The Canteen was simple and clean, the smell of food was mouth-watering.
"Beats school dinners" Dorian laughed grabbing a tray and asked for the pasta. The girls got the same and three glasses of water.
"Got enough water?" Dorian asked
"Probably go up for more" Torah said not picking up on his sarcasm; Hebe rolled her eyes at Torah's lack of awareness. It wasn't that she wasn't aware though, it was because it wasn't her main concern, Torah was busy picking up the scents of all the leopards in the room. Smells to faces as it were, Torah's scent memory was one of the best. This meant she already knew were half of these people had been as she'd picked up scents all over the lair and was now attributing them to their owner, and if she hasn't come across a scent before next time she does she'll know exactly who it was, this skill was invaluable.
"Here I'll introduce you to some of the Juves, Kit doesn't seem to be here yet, I told him to be…" Dorian sighed. Hebe was nervous she felt her hands become sweaty, she looked over at Torah who seemed to be on autopilot, still concentrating on her scent tracking.
"Torah" Hebe hissed.
"What?" She replied with slight agitation. Hebe nodded at the table full of juves.
"We're going over there?"
"Yep"
"ahh shit, there's loads of them" Torah hated juves in large numbers especially ones she didn't know. "What's the bet I hate all of them."
"Be nice" Hebe warned.
"I will, still doesn't mean I'm going to like them."
"you never give anyone a chance"
"That's not true" Torah scoffed "and besides I can tell whether I'll like someone straight away so there's no point me wasting my time with people I'll never like."
"Well you haven't even met them yet so you can't have a gut instinct." They walked for a few more seconds behind Dorian in silence.
"Hey guys" Dorian said shouting over them they all looked up, there were about 8, it was a mix of boys and girls and from their scents the age ranged from 16-19. "These are the Snowleopards from the IceChaser pack I'm sure you've heard about" Dorian pointed to the girls, Hebe and Torah forced friendly faces. "They're gonna eat with you, be nice" and at that he left.
"Great" Torah said under her breath and Hebe kicked her.
"I'm Hebe and this is Torah"
"Snowdrop and Snowflake!" A pretty blonde exclaimed.
"Really? That caught on already?" Torah said not hiding her irritation.
"There's worse nicknames to have" Kit said from behind them he had a tray full of steak. The girls began to walk to the end of the table before a female red head grabbed them and told them to sit in the middle, Hebe took the seat next to the girl and Torah was forced to walk round to sit opposite her fellow snow leopard.
"So how are you finding it here?" The redhead asked eating a small salad "I'm Cary by the way" She smiled.
"It's nice" Hebe nodded Torah kept quiet.
"Sorry to hear about your pack" A boy at the end of the table said with genuine sincerity.
Hebe just nodded in response without turning to look up at him, not really wanting to discuss the matter.
"Should probably introduce ourselves" The same boy said trying to lighten the mood, Hebe finally glanced up at him. He was good looking, rougher than Kit, he was unshaven, masculine with deep blue eyes and short dark brown hair. Torah looked up at Hebe, she wondered why she was staring at the boy, she turned to find the boy holding her gaze.
"Stop staring at him, you're making it so obvious" This brought Hebe out of her trance which also seemed to break the boy's. Torah couldn't blame the boy for staring at Hebe, she was beautiful a soft face, hazel eyes, long caramel hair and rosy cheeks, something Hebe hated but were deemed adorable by everyone else. Torah by contrast had much sterner features; a long face with sharp cheek bones, straight nose which in the summer would be dusted lightly with freckles, dark chocolate hair and light green eyes, both girls even though different were beautiful.
"I'm Leo" he smiled. The rest of the table began to introduce themselves, neither of the girls paid particular attention.
"We've got a gathering tonight" Kit mentioned "You interested?"
"Sure" Torah said finishing off her pasta she was always a fast eater and Hebe a painfully slow one. "Where abouts?"
"You won't find it, we'll pick you up from your rooms around 8, you can meet the rest of the gang" he seemed excited.
"The rest of the boys" Cary grinned at Torah, Torah just scowled in response, the redhead stopped grinning and seemed taken aback. Hebe glared at Torah
"Nice, Torah, stop glaring."
"I don't like her."
"She's just trying to be nice."
"As long as you keep your paws of Kaleb" A blonde sat at the other end of the table threatened, she'd said it with a giggle but her claws were ready to pop.
"Who's Kaleb?" Torah asked purposefully pushing her buttons.
"My boyfriend" She flicked her hair. Torah stifled a laugh raising her eyebrows at Hebe who returned the amused look.
"Is it official now Bonnie?" Kit asked.
"No, but I think it will be tonight." She squealed, Torah focussed and picked up a male scent on the girl, they'd slept together.
"I can smell him on you" Torah said drinking her water looking over Hebe's head. Everyone seemed slightly taken back.
"She's got a stupid sense of smell" Hebe tried to cover for Torah.
"Sorry" Torah looked shifty.
"Well" Bonnie smiled slyly "if you're interested he's a great lover, one night…"
"I was not interested" Torah cut her off abruptly
"Yeah Bonnie, no one wants to hear what you've been up to" Another boy laughed.
"Do not go after Kaleb"
"Wasn't planning on it"
"Shut up"
"Well they aren't official and besides, he smells good."
"I will do some serious cock-blocking"
"You cock-block me and I'll cock-block you and Leo over there"
Torah giggled to herself
"What's funny?"
"Leo the LeOpard"
Torah put emphasis on the O
"Where do you think this stuff up?"
"It's like the third thing you say."

"At 8" Kit smiled as he got up to leave.
The girls finished their water and said goodbye to the table, waved at Dorian as they left the canteen and headed to their rooms.

"So?" Hebe asked.
"So what?"
"Smell anything interesting?"
"Not particularly, they're all fucking eac hother" Hebe raised an eyebrow.
"Their scents are all intermingled, kinda incestuous if you ask me"
"God, I wonder what this gathering is going to involve" Hebe widened her eyes
"Well looking at you and Leo I think there'll be a lot of intermingling"
"How many has he?"
"Fucked?" Torah said crudely
"Yes" Hebe blushed
"Only Cary" Hebe was quiet.
"Bet you don't like her now either" Torah smiled.
"Not true" Oh but it was.
"Do we dress up?" Torah wrinkled her nose after a few moments of silence.
"I have no idea." Hebe looked worried.
"Ugh it was so much easier with…" Torah trailed off
"Tait and George?"
"Yeah, they didn't care what we looked like" The girls spent their days with no makeup, hair in buns and wearing hoodies and sweats.
"We looked like 11 year old boys" Hebe laughed.
"Whatever, I say we go in jeans and a nice top, it's safe."
"Do we have any nice tops?" The girls were currently in black jeans, Hebe wearing a white vest and Torah a dark red.
"Ahh fuck" Torah cursed…"Do you reckon one of the girls will lend us something?"
"I don't really want to smell of them…" Hebe wrinkled her nose.
"That's true."

They turned into the hallway that lead to their rooms when they bumped into a tiny red head carrying lots of shopping bags.
"That's where you two are" She smiled "I'm Faith, this is Vaughn" She pointed to the large blonde male behind her. Torah sniffed Faith was a cardinal and he…wasn't leopard.
"What are you?" Torah asked bluntly looking at Vaughn who was quite the sight, pure masculinity draped in shopping bags.
"Jaguar" He said warily.
"You didn't smell leopard." Torah nodded.
"We have clothes for you!" Faith said raising the bags "We figured you wouldn't have much so we thought we'd take the trouble, Tamsyn told us your sizes"
"Do you want to come in?" Torah pointed at the door.
Hebe thanked Faith and rolled her eyes at Torah asking such a stupid question, and proceeded to open the bedroom door.