yeah, I need the straw .." she said, then shrugged, "I think I can reach it." She told him as she extended her arm the best she could, and managed to get it with the tip of her fingers, then slide it into her cup. "Thanks for my water, Jude." Alyse said, then looked down. All this time she had known Jude, they'd been nipping at each others heels forever and a day. Now, Aly was done fighting. She couldn't bring herself to do it anymore. All this time, all the complaining she had done about his behavior, well it was because she's liked him since they showed up at Hogwarts. Jude's actions, they weren't what she liked, but who was she to judge his actions. She has only ever been Alyse from Carlsbad. She just always knew that he was better than how he betrayed himself. Was it the fact that he was placed into Slytherin that made him feel the need to be someone that some people wouldn't want to be around? Aly just couldn't understand it, and she also couldn't understand why it was impossible to get him out of her mind even when she's bandaged up, and laying in a hospital bed. Looking at Jude avoid her gaze, Aly pursed her lips and was about to ask him why he wouldn't look at her, but was interrupted when Jr. came in, and started talking to her, "Yeah, well .. I'm stubborn, and I like to move." She said sullenly, then glanced at Jude. He had this .. this nonchalant air about him, and it was so difficult to see though the shield of it. Clearing her throat, Alyse moved a little to the side, and actually succeeded in setting her cup back on the table with only a few grimaces. Glancing back at Jace, she laid her arm down as easy as possible, and watched as Jude got up. There was nothing she could do to make him stay, nor was there anything she could say. He wanted to go for whatever reason compelled him to go, and it would be a lie if she said she didn't care that he was leaving. "Bye, Jude." Aly said softly, barely above a whisper, then looked at Jace as he turned toward Jude and told him that he could go, and that he'd be out in a few minutes. Then that was it. Aly said see you later to Jace, then just laid in her bed staring at the chair that Jude had been sitting in. Would it change anything if she ever worked up the nerve to tell him she cared about him? Probably not. It probably wouldn't even matter that Aly thinks that he's probably the only person in the world that could make her heart race just by standing by her. How could he not have heard how her heart monitor went spazzy when he handed the water to her? It didn't matter. It couldn't matter. Jude, he didn't want her in that way, and that was something she'd have to accept, and get used to. Reaching up once more, she raised her pointer finger, extended it, and tipped her cup of water over, and watched as it spilled all over the table, and began to drip. The realization of Jude being out of her league, and the fact that she was well aware of what she and her brother were now, well, it was hitting hard. Alyses suspected, and by the actions of people around her confirmed it. Sucking in a breath, she covered her face with her hands, and tried to sob as quietly as possible. Everything was going to be different from here on out. She cried for herself, she cried for her brother, and everything in between. Pretty soon, she had cried herself to sleep, and didn't hear when the people had showed up to move her and Dare. tag: whoever knows aly and dare notes: ouch to them both

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