It was finally time. Caroline had no more excuses for avoiding this call and if she tried to think something up, Jake was likely to throw whatever the wolf equivalent of a hissy fit was and Caroline so did not need to see that
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"Nothing's wrong," Caroline said, making a face and rolling her eyes a bit. It was the natural reaction to parental worry, after all and it wasn't like she could explain it had been nearly a week for her. "I'm actually calling with good news, so get your excited face ready, I know you haven't used it in a while."
"Around here, I'm always ready for a little good news," Liz said, trying not to get suspicious about what could be going on at Caroline's boarding school.
"Then you should be thrilled to hear I'm coming home at the end of the semester! Permanently!" She mentally reviewed a little prayer, hoping her mother wouldn't freak out too much.
It was a half naked boy who returned to the room a little while later, oblivious of any perkiness. His wolf time had been rather uneventful, but a run was always relaxing and so he was in a good mood when he closed the door behind him.
"I'm back," he singsonged to the room. "Did you miss me?"
Caroline emerged from where she'd been digging through the closet for packaging tape that was needed if she wanted to put any boxes together. Naturally it was best to pack the non essentials early and ship them ahead when dealing with interdimensional travel. Early like a month, it seemed. "Always," she chirped happily, bouncing to her feet. "Guess what I did while you were gone!"
"Um..." he glanced around the room to see if anything had changed since he'd left, but it all looked the same to him. "Put on naught underwear?" he tried.
"No," her reaction was both disappointed and a little sorry she'd never done that for him. Still, she she moved over, smelling all the flowers and trees that had already bloomed in the preserve on his skin. "I did something you might not enjoy as much, but will probably bring you a whole bunch of relief." And apparently he was meant to guess again as she reached to snag his hands.
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