"Benny?" I heard Tonys voice call out to me from the living room.

"Yeah?" I yelled back in response, still nervously rubbing at the non sensitive side of the bite.

"This guy says he's looking for-"

"Show her to me! She has to be here! Move out of my way!"

"Oh shit.." I cursed as I felt all the blood suddenly drain from my face.

I instantly raced out of the bathroom and out of the hall. I was met face to face with a struggling and very confused Tony holding back a very strong Harry, who's appearance was very intimidating to say the least.

"Harry!" I shouted, though I was mentally debating on yelling even louder and slapping him myself.

Harry's eyes were red when he turned to me. It was frightening. His pupils were no longer the soft, curious green they once were that reminded me of a puppy. Harry had truly changed. I was..scared.

I took a step away from the both of them as their heads turned to me and Harry said,"Benny.."

He let go of Tony and placed his foot down in my direction, making me take another step back.

A moment of silence rang out in the room, and the only thing Harry and I did was stare at each other, each studying one another's face and posture. Harry was firm, yet soft and curious. He looked like he definitely wanted to say something, but it might've been my scared and worried expression that warded him off.

"Benny, what the hell are you doing with him?"

I swallowed before I spoke,"Tony's my friend. I was upset, and I went to him. That's what friends are for." I spat out somewhat bitterly, crossing my arms below my breasts and holding my stomach as I leaned on the heel of my right foot that was the further most back behind me.

Harry just blinked, glanced back at Tony, then at me, with a frustrated expression. His eyebrows were knit close and his teeth stayed sharp and rubbed together,"Why did you run away from me?"

"Okay Benny who the heck is this guy and why does he look like a mad man?"

"You shut up!" Harry raised his voice and clenched his fists as he turned his head Tony's way.

"Okay dude, what the fuck did I ever do to you?"

When Tony spoke those words I had a feeling that Harry was about to pounce on him, literally. I saw a flicker in his eyes that flashed for a split second, then his lips curled back as if he was a dog.

"Don't you dare act innocent." He snarled and whipped right around to face Tony, who was a little more than confused. "You hunt my kind for a living. You're sick!" He spat.

"What?" I let out, still a little breathless.

Harry glared at Tony while speaking to me,"This monster kills innocents for mere sport! " Harry paused and then leaned back a little on his heels, leaning away from Tony. His expression then dramatically changed from enraged to so something more frightening. Glee. Harry smirked while eyeing Tonys muscular body. "It's only fair that I do the same."

"What? Harry!" I exclaimed, more confused then ever. I mean, I understood what Harry was saying, but seriously. I get sprung on me that one of my oldest friends is a werewolf hunter is a little astonishing to say the least. I didn't even think those really existed.

Suddenly, something in Tony changed. He stiffened up and no longer seemed like he was afraid of Harry,"Funny that you call me of all people a monster.."

I watched on as Harry's smirk eerily faded into a thin line, then transformed into another sneer while he made a jump for Tony.

"Harry! No!" I felt helpless and ignorant as I ran towards the tumble weed that was Tony and Harry. No punches were thrown, yet. I knew it was a matter of time before the scuffle and wrestling would turn into biting, hitting, and ripping.

"Stop! Please!" I yelled again as the two grown men kept flipping each other over onto the floor. It was when Harry had the opportunity and raised his arm up high above Tony with a clenched fist, that I grabbed Harry's arm and stared at the both of them. My sudden outburst knocked them out of their daze of hating each other for obvious reasons. It was like they suddenly realized that I was there. Once I got their attention though, like always, I didn't know what to say or do.

I swallowed before trying to pull Harry up. (If I tried to push him off who knows what would happen? I didn't want to know.) Harry was hesitant, and kept his jaw tight, but when he looked at me he saw how scared I was. I certainly felt scared anyway. Harry amazed me at that point. Like many times before, I noticed that when he was looking my way, he softened from his usual animal like demeanor. Thinking about it gave me shivers.

"Okay..um, I know that you guys want to kill each other..I understand that." Trust me, this even sounded awkward in my head. "But..can we just.." I looked away from Harry with both hands gripped around his forearm and looked at Tony, who was sitting up at this point, hair and clothes a little tousled and messy. "Tony. I need to talk to Harry."

"Fine. Speak with the monster. He's not worth a blade anyway.." He spat as he wiped his mouth and began to stand up.

That erupted a growl from Harry, I could feel his muscles in his arm tense up and bulge. I may have drooled a little. His muscles had gotten extremely toned, you could see them through his black shirt. It was like he did a major workout since I last saw him.

With some weird shred of courage, I gripped Harry's arm tighter, which caught his attention. I made sure to let him know I was thoroughly frustrated with this situation. All of it, for a matter of fact.

We both glanced at Tony as he seemed to glide away into another room, but I still felt his presence, so I knew he was still close. Harry did too, and he didn't like it. He glared daggers at the doorway where Tony passed, his red eyes still burning, and freaking me out a little.

"Harry." When I uttered his name he turned to me again. His body was still as tense as a tennis string, but he gave me his attention. I sighed as I let go of his arm and dropped my own to the floor, my eyes following suit,"Why are you here?" I asked.

Harry wet his dry lips and stared only at me. He was struggling like before, but he pulled through,"You."

"Me?"

Harry's mouth was etched with a small smile now,"That's..honestly as simple as it is." He admitted with a shy nod, looking my figure over.

"But..." I laughed weakly too and moved a few strands of hair away from my face. Harry and I were standing in the middle of Tony's living room, with Tony not too far away and Harry wanting to tip his throat out. "Why? And..why did you come back?.." I paused, glancing down at the ground,"You.."

"Listen, I know it seems pretty bad.." Harry said. "But..Benny.."

He started to close in on me but I wasn't having that either, I backed away, or more like jumped away, and eyed him suspiciously,"You came back and had sex with me just like that..how am I supposed to think?"

What hit me in more ways then one was that instead of pouting and frowning like I almost thought he would, Harry actually smirked,"You didn't object did you?"

"Jesus.." I breathed out, heat flushing to my face as I scrunched my face in anger and started to turn away. Harry's hand roughly grabbed my arm and forced me to look at him. His face was serious now, an unnerving and fast change of character. I was beginning to think my bipolar theory of Harry was more and more plausible.

"Benny." He started,"I care for you." I watched between his lips and his eyes as only one pair of them moved. "I love you, even. I didn't get a chance to say so when they took me away, but believe me," He gazed down at my hands and I followed his trail of vision, watching as he took my hands in his,"I do." He tilted his head back up to look at me, which didn't take much movement. Harry was still very tall, not like he changed in the course of time, but you never know, he did change a lot behavior wise. "You're my mate..now anyway."

Harry's lips curved into the very same, smug grin with a hint of innocence in it he always had whenever I brought up the point of being his mate or not. Now it was actually true.

"I noticed.." I decided to take the anti sweet and non romantic path of this conversation to take one hand away from Harry and gently touch the mark his fang's had made. Just thinking about it all made me shiver.

Once my skin moved over the holes, my breathing hitched. That was when I realized. "Wait..does this mean I'm gonna become a fucking werewolf too?!"

Harry laughed like it was no big deal at all,"Well, yeah. That's usually how things work don't they?"

I swear my eyes got so big they were about to pop out of my head. I wanted to hyperventilate, but I couldn't find the breath to.

As fast as a light could go out, I felt my vision begin to fade into black. The last thing I felt was Harry's arms and chest catching me as my balance disappeared, and the last thing I heard was him saying my name in an urgent and confused tone of voice.