Hey People. So this story is called Wolf Life as you have guessed from the title and this story is the work of myself and the lovely LVCEBREROS. We are working together to write the story so i hope you enjoy it. Check out her work because it is seriously amazing stuff.
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"Are you sure that you want to do this?" Marisa asked, her hands on Freddie's shoulders as they stood out the front of Bushwell with Spencer, T-Bo, Brad, Gibby and his father Leonard.
"I'm sure mum. I'll still get to see you on holidays and we can video chat all of the time. I just want to see what it's like living with dad for a while." Freddie said and Marisa sighed before pulling him into a bone crushing hug.
For his senior year, Freddie had decided that, since Sam was in LA and Carly was in Italy, that he would go and live with his father in the small town of Silver Falls. He had been thinking about it for months and, even though he sometimes had doubts, it was something he wanted to do so he could spend more than just his birthday, Christmas and random little visits with his dad.
"If you need anything just give us a call." Spencer said when Freddie turned to him and Freddie smiled, giving him a hug for a good few seconds before turning to Brad.
"Call me when you get there." Brad said as he gave Freddie a quick hug and Freddie nodded before turning to Gibby who had his hands covering his face.
"Are you crying?" Freddie asked and Gibby removed his hands and wiped his eyes.
"No." He said and Freddie gave him a look, making Gibby burst into tears and then tightly hug him.
"Gibby, I'm not going away forever." Freddie said as he pulled away and Gibby wiped his eyes again.
"I know, but I'm gonna miss you." He said and Freddie sighed, patting him on the shoulder and then turning to Brad.
"Keep an eye on him for me would you?" He asked and Brad nodded.
"I'll do my best." Brad replied, Freddie nodding before turning to T-Bo.
"Try not to make my mother go insane Teebs." Freddie said and T-Bo smiled, giving him a tight hug, Freddie stepping back once he and T-Bo had pulled away.
"Ready to go?" Leonard asked a moment later as he closed the boot of his car, Freddie turning to face him for a moment and then turning back to the others.
"I'm gonna miss you all. I'll call you guys when I get there." Freddie said and the four nodded, Marisa pulling him into another small hug and kissing his forehead before turning to Leonard.
"Keep our baby safe." She said and Leonard smiled, his features looking more like Freddie with the smile, their faces very similar, making it obvious they were father and son.
"You know I will Marisa." He said and Marisa nodded, giving him a brief hug. Even though the two were divorced, Marisa and Leonard had remained great friends and still talked every few days so Leonard knew what was going on with Freddie. Marisa had even gone to Leonard's wedding two years ago and had given Claudia, his new wife, a pep talk when she started worrying.
"You ready?" Leonard asked Freddie when the two were in the car and he nodded, waving goodbye to Marisa, Spencer, T-Bo, Brad and Gibby as Leonard started driving away.
"Do Sam and Carly know that you're moving?" Leonard asked after a few minutes and Freddie nodded.
"I video called them last night when I was packing up my laptop and electrical things." Freddie replied.
"How did they take it?" Leonard asked and Freddie smirked.
"They've moved themselves so why would they mind? Carly is in a completely different country. They were upset of course but they were cool with it. We'll still be best friends." Freddie said and Leonard smiled.
"Maybe you can throw some of your enthusiasm on Dylan." Leonard said and Freddie sighed.
"Is he still into all of that magic stuff?" Freddie asked and Leonard nodded.
"It's worse now. He even has a cat named Ruby. Although she is cute. He found her a few months ago in a box on the side of the road as a baby kitten and he took her in. She has a red eye and it's a little creepy. She's black and white." Leonard said and Freddie sighed.
"Good thing I like cats." Freddie said and Leonard half smiled.
"Yeah, but you hate mess so don't go into his room." He said and Freddie scrunched up his nose.
"I think I'll be fine if I don't constantly go in there." Freddie said and Leonard chuckled, shaking his head slightly.
As the drive was a 36 hour drive, Freddie and Leonard had left Seattle at 6am so that they would get there early afternoon the next day. As Freddie had gotten his licence, having put his foot down with his mum to get it, he and Leonard were going to take turns driving so that they wouldn't have to stop at a motel somewhere and Leonard had the first shift.
Relaxing back into the seat, Freddie stared out the window and let his mind wonder back to the video call he had had with Sam and Carly the night before.
"Wait. So you're really moving in with your dad?" Carly asked and Freddie nodded.
"Yeah. I want to get to spend a bit more time with him before college." Freddie replied and Carly sighed.
"I can't get passed the fact that crazy is letting you go." Sam said and Freddie smirked.
"She's not so bad. Anymore." Freddie replied and Sam smiled.
"Still can't believe it." She said and Freddie rolled his eyes.
"Where are you moving to?" Carly asked.
"To a town called Silver Falls. My dad grew up there and he said the school is pretty good." Freddie replied.
"He's the sheriff there isn't he?" Sam asked and Freddie nodded.
"Yep." He replied.
"Don't do anything illegal." Carly joked and Freddie smiled.
"Wrong friend you're warning there Carls." He said and Sam stuck her tongue out.
"Just be glad I don't have any tuna to send you in the mail." Sam said.
"If you did that I would drive to LA and slap you with it. I'm still traumatised by that." Freddie said and Sam laughed.
"I still haven't got the full story of that yet. What did you guys do after Freddie got out of hospital?" Carly asked and Freddie pursed his lips.
"We went to the movies and then Freddie paid for lunch at Bots. We had some fun didn't we?" Sam asked and Freddie smiled.
"Yeah. Heaps of it." He replied.
"I feel like I'm missing something here." Carly said with a frown and Sam and Freddie's smiles got wider.
"Sorry. Inside joke." Sam said and Carly rolled her eyes.
"How much longer until you leave to live with your dad?" Carly asked, changing the subject and Freddie's smile faded.
"T-tomorrow." He replied and Sam and Carly's jaws dropped.
"Excuse me, but Carly , you left with your dad 2 days after he came to Seattle and Sam didn't even say goodbye until she was already gone so I think I get a free pass with this one." Freddie said and Sam shook her head.
"Don't turn it like that. How long have you been planning this?" Sam asked.
"Since summer started." Freddie replied and Sam scoffed.
"Freddie, you should have told us sooner. I mean there's only a few weeks until school starts up again." Carly said.
"Did you forget to give us a call and tell us that you happened to be moving or something?" Sam asked and Freddie glared at the screen.
"Like you told me you were driving your motorcycle to LA the day Carly left and then starting up a babysitting business with your new roommate?" Freddie asked and Sam went silent, Carly sighing.
"Okay. This isn't a good way to end a conversation. I just wish you had of told us sooner Freddie." Carly said.
"Well, we can't always get what we want." He replied and Sam looked down.
"I have to go now but I'll call you when I get to Silver Falls." Freddie said.
"Bye Freddie. Stay safe." Carly replied and Freddie gave a small smile, looking at Sam's image of her looking down and then sighing, pressing the end button of the call and then shutting off his laptop.
"Freddie, wake up." A voice said what felt like moments later and Freddie opened his eyes, covering them when a bright sun shone into them.
"What time is it?" He asked as he sat up properly.
"10. You've been asleep for a good 4 hours. We're about to stop at a gas station if you want anything." Leonard said and Freddie rubbed his eyes.
"I don't even remember falling asleep." Freddie said.
"You were out about 15 minutes down the road. You were really asleep too." Leonard replied and Freddie gave a small smile, blinking a bit to get used to the sun.
"Want me to drive next?" Freddie asked when he was a bit more awake.
"I'm good for a few more hours." Leonard replied and Freddie nodded, pulling his phone out his pocket and seeing a message from Carly.
Carly: Hey. Not sure if you've gone already but I want to say that I hope you stay safe and that I'll miss you being there when I visit Seattle. I hope you have a fun time with your dad.
Smiling, Freddie typed his reply, knowing she might not get it yet because of time zones.
Freddie: Yeah. I've already left. I'm gonna miss that too but maybe we can plan it so that I'm in Seattle that week or something. I'll call you when I arrive in Silver Falls. Bye Carls.
Turning on the stereo, Freddie started listening to the music and was staring out of the window a few minutes later when his phone went off again. But this time it wasn't Carly.
Sam: I'm sorry.
Frowning, Freddie typed his quick reply.
Freddie: Why?
Freddie waited mere seconds before he got a response that made him sigh.
Sam: For last night. Sorry.
Freddie: It's okay Sammy. You're forgiven :)
Sam: You on your way to Silver Fallen or whatever yet?
Freddie: It's Silver Falls and yes. Left 4 hours ago and just woke up from a nap.
Sam: Sounds like something I would do. :P
Freddie: I apologise if I upset you yesterday with that comment about not getting what I want. I didn't mean to make it sound like… well yeah.
Sam: I know. And it's okay.
Freddie: I don't wanna sound impatient or anything, but have you figured it out?
Sam: I'm trying. I really am. But I need more time. I'm sorry.
Sighing, Freddie looked up for a moment and looked back out of the window, tuning out for a moment before his phone beeped again.
Sam: I don't want you to be upset. I just need to, I don't know, take time with this.
Freddie: It's fine. I get it Sam. I really do :)
"Freddie, we're pulling up. You want anything?" Leonard asked and Freddie looked up from his phone, noticing his dad pulling into the gas station.
"Um, maybe some lemonade or something?" Freddie asked and Leonard nodded, parking his car at the fuel pump and then getting out.
Sam: I need to go now. The kids we're looking after today just got here and Cat is telling me I have to help. Call me when you get there?
Freddie: Of course Princess Puckett. Talk to you soon.
Putting his phone away, Freddie sat silently in his seat until Leonard got back in with his lemonade and some candy and chocolate.
"Are you even allowed to eat chocolate?" Freddie asked as Leonard got belted up and Leonard glanced at him.
"Really Freddie?" Leonard asked and Freddie smiled innocently at him, making both of them laugh.
After Leonard had had enough driving for the day, Freddie took over and Leonard was a more than a little surprised to find that Freddie wasn't a careful driver and drove a bit over the speed limit as they went along.
"Considering you live with your mother, I would have thought that you were a lot more of a careful driver." Leonard said and Freddie just laughed.
"Just because I lived with mum for most of my life doesn't mean anything. This is the main reason mum wouldn't get me a car, because I'm an 'unsafe' driver or whatever. She's a little overdramatic sometimes." Freddie said.
"Although I get what she means. You're over the speed limit Freddie." He said and Freddie rolled his eyes.
"Bye ten k's. We'll be fine." He said.
"Definitely not like your mother." Leonard said and Freddie smiled, glancing at him for a moment before going back to the road.
After a lot more driving and sleeping for both men, they finally arrived in Silver Falls the next afternoon at 2pm, both tired and glad to be out of the car.
"I don't think I can ever get back into a car again." Freddie said as he and Leonard got out of the car and his father nodded right as Claudia walked outside with a smile on her face.
"Lenny. I'm so glad you're back." She said and Freddie smiled as he watched them kiss.
"It's so good to see you again Freddie." Claudia said a moment later and Freddie nodded, giving her a quick hug.
"You too." Freddie replied and Claudia smiled, her hands resting on his shoulders for a moment.
"Why don't I go and get some drinks and snacks out?" Claudia said, turning around a moment later and going back into the house as Leonard popped the boot of his car and he and Freddie started getting Freddie's things out and into the house.
When you walked through the house, you're met with a wide and open space, the couch, 2 armchairs and wide screen TV mounted on the wall to your right, a large kitchen in the left corner at the back, an island showing where the kitchen ended and the living room started, the area a similar set up to Marisa's apartment but with white tiles and a very different look. To the side there was a large black piano and against the wall near the door was a large staircase that lead up to the second floor, it curving as it went up.
"I forgot how awesome this place looks." Freddie said and Claudia grinned at him.
"Wait until you see the second floor." Leonard said.
"Why don't you pop those things upstairs and then get Dylan and we can have a snack and then we could have a barbecue tonight." Claudia said.
"And who'll be cooking? You or dad?" Freddie asked with a smirk, knowing fully well Claudia burnt anything she tried to cook on the BBQ.
"Ha ha. Just go put your things upstairs." She said and Freddie chuckled before walking up the stairs.
Once upstairs, Freddie saw 5 doors, 2 on each side of the hall and one at the end of the hall. Walking passed 2 of the doors, Freddie walked over to the second door on the left side and walked in, that room now his.
Placing his bag down on the bed, Freddie looked around for a moment before pulling his phone out, looking around the room more as he called his mum.
"Freddie? How did the drive go? Is everything alright?" Marisa asked as soon as she picked up and Freddie smiled.
"I'm okay. I just arrived at the house and am looking around my new bedroom." Freddie said, walking over to one of the two doors in the room and opening it to find an ensuite bathroom.
"Do you like it? What's it like?" Marisa asked.
"Well, it's as big as my old room. It also even has an ensuite. Although I don't know why." Freddie said.
"They must have given you the spare room." Marisa said and Freddie narrowed his eyes, something in her tone that made him think she knew something.
"What did you do?" He asked and Marisa sighed.
"I just asked your father to give you a room with an ensuite bathroom if he could." Marisa replied and Freddie sighed.
"At least you didn't make him move rooms. Or did you?" He asked.
"I didn't Freddie-bear. Don't worry. Well, I have to go now. I have work unfortunately. But I'll call you in the morning to see how you're going okay?" Marisa said and Freddie smiled.
"Okay mum. Love you." He said.
"I love you too baby boy. Have a good night." She said before they both hung up and Freddie sighed, turning around just as a small black and white cat walked into the room and walked over to Freddie, rubbing on his leg.
"Hello. You must be Ruby." Freddie said as he knelt down to pat her and Ruby leant into him, her body smaller than a normal cat of her age.
"You'd be correct." A voice said and Freddie looked up to see a teenage boy about his age wearing black jeans, a dark blue shirt and a bloody hoody, Freddie noticing he looked very similar to the actor who played Liam on Teen Wolf.
"Hey Dylan. Your cat is cute." Freddie said.
"I know. I saved her-"
"From a box on the side of the road. My dad told me." Freddie said and Dylan nodded, Freddie standing up a moment later, making Ruby go over to Dylan who picked her up, Freddie watching as Ruby curled into Dylan who held her close.
"I see animals still like you a lot." Freddie said and Dylan gave a weak smile.
"I see you're still too kind for your own good." Dylan said and Freddie sighed, going to walk out of the room to head back downstairs but stopping next to Dylan.
"That might be true, but someone has to be kind. Otherwise the world would be an even worse place then it already is wouldn't it?" Freddie asked before walking out, Dylan's eyes watching him walk down the hallway and then down the stairs.
Once Freddie was downstairs, he noticed that Leonard was still bringing a few things in from the car so he went outside to help.
"Too late kid. This is the last box. You can close the boot though." Leonard said and Freddie rolled his eyes as he passed his father, closing the boot and turning around to see 5 teenage girls and 3 teenage boys standing out the front of the house with a bucket.
"Can I help you?" Freddie asked and one of the girls turned, looking slightly stunned for a moment before she grinned and walked over, her hips swaying a little too much for his liking.
"Hi. I'm Elizabeth, but you can call me Lizzy. What's your name?" She asked in a flirtatious way, making Freddie uncomfortable.
"I'm Freddie. I just moved into this house with my father." Freddie said and the girl had a disgusted look, the other girls and guys coming over.
"You live in the same house as the freak?" She asked and Freddie frowned.
"There is no freak living in that house. What are you doing with the bucket?" Freddie asked.
"We're going to egg the house." One of the other girls said and Lizzy elbowed her in the ribs.
"Shut up Miranda." She snapped.
"So you were going to egg the sheriff's house just because you don't like someone that lives in that house?" Freddie asked and the others looked at each other.
"What's it to you?" One of the guys asked, obviously flexing his muscles to show off.
"Wow. You so scare me." Freddie said sarcastically and Lizzy grabbed his bicep, making him look down at her hand.
"You can join us if you like." Lizzy said with her flirty tone and Freddie gave his fakest smile, grabbing her hand and gently pulling it off of him.
"Sorry, but I'd rather spend my time with someone who didn't put others down just to make themselves feel better. I don't like bullies." Freddie said.
"We aren't bullies." Miranda said.
"Yes you are. You don't just egg somebodies house if you aren't a bully. You guys should be ashamed, picking on the people who aren't as popular." Freddie said and the girls looked down.
"It's just, Dylan is insane. Like really insane." One of the three nameless girls said and Freddie shook his head.
"You guys are insane for picking on an innocent teenager. What has he ever done to you?" Freddie asked and none of them answered.
"Give me the bucket and leave. I'm ashamed that this is what I'm greeted with when I first move in. Now leave before I bring my father out here and tell him what you were going to do." Freddie said in a disappointed voice and Miranda handed him the bucket, the group all leaving and Freddie going and dumping the bucket in the bin, locking the car and then going inside to see Dylan sitting on the bottom of the steps.
"You didn't have to do that." He said.
"Well, it looks like you have enemies on your hands. Be thankful that you don't have to clean dried egg up from the walls." Freddie said before he walked over to the kitchen where Leonard and Claudia were and sitting on a stool, typing a mass text to Sam, Carly, Gibby, T-Bo, Spencer and Brad telling them that he had made it to Silver Falls.
As the day got later, Leonard went out and bought some meat for the BBQ and when he had gotten back and had gone outside to cook it, Claudia stayed inside to make a salad.
"Hey. Want a drink?" Claudia asked Freddie as he walked inside and he shook his head, smiling.
"I'm okay. Would you like some help?" Freddie asked.
"I'm okay honey." Claudia replied with a smile and Freddie sat down on a stall.
"How have you liked Silver Falls so far?" Claudia asked.
"Well, before when I shut the boot of dads car some kids went to egg the house and I think I shamed them into never coming back because I got the bucket and it went into the bin." Freddie said.
"You must have some pretty good power of shame if you could make those kids go away. They torment Dylan like there's no tomorrow because he's so into magic and he doesn't really have any friends his age." Claudia said.
"They call him the freak." Freddie said.
"There's these 2 girls that are the worst and they're best friends. Their names are Clara and Elizabeth." Claudia said.
"I met Lizzy but I don't think Clara was there." Freddie said.
"She never is for things like that. But she is a very mean child. She used to be so sweet and then she met Elizabeth and she turned. Her parents know what she's like but they can't do anything because Dylan would only get it a whole lot worse. Dylan is friends with Clara's parents and is even their dog walker." Claudia said.
"They don't seem like people I'm going to talk to very often then." Freddie said.
"Elizabeth will try anything to get you to like her. She and Clara both." Claudia said.
"Well, if way too much make up, really skimpy clothes and annoying flirting is what Clara does too then I don't like them. I like more natural girls who have their own opinions and can stand up for themselves. I don't like daffodils who hang on every word I say." Freddie said and Claudia smiled.
"You sound like your father. I always tried to be that girl who hung off of guys words but it didn't work. When your father and I got involved I tried to be like that but he told me to stop and to act like myself so I did. And now I'm happily married." Claudia said and Freddie smiled, looking outside at Dylan who was sitting on the ground with Ruby, playing with her.
"He loves that darn cat. She follows him everywhere like a shadow. If she's there you know Dylan is around somewhere." Claudia said.
"I think it's sweet in a weird way." Freddie said.
"Except Ruby's red eye creeps me out." Claudia said and Freddie smiled.
"I think that it's kinda cute. At least you can tell her from other cats that look similar." Freddie said.
"True. They're still freaky." Claudia said, she and Freddie snapping their heads outside when a howling sound filled the air from the woods right behind the house.
"Now that is freaky." Freddie said.
"It'll get worse tomorrow. It's full moon tomorrow night." Claudia said and Freddie stood up, grabbing a piece of carrot.
"Maybe the town has werewolves." Freddie said and Claudia rolled her eyes.
"Don't you get started." Claudia said and Freddie smiled, turning and going outside, instantly feeling a pair of eyes piercing his skull from the forest. Turning to look, Freddie swore he saw two yellow eyes staring at him through the gap between the wooden planks before they disappeared, Freddie just shaking his head and turning to see Dylan staring at the fence where Freddie had been.
"Am I the only one that saw two eyes in the fence?" Freddie asked and Dylan shook his head.
"Probably one of the other kids your age playing a trick." Leonard said and Freddie nodded before shaking a bit to get rid of the feeling of being watched.
"When's dinner gonna be ready? I'm starved."
After dinner was finished, Claudia stood in the kitchen doing the dishes when Freddie walked in with some more plates and sat them on the sink, grabbing the tea towel a moment later and beginning to dry the dishes.
"Wow. Usually I do the dishes myself. Dylan usually avoids it like the plague." Claudia said.
"Well, when you grow up with my mother you learn to just do things without even being asked." Freddie said.
"I noticed that your mum is very… clean." Claudia said and Freddie smiled slightly.
"She's always been that way. Don't tell my dad but when I was 4 my mum got a doctor from somewhere, I've forgotten now, to put a tracking chip in my head so that I was never lost. It came in very handy when I went to Japan, but it stopped working when I fell into a large pool of Killer Tuna Fish." Freddie said and Claudia gave him a weird look.
"It's hard to explain. But at least now my mum can't track me down." Freddie said.
"Your mother is..."
"Crazy? Yeah. I know. Everyone knows it. But she was still a good mum so I guess that's what counts." Freddie said and Claudia nodded and smiled.
"Exactly." She said, a silence then falling between them until the dishes were finished and the two were putting things away.
"Why exactly does my room have an ensuite bathroom?" Freddie asked when they had put everything away and Claudia sighed.
"Your mother did ask, but Dylan has his own bathroom so I figured that you should have the same. The bathroom is the cleanest part of Dylan's room though." Claudia said and Freddie scrunched his nose up for a second, it not going unnoticed by Claudia.
"You don't like mess do you?" Claudia asked and he shook his head.
"Not a lot of it at once anyway. I guess it comes from my mum and never actually having anything messy for my entire life, but it just sort of bugs me until something's done about it. Once, without actually realising it, I was hanging out with my friends Sam and Carly in Sam's room and it was really messy and I started cleaning it and I didn't even realise until it was all packed away and neat and by then Sam and Carly were just watching me clean." Freddie said and Claudia sighed.
"Just don't do that in Dylan's room or he'll be really mad. Believe me." Claudia said.
"Oh I won't. I only did that time because I was really tired from not sleeping for almost 48 hours. Although, I don't think Sam minded because I even did her laundry and vacuumed her room. She was actually so happy that she could finally see the carpet she paid me to do it once a month. It was only 10 bucks every time I cleaned it, but hey, she paid me and she pays no one." Freddie said.
"Maybe you could get that reaction out of Dylan, but don't try unless you're running on no sleep. Then that could be a good excuse." Claudia said and Freddie smiled before looking over at his phone that had started ringing on the island.
"It's Sam." Claudia said looking at the name and Freddie quickly picked it up and answered it.
"Hey. What's up?" He asked as he walked upstairs and went to his room.
"Hey Benson. How has your day been so far?" Sam asked and Freddie sighed, walking into his room and closing the door.
"Pretty good I guess. I still need to finish unpacking my room but I did make the bed so at least I can sleep tonight." Freddie said as he sat down on it.
"Which is always a good thing. How's your step brother?" Sam asked.
"He's alright. He has his moments, but then we all do." Freddie replied, taking his shoes off and then laying down on the bed.
"That's true." Sam sighed, a small silence between them before Sam sighed again.
"I really am sorry about what happened when you came to LA." Sam said and it was now Freddie's turn to sigh.
"It's okay Sammy. I know you didn't do it on purpose." Freddie replied.
"Still. I should have been more considerate." Sam said and Freddie went silent, agreeing with her.
"I promise I really am trying to figure things out. I didn't mean to break your heart in LA. I really didn't. I just-"
"Needed time to figure out who you were without ICarly and Carly. I know. I just wish you had of told me that before anything happened." Freddie said.
"I know, I know. I just couldn't. You know what I'm like." Sam said.
"Do I?" Freddie asked and Sam went quiet for a moment.
"I know you might not understand properly, but I needed to leave Seattle." Sam said.
"I do understand that bit Sam. It's why you didn't say goodbye that I don't understand. But let's just move on from that. It's in the past." Freddie replied, Sam not saying anything for a moment, knowing he wanted to change the subject.
"So, tell me everything you know about the town of Silver Falls." Sam said and Freddie smiled.
"Where do I begin?"