(Sorry this part took so long. but here it is. again sorry for any incorrect grammer or mispelled words. Ravenara)
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Two weeks had gone by without another dream. I still wouldn't talk outside of my midnight hunger raids with my dad. The rest of my family wouldn't listen even if I were to ever talk to them. Tonight was family dinner night, which meant my sister her husband and the twins would be coming over. I was dreading dinner as I was getting around to go to a doctor's appointment when my mother came upstairs. She came into my room and sat down on my bed as I finished fixing my hair.
"You know this has been hard on all of us. Not just you. It would be nice if tonight you would talk to your sister. She's worried. Stop being selfish and thinking of only yourself." I glared at my mom before I left my room and headed down stairs to go with my dad to the doctor's appointment.
The tests the doctor had to do for my check up went by rather quickly. So before long my dad and I were waiting in one of the rooms for the results. The longer it took the more nervous I became. I was debating telling him of my dreams to see if he had any suggestions. My dad suggested I tell him to see if maybe I would get referred to someone that could help. Finally the doctor returned.
"You seem to be healing great. No infections or internal bleeding. I'd say you're going to be just fine." I smiled slightly relief washing over me.
"I told you sweetheart."
"Although," The doctor started to get our attention again. "May I ask you a question?" I nodded.
"Yeah, of course."
"Are you sexually active?" I felt my face start to turn red.
"Uh.. I've had sex, but not in a very long time. Why?" The doctor stared at me for a few moments before speaking again.
"You're pregnant." My jaw fell open as I looked at him. He continued talking but I couldn't hear anything as tears rushed forward and my breath caught in my throat. I felt dizzy and slightly sick to my stomach. I had trouble standing so bad that my dad had to half carry me to the car. The drive home was taken in complete silence. When we pulled into the driveway he turned off the car and sat there for a moment.
"I have to tell your mother." I lost it. Leaning forward to bawl into my hands. He got out and came around the car helping me out as my legs just wouldn't hold me up. He helped me into the kitchen and sat me at the table as my mom and sister came in.
"Everything alright?" My mom asked before my dad motioned them into the other room. I heard my dad talking even though I couldn't make out what he was saying. My mind replayed what the doctor had said when I heard my mother give a shocked gasp.
"You're kidding me?" my sister yelled. "You actually believe that she doesn't remember fucking some guy without protection? I just don't believe it!" My heart began to beat fast and it was getting harder to breathe. "I think she's lying to get attention! She's done this kind of thing before." At my sisters accusation I got up and fled the house. I hit the pavement outside and ran as fast as I could. Ducking into the first park I came too, rounding the first tree I started to hear cracking. Too scared and frustrated I didn't stop when my body was thrown forward and I landed on paws rather than hands.
With renewed speed I ran through trees. I felt something building in me as I ran, something I didn't understand but accepted as part of me. This part of me was desperate, with a longing I didn't understand. Something was missing with this new part of me, although I didn't understand it I let it take over me. Throwing my head back I let out a long confused and sad howl. I slowly stopped running and continued to howl, putting my whole being and everything I was feeling into this message to no one. Finally I flopped to the ground feeling oddly safe and comfortable in this strange form hiding behind a thick bush. I lay there staring at my paws in wonderment. How was this possible? And why did I feel so natural in this form? Slowly I started to calm down and get my mind under control when another wolf bounded around my bush. I jumped up and warned the other wolf with a dangerous growl, suddenly I felt more wolf then human. The wolf simply backed up and with a loud amount of cracking and shifted to huma n. He was like me! He seemed familiar, but I didn't know him. Shifting left him naked, but for a reason I wasn't sure of it didn't bother me and I wasn't attracted to him.
"Anjulie?" How'd he know my name? I quirked my head at him. He smiled and backed up again looking off into the distance. "Xander! She's over here!" He looked back down at me looking over my form, not sexually but seemed to be sizing me up. Another wolf, a lot larger than the other man was, came up and quicker than I could register he was human. I knew him, or so I thought. Something in me seemed to leap at the sight of him but I wasn't so sure I should trust this new side of me. He took a step towards me and I backed up with a growl. He stopped, looking almost hurt that I had done that.
"Anjulie, it's me." I quirked my head at him. "Shift back baby. Remember how I taught you? Picture in your mind what you looked like and will yourself to change back." I whimpered not wanting to leave the comfort of this form. I doubted returning to the form of a human would be as simple as willing myself to change, but something in his voice made me want to try. I thought about my human body and as I did the cracking sound came to my ears. It took a few minutes but finally I was back in my human form, naked before two seemingly strangers. The man named Xander smiled at me and the other nodded as he looked me over.
"Anjulie?" Xander seemed almost pleading as he said my name. I looked him in the eyes trying hard to remember him as someone other than a man from my dreams. Slowly I shook my head at him.
"I'm sorry." He frowned.
"Sorry? What's wrong with you?" That simple question sent me into tears.
"A lot is wrong with me! I went camping over a month ago and woke up in the hospital 2 weeks ago. I don't remember what happened to me between that time." I was slowly getting hysterical. "I guess I lost a week and a half worth of time. I was shot twice, by some sort of hunter. The people at the hospital said I was attacked by a wolf which is what the mark on my shoulder is. I keep having these dreams I can't explain that actually have both of you in them and..." I gasped in some air. "I just found out two hours ago I'm pregnant!" My legs gave way at my last confession and before I could hit the ground Xander had his arms around me. I wrapped my arms around his neck, clinging to him just seemed right as I sobbed.
"Alex, follow her scent back to where she came from. I'm sure she needs to go home right now." Alex shifted back to his wolf form and lead Xander to her home, then ran off quickly and reappeared with a bag in tow. Alex sat the bag down and pulled cloths for them both out of the bag. Xander put the pants and shoes on and then slid his large shirt over Anjulie. With a deep breath and a side glace to Alex they walked to the front door and knocked. The door was opened almost immediately by my dad who took one look at me in some strange mans arms and held his arms out taking me from Xander. He nearly had to force me as I had trouble letting go of Xander's neck.
"Thank you so much for finding her. Please come in sit down, I'm going to take her up to her room."
"No! I wanna stay down here." My dad looked down at me and then nodded taking me into the living room and sitting me down on the couch. Xander sat himself next to me and I instinctively curled up next to him. My dad sat down on the couch across from Xander and I and looked Xander over. My mom came in the room.
"Who is this and why..." my father cut her off.
"Please, just bring us some nice iced tea. I'll figure it out and take care of this." My mom for the first time since I could remember looked over the patrons of the room and without anymore protest turned to get the tea.
