You cant hide forever

"aw C'mon you cant deny that I've turned into a real looker, easy on the eyes..."he grinned hoping off the bike

 

"You haven't seen me in my work uniform, believe me if you weren't related to me you'd want me." She laughed swinging off the bike.

 

He laughed "bit full of yourself, huh?"

 

"I just know beauty when I see it." She smirked.

 

he grinned" you should probably go first..."

 

"They'll be happier to see you, so you should really go first." She said, pushing him towards the door with surprising strength.

 

he glanced at her before sighing and opening the door

Lyra stopped putting a dish away "River?"

 

Casey, being as immature as ever even at his ever increasing age, was sat on the kitchen counter. He looked over at the door and his eyes widened in surprise. "No f*cking way." He exclaimed in disbelief, the words escaping his mouth before passing through his brain.

"Honestly Grandad." Ocean giggled. "You should have learnt not to swear around the grandkids by now." She said as she pushed past her younger brother.

 

"River..."Lyra repeated "when did you get back ?"

"Um yesterday..."

 

"We thought you were dead, you know." Came a deep-ish and slightly sinister voice from the shadow caused by the wall blocking the light from the doorway into the hallway.

"Do you have to be so melodramatic all the time Jacob?" Ocean sighed, folding her arms and rolling her eyes in an unimpressed manner.

 

"Er thanks Jacob..."he muttered

"for all we knew you could have been!"Lyra said

 

Ocean's comment was met with a small, unamused snort. The 'boy' who had made the dark comment wandered out into view. He'd grown an awful lot in the last six years. Now instead of being small for his age he was very tall, easily as tall as River. And he'd bulked out too, he was lean and muscular. If you looked closely enough at him you could just make out the outline of his abdominal and chest muscles through the shirt. Most people couldn't believe he was only thirteen years of age when they saw him, he could easily pass for a sixteen year old or even older.

 

"Jacob?"River gaping staring at his cousin"You....You were tiny when I left....."he was seriously shocked at his cousin's apperence "What happened to you? you on drugs or something? seriously steriods arent good for you..."

 

Jacob let out a laugh that betrayed his physical appearance, it sounded much more like one would expect a thirteen year old boy to sound like. "No, I'm not on drugs or anything." He chuckled. "I guess I just grew up quickly. I started shifting recently, and then the muscles and height and everything just kinda came with it. Going back to school in the autumn is going to be great." Jacob added with a slightly perverse grin.

"Needless to say Jacob here is putting your wolfiness to shame." Ocean said in an amused voice, she'd been waiting for Jacob and River to meet ever since he came home. It was bound to be an interesting one. "All of this and not so much as a change in diet. Let alone a year of training."

 

"He isnt half"River muttered,at 13 he'd been small and runtish,right up till he was 17 and finaly got some training,and in the six years,with the train increased,his shape had stayed more or less the same."But how- your parents arent even werewolves."

 

Jacob shrugged. "No idea. Genetic throw back I guess. Since Mum is a carrier and we have no idea about my Dad's parents I could just of gotten lucky. After all, mongrels do tend to be healthier then pedigrees." He said, a slight smirk twitching at the corner of his lips. The petty, but most likely playful, jab at their different parentage seeming to amuse him.

 

"You grew up to become a weird kid"He grinned

"when do you leave again? surely they expect you back? working for a military and all."

"Uh....Im kinda not going back.."He said rubbing the back of his neck "Its complicated."

"what did you do in your....'job'?"

"Grandma....you dont wanna know..."There was no way on earth was he telling anyone what he'd done....done to people like him...the ones who had left.

 

Jacob slowly walked up to him and sniffed deeply as though reading the scent. "Bloody hell River." He said taking a step back from him.

"What?" Ocean said raising her eyebrow at her youngest cousin. Curious as to what he'd sniffed, it wasn't exactly a normal thing for him to do this far away from the full moon.

"What he said." Jacob said, jerking his head towards River.

 

he bit his lip

"Does Hermia know your back? and If you were back yesterday why didnt your father drag you over here? I missed my grandson."

"Yeah she knows,and I was gonna...but then Cadey dragged me and Hermia out...I gotta get her back for that..."he muttered

"That girl,honestly just because she works in a bar doesnt mean she can go there every month...."Lyra said shaking her head"and Hermia? how is she?"

 

"Hermia isn't doing good, to say the least." Ocean sighed. "You remember what Mum was like when Dad buggered off for a while?" She asked, trying to think of the best way to describe Hermia's state of mind.

Jacob stepped back up to his elder cousin and murmured quietly to him in his ear. "I'm guessing that you don't want them to know... But I'd be quite interested to find out who's after you." He stepped backwards and headed towards the back door. "You want to come outside for a bit River? I don't expect you want to hear about what I imagine you've already witnessed."