"Cool." Gavin gave his buddy, Ryan, a friendly handshake, sneaking a bill in his hand. His buddy, a poorly dressed chap with a black hat on sideways and pants halfway down his backside, stealthily handed him something in return. Gavin slid it into his pocket without missing a beat.
"So you goin' to that party tonight?" The boy asked, walking along side of Gavin to keep things casual looking. "Heard it was going to be bigger than normal."
Gavin shrugged with uncharacteristic carelessness. He was human now, he did what he wanted. "Big or not, there'll be fire and fun." And Jac. He added silently to himself with a coy grin. His wolf was so far buried in the depths of his mind that he hardly noticed the scowl of disapproval.
"And Rory." Ryan laughed, slapping him on the arm. "He's always good for a laugh."
Gavin felt ice down his spine. Rory. Undoubtedly, Rory would know about the upcoming full moon and likely be freaking out. The thought made Gavin want to roll around with laughter- humans: slaves to their own minds. Go, go, placebo effects. Instinctively, Gavin reached in his pocket and pulled out his phone. He had still not turned it on. "Yeah," He agreed with Ryan. "He's a lycan like I'm a vampire."
By now Blondie would be giving him the silent treatment. So, Gavin turned his phone back on and quickly closed the dozen message notifications, shaking his head.
"Blondie?" Ryan asked, looking over Gavin's shoulder, though was a good four inches shorter than he. "Oh is that that blonde chick who's always hanging all over you? Aren't you two dating?"
Gavin tilted his head, furrowed his brow disbelievingly at him. "According to her. I wasn't aware of this. Women." Human women.
"Yeah I know what you mean." Ryan popped his collar and stood up straighter. To Gavin's shock, Ryan gave a hearty pelvic thrust, arm motions and all, and declared, "Once they get a taste of you they can't stop."
Caught between wanting to laugh and punch him, Gavin just stared at his absent-minded friend. After a moment, he shook his head and sighed, "Dude, I didn't need to see that."
Unabashed, Ryan laughed at Gavin's disapproval, luring Gavin himself to chuckle.
"No, but seriously, what is it with her?" Ryan asked when another silence enveloped them.
Gavin shrugged, he wasn't one for spilling the details of his personal life. "We had some fun." He shrugged. "Once. It was at a party, you know."
"Ah, I told you. They don't stop." Ryan nodded in that characteristic way of his, indicating he knew exactly the whole story from there. Gavin believed him, so didn't continue. "Well, good luck, man. I gotta get back to class." They waved bye as Ryan took off, and Gavin moved his stash from his pocket to his backpack.
He brought his attention back to his cell phone, now that all of Blondie's messages were deleted, and found one, expectantly, from Rory.
Gavin! Call me dude. I just met a girl and invited her to the party tonight, but I need your help. The full moon is coming and you're the only one who understands my 'condition'.
Gavin knew that Rory was unbelievably full of crap, but he decided it was better to keep Rory close, where he could keep an eye on him, than away somewhere where he couldn't. Not to mention his ideas of being a lycan kept Gavin heartily amused at parties- along with everyone else; that was why he was always invited.
He had a few more stops to make, and a while still before he had to meet Jac, so he went ahead and dialed Rory's number and held the phone to his ear, waiting for Rory to pick up.