Changes (Gabby)

[calcetines]

"Why us, Gabby?" Angel asked quietly. Being a werewolf was hard, particularly when there were very few people in the world who could correctly empathize with how horrible transformations were, even with the potion... How much they were discriminated against... Angel would give anything for her life to be normal again...

[igloogirl]

Gabriella shrugged, letting the wind blow her hair again. "Maybe fate decided that we were so perfect that something had to happen to make us not sxo perfect," she announced after a moment, joking in a strange sort of way, but also not joking.

[calcetines]

Angel rolled her eyes at the poor analogy. But of course, there was no logical explanation, no matter how hard Angel worked her brain, there just wasn't a reason. For the first time in a long while, she looked back on the memories she had of the attack. It was horrible... Wolfgang managed to drown the werewolf... Isaac saved her life with a blood transfusion because they shared the same blood type... With a pang, Angel realized she didn't know who the werewolf was as a human... It could have been anyone...

[igloogirl]

The same thought suddenly occured in Gabriella's head as well. What if the werewolf that had Turned Angel had been a crazed student without a Wolfsbane potion? The student would be dead now. She certainly hoped that it wasn't a student. Her thoughts flickered to the vampire that had Turned her...she could hardly even remember the face, the moments had happened so fast...

[calcetines]

Angel always had the burning desire to tell Gabriella that Isaac was just wonderful. If it weren't for him, Angel wouldn't be sitting on this branch beside her cousin. But of course, Angel knew better than to bring it up. She didn't want to hurt Gabriella. Bringing up Isaac would do just that. Angel kneaded her forehead with her knuckles.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella saw a brief glimpse of pain on Angel's face and frowned. "What's wrong?" she asked, her tone smoothed over with a mother-like affection that she only had for her family. "Anything you want to tell me about?"

[calcetines]

Angel stopped kneading her forehead, sticking her hands into her pockets instead. Of course she wanted to tell Gabriella how if it weren't for her ex-boyfriend, she wouldn't be sitting in the tree branch with her cousin, but Angel didn't want to hurt her... It was complicated. "Well... There's something I've been meaning to tell you..." Angel began, she couldn't keep it inside anymore.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella's eyebrows raised. "You can tell me," she said, her tone quieter as she listened intently for what Angel was about to say. It must be either a really big secret or Angel was afraid of something happening if she told. Otherwise she knew that she would already know.

[calcetines]

A slight thought of playing a trick on Gabriella and saying something like "I'm pregnant" or something similar would have been fun, but Angel figured this wasn't the appropriate time for such actions. "The night I was Bitten, I nearly bled to death. Isaac helped Wolfgang take me up to the hospital wing," Angel began, seeing the night over again in her head. "I need a blood transfusion, otherwise I would die. Isaac's blood type matches mine. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't be alive right now." She finished in a tone barely above a whisper.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella had to work very hard not to let out a gasp. It was not at all what she had been expecting, not to mention very shocking. And then it dawned on her that all this time, Angel had been okay with Isaac. "Wow," she whispered, unable to say anymore.

[calcetines]

After that, Angel and Isaac had become friends, it was hard to not to befriend someone after they saved your life, no matter how controversial the relationship would be. Angel found Gabriella's reaction mild compared to what she'd seen in her head, it was a little comforting. She couldn't speak, she didn't know what to say...

[igloogirl]

Thoughts were swirling fast in Gabriella's head and the world seemed to be spinning. "I need to run," she said quietly, beginning to climb down from the tree, faster than humanly possible. As she landed lightly on the forest floor she took off, running in giant circles, trying to clear her head.

[calcetines]

Angel opened her mouth to respond, but with the inhuman speed Gabriella had obtained when she was Changed, she was gone before Angel could form her mouth around a word. She shut her mouth and remained in the tree branch. If Gabriella didn't come back in about two minutes, then she'd just go home...

[igloogirl]

In exactly one minute and thirty-two seconds, Gabriella was back on the branch, feeling quite a bit refreshed. She cleared her throat so that Angel would notice her before she spoke. "I think I'm going to be his friend," Gabriella said firmly.

[calcetines]

Angel gave a small smile. This was really why she had wanted to tell Gabriella about Isaac saving her life and everything. This tension between Gabriella and Isaac was slowly torturing her. She wanted them to at least be friends, even if they weren't meant for each other. But, even after they had broken up, Angel still noticed the look of longing in Isaac's eyes whenever he saw Gabriella... She kept this to herself. "Good." Angel said.