{"id":266,"date":"2014-04-18T15:14:21","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T22:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hidden-shelf.com\/?p=266"},"modified":"2014-05-02T13:03:56","modified_gmt":"2014-05-02T20:03:56","slug":"familiar-friends-ch-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hidden-shelf.com\/?p=266","title":{"rendered":"Familiar Friends Ch. 01"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is from a commission that I failed to complete on time. \u00a0Not just failed but spectacularly failed. \u00a0Chapter 1 of 2 – a short piece where a young woman cursed to turn into a werecat finds herself at her friend’s house the night of the full moon.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A warm breeze flicked at the heavy pages of Julie’s sketchbook and she yawned, stretching luxuriously in the morning sun.\u00a0 Bones popped in the young woman’s back as she wiggled into the full body stretch, arms raised to the sky.\u00a0 Her jaw cracked, mouth opening wide before she lowered her arms, twisting each joint.\u00a0 She felt drowsy, warmed by the sun.\u00a0 Julie’s eyelids drooped heavily but then sprung open suddenly.\u00a0 Her ears twitched at a faint, one-sided conversation.<\/p>\n

“… yeah, I think I see her now,” an approaching voice said.\u00a0 “No, probably just thirty minutes.\u00a0 I need to get back to work so I can’t be long.\u00a0 I’ll call you when I’m done.\u00a0 I don’t know if I can do this, John.\u00a0 I’ll let you know what happens.”\u00a0 Julie’s ears swiveled minutely but she sat where she was, smiling slightly.\u00a0 It was the first day of a full moon and her senses were unusually sharp.\u00a0 “Julie!”<\/p>\n

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Julie feigned surprise as she turned around.\u00a0 “Amanda,” the young woman said, standing to greet her friend.\u00a0 “Thanks so much for coming to lunch with me.”<\/p>\n

The two young women hugged beside the round, iron table.\u00a0 Julie closed her eyes as she scented the other woman, nostrils flaring to take in the myriad of smells surrounding her.\u00a0 She caught a faint whiff of sweat (early morning Bikram yoga, she knew) mixed with a swirl of interesting fragrances from the other woman’s office.\u00a0 But, beneath all of it was the simple aroma of the woman herself.\u00a0 Julie scented deeply before forcing herself out of the hug.\u00a0 Any closer to the evening and she would’ve found herself purring against the woman.\u00a0 She blushed at the thought while they both sat.<\/p>\n

As if by magic, a young waiter appeared by their table.\u00a0 Dressed immaculately in black and white, the young man brought a glass of water for Amanda.\u00a0 Julie watched her friend while she hemmed and hawed over the menu.\u00a0 The sun filtered through the other woman’s soft red hair, giving her a reddish-orange halo.\u00a0 Amanda had fair skin with a spray of freckles across her nose and cheeks.\u00a0 Julie smiled shyly at her friend and then blushed when she caught her eyes wandering down to the other woman’s chest.\u00a0 Amanda’s freckles continued down to her chest and her silver blouse was tight enough to be distracting.\u00a0 With her order placed, the waiter left.<\/p>\n

“So!”\u00a0 Amanda exclaimed.\u00a0 “How was your weekend?\u00a0 Oh my gosh, you brought your sketchbook?\u00a0 Can I see?\u00a0 Is it for your art show next month?”<\/p>\n

Julie grinned at the onslaught.\u00a0 “They wanted me to add two more pieces so I’ve been trying to come up with ideas.\u00a0 That’s what I did with my weekend.\u00a0 Sketching.”<\/p>\n

“And napping?”\u00a0 Amanda grinned.<\/p>\n

“You know me too well,” Julie replied.\u00a0 “What can I say?\u00a0 And, I don’t know.\u00a0 You know I get nervous about my work.”<\/p>\n

“Come on, Julie.\u00a0 You never let me see anything you’re working on.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think it’s fair that your best friend should have to wait until your art shows open before I can see… hey, you colored your hair.”<\/p>\n

“Oh, yeah, I’d forgotten.” Julie fingered her short, red hair.\u00a0 “I… I got bored this weekend.\u00a0 I was up late working and just decided to color it.”<\/p>\n

“Well,” her friend said.\u00a0 “Red looks good on you.\u00a0 I just wish you’d grow it out.\u00a0 You have such beautiful thick hair so I never understood why you keep it in a pixie cut.\u00a0 You should grow it out and we could look like sisters!”<\/p>\n

Julie laughed.\u00a0 “No way.\u00a0 I like my hair short.\u00a0 I can just roll out of bed and kind of run my hands through it.\u00a0 Way easier to manage.\u00a0 Besides, no way, you’re way more gorgeous than I am and there’s a huge difference between real red hair and this.\u00a0 Trust me, I’m an artist.\u00a0 I know sixty-two shades of black by sight.\u00a0 Your hair is the color of molten steel just as they breathe life into it. The metal blushes intensely as it burns and it’s beautiful.\u00a0 That’s your hair.”<\/p>\n

Amanda blushed at the compliment, pleasure clear in her eyes and expression.\u00a0 Julie swallowed.\u00a0 Dammit,<\/em> she thought.\u00a0 Just because it’s near the full moon doesn’t mean you get to go crazy.\u00a0 Get yourself under control, woman.\u00a0 She’s your friend, no matter how much you want her.<\/em>\u00a0 Still, Julie found herself drawn to the other woman’s chest.\u00a0 Where Julie was lean, Amanda was curvy and had the breasts to show for it.\u00a0 Her chest pushed against the tight fabric of her blouse and a heat bloomed deep within Julie’s chest, spreading down to her belly.\u00a0 The woman felt a small muscle move in her throat and she coughed to cover the quiet purr that threatened to resonate through her body.\u00a0 It was too early for it to develop but she felt the edges of the change taking place and the sight of her friend pleased her.<\/p>\n

“Well, I think you’re- oh!\u00a0 The food!\u00a0 That was fast.”\u00a0 Amanda rubbed her hands together as the waiter brought out a bowl of greens.\u00a0 Julie wrinkled her nose at the sharp scent of the Caesar salad dressing.\u00a0 She tore off a piece of the complimentary bread while Amanda delicately laid out her napkin on her lap.\u00a0 Pointing her fork at Julie, Amanda spoke.\u00a0 “Don’t think I’ve forgotten the sketches.\u00a0 You were going to show me.”<\/p>\n

“I wasn’t, though,” Julie said.<\/p>\n

“Come on, Julie.\u00a0 Please?\u00a0 Please please please please?”<\/p>\n

Julie sighed.\u00a0 She had a hard time resisting her friend when she was being adorable.\u00a0 Amanda’s hazel eyes pleaded with her and she had a hard time saying no.\u00a0 “All right.\u00a0 But, they’re just sketches and not finished.\u00a0 At all.\u00a0 I probably won’t use any of them anyway.\u00a0 I’m calling this series, ‘What exists inside’ and, well, here, look.”<\/p>\n

Flipping backwards through the sketchbook, Julie found her last sketch.\u00a0 She blushed as she turned the book sideways to show off the art.\u00a0 “This one is called ‘Aloof.’\u00a0 The idea behind all of this is that we’re each driven by something: goals, dreams, strong emotions or undeniable shards of personality.\u00a0 A t the center here is the female subject.\u00a0 She is aloof and independent.\u00a0 I made the crowd and world vague around her and, rather than determined to get to her destination, she’s wandering.\u00a0 She doesn’t care when she gets to where she’s going.\u00a0 Or how.\u00a0 She’ll find a way.\u00a0 The world moves around her like a ghost.\u00a0 Her lines are strong and defined, the only clear image in the whole piece.”<\/p>\n

“Not the only one,” Amanda said.\u00a0 “There’s a cat on that balcony that’s not all ghost-y and stuff.”<\/p>\n

“Well,” Julie frowned.\u00a0 “Yeah.\u00a0 I… Yeah.\u00a0 Each piece shows clearly the one thing that drives the subject.\u00a0 The cat here in this one.\u00a0 Both of them aloof and uncaring of the world around them.”<\/p>\n

“Ah!”\u00a0 Amanda said around a mouthful of croutons.\u00a0 “You should’ve had the lady napping with the cat.\u00a0 And given her short adorable hair.\u00a0 Totally you in that case except you do care about people.”<\/p>\n

“Haha, yeah.”\u00a0 Julie laughed uneasily.<\/p>\n

“I’ve always loved your art, Julie.\u00a0 You draw your lines like you’re in love with them.\u00a0 They’re just so organic.\u00a0 All swoops and curves that come together just like you want.\u00a0 Even things like your buildings don’t look hard and harsh.\u00a0 I think you’re amazing.”<\/p>\n

Julie smiled brightly.\u00a0 “Thanks, Amanda.”<\/p>\n

“Hey, I was wondering.\u00a0 Do you want to come over and watch a movie at my place tonight?\u00a0 Just us?\u00a0 I got the new Thor movie.”<\/p>\n

“Aww, I can’t.\u00a0 I need to focus on finishing my sketches.”\u00a0 No, no fucking way.\u00a0 Not with the full moon tonight.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

“But, come on.\u00a0 I know you want to see it.\u00a0 We can make some nachos and pick up some beer and have a night of it.”<\/p>\n

“No, really.\u00a0 I really can’t.\u00a0 What about next week?\u00a0 I’ll be finished soon and then I can take a break.\u00a0 It’s really not a good night for it.”\u00a0 You stupid, stupid woman,<\/em> she chided herself.\u00a0 Why not just tell her what it’s like when it gets close to the full moon?\u00a0 How your body goes into overdrive and you can barely contain yourself?\u00a0 How even now, you want to just… <\/em>A quiet purr vibrated in Julie’s throat and she coughed to clear it.<\/p>\n

“You really can’t take just one night?\u00a0 We could even go out to the grocery store and shop around for some Ben & Jerry’s together.\u00a0 Just the two of us.”<\/p>\n

“No, I really can’t.\u00a0 Next time, maybe?\u00a0 Just, not tonight.\u00a0 I need to work on my art.”<\/p>\n

“Well,” Amanda said.\u00a0 “Your loss.\u00a0 You’re going to miss out on whatshisname.\u00a0 The big blond sexy guy.\u00a0 And,” Amanda glanced at her friend.\u00a0 “Kat Dennings.\u00a0 Seriously.\u00a0 Wow.”<\/p>\n

“Wow?”\u00a0 Julie asked, her eyebrows cocked.<\/p>\n

“Yeah.\u00a0 Wow.”\u00a0 Amanda made motions around her breasts.\u00a0 “Wow.”<\/p>\n

“Wait, are-” Julie stopped.\u00a0 Are you into girls? <\/em>She wanted to ask.\u00a0 She’d wondered occasionally when she caught her friend glancing at another woman or remarking on things but it wasn’t something she could easily bring up.\u00a0 It was further complicated that Julie was bisexual.\u00a0 She worried that if she asked, her friend might be uncomfortable around her.<\/p>\n

“Are?”\u00a0 Amanda prompted.\u00a0 “Are what?”<\/p>\n

“Are you jealous of her tits?”\u00a0 Julie finished lamely.<\/p>\n

“Well, no, not exactly.\u00a0 Aww, crap.\u00a0 I have to get going.\u00a0 I’ll just leave some money here for the guy.\u00a0 Don’t steal it all, okay?”<\/p>\n

“I’ll try my best,” Julie said, rolling her eyes.\u00a0 “God knows what I could do with ten bucks.\u00a0 I’d be dangerous.”\u00a0 The young woman shivered as her body flashed with a sudden insane itch.\u00a0 She bared her teeth and rolled her shoulders as the feeling passed.\u00a0 Yet another sign of the approaching moon.<\/em><\/p>\n

Amanda stood and then walked over to her friend to give her a quick hug.\u00a0 “I’ll miss you tonight.\u00a0 Be good.\u00a0 Can’t wait to see more of your art.”<\/p>\n

Julie watched her friend walk away.\u00a0 Her eyes followed the easy sway of Amanda’s hips.\u00a0 A small purr escaped her lips as she watched the woman walk; her work shoes made her legs look amazing.\u00a0 Julie sighed, her breath hitching as the tiny changes happening throughout her body brought her closer to her heat.\u00a0 She heard the ringtone of her friend’s phone and watched as the woman answered it.\u00a0 Julie’s sensitive ears easily picked up her friend’s conversation.<\/p>\n

“Yeah, headed back.\u00a0 She’s doing good.\u00a0 I got to see some of her art and it’s really great.\u00a0 No, I couldn’t do it.\u00a0 I kept getting close and then freezing up before I could just say something.\u00a0 She’s not coming over.\u00a0 I know.\u00a0 But, what if she doesn’t like me like that?\u00a0 What if she thinks it’s weird?\u00a0 I know, I know.\u00a0 No, I’ll try next time.\u00a0 Thanks so much for supporting me through this John.\u00a0 I really appreciate it.”<\/p>\n

The waiter came to take Amanda’s dishes while Julie sat dumbfounded.\u00a0 Did I really just hear what I think I heard?\u00a0 I mean, what else could it be?\u00a0 What should I do?<\/em> She’d known Amanda for five years and only in the last year had she started lusting after the other woman.\u00a0 She liked to think it had nothing to do with her changes but she knew they drove them.\u00a0 It’d been two years since her trip overseas.\u00a0 Two years since the changes started.\u00a0 I could go,<\/em> she told herself.\u00a0 I could go for a little bit and control the changes.\u00a0 Just for a little bit.\u00a0 I could find a way to let her know it would be okay for her to flirt with me.\u00a0 And then let her be the one to do it.\u00a0 I can resist the changes a bit.<\/em><\/p>\n

Julie let her mind wander before standing to leave.\u00a0 Naps had become an essential part of her life since she’d changed and the pull became worse around the full moon.\u00a0 It was a short trip to her loft apartment and she quickly stripped naked once inside.\u00a0 Clothes began to feel awkward around this time.\u00a0 She stared at herself in the mirror.\u00a0 Long and lean with modest breasts and tiny pink nipples.\u00a0 Light blond hairs covered her mound.\u00a0 She’d shaved herself two days ago but now… Julie ran her fingers along the little hairs.\u00a0 As she watched, a few more hairs sprouted lazily along her inner thighs.\u00a0 She sighed at the feeling.\u00a0 There weren’t many of them but as the evening went on, more would come until it was no longer just hair.<\/p>\n

Crawling beneath her covers, Julie replayed her lunch with Amanda.\u00a0 Picturing the way she looked.\u00a0 The way she smelled.\u00a0 The way she moved.\u00a0 She imagined herself at their house.\u00a0 Kissing Amanda.\u00a0 Touching her.\u00a0 Her fingers tickled against the short hairs above her clit as her fingers rubbed the small nub in circles.\u00a0 She clawed at her leg and squeezed her breasts while, in her mind, Amanda mirrored the gestures.\u00a0 Julie’s breathing became erratic as she rubbed herself harder.\u00a0 She gasped and muscles worked in her throat eliciting a deep purring that she couldn’t control.\u00a0 Amanda’s mouth was on her furry wetness, sucking and licking and driving her wild.\u00a0 She whispered Amanda’s name as she came, twitching and rubbing her feet together.<\/p>\n

Already tired, the young woman smacked her lips , smiling with the orgasm.\u00a0 She dipped a finger between her lips, feeling how incredibly wet she was at the thought of her friend fucking her.\u00a0 Julie fumbled for her phone at the side of her bed.\u00a0 She dialed and listened to the ringing with her eyes closed.\u00a0 Amanda answered, her voice low in order not to disturb her coworkers.<\/p>\n

“Hey Julie.\u00a0 Everything okay?”\u00a0 Amanda asked.<\/p>\n

“Yeah,” Julie answered lazily.\u00a0 “Is good.\u00a0 Hey.\u00a0 I think.\u00a0 I think I will come over tonight.\u00a0 S’Okay?”<\/p>\n

“Yeah!\u00a0 Totally okay!\u00a0 About 7 tonight?\u00a0 You’re not drunk, are you?\u00a0 You sound out of it.”<\/p>\n

“Sleepy.\u00a0 Seven.\u00a0 Tonight.\u00a0 Sleepy.”\u00a0 Julie yawned wide, jaw cracking.\u00a0 Bones shifted subtly within her jaw, adjusting for a muzzle that was not yet there.<\/p>\n

Amanda laughed.\u00a0 “Okay.\u00a0 See you tonight.\u00a0 Yay!”\u00a0 Julie was asleep before the call disconnected.<\/p>\n

—–<\/p>\n

Julie stretched herself awake.\u00a0 Legs and arms straight out, cracking and shaking as she reached as far as she could.\u00a0 She made little happy mewling sounds, rolling to her side and back.\u00a0 Finally, she rolled to her stomach and then arched her back, rising to her hands and feet.\u00a0 Her thick blanket fell away, leaving her naked on her bed.\u00a0 Julie lowered her head to her pillow, raising her hips as high as she could.\u00a0 The young woman groaned as a light tracing of fur sprouted along the length and sides of her spine. She fell to her back, wriggling against the bed, sighing in satisfaction as the cotton sheets scratched her back.<\/p>\n

The young woman regarded the world through half-closed eyes.\u00a0 She caught pieces of conversations around her as the inside of her ears rearranged themselves.\u00a0 The delicate folds of skin along her ears elongated slightly, barely noticeable to outside observers.\u00a0 Her middle-aged neighbor was watching porn again.\u00a0 The single mother next door was struggling to help her son with his biology homework.\u00a0 Outside, dogs barked and cars rumbled. \u00a0Julie considered falling back asleep until her eyes wandered over to the old digital clock on her desk.\u00a0 6:32 pm, the clock read.<\/p>\n

Can I do this?\u00a0 <\/em>She wondered.\u00a0 Julie sat up on the edge of her bed.\u00a0 She could feel the way her jaw was different – her overbite now gone.\u00a0 The hair around her vagina had thickened slightly, still not more than light pubic hair.\u00a0 The tiny blond hairs along her back could be confused for normal hair.\u00a0 I can go and sit.\u00a0 And concentrate.\u00a0 I can hold it off.\u00a0 The movie will help.\u00a0 And I’ll flirt a tiny bit.\u00a0 Just a bit.\u00a0 To show her it’s okay to like me.\u00a0 Just enough so that it’s not blatant.\u00a0 And then I’ll excuse myself when it gets too much.\u00a0 When I can’t hold it back.\u00a0 I can do this.<\/em><\/p>\n

—–<\/p>\n

Twenty minutes later, Julie sat in her car, staring at Amanda’s front door.\u00a0 The summer sun hung fat and red behind her and she could almost physically feel the pull of the pale full moon high in the sky.\u00a0 Her gums itched around her canine teeth and her back molars.\u00a0 She ran her tongue along her teeth, noting that they still felt human.\u00a0 Her lower back ached slightly, bringing with it a numbness as if she’d been sitting for too long.\u00a0 She forced herself to relax.\u00a0 She closed her eyes, focusing inward in an attempt to slow the changes.\u00a0 She’d only tried to halt the changes a handful of times before and found that she could only partially delay her transformation.\u00a0 Stopping it was impossible so far but she hadn’t needed to try yet.\u00a0 She was grateful that the full moon was the only thing that brought the changes; she could plan her life around it.\u00a0 And if she needed extra naps in the meantime?\u00a0 She’d trade that for the physical enhancements that came with it.<\/p>\n

The only downside she’d found so far was the heat; the incredible lust she felt.\u00a0 Countless times she’d almost gone out during the full moon just to find someone to fuck.\u00a0 She kept her mind but the heat was a thirst she couldn’t quench.\u00a0 It nearly drove her mad every time .\u00a0 Her fingers and dildos never seemed enough; only enough to keep her from breaking down and finding a mate.\u00a0 It was a fine line, fighting the animal deep within her for control; not giving into the unnatural heat forced on her with the change.\u00a0 She’d thought that it would lessen over time but after two years, the urge to mate during the full moon was as strong as the very first night.\u00a0 She refused to give into it.<\/p>\n

“I’ve got this,” she whispered to herself.\u00a0 “Let’s do it.”\u00a0 Julie opened her door to step out.\u00a0 The air was warm and she caught herself scenting the area.\u00a0 She’d never been outside this late on a full moon.\u00a0 Hairs lifted on the back of her neck as she caught the traces of other animals that had passed through.\u00a0 “I can do it,” she reaffirmed.<\/p>\n

The motion sensitive light above the front door clicked on as Julie approached.\u00a0 She startled, nearly hissing at it as her body broke out in goose bumps.\u00a0 More blond hairs grew among the longer blond hairs standing at attention along her spine.\u00a0 As she calmed, she could feel the hair on her back and she tsk’ed at herself.\u00a0 No longer just hair but the start of her fur.\u00a0 She stood for a moment until she felt completely calm.\u00a0 As she approached the door, she heard someone walk through the house and then unlock the door, moments before it opened.<\/p>\n

“Julie!\u00a0 I’m so glad you could come!”\u00a0 Amanda wore a simple gray t-shirt and thick, checkered pajama pants.\u00a0 Her red hair was pulled back into a simple pony tail.\u00a0 A sweet ache bloomed in Julie’s lower stomach at the sight of the other woman.\u00a0 She felt a sudden physical flush that threatened to accelerate her changes.\u00a0 Julie growled as she smiled, forcing her body to obey her will.\u00a0 A single bead of sweat ran down her cheek and it had nothing to do with the warmth in the air.<\/p>\n

They hugged and Julie closed her eyes, thinking of small children, puppies, kittens and sunshine on the beach.\u00a0 She could feel Amanda’s breasts against her.\u00a0 Julie buried her face into the other woman’s neck.\u00a0 She smells so fresh and sweet and amazing.\u00a0 Oh fuck.\u00a0 I can’t actually do this, can I?<\/em>\u00a0 Julie’s lips brushed the other woman’s bare skin and she held back a moan.\u00a0 She opened her mouth just as her canine teeth pushed further from her gums.\u00a0 Just… just a kiss.\u00a0 Just a little kiss.\u00a0 That’s not so much to ask, is it?\u00a0 Just a sweet little kiss and lick.\u00a0 And a little bite.\u00a0 A playful little bite.\u00a0 Oh god.\u00a0 Oh god, please.<\/em><\/p>\n

With a sudden step back, Julie laughed nervously.\u00a0 “Amanda!\u00a0 Yes!\u00a0 Thank you for inviting me.\u00a0 Gosh.\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 Man.\u00a0 The movie, yeah? ”<\/p>\n

Amanda smiled with amusement.\u00a0 Julie could smell her friend but it was faint and she was able to ignore her when they stood apart.\u00a0 Mentally, Julie cursed at herself for letting her concentration slip.\u00a0 The fur on her back she could hide but not her growing fangs.\u00a0 Just don’t show your teeth so much,<\/em> she reminded herself. And concentrate, for god’s sake!<\/em><\/p>\n

“Come on in, I was just about to microwave the nachos.\u00a0 I got you some Widmer again to drink.\u00a0 You liked it last time, right?”<\/p>\n

Julie followed her friend inside, automatically sniffing at everything.\u00a0 She’d been to her friend’s house many times but never during a full moon.\u00a0 Her enhanced senses brought an entire new world to her.\u00a0 The smell of food, dirt, people, dust , trash and the bathroom all yelled for attention.\u00a0 A small part of her mind wondered at the scents from the trash – what kind of food and whether it was still good.\u00a0 An annoying aspect of the change was that previously bad smelling things were suddenly interesting.\u00a0 During one change, in between masturbating, she had simply sat in front of her trashcan with her eyes closed.\u00a0 For nearly an hour.<\/p>\n

The dull ache in Julie’s back vanished with a small cracking sound and she sighed.\u00a0 As she walked with her friend to the living room, she discretely reached back to touch the area above her ass.\u00a0 Her fingers felt the downy skin but there was no bulge for the start of her tail.\u00a0 Yet.<\/p>\n

“Have you seen the trailer for the new Marvel movie?\u00a0 The space one?” Amanda asked.<\/p>\n

“Guardians of the Galaxy?\u00a0 I actually just watched it last night,” Julie said.\u00a0 “I have to admit, I didn’t think they’d be able to pull it off.\u00a0 For fans?\u00a0 Sure.\u00a0 But mainstream?\u00a0 Almost everyone knows who Iron Man and Captain America is but here you have a raccoon and a tree and nobody knows them unless you’re heavy into the comics.\u00a0 The trailer was awesome.\u00a0 The right mix of action and humor.\u00a0 And, they did a great job with the CGI for Rocket Raccoon.\u00a0 That could’ve gone so bad.”<\/p>\n

“I thought it looked hilarious,” Rachel said.\u00a0 “The movie, not the raccoon.\u00a0 He looked realistic without being creepy.\u00a0 And actually does look like a little psycho feral raccoon guy.\u00a0 Kind of hard to get a two-legged critter to look good without being too much Saturday morning cartoon-y.”<\/p>\n

“Hah,” Julie laughed nervously.\u00a0 “I know, right?”\u00a0 Jesus, don’t I know,<\/em> she thought to herself.\u00a0 Hey, if there are things like me, are there were-raccoons, too?\u00a0 Whoa.\u00a0 What would that be like?\u00a0 Or were-skunks?\u00a0 Or were-opossums?\u00a0 Eww.\u00a0 I guess it could’ve been worse for me.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Have a seat on the couch,” Amanda said as she wriggled into the large couch facing the television.\u00a0 The young woman pointed to her left.\u00a0 “I’ll grab the food.\u00a0 This movie’s not going to watch itself.\u00a0 Let’s go.”<\/p>\n

Julie settled into the couch, self-consciously.\u00a0 Looking down at her fashionably tattered blue jeans, she noted a light coating of blond hairs through the holes in her pants.\u00a0 Amanda was warm and smelled amazing next to her and she cursed herself for sitting so close and not moving to the far side of the couch.\u00a0 She closed her eyes as the movie started.\u00a0 Warmth ran to her cheeks as she fought the changes.\u00a0 The heat she felt was incredibly hard to resist, especially this close to her friend.\u00a0 She smells like clean soap and flowers and sex.\u00a0 God.\u00a0 This was dumb.\u00a0 I should leave before-<\/em> Julie felt her breasts swell, pushing at the small bra she wore beneath her t-shirt.\u00a0 Nngh,<\/em> she groaned.\u00a0 No.\u00a0 Come on.\u00a0 I can fight this.<\/em>\u00a0 Her bra strap bit into her chest and back as her body changed.\u00a0 Julie bit her lip hard and the pain helped her focus.<\/p>\n

As she’d hoped, the movie provided plenty of distraction that helped her manage the changes.\u00a0 She lost herself in the movie, ignoring Amanda as the characters fought and argued onscreen.\u00a0 Only twice did she have to resist the urge to butt her head against Amanda’s shoulder.<\/p>\n

Amanda slowly lowered herself down to her side on the couch, pulling her feet up to press lightly against Julie’s thigh.\u00a0 Julie stared at the other woman, eyeing her curvy figure and bare stomach showing between her shirt and pants.\u00a0 Her eyes stopped at the woman’s cute little feet and she barely suppressed a groan.\u00a0 Julie licked her sharp teeth with a tongue that was suddenly as rough as sandpaper.<\/p>\n

“You don’t mind if I lie down, do you, Julie?”<\/p>\n

Julie looked up.\u00a0 She felt drunk and too warm.\u00a0 Her eyes traced the heart-shaped curve of Amanda’s face and the woman’s pouty lips.\u00a0 She could picture herself kissing the other woman and, in response, she felt muscles loosen deep within her body.\u00a0 She smelled herself becoming suddenly wet before she felt the way the liquid pooled inside her vagina.\u00a0 The hair around her thighs thickened until she felt the soft fur rubbing against her labia.\u00a0 It spread up and over her mound and then up her hard belly.\u00a0 A small pain shot quickly through both of her breasts as they grew again.\u00a0 The soft flesh of her tits overflowed her bra until, finally, they were free.\u00a0 Her bra slipped under her now d-cup breasts.<\/p>\n

“No,” Julie panted.\u00a0 “Its.\u00a0 Fine.”\u00a0 The young woman shifted herself, groaning quietly as her lower back bulged with the start of her tail.<\/p>\n

The movie continued and Julie forced herself to watch.\u00a0 She knew she should leave but she lied to herself, telling herself she could still hold off.\u00a0 That she could still ignore the changes until the movie was finished.\u00a0 That it would be rude to leave before then.\u00a0 She stretched her legs out in front of her; hairs bloomed from her smooth leg, sliding against her skin under the loose blue jeans.\u00a0 She felt the same itching sensation along her shoulders and upper back until her bare skin became covered in fur.\u00a0 Julie shifted her legs.\u00a0 She could smell herself.\u00a0 Her juices were mingling with the fur between her legs and she knew she was engorged in her lust.\u00a0 God,<\/em> she thought. I need to fuck.\u00a0 Bad.\u00a0 This is bad.\u00a0 Watch the movie, Julie.\u00a0 Watch the movie.\u00a0 It’s almost over.\u00a0 Almost over.<\/em>\u00a0 The young woman focused on her breathing and her changes slowed.<\/p>\n

Julie could almost hear the moon singing to her, pulling her along, teasing her with the promise of her changes.\u00a0 Toying with her hormones to bring on an unnatural heat.\u00a0 She was nearly an expert in the feline estrus cycle after having gone through the first few full moons.\u00a0 She’d tried various home remedies to no avail.\u00a0 Nothing could stop it and it grew stronger as the night wore on.\u00a0 Okay.\u00a0 Okay.\u00a0 The movie is about to end.\u00a0 What do I do?\u00a0 What do I say?\u00a0 I can’t put this off.\u00a0 I can’t keep it away any more.\u00a0 I need to go.\u00a0 She smells so fucking good and I want to just bury my face in her belly.\u00a0 I’ll just say I need to work on my art and she’ll-<\/em><\/p>\n

“H… hey, Julie?”<\/p>\n

Julie looked over to see her friend partially hiding her face behind a couch cushion.\u00a0 Oh no.\u00a0 Oh no, she’s going to do it right now.\u00a0 I was going to flirt but the goddamned heat was too hard to control and now she’s just going to say it.\u00a0 Dammit.<\/em>\u00a0 With as much control as she could muster, Julie answered.\u00a0 “Yeah?”<\/p>\n

“I, umm.\u00a0 Hah.\u00a0 This isn’t easy.\u00a0 I think you’re awesome.\u00a0 And a great friend.\u00a0 And talented.\u00a0 Your art is amazing.\u00a0 And.\u00a0 And.\u00a0 I think you’re really pretty.\u00a0 I don’t know if you’re interested in me beyond a friend and, oh god, this is really really hard to say but if you were interested in me, I would love to date you.\u00a0 But if not!\u00a0 If not then I really hope you’ll still be my friend.\u00a0 At least then I’d know you weren’t interested and I could just put it all aside and still have your friendship.\u00a0 I’d love that.\u00a0 I just don’t want to never take the chance.\u00a0 I’m rambling.\u00a0 I’m totally rambling right now.\u00a0 Oh my god.”\u00a0 Amanda hid her face completely behind the cushion.\u00a0 “I completely understand if you’re not interested or grossed out.\u00a0 Just… if not, can we still be friends?\u00a0 You have no idea how embarrassed I am right now.\u00a0 I meant to talk to you during lunch so I could just escape if it didn’t go well.\u00a0 I shouldn’t have brought it up here.\u00a0 That’s not fair to you.\u00a0 I’m sorry.”<\/p>\n

“I… I…”\u00a0 Oh fuck.\u00a0 What do I do?\u00a0 I can’t leave now.\u00a0 She’d be devastated.\u00a0 What horrible timing.\u00a0 Jesus Christ.\u00a0 I want to just tear into her and she’s over there being shy and cute and sexy and… fuck!\u00a0 <\/em>“I think.\u00a0 I think yes.\u00a0 I didn’t know you were interested in women.\u00a0 We’d need to talk about, nngh-”\u00a0 Julie groaned.<\/p>\n

“Hey, are you okay?”\u00a0 Amanda sat up, her face full of concern as she looked at her friend.<\/p>\n

Julie grit her teeth.\u00a0 Fur was spreading from her lower stomach up between her breasts.\u00a0 Her spine pushed from her back and the woman turned to face her friend, hiding the growth as she panted in the sudden intense heat coursing through her body.\u00a0 She looked up at her friend and the world stuttered around her.\u00a0 She’d never felt it this hard before.\u00a0 “I’m-\u00a0 Oh god, Amanda.\u00a0 Can I… can I kiss you?”<\/p>\n

“Do you want to kiss me, Julie?”<\/p>\n

Without answering, the young woman leaned forward.\u00a0 Julie hesitated slightly and then pressed her lips against Amanda’s soft lips.\u00a0 They kissed almost chastely until Amanda opened her mouth.\u00a0 Their tongues met and Julie moaned into the other woman’s mouth.\u00a0 It was a completely different feeling -being with another person when her hormones were driving her wild.\u00a0 Julie pressed against Amanda, slowly bearing her down onto the couch as they kissed passionately.\u00a0 With her fingers twined in Amanda’s fingers, Julie rubbed herself against the other woman.\u00a0 She broke off, instincts taking over as she rubbed her cheek against Amanda’s cheek.<\/p>\n

A deep purr started low in Julie’s throat.\u00a0 She felt her expanded breasts rubbing against Amanda’s chest and the other woman moaned beneath her, twisting and pushing her own hips up.\u00a0 Julie licked at Amanda’s throat, baring her fangs as her top lip split slightly.<\/p>\n

“Oh.\u00a0 Oh, please.”\u00a0 Amanda gasped.\u00a0 Julie’s hot breath stirred the tiny hairs along Amanda’s neck and the woman turned her head to the side, baring her flesh.\u00a0 Fur exploded along Julie’s back and she arched in reply.\u00a0 Her short, blond furry tail whipped behind her, still not fully grown.<\/p>\n

“I can’t,” Julie gasped.\u00a0 She pushed herself away, rolling dexterously on the ground until she was kneeling several feet away from the couch.\u00a0 She forced herself to look up at her friend.\u00a0 Julie shrugged out of her gray jacket.\u00a0 As the fur continued to cover her body, she became less tolerant of clothes.\u00a0 “Oh god, Amanda.\u00a0 Look at me.\u00a0 I’m so sorry.\u00a0 Look at me.”<\/p>\n

Amanda sat up.\u00a0 At first, she saw nothing and confusion was plain on her face.\u00a0 But then, she saw Julie’s tail thrashing behind her.\u00a0 “Is that… Julie, Jesus Christ is that a tail?!”<\/p>\n

Julie nodded mutely.\u00a0 She felt her ears shift along her face, moving through her short hair until they lay atop her head.\u00a0 They flicked and then lay back and flat.\u00a0 She wanted desperately to strip her clothes off but she couldn’t do it in front Amanda.\u00a0 She felt her jaw move slightly as her short fur grew up and around her face.\u00a0 Her nose flattened, reshaping to fit her altered face.<\/p>\n

“Oh Julie,” Amanda said.\u00a0 “Are you okay?\u00a0 I don’t know what to do or say here.\u00a0 Oh my god.\u00a0 What should I do, Julie?\u00a0 Does it… does it hurt?”<\/p>\n

“No.\u00a0 No, it doesn’t hurt.\u00a0 It’s… I’m riled up, Amanda.\u00a0 It does something to me and I feel like I’m in heat and I shouldn’t have come here.\u00a0 I shouldn’t have done it.\u00a0 The three nights of the full moon.\u00a0 Like clockwork.”<\/p>\n

“Like a werewolf?\u00a0 Seriously?\u00a0 The moon?\u00a0 Since when, Julie?\u00a0 I never knew.”<\/p>\n

“Yeah.\u00a0 It’s easy to hide.\u00a0 I’m still me.\u00a0 Even now.\u00a0 But, Amanda, you have no idea how hard it is to keep myself off of you right now.\u00a0 You smell amazing and I’m incredibly horny.\u00a0 Every single time.\u00a0 I’ve wanted you before this happened but, now?\u00a0 It’s worse.\u00a0 I shouldn’t have come tonight.”\u00a0 Amanda kneeled on the floor in front of Julie. The young woman reached for her friend’s face but Julie recoiled.\u00a0 “Don’t.”<\/p>\n

“Julie,” Amanda said with determination.\u00a0 She pressed her hand against Julie’s face and the other woman nuzzled her.\u00a0 “It’s okay.\u00a0 I’m okay.\u00a0 I-\u00a0 Oh.\u00a0 Did you… Did you feel that?”<\/p>\n

Julie’s eyes snapped open.\u00a0 She scented the air, fearing what she thought might be happening.\u00a0 “Feel what?”<\/p>\n

“I, whoa, there it is again.\u00a0 Kind of hot in here.\u00a0 I,” Amanda paused, panting as beads of sweat formed along her hairline.\u00a0 “Ow.\u00a0 That stings a little.\u00a0 Julie!\u00a0 My hand!”<\/p>\n

Amanda took her hand away from Julie’s face.\u00a0 She winced as her short fingernails thickened, pushing away from their nail beds.\u00a0 As they lengthened, the tips curved slightly, growing to sharp points.\u00a0 Amanda stared at her hand in disbelief.\u00a0 The light skin along the outside of the palm of her hand darkened to red before fading to a soft pink as it puffed out slightly.\u00a0 Amanda felt a similar deep itching sensation from her other hand and when she turned to look, she saw both hands ended in sharp claws.\u00a0 The skin along the bottom of all ten fingers swelled to match the pink of her palms.<\/p>\n

“Julie?\u00a0 What’s- oh no.\u00a0 Please tell me this isn’t-” A wave of heat pulsed from Amanda’s lower stomach, racing to the top of her head down to the bottom of her feet.\u00a0 It vanished nearly as soon as it appeared and the young woman suddenly broke into a cold sweat.\u00a0 Before she could speak, the heat returned.\u00a0 Amanda gasped as she felt herself grow incredibly wet.\u00a0 She moaned, loudly, falling to her hands with a sudden, forced need to arch her back.\u00a0 To present herself to a mate that wasn’t there.<\/p>\n

Beside Amanda, Julie yowled as the other woman’s heat set in.\u00a0 She’d thought she was horny before but now, smelling another werecat in heat was driving her absolutely wild.\u00a0 Julie grabbed the bottom of her shirt and pulled, exposing her furry upper body.\u00a0 Her heavier breasts bounced free and the woman wasted no time in unhooking her bra from around her stomach where it’d fallen earlier.\u00a0 She worked the button and zippers of her blue jeans, cursing in frustration as her claws and thick padding under her fingers made her fumble.\u00a0 She was normally completely naked before the changes set in and so dealing with the clothing while changed frustrated her greatly.\u00a0 Julie hissed as her zipper caught on the tuft of fur covering her mound.\u00a0 As riled as the young woman was, she barely noticed when she tugged hard enough to rip small pieces of fur from her skin.\u00a0 She sat on her ass to pull her jeans off.\u00a0 The sudden flood of scents from the wet fur between her thighs made her gasp and her long tail lashed behind her, thumping on the ground.<\/p>\n

“Julie,” Amanda gasped.\u00a0 “Julie.\u00a0 What.\u00a0 Oh.\u00a0 Oh, Jesus.\u00a0 I can.\u00a0 I can smell you.\u00a0 Oh fuck.”\u00a0 Light red, nearly orange hairs pushed through the backs of Amanda’s hands.\u00a0 More and more hairs followed until the young woman’s hands were covered in short, silky fur.\u00a0 As she watched, it continued to grow slowly up her wrists.\u00a0 Still on her hands and knees, she spread her legs, arching her back further until her face touched the floor.\u00a0 Amanda stretched her hands in front of herself, feeling her muscles and bones pop quietly.\u00a0 Her claws scratched at the wood floor.\u00a0\u00a0 The young woman looked behind herself to see Julie naked and on her knees, clawed fingers rubbing at the furry wetness between her thighs.\u00a0 She felt something shift in her lower back but ignored it to turn and face her friend.<\/p>\n

“I’m,” Julie said, her voice catching as her building orgasm and the effort of her frantic rubbing distracted her.\u00a0 “So.\u00a0 Sorry.\u00a0 Amanda.”<\/p>\n

Amanda faced her friend.\u00a0 Closing her eyes, she scented the air.\u00a0 The familiar smells of the house began to shift subtly, some becoming stronger while others changed nearly completely.\u00a0 More than anything else, Julie dominated.\u00a0 Her.\u00a0 The tip of Amanda’s nose pulled back into a flat, smooth curve.\u00a0 The skin around her nostrils blackened and the flesh took on a pebbled texture.\u00a0 The young woman followed her nose, crawling to Julie on her hands on knees.\u00a0 Her brain was full of static and all she knew was she wanted the other woman more than anything she’d ever wanted before.\u00a0 She could feel her engorged pussy rubbing wetly against her soft thighs as she moved.\u00a0 She wanted desperately to stop and touch herself but, more than that, she needed Julie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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