Morgana turned to face Selena and her pack, carrying two silk bags in her hands. She opened them to reveal what looked like caramel candies. "These are hair chews, one of my own inventions. They've always proved quite popular with teenagers. Teenage girls use the removal chews to dispose of unwanted hair and look better groomed, while teen boys use the growth chews to look manlier for their girlfriends... not that many teen boys from around here can find girlfriends these days."
Abbie Peterson looked at the two bags, one green and one red. "Which sack is which?"
"The green sack contains the growth chews, and the red sack contains the removal chews," said Morgana. "It's quite intuitive. Nobody wants to mix the two up, after all. You may take more than one to achieve your desired results. For instance, I would prescribe one removal chew for Summer Vogel and two for Chloe Stewart."
"Sounds great," Selena smiled, handing Morgana the money. She turned to face her pack. "Hey, I had a great idea! Let's have a pack sleepover at Karnstein Manor and take our hair chews there. Tatiana would love to have us, and Carmilla and Mircalla love to make her happy."
"Karnstein Manor makes a pretty decent home base until we have real territory," Beck remarked.
"Better than my place, that's for certain," said Selena. "Diana's the only member of my family who knows about my werehyena transformation, and she warned me me to never tell the others. Believe me, letting Mom know would be a really, REALLY stupid idea."
"Letting my mom know would be stupider," Skyler smirked. "My dad might be cool with it... assuming he doesn't have a heart attack and die from the shock of learning that werebeasts are a thing."
"That's how I feel about my parents," said Zoey. "They let me make my own life choices, no exceptions, but who knows how they'd take finding out that magic is real and I'm, like, part of its world now?"
"Where are you gonna tell them the baby's coming from?" asked Selena.
"Pretty much everyone wants to sleep with me," said Zoey. "I'll just make up some story about having a fivesome with some guys from the football team. They'll buy it."
"It sucks they can't know I'm the dad," sighed Ashlee.
Zoey put a comforting hand on her mate's shoulder. "It's okay, Ashlee. They know your my girlfriend and that it'll be you I'm gonna be raising little Bailey with."
"They really won't care that you'll be a teen mom?" Brianna asked incredulously. "I know MY mom and dad would freak."
Zoey shrugged. "Brian and Lisa figure I'm not a little kid anymore and I know what I'm doing." Zoey always called her parents by their first names at their request. "Heck, my social media income makes me the highest earner in the house. Sometimes I think they're a little in awe of me."
"Jesus, Zoey!" Abbie laughed. "Can we switch families or something?"
"No way Jose!" Zoey laughed back. "I do NOT want to put up with your sucky foster family's crap!"
Selena scooped up the hair chews. "Come on, girls (and enbies). Places to go, things to do. Bye, Morgana! Thanks for everything!"
"See ya the day after tomorrow!" Ellie called back. "Can't wait to see Japan!"