Angel's POV

It has been a week from that disastrous call from my parents.

I have called them every few days and every time I had to convince them that I'm safe and completely comfortable. They still don't believe me, I'm afraid.

And I haven't told them about me living with werewolves. They would have a heart attack and I didn't particularly want that.

The past week has been nice.

The twins have been taking care of me very well. We share the big bedroom and every morning I wake up to them cuddling me. It's very warm when they do that so I like it.

Today I woke up and noticed that Xander was nowhere in sight. Xavier was still sleeping, his arms around me.

I somehow managed to get out of his arms without him waking up and I stood next to the bed.

I felt weird but pushed that aside and went to the bathroom.

While using the toilet I discovered that Mother Nature had decided to visit me. Such a delight isn't it? I didn't have any women products because the twins didn't want me to go anywhere.

For the past week I had lent Lisa's clothes which didn't fit me correctly because she was taller than me. Sometimes Xander and Xavier managed to persuade me into wearing their clothes and every time I did, I looked like I was drowning in them and I felt even smaller than I actually was.

I was washing my hands and trying to figure out what to do about my 'situation' when I heard knocking on the bathroom door.

"Are you in there, little one?"

Oh, it was Xavier, seems like he has finally gotten up.

I didn't answer him right away so his knocking went frantic.

"Little one?! Are you there? Is everything okay??"

"Yes, I'm here and I'm fine, Xavier."

"Open the door, little one, now."

"Wait a second."

I was drying my hands, so I couldn't open the door right that second.

"Little one. Now."

And he was near banging on the door. I didn't want him to break the door down so I hurriedly went and unlocked it.

"What's wr-" I didn't even get to finish my sentence when I was already pulled into his chest and his face went to my neck where he was breathing heavily.

I circled my arms around his waist the best I could and started to rub circles on his back.

"What's wrong, Xavier? Why did you nearly break the bathroom door down?"

He stilled. Then he looked at me as if I had grown two heads.

"What's wrong??"

"Xa-"

"What's wrong is that I can smell your blood, did you cut yourself somewhere?"

"No I'm alright, I have no cuts, at least that I know of."

Apparently that was the wrong thing to say as he began to hurriedly search my body for injuries.

I took his head between my hands and made him look at my face.

"Xavier. I'm not hurt, I'm okay."

"No you're not, I can smell your blood."

He can smell my blood?? Oh gosh, he won't leave me alone until I tell him what's wrong, I'm sure of it. But just the thought of telling him made my face turn red.

"Angel?? Please tell me what's wrong."

His eyes began flickering between his and his wolf's eyes. Uh oh. That's not good.

Xavier picked me up bridal style and carried me to the bed where he laid me down in the middle. I tried to sit up but he pushed me down again.

"Please Angel. I need to tend to your wounds, they could be serious."

Suddenly, Xander burst through the door.

"What happened??" And the next second he was beside me. They took my hands, one on my right side and the other on my left side.

Their eyes began to get darker and darker. I gulped. I didn't fear them, no, they just get very overprotective when their wolves are in control.

"I'm okay guys, I promise. I'm not wounded, everything's okay." I tried to assure them but I don't think it worked very well.

"What's wrong, mate?"

Damnation, Ryder and Tyler had control now. I had only one option left.

"Guys? Can I talk to Lisa?"

Their eyebrows furrowed.

"You can talk to us, mate. About anything."

"But I really need to talk to her." I looked at them pleadingly.

"No, mate is injured. Mate will not move until she is healed."

"But I'm not injured!"

"We can smell mate's blood. Mate can't lie to us."

I guess they don't believe me, so I have to go along with them, it seems.

"But it will help me heal if I can talk to Lisa."

They were confused by my statement.

"Won't mate heal if she talks to us? Why can Lisa help heal mate but not us?"

And they were sad, really sad.

"I just really have to talk to her, it's very important, can you call her, please?"

They mumbled a small 'okay' and a minute later Lisa was standing at the door looking at us curiously.

"Hey Lisa. Guys, can I talk to Lisa for a few minutes in private, please?"

"No! Will not leave mate, mate is injured, mate needs us."

"I'm absolutely fine. Please, it will be just a few minutes."

"But..." they were pouting adorably.

I looked at them with the best puppy-eyes I could muster and finally they relented and left the room, still looking at me and pouting.

"So... why have the Alphas lost control and refuse to leave you even for a second?" Lisa came and sat next to me on the bed, looking at me expectantly.

"It's my woman's time." I mumbled, barely audible.

"Oh... well that explains it, I guess they smelled the blood?"

"Yup."

"And you needed to talk to me because...?"

"I don't have anything to... you know... use."

"Oh right, I'll go and get you some of my own thwn, okay?"

"Okay, thanks Lisa."

"Anytime Luna." With that, she walked out the room and Xavier and Xander came running into the bedroom.

One glance at their eyes told me that Ryder and Tyler were still in control.

Once again they were seated on the bed one on each side of me while they looked at me as if I was on my death bed.

"Should we call the doctor, mate?"

"No, it's okay, I already got it solved."

"We can still smell mate's blood, something's still wrong."

"It's alright, I promise."

At that, Lisa came back in with a small package in her hands.

"Okay, boys just a few more minutes?"

They both growled and begrudgingly left the room once again.

I rose from the bed and took the package from her.

"Thanks Lisa."

"Oh it's nothing. Call me when you need me."

And I went into the bathroom again.

I could hear the twins running into the room only to discover that I'm not laying on the bed. Damn, I should've thought of that. Their growls got louder and I could hear bones cracking and snapping. Oh schnitzels, they shifted.

The whole situation just got harder. A lot harder.

When they heard the bathroom door open their heads snapped in my direction and when they saw me, they were at the door with one big leap.

Ryder took a hold of my shirt with his teeth and pulled me towards the bed. They nudged me onto the bed and laid down so that they were curled around me, all the while growling and whimpering.

There's not really a point in trying to talk to them when they were in wolf form, especially when Xavier and Xander were not in control, so I had to wait until they got a hold of their wolves and shifted.

It might take a while.

Sigh.