Sheep and Wolf

Chapter 05

Gary's transformation took place while he was fully conscious of it and he sat on the couch, looking at Larry. 'And this is happening to me for a while now.' he said. 'It's a wonder I haven't been caught by now since I'm usually not in control during the first part of the night.' Larry tilted his head. 'I don't know. And I'll probably never know why it happens.' Gary sighed. 'Come, let's go find Chelsea.' he said and Larry wagged his tail. 'At least I can keep my voice under control now.'
Gary peeked outside his door to make sure no one was there, then went out with Larry on his leash. The collie moved toward Suzy's door and sniffed it. 'No, we're not meeting Suzy.' Gary whispered. 'She's either studying hard or asleep so we can't bother her. Come, we're going to the park.'
At the park all was quiet and the two took a stroll through it while looking out for Chelsea. Gary let Larry walk free since he wasn't worried about him running away. He just knew the dog would stay at his side for the rest of his life.
'Now where could she be?' Gary said, looking around at the playground area. Larry walked up to him and sat down. 'I hope nothing happened to her.' Gary said to Larry. Larry barked once and let his tongue hang out. 'Yeah, she's probably fine and just lATE!'
Gary jumped aside and rubbed his behind while Chelsea grinned at him, then looked at Larry. 'Traitor.'
Chelsea ruffled Larry's sides and rolled over wrestling with him, growling playfully. Gary chuckled and shook his head. 'Movie writers would lock you away if they saw you since it would ruin the public image of werewolves.' Chelsea stuck out her tongue to him, making him half bleat and laugh. 'Who ever heard of a werewolf being cute?'
She looked at Larry for a second, then they both pounced Gary and wrestled him to the ground.
Gary bleated and laughed, trying to wrestle free of the two fierce predators. 'Down guys! I give up!' he said. 'Help!' Chelsea gave him a wide grin when they got startled by a gunshot.
'Get away you mongrels!' shouted a police officer, running in their direction.
'Oh shit!' said Gary. 'The cops!'
The three scrambled to their hands and feet and ran away on all fours instinctively.
The officer slowed down and looked around at the spot where he had seen those wild dogs attack a sheep, wondering where the man who called out for help went.
Gary looked back after they'd dived into an alley and reached the end. 'Hold up.' he said, slowing down. 'Looks like they didn't follow us.' Chelsea and Larry checked the corner for any sign of the cops or other people. She gave a thumbs up and Gary let out a sigh while breathing hard. 'That scared me.' he said. 'And now that they've seen us, they might search for us.' He looked around the corner, then back at Chelsea. 'Have you regained any of your human memories? Like if you live close to here?' Chelsea shook her head. He nodded and looked around. 'Then we have to be careful on our way to my place. I think we can avoid the streets until we get there, but we have to go around the park.'
Gary led them through the small backstreets, hoping he was right about staying out of sight when he hadn't been in these streets before. At every corner they looked and listened and moved quickly, hugging the walls and sticking to the shadows on the way to the next corner.
'We're almost home.' Gary said, checking the next corner. Just as they took the first step the patrol car turned the corner at the end of the side street and drove towards them. 'Back.' he whispered and hid with Chelsea in a corner between a garage and wooden fence while Larry ducked behind a trash can. He peeked around the corner until he saw the front of the car coming by and pressed himself against the fence.
When he heard the engine sound fade away he let out his breath. 'Good.' he whispered, peeking at the street. 'They'll probably go the other way than we're going now.' He looked back at Chelsea who looked nervous, then realised he held her tight in his embrace. 'Sorry.' he whispered and quickly let go of her. 'It was in the spur of the moment.' She nodded quickly, looking away. 'Let's go.' he said and checked around the corner one more time before leading Chelsea and Larry through the last two streets to his apartment.

'Made it.' Gary said when he held open the door for Chelsea and Larry of the apartment building. They moved silently upstairs and hurried inside, crashing down on his couch, relieved to have reached safety.
'We have to be careful from now on.' Gary said. 'More than we should have been. If they catch us we're screwed. Big time. I don't think they'd ever let us go once they find out what we are.'
Chelsea nodded, then moved fast against him when a flash of light came through the window. Gary heard a car drive by and sighed. 'It's okay.' he whispered. 'Just a car passing by.' She looked at Gary and his heart skipped a beat at the sight of her blue eyes so close to his.
He had to admit she was a very pretty creature. He was glad to have met her even if it was dangerous at first. She leaned closer to him, opening her mouth slightly and closing her eyes. The urge to kiss her welled up, but he pulled back before it got too strong. 'Sorry,' he whispered. 'but there's someone I guess I'm in love with.' Chelsea pulled back and nodded, looking away. 'If that wasn't the case I probably wouldn't have been able to resist you.' he said. 'Even if you tried to take a bite out of me first.'
Chelsea chuckled and poked Gary. He poked her back and soon they were play fighting until tiredness got the best of them. Gary smiled as Chelsea had crawled against him and fell asleep. He thought about carefully pulling away but he didn't want to actually let her go. He gestured at Larry and the blanket next to the couch and the collie fetched it for him. 'Thanks, buddy' he whispered and draped the blanket over Chelsea. 'Good night and sweet dreams you two.'