Alison's POV A sharp pain in my side woke me up, I groaned as I tried to sit up, and then I felt some strong arms around me helping me sit up. I wasn't fully awake but that woke me up with a start. It was Ralph. "Are you okay?" He asked as I shifted away from his grasp. "What are you doing here?" I queried him. "Erm, I returned late last night and was informed that you had gone to bed. But I brought you new clothes...." New clothes? Who asked him to do all that? I'm attached to my old stuff so his announcement got me peeved, I would have punched him if I could. "What happened to my old things?" I demanded. "Nothing, I sat up on the bed and looked at him, I could hear him purring calmly, and it seemed to tone down my anger. "I don't want the people we know to notice your absence

