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Updated:11/15/2012

…

Tommy watched Merton as he napped, surprisingly peaceful for once. Tommy himself was up, still tormented as he tried to figure out how to take care of the whole Merton-Mate thing.

Merton was his best friend, his buddy.

Merton was also the mate to his Wolf.

It was a conflicting feeling.

"Freaker! I told you to keep your light off when I have friends over!" a shrill voice called out as heavy footsteps were heard on the stairs leading towards Merton's Lair. Tommy turned, angered at the tone in the female voice.

Becky, Merton's little sister, stopped at the foot of the steps, staring open-mouthed at Tommy before blushing furiously.

"Tommy! I didn't know you were here," she said in an embarrassed voice, patting down her hair.

"Yeah, Merton was letting me do some … research on his computer."

"Oh. Well," she said, attempting to sound seductive, "I have a computer upstairs; ya know if you don't want to be down here so late."

She's trying to take us from our Mate. NO!

"Gee, Becky, thanks, but … I like being down here," Tommy said, sending her a cheerful smile. She looked disturbed and quickly disappeared back up the stairs. Tommy shook his head and went back to staring at Merton.

Tommy, the Wolf said in a soft voice. I know it's a lot to handle, but I cannot live without him. YOU can't live without him. We can't…

I know, Tommy agreed silently. But… I don't know how to be with Merton that way.

Just do what feels right to you. But Tommy, I will not allow you to hurt him. Understood?

Yes.

We need him. You need him.

I love him.

As do I.

Our mate.

Our mate.

This is going to be hard to do.

No, it'll be easier than you think.

…

As Monday came around and Tommy entered the school, everyone surrounded him, cheering him on for the game on Friday. He nodded politely to everyone and made his way to his locker, where Merton stood at his own.

"Merton!" Tommy called out, making the Goth turn to face him, slightly surprised.

"Yes?"

"I've missed you," Tommy whispered, putting an arm around Merton and pulling him against him, nuzzling his nose into the dark black spikes and breathing deeply.

"Tommy!" Merton scolded gently, making both Tommy and the Wolf whine as one. "Not in school. You'll give people the wrong idea." Now Tommy growled.

"Are you embarrassed by me?"

"No. The opposite. I don't want you to be embarrassed by me."

"Merton we could never be embarrassed by you."

"Tommy-"

"Tommy!" a girl called out, making the two guys turn to see Lori sauntering towards them.

"Lori."

"So, I was thinking… Why don't we," she said, waving a finger between herself and the football player. "Make the Wolf experience something he's never experienced before." Tommy's eyes widened as her smirk grew.

No! The Wolf raged, but Tommy felt torn. He knew that he should be interested in girls, but he only wanted to be around Merton.

"Lori… I can't. I've found someone," Tommy said, making the girl's jaw drop.

"You what?"

"I found someone. And I have to be faithful to them. I love them."

"… You can't be with anyone! The Wolf makes it impossible, unless they know about it. Do they?"

"Yes." Her jaw dropped even more.

"Y-you told someone."

"Yes. And they hopefully like me for both, unlike you, who just likes the wolf."

"I like you too."

"Just not as much. And I'm sorry. I'm in love." Lori looked extremely angry before turning smug.

"Fine then. Merton," she said, moving a tad bit closer to the spikey-haired teen. "How about we go see how much of a nerd you really are?" she said, raising her eyebrows at him and raising a hand to stroke his face.

No! The Wolf raged while Tommy shot a hand out and grabbed her wrist. "Don't touch him," both he and the Wolf growled, making her look at him in shock.

"Merton?" she whispered, "That's who you've fallen for?" Tommy didn't say anything, but his eyes did. They screamed yes. "Why?"

"He's the Wolf's mate. He's my mate." Merton looked at Tommy in surprise but didn't say anything.

"… But Tommy, you're not-"

"I know," Tommy cut her off there, eyes serious for once. "But with Merton… Things are different." She gaped at the two boys before turning and stalking away. Merton stood there silently, not sure what had just happened. But Tommy just smiled. "You okay?"

"I should be asking you the same thing," Merton shot back instantly, closing his eyes and leaning against his locker.

"What do you mean?"

"This is a bad idea," is all the Goth muttered, making Tommy look at him, clearly confused. "Us," he clarified, to which Tommy shrugged.

"So? We don't really have a choice in the matter, do we?" Merton looked at him and nodded.

"You're right about that. We really don't."

…

T n' T stood off to the side, watching Tommy and Merton talk amongst themselves.

"Dingle knows who the wolf is," Travis muttered while Tim nodded.

"That he does brother. But we gotta get him alone so we can pummel the truth out of him."

"He's always with Dawkins though. How we gonna get them two apart?" The two looked at each and laughed joyfully.

"The T n' T way!" they said together, dumb smiles on their faces. "T N' T RULES!" they barked at each other before advancing on the two teens.

"Dawkins!" the two hulks called out, making the athlete turn from Merton to face them.

"Yeah?"

"Coach wants to see you. NOW."

"Oh. Okay… I'll see you later Merton," Tommy said, quickly pulling the Goth against him and taking a deep breath, letting the smell of the Goth sink in. T n' T looked surprised, but not as much as Merton did. "Later Tim; Travis." The two idiots nodded then looked at Merton as Tommy walked away, their smiles growing. Merton pushed against the lockers, with no escape that he could see.

"Dingle, we need to have a little chat."

…

Oh no, that can't be good can it?

-JustMe133