Blood Moon (girlxgirl)

20.- Sorry

There were no voices when she woke up this time. No shuffling around or worried screams. But that meant she couldn't be awake. There had rarely been a time within these few hours when she woke up and there weren't people fuzzing over everything, everywhere. But upon opening her eyes, she realized she was right where she had been before she fell asleep. On the couch. In Jazmyn's home.

Suddenly she heard something. A deep rumble. It sounded like a bear, but not quite. Lupita turned and stifled a laugh when she saw John on the floor. He was sleeping on a mattress and snored so it sounded like Odin himself.

She sat up on the couch and to her surprise, nothing hurt anymore. That was until she stretched her arm and the pain came rushing back, but it was gone after a few seconds. Not fully healed yet, but she could feel her energy coming back to her. Her wolf was happily running around in their headspace, limping slightly but having fun nonetheless. Other than her shoulder hurting and her other arm aching, the only other thing that hurt was the fact that she felt very stiff. The only solution seemed to be walking around so that was what she did. Her legs shook under her as she began taking her first few steps, but after some time she regained control over them and was walking normally.

After walking around the living room for some time, she decided to go out and get some fresh air. Though she would not go far as she still had a feeling some more of those rouges could be out there. The morning air was nice and cold against her skin. She was glad to only be wearing a pair of shorts and a tank top. She had been craving to wear less clothes than what she had to normally wear these past few days now that she had entered new territory. They were all so warm and itchy. And some of them were too tight and made her angry for no reason at all. Back home she would often wear a pair of loose pants and a loose tank top, or shorts and a slightly tighter top. No matter the weather, unless it was winter, that was the only season she actually wore shoes and long sleeves. But the shoes were comfortable and the sleeves weren't sticking to her skin.

After deciding she had had enough fresh air, she went back inside to find John running around in a panic and Elizabeth slowly coming down the stairs. She looked almost dead as she dragged her feet behind her down the stairs.

"What's wrong John?" she asked while rubbing her eyes.

"Lupita is gone!" he shouted, which caused Elizabeth to cover her ears. "She wasn't here when I woke up! I don't know where she could be!"

"She is in the doorway you madman," Elizabeth said and walked over to the kitchen. John quickly looked behind him and ran over to Lupita once his eyes landed on her. He never once stopped to slow down and Lupita was scared they were going to burst through the door. But once he had picked her up he stopped completely.

"Don't ever do that again," he said. Lupita was still trying to figure out how he stopped so quickly and failed to realize her feet were no longer touching the ground.

"I just needed air," she said and felt him push against her bad shoulder. "Arm," was all she said as the pain was quickly building up. John sat her down at once and took her face in his hands.

"I was worried," was all he said, and was all he needed to say. His eyes held a storm of emotions, mostly worry, and the physical affection told her everything. He had done some research.

"Sorry," Lupita said and leaned into his hands. They stayed like that for a little while before finally going back inside where Lupita could smell the meat in the air. Her stomach rumbled and she hurried over to the kitchen where Elizabeth was preparing bacon, eggs, and toast.

"Sit down, honey," Elizabeth said when she felt the young wolf's presence. "I'm almost done."

Lupita smiled and walked over to the table and took a seat. John came over to her and handed her a t-shirt which she took, but didn't put on. He gave her a funny look but didn't comment on it as he sat down in front of her. Elizabeth came over with a large plate of food for Lupita and then went back to make more after Lupita thanked her.