I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SORRY that it's taken me so long to update, who knew A-Levels took up so much of your time? Plus I had a bit of writer's block with this chapter, I started writing it over a week ago, but all of your lovely reviews, follows and favourites have motivated me to finally finish and post this, so please keep them coming! I'll try my best to update again soon!

Rhydian stopped, lied down and thought; thought about what the hell had happened. He couldn't imagine Maddy keeping something so big from him, if it was that big at all. After all, the three Ks weren't exactly the most trustworthy people in the school, in fact they were the biggest gossips that Rhydian had ever met; and that was saying something after a life of jumping from care home to foster home.

Maddy was running at top speed, regardless of being seen, in search of Rhydian; she clung to his scent as though her life depended on it, which it did, in her eyes. She needed to find Rhydian and explain everything to him before it's too late, before he goes again. The thought of Rhydian's departure made Maddy's chest ache; she had to find him, now.

Just as Maddy was distracted by the possibly imminent end of her world, she tripped; something which never happened to a wolfblood. She tumbled down the steep forest floor, allowing a startled scream to escape her mouth.

Rhydian's head was hurting; he was exhausted with thinking about Maddy and Tom. A million different questions had crossed his mind in the last hour, and he'd had enough. He just needed to run, to clear his mind and run. As Rhydian rose from his place, he heard a scream; Maddy's scream. He set off running in the opposite direction to the one he'd planned, and found her, spitting leaves out of her mouth, at the bottom of the dip. He hurried over to her, forgetting his anger, needing to know she was ok.

'Maddy!' Rhydian began, making Maddy jump; she didn't hear his arrival as she busied removing the twigs from her hair. 'You ok?'

'All the better for seeing you,' Maddy replied, cringing at what she had just said, although it was true. She collected her thoughts and continued as Rhydian helped her up, fussing, 'Is this where you've been? I've been looking for you for ages!'

'I needed space to think.' Rhydian suddenly returned to his sullen way as he remembered why he was in the forest, instead of school. Maddy saw the shift in Rhydian's demeanour and decided that there was no time like the present.

'Rhydian, I know what the Ks told you, so please, let me talk? You sit,' Rhydian stared into Maddy's deadened eyes, 'please…' he did as he was told and leant against a tree trunk.

Maddy had been pacing for the last few minutes, trying to work out how to go about explaining Tom to Rhydian, who's frustration built with every step Maddy took. He was sick of waiting, he couldn't do it anymore.

'Maddy!' Rhydian stood to meet her eyes as she came to an abrupt halt, only just realising how long she had left him sitting there. 'I just need to know! Just tell me straight! Were you and he together? Yes or no?' His heart was racing and he was sure that Maddy could hear it.

'Rhydian…'

At this, Rhydian began to storm of, why would she avoid the question if she had nothing to hide? He attempted to slide past Maddy as she caught his arm and span him around to face her, refusing to let go of his wrist.

'It's complicated Rhydian, you left and it all became so complicated…'

To this, Rhydian creased his forehead in confusion; to him it should have been black and white.

'When you left, I was…' a lump rose in Maddy's throat as she tried to put into words what she had gone through, it became apparent that she couldn't, 'and… Tom was there for me-'

Rhydian didn't want to hear this. He stepped forward to leave again when Maddy's hands crashed against his sculpted chest.

'LISTEN!' her eyes flashed dangerously yellow as she shouted, hands remaining rested on Rhydian's chest; she was not letting him walk away.

'We,' Maddy swallowed, 'got closer. He'd gotten a bit too used to comforting me with hugs and stroking my hair.' As Maddy's own eyes dimmed, Rhydian's blazed gold in jealousy. 'You have to understand Rhydian, when you left, my self-confidence hit zero. Tom made me feel wanted again, like somebody actually cared about me.'Rhydian pulled his face in exasperation at Maddy's excuses.

'I'm not trying to make you feel guilty,' retaliated Maddy, 'but it's true. When you left you took a part of me with you.' Rhydian slowly stepped away from Maddy's touch and turned his back to her, not wanting her to see his 'weakness' as a solitary tear drifted down his pale cheek. 'We kissed a couple of times and he occasionally managed to take my mind off things, but he wasn't you Rhydian; and it didn't take me long to realise that, so I told Tom I wanted to just stay friends.'

Maddy stared at the back of Rhydian's head for what felt like an age, waiting for a reply. She now knew how he had felt earlier; the wait was unbearable.

'How long?' whispered Rhydian, he couldn't seem to remember how to form a sentence as he continued to stare into an abyss.

'What?' Maddy returned in the same manner, incomprehension sounding in her voice.

'How long?' Rhydian repeated, 'for and ago? How long?'

'Oh…' Maddy paused to scan back through her memories, 'about three months ago, only for a couple of weeks, if that.

Rhydian didn't know how to react, how could he react? He couldn't blame her for trying to move on, he almost wished she would have done and been happy. He continued to stand there in contemplation, still and unmoving, when he felt the warmth of Maddy's breath tickle the back of his neck as she stepped forward to break the silence.

'Rhydian, I-'

Suddenly, Rhydian had made up his mind on what he should do. Taking Maddy by surprise, he spun around, took her face in his hands, and kissed her desperately. He kissed her with such force that he knocked her back, making her stumble against a tree as she returned the kiss; passionate and wanting. She threaded the finger of one of her hands through Rhydian's soft locks, whilst her other hand grabbed some of his shirt in a fist, pulling him as closely to her as possible. She needed to feel he was there completely. She'd almost lost him.