Waking up(Chapter 15)

Story by Xiuh on SoFurry

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#13 of Highschool Days


Back again. Hope you enjoy this story.

All characters are mine, don't read this if you are under 18, yada yada yada.

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Transformation Day 2:

Gideon is sleeping, due to the sleeping pills, and thrashing around in pain, the lumps on his back aren't very big but they are growing, and you can see them grow if you pay enough attention. His tail is halfway formed.

He mumbles and groans in his sleep, he must be in tons of pain.

Transformation Day 3:

Everything is going as expected except the wings are coming out of the skin on their own and are already fully grown, creating full arches as tall as his body. The tail is still growing.

Transformation Day 4:

His wings have wrapped around his body, blocking it completely from view, no one can reopen the wings.

Transformation Day 5:

His wings are still wrapped around his body and they have started growing scales, not thin like dragons these days, but thick, armor like scales, and instead of being blue, the scales are a mix colors, being different colors on every scale. The dominant color is red.

Transformation Day 6:

The wings are still wrapped around his body and the scales are still growing and changing colors, now they are a shiny mix of red and blue that isn't purple just yet. Gideon missed Raymond's mother's funeral though, very sad.

It was freezing cold to stand outside the whole time but Raymond owed it to his mother for all the love and care she had given him.

Transformation Day 7:

The last day, Gideon should be wake up today and finish his transformation. His scales are now a shiny red, fully regrown, and have a luminescent quality to them.

Raymond put down his journal and ran upstairs at a faint yell. He burst into Gideon's room to see him standing in front of a mirror and his jaw dropped.

Gideon turned towards him and his wings opened, the wings starting from his back and curving up above his head and then arching back down to end with points at the balls of his feet, his tail was curling around one of his legs, a thick long tail that had dark red scales on it.

Gideon himself looked completely different. He had more curves to his body, all the baby fat gone. His muscles could be seen clearly through the armor-like scales that were thicker on his body then on his wings.

He took a step towards Raymond and Raymond's jaw dropped even further. His movements were graceful, like a swan floating on a lake, he seemed to step just above the ground. He came over to Raymond with his swift steps and pulled him into a hug. "I look so different." He whispered, horrified from when he had looked in the mirror.

"You're still incredibly beautiful." Raymond whispered, hugging him back.

"Can I go show my parents now?" Gideon laughed as he tried to pull away from Raymond but failed.

"You have to put pants on first." Raymond snickered, his snicker automatically changing to roaring laughter as the scales on Gideon's cheek turned a darker red. "Ha! Now I can see it when you blush."

Gideon looked like he was going to kill someone as he used his now incredibly sharp claws to tear a hole for his tail in his pants that was to small but Gideon managed to squeeze his tail in. "I'll have to worry about the shirt later." Gideon sighed.

Raymond grinned and said, "I like you better this way anyways."

Gideon blushed again and Raymond snickered. They walked downstairs and slowly into the living room and Raymond said, "Look who's up."

Carol, Ron, Clarice, and Wyatt looked up and gasped in unison. "He's so, so, so..." Clarice stammered in a loss for words.

"Beautiful!" Carol finished.

Ron was just staring at his now very muscular looking son. He was shocked to notice that his scales were red but in the right light if you look close enough, they would sparkle like he had millions of diamonds ground to dust and stuck to his scales.

Wyatt just stared in shock at his now, very large older brother. "Are your wings strong enough to hold you up?" he heard someone ask, presumably Clarice.

Gideon shrugged and said, "I dunno. I haven't tried em yet."

Clarice jumped up and practically pushed him out the back door. Everyone followed them out, everyone wearing coats except for Gideon. "A-a-aren't you c-c-cold?" Wyatt asked.

Gideon looked at them all as they shivered and was shocked and said, "I don't feel cold. I'm actually pretty darn warm."

Gideon smirked at them before walking over to the large pile of sticks behind them. He took a deep breath before blowing a very large breath of fire that instantly caught the sticks. Malcise and the one puppy they had kept were cowering in Malcise's dog house.

The snowy ground around the pile of sticks got warmer and warmer and the air to. "I've been meaning to burn those anyways." Ron muttered.

Gideon grinned at him and started to concentrate on moving his wings, just to see if he could control them. It was hard work, his wings were heavy but he knew that the more he used them the stronger they would get.

He opened them up so that they would catch air and instincts took over. He jumped into the air and flapped his wings once, which sent him flying into the air. He started with smaller, slightly curved flaps that kept him at the right height and moved him forwards.

He flew in a few circles, he could move surprisingly fast, before going down in a downward spiral to land in front of Raymond with a surprising gracefulness. Raymond stared at him in awe and astonishment. "You're so amazing." he whispered.

Gideon grinned at him, the new scales on his face lighting up with the smile, "You're amazing too."

Raymond hugged Gideon as tightly as he could and Gideon looked down and squeezed him back, grinning as Raymond gasped for breath. He loosened his grip and Raymond said, "Damn you're strong."

"Ahem." Carol said, "We're all standing right here, and watch your language."

Carol let go of Wyatt's ears and he glared at her but didn't say anything. He had obviously learned to not say anything to his parents.

Gideon just laughed and said, "When are we going to special order my clothes?"

Carol groaned and said, "Don't remind me, with the size of your wings were going to have to have clothes that zip around them.

Gideon grinned again as he folded his wings onto his back and hugged his wolf again, planting a soft kiss on his cheek. "Can we go back inside now?" Clarice asked, "I'm ready to go to bed."

Gideon looked at the sky and said, "How long have we been out here?"

"An hour, if you two haven't noticed." Clarice said, glaring at him.

"No one was stopping you from going inside." Carol pointed out.

Clarice just looked at her and said, "I wanted to see how well he landed."

"At least it's not cold." Wyatt said enthusiastically.

Carol nodded and said, "Time for bed, I have Christmas shopping to do tomorrow and Gideon has to get his clothes special ordered." She glared at Gideon as if it was his fault.

Gideon shrugged and walked inside, closely followed by Raymond. His father stayed outside to put out the fire while Gideon and Raymond snuggled into Gideon's bed. Wyatt was already fast asleep on the futon and Raymond was shivering as he cuddled into Gideon, trying to stay warm.

Gideon wrapped his wings around the two of them and Raymond sighed as the warmth surrounded him completely. "So the cold doesn't bother you at all?" Raymond asked him.

Gideon grinned and said, "Nope. Probably because I can breathe fire now."

Raymond just laughed and said, "As long as you don't catch me on fire I'm good."

Gideon just smiled and yawned. "I won't. Promise."

"G-good." Raymond managed to say during a yawn. Raymond was lulled to sleep shortly after by Gideon humming a tune deep in his throat. Raymond was mystified by it. It sounded almost exactly like a piano, the exquisite sound was the most beautiful thing Raymond had ever heard.

Gideon smiled as he hummed the melody, lulling himself to sleep as well with the hypnotic noise. Gideon stopped humming when Raymond's breathing changed to the slow, regular patterns of someone who was sleeping and then laid his head down on the pillow.

His first flight had taken a lot out of him as he drifted into a warm, dreamless sleep, laying next to his wolf and the love of his life.

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Gideon groaned as he squeezed into the shirt he had to wear for now. It wasn't really a problem of him being to big for it, his body was actually to small for it now that he had lost all of the baby fat that was left on him, but his mother had cut it and put in zippers so it fit around his wing and the zippers kept getting caught on his scales.

Gideon groaned again as Raymond came in to help him. Gideon envied Raymond as he pulled the zippers up without getting caught on his scales once. "How come I'm the only one who can't zip these zippers up without getting them caught on my scales?" He growled, his voice having a hint of extreme irritation.

"Don't worry, it's only these zippers. The professionals will do a better job." Raymond said, "Maybe." He laughed as he got the expected growl from Gideon which is what he was aiming for.

"Oh well, I'm still torturing Wyatt because he doesn't know what he's getting for Christmas." Gideon said that louder knowing that Wyatt was outside the door.

He heard a soft growl and said, "It might help if I didn't know you were there. Next time, try some other way of spying."

"How could you hear him?" Raymond asked quietly. "I didn't."

Gideon shrugged and said, "I don't know, I can hear better than I used to. Probably another dragon thing."

"Well come on Mr. Dragon." Raymond said, "Time to go."

Gideon grinned and said, "Eager to show me off eh?"

"You know it." Raymond said, pushing him out.

"You know, if I wanted to stop you right now I could so easily."

"I know..." Raymond started but couldn't finish because Gideon used his tail to grab Raymond around the waste and swing him around in front of Gideon. Raymond glared daggers at him and said, "That wasn't nice."

Gideon laughed and said, "I don't have to be."

Raymond just walked down the stairs and outside, slipping his coat on, and got in the car. Gideon walked up to the car and said, "Bet I could beat you there flying."

Clarice was in the driver's seat and said, "How much?"

"100$" Gideon said, grinning at her.

"You're on." Clarice said, shaking his hand.

Gideon backed off as Carol got in the car with Wyatt. "You can have a head start!" He yelled at Clarice.

Clarice just grinned as she swung the car out of the drive way and drove towards the mall. Gideon waited a few seconds before jumping into the air and flying straight up until he was at a decent height.

He flew straight forwards, as fast as he could, the wind not even bothering him even though he was only wearing a short sleeve shirt and some blue jeans. He quickly caught up to and passed Clarice who was driving as fast as she could with Carol sitting next to her.

Gideon grinned as he continued flying, not even bothering to follow the roads. He passed over houses and cars, no one noticing him in the air. He loved this feeling, the hair on his head flying out behind him. He landed behind the mall, away from people who would be able to see him, and then ran around to the front to wait for Clarice.

As she pulled into the parking lot he flashed a grin at her and walked to where she parked the car. "100$" Gideon said as he held out his hand. Clarice grumbled as she pulled her wallet out of her purse and gave him five twenty dollar bills.

"Happy?" Clarice said.

"Yes, yes I am." Gideon told her, "And it's your fault for taking the bet."

Clarice just started grumbling to herself as she walked inside with Wyatt and Raymond. "Hey mom." Gideon said once they were safely inside. "If Wyatt asks for a game called .Hack quarantine, don't get it. I already did."

"Ok," Carol said, "someone went ahead on Christmas shopping."

Gideon just grinned and said, "I had the money. Which reminds me, I have to special order something besides clothes today."

"What?" Carol asked him.

"You would love to know wouldn't you?" Gideon said, laughing at her. "You're gonna have to wait for Christmas."

Gideon walked inside and quickly found Raymond waiting for him. They walked through the mall, Gideon having his arm around Raymond's shoulder and Raymond with his arm around Gideon's waste, Gideon's wings splayed behind them.

Gideon attracted stares and murmurs, most of which caused Gideon to laugh since he could hear them. The girls were all staring at him, most of them from school wondering who he was and why he was with Gideon's boyfriend. Gideon looked completely different from the way he used to.

He flashed a grin at girls who wouldn't stop staring at him and they all giggled and walked away. Gideon leaned over and kissed Raymond every once in a while and laughed at the looks of disgust on some people's faces.

Soon Raymond said, "I'm going to go to the bookstore."

Gideon smiled and said, "I have to get something really quickly."

"Ok, meet you at the food court?" Raymond asked.

"Ya." Gideon said. Gideon quickly walked to the other side of the mall, still attracting attention from girls and guys. He walked into a jewelry store and walked up to the cashier and asked, "Do you have any promise rings?"

The cashier looked shocked, he could obviously tell that Gideon wasn't that old but he shrugged his shoulders, uncomfortably, and said, "Right over there."

He pointed to a large shelf on the opposite side of the store and Gideon walked to the shelf. He looked at the wide selection they had and noticed one that was perfect. It had a gold band and a ruby sitting on top of it. It wasn't that big so that everyone would be able to see it but it was big enough.

Gideon quickly picked it up and took it to the cashier, the cashier rung it up, looking at him doubtfully, then put it in a bag. Gideon slipped it into his pocket and walked out, heading towards the food court.

He looked over at the bookstore to see if he could find Raymond and noticed a large crowd in front of it. He walked over to see Raymond getting pushed around by a couple of jocks, mall security nowhere to be seen.

Gideon just growled as he pushed through the crowd, shoving man and woman alike out of his way until he was in the circle. He recognized one of the jocks as the person who he had humiliated for picking on Troy. He walked into the middle and caught Raymond just as he was being pushed again and noticed that he had a bloody nose.

He growled again and turned to face the jock and the jock said, "What are you doing?"

The jock was obviously scared to death of Gideon and said, "Stopping you from hurting my boyfriend."

The jock looked confused and said, "That's Gideon Restin's boyfriend."

Gideon picked him up by his collar and said, "I am Gideon you idiot."

The jock looked shocked as Gideon dropped him to the floor and he turned back to Raymond. "Come on hun, let's go get you cleaned up."

Raymond staggered over to him and Gideon held him up so he could walk. They walked to a bathroom and Gideon wetted down a paper towel and started wiping at Raymond's nose. "Are you alright?"

Raymond coughed and said, "Ya."

"Are you sure?" Gideon asked again, really concerned.

"I'm fine, really." he told Gideon.

"Ok," Gideon said as he finished cleaning him up. "Come on, let's go get that book you wanted, or if you just wanted to look."

"I just wanted to look." Raymond said as he smiled at him.

Gideon smirked at him and said, "I know you wanted a book. You've been going on about a certain book forever, I just can't remember its name."

Raymond sighed and said, "Fine, one of my favorite authors finished up another one of his books. It's called ‘The Gathering Storm' by Robert Jordan."

"That's a new book." Gideon said, "It came out last month."

Raymond smiled and said, "I know."

They walked into the bookstore and Raymond quickly headed to the fantasy section, finding the book surrounded by eleven other books of the same series. Raymond read the book jacket for the information before putting it back, "Do you want it?" Gideon asked, seriously.

Raymond nodded and said, "Of course. I just wasn't expecting you to buy a fifty dollar book."

Gideon almost choked but managed to say, "It's almost Christmas time, I'll give it to you as an early Christmas present."

Raymond smiled and hugged him, "Thanks hun."

Gideon smiled back and said, "That's your only Christmas present."

Raymond just looked up at him and said, "That's ok, I'm not greedy."

Gideon said, "What are you gonna get me?"

Raymond smirked at him and said, "Wouldn't you like to know."

Gideon said, "Fine, don't tell me."

Gideon paid for the book and gave it to Raymond. "Merry Christmas."

"You know I love you, hun." Raymond said.

"Yes I do." Gideon said, "You know I do to."

"You chose a horrible time for that puberty thing though." Raymond said, sighing as he did, "You missed my mother's funeral."

Gideon was confused for a second before going, "Oh crap, stupid puberty. I'm sorry hun."

"It's not your fault." Raymond said, he saw Carol and told Gideon, "There's your mom."

Gideon sighed and said, "I hope those clothes she custom ordered are going to fit, these sure in the heck don't."

Gideon was still getting stared at, a lot, and it didn't take long for the crowd to clear for him, they obviously thought he was some freak of nature. "Next year is going to be incredibly fun." Gideon said.

Raymond looked confused before saying, "Why?"

Gideon looked down at him and put his arm around Raymond's shoulder and said, "Because I have to go to school with wings and a tail. Tell me how many kids aren't going to be freaked out by that."

Raymond just shrugged and said, "You can also breathe fire, so why do you care?"

Gideon thought for a moment before saying, "True, and we get to pick our own schedule's next year, so we don't have to be apart one minute."

Raymond smiled and said, "There's something to look forward to."

They had finally caught up with Gideon's mom and Gideon asked, "Hey mom, done shopping?"

She turned her head and said, "I've been done, I'm looking for Clarice and Wyatt."

Gideon thought for a moment before saying, "Have you checked Gamestop?"

Carol shook her head and said, "That's where I'm headed now."

Gideon just chuckled and said, "You should have checked there first."

Carol looked at him and said, "Well, your father is going to have to come down here to help load presents into the car later on, so, you, Wyatt, Raymond, and Clarice need to be out of the house for a while."

Gideon said, "No problem, I'll take Raymond and Wyatt to see a movie or something."

Carol nodded and said, "Perfect." Carol looked around and said, "Well, apparently my son is very, very handsome."

Gideon looked confused before he noticed all the girls staring at him and drooling. He laughed and said, "They did that before whatever you want to call what happened."

Raymond said, "No, they were staring at me. They were jealous that I got you."

Gideon looked at him and said, "They should be jealous that I got you."

Raymond blushed as Carol said, "I'm standing right here! I have to admit it's kinda cute but I still don't want to hear it."

Gideon laughed and said, "Now you know how I feel when you and dad do that."

It was Carol's turn to blush. "That just means that you should stop doing it if you already know how it feels."

"Nope, I'm getting my payback." Gideon said, smirking at his mother as he leaned down to kiss Raymond on the lips, drawing disgusted glares from every guy around him and regretful sighs from the girls.

Raymond laughed and said, "I'm incredibly lucky."

Gideon said, "Why?" Although he already knew the answer.

"Because I have a boyfriend like you." Raymond said, smiling at him.

Gideon laughed and said, "I'm lucky to have you as a boyfriend."

Carol just sighed, leaving the two alone because nothing she said would get them to stop. She was just happy that her son wasn't miserable for the first time in his life. They got to the quite large game store and instantly noticed Clarice and Wyatt, who were sitting on a bench in front of the store, Wyatt with a bloody nose.

"Are you alright?" Gideon asked, extremely concerned.

Wyatt nodded and Raymond asked, "What happened?"

Clarice sighed and said, "We ran into his old orphanage bully, or at least, he did while I was in the bathroom."

Gideon balled his fists and looked around, "Where is he?"

Gideon was clenching his fists, the scales on his knuckles turning gray because of how hard the skin on his knuckles were pressing against them. "He was caught by mall security, luckily."

Gideon sighed and said, "I'm never going to be able to get my hands on him am I?"

Wyatt just shook his head and said, "Let's hope not. I don't want you getting in trouble."

Gideon sat down next to Wyatt and started rubbing his back, "If he lays another hand on you I'm not going to worry about that."

"Oh yes you will." Carol said, very strictly.

Gideon sighed and said, "Fine, but he's not getting off easy either."

"Good." Clarice said, "He doesn't deserve it." She finished dabbing at Wyatt's nose and threw it away.

"Are we all done here?" Clarice asked.

Carol nodded and said, "Let's go home."

"Hey Wyatt, you wanna go to a movie with Raymond and I?" Gideon asked.

Wyatt asked, "Can I invite Troy?"

"Of course." Gideon smiled at him. Gideon threw him his cell phone, the number already dialed in.

After a short conversation Wyatt hung up and said, "He's going to meet us at the movie theater with Kevin and Xatrin."

Raymond suddenly started laughing and Gideon looked confused, "What are you laughing about?"

Raymond was crying because of how hard he was laughing and it took him a minute to stop. "How are you going to explain your new look?"

Gideon remembered that and felt the urge to laugh as well, "I don't know. But their faces are going to be hilarious."

Raymond nodded and said, "It will be. I wish I had a camera so I could take a picture of their expression."

Gideon threw his cell phone to him, "It takes pictures."

They piled into the car, Gideon felt awkward sitting in a car, the seat's leather rubbing against his wings. They got dropped off at the movie theater where they waited in front of doors waiting for the rest of the people, Raymond leaning against Gideon and Wyatt with his back on the wall.

They heard more than saw Kevin's van pull into the parking lot and then they saw them all getting out and walking towards them, Kevin and Xatrin wondering who the heck Raymond was leaning against and Troy only had eyes for Wyatt who had run out to meet him and was now hugging and kissing him.

Kevin and Xatrin finally came into talking distance and Kevin asked, "Who's this?"

Gideon started laughing and said, "Knew they wouldn't recognize me."

Xatrin and Kevin looked confused. "Is that a costume?"

Raymond laughed now and said, "I knew they would think it's a costume."

Kevin and Xatrin looked even more confused now and Gideon said, "These are my actual scales, this is my actual body. This is how I am now."

Kevin and Xatrin said, "So you really are Gideon?"

"Duh!" Gideon said, "You guys are dumb. Raymond wouldn't cheat on me."

Gideon leaned down and kissed Raymond and Raymond kissed back before saying, "Why would I want to cheat on you? You're perfect."

Wyatt and Troy had joined them now and they asked, at the same time, "What are we gonna see?"

"I don't know, what are we gonna see?" Gideon asked.

"I don't know. Let's see a horror film." Raymond said.

Gideon laughed and said, "Ok, there is only one of those playing."

Gideon paid for the tickets and they went to the theater, getting seats in the back. After Gideon had settled down from laughing at the looks he got from everyone the movie started. It started out with a scary scene like most scary movies did and Raymond buried his head in Gideon's shoulder, not taking it off once the scene was over.

Gideon put his arm around Raymond, burying his head into Raymond's fur whenever he got scared.

Wyatt and Troy were doing the same, Wyatt having his head on Troy's shoulder with Troy having his head on Wyatt's head.

Kevin and Xatrin, however, had their muzzles locked together the whole movie, completely ignoring everything else.

When the movie was over Gideon had to yell in their ears to get them to stop kissing. "Movies over."

Kevin and Xatrin blushed as they walked out, Gideon was still getting stares but he didn't think it was funny anymore. It had started snowing, very hard, and as they were driving to Troy's, Wyatt and he were making out in the back and Wyatt was moaning into the kiss which caused Gideon to laugh quietly. He was about to say something when Raymond leaned over and said, "Let them have their fun."

Gideon smiled and started kissing Raymond passionately, "We can have some fun too." They mashed their muzzles together and Raymond was murring into the kiss as Gideon's hands went to his waist.

Gideon was rubbing his hands up and down Raymond's back when Kevin said, "We are in a car together."

Gideon stuck his tongue out at Kevin and went back to kissing Raymond. They pulled up in front of Troy's house and Wyatt walked up to the porch with him, the snow so bad Troy's parents wouldn't be able to see.

Wyatt gave Troy one more kiss and as he did Troy's door opened and Wyatt heard someone shout, a male, "What the FUCK!"

Wyatt looked up and was instantly pushed off the porch, Troy landing next to him. "I'm not going to have a fag living in my house." The male said, presumably Troy's father. A second later Troy's school bag landed in his lap and the door slammed shut.

Wyatt stood and helped Troy, who was crying, up out of the snow. Wyatt hugged Troy tight and said, "Come on, we're gonna freeze."

Troy looked up and knew that was true, Wyatt's nose had been bleeding again and the blood was already ice. They stumbled their way back to Kevin's van and got in. Gideon instantly asked, "What happened?"

He exhaled sharply with his hand in front of his mouth so his scales would get warm before touching his hand to the blood under Wyatt's nose which melted instantly. "I kissed Troy on his porch and his dad answered the door." Wyatt explained, Troy was crying to hard to say anything. Wyatt continued hugging Troy, "Think mom and dad will let him stay at our house?"

"Of course." Gideon said, "Why wouldn't they?"

Wyatt just looked at Gideon and shrugged. He just kept hugging Troy, letting him cry on his shoulder. They pulled into Gideon's driveway and they walked inside, "Hey mom!" Gideon yelled.

"Ya?" Carol said as she came into the hall and noticed Troy crying.

"Troy just got kicked out of his house." Gideon said softly.

"Oh god," Carol whispered, "He can stay here, I wouldn't let him stay out on the streets or go to an orphanage. Mostly because he's dating my adoptive son."

"T-t-thank you." Troy said, still crying.

"Come on you two," Gideon said, "I think it's time for bed."

Gideon pushed the boys upstairs into his room. Troy and Wyatt changed quickly, Troy's shoulders still shaking with silent sobs. Wyatt and Troy crawled into bed holding each other. Gideon and Raymond did the same, Gideon wrapping his wings around Raymond and keeping them both warm.

"Good night, love." Gideon whispered.

Raymond snuggled into Gideon and said, "Night hun."

Gideon smiled as Raymond fell asleep and he slipped out of bed. He snuck down to the living room where his mother was trying to get a fire going in the fire place. "Need some help with that?" Gideon asked.

His mother jumped and glared at him but she nodded and said, "Yes please."

Gideon bent down and exhaled, catching the wood on fire. "Need help with the decorations?" Gideon asked.

Before she answered Gideon started setting up the Christmas tree. "Let's just hope Clarice doesn't come down to help." He heard creaking on the stairs and sighed, "Speak of the devil and he comes."

Clarice came downstairs and nearly shouted, "You didn't ask me to help."

Clarice loved putting up Christmas decorations, Gideon laughed as he put the star on top of the tree. "You don't deserve to help." Gideon said, sticking his tongue out.

"You can both help put presents under the tree." Carol said, "There's a lot of them."

Gideon grinned at Clarice as he raced her up the stairs into Carol's room before he remembered the two presents he had hidden in his room. He walked into his room quietly and picked up the necklace he had made for Wyatt and got the game out of his dresser.

He wrapped each carefully, making sure nothing showed. He raced downstairs and put them down under the tree, racing back upstairs to get more presents. He ran up and down the stairs carrying presents and quickly stacking them below the tree.

It didn't take very long for them to finish putting presents under the tree, after which, Carol told them good night and they went to bed, Gideon sneaking quietly into his bed, trying not to wake Raymond up, and wrapping him in his wings again.

Raymond pushed against him in his sleep and Gideon started to drift because of the warm fur that was pressing against his half naked body. Gideon fell asleep as Raymond mumbled, "Love you." in his sleep.

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Chapter fifteen, tell me what you thought. Please say if I rushed anything besides the Transformation Journal thing, that was hard to think of any details which is why I wrote as little as I did. Negative and Positive criticism please.