Disclaimer: Chapter 1

AN- Sorry about that, I fell asleep before I sent this chapter in. About Riley… lol… that was a fill in chapter, but since everyone said how much they liked him, I figured he'd get some attention. BTW, never been kissed over here so I'm having major problems on how they actually feel… so we're just going w/ reactions for the moment… Read and Review!

It was just a slight brush of the lips… but Lane was on cloud nine.

He'd even forgotten that he looked like a beast… and Ruth seemed to be enjoying the closeness.

And her green eyes looked up at him with so much anxiousness and hesitation, but her arms were locked around his furry waist.

And then Wendy burst into the room.

"Oh thank god! There ye are Miss Ruth!" She exclaimed, then froze promptly in her tracks.

She looked at Wendy, looked at Lane, then stuttered an apology and ran out of the room.

Ruth removed her arms, and crossed them in front of her.

Lane ran a paw through his mane, and glanced at Ruth's face. "Sorry about that Ruth… I shouldn't have been so foreword. I'd better be going."

He tried to walk out, but she caught his elbow.

"Wait Lane… Its not that I didn't enjoy that… but right now I'm not sure what I feel… can I see you at dinner at least?"

He turned around, nodded gruffly, then left the room.

Ruth sank on the chair and put her head in her hands. She was so confused… and yet all of the things that were happening weren't bad.

She got up and decided to go back to her room to lay down for a while. That always helped her to think.

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Lane entered his room, slamming the door. Riley was sprawled out on his bed, eyes glazed over and his mouth hanging open.

"What'd you do, get laid?" Lane asked as he sat down in his chair.

Riley leaned up on his elbows and looked at Lane. "Yeah… last night with Penny… damn that girl is good!"

Lane shook his head at his friend. He'd given up even the thought of sex when Emily turned him into this… thing.

But now with Ruth… he wondered what she'd do if that ever happened. Would she deny him? Or welcome him with open arms?

"You're thinking about her again." Riley commented, now sitting up in the bed.

"So?" Lane retorted.

"That's a good thing dude. Man… this is so weird… I think I'm actually feeling something for Penny… god what's happened to me?"

"You've gotten balls for once?" Lane asked, receiving a pillow in the kisser.

"No! I've always had those… I bet its just cause I was drunk off my ass… yeah that's it…"

Lane left Riley to his muttering, and decided to spy on Ruth through his secret window into her bedroom.

He never spied on her while she was changing… because that would provoke things that could never happen.

She was curled up in a ball on the bed, the brown suede comforter tucked under her chin, and she was fast asleep.

He entered the bedroom and kneeled by the bed. God she looked beautiful bathed in the soft light of the descending sun.

The events of the past weeks had made him so tired… and Ruth was so warm… and the bed was so soft…

He curled up next to Ruth in his monstrous form, hugged her next to his body, and fell asleep.