A/N: And we're back with another chapter of TMELIHS. I'm going to try my best to make this story really enjoyable for everyone (I hope the first chapter wasn't too bad even after it was revised).

The Lucky 7

Humphrey's P.O.V

My whole body was aching. My calves, thighs, abdomen, hands, arms, back and my neck were all hurting really bad.

"Where am... I?" I said as I opened my eyes then tried getting up. Of course, I was in the rowing training room and I was doing the trials. Last thing I remembered was rolling of the machine.

I looked around and saw shocked faces on everyone in the room. "Did I do something wrong?" I asked, sounding really dumb for a moment. Winston just shook his head at me He pulled out the page which had all the times and the names written on it then pointed next to mine.

"Is that... my time?" I asked sounding both surprised and confused. "Impossible."

"That's right Humphrey." Winston said. "It's nothing but the impossible... made possible." He chuckled as he told me this.

I was still in shock at what I just saw. Winston then went up to the front wall of the Ergo Room (well that's what we are expected to call it now anyway) then began calling out the names those who made it through with their times included.

"Alright everyone, trials are complete and I must say... I am very disappointed that more than half of you didn't make it. It was expected but still mildly disappointing. However, I'm still proud to present the junior, and hopefully, future rowers of Jasper High: Sylvester Altman (Salty) and Marvin Orchard (Mooch), both with a time of 4:16.260, please step forward. Samuel H. Ackerman (Shakey) with a time of 4:05.377, please step forward. Katherine Quinn with a time of 4:03.673, please step forward. (Lilly and I were NOT happy). Princess C. Madison with a time of 4:00.210, step forward. Lilly V. Snow with an amazing time of 3:55.469 and finally... Humphrey Williams with a record breaking time of 3:25.020. That's all folks." Winston concluded then hung a second page on the front wall, showing just seven names and times.

"WHAT?! THAT'S IT?!" The other, forty-nine wolves shouted in disbelief. I guess most of them never got close to the 4:30.000 mark.

'Record breaking time? That's insane... it's kinda awesome but still insane!' I thought. Garth seemed really impressed at me but disappointed in himself. He looked really pale in the back of the room.

"They're so damn lucky, those bastards." Said one angry wolf but I was too tired to say anything back.

"Yeah, the fucking lucky seven." Another wolf said. 'The Lucky 7?' I thought on the name. It sounded catchy considering that seven wolves were lucky enough to make it through.

I tried standing up but my legs gave out. My face was on a collision course for the steel frame of the ergo machine then as I closed my eyes and hoped for the best, someone caught me. I slowly opened my eyes and saw a white arm carrying me.

"Thanks Lilly." I said. "You're welcome, normally I would say no problem but right now you smell like shit that's been left to dry." She said with a quick laugh. "You aren't doing any better yourself, you know." I told her. Lilly turned me away from the ergo machine then deviously smiled me.

It was at this moment that he knew...

HE FUCKED UP

Upon hearing what I just said, Lilly then let go of me and let my face crash onto the floor. She was atleast kind enough to shift me away from the machine thing.

"Oops, I am so sorry Humphrey." She said sarcastically and didn't bother to help me up.

"Okay, okay I'm sorry." I apologised to her as I was rubbing my sore muzzle. She crossed her arms and looked at me like I just killed a cat. "You gotta make it up to me first and treat a lady with a little more respect." She told me.

"Ladies usually don't say 'shit that's been left to dry' often you know." I responded, grinning intensively. This just made her more angry. I gave up then decided to play her game since trying to be a smart-ass isn't helping me here.

"What do I owe you?" I asked her while trying to get up.

"A small chat a day will be okay." She told me as she offered her hand to help me up.

"Ah, so I see you do like Humphrey." Garth said from the corner of the room. He was probably waiting there the whole time just to hear that.

Lilly blushed at this but knew it was probably never to be. Kate walked backed in to pick up her stuff then shot Lilly a unpleasant glare.

"Damn, what's her problem?" I asked. "She's my step-sister, Humphrey. She doesn't like me very much, and thanks again for stepping in for me." Lilly told me as she sat down beside me.

"No problem, it's a habit. I often get into a lot of trouble for it." I said as I laughed nervously out loud.

"Too bad there aren't many people like you in this school." Said a a dark tanned furred wolf. "Hi, I'm Princess Christina Madison but you can just call me Christie or Charlie. I wouldn't prefer anyone calling me by my first name because wolves often make a joke out of it and treat me as royalty."

"Hey, I'm..." Before I coud finish my sentence, I was dragged by Shakey and Salty away from her.

"Dude, what the hell? We left you to talk to Lilly to give you some time together and now you're already getting to know another girl? Have you no shame bro?" Salty asked me in a menacing tone.

"Dudes, it's just a misunderstanding, it's not like Lilly and I are even dating or anything. We just met." I defended myself.

"Why aren't you dating her in the first place?" Shakey asked, winking at me. Now he definitely had me on the hook here. Everything was now moving so damn fast. I just wake up, I'm told I set a new record, I officially befriend a girl I think looks really cute then meet another hot girl only for my friends to make things complicated and force a stupid decision on me.

"Sorry to interrupt whatever you guys were talking about but Princess and I have a question for Humphrey." Lilly cut in. I was terrified about it but relieved at the same time.

"Who would do better in action, me or Snow Flake?" Princess asked me. 'Wait, what...?'

"Before shit hits the fan here, I would like to make an announcement..." Garth started from the front of the room. "If anyone wants me, I'm still single." He finshed with a really cocky grin.

No one really cared at the time then Princess turned back towards me. "So what's it gonna be. Me or Snow Flake over here." She said,

"I... uh..." Damnit, how could they put me on the spot like this?!

Lilly's P.O.V.

I honestly don't know why I'm now in competition to see who is the better girl in terms of speed and power.

Princess' P.O.V.

The first time I asked or an opinion from a guy like Humphrey and I was about to lose to that girl? Fat chance!

Humphrey's P.O.V.

Lilly is much more cuter than Christie but Christie's body certainly isn't lacking. Lilly seems more passionate and friendlier than Christie too.

"I choose... Lilly?" I answered cautiously. Lilly smiled then blushed at the answer. Christina however looked... calm?

"I see..." She calmly answered. "It seems you beat me both in time and love."

"Humphrey isn't m-my b-boyfriend or anything." She stuttered.

"So does that mean you'll give me a shot Humphrey?" asked Princess.

"What, but Humphrey chose me!" Retorted Lilly.

"Make up your mind, you just said he isn't your boyfriend!" Shouted Princess.

"That's beside the point!" Retorted Lilly once again.

'This is getting out of hand fast, I gotta find a way to end this feud fast.' I thought. That's when I got the most idiotic idea ever.

"What if I take you both on a date to see who would be my girlfriend." I blurted out. My God that sounded way less dumber in my head.

Salty and Shakey simultaneously face palmed. Lilly and Christina (I'm just calling Princess, Christina now) both thought 'Idiot!'

All of a sudden, I just felt myself being shaken out of nowhere. Of course... I was daydreaming. I looked around a bit to see if I was still in the Ergo Room.

"Earth to Humphrey, come in Humphrey?" Asked Lilly. I then gave her a really intelligent response.

"Nope this is Moon base." I responded. This was the best I could think of at the moment. 'I'm an idiot.' I thought.

"We asked you who would be better in a real boat, in an actual race, then you spaced out and started talking about taking us out for a date, I think?" Christie said with a laugh.

"Well... I-I uh... (and there I go, stuttering like a Goddamn mixtape) I'm not sure how you would do in the boat because I've only known you two for like three hours and I don't really know who's technique is better" I stated.

"Well, why not use the times to settle this?" Asked Shakey. "After all, isn't Lilly the one who got second fastest?"

The whole room went silent after that. "Well I guess that sorts things out." I finally said. "Not quite, we asked for Humphrey's opinion, because he got the fastest time." Christie said.

"Okay then, here's my opinion: Why not race on the Ergo's the next time we go for training. After all, we all know you two are too tired to race, hell we're all too frickin' tired." I said in frustration.

"Well that was... dramatic." Christie said. It wasn't like I was angry at them, it's just that I was so tired and I just wanted to go home. I walked to the left corner of the room where I left my stuff.

"See you all tomorrow everyone." I said as I packed my clothes into the bag before I walked out of the room.

"See ya tomorrow coyote." Everyone said as they waved goodbye. Minutes later, I walked out the front gate of the school then realized I was missing something.

'Ah, shit, my house keys.' I thought before running back to the rowing machine training room (I know that's probably not what it's called).

Running probably wasn't the best idea since my triceps haven't recovered. I waddled into the room with my legs stiff as hell to find Garth, Salty and Lilly still there. "What's the matter? Ready to burn out your muscles for good this time?" Garth asked me. Everyone nervously laughed at this.

"Oh shit, no. I just came back for my house keys." I told Garth.

"Your parents aren't home?" Asked Lilly. "Yeah." I responded plainly, but that's all I could say at the moment because talking about my parents was a painful subject. Shakey was the only one who knew but thank God he wasn't here.

While I was looking for my keys, I noticed Lilly pull out a blue spray can of some sort out of her bag.

"What's that?" I asked curiously. "It's the 'Deep Fureeze' pain relief cold spray, it's used to basically nullify painful joints, muscle pains and stiffness." She said as she applied spray on her calves.

I finally found the keys and as I was about to leave again, she threw me the spray. I stretched out my arm just to barely catch the can in time. "Why?" I asked dumbfounded.

"I need help to spray my lower back and I know you need it too, right?" She asked. I can't say she was wrong because I my muscles were as stiff as bricks. The fact that she needed help to spray her lower back bothered me a bit though.

She turned around and lifted her shirt up behind her back. I then sprayed her back (this honestly was not some dirty joke. She asked me not the other way around) and this was definitely not something I enjoyed doing while trying to keep my hormones in check.

"Is that the only spot that hurts?" I asked. "Could you go a bit lower?" She asked in response.

I wasn't really sure if I could go any lower 'cause right now, I was just barely above her hips now. I forced myself to go along with it anyway.

"Whoa, h-hey! Not that low!" She moaned out loud. Garth and Salty snickered at us. "Hey now, don't blame me! You said I should go lower, as if there was anymore room to do so!"

"So Humphrey, you've already found your girl's 'sweet spot'. Nice one!" Garth joked. 'Who the hell calls that a "sweet spot" anyway?' I sighed then used the spray on myself. It felt really cold yet really satisfying at the same time.

"Ahh, that hit the spot." I said in relief. I handed the spray back to Lilly who had a bright red face after moaning out loud in front of Garth and Salty. Oh well, I just decided to forget this happened and waved everyone goodbye (again).

I exited the gate and looked down the road and realized the sun was setting. 'Man, I really need to get a car-' I thought then realized that I technically already owned one. "Ah shit, I told myself I would never think about dad's car again." I said to myself outloud as I walked down the road.

Lilly's P.O.V

Today was way too tiresome for my liking. After Humphrey left, I decided that I should leave too (it was 17:30 so of course I should leave).

I packed my clothes and headed for the bottom gate. I left the school and began slowly walking down the road.

I pulled out my phone to see it was now 17:50. 'Damnit! Mom is gonna have my head when I get home!' I started running home, not caring about my untied shoelaces.

I kept running until I hit something (or someone) and fell on the hard tar street... or at least it would have been the street if it didn't feel like a bushy tail.

"Ow, what the..." Began the wolf on my left. "Humphrey?" I asked startled. I'd recognize that tail and those blue eyes any day.

"Huh... Lilly?" He asked confused. I never knew I had it in me to knock down a bigger wolf... well a quarter size larger than me.

"I'm so sorry Humphrey let me help you up." I offered my hand to him. "Heh, I thought I got hit by a white Semi-Truck for some reason." He nervously chuckled then cringed as he realized what he just said to me. 'Déjà Vu.' I thought as I shook my head at this guy.

"Don't worry I won't take it as an insult, but as a compliment. After all, a frail little girl like me did knock you off the road so that counts for something." I told him with a wide grin. "Hey, I'm not afraid to admit that I lack muscle." He said looking down on himself.

"No, Humphrey. You, an Omega beat Garth, an Alpha on your very first try at a time trial as if it were a piece of cake? 'Lack of muscle' is just some modest excuse." I called him out.

"Probably my Lucky Charm?"

"You're a hopeless case." I stated in defeat. Just then, my phone vibrated indicating that I had a message.

'Sorry sweety, your father (Tony, in this case) and I are gonna be home a little late.'

-Evelyn.

Huh, my step-parents are gonna be a little later than usual tonight so I guess I can take my time getting home. "Say Humphrey, where do you live anyway?" I asked.

"The fifth house on the right on Sawtooth Avenue." He said answered. How convenient, I live on the same street.

"No way! I live on the same street, the third house on the left. What a small world right?" I said getting a bit too excited for finding out we literally across the street from eachother.

As we were walking, Humphrey headed towards a river running under a bidge. "Huh, pal I hate to break it to you but that's not the way home." I stated, pointing to the left.

"Trust me, I will show you da wae." He said in an accent that reminded me of a meme which used to crack me up, I rolled my eyes at him and followed him towards the riverbank..

We walked through a little passage on the right from underneath the bridge, covered in roots from the tree just above us (which kinda worried me at first). Humphrey guided me through the dark tunnels.

This started to feel like this is where criminals would go after a getaway to their secret base or whatever. Before we knew it we made it to the other side. But of what though?

"See? Was that so hard?" Asked Humphrey. It took me while to realize how close we were to or homes now. We crossed some stepping stones then made it across the river.

"Wow, you are one hell of a navigator Humphrey. That was some shortcut." I said still looking suprised. 'Still though, how did Humphrey find out about this place?"

"I know you're probably wondering how I came across that little secret tunnel. I used to do a lot of roaming in Jasper with my dad as a kid, I pretty much know all local areas like the back of my hand." Humphrey told me. I noticed how his face changed after he mentioned his dad so I assumed he didn't want to talk about the past.

We continued the rest of our walk up the road in silence then we turned right into Sawtooth Avenue. Humphrey walked me to my house then said goodbye. "Humphrey wait, could you please point towards which house is your's?" I asked him. He pointed to the large triple story house (which I would almost consider a mansion because it was the largest house in our area).

"Damn, you are a rich kid Humphrey." I said and said goodbye to him. 'Now I know why his parents might come home late, but why are mine late?' I thought.

I walked to my house and opened the door to find Kate doing her homework. She greeted me with a fake smile as I walked up the stairs to take a shower.

A/N: I'm sorry for the delay in getting this chapter (re)posted, a lot of stuff came up... mainly school but I'll try my best and finish the latest chapter (Chapter 25 I think?) as soon as possible.

Lilly's Post Revision Chat

Lilly: Well... what do you guys think?

Blazin' Blitz: You're gonna embarrass the living shit out of me with this...

Humphrey: Yeah, great work on fixing the "I've known you for like 9 hours" to three hours because that made no fucking sense. Lilly first saw Humphrey during break which was like halfway through the school day. Imagine having another nine hours of school after that.

Blazin' Blitz: Plz stop...

Garth: Or that daydream scene (laughing his ass off at me). That scene is probably why I never stopped reading this fic. It was horrible but still fucken' spectacular! Even though the first chapter and this one were kinda 'bum-bums' (???) when you started writing.

Blazin' Blitz: Dude... what the hell is that? Bum-bums?

Kate: (KEK)

Garth: Kinda ass, you shoulda known what I meant Blitz.

Blazin' Blitz: ...

Humphrey: Wait Blitz, one more: "I was just barely above her hips now. I forced myself to go along with it anyway" THE POWER OF BONERS IS STRONG WITH THIS ONE

Lilly: Oh-kay? Anyway, good job on redoing chapter Blitz, even though I completely forgot why you're doing this.

Humphrey: He feels bad about being critiqued.

Blazin' Blitz: I... well... you're not completely wrong, honestly.

Humphrey: See? I'm Blitz's right hand wolf now.

Garth: *cough* wrote-two-chapters *cough*

Humphrey: Boy, I'm Blitz's certified meme partner so...

Lilly: (pulls out a whip) So you better cut the crap or leave this room.

Humphrey: Jesus...

Blazin' Blitz: And that's why she's our guardian in the lounge. She always keeps people like you in line in my lounge.

Lilly: Nope, revised lounges are mine Blitz, you're in my house now.

Blazin' Blitz: Is that a pun?

Lilly: It doesn't matter.

Garth: Oh. Lounge and house, I get it now.

Humphrey: Dumbass, it wasn't even a good joke.

Lilly: I said it doesn't matter.

Blazin' Blitz: You don't matter.

Lilly: ...

Humphrey/Garth: AH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

--To Be Continued--