Hug of a Werewolf; A Werewolf Romance

Chapter 5

----The next morning ----

While Jax let Gemma sleep in he continued to the house ready for the Pumpkin.

"Woof, woof grrr!", barked Pumpkin.

"Be quiet Pumpkin! Mom's still asleep.", whispered Jax who was trying to get Pumpkin to quiet down.

As Pumpkin began to grow more and more restless, she eventually got to run up the spiral staircase that leads to Jax and Gemma's bedroom on the second level of the treehouse.

"Pumpkin, NO! Mom's still asleep!", yelled Jax as he began to chase Pumpkin up the spiral stairs but Pumpkin could sense something was wrong.

As Pumpkin reached the top of the stairs she bounded toward Jax and Gemma's bed, hopping on the bed and licking Gemma in the face trying to get her alerted. Before Jax could reach Pumpkin Gemma had already been woken up by Pumpkin's alerts.

"Good morning Pumpkin! Stop licking me! Babe help! Crap, my alerts! ", said Gemma laughing so hard she could hardly breathe.

"Gem! I'm so sorry, I tried to get her to stay downstairs, she just wouldn't listen!", exclaimed Jax falling onto the bed beside Gemma. 

"It's okay. I'm not mad, I was going to get up within the next few minutes anyway & I'm glad Pumpkin alerted me because I couldn't sense anything. Although, the room just started to spin uncontrollably. ", replied Gemma cuddling Pumpkin and laying on Jax's chest.  

"Jax?", asked a sleepy Gemma.

"Hmm? What's up baby?" replied Jax looking at Gemma.

"Thank you! Thanks for everything. I love you two.", says Gemma looking at Jax & Pumpkin who was wagging her tail, sitting on the end of the bed.

"Ruff! Woof!!", barks Pumpkin in agreement.

As the three got ready for the day, Jax surprised Gemma with a service vest for Pumpkin. 

"Babe! This vest is the cutest! Thank you.", exclaimed Gemma with overwhelming gratitude.

"No problem!" exclaimed Jax hugging Gemma from behind, as she was finishing her makeup.

"What do you want to do today?", asked Jax calmly, who was laying on the bed scrolling through Instagram.

"I don't know. Can you turn on the Tv though? I want to check the weather to see what I should wear, ''said Gemma calmly. As Jax turned on the TV he saw and heard this announcement....

"Attention citizens of Cape Elizabeth, Maine we are going into a statewide lockdown due to a virus. Please do not leave your homes unless you need to, that includes, taking care of a loved one, grocery shopping, going to the gas station, laundromats, banks and law, safety, and health care workers."

This news hit Jax like a bullet.

"Gem..." said Jax. " What's up silly?" replied Gemma smiling as she had finished her makeup and her brown straight hair was in a loose braid. "The news just reported and said that we are now in lockdown for the entire state of Maine, things got worse.", said Jax fearfully as he looked at a very confused and scared Gemma.

"What do you mean there's a lockdown, Babe?" asked Gemma in shock, she looked like she was going to cry as she sat down on the bed next to Jax.

"The whole U.S. has over 2 million cases.", said Jax with a sigh.

"How many does Maine have?", asked Gemma, rapidly scratching her arm.

"Babe! Babe..." said Jax waving his hand in front of Gemma's face as Pumpkin was pawing Gemma's leg who could sense a panic attack coming. 

"Gemma listens to me. Breathe okay... 1... 2... 3... okay?" said Jax calmly as he held Gemma in his arms loosely so Pumpkin could still get to Gemma.

"Pumpkin!", yelled Jax.

----A few hours later----

"What do you want to do now?", asked Gemma since the three of them had just finished eating dinner.

"We should play video games since we brought the Xbox from my house!", said Jax jumping up from the living room couch to grab Gemma and his controllers.