Puppy Love! by Sienna Mercer

Author:Sienna Mercer [Mercer, Sienna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781405264396
Publisher: Egmont UK
Published: 2013-09-01T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

As soon as Justin got home from football practice, he charged up the stairs.

‘Congratulations, man!’ He bounded into Daniel’s room, where Daniel was sitting scribbling something at his desk. ‘I heard about your big win!’

To his surprise, Daniel winced. ‘Um, yeah.’

‘“Yeah? ” That’s it?’ Justin stared at him. ‘You won, man! You defeated Milo’s band! Is that all you can say about it?’

‘In Sheep’s Clothing did great,’ Daniel said. His smile looked forced. ‘It was good for the band. But I’m working on a new song now for Homecoming, so . . .’ He started to turn back to his desk.

‘Hang on a minute!’ Justin took a deep breath.

OK, maybe his twin wasn’t as revved about the band news as Justin had expected, but still . . . When would he get a better opportunity to ask this favour?

‘Look,’ he said. ‘You know the full-moon gathering tonight . . .’

‘Oh, no!’ Daniel groaned. ‘Dad didn’t change his mind about that, did he?’

‘Well –’

‘He has to let you go instead of me, this time,’ said Daniel. ‘I’ve only had a few days off since the last gathering – and the Beasts are going to spend the whole time talking about football, anyway, since they think I’m you. All the talk about plays and tactics is all gibberish to me, and –’

Justin laughed. ‘Calm down, Bro.’ He struck a superhero pose, his hands on his hips and his chest puffed out. ‘Justin to the rescue! The football king is in the house! – or, uh, at the gathering. Dad understands.’

‘Good.’ Daniel gave a sigh that sounded like relief, and picked up his pen again. ‘In that case . . .’

‘But I need some help,’ Justin said quickly. ‘Before I go, I need to know how to handle myself there. Won’t they notice that I’m not a wolf? I mean, when the big . . . ‘rrrrrraaarrrrrgggghhhh ’ happens?’ He formed claws with his hands, mimicking a movie werewolf.

‘Don’t worry.’ Daniel shrugged. ‘Transforming isn’t mandatory. There are some wolves who choose not to.’

‘And they don’t get weird looks from all the others?’ Justin asked sceptically.

‘Nah,’ Daniel said, ‘everyone’s pretty relaxed about it.’

‘OK.’ Justin nodded. ‘I’ll just say I’m not in the mood.’

‘Yeah.’ Daniel sounded distracted, and Justin could tell that his brother was already thinking about his music again. ‘Anyway, a natural athlete like you should be able to keep up without transforming.’ Daniel’s last words came out as a mumble as he bent back over his songbook.

‘That’s not the part I’m worried about.’ Justin sat on the corner of Daniel’s desk, trying to catch his brother’s attention. ‘Didn’t you say something about “howling” at the last gathering?’

Daniel’s head shot up, and he pulled the same face Justin did whenever he fumbled a football. ‘I forgot about the howling,’ he said, slapping a hand to his forehead.

‘Don’t panic, Bro,’ Justin said. ‘I’ve got it all worked out. How about if you recorded yourself howling on a loop? Then I can put my phone on speaker .

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