A/N: Sorry for the late update, work decided that they was going to work us this past weekend at the last moment and I didn't have time to get anything done. I'm going to shoot for an update about once a week, but it may be sooner or later depending on how my schedule works out. Here's my shot at an anthro based high school story , which is inspired by the works of StarlitSnowWolf, KellyLad13 and Ncham9. There will be at least one OC later as the story goes along, which I will post the OC stats on my page and possibly in the A/N at the time. Wanted to thank you for giving the story a chance and would like to thank ncham9, LionPrankster and DariaAlpha for helping me out with the questions I have had as well as the advice given so far, and thank ncham9, Lionprankster and mysterydude23 for the reviews. :) Feel free to pm me with any questions and i will try to answer to the best without giving any of the story away. Well that's enough rambling, onto the story...

Humphrey awoke suddenly panting hard and covered in a cold sweat from the dream he just had. 'No it wasn't a dream' he thought to himself realizing that it was the beginning of a night that he wanted to forget so bad but couldn't. He glanced over to the beautiful reddish orange she-wolf that was still sound asleep in his arms, giving her a gentle kiss on her forehead before easing his arm out from under her and getting up out of his bed. He walked down the hallway towards the bathroom as the disturbing dream still haunted his thoughts, no matter how hard he tried to push them aside. Stopping at the sink, he took a glance into the mirror and realized how rough he looked. Turning on the water and leaning down, he proceeded to splash some cold water on his face before using the bathroom and following the smell of breakfast being cooked in the kitchen. As he walked back down the hallway, he took a quick glance back into his room to see if Claws had awaken before continuing towards the kitchen. To his surprise though, she was still dead to the world.

"Morning" Salty said as he noticed Humphrey walking into the kitchen. "Late night again with Claws?"

"Nah, we really didn't do anything last night after we got home, how about you and Sweets?" Humphrey replied as he pulled a gallon of milk from the fridge and proceeded to pour himself a glass before sitting down at the kitchen table with the plate Salty had made for him. He hadn't lied entirely to his best friend, but he knew that somethings were best kept between him and her.

"Last night was one of the better times we have had, but you know Sweets bro. She's the silent and wild type" he said with a laugh as he flipped the last of the eggs and reached for a plate to put them on.

"Speaking of Sweets… where is she? I didn't see her in you room when I passed by"

"I think Kate, Candy and she was going to go have a girl's day. Which guessing would probably mean shopping all day with them as they left out really early. You have any plans for today?" Salty Asked as he turned off the stove top and sat down with his plate across from Humphrey at the table.

"Claws has to go to work this afternoon, but I'm not really in the mood to do anything. Why what's up? Humphrey replied as he reached for another piece of bacon.

"I was thinking maybe you and me could pick up or meet up with Shakey and Mooch and have a guy's day out today, what do you say bro? It's been a while since it was just us guys." He could tell that Humphrey had had another one of those dreams, but he also knew that there was no getting the details out of him and that they would only get worse in intensity as it got closer to his Dad's birthday. He watched as his friend pushed eggs around slowly on his plate, acting distant as if his mind is somewhere else. Adding some more bacon and another biscuit to his plate, he turned to Humphrey who still hadn't replied and said "Come on bro, you could use some time out of the house to clear your head and get your mind off things."

"Humphrey, get out and have some fun" Claws said, shocking the other two as they had no idea she was standing there against the doorway. They looked at her in shock and in a way speechless as to what she was wearing, which was nothing more than one of Humphrey's Mopar t-shirts and a lacey purple thong that was just barely visible. She smiled as she knew what the boys was staring at, so she quickly snapped her fingers, which pulled them out from their trance.

"Huh? Oh... Yea I don't know, we will see." Humphrey stumbled over his words as he stared at Claw's shapely body and perky nipples poking out through his favorite shit. "Morning Sexy, did you sleep good last night?"

Looking at the clock and back to them, Claws replied with a smile and wink "Judging from what time it is and the fact I never felt you get out of bed, I must have." She leaned back up off the door way before slowly walking over to the table and grabbing a seat next to Humphrey. "Although I do need to get dressed and head home before I have to be at work. I promised Mom that I would help out with laundry and a few other things around the house and being that its after 8 am, she's probably wondering where I'm at. "

"Why don't you have a biscuit or some bacon before you go?" Salty replied "I mean I've only been slaving over a hot stove all morning"

"I would Salty, but I'm still full from last night" she smirked as Humphrey turn three shades of red underneath his fur.

"I can only imagine" Salty laughed at her comment as he finished what was left on his plate and looked over at Humphrey who had hide his face in his paws. "Awe, I think someone's embarrassed"

Humphrey looked up from his paws visibly red " Well what can I say, we had a big dinner last night"

"Yea, a very big and filling dinner" Claws replied as she looked over at Humphrey seductively while biting her lower lip as she slowly pushed the chair back and away from the table to get up. Walking behind Humphrey, she slowly ran her paw along the top of his shoulders before leaning down and whispering into his ear just loud enough that only he could hear. "Go have some fun and when I get off tonight, we can have some more fun like last night ok?" Humphrey nodded in response as a huge smile came across his face.

"Hey now, secrets don't make friends" said Salty as he saw her whispering into his buddy's ear and attempted to lean in, but was quickly pushed back away with a paw in his chest from Claws. He sat back own into his seat with a sad face and a fake sniffle. "I see how it is..."

"You're damn right" Claws snapped at Salty with a laugh. "But i really need to get going before i get in trouble. Humphrey, I'll be seeing you later " She gave him a wink as she turned, walked out of the kitchen and down the hallway towards Humphrey's room. Humphrey meanwhile, watched her shapely hips disappear down the hall, his head moving with the motion of her hips.

About 4 hours later…..

Humphrey and Salty was cruising down the strip, headed nowhere in particular with the T-tops out in his Hugger Orange 2000 Chevy Camaro SS. They were mostly riding in silence as Humphrey was still trying to forget the dream he had, and he really didn't want to trouble his friend with it at this time. Salty was use to Humphrey being in these moods since his Dad died a few years back, and he knew that night still haunted his friend in his dreams from time to time. He really wished he knew the words to say or any way to help him out. Suddenly Humphrey broke the silence "Hey bro, I just wanted to tell you thank you"

"For what?" asked Salty with a confused look on his face as the apology caught him off guard. He knew Humphrey had been going through the motions lately, as the nightmares was becoming more common and it was also coming up on his Dad's Birthday, He was always a little more emotional than usual during this time of the year, and it didn't help that his Dad was all Humphrey had after his mom died while giving birth to him. Salty had moved in with his best friend to insure he didn't do anything drastic and to also help out with what bills was left after the insurance money ran out on Humphrey.

"For everything" Humphrey replied with a slight sadness in his voice as he pressed in the clutch and slide the shifter into the next gear, before releasing the clutch and rolling back into the gas. "For always being there and not letting me drown in my own despair after my Dad died. I knew we was best friends, but I didn't know that you would do all that for a friend Salty. It really means a lot to me knowing the depth of the friendship we have. To be honest, if it wasn't for you and Kate always being there when I felt like my whole world was torn apart, I don't know where I would be right now."

"That's what best friends are for Humphrey. You and me though, we are practically brothers. Brothers from another mother to be exact." Salty replied with a slight chuckle. He knew he had to get his friend's mind somewhere else or he would have an emotional mess on his hands. So thinking quickly, he changed the subject. 'So what's going on between you and Claws?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean are you two going back out or are you just going to play the buddy card? She has been staying the night a lot on weekends again and seems to be over when you and Kate are not hanging out." He saw a glimmer of happiness escape when he mention Kate's name in the form of a smile. He knew Humphrey had feelings for Kate, as he had admitted this to Salty during one of his depressed moods. But Humphrey was too scared to make the move on Kate, because he didn't think he had a chance. Still Salty never fully understood why Humphrey never made the attempt to find out what could be. Why neither of them made the attempt other than the casual flirting that happened between them never made any sense to him.

"Just friends, that's all." Replied Humphrey

"Friends…. Uh huh" Salty said with a smile "yea because all my friends be moaning 'MMMM… Fuck yes that's it, right there big boy… Oh fuck pound my…"

"SALTY!" Humphrey exclaimed noticeably embarrassed and 20 shades of red, interrupting Salty before he could get any further with his reenactment.

"I'm just saying Bro" Salty replied with a laugh as he knew that Humphrey knew he was only repeating what he had heard coming from Humphrey's room last night.

"Fine… Friends with benefits, buddies, whatever you want to call it. The sex is good and no need in passing it up." Humphrey replied with a smile. He knew he had been caught and his face was red under his grey fur, but not enough to be noticeable as before. He quickly changed the subject to avoid further interrogation from his friend, knowing that he could only delay the conversation. "Has Shakey and Mooch said where they wanted to meet for lunch?"

"I don't know, let me check my phone and see." Salty reached down into the console of the car to pull his phone out and noticed the indicator light flashing, meaning he had a message. He unlocked his phone and opened the waiting message "I guess my phone was silent or I didn't hear it over your exhaust. They want to know how Sonic sounds?"

"Sounds great actually, tell them to meet us there in 1o minutes." Humphrey pressed in the clutch, down shifted into second gear before letting out of the clutch and getting back into the gas. The Camaro happily responded with a loud growl from the exhaust before launching down the street as they headed to meet up with the rest of the group at the local burger hop.