I helped my father over to the couch and he groaned he sat down, "You need anything, daddy?",

"No, well, actually, I could use a shoulder massage.", he said and I rolled my eyes as I started rubbing his shoulders. I couldn't get the imagine of poor Claire on a bed with bandages everywhere and her face was so bruised up. And her right arm in a cast and so is her right leg. They had to put her on an oxygen tank and it just wasn't a pleasant sight.

What was harder was to see Joe actually break down crying then see Angela also. Kaden was getting his tough act on, but I could see his eyes gloss up sometimes.

Doctors say it's a low chance, but she could pass away in her sleep. That was what broke Kaden and I held him in my arms. It was such a painful depressing sight. It took all me and Kaden to put Joe in the car since he pretty seemed like someone just shut him off.

My dad nose scrunched up in pain, but he told me to keep going. My mom rubbed his shoulder with her good arm and smiled at him.

I looked at my parents and saw that they didn't need a curse to make them love each other. I can see that they love each other very much.

Now all I have to figure out if the love Kaden feels for me is feel or just cause of the curse.

Two and half weeks later...

I was putting my hoop earrings in as I walked down the steps. I wanted to see how Kaden, Angela, and Joe were doing before I have to leave with my parents cause we were going over to my dad news friends house who just started working at the company with my dad.

My dad neck recovered a few days ago, so he doesn't have that silly neck brace. My mom arm still healing, but she decided to still go.

Logan--to my very surprise--at a late baseball try out. He talked to his couch about letting him try out and kept bugging him. He doesn't care that his legs still hurts sometimes, he still just wants to be apart of the team.

I walked out of my house and went over to Kaden's house. I knocked on the door and when Angela opened it, she wasn't her usual happy self like always. They all been real depressed since seeing Claire. The one who's horribly depressed is Joe.

Like Kaden said, when a Lycan loses his Bounder, he goes threw depressed and madness. Claire isn't gone, but there a chance she could be and it's killing Joe inside. He looked horrible to. His hair getting so long and he actually growing a beared. Kaden lucky if he can get him in the shower. He hasn't been to work since the accident and he always stuck in his room and or at the hospital. He hasn't been eating much and he's getting horribly to skinny.

"Hey Jesse.", Angela said, looking me up and down. "You look pretty.",

I looked down at my blue jeans and layered white tanktop and medium sleeve baby blue shirt and brown uggs. "Thanks, Anges. Kaden home?",

She nodded, "Yeah, he's trying to get dad to take a shower again.", she said and sighed heavily. "Come on in. I have to get back upstairs to try and do my homework.", she said, turning around and I walked in, closing the door behind me.

As I walked up the stairs, I heard Kaden talking to his dad about a shower. I walked into Joe room and saw Joe leaning against the head board with his head down as he looked at his lap. He was in sweats and a baggy t-shirt. I frowned and walked up to the bed.

"Come on, dad. You stink and your hair greasy. Mom wouldn't like seeing you like this.", Kaden said.

Joe sighed heavily, "Kaden, just get out. I just want to be alone.",

"You always want to be alone, but at times like this, you shouldn't be. Angela needs you right now.", Kaden said.

"Shouldn't you be at soccer patience?", Joe asked. "Go practice and leave me alone. Even, Hayden High needs their star champ there. I'll be fine.",

"I don't care about that right now, dad. I care about that you stop smelling and stop acting this way.", Kaden said.

Joe growled and looked up at Kaden, "You don't get it, Kaden.", he said between his bared teeth. Hell, it scared me kind of. "You're Bounder isn't in a coma and could die any second and you would feel it and it'll kill you slowly inside. You don't know what it's like me. I feel like I'm slowly dying and right now, I just want to be alone.", he said, putting his hands on Kaden chest and leaned forward and Kaden flew off the bed onto the floor with a heavy thud. My eyes widen in shock.

Joe leaned back on the head board, grumbling under his breath.

"Joe, Kaden right.", I said. "Claire wouldn't want you to be like this. She would want you to be taking care of your guys family, not ignoring them and shutting the out.",

"I know she would want that, but I can't help it, Jesse.", he said. "All I feel is loneliness and sadness. My other side is always howling just for her to be in my arms to hold and to see her big brown eyes. It's this stupid curse fault and that fucking gypsy who put this curse on us. We are not Lucian and it should have only happened to him! I am nothing like that asshole!"

"I know that, Joe.", I said, putting a hand on his shoulder. "But what do you think Claire would do if she saw you like this? She would first nag at you for letting yourself go and not taking care of the two children you have. She's going to be fine. She's hasn't left us yet and I doubt she will. It isn't her time to go.",

To my surprise, a small half smile slipped on his face, "She would nag at me. She never did like me having a beard and said it wasn't my thing.",

"See, ecstatically.", I said, smiling. "Imagine this; your at the hospital next to her and you look and smell--like this, no offence.", I said, pointing at him. "What if she woke up and saw you? You really think she wouldn't confuse you with a hobo? She would want her clean shaved smelling like old spice handsome man when she woke up. Not the real live wolf-man.",

A bigger smile slipped on his face and he sighed heavily, "That's very true. I can't look horrible for when she wakes up.", he said. He frowned again, "What if she never wakes up?",

"She'll have to wake up sooner or later. Stop thinking negative, Joe, it's unhealthy and not helping.", I told him and he just nodded.

Joe finally got up and grabbed a towel as he went left the room to take shower. I walked downstairs with Kaden behind me and I stopped at the door, "Thanks for helping.", Kaden said.

"No problem.", I said. "I hate seeing Joe like that. You know he's like a second father to me.",

He nodded, "Yeah. That whole thing about when she wakes up and seeing him like that must really got to him. She would want to see him looking like nothing happen and him talking about bring her home and pampering her.", he said and he actually chuckled and put his hands in his pocket. He looked over me, "So, where you going tonight? Date with Logan?", he asked and he couldn't stop his nose from scrunching up.

I shook my head, "No. My dad wants to go over to a guy who he works with house for dinner. They just moved here and you know how my mom and dad are.",

"Yeah, I do.", he said. "Hope they don't have a son who wants to steal my Jesse from me also.", he said and chuckled and surprisingly, I joined.

"No, teenager daughter. She's a year younger then me, though.", I told him.

"Well, you look pretty.", he said.

"Thanks. I'll see you tomorrow at school.", I said and left. I don't know why, but a frowned appeared on my face as I walked out and over to my house. God, all of this is so hard. I can't help but feel the more time passes, the more time I'm wanting to be around Kaden and I feel bad when I'm with Logan and all I can think about is Kaden, Kaden, and yes, Kaden.

This bounding shit is so hard and confusing

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The door opened and a men opened the door and smiled, "John!", he said as him and my dad went into a guy hug. The man was really tan--like honey-colored. He wasn't Spanish looking, actually from what I seen in picture, he looked Greek.

"Aaron!", my dad said.

A lady came over to the door and smiled, "Hello, it's nice to meet you three.", she said as he went in and shook our hands. She was very pretty; she had dark long hair and slightly tanned. "I'm Daphne.". A loud beep music came up from upstairs and Aaron and Daphne looked at each and blush came on Daphne face, "I'm sorry, my daughter is kind of going through a stage. Alexandria, turn off that music and come downstairs.", she yelled the last part up the stairs.

The music stopped, "Fine!", we heard a scream and the door from upstairs opened. A girl with raven shinny black hair came downstairs. This girl fifteen? She had super tight black jeans on and a black crop top on with some black sneakers. She had a nose hoop ring and cherry red lipstick on. Her eyes were dark around her eyes and she was chewing on some gum. She had cameral color skin. She defiantly did not look fifteen. "And it's Andria, remember?", she asked her mom and blue a bubbled and it popped against her full red lips.

Her mom sighed, "Andria, this is John, Sarah, and they're daughter Jesse.", she said and Andria just looked at us and blew another bubble. "Why don't you show Jesse your room? You to can hang out while I finish cooking. Can you do that?",

Andria shrugged, "Sure, I guess. Come.", she said and turned around to walk back upstairs. I hesitated in following her, but decided I guess I should go before my parents literally push me up there.

We came into a plan white wall room, but their were many photographs. Not of people, but of things like flowers, lakes, and buildings. I saw a camera on her desser and guessed she was probably the one to take them. Her room was very clean and she went over to her dresser and started look threw some beaded necklaces.

"So," I said, walking over next to her and looked at the stack of cd's. "You have a nice taste. I like Flyleaf too, Lacey real awesome.",

"Yeah, she is.", Andria said and put on a red beaded necklace on. She looked at me, "Please tell me you aren't the peppy type of girl who listen to Justin Bieber all day? I'm try my best to stay away from girls like that.",

I chuckled, "No, I'm not. But beware of Hayden High, many girls there are like that.",

"Oh, I don't have to worry.", she said and grabbed a red lip gloss tube. "I'm homeschooled.", she said as she put some of her lips.

"Really?", I asked.

She nodded, "Yeah. I don't get along with other kids. Never have since I was five. My mom says I'm way to much like my yiayia",

"Yiayia?", I questioned.

"My grandma. She's sleeps in the next room, but she never leaves her room unless she goes out for fresh air. She's weird like that, but I'm like that also. I spend lots of time in my room also since I don't have anyone to 'hangwith', but I rather be alone then be friends with fakes.", she said, picking up her camera.

"So," I said, looking around the pictures on her wall. "You been to Athens?", I asked, looking at the Athena's temple.

"Yeah. It's my yiayia home. She came from there, but she's also Siberian and Romanian.", she said as she looked threw the pictures on her camera.

"Hmm," I said, looking threw more of the picture hanging on the wall. I'll admit, she's really talented. "My friend Kaden also Romanian on his dad side.", I said as I picked up a picture of her. She looked to be at least nine and she was hugging an old lady with dark hair and slightly tan skin.

"Well as long as his ancestors aren't from the Lupei family, we're all good.", she sarcastically said and chuckled.

I nearly dropped the pictures and I stared at her, "Ex-excuse me?", I asked.

She looked up from the camera and her eyebrows forward together, "What? I just said an old Romanian last name.",

"Why would you say that, though? What would happen if he was?", I asked.

"Well, I would tell you not to be friends with him if he already eighteen.", she said. "That wouldn't be good.",

Her family couldn't be...

"Why?",

She smirked, "Well, according to my yiayia, that family is curse. Stories she told me of a man turning into a wolf and that man came from the Lupei family.".

"H-how does she know this?", I asked, my nervousness building up and I just wanted to shake her down for her to answer me more quickly!

She shrugged, "Cause it my family that cursed that family.", she said. "My yiayia a Romani--a gypsy."