The family car and Ben's car was parked next to each other in the Twist driveway. Everyone was helping to load both vehicles before parting company for their respective destinations.
"I think that's everything mom," said Ben, while closing the trunk lid.
"Just let me double check my list to make sure son," said Frances Twist, while going over a hastily scribbled piece of paper.
"I'll admit, I'm kind of nervous. Other than the two of you, I don't know any other werecats," said Martha Anderson, standing next to Samantha Twist.
"That's why we're having this get together tonight, to welcome you and Jen Decker, Tad's mother's, while he joins our sons' wolf pack," said Samantha, giving her friend and sister werecat a brief hug.
Everyone was in their human forms at the moment, but that would soon change once they reached their respective destinations.
"Okay. We're about as prepared as we're going to be. Is the house locked up?" asked Frances.
"Yes, dear. Let's get this show on the road," suggested Samantha.
Soon the car with the ladies headed off toward the werecat pride picnic.
"You guys ready?" asked Ben, climbing into his car.
"You bet ya," said Nate Anderson, as he and his boyfriend Alex Ramsey started to climb into the back seat to be together. Their bags to hold their human clothing once they reached the meeting and wolfed out were already inside, but Ben wasn't staying that long. He still wanted to go see his new girlfriend, Kenya Adaeze after the welcoming ceremony for Tad Decker.
Everyone put on their seat belts, and then started off in the opposite direction from Ben's mothers toward the wolf pack meeting.
"You guys gonna be able to get home okay without me?" Ben asked.
"Yeah, and we wish you the best of luck with this Kenya. She sounds like a nice lady," said Nate.
"She definitely is," agreed Ben, with a smile on his face.
"We're just going to hang out at the after party, fuck each other's brains out, and then go back to my place for more sex," said Alex, before kissing Nate again.
"Since we're all off tomorrow for this Teachers In Service thing, I've got permission to hang out with my beau. Meanwhile, even though mom's only a substitute teacher who hasn't actually had a class yet, she's got to go the meetings at the elementary school," revealed Nate.
"But with your dad having his own classes at the college tomorrow, won't that leave Eric home alone?" wondered Ben, concerned about his friend and neighbor's younger brother.
"Usually, yeah. But it turns out Eric has a daytime date with Julie," Nate informed Ben. "Which works out for them since we have to be at my dad's induction ceremony into the Skulk tomorrow night."
"I guess love is fully in bloom in Moon Lake," observed Ben.
But when there was no reply, Ben quickly added, "If you two make a mess back there, I'm sending you the cleaning and detailing bill."
"Aw man," Ben heard Alex groan, accompanied by the sound of a zipper being hastily closed while Nate giggled, to which Ben could only smile.
Soon they arrived at the residence of Austin Perry, their pack leader. The meeting was being held in his backyard, which opened up into a large section of the woods that composed a good part of Moon Lake real estate.
The three of them mixed and mingled with all the other werewolves present, but not too many of those attending had already assumed their furry forms yet.
The one thought on Ben Twist's mind was getting to his girlfriend as soon as he could, when he heard a very familiar female voice behind him seductively say, "Hello, my werewolf."
"KENYA!" Ben shouted, as he turned and hugged the lady. "Not that I ain't very happy to see you, but what are you doing here?"
"A werewolf friend from the college dropped me off, although he's not a member of your pack," she began. "Besides using this as part of my goal to start connecting myself more with the community, since this is important to you and you are important to me..."
Ben smiled before kissing her. "There are a couple of people I'd like you to meet if you don't mind."
"It will be my pleasure," said Kenya, taking his hand in hers.
Soon he found them and introduced Kenya to Nate and Alex.
"Gentlemen," said Kenya, shaking hands first with Ben's friend and next door neighbor, before greeting Nate's boyfriend.
The couple couldn't help staring at Ben's lady. She was easily a couple of inches taller than him in her human form, with rich mocha colored skin and black hair that cascaded above her shoulders. Yet the golden eyes of a werepanthress, along with the toned athletic body and her very good looks combined to make Kenya a truly exotic beauty.
"You both go with Benjamin to the local high school?" she asked.
"Yes," said Nate, before briefly explaining what few classes the three of them shared along with eating together during the Junior class lunch period.
Kenya started telling the boys a little bit about herself when Austin's son AJ, (Austin Perry Junior, technically) and beta pack leader called the meeting to order, before he officially introduced and welcomed Tad Decker into their wolf pack.
Then, with the meeting officially over after the group howl, AJ announced it was time for the pack orgy!
As everyone who had not already done so started stripping off their human clothes and wolving out, Ben turned to Kenya and said, "What would you like to do now?"
"You do not want to stay with your friends and fellow pack members?" asked Kenya, as she spotted the one called Tad Decker going off with a she-wolf who had all white fur.
"Once upon a time, maybe," admitted Ben, "but orgies were already losing their appeal for me before I met you. Yet, if you want to stay?"
"No. There is only one werewolf in my life," said Kenya with a smile, while wrapping her arm around him. "Besides, I feel that love should be something truly special between two people who care about each other," she added, as she started to lead him away from the party. "We still have a couple of hours left. Why don't you show me the town from your perspective so I get to know Moon Lake better, then you can take me home before my 10 pm curfew, since I still have college tomorrow."
"It would be my pleasure," Ben said with a smile before kissing her on the cheek. Then he led them to his car.
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The above does incorporate some material I wrote for the Tad Decker episode "Who's Attending?", elsewhere on CYOC.net