Chapter 4 Wolves

• What is he talking about? What's going to happen to Aaron?
• Lynn wanted to rush up to them and squeeze out answers, but she knew Simon was likely not to spill. Their voices weren't so loud so she moved quietly and stayed close to the window.
• "You said you would do something about this and told us not to worry. I trusted you to handle this but now I'm about to lose both my mom and brother."
• "He won't listen to anything I say right now. Give me a little more time and..."
• "...time is what we don't have!" Adam cut him off "if anything happens to Aaron and my mom, I- Damn it!"
• "Where are you going?"
• "To Aaron, I can't let him be there alone. I only came today to find you but there was no point in that."
• "Wait, Adam. That's dangerous. Don't- ah."
• Lynn heard Simon let out a sigh as she couldn't hear Adam anymore. He was gone. She didn't know what was going on anymore, but she wasn't just going to stand around when she just heard her friends were in danger.
• She stopped hiding and jumped out the window to land next to Simon. He didn't seem surprised to see her.
• "Did you know I was listening?" She asked and his weak shrug gave her an answer.
• Lynn straightened and exhaled "I don't understand what's going on but I need you to be straight with me. Can you fix this?"
• Simon paused for a while and looked away before muttering "No."
• "Is there something I can do to help?"
• "Forget it. I don't want to get you involved in this any further" he replied, turning to walk away.
• "So you're saying there is something I can do? Then let me help!" Lynn said as she ran to his front with her hands spread out.
• "It's too dangerous Lynn."
• "Then are you just going to watch something happen to Aaron and Adam? You just said it yourself that you can't fix this. So you should try to make use of everything you can at the moment."
• "You're right. I should make use of all the help I can get."
• "Then-"
• "-but it can be any help but yours. This all started with you anyway."
• "What do you mean this all started with..."
• Suddenly, her eyes rolled up her head and before she could realize her consciousness had left her, her body slumped down and Simon moved just in time to grab her. Her vision blurred out and she couldn't get herself for a moment.
• "Lynn! Are you okay?! Lynn? Lynn!" Simon panicked as he carefully rested her head on his chest. "Lynn, can you hear me?"
• It took a minute for her brain to remember how to sit up, she gave her head a little shake as her sight cleared up and she felt her body go back to normal. "Yeah. Yeah I'm okay"
• "You sure?" He asked worriedly.
• "Yeah. I'm totally fine, stop overreacting" Lynn said as she got up.
• "Overreacting? I just saw your eyes roll up your head!" He touched her forehead and drew back immediately with widened eyes "You're hot!"
• "What?" She felt her forehead and frowned. It felt normal to her.
• "Let's go to the infirmary,"
• "I don't want to."
• "You have no choice. You don't expect me to leave you walking around with you boiling up."
• "Like I said I'm totally fine!"
• "I'm not falling for that" Simon said looking hell-bent on getting her to the infirmary.
• "Ugh!" Lynn rolled her eyes as she threw her hands up. Simon has always been like this for as long as she could remember, he takes up every small issue and overreacts.
• "I came in to see why you weren't coming back but I guess you're okay seeing how you're trying to tear down the school with your bickering." They both turned to see Noel staring at them.
• "Thank goodness you're here Noel. Please tell Simon that I'm perfectly fine and that I don't have a fever." Lynn said and walked closer to the window.
• "A fever?" Noel brought down her hand to Lynn's forehead and she looked back at Simon. "She seems fine to me."
• "Seriously?" Simon moved closer and felt her forehead once again, his brows furrowed and he pulled away confusedly "it's really gone."
• "Because it was never there in the first place."
• "Thought you weren't in school today?" Noel pointed at Simon.
• "I'm not, I'm just passing by."
• "You do realize you have a test today right?"
• "I also do realize 'Battle of the gods 4" will be out today and I do not want to miss it," he said looking dead serious as Noel stared at him in disbelief. But Lynn knew he was only putting up his other Simon.
• "Miss Taylor's been asking all over for you. Perhaps I should let her on to what you just said." Noel turned and Simon called
• "Twenty bucks!"
• "Hundred."
• "Deal."
• Noel walked back inside as her lips had been sealed and Lynn was left speechless. She looked back at Simon who sighed and spoke in a soft voice.
• "Look, Lynn. If there's anything you can do for me right now it's to be safe. I have to leave now, I'll try to figure something out okay?"
• He turned to leave and Lynn dragged him back and said softly.
• "I know you, Simon. When you don't have a plan you don't. I won't ask you to let me help but if you guys don't make it out of this, I'll make you regret it."
• She glared and Simon froze for a moment as Lynn let go of him and walked away. Simon knew Lynn is human, but there were times when Lynn spoke to him and it felt like White was the one speaking. Now that she's spoken, he knew he had to come up with a plan.
• *****
• Lynn could barely concentrate on the history test. She was regretting letting Simon leave as she thought she should have been more persistent. A sigh escaped her lips as she decided to trust Simon, she knew a lot of things about him and one of them is not saying things he didn't mean. He said he would figure out something, so she would wait.
• Again, a shock hit her head and she winced, the words on her test paper doubled and her head began to spin. Her eyes fell shut as she gave her head a little shake, perhaps she should have listened to Simon and should've gone to the infirmary. She slowly opened her eyes as the pain died down, with her sight also cleared up, she decided to leave for the infirmary after the test. She raised her pen to start writing,
• then out of nowhere, something flashed in her head.
• Her body froze up and her pen fell off her hand as her fingertips trembled, the sudden chill that rushed in through the window made her the hair on her skin stand.
• What was that?
• Lynn felt a tap on her arm and she flinched, she turned to her left to see Noel staring at her with a worried look.
• "You okay?" She mouthed
• "Huh?" Lynn was taken aback by the question as Noel looked back to check on Mr. Frost who was busy staring at Kylee's sheet at the back roll.
• "You look pale. You sure you're okay?" Noel asked in a whisper now and Lynn shook her head before whispered back.
• "It's just a little headache. I'll get some rest after this."
• "Don't push it, okay?"
• "Hm, thanks" They looked away as Mr. frost turned his gaze to the front.
• Lynn couldn't tell if she was coming down with a cold or if it was something else. The picture that flashed through her mind came back to her but she blinked it away as she didn't want it to bug her. She was probably just being paranoid. But something about it didn't sit right with her. She started to fill in her answers again when she saw something move in the hallway, she looked up to see Simon waving his hand furiously. When he realized he'd caught her attention, he mouthed immediately.
• 'Help me. You have to come with me. Like right now!'