As Eric Anderson and Spencer Lawson entered the backdoor of the Andersons' house, they were greeted (and in some cases, hugged) by everyone there. The welcomers were careful with Spencer's right arm still in a sling, but otherwise VERY glad to see the new arrivals.
"Oh Eric!" cried his mother who, along with Samantha and Frances Twist, had stopped their "honey break" and hurriedly got dressed before the kids came. Then, much to her amazement, Martha Anderson hugged Spencer too. "You poor dear," she said.
"Err, thank you Mrs. Anderson, but we have some decisions to make here, and quickly," said Spencer, after returning the hug. Still in her fursona to promote faster healing of her injuries, the hybrid were could smell the scents (intimate and otherwise) of the three women mixing together on their respective bodies. While Spencer never commented on it, she was intrigued looking between Martha, Samantha, and Frances; and the werecat part of her dual nature wondered if sometime the trio would like to make it a quartet.
"Oh?" said Nate Anderson, as he heard all the adults around him let out low growls.
"Yeah. My dad's rounding up his pals to face them and trust me, no one wants to be on the wrong side of my father, let alone a bunch of angry SEALs! But if Nutty Daddy and his buddies get that far, they're going to be pissed that nobody's home at my place, and may start trying to track us down," began Spencer. "We were in too much of a hurry to warn everyone and escape, especially with my busted wing, to cover our tracks, so I'm afraid it'd be relatively easy to follow our trail here if they're that hell bent and determined."
"How many are we looking at?" asked Samantha, with cellphone already in hand. Meanwhile, her wife Frances was in a corner by herself, contacting their son Ben and his boyfriend Alex Ramsey, warning them to stay put and away from the potential danger.
"At least three for sure. The Funky Father, whoever's with him, and the guy that gave Jeremy the heads up that this was about to go down."
"I can have a protection unit here in 20 minutes, but transporting you safely elsewhere in your current condition before nightfall will be problematic," realized Samantha, knowing that except for authorized events and life threatening emergencies (which this had not actually reached, yet?) that an "active" were could not be seen in public during the day.
"If someone has any clothes I could borrow, I could risk changing back," offered Spencer.
"NO!" shouted Eric, the first word he had spoken since they're arrival at his place.
He had been standing close to Spencer the entire time, but turned to look at her now and said, "You don't want to risk re-injuring your arm. We'll protect you. I'll protect you!" vowed Eric, holding her paw-hands in his the best he could.
"That's real sweet of your slugger," said Spencer, who moved to hug him with her left arm, "and I know you love me as much as I love you," she added, not caring how mushy or intimate it sounded, even with the adults present. "But these guys are REALLY bad news. I don't know how many of them might have military training, government issued or otherwise, but Jeremy's freaky father is an even higher grade nut case than that bastard."
"And whatever happens young man, you're NOT sneaking out of any more bathroom windows!" warned Martha, while giving Eric a VERY stern look.
"Yes, ma'am," conceded Eric, with a very noticeable gulp. "But I'm not leaving Spencer!" he added defiantly, holding her paws again.
Our son is DEFINITELY in love! realized his parents, but it would be a while before William and Martha could privately confer and discover both had reached the same conclusion.
"Okay. I've made the arrangements," announced Samantha Twist.
Everyone turned to look at her, before realizing that she had made a phone call while they were talking to Eric.
"A police unit will be here in twenty minutes, with a van," announced Samantha. "They'll back in the driveway to your garage door William. We'll sneak Spencer—"
"And me!" quickly added Eric, interrupting the Town Chancellor.
"And Eric," added Samantha, while smiling at the couple, "through your garage into the back of the van. They'll transport all of you to a safer location than this place, while my wife accompanies me to the Town Hall so I can start handling things from there. So Frances and I are going to our house to grab a few things and pack a bag for Ben. I suggest you all do the same here and secure this place."
"I've already called him," confirmed Frances, standing next to her wife again. "He'll stay with the Ramseys, so if you can have an officer deliver it to him so he doesn't refresh his scent trail coming home and going back there..."
"Well, I'm all ready to go," said Spencer, indicating all she had was the over sized sweat shirt she was still wearing, along with her house keys on an extra-large lanyard around her furry neck and her cellphone in her paw.
"Don't worry dear. I'll take care of it," said Eric, kissing Spencer's furry cheek before running up the back stairs to refresh his travel bag.
Spencer Lawson couldn't help smiling as she watched Eric leave.
Then she felt someone put their arm around her. By the scent, Spencer knew it was Mrs. Anderson.
"I know it's still early in your relationship, but you two make a good couple, and Eric really cares about you," said Martha.
Spencer looked directly at Eric's mom and said, "I know, and I love him too."
Both women noticed that each might have been on the verge of shedding a tear (or two) of joy, but before either could say anything, William Anderson spoke.
"Come on honey. We better throw a few things together ourselves," he announced, while grabbing her hand to lead them upstairs.
Suddenly, Spencer found herself standing alone in the Anderson family's kitchen, waiting for everyone to return.
WOW! First, to the surprise of everyone, even me, Eric and I fall in love. Now, despite all this shit I've dragged them into, the rest of his family have welcomed me with open arms. Hmm... Mrs. Spencer Anderson... It does have a nice ring to it, even if we'd have to wait until after high school graduation to make that official. But after we deal with this latest Bower bastard, and I truly hope there ain't any more of them lurking somewhere, we still need to figure out what to do about Eric's status as a normal...