When Spencer walked out of the bathroom, he was in a shirt too big for him, and pants at dragged on the ground. He had found some pins, and pinned the pant legs up, and he just tucked the shirt into his pants. When he walked down into the kitchen, his face was burning with embarrassment.
Aaron and Alex look up from where they're talking, and both chuckle as they see the embarrassed look on the younger's face. "You look fine, Spencer," the pack alpha says, trying to reassure the young male. Spencer dips his head down, running a hand through his wet curls. He murmurs something like "if you say so". The two other packmates share a glance, before Alex clears her throat.
"Well...um, okay, then." she says uneasily. "Let's get going, we have a long day ahead of us." Aaron grabs his jacket, and tosses one to Spencer, before heading out the door with the female wolf, Spencer struggling to put on the jacket and getting out the door quick enough.
He follows the two older wolves down the porch staircase, and over to the garage, a Chevy Silverado waits for them. He doesn't say a word, as they all climb into the vehicle. Spencer buckles up quickly, and zips up his jacket. Aaron slides the key into the ignition, and turns the truck on, before packing up the truck, and taking off down the gravel road.
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"What are we doing here?" Spencer asks as they park in a Kohl's parking lot. Aaron shuts the truck off, and glances at Alex, who gives him a "is he that oblivious?" look. The leader just shrugs, before looking in the rearview mirror at Spencer.
"We figured the other errands can wait a bit," he says, "You having clothes that fit are a little more important than getting Jack and Henry the newest Scooby-Doo movie." The timber wolf blinks, before slowly nodding, and unbuckling. The three get out of the car, before heading inside the store. Spencer's jaw almost drops when he sees all the clothes. Spencer-still used to being in his wolf form one hundred percent of the time-was having a hard time adjusting to all of this. First you walked around your pack territory as a human, ate like a human, slept as a human. Hell, now he's even dressing like a human. For him, it felt like everything was changing too fast...
But for some odd reason...he liked the change. Fast, or not, he liked it.
Alex lightly grabs Spencer's wrist. "Come on, men's clothes are towards the back of the store," she says, before pulling the younger wolf along. He looks back towards the black haired male, and sends him a "help me!" look, before he disappears behind a couple of racks. Aaron chuckles lightly, before heading back towards the area they have sheets.
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"Alex! I can look for clothes myself," the twenty-two year old whines, as Alex shoves clothing item, after clothing item, into Spencer's arms.
She raises an eyebrow at him. "This is coming from the man who's only been in a city once and it was only to steal food from the marketplace. Yes, I think you'd definitely know how to pick out clothing," she says, trying to put it in the best way possible.
Spencer pouts, but nods. Alex continues to look for clothes, until he has about five pairs of jeans, ten t-shirts, and a fair number of socks. "Okay, go try these on." she says, shoving him towards a dressing room.
"What if it doesn't fit?" inquires the brown haired wolf.
"Tell me, and I'll get something in a smaller or bigger size," she says easily, before pushing him into a dressing room, and closing the door. Spencer peers around the small room, before sighing, and doing as the elder woman had told him to do.
Aaron soon arrives at the men's clothing, with a bag that holds Spencer's comforter, bedspread, and sheets. "Is he in there changing?" the alpha asks. The beta looks up, and nods, before raising an eyebrow at the bag.
"Yeah, chief, he is. And are you sure he's gonna want that?" she asks, nodding to the bag, "You've only known him for about a day or two."
"I am his possible future-mate," Aaron says in a low, slightly offended tone, "I know this is what Spencer would have chosen, anyways." Alex's eyebrow arches further upward towards her hairline.
"You know for sure that's what he wants?" she asks. When she sees him nod, she gaps slightly at him. "Wow, for you to know that, without even being mated yet, is quite impressive. You must be..." she pauses, and gasps.
"We must be what?" Aaron asks, not quite catching on, on what the beta is trying to say.
"You must be soul bond mates!" she says, eyes bugging out of her head, "That's the only reason! Your souls must be compatible...in both wolf and human form! Aaron! That's completely rare, and you're one of them! Oh my gosh, oh my gosh..." the normally calm wolf exclaims.
"Whoa, Alex, slow down, explain to me what is so... "amazing" about this," the black haired man asks, his inner wolf's ears twitching with slight irritation. The black haired woman's inner wolf doesn't seem to have noticed the twitch of irritation.
"On rare occasions, a werewolf has a soul bond mate; one which is compatible with their wolf form, and human form. So, if you were to be completely human, Spencer would be your soul mate. If you were to be completely wolf-like, your soul mate would still be Spencer," her eyes dart towards the dressing room, before back to her leader, "When usually as a werewolf; you have just a...soul mate, one you're compatible with as a wolf. For you to be compatible in both forms...well...that is truly amazing, Aaron."
The leader cocks his head back, in wonder. "So...does everyone have a soul bond mate?" he asks. Alex opens her mouth to respond, when another cuts her off.
"No, only a few do. Statistics shown by a werewolf professor at Yale University says that only about thirty-four percent of werewolves have soul bond mates, and only about thirteen percent actually find their soul bond mate," Spencer says, making the two other werewolves' hackles rise at the unexpected comment. They both turn to look at the younger wolf, who has a pile of clothes in his arms, and his other clothes back on. "Why? What has brought this up?"
"Apparently, you and Aaron are soul bond mates," Alex says, "Which, of course, it totally mind-blowing to me."
Spencer's inner wolf cocks his head back curiously. "Is that so?" he asks, looking at his future mate. When Aaron nods, Spencer only smiles, before saying, "Alex, the clothes fit. We can leave this...horrible place, now." Alex nods, and takes the clothes, before heading to checkout. Aaron and Spencer follow more slowly behind. The brown timber wolf eyes the bag Aaron is holding, before asking, "What's in there?"
"Hm? Oh, your sheets," the black wolf responds, before handing the bag to the other, who immediately looks in the bag. The pack leader smiles at the younger's curiosity.
Spencer's head snaps up after he's done doing his "investigation" of the sheets. "How did you know I would want this?" he asks, but then pauses, before answering his own question, "The soul bond mate thing...of course! How else would he know?" Aaron stands there silently, not really knowing what to do. "Thank you, Aaron," the other responds with a smile, before heading quickly to find Blake.
"Uh..." the alpha says slowly, before following, "You're welcome?..."
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"We're going into the market," Aaron says, as he parks the truck. "Do you want to come with us? You don't have too." He watches as Spencer eyes the market, and sees that he suddenly looks a little nervous.
"I'll take you up on that offer, thanks," Spencer says, before watching them exit the truck, and head into the market. He stretches out upon the back seats, arching his back, as his lithe body spreads out. He stops, relaxes, and lays down, closing his eyes, and letting out a yawn. Being in his human form for almost two days now has really gotten to the young wolf; he is not use to being in it for so long. The last time he was in this form for this long was when...
He shivers at the thought, him slowly being creeped out by the fact that that was the first thing to pop into his mind. Spencer lays there in the truck for a while, before his mind starts to wander. "I wonder why they took me in?" he wonders aloud. "What could I possibly have that would be any good for the pack?" he sighs, before adding in defeat, "All I am is a burden." He knew if his pack members heard the way he was thinking, he'd be scolded immediately.
But, they need to understand one thing; Spencer has never been in a pack that not has discarded him once they found out how much of a burden he is. How is not to expect that this pack is going to do the same thing? Well...he knows Aaron said that they'd never get rid of him or his mother, that now they're pack members.
For life.
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"Aaron," Alex asks, as the two walk through the market, grabbing needed items as they go. Said alpha lets out a grunt, letting the beta know he's listening. "You know, it was a very idiotic idea to leave Spencer in the truck by himself. What if he runs away because he got spooked? Or, some nearby wolves scent him, and go, and attack him?"
"You worry too much, Alex," comes the response, as they stop by the cold cuts. "He's got a brain, you know. He knows his best option is to stay in the truck, because he doesn't even have any idea to get back to the forest from here. Also, he's not a dog, Alex. He's got claws and canines like you and me, he can defend himself."
"I know he can," the black beta responds, "But, he told us he's only been by civilization a couple of times. This is probably freaking him out." Aaron pauses, before nodding, and sighing.
"You're right, Alex." Aaron responds, as Alex gives him a triumphant grin. "We should probably head back."
"Now that brain of yours is working," she says jokingly, before the two pay for the food, and head back to the truck.