Revenge : His Mysterious Werecat

9 - Friends Having Fun

Lance POV

    Seeing Celeste emerge from the tree line as a were-jaguar was like a shock and awe for me.  I was expecting to see a were-panther emerge, since both of her parents are were-panthers.  So as you can imagine, I was literally speechless at first.

    After I gazed at her beautiful jaguar for a few seconds, I reached out and ran the palm of my hand down her back, as I softly murmured, "I can't believe you are a were-jaguar.  You are so pretty.  That totally explains why you always want to hang out in the rain forest."

    She was quick to mind link and ask me to open the door for her, which I immediately did, but I couldn't stop glancing at Celeste and admiring how gorgeous she was in her cat form.  I've always had a crush on Celeste, but now that I was getting into my teenage years, I was starting to see her in a whole different way.

    As soon as the front door opened, she sprinted past me, then she ran straight to her bedroom.  I heard her parents gasp as she ran by, and my eyes immediately snapped to where they were sitting.

    I could see shock in both of their eyes, and I could tell they were just as stunned to see her as jaguar as I was.  They stood up from the couch, then they both walked to the hall opening and waited for her to return.

    The second Celeste came out of the bedroom, her mom was quick to gush, "My precious girl, you finally shifted!  I can't believe you are a were-jaguar!  Drake, how is this possible?"

    Celeste's dad chuckled before he replied, "It's not very common, but I've heard of this happening before.  One of us must have an ancestor who was a were-jaguar."

    "Whatever the reason, I don't care.  Sweetie, your jaguar is absolutely gorgeous," her mom affectionately stated, as she wrapped Celeste in a loving embrace.  A second later, her dad joined them and made it a group hug.

    Celeste's parents had always been loving and affectionate parents to her.  Sometimes, I wished my parents were more like hers.  Not that my parents treated me bad or anything like that, but they weren't as quick to give me attention unless it was my birthday, or I was seriously injured.  However, they made sure I had any and everything I could possibly want or need.

    After they released Celeste from the group hug, she told them "thank you," then she grabbed my hand and excitedly pulled me to her bedroom.  As soon as her door shut, she happily chirped, "You aren't going to believe what all happened this morning.  I still can't hardly believe it, and I was there."

    I chuckled at my excited friend, then I curiously asked. "What happened?"

    "I don't exactly know how to explain it, but the jungle was calling to me, and my cat took me so far into the jungle that I ended up on the Jungle Pack's territory.  That's where I shifted into my cat form for the first time," she enthusiastically gushed with excitement.

    "What else happened?" I asked after I process what she had just said.

    Celeste took a deep breath, then she cheerfully exclaimed, "The Jungle Pack's members surrounded me while I was shifting.  At first, I was so scared, but they were really nice.  Alpha Jared explained to me that the jungle called me there to make my first shift easier and less painful.  He says I belong with their pack, and he offered me to join them anytime after I turn sixteen."

    "What?  You can't leave our pack unless it's for your mate," I stated with anxiousness.  I couldn't stand the thought of her leaving, and I felt a rush of emotions overwhelm me, as I heard her say something about joining a different pack.

    "I didn't agree to join them, but he was very nice, and their territory is absolutely beautiful.  There is this waterfall that is so mesmerizing to see.  Oh, and Alpha Jared said I could bring you and Lynzee there with me, as long as neither of you start trouble for their pack," she quickly explained.

    I had seen her excited a lot of different times, but I had never seen her as excited as she was at that moment.  I couldn't stop the smile that slowly formed on my face from seeing her so happy.  After a few seconds, I assured her, "I would love to visit the waterfall with you.  We could go for a swim while we we're there."

    "Definitely," she happily replied with the smile still plastered on her face, then she walked over to her bed.

    After she climbed onto the bed, she waved for me to join her, and I wasted no time doing just that.  As soon as I did, she reached over and grabbed my hand, then she just held it in hers, as she stared up at the ceiling.

    We laid there in silence for a little bit, as we both got lost in our own thoughts.  I wasn't sure exactly what she was thinking about, but I was thinking about how odd it was that she shifted a week after her birthday, and her cat form ended up being a jaguar.  I had never heard of a werecat shifting for the first time on any other day besides their birthday.  I found it to be quite mindboggling.  

    When she finally spoke again, it was to drowsily mumble, "Shifting for the first time is exhausting."

    I chuckled before I nonchalantly replied, "Yes, it is."

    Celeste went silent again after that, then I heard soft little snores start escaping from between her lips.  I smiled at my bestfriend and watched her sleep for a few minutes, then I felt myself start drifting to sleep.

Celeste POV

    I only had to sleep for a few hours, then I woke up feeling fully energized again.  After I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes and gave my limbs a good stretch, I reached over and gently shook Lance to wake him up.  It took a few times of shaking him, then he groggily asked, "Why are you waking me up, Celeste?"

    I giggled at him, then I nonchalantly replied, "I'm bored.  Get up and hang out with me."

    Instantly, he huffed at me, then he rolled to his side with his back to me.  I flashed an evil smirk in his direction, then I started tickling his side.  Right away, he curled into a ball and started laughing.  Tickling always worked to wake him up, and this time was no exception.

    After I had him panting, as he tried to catch his breath from all of the laughing, I finally stopped tickling him and curiously asked, "Are you going to get up now?"

    "Yeah, yeah, fine.  I guess I'll get up now," he playfully remarked before he stretched out his limbs.  When he was finished stretching, he glanced at me and asked, "What do you want to do, now that you got me woke up?"

    I flashed him a smile, then I cheerfully replied, "I want to go for a run."

    Lance rolled his eyes at me, then he jokingly responded, "You would want me to go run as soon as I wake up."

    I laughed at his response, then I climbed off the bed and slipped my feet into a pair of black flip flops.  Lance slowly followed suit, then we headed straight from my bedroom to the forest outside.  After I hid behind a tree, I pulled my sundress off, then I shifted into my cat form.  When I left the cover of the tree, I saw Lance had already stepped out from behind his tree.

    I walked over to him while I admired his beautiful panther, then I batted my paw at his black tail that was sporadically whipping from side to side.  Instinctively, he turned and hissed at me, but I just batted my paw at his face when he did that.  A second later, he whipped his tale and lightly smacked my face with it, then he sprinted into the forest.

    I was quick to sprint after him, and it didn't take long at all for me to catch up with him.  Right away, I tackled him to the ground, then I started playfully nipping at his ear.  It didn't seem to bother him, and before long we were playfully rolling around on the forest floor wrestling with each other in our cat form.

    By the time we stopped wrestling, we were both covered in dirt and leaves, and I immediately started licking my fur.  I couldn't stand being dirty, and I noticed right away that Lance was doing the same thing.  We spent about twenty minutes cleaning our own fur, then out of nowhere, Lance started licking my ears and the top of my head.

    My heart melted a little from the affectionate gesture, and my cat started purring like crazy.  As soon as he stopped cleaning me, I returned the favor and cleaned the top of his head and his ears.  Just like my cat, his cat started purring, and I thought it was the cutest thing ever.  

    Other than the day Kyle killed me, when I was still Alana the werewolf, my parents were the only ones who ever showed me that kind of affection.  Even when Kyle did show me affection, it didn't feel right to me.  However, it felt perfectly amazing to receive affection from Lance, and I hoped with every ounce of my being, that Lance would end up being my werecat mate.

Kyle POV

    It had been exactly a year since Alana died, and I was still filled with grief over her death.  I still blamed myself, and I had yet to come with terms with any of it.

    I had insisted my parents have a memorial built in honor of her, and I would visit it everyday on my way home from school.  While I was there, I would apologize for the way I treated her, and ask for her forgiveness.  I knew I wouldn't hear anything back from her, but it made me feel a little better to admit I was wrong for being so cruel to her when she was still alive.

    I was seriously starting to wonder if I would ever be able to get over her death.  It made no sense for me to be so upset about her death, but I felt like there was something special about her.  However, since she died, I would never know for sure.

    Luckily, I had recently shifted into my wolf form for the first time, so I had battle training in the evenings.  That helped more than anything else to take my mind off of the dead shewolf, and it gave me a reason to start taking better care of myself.