Angie looked at Sam. Her hair was ruffled and the bit of nightie she could see was inside out. “You okay?” she asked.
“Couldn’t be better. Just overslept,” said Sam.
“Okay. Well, we tried knocking on Lewis’ door to say goodbye, but he must be in the shower because he didn’t answer,” said Angie.
“No, I didn’t answer because I’m not there,” said Lewis from behind Sam. He’d pulled on his pants and stood behind Sam.
Angie blinked. Then she blushed. “I… um… Oh my god! I’m so sorry I… we interrupted you,” she stuttered.
Behind her George was laughing. He’d smelled Lewis the moment Sam had opened her door. That made Sam and Lewis laugh as well.
“We’ll see you in a couple of days,” said George. “Don’t wear him out Sam. Lewis, I think this calls for a ‘welcome to the family’ as well.”
“Thanks George, but that’s up to Sam I think,” Lewis said. He still couldn’t believe his good fortune.
“Now what did I say to you last night?” Sam said as she turned to Lewis.
Lewis smiled and kissed the top of her head. “Yes, I think a ‘welcome to the family’ is in order. We’ll see you up at the B&B,” Lewis said.
The four of them said their goodbyes and while Sam closed the door, Angie and George headed for the car.
“Oh my!” said Angie as they climbed in the car to head over to Ginny’s to pick up their truck.
“Oh my indeed. I’m just surprised it took that long,” said George.
“Why do you say that?” asked Angie.
“Well, I suspect that Lewis wanted to make sure that the family approved of him before he dared tell Sam that he loved her. If he felt we didn’t like him, he would have been polite and distant and they both would have been unhappy,” he said.
“Yeah, but still. If they love each other, what does our opinion matter?” Angie asked.
“I could be lame and say it’s a shifter thing, but to be honest, if a new wolf to the pack doesn’t have the pack’s approval, most times they will leave. He’s an old style wolf and he wouldn’t go against the pack regardless of how much it pained him,” said George.
Angie thought about it and nodded. Then she grabbed her cell phone and called Ginny.
*
Ginny rolled over and untangled herself from the comforter. They were still on the floor and she tried to figure out where her cell phone had landed. She grabbed it and answered.
“Hello?” she said still half asleep. “What! Oh damn! Yes. I’ll make coffee. Hurry up! I want all the details,” she said and then hung up the phone. Then she got up and scrambled for a quick shower.
Patrick rolled over and wondered why his mate was acting like her tail was on fire.
“Get up and dressed!” she shouted from the shower.
“Why?” he asked as he stumbled into the bathroom and crawled into the shower with Ginny.
“Because Angie and George will be here in ten minutes,” she said delighting in dragging out what Angie had told her.
“So, they’re just picking up their truck,” said Patrick.
“Just wait,” she said and got out to get dressed.
“Dammit Woman! Tell me what’s going on!” he said as he too got out of the shower.
“No! Get dressed,” she said and went off to make coffee. She got out cups and then waited.
Patrick leaned against the door dressed in a teeshirt, jeans and barefooted. “You’re not going to tell me are you,” he said.
“Nope,” she said smugly.
“Damn,” he said.
They heard Angie and George pull up five minutes later. Before Patrick could open the door, Angie came walking in with a big grin on her face. George walked in behind her.
“Okay. Ginny won’t tell me what’s going on. Will you?” Patrick asked George as Angie and Ginny giggled like teens.
“Maybe,” said George with a huge grin.
“What on earth could be so entertaining?” Patrick asked. This was getting old really fast. “A clue?” he asked.
“Well, I guess you could call it a family matter,” said George as he took a cup of coffee from Ginny who was still giggling.
“Family matter?” Patrick said trying to figure out what on earth was going on. “Family…” he started and then it struck him. “OH! Oh my god! They did?” he asked
Ginny and Angie nodded and George laughed and nodded.
“How? How did you find out?” Patrick asked.
“We went to say goodbye and Lewis didn’t answer his door. We figured he was in the shower so we headed to Sam’s room. When we got there, she looked um…” Angie searched for a metaphor.
“Well loved,” said George. When she opened the door, I could smell two things. Sex and Lewis. Sure enough, about a second later, he appeared behind her. Both of them were grinning so hard that they could have lit up a room,” he finished.
It was Patrick’s turn to laugh.
*
By the time that Sam and Lewis arrived at Ginny’s, Angie and George were long gone. However, the welcoming committee of Sara, Ivan and Joe were waiting at the door. They didn’t know why the adults were all so happy, but they had caught the flavor of the emotions. They were bouncing up and down. After they’d met Lewis and Sam and given them a ‘prezzie’ of peanut butter cookies they were sent outside to play.
“Damn they’re rambunctious,” said Sam. She was worn out and happy and very relaxed. After Angie and George had left, she and Lewis had gone back to be to play for a while.
“Yes, and I hear that they aren’t the only ones,” said Patrick with a smile.
“Um,” was as far as Lewis got. He blushed and then smiled when Patrick wrapped him in a hug that would break ribs on most people.
Sam laughed which started Ginny laughing. Ginny hugged Sam. “Are you happy?” she asked.