A spur of the moment decision led Selena away from the wolf compound. Spending her entire life with the pack just seemed less and less enticing. Selena could deal with her mother and everything her sisters threw at her, they all loved each other, but some of the judgmental canine assholes in the pack could go piss on a fire hydrant for all she cared. Guess she hadn’t fully processed she actually had options, so stuck at becoming a wolf all her life.
Tatiana mirrored Selena’s expression, she was so up for helping her best friend being a delinquent little rebel. “Lena, you know they’re going to disown you, right?” The vampire teased before somersaulting over a fence leading to the personnel-only area of the Tiger compound. Tats was lucky their gym teacher didn’t see any of that. Selena smirked, raising an eyebrow as she gestured with the were-brush while mock clapping. “Oh, right. Pretty please. With strawberries on top.”
“We’re going to watch so many clips of cats and dogs playing together that you’ll beg me to drive a stake through your heart and end your immortal existence.” This was not an idle threat either. Doing this directly after school finished had been a mistake. Selena felt like a kid on Christmas Eve and she wanted someone to share in her suffering.
“Wooow. Scary. Next you’ll be feeding me popcorn as we cuddle together.” Selena shrugged nonchalantly in response as if to pretend she hadn't considered it until Tats brought it up before tossing the brush over. “Purr loudly if you see someone, Lena. I’ll be back in a minute.”
Selena couldn’t endure the grin twitching at the edges of Tats’ lips when she returned. “What?”
“They had a Bengal Tiger. On loan from a foreign zoo.” Tatiana said after deciding she couldn’t keep the facade up any longer. “Guess who the handler let brush him.”
“Tats?”
“Tats!” Tatiana used a stolen key this time to unlock the chain-link door. Taking her time and leaving Selena to stew while she waited for her to lock up again before assaulting her best friend with hug. Expecting it or not, the vampire nearly fell over by the barreling force of Selena’s embrace. “Uh, you’re more excited than I expected.”
“I am turning into a weretiger. Feels so unreal, but I am!” The teen had no idea what to do with that or anything else right now, except to try to keep herself from shouting with joy.