Before we begin, a few notes.
1. The Tad story is running ahead of the main Moon Lake thread. It is currently late Sunday afternoon here and still Saturday night there.
2. No author is perfect, but long time fans know that Doctor Tora Tachibana is a man while Mayor Martin Stovall drove to California to check on his mother and her recent skateboard injury to maintain human appearances; besides the fact he isn't due back in Moon Lake until sometime Monday at the earliest.
Now then, while FBI agent Theodore Green is flying back home to be with his loving wife (and werecat) Marci after the currently unsolved murder of Lionel Ulysses was considered a local Seattle PD matter...
Tad Decker, Amy Howler and her brothers Jay and Leon were just lounging around the pool. Tad and Amy, besides recently becoming boyfriend and girlfriend, were already full fledged werewolves, while Jay and Leon were a bit apprehensive about their impending first transformations.
The two older teenagers had done their best to ally the younger one's fears and concerns, yet not everything had been apparently settled yet as Jay asked, "So, there's no set time when we might have our first transformation?"
"I'm afraid not," admitted Tad, wanting to be honest with the boys. "Technically you start puberty at age 13, but every body and everyone's bodies are different."
"The average were usually doesn't have their first transformation until they're either closer to or past their 14th birthday," added their sister Amy. "Yet there's no way of knowing for sure when your hormones will reach that point in your lives to start transforming until they do."
"And when we do change, who will we change with?" wondered Leon, for the twin boys did have some interest in their own gender, as well as each other.*
"Well, depending upon your personal preferences, you can select someone in advance, but there's no guarantee they might actually be available when the time comes. Otherwise, we can talk to our pack leader and Alpha Austin Perry, but if who you want to be with isn't already a member of our pack, the best he'll be able to do on short notice is just have a selection of whichever gender you want to be with for your first time," explained Amy.
"And how will we know..." began Jay, unable to finish the question.
"That will be pure instinct," was Tad's reply. "But despite weres having more active libidos than normal humans, you still want to make sure your partner is a willing participant."
"Yeah. Rape is still rape, even among weres," pointed out their sister.
"However, considering how I grew up with my family always on the move because of my father's military service, you definitely want your first time to be with someone," said Tad, while eyeing Amy with more than just affection in his gaze.
"Just remember. There's also no guarantee that whoever you spend your first transformation with will be the romantic connection you spend the rest of your life with either, but having someone to share your first transformation with will be highly more enjoyable than trying to go solo," added Amy, while looking at Tad.
The fact that Amy's nipples had grown hard and there was a scent of arousal now coming from the she-wolf was not lost on her boyfriend, despite the fact it would be awhile before they could do anything about it, especially since Tad really wanted to cut lose and celebrate the fact that his father's killer had finally been caught.
"There's a lot to being a were than just transforming, isn't there?" asked Leon.
"Yes, there is, but don't worry. We'll show you all the ins and outs of life with and without fur," promised their sister.
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*IF I remember some of the previous Tad episodes correctly, although I will be the first to admit that it's been awhile since the episode in question, so if I'm wrong, I'll be the first to apologize.—tmw.