Taylor - stripes and shadows (lesbian) [on hold]

Chapter 13 - Starting anew

I woke up and stretched, I felt sore all over, rolling over and panicked slightly when I didn’t see my room, I remembered the events of the previous day and rolled onto my back, staring at the ceiling obviously wasn’t going to get me through this day, yawning I got up and made my way downstairs, everyone was already awake, sitting around the table as Deane and Joe where making breakfast for everyone, I sat down at the table as my stomach let out a loud growl

“Take it someone’s hungry” Joe laughed as I blushed slightly and nodded at her, she placed a plate piled with a full English breakfast in front on me, I immediately started to devour it as Deane and Joe sat down at the table with the rest of us, Amber and my uncle where having a conversation while the Tinder’s where laughing at something at the other side of the table, they all went quite when Joe tapped her fork against her mug getting everyone’s attention “okay so we’ve sorted out a place to live and Ambers talked to her parents about the situation” Joe started before she was cut off by Amber

“Yeah there alright with it but said that they’ll be checking in on me every now and then”

“Hem, as I was saying...” Joe glared at Amber “we’ll be moving in today so first thing we need to do is go to Taylors and pick up some of her things, also some of the younger members of my dads pack want to join as well”

“they don’t want to leave our side, they would have had to pick who they where going to be joining soon anyway, I think most of them are glad they don’t have to choose between me or Joe as most of them are loyal to both of us” Deane interjected

“I know some werecats who are of age and would like to join as well, I was speaking to my leader this morning and he agreed that it would be fundamental to you to have some of his younger warriors by your side in case anything happens” Uncle Lance said while sipping his coffee

“will you guys stop interrupting me” Joe scolded, Deane and Lance smiled sheepishly at her before focusing on what she had to say “ so in other words we already have the foundations of a pack ready, not all of them will be staying in the same house as us but there are houses set up for them close to the main building where we will be situated, they’ll be coming later on today, which means you have to greet them and enforce your leadership, I know this sounds a bit odd but you need to make sure that they will respect you, you can’t lead a pack without first establishing your authority among the pack” Joe said with a serious look, I nodded my understanding “the best way would be to talk to them in your were- form, you’re a lot bigger than most werecats and it will show them your power, it’s also tradition to be challenged by some of the pack members, it’s a way of establishing your place and there’s if you win a fight against someone you can judge there skill and rank them accordingly, even if someone is an alpha it doesn’t mean anything unless there a skilled fighter” I sat there trying to take in what she had just told me

“b-but I don’t know the first thing about fighting” I stammered, suddenly losing my appetite at the thought of having to fight people I have never met in a form I’m still not comfortable in

“that’s why where going to your house so early, so that we can get your things out of the way and have a few practises before the rest of the pack arrive” Deane said

“you won’t be fighting all of them, we will be as well, Lance will be testing some of the older members, there all around the same age as us but some have been well trained and would be too much for us to take on and although Lance isn’t a part of our pack he’s a relative of yours so he can judge them, all the members need to be initiated into the pack, anyone that is deemed unworthy won’t be let in, they need to be able to defeat me or Deane to be able to fight you, same goes with Lance, you just have to make sure they don’t defeat you, if they do they won’t join, some may not even choose to challenge you so don’t worry about having to fight everyone we get defeated by, anyway we need to get going if your wanting to practice before they arrive” Joe huffed as she got up from her chair and gestured for me, Deane, Amber and Lance to follow, I stood up in a daze and followed them to the van.

We where quite on the way to my house, I’d come out of my daze after a while but was now thinking about explaining all of this to my parents and how they would feel about all of this, I sighed as we turned a corner and pulled into the driveway, we all jumped out and made our way into the house, my parents where in the front room, Lance had told me that he had called them before I’d woke up, Deane, Joe and Amber excused themselves to the kitchen while me and Uncle Lance sat down in the front room with my parent’s, I let Lance explain the situation to my parents as I sat quietly watching there expressions.

“well we always knew that there was a chance that this was going to happen, it doesn’t stop it from being hard for us though, I know that you have to do this sweetie, just promise that  you won’t forget about us okay” my mum said while wiping the tears from her eye’s, I got up and went and sat next to her, wrapping my arms around her I whispered “I won’t” before my dad got up from his seat and wrapped us both up in his arms “we’ll always love you” my dad sniffled before letting us go, I looked at them both before taking in a deep breath and getting up, I made my way into the kitchen without saying a word I nodded to the guys before we made our way upstairs to pack my things up.

Lance helped with the heavier things and at the end all that was left in my room was my bed and the curtains, most of my things where still in boxes from when we had first moved in, I sighed thinking about how I hadn’t even settled in to my new home before having my world turned upside down and placed somewhere else, with one more look around the room I turned around and made my way back downstairs where my parent’s where waiting, they where all teary and wouldn’t stop hugging my, for some reason I didn’t feel teary or sad, I’d already come to terms with it the night before, I knew that it was going to be hard but I also knew that it would be even harder for them, they where basically loosing there only child, after more hugs and my mum breaking down into tears we finally started to make our way to the new house, my new home, I glanced back at the house as we pulled out of the drive way and watched as it disappeared from my view, I didn’t care that uncle Lance was sat in the back I pulled out my pack of cigs looking over at Joe who was driving, she glanced at me seeing the question in my eyes she just shrugged and pushed a button next to her seat that opened my window, taking that as an answer I sparked up and stared out of the window, I spent the rest of the trip there like that.

a/n:

sorry for taking so long to post something new, also sorry if it seems like I'm rushing it but I want to get past this part of the story and get to the more indeph part.

vote and comment please :)

P.S I added a slideshow of the characters :D