I was excited when Friday came. It was not only the last day of classes for the week, but I would be heading home as soon as classes were over. "Why are you so happy?" Shannon greeted me tiredly. I grinned at her, laughing at how exhausted she looked. She grumped at me as I sat down with my breakfast.

"So, why are you so excited?" Emily asked while Shannon continued to grump. I turned to Emily, ignoring the sleepy grumpy Shannon.

"I get to go home tonight." I explained to them. They looked confused, so I continued. "My dad is the Alpha and had some concessions made for my enrollment. I go home every weekend to see them." Emily and Meaghan seemed excited for me. Shannon snapped out of her stupor and looked at me with concern.

"Is one of the adult vampires going with you?" she asked. I nodded.

"Professor Rhodes is going to visit every day. I don't think she's staying with us, but she said that she has to come see me every day I'm off campus for an hour or so." Shannon relaxed.

"It's dangerous for us to be off campus away from the adult vampires," she explained to the others. They nodded, but didn't seem convinced. "Don't forget your pills," she scolded us all before we headed off to class. We all took them dutifully, though I still wasn't clear exactly what the pills were for.

I put that thought from my mind and tried to focus on my classes. It was hard work and I kept finding my mind wandering to getting to see my brothers again. I hadn't ever been away from them for anywhere near this long. I'd never even been to a summer camp before. Now I was off at a boarding school.

Finally, classes ended and I could get ready to leave. I rushed back to my room and packed my homework for the weekend in my school bag and headed for the entry hall to the school to wait for Eric to come pick me up. I was reading my English assignment when he arrived. I jumped to my feet and hugged him the second I saw him. He smiled at me. "Ready to go?" he asked me as he set me back on my feet. I nodded.

"Let's go!" I bounced excitedly. I missed my family.

"Just a minute, I have to sign you out of the school." I rolled my eyes at that, but went with him to talk to the secretary. It only took a minute and then we were finally leaving. Eric drove us home and I felt all of my worries evaporate.

My family was waiting for me when we got home. I was crushed in hugs the second I got out of the car. "You're wearing a skirt!" Dave laughed at me. I punched him in the arm in reply.

"It's the uniform," I grumped at him. I never would choose to wear a skirt otherwise. "I'm sure girls in your school have to wear skirts too." He chuckled and messed up my hair, which earned him another punch.

"Want to go for a run?" Seth asked, pulling me into his turn for a hug.

"Of course!" I ducked out of Seth's arms and ran for the back door, ditching my shoes and socks on the way. The school blazer and tie came next to be ditched on the lawn, followed by the sweater vest. My brothers were laughing, but were running behind me to catch up. I hid behind my usual shifting tree and ditched the rest of my clothes, changing forms into wolf as fast as possible, dealing with the pain of accelerated shifting to finally be at home sooner. I howled when I was safely in wolf form in the woods with my brothers. I took off running through the woods. A minute later, I heard the howls of my brothers. They had finished their shifts and were chasing me.

The chase was on and I was finally home.