"Are you ready honey?" Julie Stovall asked as she approached her fiance.
Eric Anderson couldn't help noticing the big smile on her face and the twinkle in Julie's eyes as he closed his school locker for the weekend.
"Yes. Do you know where she is?" he asked.
"Out front, the last I saw of her," answered Julie.
"Okay. Let's go."
Outside in the Moon Lake High School parking lot, Spencer Lawson sat behind the wheel of her pickup truck, wondering what, if anything, to do.
They should be out any time now, she thought to herself. I just wish I knew what it was about Eric, let alone Julie, that gets my libido, let alone my heart racing? wondered the hybrid werewolf-cat-panthress. But all I can do is just offer them a ride home and see where things go from there.
"There she is," said Julie, pointing at who they were looking for.
Together, the two teenagers approached the woman they were looking for.
"Mrs. Reilly," said Eric, attempting to get the teacher's attention.
"Yes?" asked the red haired mathematics teacher, who was on monitor duty that afternoon making sure those students who were either picked up by a ride or walked home left the school safely.
"You don't know us, since we don't have an actual class with you this semester, but I'm Eric Anderson and this is Julie Stovall," said Eric, finishing his introduction.
"What can I do for you?" asked Mrs. Reilly.
"We understand that you're the Freshman Student Adviser," began Julie. "Eric and I would like to talk to you about the possibility of starting a couple of clubs here at Moon Lake High."
"Oh? In regards to what?"
"A book club, for either science fiction and or fantasy, and maybe a chess club," suggested Eric.
"That sounds interesting. What would be the objectives of these organizations?" wondered the Student Adviser.
"Well, the book club would just meet and discuss what we've read lately," answered Julie. "I was originally thinking about suggesting two separate clubs, one for each genre; but since most book stores lump them together..."
"And the chess club would meet to discuss and play the game. Maybe share tips and pointers with its members," added Eric.
"And were you thinking about competing on any kind of a professional level outside of the school?" asked Mrs. Reilly.
"Not really," admitted Eric. "I was just thinking it could be for people interested in the game to get together and have some fun. Teach chess to beginners and give everyone a chance to play, because I can tell you from first hand experience since I've moved to Moon Lake that I have yet to meet too many people that actually know the game."
"I see," said the Adviser, thinking over what the students said. "Well, you know that even without our... special population," began Reilly, sensing that she was talking to a couple of were-mers, "Moon Lake isn't really a big high school, compared to some of the others in Washington State," added the werecougar. "The best I can do right now is talk to Principal Andrews on your behalf and see if he's interested in sanctioning your ideas. But even if he says yes, the best we can hope for is an authorized meeting place after school."
"What about the library?" asked Julie. "It's open till 5 Mondays through Thursdays to help students with their homework and give them a place to hang out for awhile after school if they want to."
Mrs. Reilly knew that as the school shut down for the day, the faculty and other employees went out the bus stop exit that let out into the Teachers and Students parking lot, and the library was between that and the front door of the school.
"That sounds like a wonderful idea," she agreed, knowing that Moon Lake High didn't have that many after school organizations and clubs to begin with. "I'll talk to Principal Andrews about it and let you know what he says next week. Now you two hurry on home and have a great weekend."
"We will," promised Eric, knowing that he was spending the weekend with his fiance at the pool cabana behind the Stovalls' house.
"See you next week, and thanks again Mrs. Reilly," said Julie cheerfully, as she and Eric started walking away from the school.
And sitting in her pickup truck, Spencer Lawson wondered what was keeping Eric and Julie, let alone how she could go about getting what she hoped for without ruining her budding friendship with them in the process.
TO BE CONTINUED...