Before Tad and his mother moved to town on Wednesday morning, in what would be a surprise for many as a return to Moon Lake of a were-family that at some point (for some reason) had once left for what they thought would be "greener pastures"; Jenny Harper, Moon Lake's newest vixen, did not have a great night. It started well as she drifted off to sleep in Harry's arms after a fantastic session of sexual romance, and her dreams initially were good, but soon became a real nightmare that sent her into a screaming fit, which promptly awakened the other occupants of the dorm room as well...
"It's okay honey. It's okay," Karen Yuletide heard Harry Jenkins say as she abruptly returned to conscious reality. She had been dreaming of Peter Talbot and eventually becoming his lioness, as the first step in what would eventually become a happy marriage for the two of them, when her roommate had started screaming.
"What happened?" she asked, turning on the lights via the wall switch between beds. She saw two werefoxes in the bed across from her. The male with his back against the wall as he held the crying female.
"Bad dreams," explained Harry, as he held his fiance close in his foxy arms. Jenny's furry werevixen back was to Karen, her tail limply hanging off the bed, as she sobbed into Harry's furry chest.
"It... was... awful..." wailed Jenny between tears. "My... f-folks... W-Wilhelm... the... rogue..."
As if she doesn't have enough problems because of her parents and whoever this Wilhelm guy is, thought Karen, not knowing about the Harpers' idea of who their daughter should marry, Jenny's still having nightmares about Yvette Smith too? she asked herself, as she got up to hand Harry a box of tissues from the nightstand between the beds. Karen didn't care that her nightgown was disheveled, and was unaware of a werefox's night vision, which gave her a more sensual appearance than she intended in the dark.
"There, there, honey. I'm here. You're amongst friends. Everything will work out for the best, I promise," swore Harry. He had sat the box near his left side and was now trying to dry Jenny's eyes with one of the tissues.
Not knowing what else she could do, Karen just sat on the edge of her bed and waited.
Jenny cried, but eventually managed to tell them everything that happened in her nightmare. Even as Harry continued to console his fiance, he looked up at Karen in disbelief. This is so fucked up, the expression on his face said to her.
Finally thinking of something to do, Karen got up and grabbed Jenny's comb from her dresser, wheeled a desk chair over to their bed, and began brushing the were-vixen's tail like she seen Jenny do before.
Having cried herself out, in time, Jenny grew quiet. She laid contented in Harry's arms, using his chest for a pillow. Just before she finally drifted off to sleep again, Jenny turned to briefly smile at her friend. Then Jenny looked up at Harry and whispered something only he could hear. After that, she nestled back against his chest and soon fell asleep.
"What time is it?" Harry asked Karen in a low voice.
"Near 5:30," was the reply, after looking at the digital clock on her dresser.
"She called her folks last night to tell them about our engagement and wedding, but Jenny can't go on like this," whispered Harry, more to himself than anyone else.
"When's her next appointment with that therapist?" asked Karen in a low voice.
"Two this afternoon, because we both have morning classes today. As soon as I'm sure she's up for the day, I'm gonna call Mrs. Tachibana and see if there's anything the Skulk can do to help us," announced Harry.
"Good idea," whispered Karen in return, not thinking it weird that she was talking to an anthropomorphic fox, who was holding a sleeping lady fox, who happened to be her best friend. "If you don't mind me asking, what did Jenny say to you before she drifted off?"
"Besides the fact that she loves me, and only me, no matter what happens?" asked Harry in a low voice. "She thanked you for taking care of her, and said you'd make a regal werelioness, especially to your mate and cubs."
Now how did she know about my drawings from art class?Karen wanted to ask, knowing that the sketchpad was still in her portfolio, which was still secured and sitting between the foot of her bed and her dorm desk.
But Harry Jenkins had fallen asleep too, lying next to his fiance. Karen saw a troubled look on both fox muzzles.
Worried about her friends, she went to her desk long enough to jot down a couple of notes that might help them down the road.
Then Karen Yuletide went back to sleep herself until her 7 am alarm went off, dreaming about her werelion, their future together, and wondering if she knew Peter long enough to ask if his whole leonine family might be willing to help out with security at Jenny's wedding.
HEY FOLKS! This is episode 205, with "Pleasant Musings" by s1 being our 200th installment! WAY TO GO TEAM MOON LAKE!
And don't worry Werewolf Prince, Tad will meet the rest of our cast when this story line catches up to his "present" a few episodes from now.—tmw2016.