Spring Reveals All

Chapter 2

A/N: Hey guys! Another chapter commences! Thanks for all the reviews and feedback! Is it just me or do most fanfiction writers seem to upload late at night…? I'm sorry if the tense is a bit mixed up :') I tried my best! Anyways, on with the story!

*** Tory's POV ***

I glanced around the bunker, only to lock eyes with Ben. Oh my-…I really hope he did not just see that.

But his face said otherwise. Red was staining both his cheeks and there was something unidentifiable in his eyes. I wasn't sure I liked that look… it was not a very 'Ben' expression.

A shiver runs up my spine. Yep…I was definitely not myself today. Ben shook his head and the spell was broken.

A sleepy groan broke the quiet. It seemed Hi had just woken up.

"Umbdmd…" he mumbled incoherently. He lifted his arms and stretched before resting his eyes on me. "…OhmygodyourokayTory!" This left his mouth in a rush and barely gave me time to breathe before the life was squeezed out of me by an enthusiastic Hi.

"Hi…can't…breathe" I managed to squeak. It was the best I could do without air. Hi let go of me but then I was caught in another bone crushing hug, this time from Shelton.

"I was so worried! How could you do that to us?!"

"It's not like I had a choice!" I replied, indignantly. A sudden growl cut off our reunion.

My head swivelled to the source expecting to find an animal. Instead there was Ben, flaring and growling at us. Hang on…

I followed his gaze. He was staring at…Hi and Shelton?!

"Guys…I think it's in your best interest to move away from me very slowly."

"Huh? Why? What's gotten into Ben?" Shelton questioned, but did as I instructed along with Hi. Ben was really creeping us out.

Ben was still growling but it was more of a grumble now than anything else. I jumped when he pulled me forcefully into a protective hug.

"Mine." He growled. My eyes widened. Hi and Shelton backed away from Ben as he was still giving them a death glare.

"Ben?" My voice was shaking slightly. He said nothing.

I tried again. "Ben!" My voice was stronger and held more force. His head whipped around and he fixed me with an animalistic stare. Still holding my gaze, he bent his head so that his nose was buried in my neck. He closed his eyes and inhaled. He sighed then rubbed his cheek against my skin.

"Mine…" His voice was lower and it rumbled against my neck. My breathing was quicker and shallower. Heat was radiating from my face. That one word transformed me into this hormonal mess. Why?

I felt something wet trail against my skin. I realised it was Ben's tongue… WTF?!

"B-ben!" I'm stuttering now? Real smooth Tor real smooth… "Stop! What are you doing?!" I struggled against his grip. He hissed in displeasure. Hi and Shelton were looking on with expressions of utter embarrassment. I could tell they were not gonna be much help.

I elbowed Ben in the ribs before he tried to…lick me again. He grunted in pain and momentarily gave me freedom. I took it with both hands. Scrambling away, I hid behind my human shields. Namely Hi and Shelton.

Ben was holding his head and groaning. He tried to stand but he only succeeded in stumbling in all directions before falling to the floor. He shook his head like a dog.

"Wha…What happened?" He sounded groggy like he had just woken up. He lifted his head. His flare was gone.

When his eyes found mine his whole face turned crimson. "Did that just…actually happen?!" Poor boy. He sounded like he was wishing he could be swallowed into the ground. I was wishing the same for me.

*** Ben's POV ***

Arggg! What has gotten into me? It had felt like I was in a dream. I had no control over my body; I could only watch as I molested my friend… This could not happen again! I swear I would die of embarrassment if it did! But then again…as I thought back it had not been entirely bad. It had felt like a release that I had been holding back all this time. And her scent was addictive. Just thinking about it made me want to do that on my own terms… Oh my God…I'd enjoyed it?! What is wrong with me?

I looked back at Tory. She was burning red. And hiding between Hi and Shelton. What had I done?

I hung my head in shame. Footsteps echoed in the concrete space. I only looked up when I realised they were coming towards me.

Tory was flaring. She was taking slow deliberate steps towards me. She almost pulled off the look of…sexy. Woah. Since when had that been a word to describe Tory? She smirked at me, seductively I might add.

I gulped. I couldn't take my eyes off her. I barely noticed our other two friends in the background, openly staring at us. All coherent thought left my brain when Tory decided to sit on my lap. She hooked her arms around my neck. She was…so…warm…and her scent… SNUP

*** Tory's POV ***

SNUP

I had no control over my body.

I couldn't so much as twitch a finger. Not to say that seducing the normally stoic Ben Blue wasn't exciting. I mean, it was in a way. But the other half of my brain was telling me that this was inappropriate and Kit would flip if he found out.

But as I said, no control. My mouth seemed to gravitate towards Ben's ear. Of its own accord, my mouth started nibbling it. Ben's breathing grew ragged and he groaned. His head fell back, showing more of his neck. For some reason I wanted to make him make that sound again…eww gross! What is this, an erotic romance novel?! *mental shiver*

My-body-that-was-still-not-listening-to-me trailed my tongue from his collar bone to his jaw slowly. I was mentally slapping myself trying to snap out of it. I was also blushing. Mentally from head to toe.

He gripped my head and used his other hand to guide my face to his. Our lips were centimetres away, millimetres…

When I was suddenly, forcefully torn away from Ben and slapped multiple times across the face.

"Hey! Are you sober yet?" I realised Hi had gotten the pleasure of knocking some sense into me.

"Ow." I levelled a glare at him. He put his hands up in surrender.

"Only trying to help!" I looked over at Ben and saw the hilarious sight of Shelton smacking Ben across the face. Ben finally held both Shelton's wrists. "For crying out loud! That's enough, okay?!"

When Hi's laughter died down, an awkward silence filled the bunker.

"So…" Shelton said awkwardly.

I sighed. "Another mystery to solve."

"Huh? What mystery? Doesn't this just boil down to you two wanting to suck face and over-active hormones?!" Hi was on thin ice. Very. Thin. Ice.

I socked him one over his head. Dusting my hands off, I returned my attention back to our conversation.

"It's a mystery because…well…I had no control over what I was doing?" This came out as more of a question as I didn't know if it was the same for Ben. I could finally breathe when he agreed.

"It was the same for me. Like I was only watching but had no control over my own body."

"That's exactly it!" Phew! At least there's someone I can relate to that won't laugh their butts off at my predicament.

"Hang on, what? It looked completely natural to me!" Hi had come back from nursing his head. I was about to apologise for hitting him when- "Except for when Tory was trying to act 'sexy'. I mean, that was just wrong!" Oh, you stupid boy. He had another bruise to match the other one.

"Maybe it's a good idea if you guys stay away from each other until we work out what's wrong. I don't know if you guys noticed but this happened straight away after Tory's fever. Maybe that had something to do with it?"

"Good point…" Trust Shelton to see the obvious details.

"Let's split for now and meet on video chat later. See if we find anything." The boys agreed and we made our way back to our houses. I kept sneaking glances at Ben as we were walking. It was like he was a magnet pulling me towards him.

I noticed that we had been getting significantly closer as we walked. I glanced at him again for the hundredth time, only to find that he was looking at me too. Well that was awkward.

Instead of quickly looking away and pretending it had never happened like normal people, we stopped walking and kept staring. I was transfixed. Only when Shelton snapped his fingers in front of my eyes did I realise we were unconsciously reaching for each other. Damn. This is scary business.

Soon after, we parted ways and I was left to my thoughts.

That was when I remembered something very important. We had skipped half of the school day and I was about to receive hell from Kit.

- At Tory's house -

"…is that clear young lady?" I hated getting my ear chewed off every time something happened that I couldn't explain. Can't parents accept that impossible things do happen? No? You're right. That's asking too much from their logical brains.

Oh right. He expects an answer. "I'm sorry! I just felt really ill and I just couldn't continue the school day." Not really a lie. When lying, stick as close to the truth as possible…or so some philosopher once said.

Kit looked somewhat convinced. That's a relief. I didn't really want to bring out the period card so that he felt too awkward to talk. With a quick 'next time go to the infirmary' I was free!

I ran up the stairs to my room so that I could start researching. I mean there has to be some explanation for how Ben and I were acting, right?

- Several hours of fruitless searching later -

I was apparently wrong. Nothing sounded remotely right. Only some myths about were wolves and the moon. Oh and an advert for some perfume that was supposed to produce the effects I had described. Something tells me I did not buy that perfume.

I was despairing when the guys finally got their butts online.

"Please tell me you found something?" I pleaded. Hi was looking sheepish. Hmmm.

"So Hi. Did you find anything?" I asked. He looked guiltier by the second.

"Um…well…I kindagotdistractedbycallofduty."

"What? Repeat please! Slowly."

Hi sighed. "I g-o-t d-i-s-t-r-a-c-t-e-d b-y c-a-l-l o-f d-u-t-y." Hi sounded like he was talking in slow motion.

"Why am I not surprised?" And I really wasn't. Really. I moved onto Ben who wouldn't meet my eyes.

"Ben?" He looked up but then looked away, a heavy blush adorning his handsome features. Hang on…Back up a sec! Did I say handsome?! You know what…just…just never mind.

"Well? And why are you blushing?" Sure I remembered earlier but I managed to be composed. What else happened while we were apart?

"Um…I may have come across a…um… *cough* brothel *cough* advert…" Ah. I see.

"Right! Moving on!" I sounded way too enthusiastic. "Shelton, please tell me you found something useful." Insert puppy eyes.

"I actually did!" He looked very smug. Smarty pants.

"I found this weird thing about wolves and spring. I searched wolves 'cause y'know we're virals and all. But yeah let me read it to you.

(A/N: By the way this is made up and you HAVE to read this to understand the rest of the story)

Spring is considered mating season for wolves. This is the time they find who they will mate with for the rest of their lives. Wolves come of age for this ritual at about 2yrs old. This is when they are fully grown.

A female who is destined to be an Alpha…" Shelton pointedly looked at me "…will go through this differently to other females in the pack. Instead of just being attracted to one particular male, she will have several to choose from. They are ones that she has deemed worthy to have a chance at being her mate.

The male wolves will then compete for her affections by trying to persuade the female to mate with them." This time Shelton looked at Ben "…The female will react to each male slightly differently and the one who is chosen is the one who successfully gets her to mate with them."

"…So are you saying we are acting like wolves even more now?!" I said incredulously. I tried to keep my voice down. I didn't need Kit coming in to check on his daughter's mental health.

"Precisely!" Shelton looked pleased with himself. That is until what he had just said sunk in.

"So Ben is my possible mate?! What the hell?!" My face was on fire. Ben was looking like a tomato. Glad I wasn't the only one.

Hi was finding this funny.

"Oh my gosh! So that means…" He broke off spluttering "you guys have to do it!" Oh God. If there was a god out there, I'm praying that this is a nightmare…or a dream. No! Nightmare definitely!

Ben's face was no longer visible in his quarter of the screen. The box was there…just no Ben.

"Ben? You still with us buddy?" Shelton asked, concerned. At least someone had sympathy for us. I glared at Hi who was guffawing and slamming his fist into his desk.

Ben gave a non-committal grunt that I took as a sign that he was just too embarrassed to show his face.

When Hi had composed himself – which took a long time believe you me – we finally got back to our little problem.

"You know…that still doesn't explain why Tory had that fever." Hi very helpfully pointed out. Wonderful. Another thing to look up.

Or not. Shelton seemed to be thinking which I took as a good sign.

"Tory…this will most likely be embarrassing but…" Shelton paused, probably deciding whether to say what he was going to say or not. "Did anything else hurt during your fever?" I see now.

"…Yes…" I said hesitantly. I don't think I can face the guys again if they make me elaborate.

"Where?" Oh so blunt. Not my day at all.

"Um…below my stomach…" I inwardly cringed. I really hope they get the message.

"What did it feel like?" I could see Shelton awkwardly looking at everything except me. At the same time Hi had begun to question what was below my stomach before realising his stupidity.

I really hoped that this was necessary for Shelton's theory.

"…Like cramps but a thousand times worse…" I can't believe I just said that. I shifted uncomfortably. They were staring.

Well…this was awkward.

Shelton cleared his throat. "My theory is that your body was kinda preparing itself for the…mating season." That made some sense. "And the…um…other place you were hurting went along with that theory…"

I happened to look at the clock on my screen. It was getting late.

"Guys, I think we should call it a night." They saw the time on their own clocks and agreed. We logged off one by one.

I turned off my computer and collapsed onto my bed. I had missed dinner with all the commotion. I wasn't hungry anyway.

I did my normal night time routine and got into bed. One thought popped out at me just before I drifted off. Who were the other supposed males that were meant to be vying for my attention?

(End of Chapter)

A/N: Be honest…Was this too long?

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Next Chapter: Find out who else is vying for Tory's heart…

Find out why spending long periods of time alone with hormonal boys is not a good idea…

And Find out how Tory copes with constant teasing from Hi…

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