Disclaimer: Oh crap, it seems I've forgotten the disclaimer oops wishful thinking on my part. I don't own Wolf Lake ::sniffles:: Sci-Fi owns Wolf Lake and all rights to it. All I own is my imagination, and the rare occasional original character.
Warning: Harsh Language
Episode 18: Push and Pull
Previously on Wolf Lake:
'Maybe things are looking up' he thought to himself before nudging her back giving her an equally if not more dazzling smile.
"It's been a long time since we've 'talked' to each other." he asked her receiving a somber nod. "Up for a run sometime?" he asked, making no attempt to hide the hope shinning in his eyes.
She couldn't resist teasing him; she laughed "Hmmm, a run? I'm not sure that's a good idea…." She said trailing off, after seeing his crestfallen face she snorted in mirth "Sure." She said nudging again a bright smile on her face.
'Well that went better than I thought' Luke thought to himself as he blocked out the bickering between Presley and Sarah and turned towards Sean. "Up for a game while we wait for food?" he asked.
"Dude when am I not?" Sean answered rubbing his hands together in anticipation
"Don't you dare distract him Luke, he has to finish his project" Sophia scolded playfully.
"Homework first, games later" Presley mocked with a laugh of her own, noticing his pouty face in Sophia's direction. "Lighten up Luke, Sarah can kick your ass, if not I'll do the honors."
So attuned with the brunette walking next to him, he almost slammed into a tree as they reached Sean's house causing an obnoxious amount of laughter from all the girls and the blonde male sitting on the hood of his car waiting for the group of teens.
On with the story…
"So, little Sophia Donner is a white wolf eh?" the blonde questioned walking towards the group of teens in front of Sean's house "Wonder how you pulled that one off?" he sneered in their direction
"Back off you flea beaten mongrel" Sophia snapped, her eyes flashing
"Or what?" he said moving towards her.
"Or we'll tie you down and let her eat your insides for dinner" Presley growled out moving in front of Sophia, eyes flashing in warning. She had been itching to fight all week and she had no form of release anywhere, no sex, no fighting, no physical contact it was quite unsettling. Honestly, she just wanted to shed some blood, and she knew she was using this as her excuse, even as she felt the thickness in the air that yelled danger, tasted the bitter musk that meant someone if not all the teens behind her were ready to shift.
"Jesus guys, what's going on?" she heard Randy as he approached on foot; apparently no one knew he had arrived because the scent of the up and coming battle was still high in the air.
"Tyler" he said, noticing the older blonde shifter. Placing a mask of ice on his face he moved towards his friends stopping to stand next to Presley "You're out numbered dipshit. What are you even doing here?" he asked making no attempt to hide the contempt in his voice. He could feel Presley bristle beside him, his own hackles rising, he took a breath and sensed that eerie hum of an oncoming flip.
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"Tyler Creed, get your hoodlum ass off my yard" they heard Terry Monroe yell "And Sean, you and your friends best get your butts inside, you have work to make up and I have to go to work" she screeched from the porch of the house
"Now I'm going to count to 5 and if both my requests are not met before I finish so help me good I will skin all 7 of you before you can blink your eyes." She told the group, never letting her eyes waver from Tyler "If you ever come round here again all big, bad and threatening especially when it comes to my pup, Tyler, you'll be wishin you hadn't" she threatened moving forward and holding up her index finger "that's one" she stated as she reached the bottom of the stairs and holding up another finger "two, now I'll be damned ya'll still ain't in the house get moving, three" she said calmly when the teens still hadn't moved a step.
"Now look, you used to be real good friends to my Timmy, but you come back her threatening my son or his friends and I can forget all those times I had to wipe your behind when your momma had me watch you. Tyler those are some real good kids, stupid maybe but goo none the less. I don't need you coming round here threatening them" she huffed pushing him into his car. "You and your buffoon friends, stay away and I won't have to beat your ass red. Did I make myself clear?" Growling deep from her chest, she smacked the blonde upside the head "Tyler I asked you a question and I ain't got all day, I can't be late to work. Did. I. Make. Myself. Clear?" She snapped tapping her foot with impatience.
"Yes Aunt Terry" he mumbled weakly with a sigh, looking up meekly he continued "I'm sorry."
"Alright, Alright." She told him dismissively and pecking his cheek "Get outta here already. Your blocking my car." She said tapping her hand on the hood of his car. "And no more antagonizing Matt, ya hear! I won't have it" she wagged her finger at him
"No promises there" he replied smirking and reversing the car with a smile in her direction
"Why you stinking little runt" he vaguely heard her yell over the roar of his engine.
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"Wow, I didn't know your mother could scare Tyler off like that" Presley said turning away from the open door and towards Sean, who shrugged his shoulders and plopped of the couch behind him.
"She used to babysit the fucker. He used to be best friends with my brother." He told the group, glancing around nervously.
"Sean" Sarah asked nudging him over so she could sit "Why did he call her Aunt Terry" he choked, chuckling nervously. "Sean" she probed throwing herself sofa when he didn't move, placing her head on his lap and perching her feet over the armrest. Looking up at him expectantly, she arched an eyebrow and poked his stomach. "Are you related to Tyler Creed?"
He nodded sullenly, hiding his face in his hands, causing the brunette laying across his lap to laugh
"Well I'll be damned" Terry huffed walking into the house "What are you kids doing here so early? I thought you all high tailed it to The Diner first chance you got." She reached the coffee table, snatching her keys up, looking directly at Luke "Don't know how that poor Donner girl deals with you boys" she huffed some more.
"Ma" Sean said jumping off his seat, sending Sarah tumbling to the floor "I got that project to do." His said looking at his mother, his eyes pleading, and cheeks flaring "I'm hungry, what's for dinner?"
"I don't know how that girl can deal with all you rude inconsiderate pups. Don't you dare try cooking Sean; you got money, order a pizza. I ain't cleaning up your mess." She groaned in frustration, head snapping back to look at the teens when she heard a soft giggle. Eyes opening wide, her nose registered a different scent, she chuckled "Well hello Sophia" she said smiling to the girl
"Hi Mrs. Monroe" Sophia responded blushing
"Oh I'll have none of that dearie. Call me Terry" her eyes twinkling "I hope you girls can whip these boys in shape." She finished absentmindedly, sending Luke a very nasty glare, snapping her fingers at his feet then pointing to the ground "I swear, they act like they don't know any better" she grumbled "Feet Down Now" she said smacking his shoulder when he didn't reply to her request. Turning around she noticed Sophia's blush "Well don't be shy honey, make yourself at home. I must say you have a lovely wolf. We always knew you'd be special. Kyle god rest his soul" she said stopping by a picture her hands stroking it "He always said, to anyone that listened, he could feel how strong you were, he used to say 'Terry-love that little girl, makes the air around her sizzle. Makes an old man want to bare his neck. She's gonna be stronger than her daddy, that's for sure.' And would you look at that, he was right" she smiled at Sophia pulling her closer as if she was trying to share a secret. "Now why you wasting your time with my good for nothing boys" she winked at Sophia when the boys groaned and blushed.
She laughed, "If anyone asks just tell them I've been abducted or blackmailed. Yeah that sounds reasonable." Sophia said furrowing her eyebrows in contemplation.
A Bark of laughter broke the stunned expression on Terry's face. Glancing to the side, she noticed her son and his 2 best friends clutching their stomachs as they attempted to rein in the laughter, Sarah glaring heatedly at her son who had landed in a heap by the feet of the pretty brown haired girl sprawled on her floor. "Uh all right honey, if you say so." She said distractedly "Sean stop all that hollering and help that girl off the floor before she kills you and stains my clean rug. I'm leaving before you kids end up driving me insane." She told them turning around towards the front door and opening it she looked at Sophia "Well it was nice meeting you sweetie; try to keep these fools from causing too much of a ruckus." She said with a wink,
Turning back to the group Sophia noticed Sean scrambling to help a grumbling red faced Sarah of the floor, sporting a bright blush on his face as she smacked his arm away and snarled at him. "Dumb, good for nothing, didn't even notice I was on the floor." She continued, growling "No! I don't need your help. Luke! Go find something for us to eat stop laughing. Damn it!"
She fell onto the floor a second time, when Sean's feet tangled with hers. Holding in his laughter he reached down to help her again an apology on the tip of his tongue. She growled, her face burning red, eyes glazed in embarrassment.
"Soph, do you mind if I help you, I might wanna add some rat poison to someone's food!" she screeched standing on her own and marching towards the kitchen. Sophia just shook her head and followed.
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"You've really done it now man." Luke told Sean. "You shouldn't have laughed, I thought you liked her."
Presley scoffed rolling her eyes. "You got a problem Pres?" he snarled at the blonde
"Like you would know how to treat a girl you like" she rolled her eyes again, shoulders tensing when his eyes flashed in anger "I think I'll help the girls. I might slip some drain cleaner in a drink. Homicide sounds pretty appealing right now" she said stiffly, making her way towards the kitchen. 'Dumb jerks' she mentally snarled, walking into the kitchen, "Hey mind if I help, I'm thinking of tearing a page from Hollander's book and killing Luke." She said sitting on the kitchen counter closest to Sarah.
"What's your poison?" Sophia asked holding up lighter fluid, and drain cleaner.
Sarah held up mothballs with shrug "No rat poison, I had to improvise" she joked
Looking through the freezer, Sophia pulled out a family pack of steaks. She turned to the girls, package in hand "This good?" they nodded each moving to grab stuff from various plaes in the kitchen.
When Sarah & Presley had all the potatoes wash and wrapped in foil Sophia groaned "do you know where the grill is?" she asked handing Presley the bowl of defrosted and marinating steaks, they shook their heads "I need to find out where it is" she said rushing out of the kitchen.
"So um, thanks for helping me out with the whole watching Sophia's back" Sarah said after a few minutes of the awkward silence.
"Yeah, yeah just don't mention it again Hollander. Maybe I don't hate you guys but that doesn't mean I want the world to know I'm capable of good deeds." She told Sarah shrugging her shoulders and listening for the sounds of Sophia returning.
Within a minute both Sarah and herself had growled and made their way into the living room to confront the Neanderthal that had imposed on their get together.
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"Hey Sean, where's your grill?" Sophia asked walking into the living room.
"The garage, I think. We must have moved it in there since it's been raining a lot." He explained walking towards the door further down the hall "Let me just get it out." He said opening the door and walking in.
"So Sophia" Randy said wiggling hi eyebrows at her. "How do you like your new classes?"
"They're all right I guess, not much different from my old ones except well I'm bombarded with a lot more thoughts than before." She responded shrugging her shoulders, perching herself on the armrest of the sofa furthest from Luke.
'Why the hell is Luke looking at me like that' she thought to herself
"You coming to the rave tomorrow?" Randy asked her as Luke moved closer to her.
"Maybe, I kinda already had plans," she told him ignoring the low growl coming from her left where Luke was sitting now sniffing in her direction. "Damn it Luke move, have you never heard of personal space" she snapped at him
"Yep" he responded with a wicked gleam in his eyes "I like personal space, your space"
She couldn't help the blush that made its way up her and onto her face or that it intensified as the boys chuckled at her expense. So it wasn't a shock that they hadn't noticed the back door open.
"Luke. There you are." A feminine voice purred "Baby, I've been looking for you, when I stopped by your house your mom said you were with your friends." She continued, growling when she noticed Sophia. "I didn't know the zoo bait was here."
"Brianna" Sophia nodded in her direction trying to maintain some semblance of calm "
Why the fuck are you so close to Luke, your practically on top of him" Brianna snarled ignoring Sean as he walked back in
"Bet he'd like that" he quipped earning a chuckle from Luke and Randy.
"Brianna, calm down. I'm sitting, as is he. If you're going to obsess over the proximity in which we are sitting then I sincerely suggest that you take $1 out of your wallet use 50 cents to buy yourself a life, and the other 50 to buy yourself a toy and go fuck yourself." Sophia snarled, losing the cool and calm façade she had put up. "Who the hell invited you anyway, Luke take your cheap girlfriend and get her out of my face" she stood turning towards the young Alpha male, her eyes flashing, hands on her hip. The air around her charged warning those around of her pending flip.
Brianna's eyes flashed and she made an attempt to lunge at Sophia when the door to the kitchen burst open. (Think of the western bar/tavern door that swing in either direction) "Brianna. What! The. Fuck. Are. You. Doing. Here." Sarah bit out, struggling to pull Sophia back as the other girl growled and snarled in the tall Blonde's direction. Sean just shook his head in their direction
"Brianna the door is that way, use it" Presley told her pointing towards the front door.
"Pres," she said ignoring the way the Blonde seemed to growl at the nickname "You. Don't live here. So you can't kick me out." She told Presley who growled again in her direction
"Luke, if you want to hang with your slut, that's fine but none of us want her here." Presley snarled in his direction before rushing towards Sarah who was having a hard time keeping Sophia from attacking.
"Aww the zoo bait looks peeved" Brianna sneered "Are you upset Mutt? Mad I came and stopped your play towards Luke? Get real little girl, he'd never want you." She continued
Sophia snarled again her nails lengthening into claws, scraping against Sarah's arms
"Brianna, get out" Sean said noticing the blood, no longer finding the bitch fight amusing. He watched in horror Randy ran towards Sophia, Sarah, and Presley holding the snapping and snarling Sophia, Presley's arms sporting matching welts. "Bitch" Sophia growled out leaving Luke horrified.
"Brianna" he choked out "Leave." It wasn't an order, he couldn't concentrate fully, and he could feel his wolf reacting to Sophia's especially since her wolf was so close to the surface.
"Randy take her out back, she needs to flip" Sean said noticing Luke was in no condition to take control.
As the group made their way towards the back door he noticed Luke stiffen and scent the air. Brianna now looked rightfully terrified, frozen to the spot.
"Brianna! Leave!" he said panicking slightly since Sophia was about to flip and she had yet to vacate the premises. He watched in amusement as the blonde seemed to snap out of her daze and make her way towards the door and into her car. Moments later a beautiful white wolf was standing where Brianna had been, in front of the young Alpha and Beta snarling and looking completely ferocious. She was deadly and beautiful, and staring Luke down.
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She had never expected Sophia to be that freaking strong. It took the three of them to hold her back and even then, they were having trouble. But what seemed to throw her off the most was Presley; the once alpha bitch was hanging around with people they used to make fun of on a daily basis. She was helping Sophia Donner, had even been seen in public talking to Sarah and was dissing her best friend in the process. She could still smell the blood from the female shifter and more importantly the lust that was rolling off of Luke. What she couldn't understand was why he was staring at the stupid zoo-bait and not her. This just wouldn't do, that bitch had to learn her place, Sophia Donner would pay.
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"Someone stop her! Shit, Brianna's still inside, I can smell the vile witch," Sarah yelled from her place on the floor, terror taking over her face.
"Oh, just let Sophia munch on her, it's not liked any of us would miss her" Presley said making no effort to stop the white wolf barreling towards the back door. She dusted off her capris and held a hand out for Sarah to grab. "Calm down Hollander, Luke won't let his precious slut get hurt." She told the girl earning a snort of amusement from the blonde male pulling the leaves out of his hair.
"Yeah well, he'll probably make Sean run interference" Sarah mumbled grudgingly not noticing the way Presley smirked and Randy shook his head
"And we wouldn't want that now would we Miss Hollander? Your precious beta mate might get hurt huh?" Presley said snickering turning to look at Randy
"You're both crazy for each other and too stupid to see it. You females, never able to see what's right in front of you. Why don't you just make a move? You do know he's an idiot right? He'll never catch on by himself" Randy said holding open the back door looking directly at Presley, there eyes meeting before she snorted a laugh.
"Please Hollander could flash the dope and he would still be clueless, scratching his head in confusion." Presley scoffed.
When they reached the swinging kitchen door, they noticed the silent exchange between Sophia and Luke. To the untrained eye, it was a teenage male staring at a scary and furious wolf, but they knew she was testing him, berating him, challenging him. What was completely unexpected was the smirk adorning his chiseled face which only served to cause the wolf to snarl and growl even more.
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'Wow! If I thought she was beautiful as a human then she gorgeous as a wolf' he couldn't help the awe that found his way into his thoughts, he couldn't stop his instinctual reaction to the waves of anger and strength rolling off the magnificent wolf in front of him or the growl of approval that rose up in his chest. She was breath taking and he was sure, completely sure now that his feelings ran deeper than he expected. 'Mate' his wolf howled, moving closer to the surface, threatening to take over. He was definitely having trouble keeping his wolf at bay, as the gold eyed beauty growled at him, daring him to move or speak.
'Sophia, calm down.' He ordered on the pack link hoping to mask the urgency of his order. If she kept staring at him like that, he was sure to flip and hash it out with her in wolf form. The wolf spared him one more glance before snorting and lowering her head for him to pet. Her fur was unbelievably soft, but he barely had time to register that fact and store it for later use before she nipped at his hand and dashed out of the house. He growled, an echo of her thoughts trailing after her 'Come. Run with me'
He was out of his clothes and in his wolf skin before the others could register the turn of events. 'Damn, I can't even control myself' he thought to himself fleetingly as he chased down Sophia.
It wasn't long before he caught up to her, realizing a little late he only caught her because she had allowed it.
'Where are we headed?' he asked her not completely expecting a reply
'Nowhere in particular, just enjoy the scenery' she told him making a mad dash into the forest turning back to circle him, making him feel like her prey. He veered off to the left hoping she would catch on and follow, which she did grudgingly.
Leading her into a clearing, he felt her joy, before he registered her voice.
'This is the place where you flipped for me the first time.' She gave him a wolfish grin 'you were right you know; it's really freeing to be in this form' she finished, lying down.
He curled up next to her and they stayed like that for a while until.
'I could never get tired of this type of beauty' she mused quietly, a soft whisper to his ears
'Soph you do know I didn't invite Brianna right' he asked her turning his snout in her directing and nuzzling her neck.
She nodded, 'Doesn't mean I like it' she said bitterly, 'doesn't mean I like her' she finished standing up. She stretched her hind legs, then her front and finally shook her coat out. 'You coming Alpha dog?' she mocked nudging his side with her cold nose.
In a matter of seconds, they were off running through the woods heading back to Sean's house playing and nipping at each other. It was a beautiful blur of white and gray.
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"It's about damn time you got back, I'm hungry." Presley complained when they arrived back at the house 3 hours later "Sean and Randy finished their project an hour ago. Get to cooking Donner or I might have to reconsider my new attitude" she said making the others laugh as the girls walked into the kitchen.
"And we would want that, now would we guys" Sophia said with an eye roll "Pass me the steaks and I need a lighter" she continued
"Oh don't worry about it Luke just turned it on for you" Sean told her settling down on the sofa next to Sarah and Randy to play a video game, Sarah was beautifully winning.
"Okay thanks" she called out taking the steaks from Presley. "Can you grab the potatoes and corn please?"
"You're welcome" Luke purred standing behind her causing Presley to laugh like a maniac, placing the trays she was carrying by the girl.
She cleared her throat "I'm sorry" she said continuing to clear her throat. "Yeah umm, Luke why don't you help Sophia" she glanced back at the house longingly "I think Sarah is calling me."
"Well that wasn't weird at all" Sophia mumbled watching the front door shut behind the crazy blonde shifter.
"Nope not a bit" Luke agreed. 'This is bound to be a memorable night' he thought with a smile
AN: I personally love Terry :D she's soooo cute!