After Tommy walked 10 minutes back to the apartment, he saw Merton had gone to get his shower, so Tommy picked his English book up and continued the reading he had been doing when Merton interrupted him earlier.

After another 20 minutes, Merton came through the room and went to lock the door. On his way to bed he turned off the light in the den.

"MERTON!!"

"Sorry Tommy, I thought that you were still out."

"Well, I'm not so turn the light back on and go to bed, I have to finish this essay and write a few notes for discussion in class tomorrow."

"Alright, see you in the morning Tommy."

"Night, Merton"

Merton went to his bedroom. Tommy spent 35 more minutes working on his assignment and then he when to his bedroom and went to bed.

The next morning, Tommy had classes from 9 to 1:30 and Merton had classes from 8 to 12. Tommy had football practice after his classes. When Tommy returned to the apartment at 4, Merton was working on an assignment for his creative writing class.

"Tommy, what are your plans for tonight?" Merton asked looking up from his writing.

"I really don't have any plans, why?" Tommy replied while walking toward his room to put his backpack down.

"Tonight is a full moon, remember, so I'm asking if you're staying in or going running later."

"I think I'll stay in tonight."

"Alright, I just wanted to know."

With that, Tommy started on his assignments while wondering why Merton wanted to know if he was going running or staying in during that night's full moon.

Merton knew that he would be have a hard time keeping his arousal hidden from Tommy's wolf sense of smell; therefore he would have to make sure he keep his fantasies out of his mind for the whole night.

For the next 3 hours Tommy and Merton both worked on their assignments for their various courses. They had the weekend as it was Friday but they wanted to have the weekend free to hang out; of course they wanted to be together but neither was going to reveal their feelings.

At seven o'clock the full moon could be seen and Tommy wolfed out as usual. Merton was on the phone with Becky; Becky had changed since Merton had graduated from high school and she was staying in touch be way of email and phone calls about once or twice a week. She called Merton by his name and didn't use any of the nicknames she previously used, and had actually become somewhat interested in the supernatural but not to the same degree as Merton. She had left the lair alone, so it was the same as when Merton moved out and Becky had no interest in taking it over so it would be there if Tommy needed a place to hide when he was wolfed out.

After Merton hung up, he and Tommy decided to watch a movie. After a few minutes of argument they decided on Training Day. As they watched the movie, they each moved closer together until Merton was close enough to put his head on Tommy's shoulder. By the time the movie reached its conclusion, Merton had fallen asleep. Tommy, seeing that his love was asleep, decided to carry Merton to his room and put him to bed.

The next morning when Merton woke up, he realized that Tommy had carried him to his bedroom; Merton just wished that he could be held by Tommy when he was awake and could remember and enjoy the experience.

Tommy and Merton traveled the 20 minutes back to Merton's parents' house to begin the setup for the night of the comet.

Merton had told Becky the night before that they were coming. Becky hadn't told Merton about the surprise he would get when they got there. Becky had a friend she wanted to introduce to Merton.