bound to the moonlight

9.Matt

I led her up the small path towards the front door, I absentmindedly held out my hand to stroke my small tortoise shell cat, Halo who was sitting on the garden wall. My hand stopped short in surprise as the cat arched his back and hissed at me. I frowned, "Time of the month is it Halo?" I muttered to my cat, who continued Hissing at me, "Other animals don't really like werewolves." Amy said gently "she's probably reacting more to me than you," I shrugged indifferently, and pulled the keys out of my pocket and opened the door holding it open to allow Amy to pass by me (my dad had been very insistent about how guys should treat girls). I gave her a direction with a vague sort of nod of my head and after securing the door I followed her to the large immaculate living room. As always it was pristine sweeping my eyes once around the room I could tell that there was absolutely nothing out of place.

"This will be fine." She said nodding "but I think we need to make sure were not going to be spied on." nodding at the large bay windows. I walked over to the windows and pulled the curtains closed tightly shielding us from prying eyes "Your like me." she said gently I froze keeping my back turned to her. "You do understand that's what I'm trying to say right?"

"I guessed that's what your trying to say." I said gently, after few seconds of pondering I shook my head coming back to reality shaking his head slightly, "do you want a drink or something?" I asked turning around "holy f**k what are you doing?" I gabbled backing up into the window gripping the curtain behind me with terror in my eyes as I saw Amy slid her Black trousers down her legs and step out of them.

"I'm proving it." She said,

"Proving what?" I asked my voice squeaking as she unbuttoned my shirt and shook it off. I felt torn between my teenage boy desire to keep watching and my desire to protect her modesty and avert my gaze. "You don't believe I can turn into a wolf so I'm going to let you see me do it."

"What?" I squealed,

"well that distracted you from looking at my boobs ." she said with a small smile,

"what...I...I ...I wasn't." I gabbled defensively, she laughed but I honestly hadn't been looking well I might have noticed but she was in just her underwear it was hard not to notice.

"anyway it seems logical." she said mildly seeming not at all bothered that she was standing in the middle of my living room in just a white lace pant and Bra set, I'd never seen a girl in her underwear well not in reality anyway but she didn't look at all bothered.

"Don't you need like a full moon or something?" she just snorted,

"No like I said full moon we have to change but if your strong enough then you don't need that," "And you have to be naked." I squeaked

"Again no but if your dressed you rip all your clothes and I don't want to do that because then I'd have to walk home naked and its cold outside." She said sliding her hands down to her thigh which was tightly bound with a thick strip of snow white bandages.

"Don't." I said in a wobbly voice,

"You need to see this." she said calmly.

"What the hell happened to your leg?" I said my eyes widening as I saw the savage wounds that had torn her legs her entire right thigh was a complete mess.

"nothing." she said vaguely, "rough job being a werewolf."

"right whatever." I sighed rubbing my head as I averted my gaze again I just let it go probably as I was too curious to see what she would do, in her attempt to prove this. "But I don't need to see you naked do I?" I said in a voice that was clearly a geeky teenage boys,

"Am I that hideous?"

"Don't be ridiculous your like one of the hottest girls I've ever seen. And I mean if we are discounting unreal girls like the airbrushed magazines or the 100% fake p**n stars your completely the hottest...not that I've ever ...you know watched ... but I... um." I stumbled to a halt my eyes widening in horror as my ears suddenly heard what I had said, god I hate myself some times. Amy's playful smile returned,

"Thanks that very flattering, and I'm sure your the only fifteen year old boy on the planet whose never seen any p**n but this is entirely platonic." she said reaching around to unclip her bra.

"Well look there are more than a few hundred guys who would trample me to get here believe me..."

"what exactly do you think is going to happen here." I could feel my cheeks begin to burn in embarrassment.

"could you...um...I ...um could you like do this with your underwear on."

"Afraid you don't have enough self control?" she said playfully. I narrowed my eyes at her. "okay I'll tell you what you wait outside the door and give me until the count of fifty." she smiled "I'm not going to turn into a wolf with my underwear on because one it'll hurt and two its expensive if I break my bra and three if it stays on I'll look ridiculous. A wolf in a lace bra and panty set." I didn't smile. "Trust me." she said "you'll see enough to believe me and yet protect my modesty well ...a bit." "Okay." I said slowly.

"Matt." she said as I moved towards the door, "don't come in until fifty no matter what you hear and don't worry remember I won't hurt you wolf or not I wouldn't do it." I smiled a very fake smile but it seemed to be passable, I nodded leaving the room closing the door softly behind me. Once out in the hallway I collapsed into the door and closed my eyes, this was just insane and yet ... "one ...two...three." I began chanting out loud. I heard a loud thump from the room beyond, I flinched but I didn't go in she after all had asked me not to and I was pretty sure that she had carried on and stripped off in there so I didn't want to burst in, what on earth would I say to justify that. I frowned at the far wall trying to convince myself that this was just an elaborate joke. after all that would make a huge amount of sense but I couldn't compute that. I knew that as stupid as this story was I did believe her. Whether that was a mistake and would leave me looking like an i***t well I guess I'd see. But she was clearly an outcast as much as me though not for such clear reasons, and what the hell could she possibly do to make my existence worse. I heard a girl scream along with a thump inside the room. I gripped the door handle and then stopped and forced myself to release it and wait. "Twenty... twenty one... twenty two." I gritted my teeth as I heard a scream that seemed to change into a snarl. I couldn't understand this what the hell was I doing I let some weirdo girl into my house and left her alone in the living room to change into a wolf! She was no doubt in there cleaning out the TV and DVD player while I stupidly stood outside the door. From inside the room there was another thud and a girly scream. "Thirty four... thirty five... thirty six." I wondered vaguely if she would consider that close enough but I had agreed to fifty , my foot started to tap awkwardly and I drummed my fingers against the door behind me I just couldn't stop the twitching. I pushed myself from the door and strode across to the opposite wall which I slouched against as a loud snarl erupted from the living room "forty two....forty three. That's enough I snarled pushing off the wall and opening the living room door as another savage snarl cut through the air.

"Cheater." Amy snapped from the floor. I froze my hand on the door knob as I tried to comprehend the situation before me. Half of my consciousness wanted to stay here and see what would happen, the other half of me wanted to just run from the room screaming. Amy was completely naked lying on the floor curled up in the foetal position. Her long slender legs were twitching sporadically and her fists were clenching and unclenching so hard that veins on the back of her hand stood out violently. Her long dark hair fell loosely around her in complete disarray. Her skin was coated in a thin shiny film of sweat. Her face contorted she was clearly in a lot of pain. She started crawling as if trying to escape from some invisible attacker and gained all fours Suddenly she arched backwards her spine bending in a way that wasn't physically possible, a load cracking noise shot through the air. I winced at the sound this didn't look at all pleasant. I spotted her teeth had elongated again to strong white fangs. She cried out again her shout no longer sounding human and girly, she curled her fingers into the floor. I gasped as I saw her nails had thickened and lengthened

"Are you okay?" I whispered stupidly. She tried to answer but instead all that came out was a loud feral sounding growl. Her fingers seemed to be shortening. I took a slow deep breath summoning up my courage and finally took a slow hesitant step into the room blinking as though trying to confirm exactly what I could see. She snarled and I blinked as I saw thick coarse hair begin to sprout from all

over her body as her long hair fell off to the floor in soft shinning clumps. "Amy." I whispered but she seemed to be beyond hearing now as she just snarled and her body continued convulsing painfully . She collapsed onto the floor and her body stopped twitching as she lay still sweating and panting heavily.

"Holy fuck." I said slowly in a shaking voice as I slid down into the nearest armchair. "You...you're a ...you're a ...a ....a wolf." I stammered. She snorted and pushed herself up to her feet her legs wobbling slightly beneath her, "I...I don't know if that's like a trick or something but I confess I don't know how you did it." I said in a trembling voice as Amy approached the armchair slowly. I couldn't help it I shrank back from her just a little. She leaned over and gently bumped my hand with her wet warm nose. She took a few slow steps causing my hand to slide down and tangle into the thick pelt of her shoulder. It was thick and unbelievably soft, I gasped but didn't move my hand in fact I pressed my palm deeper into her fur and I felt an unbelievable smile slipping onto my face as I felt the warmth radiating from her skin. "So you weren't messing with me you can actually do this." I whispered gently I spread my fingers out slightly. And ran my hand up her fur. "You are so beautiful." I whispered in pure awe, she was such a powerful perfect animal. I couldn't stop running my fingers through her light grey fur. She turned and licked my wrist playfully. "Sorry." I babbled my cheeks turning red, "I just mean you're like a proper wolf and it's... it's beautiful. It makes sense I knew there was something Magical about you." she gave a sort of snort and I marvelled that even without the ability to speak she could still make me trip over my own tongue." So...So you ...you think that I can do this... you think I can turn into a wolf too." she swung her head clumsily I frowned but interpreted this at her attempting to nod. I couldn't help it I laughed "so there are some downsides to this form huh?" she nodded again "like you can't talk. And you have no thumbs right opening door must be a pain and scratching you back must be a bitch." Amy growled. I smiled gently at her, "does it hurt?" I whispered hating how weak and afraid my voice sounded I honestly hadn't intended to even ask her that but I couldn't help it as the transition hadn't so much looked painful it had looked agonizing. Her big dark eyes widened in a Look that even I could read as sympathetic, She gave that awkward head bob again." so that gesture is a nod right." she bobbed her head. "Can you like do a head shake for no?" Amy swung her head from side to side in a clumsy gesture didn't even look vaguely like a no. "Okay so we can do questions with a yes sort of answer right, and if the answer is no just don't nod. Alright?" I could swear to god at that moment I saw a wolf roll her eyes at me. I chose to ignore it," Okay good cause I have a million questions." I said brightly I had millions of questions in my mind just moments before but unfortunately most of them required more than a one gesture answer. I sighed reaching up to wipe off sweat that was beading on my brow. Amy bumped her nose into my hand urgently. I turned my eyes onto her. In this form Amy's eyes had turned to a beautiful burnished shinning gold. There seemed to be something urgent there. She gave a sort of barking noise, but I didn't take it as a threat as I knew it wasn't intended as one, she was trying to communicate. I rubbed my forehead again and dropped to my knees in front of her. "Amy?" I asked gently, but a second later I understood as I felt those intense pains begin to shoot through my legs. "f**k it." I growled as I felt the pains in my chest as I quickly found myself struggling to breathe trying to keep calm but I was scared than I had ever been before. I had thought understanding what was happening to me would make it less scary but it wasn't I was truly terrified. Bolts of pain suddenly shot up my back and I found myself pitching forward collapsing onto the lament floor painfully. I felt Amy press her cold nose into my back gently in what I interpreted as her attempt at comforting me. I winced in pain as I tried to push myself up to sitting as I managed this my stomach convulsed and I leaned over vomiting noisily onto the floor. The pains shot through my neck and down my back, I fell onto the floor again sweat pouring off my body, I tore at my clothes feeling as if they were tying me up. "Amy." I called out alarmed though what I expected her to do in her present condition I don't know. I felt my shoulder muscles twist and convulse it felt as if my arms were trying to part company with my body, I snarled and gritted my teeth in pain as I pulled my thin t-shirt over my head and flung it onto the sofa as I collapsed down onto all fours feeling my stomach churn. A loud snarl snapped though the room, in my confused state it took me several seconds to realise that it wasn't me who was making these noises. I twisted to look at Amy who was twisting convulsing on the floor, snarling baring her teeth. I was forced to lean over again retching violently but there was nothing left inside me to come out. My arms collapsed from under me and I fell onto the floor hard my arms twitching uncontrollably though I still had enough sense to be pleased that I hadn't fallen over in the small puddle of vomit. Suddenly my legs shot out uncontrollably, I snarled my back arcing as bolts of pain shot through my legs. I felt the coating of sweat rolling off me dripping onto the floor. I cried out as my insides seemed to be twisting, my voice came out as a loud harsh growl.

"Shhh Matt it's okay." Amy whispered her voice slightly husky, she gently placed her hand on my shoulder I couldn't help it I purred, her hand no doubt was still warm but under my blazing hot skin it felt like an ice pack. "Your hot." She said and slowly removed her hand I whimpered pathetically but a second later it was placed on my forehead that was even better. I smiled placidly and pushed my forehead into her palm, and allowed my head to collapse down to my surprise my head ended up cradled in her lap, her legs bare but this again was soothing to my blazing hot skin so I didn't move and she didn't attempt to move me she kept one hand on my forehead and the other she brushed across my shoulders which were knotting and twisting painfully under her fingertips "shhh its okay baby." She whispered, I snarled loudly my limbs twitching painfully. "It's alright your body knows what it's doing this is as easy as Breathing, just breath Matt don't fight it just breathe." I found the simple fact of having somebody there who I didn't have to worry about, someone who I wouldn't be hurt or wouldn't run away in horror made this whole situation so much more bearable. The twitching in my limbs slowly began to recede though the muscles still twisted to the point that I worried they would tear but gradually this twisting and pulling eased. I could still hear the growl like snarls coming from my throat which felt like it was sandpaper. The transition slowly rolled back leaving me lying on the floor I wanted to push myself up but I just couldn't move an inch there was too much pain and aching in all my tired heavy limbs. I sighed wearily as Amy removed her hand from my forehead and instead began gently rubbing her fingers through my hair I smiled as I felt her fingertips brushing lightly across my scalp, I vaguely wondered why this didn't seem weird I after all barely knew this girl but whatever r it was we were sharing made this level of intimacy seem natural. "Feeling better?" she asked gently I nodded and twisted so I could see her face.

"Just tired." I whispered, I felt my forehead crinkle as I was hit by a suspicion, "Amy are you naked?" She laughed; it lit up her beautiful face,

"Under that shy exterior you are such a guy."

"Is that a yes?" She chuckled; I tried to sit up and felt myself wobble.

"Woo Careful there." Amy said reaching out to steady me. "Look my Boobs are pretty good but you don't have to be in such a hurry to look at them." Amy reached out and grasped my shoulders firmly and helped ease me up to sitting and then twisted me around so that I could collapse back into the sofa behind me.

"Wow you are completely naked." I said slowly trying hard to not let my eyes slide over the rest of her naked form. Amy bopped me playfully on the shoulder and got to her feet seeming completely unperturbed by her nakedness,

"Stay down." She called out as I tried to push myself up to my feet, suddenly my legs wobbled and collapsed out from underneath me.

"I'm not sitting down because you told me to." I said loudly as Amy looked back over her shoulder at me she giggled, and I saw her shuffled her bra straps back over her shoulders, I was a bit baffled by my lack of gawking, I mean she was absolutely stunning and yes I was aware she had been naked but I honestly Hadn't really even looked, guess this situation was just too far from being sexy. I watched Amy for a few minutes as she slowly dressed she had her back to me but I Could still see her lean physique, she was free of fat her figure was petite but she still had a beautiful girly curves. Now I couldn't stop my eyes roving over her body just absorbing the sight of her curves, as if sensing my gaze Amy looked back over her shoulder her eyes instantly locked on mine and I felt heat flood my face, I snapped my eyes away and focused on the curtains as if I found something about the blue fabric captivating. I heard Amy giggle lightly I collapsed back against the sofa closing my eyes wearily. "Matt?"

"Yeah." I said opening my eyes with a snap. Amy smiled at me, "You seemed to have nodded off." She said sitting down next to me too close I could smell her scent wafting from her thick heavy warm and seductive. I smiled at her sheepishly,

"Sorry." I said awkwardly rubbing the back of my head well trying too but my limbs were still too heavy for me to be able to move properly. Amy smiled at my clumsy gesture and I dropped my eyes and saw she was dressed again, though strangely this didn't feel any more comfortable if anything she looked more seductive like this I couldn't stop my eyes sliding down the neckline of her shirt where several buttons were still undone showing a hint of cleavage. My mind strangely went back to the images of her dressing with a degree of modesty rather than the previous images of her striding around completely naked. I felt my cheeks burn in embarrassment and prayed that Amy couldn't guess what I was thinking about. "Where did you get that bucket from?" I asked stupidly,

"The cupboard under the sink, where the cleaning stuff is."

"What?"

"Cleaning you know it's the thing your mom does after you leave a room."

"Huh?" Amy's humour faded

"You were sick,"

"You cleaned up my sick." She smiled,

"Of course,"

"Thank You." I said softly, " you know I tend to wait until a second date before I let a girl see me throw up." I said so embarrassed I was forced to return to where I was more comfortable, humour. "When have you ever had a second date," she said playfully, "anyway that's what I'm here for to help right."

"Thank you." I said gently, not meaning about the clean up this time. She smiled at me and hung her head to rest on my shoulder. I winced as this caused pain through my aching limbs but there was no way I was going to move her. Pain again began to shoot through my legs. "God not again." I whimpered wearily, as the twitches began again I cried out loudly.

"Shhh." Amy said gently wrapping her arms around me pressing her body up gently to mine I shuddered at the feeling of her breath wafting gently across my neck. Suddenly my remaining strength vanished and the two of us collapsed to the floor in a tangle of limbs.

"Sorry. Sorry." I muttered trying to struggle to my feet but finding myself unable to manage to extract myself from the knots that had become of me and Amy's warm bodies.

"It's okay." She whispered in contrast to me she was attempting to rather than detangle us was focusing on repositioning the two of us. She wrapped her arms protectively around me, pressing her warm body into my back gently. That simple act of physical closeness seemed to soothe me in a way I hadn't achieved before. "It's okay." Amy muttered into my ear as she nuzzled into my neck gently and the weariness in my limbs seemed to overwhelm my weakening twitches. I closed my eyes with a sigh as I savoured in the sensations of simply being held by someone who wasn't going to shy away from me or shrink back. Revelling in the simple fact that I had finally found the one thing I needed to make it through these changes I was going through. I needed her.