The Cameron Hotel Chapter 18
Chris leaned back in the couch, lazily running a paw through his mane, as he looked at a nearly full, neglected bowl of popcorn on the coffee table, "So...they WERE supposed to be here, right?"
"They were supposed to be, but they're obviously not." Matt slipped his cell phone back into his pocket, "No answer on Jasyn's phone either." He paused and raised an eyebrow, "And...why we haven't gotten Riddick a phone yet?"
The lion took a breath, but paused before he answered, "Better question is: why hasn't he asked for one?"
"Alex's car is out front, so maybe they left in Jasyn's truck?" Matt looked toward the front door, "Wish they'd've left a note..."
Chris let out a gruff sigh and sunk into the couch, his head hanging over the back, "I'm sure they just went to get something to eat. Remember, my son is a bit of a food maniac."
"Your son is more than a food maniac. Maybe they went out for something...else." The ottercoon let out a bit of a chuckle and walked around behind the couch.
Chris laughed, "Yeah, he does have quite the sex drive, doesn't he? Sorta' like someone else I know..."
Matt ignored his friend, "Regardless though, I'm still worried." He looked down at the house phone and sighed without even picking it up, "...God...I sound like they're my kids."
"Their phones are probably just dead or turned off." The lion yawned, obviously less worried than his friend, "Maybe they're in a movie."
"But without leaving a note? Or calling one of us? There's not even a message on the answering machine. Maybe there's something on the caller ID..." Matt stepped over to, and began scrolling through the ID on the receiver, "Yep! First one even: Tanya Fuller. That's Jasyn's place. I guess they called from over there after they left. Probably checking to see if we were home or something." He tapped the little table for a moment, before turning back around, "Better ask Sirrus to make sure, though. SIRRUS!! Could you come to the living room for a minute?"
Chris opened his muzzle, all geared up to tell Matt what a good, doting mother he was being, but only let out a startled yell as Sirrus's head popped out from between his feet.
Having been hiding under the couch, Sirrus shimmied his way out, and hopped up into the seat and then onto the back of the couch, "Yeah?"
The ottercoon chuckled at Chris and petted the dragon, "Did the boys happen to tell you where they were going? Or did they just leave?"
"Uhm...something about Luke?" Sirrus tilted his head into the petting, "He's the one that looks like you...err...but he's gray! Right?"
"Yes he is!" Matt continued his petting as he turned to look at his friend, "See, Chris? I was right! Orgy!"
The lion turned around, up on his knees in the couch, and looked Matt right in the eyes, squinting, but grinning deviously, "And I bet you'd like to join 'em, too! Get your hands on my boy, yeah?"
"Join them? Of course!" Matt mimicked Chris & Riddick's toothy grin as best he could, "But your boy? No. Personally, I'd prefer Jasyn. He's all dominating, and I'd LOVE to make someone like that raise tail for me!" The ottercoon inched forward and put his paws on Chris's shoulders, as he licked his lips, mock threateningly, "And since the wolf boy's not here..."
Before Chris could respond, though, their ears were assaulted by the sudden chimes of the doorbell.
"Damn-it." The ottercoon winced, "That WOULD be them, wouldn't it!?" He turned around but kept looking back at Chris, "This isn't over, cat!"
"Yeah-yeah..." Chris hopped up and chuckled wryly, "Did we forget to give Riddick a key, too? I mean...a phone's one thing..." He followed along behind his roommate, and stepped up behind him as the ottercoon grabbed the knob.
As it swung open, the two found Luke standing damp, silent, and trembling in the doorway. Alex and Jaysn were to his left, Rei was at his feet, and Riddick was his on right with his arm lightly around the raccoon's waist.
Visibly tensed and holding back a flood of emotion, Luke took a small step forward, "Matt...?"
Matt's heart dropped; he'd been right to be worried, just wrong about who was in trouble. As Luke shifted his weight nervously, the ottercoon looked away from him and around at the other three for a split second each. Riddick simply sighed and Matt could see that he'd been crying, and Alex and Jasyn each shook their heads and looked down or away before Matt looked back at the raccoon.
"Luke?"
Luke clutched his bag tighter to his chest and whimpered, "Can...can I stay here Mr. Cameron?" He forced a shaking and hopeful smile, unable to hide his lower lip's quivering.
Matt's mouth dropped open at Luke's quivering smile. He looked away again, first down at Rei by the raccoon's leg, then back at Chris who was just staring on in silence. "Luke...I..." He looked back at Luke again and deflated with a sigh. He reached forward, pulling the raccoon through the door by his shoulder and wrapping an arm around him as he held him to his chest, "There's a second guest bedroom across the hall from Riddick's. You've slept there before...and it's yours for as long as you need it..."
As Luke leaned against him with a short and feeble whimper, Matt looked back away from the raccoon, and scanned Riddick, Alex, and Jasyn's faces for any clue as to what happened.
The Cameron Hotel Chapter 18 -- Family
Hours earlier...
Luke sniffled softly as he hugged Rei to his chest. The rain was coming down harder by the minute, and his small, ill kept gym bag was getting more and more soaked, along with him and the small rabbit in his arms.
Rei shifted a bit those arms, not completely understanding any of what was happening, and not wanting to talk for fear of upsetting his master more. Luke let his lower lip shake as he cried openly, jogging down the street from his house to the first person that he thought of, who might be willing to help.
Well across town in the dining room of The Cameron Estate, Riddick leaned against the wall and stared out the window to the back yard, just watching the rain fall, as he wondered absentmindedly if Chris and Matt were going to have any trouble getting home in it.
"Riddick?" From behind, Jasyn stepped in from the living room, coke in hand as Sirrus playfully jumped alongside, "It's about time to start the movie. You wanna' come sit down? I can make us some popcorn."
"Hmm?" The panthion turned around and looked at Jasyn, blinking a few times and forcing a bit of a weak smile, "Nah, it's technically my house, now. You just go sit down with Alex; I can handle the popcorn. It's not like there's a whole lot of work to opening a door, reading 'this side up,' and pressing the popcorn button." He let out a small, weak laugh.
"Uhm...I hate to break it to you..." Jasyn rubbed his neck, "But you have to SHUT the door, too."
Riddick laughed more earnestly at that, not expecting his friend to join in on his silly joke to cheer him up, "Never mind then. I guess the whole thing's just over my head!"
"So, Riddick..." The wolf stepped closer, the little pet dragon still jumping along at his feet, "You gonna' be okay?"
Riddick took a breath, and looked back out the window, "More worried if he will."
"Not much you can do about that, right now." Jasyn shrugged, doing his best to ignore Sirrus, who had now begun attacking his foot for attention.
"I know." The panthion looked down, "I just...I wish we could have gotten through to him. I wish-" He looked up at Jasyn, angrily at first, but then thought better of it and looked away again.
"You wish I'd tried harder."
Riddick shook his head, obvious frustration in his voice, "Or that Alex had tried at ALL instead of just...accepting it." He winced and rubbed his neck, realizing he shouldn't be blaming his friends, especially when nothing bad had happened yet, "Sorry. Don't get me wrong...I'm not mad at either of you. I just..."
"No, it's okay. I get it." The wolf shook his leg, trying to get the dragon off of him, "You're worried about him. It's sweet."
"Thanks for understanding." Riddick smiled appreciatively, "I don't have enough friends here to start pushing them away."
"No worries about that, Riddick." Jasyn actively kicked at Sirrus's pestering, "It'll take more than that to run us off."
"Thanks."
"But look." The wolf kicked his foot harder, to ward the dragon away, "For right now, there's nothing you can do. We've all tried at one point or another. Even Alex did, at first. But Luke didn't want to listen to any of us. He's convinced he's doing the right thing. Maybe..." He twitched, as Sirrus escalated to playfully biting his ankle, "Maybe I could have stopped him if I'd really pushed it, but I..."
"I know." Riddick held up a paw, "It's okay. You explained yesterday, and I get it. Really."
"All we can do now is hope that he's making the right decision." Jasyn grimaced down at the dragon, trying to keep his focus on the conversation, but having trouble, "We just need to hope that, when we see him Monday, everything's worked out." He jerked his leg again, "And...if it ends up going badly, we'll just be his friends and we'll be there for him. Like always."
"No matter what." The panthion added.
"But you're not doing anyone any good worrying about it, right now." Jasyn had to grab a hold of his pant leg to pull it away from Sirrus's teeth, "Until we have a reason NOT to, let's just try to enjoy our Friday night, okay?"
Riddick chuckled softly, "Sure thing, Jasyn. Thanks for being such a good friend." He turned to walk out of the dining room and toward the kitchen, "Go ahead and have a seat, I'll be in there in a second."
"Will do." The wolf smiled, "Just remember to shut the microwave door!" And then he irritably grabbed the dragon by the scruff of the neck, "Enough of that."
Sirrus eeped and went wide eyed, struggling as the big wolf carried him out of the dining room.
Jasyn burst back into the living room, yelling at the fox on the couch, "Alex! Catch!" Before his friend could react, he tossed Sirrus into the room and right at the couch.
"ACK!!!" The fox yelped out, as he was hit by the careening dragon.
Jasyn made no attempt to hold back his laughter, grinning at the very erratic fox, "I didn't know you could catch things with your head! Good for you!"
Slowly, and grumbling, Alex sat back up and rubbed his forehead, "I didn't catch crap!" He looked down at Sirrus, who'd fallen off onto the floor after hitting him in the head, and he raised an eyebrow at the little guy, "Didn't that hurt you, boy??"
Sirrus twitched slightly, and then rolled over, stuffing his head under the couch, "Your head is hard..."
Jasyn blinked and then burst out laughing even harder, "Aww...you hurt him." Rocking with his laughter, he fell over onto the couch, his head landing in Alex's lap and grinning up at him.
The fox looked down at the wolf lying across his lap, and clicked his tongue, "No...YOU hurt him!" He poked Jasyn on his muzzle right down between his eyes, "I had nothing to do with it."
Jasyn blinked involuntarily, and then grinned wide as he put his hands behind his head, still in the fox's lap, "Maybe a little..."
Alex couldn't help but smile, "Watch it next time." He put his paw on top of Jasyn's head, brushing his headfur back, "Someone could have actually been hurt. Namely you!"
The wolf smiled and tilted his head as he was petted, "Fine, fine. I'll be more careful."
Alex brushed back across the wolf's ears for a moment, smiling down into his eyes. He'd forgotten how good this felt. He started to open his mouth...about to say just that, but caught himself. He dropped the paw away from Jasyn's head, averting his eyes and sighing slightly. It was a sigh so soft, that normally it wouldn't have even been noticeable...but Jasyn was in his lap.
Jasyn blinked and sat up, his muzzle just a few inches from his friend's, "Alex?"
The fox looked down at the wolf, seeing those eyes staring back at him again, and opened his mouth ever so slightly, "I..." He closed his eyes and clenched his mouth shut, feeling a tingle in his lips just at being that close to Jasyn's muzzle again.
Jasyn smiled softly and reached down, running his fingers across the paw Alex had lied on the seat of the couch, "...you?"
"Well!" Riddick walked back in through the dining room from the kitchen, holding the bowl full of popcorn and forcing another smile on his face, "Which one of us gets to sit in the middle and hold the popcorn?" He barely got the sentence out when he saw Alex and Jasyn sitting there, like they were, and had a sinking feeling he had, obviously, interrupted something.
Alex opened his eyes and coughed, "M-maybe that should be you, Riddick."
The wolf coughed, too, and scooted over, rubbing his neck and grinning, "Y-Yeah! And hurry up with the popcorn! I'm starving!"
Alex looked down at his lap and took a breath before looking back up at Riddick, "What did you two say we're watching, again?"
Riddick made his way over and sat down between the two of them. It was more than a little awkward, to say the least, but he decided not to ask any questions and just answer Alex's, "You weren't paying any attention when I told you, were you?"
Jasyn chuckled as he grabbed a paw full of popcorn and jammed it into his muzzle, "Apparently not!"
"It's a classic!" The panthion smiled wide, "Well...I guess it's too new to really be a classic. But, it's good nonetheless. A real must see if you're gay, too! Moulin Rouge!" He nodded proudly after giving his little speech for what must be the third time now.
"Oh yeah!" Alex smiled awkwardly, hoping it wasn't too obvious that he remembered and was just looking for something to say to break up the awkwardness.
Jasyn sat back, throwing one arm back over the couch, "It's not the greatest movie, but it has its moments. And it's okay for a musical." He smiled ruffled Riddick's headfur, "Good choice, kid!"
"Musical?" The fox's ears perked up.
Riddick smiled his big, wide toothy grin as his mane was roughed up, "I think Alex'll like it, though. Don't you?" He asked as he took a bite of a handful of popcorn.
Jasyn looked over at Alex with a grin of his own, "A big sappy romance? No question."
Alex lowered his brow a bit, "Why did he ask you and not me? I..." He paused and smiled, "A musical romance?"
The wolf chuckled and nodded, "It is! And a sad one at that...but the kind that I know you'll just melt over."
Alex got quiet, thinking about that for a second, "Yeah." He glared slightly, "Yeah, probably."
Riddick leaned forward, reaching for the coffee table. But just as his paw touched the remote, so he could to pick it up to turn on the movie, the phone rang. As its same old loud, high pitched tone caught Riddick's ears, he wondered again if Matt already had hearing problems at 29.
The Panthion sat the controller back down and looked up, "Damn. Could one of you hold the popcorn for me?" He held it up for someone to grab, and Alex snatched the bowl away as Riddick stood, "Lemme check the phone..."
Jasyn semi-glared at Alex, "I'll get that from you, one way or another..."
Alex just stuck his tongue out at the wolf.
Riddick walked around, behind the couch and checked the ID, "Fuller, Tanya..." He turned back around to look at the couch, "Jasyn? Is your mom's name Tanya? I think this is your home phone on the ID. It probably for you."
Jasyn blinked, reached behind the couch, and took the phone from Riddick, "Hello?" He sat still, listening as his eyes widened and darted about, "They what? Whoa-whoa! Hold on! Calm down, okay? We'll be right over! Yeah, all three of us. Okay."
Alex looked between Riddick and Jasyn, "Jasyn? What's wrong?"
The wolf hung up and looked around, "That was Luke. We need to get over to my house, now!"
Wide eyed, Riddick took the phone back and shakily set it aside, "What happened?"
"His parent's kicked him out. I'll drive."
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Jasyn parked his truck and hurriedly jumped out before anyone else. He ran up to the door through the still pouring rain, and knocked quickly, ready to pull his key out if he really had to.
Behind him, Alex hopped out of the truck too and made his way up the walk behind Jasyn, but not as quickly as Riddick who passed him about half way there. At the door, the panthion shifted uneasily on his footpaws and looked over across Jasyn as the fox caught up.
The door opened just before Jasyn could get impatient enough to use his key, and his mother, a still young looking and bright eyed wolf, welcomed them, "Jasyn. Boys." She offered a nod and a gentle smile, "Your friend's upstairs. I tried...but I couldn't get him talk to me." She stepped aside to let them in, "Do you think I should give his parents a call?"
Jasyn shook himself violently, getting as much water out of his head fur and face as he could, but it did nothing for his clothes, "No: that's okay. We'll take care of it. He's just having some...problems..."
"Are you sure? Maybe I could-" Tanya was cut off by Riddick, quite rudely, as he pushed past Jasyn and rushed toward the stairs without a word. She watched him as he burst past, and then turned to look back at the other two boys, "Who's this other boy with you two? Jasyn...please tell me what's going on."
Jasyn blinked, watching Riddick disappear up the stairs, "That's Luke's b-" He caught himself on the 'b,' "...uhm...Luke's friend. They're sorta' like brothers, y'know?" He smiled unconvincingly, "You can't tear 'em apart! I told you a little about him, remember? Chris's kid?"
Tanya, thought for a second, trying to piece together what information she could from her memory, "Chris...Chris...? That's the roommate of the rich one that helped Alex out, right? This is his son?"
Alex nodded, "Yeah, that's Riddick..." Already having shaken himself as dry as he could, he turned to Jasyn, "I'm going on up. Riddick doesn't know which room is yours." He stepped in, as well, but stopped to look back at Jasyn, "Make sure no one finds out Luke's here." He turned to Mrs. Fuller, "Especially not his parents."
Jasyn nodded at Alex as the fox ran to and up the stairs, and then he looked back at his mom, "Uhm...we might be here a for while, but we'll probably head back to Matt's later. That okay?"
"You'll talk to me about this when it's over, won't you?"
"Yeah." Jasyn stepped in, as well, past his mother.
Tanya stopped him with a paw on his shoulder, "Maybe his boyfriend being here, will help." She motioned her muzzle at the stairs, "Go on up and help your friend. He's done nothing but ask for you."
Jasyn blinked as he took a few steps backwards, stumbling and tripping but managing to steady himself, as he turned to bolt up the stairs. He stumbled most of the way, giving one last glance at his mother before making it all the way up.
Tanya just smiled as she watched him go, "I'm not half as oblivious as these men think I am. I swear, they might as well wave a damned flag." She walked off toward the living room, "Just like his father...not an ounce of subtlety in his body..."
Upstairs, Alex slowly opened the door to Jasyn's room, "Luke? It's Alex...are you in here?"
Luke looked up from the bed, his eyes red and puffy, and Rei curled up tightly in his lap, "A-Alex?" He barely managed to choke out.
Alex pushed the door the rest of the way open, "Yeah...it's me. We're all h-"
"Luke!" Riddick rushed out from behind Alex and ran to Jasyn's bed, nearly crying already just from hearing Luke's voice like this. He nearly jumped into Jasyn's bed, grabbing Luke and pulling him up into his arms.
Luke blinked, but wrapped his arms around the panthion, crying openly again, as Rei scampered away to another spot on the bed.
Jasyn padded into the room just a couple of seconds later, and silently closed the door behind him. He took a few steps in and stopped next to Alex, both silent, unsure of what to say, and figuring it was best to let the two on the bed finish.
Riddick didn't saying anything for a few long minutes. His eyes were closed and his muzzle was in Luke's headfur as he drew the coon closer to his body, doing his best not to cry just at hearing Luke doing so right under him. He clenched his jaw as Luke shook and hiccupped through a sob in his arms, and with a breath, the panthion finally spoke, opening his eyes as a trail of his own tears beaded out onto his fur, "I know Luke. God...I'm so sorry."
Luke pulled back, hiccupping once and then wiping his eyes, "Th-they hate me, Riddick..." His lower lip shook to the point of quaking as he just tried to keep from crying again.
It was only then that the panthion noticed Jasyn was in the room. For an instant, he opened his muzzle to let Luke know Jasyn had gotten there...but he stopped himself. He wanted to be the one that was there for the raccoon this time, to show Luke that he could be, "What happened?"
Luke looked down, blinking once as he held back a slight sob, "I...I told them...and they just started yelling. They said they were going to send me away to 'fix me.'" He clutched the blanket he was sitting on, "And...and when I said that I didn't want to get fixed...when I said that I was happy this way..." He whimpered softly.
Riddick reached down instinctively when he saw the coon clutch at the blanket, and he gave the boy his paw to hold and clutch, instead, "Luke..." He squeezed his friend's paw, not knowing what to say to him.
The raccoon shook his head slowly. He leaned down, curling up and putting his head in Riddick's lap, but he never let go of the panthion's paw, "I didn't think they'd hate me..."
"Luke...what did they say? What did they do to you?" Riddick pulled Luke's curled up form in tighter, shoulders in his lap and head against his stomach.
Luke started again, barely managing to speak as he squeezed the cat's paw for all he was worth, "My dad...he told me to get my stuff together. I...I thought they were going to send me away right then. I thought...thought he was ready to ship me off to...'to get fixed,' but..." He winced and broke with a sob, "But he pushed me! He hasn't touched me like...like he was angry...since he spanked me when I was a cub! But then he just grabbed me, and he pushed me out the front door!" He shook harder, as mad as he was hurt, "And then slammed it shut and locked it, and my mother...she didn't do a thing to stop him! He just kept yelling at me...telling me I was an abo-bomination and a faggot...and...and..." He trailed off under a long line of sobs.
The panthion just closed his eyes, not having any clue what to say.
Watching on, Alex turned his head and looked at Jasyn, "They can't do that. It's illegal. Luke's not even 15 yet." He looked back, "It would be different if he were my or your age, but by law they can't just toss him out on the street like this..."
"Not until, what? 17?" Jasyn blinked and rubbed his forehead, "But what can we do? I mean, if we filed it, he'd just be taken away from everyone..." He grimaced, "...or sent back to them."
Riddick lifted his head and looked over at them, a glint of anger in the panthion's eyes, "That's the last place he needs to be! He needs to be with people that care about him! Not his parents! Not after this."
Jasyn held up his paws, "Whoa, whoa! I wasn't saying that we should do that. I agree with you." He sighed and leaned back against the closed door, "But, if not that...then what CAN we do?"
Riddick looked back down at Luke, still in his lap, "Luke...you don't listen to anything your parents said, you understand me? There is NOTHING wrong with you!"
Luke shook his head, burying it against the panthion's thighs, "They-they hate me Riddick! I...my mom...my dad? They said they'd always love me, no matter what! And...and if they..." He barely managed to get out the last bit through his sobs, "There must be something wrong with me..."
"No, Luke! Don't talk like that. You know better." Riddick petted the raccoon's headfur, "There isn't anything wrong with you -- nothing! I mean...is there something wrong with me? Jasyn? Alex? More importantly..." He lifted his friend, setting Luke back up and looking him right in the eye, muzzle to muzzle, "Would any of us be here for you, if you weren't worth our time? We care about you, Luke. Please...you don't need to pay attention to ANYTHING your parents think or say. They are wrong!"
Luke continued to sob, leaning in and tilting his head down, his and Riddick's foreheads resting against one another, "They hate me."
Alex shook his head in disgust, "If they'd treat him like this, then they never loved him to begin with!" He looked at Jasyn, "I can't imagine though. My parents reacted so well. If...if it had been like this..." He took a breath, "I don't know if I could handle it..."
Jasyn imagined his own parents reacting the same, however unlikely, and slid down the door, suddenly blaming this whole orderal on himself, "God...Luke..."
Alex watched Jasyn, the wolf's head hung low, and then the fox sighed and turned, taking a step toward the bed, "Riddick's right, Luke. They had no right to act like this! You didn't do anything wrong. Who are they to tell you that you can't be happy? Anyone who would treat you like that...Luke, they never loved you to begin with."
Luke hiccupped a few times and leaned farther forward, his muzzle on Riddick's shoulder as he clung to the panthion, "But they...they were my parents! They...they..." He paused for a moment, "...my own family."
"No Luke!" Riddick shook his head and lifted the raccoon's muzzle up, looking him in the eye again, "You listen to me. They may have your blood, but they AREN'T your family! If they were your family, this would never have happened! Luke...WE are your family."
Luke watched the panthion's paw as Riddick motioned his arm around the room at himself, Alex the few steps away, and Jasyn against the door. Alex looked back at the wolf at that, and Jasyn lifted his head, with a curious look on his face at being called family. It was unexpected...but it felt right.
Luke looked back at Riddick as the panthion continued, "Me, Alex, Jasyn...even Matt and my dad! We've been here for you and we've cared about you more than your parents could possibly even consider! Alex & Jasyn were your friends when no one else would be. They...WE've helped you grow into what you are. We've cared about you and we still do, no matter what." He grabbed a hold of the raccoon's face, their noses touching as he looked him dead in the eye, "I love you, Luke. Your parents just HAD you. Don't you ever confuse the two, Luke. They're not your family. We are."
Alex and Jasyn looked at one another on cue, blinking and taken aback at hearing Riddick finally say that he loved Luke. And for a moment, as they shared that look, both ran over in their heads this idea: that they were a family.
The fox looked away from Jasyn and back at Riddick, then at Luke, "He's right, Luke...again."
Slowly, Luke looked around. He gazed around the room at his new family: the family he chose. With a shaking breath, he steadied himself, trying his best to blink away his tears.
"Luke?" Riddick looked in the raccoon's eyes again, and he looked back...sad and broken, but not crying.
"F-family?" Luke cracked a shaking smile, "Does...does that make us brothers? Or..."
"It makes us whatever you want us to be." Riddick smiled back and lightly ran his muzzle along the side of the raccoon's, "All you need to know, Luke, is that I'm here, okay? I'll always be here for you. Always. And so long as I'm around, you don't have a thing to worry about, you understand? I won't let them hurt you, again." He closed his eyes and lowered his voice for only Luke to hear, "...I love you...I won't let them hurt you."
Smiling wider despite his returning tears, Luke responded with an even lower whisper, "I love you too, Riddick."
Riddick pushed forward, sliding his head along the side of Luke's, and putting both their chins on the other's shoulders, as he pulled the raccoon in to a tight hug.
Rei, who had just been sitting and watching -- not, at all, sure what was going on -- was just happy that no one was yelling anymore. Quietly, he moved beside his master and nuzzled the raccoon's thigh, before climbing, clumsily, into his lap.
"Uhm..." Jasyn spoke up, "About what we should do next?" He pushed himself to his feet and strode forward, "I'm not sure if I'm the only one thinking this, but...
"No." Alex looked back at the wolf again, "It's not just you. We all know what we're gonna' have to do, next."
Jasyn smiled reluctantly, "Anybody have an idea how Matt will react?"
Riddick sniffled and chuckled, sitting up away from Luke and smiling down at him, "It's not like the three of you don't basically live with us, anyway..."
~
There we go! The soap opera, Forbidden, continues!!
* Starring: F. R. Borealis as Riddick Dumar Eden Alexander Collin Moen Eric Matthew Cameron Rei and "Tanya" Tatyana Salnikov Fuller Cecil B. North as Lucas Joseph Trammel Jasyn Aiden Fuller Christopher Phillip Eden and Sirrus *
Cecil was a writer here as well, back in the Yiffstar days. If you want to check out the stuff he wrote back then, go ahead and look him up. His username on here is: Cecil_88
That's it, everyone. Forbidden Book 2: The Cameron Hotel is over. Anyone surprised that I didn't end it on a big damned cliffhanger?
So what lies ahead in Book 3? It looks like Luke is moving in with Matt, Chris, & Riddick. What does this mean for Luke and Riddick? And what does it mean for Matt, and his growing parental connection with the four boys? And what of our earlier conflicts, yet to be resolved? How much longer will Chris be in town? What will become of his and Matt's growing relationship? Will Alex and Jasyn finally get back together? Has this most recent development put an early stop to Riddick's clubbing ways? What other information about his past has yet to come to light? And what new twists and complications might lie on the horizon for our eight main characters?
Find out all that and more when the story continues in Book 3: The Angel of Yiff!
SIDE NOTE: Yeah, Jasyn's half Russian. Why not?
Anyway, thanks for reading!
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See you for the next 21 chapters of Forbidden! ^.^