A/N hey guys sorry about taking so long to update this but anyway without further distractions besides thanks to AaOWaSaCD4ever for editing read on my people.
Chapter Seven/The Next Day
As we walked through the forest talking, I thought about Abby, and how beautiful she is. I marveled over the fact that she asked me to hang out, not the other way around! While I thought it over, I heard someone suggest going swimming, and I hear a few wolves agree. I looked to see everyone staring at me, waiting for my response.
"Ummm... Sure, why not? " I asked.
When I answer they all smiled, and started heading towards where the lake was. When we reached it, I went to the edge to think about whether or not I should jump in, but my thoughts were interrupted by Lilly yelling at Garth.
"Garth? Garth? Don't throw me in there! Garth! Garth n-" She's cut off when he suddenly picked her up, and jumped into the water with her on his back.
She came up first, gasping for air, and Garth followed shorty after, smiling at her.
"You said not to throw you in... You never said anything about not being able to jump in with you." He said, getting a face full of water from Lilly as she squirted it at him with her mouth, making him laugh.
I smiled and looked to the side to see Cole jumping in with a WILLING Tori, laughing joyfully. Kate was already in the water... But where's Humphrey? I'm interrupted by a sudden push from behind. As I fell, I grabbed the paw that pushed me, and pulled it in with me as I plummeted into the lake water beneath me. We hit the water with a big splash, and the cold from the water surrounded me quickly. I resurfaced, gasping for air.
"W-Wow that's cold! Who's idea was this again?" I asked, shivering.
"Mine... I just wanted to push you into the water." Replied Humphrey.
After twenty minutes of splashing, swimming and such, we all got out and shook ourselves dry, beginning to head towards our dens. As we head down a hill, Humphrey, Kate, Cole, Tori, and I said out goodnights to Garth and Lilly, and they said goodnight back before heading into their own den. We followed suite, and left to our own dens. As I laid down, I though about what will happen tomorrow, and how the date will go before falling into a deep sleep.
The Next Day
I could hear paw steps coming into my den, so I froze immediately, waiting to see what the unknown creature would do.
"Andrew, you awake yet?" Garth asked.
When he spoke, I realized I was being overly protective.
"Yeah... So what do you need?" I asked.
"I was wondering if you wanted to come and hunt for food with me."
I look at him, then outside to see that the sun isn't fully up yet.
"Sure." I replied.
"Okay, come on." He said, turning out of the den, making me follow.
After a few minutes of walking I see a field ahead of us with a few caribou in it, feeding on grass. I went to show Garth, but he was already looking in that direction. He got down into crouching position, instructing me to do the same, so I did. We started creeping towards the caribou, and when we were a few feet from them, we split off with me going to the right, and him to the left. When I felt I was close enough, I signaled to him that I was ready, and when he signaled back, we jumped out of the grass with our claws ready to attack. I landed a perfect hit on the caribou's neck with my jaws as my claws sank deep into it's shoulders to hold on tight,, feeling the blood gush into my muzzle as it goes limp. I licked my muzzle clean of any blood, panting, and looked at a not panting Garth, standing over his dead caribou, smiling at me, as if he didn't even move.
"Good job... You did better than I expected. Just work on your cardio a bit, and you'll do even better." He said, starting to drag the caribou back to the feeding grounds.
I nodded, and with that, we dragged the caribou to the feeding grounds where all the wolves gather to eat. We are the first wolves there, so we sat there for about five minutes before seeing Kate and Tori dragging one caribou each, along with Hutch and Candu carrying one each as well. I take the opportunity to help and run to Kate and grab the caribou for her and carry it.
"Thanks Andrew." She said.
I nodded, and I looked over to see Garth carrying Tori's caribou, hearing her thank him as well. When we got there, we dropped the caribou, and Garth, Kate, and Tori left to get their mates, so I was left with Hutch and Candu.
"So how are you guys?" I asked them.
"Pretty good, and you?" Replied Hutch.
"I'm good... Easy kill?" I asked.
"Oh yeah... It's always easy." Said Candu, getting a nod from Hutch.
"Well good..." I said, seeing the others return.
"So... How does this work? Who gets what?" I asked.
"Dig in! Just be sure to leave enough for everyone else, that's all." Said Cole.
"Oh... Okay!" I said, doing as instructed and digging in.
After about twenty minutes, we were all done eating. I looked up to the sun to see it's almost in the middle of the sky. I questioned how much time it took us to catch and eat our food... I remembered I had to I go and pick up Abby in about four hours, so I thought about what I could do to pass the time...
"So... What can we do now?" I asked.
"We could patrol the area. That's what I was going to ask you to do with me anyway." Said Garth.
"Okay, yeah. How long will that take?" I asked him.
"All depends on how fast you patrol... At most an hour though." He replied.
"Well alright then, let's go." I said, starting our patrol.
A/N alright Andrew and Garth are going patrolling it shall be interesting to say the least or at least I hope so. Anyway thanks to AaOWaSaCD4ever for editing and that's it alright till next time guys!