The full moon shone bright outside. Inside the Gilbert house Emma was double checking the cardboard pieces that Rikki had just finished putting over the windows. Cleo sat patiently on Emma's bed clutching her phone. Lewis was normally early and helped them cover the windows. It worried Cleo that he would be so sloppy tonight. None of them liked to be moon struck, it was like having memory loss, they couldn't remember what they did.

"Why do you always have to do that?" Rikki asked annoyed, "Do you not trust me?"

"I'm just being extra careful. I've already fixed a few gaps." Emma responded.

"What gaps? I'm not that careless." Rikki grabbed a pillow off the bed and threw it at Emma, then quickly took another as she jumped away from the bed. Emma caught the pillow accepting the challenge. Cleo moved to the head of the bed as her phone rang. She didn't bother to look at her caller I.D. only one person would call her this late at night.

"Hello Lewis?" she answered.

"I'm sorry I'm late Cleo." Lewis was out of breath, "I don't want to risk coming inside. I think I'll just camp out here."

"Are you sure? What if Emma's dad sees you."

"I'll leave as soon as the moon goes down…"

"Look what you've done now!" Emma yelled.

"Is everything alright in there?" Lewis asked slowly.

"Hold on Lewis." Irritated Cleo raised her hand and sent a jet of water shooting out of a cup across the room, soaking both girls. They began to advance on Cleo then toppled over as their tails appeared.

"Everything's fine Lewis. See you at school." Cleo signed off.

"That was not cool Cleo." Rikki said through clenched teeth.

"What was I supposed to do? You were going to knock down the cover."

"I was not, Emma was. Is Lewis here yet?" Rikki had her legs back and was helping Emma dry off.

"Yeah, but he is going to stay outside. We should get some sleep now. I can't afford to fall asleep in biology again."

The alarm went off early in the morning. Rikki groaned and rolled over as Emma and Cleo began to get out of bed. Cleo was the first ready and began to take the boards off the windows. It was rare that they made it through a full moon without incident. Everyone took it for granted but Emma silently kept count. She liked to plan ahead and learn from their successes as well as their failures. They rotated houses which made it a little tricky to plan. Sometimes they had to make last minute changes, she liked the challenge.

"Oh no, you guys. Lewis fell asleep in the bushes, look." Cleo pointed out the window, "Someone should wake him before he's seen."

"I'll do it." Emma opened the window and began to slowly freeze the air around Lewis. He jumped up after a few minutes with a yelp.

"Do you need me to warm you up Lewis?" Rikki joined the others at the window. Her hair was disheveled and sleep was still in her eyes, an evil grin spread across her face. She didn't intend to hurt him, but the insinuation didn't hurt.

"No, no that's alright. A jog will do."He quickly left the property knowing very well the wrath Rikki could bring him.

"Are you girls ready yet?" Emma's mom asked from behind the bedroom door, "Breakfast is ready."

"Next time we stay at Cleo's house." Rikki mumbled, "Where I can sleep in."

At school Lewis found Emma and Rikki at their normal meeting place on the lawn. School didn't start for ten more minutes. Lewis was surprised he made it there that early.

"Where is Cleo? I've got something important to ask all of you." He was excited.

"Doesn't matter. The answer is no." Rikki said harshly.

"You don't even know what I'm going to ask."

"So?"

"Well…meet me at JuiceNet after school. All of you. This is important." Lewis readjusted his bag and went to class.