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then decided the hell with it and said,
"Look if I'm going to get bit in the morning then I might as well
deserve it." and I snuggled up close to her back. I was quite
surprised when she snuggled back and said "Okay." I fell asleep
felling much happier about the day.
Of course when she bit me the next morning I
though we were going to do a repeat of the previous day. But as
soon as I woke up she let go and laughed.
"You asked for it as I recall!"
"I guess I did, at least you didn't break the
skin." I said as I examined my wrist.
She was definitely changing her attitude, and
it continued to improve over the next several weeks. The fur on my
chest was pretty well recovered after the first week and hers
started to look normal after about two. By the end of the third she
didn't have to worry about anybody seeing it anymore.
We continued our daily practice sessions,
which in addition to my normal combat training sessions really left
me pretty tired. She was also able to move back into her room after
the second week. Balizar confirmed my suspicion that he had
'stretched the time just a bit', I figured 'a bit' was about
thirteen days. But she still came and spent a couple of nights with
me even then. We never did anything other than sleep though; I know
I wasn't going to do anything to risk our fragile friendship.
So when the night of the next clan meeting
came along, I made sure we showed up together. I wasn't going to
let her get cold feet. I had seen her talking with Banner once or
twice and with Kate quite a few times, so I wasn't too worried. I
was dying to see the girls though, as neither of them had shown up
at all for the entire month. Including this last week; even though
Terease was no longer staying in my room with me all the time.
I knocked on the door and Balizar opened it.
I could pick out Katrine's and Mist's scents easily, and couldn't
help but grin.
"Ah, Terease what a pleasure to finally see
you here! Oh, you're welcome too Raj." He said with a wink.
I entered the room behind Terease, found a
spot on the floor by the couch and watched to see what would
happen.
"Terease, allow me to introduce everyone.
From left to right on the couch is Sharazad my mate, then Kate and
Banner. Sitting on the floor in front of Kate is Franz, Kate's
mate, you know Raj of course. Then over there to the side is Sheen,
Herza, Lyle, Mist and Katrine."
I was kind of disappointed that he didn't
trip her, but after all she had been through, and some of it with
me, I guess he didn't want to scare her. But everybody got up and
went over to her and said 'hello', giving her a warm hug and I
could see she was actually enjoying it. I know I did, and I was
just sitting there and watching.
When everybody sorted themselves back out and
sat down, I noticed Terease sat down on the couch between Kate and
Banner, but more importantly Lyle and Sharazad sat next to me. I
had been kind of hoping for Katrine or Mist, but when I looked at
them they were sitting with Herza and Sheen and just sort of
smiling at me.
"What's with them?" I asked Sharazad,
motioning at the girls.
"Nobody was really sure where you stood with
Terease and we didn't want to do anything to get her upset."
"Did anybody think about upsetting me?" I
asked acting hurt, "It's been kind of lonely lately you known."
"Of course we did dear, and judging by those
looks from over there, I don't think you have anything to worry
about."
"So," I continued, looking over at where
Terease was sitting, she seemed to be very interested in what
Banner was telling her. "Did I do all right?"
"Yes dear, you did just fine. I'm kind of
surprised she's chasing after Banner though."
"I'm not," said Lyle, keeping his voice low,
"Banner's been chasing her for almost two weeks now."
"Banner!?" I said startled.
"Well, he is a real smooth one," said
Sharazad.
"Yeah, he's a real charmer all right. Sorry
Raj."
"No, don't be sorry for me. My biggest fear
was that nobody would chase after
"Look if I'm going to get bit in the morning then I might as well
deserve it." and I snuggled up close to her back. I was quite
surprised when she snuggled back and said "Okay." I fell asleep
felling much happier about the day.
Of course when she bit me the next morning I
though we were going to do a repeat of the previous day. But as
soon as I woke up she let go and laughed.
"You asked for it as I recall!"
"I guess I did, at least you didn't break the
skin." I said as I examined my wrist.
She was definitely changing her attitude, and
it continued to improve over the next several weeks. The fur on my
chest was pretty well recovered after the first week and hers
started to look normal after about two. By the end of the third she
didn't have to worry about anybody seeing it anymore.
We continued our daily practice sessions,
which in addition to my normal combat training sessions really left
me pretty tired. She was also able to move back into her room after
the second week. Balizar confirmed my suspicion that he had
'stretched the time just a bit', I figured 'a bit' was about
thirteen days. But she still came and spent a couple of nights with
me even then. We never did anything other than sleep though; I know
I wasn't going to do anything to risk our fragile friendship.
So when the night of the next clan meeting
came along, I made sure we showed up together. I wasn't going to
let her get cold feet. I had seen her talking with Banner once or
twice and with Kate quite a few times, so I wasn't too worried. I
was dying to see the girls though, as neither of them had shown up
at all for the entire month. Including this last week; even though
Terease was no longer staying in my room with me all the time.
I knocked on the door and Balizar opened it.
I could pick out Katrine's and Mist's scents easily, and couldn't
help but grin.
"Ah, Terease what a pleasure to finally see
you here! Oh, you're welcome too Raj." He said with a wink.
I entered the room behind Terease, found a
spot on the floor by the couch and watched to see what would
happen.
"Terease, allow me to introduce everyone.
From left to right on the couch is Sharazad my mate, then Kate and
Banner. Sitting on the floor in front of Kate is Franz, Kate's
mate, you know Raj of course. Then over there to the side is Sheen,
Herza, Lyle, Mist and Katrine."
I was kind of disappointed that he didn't
trip her, but after all she had been through, and some of it with
me, I guess he didn't want to scare her. But everybody got up and
went over to her and said 'hello', giving her a warm hug and I
could see she was actually enjoying it. I know I did, and I was
just sitting there and watching.
When everybody sorted themselves back out and
sat down, I noticed Terease sat down on the couch between Kate and
Banner, but more importantly Lyle and Sharazad sat next to me. I
had been kind of hoping for Katrine or Mist, but when I looked at
them they were sitting with Herza and Sheen and just sort of
smiling at me.
"What's with them?" I asked Sharazad,
motioning at the girls.
"Nobody was really sure where you stood with
Terease and we didn't want to do anything to get her upset."
"Did anybody think about upsetting me?" I
asked acting hurt, "It's been kind of lonely lately you known."
"Of course we did dear, and judging by those
looks from over there, I don't think you have anything to worry
about."
"So," I continued, looking over at where
Terease was sitting, she seemed to be very interested in what
Banner was telling her. "Did I do all right?"
"Yes dear, you did just fine. I'm kind of
surprised she's chasing after Banner though."
"I'm not," said Lyle, keeping his voice low,
"Banner's been chasing her for almost two weeks now."
"Banner!?" I said startled.
"Well, he is a real smooth one," said
Sharazad.
"Yeah, he's a real charmer all right. Sorry
Raj."
"No, don't be sorry for me. My biggest fear
was that nobody would chase after
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