[IC] Shadows in the Moonlight

[Luna]

In her partial werewolf form she looked up at him with tears in here eyes fang peeking out of her lip as she started to eat the meat placed in front of her more fur coming through her skin as she ate her nostril flaring at the scent of her mate near by and the ground beef as she ate eagerly her eyes closing tears soaking the fur under the eyes her muzzled was slightly formed and some of her werewolf fangs were growing in slowly in but she didnt seem to be in much pain this time.

[EliteCommander]

Sam felt helpless as he watched Stevie's transformation slowly proceed. Her claws lengthened, her teeth and snout started to grow, and the threads in her clothing started to tear as she grew too large for them. He wanted to help, to find a way to stop it, but he had to focus mostly on reigning in his beast. Right now, when she turned, the only thing there would be to distract her would be himself. If both of them turned, then there would be nothing to stop them from breaking out of the apartment and revealing themselves to the world. "I'm sorry Stevie, just eat and...try to be calm. I'll be here for you, don't worry. I'll always be here."

[Luna]

She made some kind of whimper as she ate the meat more and more slowly finishing the meat. Once the meat was gone her transformation began to subside returning her to her female form the fur vanished like it was never there and her face turned back to normal. Once she was back to her human form she had relaxed and tears of fear and relief flew down her cheeks holding to Sam her body trembling from her almost transformation.

[EliteCommander]

Sam breathed a sigh of relief when Stevie's transformation subsided. She seemed in pain from the ordeal, but she was alright. Sam was glad they had averted a potential crisis. Their last incident in the apartments had caused their neighbors a fright due to the howling. Many were convinced there were wolves in the area, and a few had even contacted animal control. They still were not suspicious about what was really going on, but he knew they could not afford many more incidents. They needed to learn to control this, and quickly. He held her close and did his best to comfort her. "Don't worry, Stevie, we're going to go out, and we're going to learn to control this. I swear."

[Luna]

"O ok...you might have to go buy the meat, if I reacted badly when I smelt cooked meat who knows what will happen if I smelt an entire butcher shop of meat" she said fear in her voice her mind on the almost transformation. She looked at him fear and panic in her eyes which made her hear rate skyrocket through her chest her body was trembling harder. She didn't notice her phone ringing in the midst of her fear filled mind

[EliteCommander]

"Yeah, that would be best, probably. Well, actually I don't even know if I could handle it. I had a bit of difficulty just then as well. Maybe...maybe it would be best if I just got some ground beef from the supermarket. Go somewhere where all the meat is kept in nice, airtight packages. I think I'll do that." As he started to help her stand to her feet, he heard Stevie's ringtone. As much as he wanted to ignore it and let her recover, they really couldn't afford to let their friends and family know that anything was amiss. Quickly, he grabbed her phone and handed it to her. "I'm sorry, just..just try to sound like nothing is wrong."

[Luna]

She nodded and answered her phone "hello...H hi Mom...No no no nothing is wrong...Y you are what...um ok I will tell Sam...ok bye love"she hung up her face ten time as pale as she dropped her phone. "M my mom just said she is coming to visit along with your family...next week...Sam I am not rally fucking panicking" she said cursing which was rare a she started to pace her emotions were in a complete turmoil

[EliteCommander]

Sam grabbed Stevie and gave her a tight hug, holding her close. "We'll figure it out. We've handled everything so far, we'll just have to prepare. This week, we'll do our best to find out how to hold off our wolf forms. Hopefully, we can figure it out enough that we can get through the visit. If not, we'll have to figure something else out. Maybe make a compelling excuse about why it can't happen. I don't know, but we have time, plenty of time to figure it all out. For now...let's just go. We can stop by the store, pick up a few things, then head off into the forest."

[Luna]

She nodded holding to him tightly before she got up picking up the bags and cooler heading down to the car to put them up trying not to shake since there was people outside during the day 'First I nearly transform and then our families are coming up this is almost too much for me but I have to be strong for Sam as he is being strong for me' she gave a small smile as she thought about her boyfriend as she closed the trunk

[EliteCommander]

Once they were packed, Sam and Stevie locked up their apartment, then got into Sam's car and headed off to the nearest supermarket for some last minute food and other supplies. They packed as much into the car as they could, just to make sure they didn't run out during the week. They had way more than they would actually need, but there was no telling how much they might lose to accidents with their beast forms.

Under normal circumstances, and week long camping trip into the wilderness would be something Sam would find fun, but with the stress they had to deal with due to their lycanthropy, he had a feeling it would be more work than anything. Hopefully, they would be able to find time to just relax and enjoy themselves. He was driving them to a very secluded part of the forest a few hours from the city. It was unlikely that they would be disturbed way out there. As they were driving along, Sam decided to make a bit of conversation. "Since you almost turned this morning, I don't you'll be able to turn again for a while, so we probably won't be able to practice with our werewolf forms for at least a few hours after we get there. Maybe tomorrow. I suppose we need to take the time to get everything set up and get familiar with the area anyway. We are going to be there all week, so we need to make sure we have a good spot."

[Luna]

She nodded in agreement. "I agree with you dear, it would be better for us" she said as she looked out the passenger window holding her legs to her, it was obvious that her mind had not fully taken in that fact that they were no longer normal humans and the almost transformation from this morning made things world for her state of mine. "What are we going to do, you know my parents love their meat, if they cook it and I don't have control I might do something I know I will regret" she said to him, it as true her father rain a butcher shop and was always cooking meat for the family

[EliteCommander]

"Well, we have some meat with us. It's all sealed away, so its scent won't temp us most of the time, but we can use it to practice staying in control. I do not know how much control we will have by the end of the week, but that is at least a goal to keep ourselves in human form around raw or cooking meat. It sounds...doable. We have a week to figure it out, at least. I was also thinking about one thing I noticed about our transformations. It seems that they do not happen back to back, within a short time. Next week, if we can find a place to slip away to and transform during the day, it might make it easier to avoid transforming when we don't want to." Sam commented. He turned off the interstate and onto a smaller road, which lead to his planned campsite in about ten or so miles. It was a remote and secluded place that he had only ever been to once before. He wasn't really sure if anyone was actually supposed to be there, but if no one found them, then there wouldn't be a problem.

[Luna]

"Hmm that might help, perhaps we can find a abandoned building or something and transform there so we wont do so when our families come to visit." she said looking at him then back out the window as the city slowly vanished from the mirror. She looked down as they crossed the very bridge where they first made love and that made her smile "I remember this bride all to well my love" she said

[EliteCommander]

Sam grinned. "As do I. Thinking back on it, it was hardly a romantic spot, wasn't it? Still, I don't regret it for a second. The real beauty of love isn't where it formed, but who it formed with. We could have been in the most polluted city or filthiest swamp and it would have been just as beautiful."

Looking at the clock, Sam could see that they were making good time. It was probably only going to be about 1:00 PM when they arrived, so they would have plenty of time to get their camp set up and get accustomed to the area. "We will be heading deeper into the forest this time, somewhere people very rarely go. Hopefully, it will help us not to be disturbed. I've been studying a map of the area, and there are a few landmarks I hope to familiarize myself with in case we get lost and need to get back. It's not perfect, but we will be much better prepared than last time."

Soon enough, Sam turned off onto a small side road, then onto a dirt road that headed up into the mountains. After a short while, he found the spot to turn off-road onto a small, overgrown path that used to be used for walking and ATVs. His car would barely fit through, but he nevertheless was able to make it to a decent sized clearing: the spot he intended for them to make their camp. Shutting off the car, he stepped out and took in a deep breath of the air around him. "Well, here we are, our new home for the next week. We should probably go ahead and get everything set up."

[Luna]

Sam got out of the car with a nod of her head helping get some things out of the car looking around. "Hmm since my near transformation my sense of smell as gotten stronger" she said twitching her nose a little before heading for the clearing that would be their every other week home the sun was beating down at the them but Sam didn't seem to notice nor break a sweat at the heat. Once she had reached the clearing she placed everything she had down and tilted her face in the air. "Hmm I smell a small lake not far away we can use that for bathing" she said again

[EliteCommander]

Sam walked to the clearing with Stevie and placed down the pieces of their tent at what looked like a good spot. He would set it up shortly, but for now they just needed to focus on unloading the car. "Yeah, I was careful in selecting this place. Nice, out of the way, and with everything we need nearby. The food and water we brought with us should be enough to last the week, but the lake is also nearby if we need it. The weather forecast says the weather should be pretty fair most of the week, though there is a decent chance of rain near the end of the week. Thursday I think. This would make for a nice relaxing camping trip were it not for, you know, the lycanthropy thing. You think we should try getting started on that today, after we get the camp set up? You didn't turn completely this morning, so I guess you would be able to do it again." He asked.

[Luna]

"Probably this morning I wa mostly provoked by the smell of meat aka the bacon, the beast inside us are getting more hungrier each time perhaps the first step is to sate their hunger" she said. "Plus making love or mating as are beasts calls it will also be another probably since we did transform that night in the bathroom. I am surprised they didn't claw up the bathroom with scratch marks though I am relieved that way we don't have to explain to our families while said marks are there" she said

[EliteCommander]

Sam helped to unload a few more things he would need to set up the basics of their campsite, then started setting up the tent while Stevie continued to unload a few of the other things they would need for the day.

"Yeah, I'm...not really sure how to go about starting a transformation at will, honestly. We know a few things that can cause it, but I don't know how we can make it happen on our own, or if that's even possible. Maybe we will have to provoke it every time, or perhaps as we grow more familiar with it, we'll learn how to start it on our own. Either way, we can't forget that's why we're here. We have to figure out how to get some control over this before next week, when our parents arrive." He commented. He was able to get the tent unpacked and mostly put together, but it was the last part anchoring the supporting rods into the ground that always gave him trouble. "Hey, could you hold the other side for a second so I can get this tent pitched?"

[Luna]

Stevie nodded and held said side as she watched him "True true cause I don't want to transform in front of the them, plus my mom is pregnant and I dont want her to miscarry all because her oldest daughter turned into a werewolf right in front of her. This was knew since Stevie never told him her mother was pregnant and that she was going to be a older sister "And before you ask I just found out four days ago and with all the midterms I had to do and study for I couldn't tell you until now" she said knowing that look in her boyfriend's eyes

[EliteCommander]

With Stevie holding the other side, Sam was finally able to make some progress on the tent. "Really? I'll have to remember to congratulate her when we see her. My mom is a bit too old for that, though that is probably a good thing, in all honesty. She is a very kind and loving person, but I don't think my parents could afford to take care of another child. Besides, I think she is more than satisfied with her three children." He commented. Stevie of course knew his siblings, though given that he was the oldest by a few years, Stevie had always spent more time with Sam when they were growing up rather than his brother or sister.

After a few minutes, the pair finally finished pitching the tent, which was the last thing they needed to do for the moment. They would need to make a campfire before nightfall, but they still had plenty of time for that. For the moment, Sam simply took a seat in one of the folding chairs they brought along to relax for a moment. "I think that's everything for now. So, what should we do first?"