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Legal Notice: This story is Copyright © 2003-present by Joe Martelle. This story may not be sold or used for commercial profit in any form or fashion. This story may not be modified in any way. This story may not be posted on a mirror site or any other Internet site without the written permission of the author. This story may not be distributed on print, magnetic, electrical or optical mediums.\nRick Coona, Gwen Smith Coona, Kacy “KC” Coona, Kirk Otterman, Mike Ferretti, Cassy Bhunny Ferretti, Max Badger, Kath Badger, Bill Badger, Ted Badger, Bruno, Lupé Carlotta, Panda Phil, Jo-Ann Procyon, Charles Procyon, Marcus Procyon, Jack Canus, Esmerelda Smyth, Richard Coona, Helen Coona, Max Coona, Sally Coona, et.al. © Joe Martelle\n\nAny resemblance to any person or fur, living, dead, or fictional is coincidental", "description_bbcode_parsed": "
An Anthropomorphic Novel

This is a work of fiction and is not intended to portray any actual events, persons living or dead or undead; or any character in a virtual environment or from any other printed work. Legal Notice: This story is Copyright © 2003-present by Joe Martelle. This story may not be sold or used for commercial profit in any form or fashion. This story may not be modified in any way. This story may not be posted on a mirror site or any other Internet site without the written permission of the author. This story may not be distributed on print, magnetic, electrical or optical mediums.
Rick Coona, Gwen Smith Coona, Kacy “KC” Coona, Kirk Otterman, Mike Ferretti, Cassy Bhunny Ferretti, Max Badger, Kath Badger, Bill Badger, Ted Badger, Bruno, Lupé Carlotta, Panda Phil, Jo-Ann Procyon, Charles Procyon, Marcus Procyon, Jack Canus, Esmerelda Smyth, Richard Coona, Helen Coona, Max Coona, Sally Coona, et.al. © Joe Martelle

Any resemblance to any person or fur, living, dead, or fictional is coincidental", "writing": "[center]Chapter 8\nWheels In Motion[/center]\n\n“Open Season, Rick speaking.” His rich mellow voice gave Gwen tiny shivers of delight. The sound of dance music filling the background.\n“Hey Sweetie!” Gwen chirped into the phone.\n“Gwen? Hey love what’s up?\"\n“Hey, is Mike working with you tonight?”\n“Mike? Yeah, he’s here, what’s up love?”\n“Did you hear about that wreck downtown tonight?”\n“The bus and semi? Yeah, good thing no one was seriously hurt, why?” Rick asked, somewhat puzzled.\nGwen said as calmly as she could, \"Because we were almost in the middle of it.” Rick’s blood ran cold.\n\"OH my God! Honey, are you all okay?”\n“Yeah, we’re fine love. The girls are soaking it out in the hot tub.” Gwen smiled into the phone, “I was thinking, Cassy might like to talk with Mike, that’s all.”\n\nI could hear the grin in her voice. “Oookay, I get it. Doing a little matchmaking, are we?” Rick glanced over to Mike at the end of the bar. \"Maybe.\" Gwen said coyly\n“Sure, I can probably drag Mike home with me—what should I tell him?”\nThinking for a moment, “Tell him—tell him that we were almost involved in that big wreck downtown, which we were, and that Cassy was very shaken up by it, and would he mind coming over, to… to comfort her. Yeah, that’s it, comfort her.” Gwen grinned mischievously. Loki was dancing in her glowing green eyes. \n“Gotcha. You’re evil, you know that. I like it.” Rick chuckled to his soul mate.\n Gwen giggled.\n“So, how’s Kel taking it?”\n“Oh, Glad to be alive, horny,” Gwen paused, “ She likes you, you know…” Her voice trailed off, the grin on her muzzle dazzling in the dark kitchen.\n\n“Um, uh…yeah. But Gwen…” I had a sinking feeling—I knew where this conversation was going.\n\n“All I’m saying love…is I wouldn’t mind sharing our bed with her tonight, if it comes to that, ya know?” I nodded. “Uh-huh, Okay, I love you.” I knew enough not to argue when she knew I was beat. Kel had just gotten out of a bad relationship, and I was the one she came to for moral support. . . \n\nGwen chuckled, “Okay, love you. See you two in a few hours. I’ll have dinner waiting for you when you get here.”\n\n“Really, great! What are you planning?” I asked with interest.\n\n“Grandma's special Damianna spaghetti sauce and angel hair pasta.”\n\nI knew that Damianna was a known aphrodisiac and mild euphoric. With Gwen adding it to pasta sauce, it would make for a very interesting meal. \"You’re evil, I love you.” I said, blowing her a kiss over the phone.\n\n“C-ya!” Gwen replied. Hanging up the phone, she got the sauce on the stove. Lots of garlic, oregano, thyme, basil and two large handfuls of Damianna went into two quarts of her marinara. A cup of Zinfandel to balance the sweetness of the tomatoes Two hours should be about right. Setting the sauce to simmer, and holding her paws over the pot she invoked joy and love into the sauce. Pink and purple sparkles drifted from her out stretched paws and incorporated into the sauce. She gave a self-satisfied smile, and then went to check on the girls.\n#\n\n“Answering a call of nature?” Cassy asked.\n\nCocking her head to the side, “Something like that.” a mischievous grin blossoming on her muzzle “Okay, this has officially become a Sleep-over, and there’s No getting out of it.” Gwen chuckled.\n\nKel and Cassy just stared at each other a moment, grinning at the idea.\n\n“Now THAT sounds like Fun!” Cassy flashed a grin back at her.\n\n“What’s cooking Gwen?” Kel asked, sniffing a savory scent in the air. “Besides Wench stew in the hot tub!” she chuckled.\n\n“My special spaghetti sauce, it’s my grand’s recipe and I think you’ll like it.” Gwen nodded. \n\n“What can we help you with?” Kel asked, including Cassy as well.\n“I don’t know, let’s see what we can whip up, this is a celebration of Life, after all.” Gwen beamed holding up two fluffy towels.\n\n\n + + + \n\nI hung up the phone. Surveying the premises it wasn’t to bad a crowd, for a Thursday night. I watched Mike pop the caps on six bottles of beer in rapid-fire succession. \n“Hey Mike! Come here a minute.” \n“YO! Whazzup, Ha-Coona?” \n“You’re free tonight, right? No plans?”\n“Nope, what you got in mind?” Mike asked, drying his paws on a bar towel.\n“Um, that was Gwen on the phone...”\n“Oh? How’s their ‘Girls-Night-Out going? Aren’t they planning on coming by here later?” Mike asked hopefully.\n“Um that was the plan. That’s why she called…” I hedged.\n“Uh-oh, what happened?” Mike sensed something was amiss, real concern on his face.\nAt this point I was trying to keep my voice even. “You know that big wreck down town, earlier?” “Yeah, it was on the news, nasty!” Mike pointed to the T.V. mounted on the wall. “Yeah. Well they were almost in the middle of it…” “Oh my God! Are—are they all right?” Mike asked, visibly paling.\n“Yeah, they’re all at home. It’s just that Cassy was pretty badly shaken up—hell, they all were. Gwen was calling to ask if you might be able to come home with me after work and give Cassy a bit of aid and comfort.” Rick asked, placing his paw on mikes shoulder.\n\n“Oh my God, sure, no problem. Cassy’s okay, right?” Mike asked, quite rattled. He had seen the breaking news coverage. And the thought of Kel’s powder puff in the middle of it chilled him to the core of his soul.\n“Thanks Mike. Oh, by the way, Gwen will have dinner waiting for us.”\n“Cool.” Mike shook himself out of his reverie, “Glad they are all okay, that was a hell of a wreck.” Turning back to the crowd. “OKAY! Who’s next?” \n\n + + + \n\nThe house was filled with the rich heady aromas of Italian cooking. The girls were in the dining room wrapped in terrycloth robes chatting and putting the finishing touches on an antipasti tray. When I entered the front door, Mike on my heels, I was floored by the scents. “Wow, smell that?” Mike asked me. Being Sicilian, he loved a good pasta dish.\n\t“Honey, we’re home!” I called out. \n\t“In the Dining room!” Gwen answered, followed by a gale of giggling. \n\t“Mikey!” Cassy squealed, dashing up and covering him with kisses as we came into view.\n\t“BWAH?” was all the startled ferret could say. He gazed into Cassy’s smoldering azure blue eyes. Gods, she was beautiful.\n\t “Thank you, thank you, thank you for coming over, sweetie. It’s been a hell of a night! Do you know we almost died tonight?” Cassy said sweetly, handing Mike a glass of wine. I looked from Gwen to Kel. “It’s true.” Kel spoke softly, handing me a glass. “If it wasn’t for Gwen’s premonition, we would all be very dead right now.”\n\t“I am SO glad we didn’t die!” Cassy said, hugging the stuffing out of Mike. Turning to face him she asked wistfully, “Mike, is it true? That you really do like me?”\n\t“Um-um-um-um-um C-Cassy, I uh, I think you are very special and…”\n\t“You DO love me!” Cassy squealed, hitting Mike with a string of rapid-fire kisses that left him reeling, and she began guiding him to a chair. Her kisses had left the ferret weak kneed.\n\t“Well, yeah Cass, I do…” Mike stammered as the overjoyed bunny sat in his lap.\n\t “Oooh!” Cassy crooned wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling his head into the ample cleavage of her low-slung robe. \n\n\t“Oh Mike, I think you are a real great guy, but I didn't think you liked me. Why didn’t you say anything before this?” \n\n\t“Well, um…I couldn’t Cassy…I’ve been hurt one time too many, Rick knows, he was there.” he sighed, sipping his wine.\n\n\t“But Mike,” Cassy’s voice pitched just above a whisper “I’d never…ever hurt you.” she kissed him gently, melting into his embrace.\n\nI took Gwen and Kel in a hug. “Gods I’m glad you are all safe.” And kissed them each on the cheek. Gwen gave Kel’s paw a squeeze behind my back while I looked over the feast set out on the table. A massive salad, antipasti platter, with olives, veggies, thin sliced salami and other goodies a serving bowl with pasta and sauce, sliced French bread, wine, butter, and dressings. “This all looks SO wonderful.” I complimented, as we sat and celebrated life.\n \n + + + \n\n\t Kel sat back looking over the decimated remains on the table, She had to admit it, that was a wonderful meal, and that sauce, mmm good stuff. Rick and Gwen held hands smiling at each other. Kel watched Cassy and Mike feed each other olives. It crossed her mind that she was the odd fur out…still, they made a cute couple.\n\n\t“Hey you two,” I said jovially, “We DO have a Guest room, you know.” \n\nMike and Cassy paused a moment, exchanged a look, and then got up and disappeared down the hall giggling. Gwen, Kel and I grinned at each other, each doing our best not to laugh.\n\nI started to clear the table, the girls joined in and soon everything was cleared, and when the last dish was put away I reached out and enfolded Kel in an unexpected embrace. \n\n\t“I want to thank you for everything you did tonight, Kel.” I rumbled in her ear.\n\n She melted into me. “What?” she murmured, her head resting against my broad chest. Realizing just how good it felt to be held. “It was Gwen who saved the day...”\n\n\t“Maybe so,” I said, my voice rumbling in my chest. ”But you were behind the wheel.”\n\nShe felt Gwen’s paws gently massaging her shoulders. Ooh, that felt sooo good, Kel thought. She felt Gwen’s muzzle brush her ear.\n\n\t“You don’t have to sleep alone tonight,” Gwen’s gentle, slightly husky voice in her ear “ If you don’t want to.”\n\n\t“…Really?” Kel’s voice was shaker than she probably would have liked.\n\n\t“Mm-hum” I nodded looking over to Gwen. \n\nKel looked from Me to Gwen. “…Truly?” Kel hoped she wasn’t misreading all of this.\n\n\t“If you would like to join us,” Gwen suggested, “You would be more than welcome, hon.” \n\n\t“We could just cuddle, if you would like?” My warm smile was reflected in my eyes. \"…If Gwen's okay with this, and she has indicated that she is…\" \n\nKel nodded, her voice barely above a whisper “I’d like that…I'd forgotten how good it feels just to be held.” She reached for us, and we for her. And with Kel between us, we led her to our bedroom. All the while, the sounds of soft moaning came from the guest room.\n\n + + + \n \n With me in the Master bathroom, Gwen took the opportunity to talk with Kel.\n\n\t“You know, you don’t have to do this, if it makes you uncomfortable…”\n\n\t“Oh no, it’s not that,” Kel said hesitantly. “It’s just…Rick’s—you really don’t mind? I mean if…” A confused look framed the poor vixen’s face. Gwen smiled softly.\n\n\t“ I love him, I think the events tonight…Kel, you, I and Cassy nearly died tonight. That makes us more than friends, and if you want this, it’s okay with me. I asked You, Remember?”\n\n\t“Well yeah, but…” Kel smiled.\n\n\t“No pressure love. Like I said, you are welcome here,” Gwen reassured, holding out her paw. “Won’t you come to bed?” she asked as I exited the bathroom.\n\n ------------ \n\nNow she was lying in the king size bed, in nothing but her fur. Me on one side, Gwen on the other, The love she felt from these two furs seemed almost palpable. \n\n\t“Rick, Gwen, thank you…this means more to me than I can say,” Kel said in the dark as they held her, silent tears slid down her cheeks.\n\n\t“W-we almost died tonight,” she swallowed hard, taking Gwen’s paw in hers.\n\t“I-I owe you my life Gwen. [sniff] and Rick, oh Gods you’ve always been there for me…” I reached out and took her paw in mine, giving it a reassuring squeeze. \"…And I’ve never told you how I felt about you…and when I met Gwen that night, I—I never thought we’d ever…” I leaned over and kissed gently her. It was the most sacred night of her life.\n\n\t\t\t\t+ + + ", "writing_bbcode_parsed": "
Chapter 8
Wheels In Motion


“Open Season, Rick speaking.” His rich mellow voice gave Gwen tiny shivers of delight. The sound of dance music filling the background.
“Hey Sweetie!” Gwen chirped into the phone.
“Gwen? Hey love what’s up?"
“Hey, is Mike working with you tonight?”
“Mike? Yeah, he’s here, what’s up love?”
“Did you hear about that wreck downtown tonight?”
“The bus and semi? Yeah, good thing no one was seriously hurt, why?” Rick asked, somewhat puzzled.
Gwen said as calmly as she could, "Because we were almost  in the middle of it.”  Rick’s blood ran cold.
"OH my God!  Honey, are you all okay?”
“Yeah, we’re fine love. The girls are soaking it out in the hot tub.” Gwen smiled into the phone, “I was thinking, Cassy might like to talk with Mike, that’s all.”

I could hear the grin in her voice. “Oookay, I get it. Doing a little matchmaking, are we?” Rick glanced over to Mike at the end of the bar. "Maybe." Gwen said coyly
“Sure, I can probably drag Mike home with me—what should I tell him?”
Thinking for a moment, “Tell him—tell him that we were almost involved in that big wreck downtown, which we were, and that Cassy was very shaken up by it, and would he mind coming over, to… to comfort her. Yeah, that’s it, comfort her.” Gwen grinned mischievously. Loki was dancing in her glowing green eyes.
“Gotcha. You’re evil, you know that. I like it.” Rick chuckled to his soul mate.
 Gwen giggled.
“So, how’s Kel taking it?”
“Oh, Glad to be alive, horny,” Gwen paused, “ She likes you, you know…” Her voice trailed off, the grin on her muzzle dazzling in the dark kitchen.

“Um, uh…yeah. But Gwen…” I had a sinking feeling—I knew where this conversation was going.

“All I’m saying love…is I wouldn’t mind sharing our bed with her tonight, if it comes to that, ya know?” I nodded. “Uh-huh, Okay, I love you.” I knew enough not to argue when she knew I was beat. Kel had just gotten out of a bad relationship, and I was the one she came to for moral support. . .

Gwen chuckled, “Okay, love you. See you two in a few hours. I’ll have dinner waiting for you when you get here.”

“Really, great! What are you planning?” I asked with interest.

“Grandma's special Damianna spaghetti sauce and angel hair pasta.”

I knew that Damianna was a known aphrodisiac and mild euphoric. With Gwen adding it to pasta sauce, it would make for a very interesting meal. "You’re evil, I love you.” I said, blowing her a kiss over the phone.

“C-ya!” Gwen replied. Hanging up the phone, she got the sauce on the stove. Lots of garlic, oregano, thyme, basil and two large handfuls of Damianna went into two quarts of her marinara. A cup of Zinfandel to balance the sweetness of the tomatoes   Two hours should be about right. Setting the sauce to simmer, and holding her paws over the pot she invoked joy and love into the sauce. Pink and purple sparkles drifted from her out stretched paws and incorporated into the sauce. She gave a self-satisfied smile, and then went to check on the girls.
#

“Answering a call of nature?” Cassy asked.

Cocking her head to the side, “Something like that.” a mischievous grin blossoming on her muzzle “Okay, this has officially become a Sleep-over, and there’s No getting out of it.” Gwen chuckled.

Kel and Cassy just stared at each other a moment, grinning at the idea.

“Now THAT sounds like Fun!” Cassy flashed a grin back at her.

“What’s cooking Gwen?” Kel asked, sniffing a savory scent in the air. “Besides Wench stew in the hot tub!” she chuckled.

“My special spaghetti sauce, it’s my grand’s recipe and I think you’ll like it.” Gwen nodded.

“What can we help you with?” Kel asked, including Cassy as well.
“I don’t know, let’s see what we can whip up, this is a celebration of Life, after all.” Gwen beamed holding up two fluffy towels.


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I hung up the phone. Surveying the premises it wasn’t to bad a crowd, for a Thursday night. I watched Mike pop the caps on six bottles of beer in rapid-fire succession.
“Hey Mike! Come here a minute.”  
“YO! Whazzup, Ha-Coona?”  
“You’re free tonight, right? No plans?”
“Nope, what you got in mind?” Mike asked, drying his paws on a bar towel.
“Um, that was Gwen on the phone...”
“Oh? How’s their ‘Girls-Night-Out going? Aren’t they planning on coming by here later?” Mike asked hopefully.
“Um that was the plan. That’s why she called…” I hedged.
“Uh-oh, what happened?” Mike sensed something was amiss, real concern on his face.
At this point I was trying to keep my voice even. “You know that big wreck down town, earlier?” “Yeah, it was on the news, nasty!” Mike pointed to the T.V. mounted on the wall. “Yeah. Well they were almost in the middle of it…” “Oh my God! Are—are they all right?” Mike asked, visibly paling.
“Yeah, they’re all at home. It’s just that Cassy was pretty badly shaken up—hell, they all were. Gwen was calling to ask if you might be able to come home with me after work and give Cassy a bit of aid and comfort.” Rick asked, placing his paw on mikes shoulder.

“Oh my God, sure, no problem. Cassy’s okay, right?” Mike asked, quite rattled. He had seen the breaking news coverage. And the thought of Kel’s powder puff in the middle of it chilled him to the core of his soul.
“Thanks Mike. Oh, by the way, Gwen will have dinner waiting for us.”
“Cool.” Mike shook himself out of his reverie, “Glad they are all okay, that was a hell of a wreck.” Turning back to the crowd. “OKAY! Who’s next?”

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The house was filled with the rich heady aromas of Italian cooking. The girls were in the dining room wrapped in terrycloth robes chatting and putting the finishing touches on an antipasti tray. When I entered the front door, Mike on my heels, I was floored by the scents. “Wow, smell that?” Mike asked me. Being Sicilian, he loved a good pasta dish.
\t“Honey, we’re home!” I called out.  
\t“In the Dining room!” Gwen answered, followed by a gale of giggling.
\t“Mikey!” Cassy squealed, dashing up and covering him with kisses as we came into view.
\t“BWAH?” was all the startled ferret could say. He gazed into Cassy’s smoldering azure blue eyes. Gods, she was beautiful.
\t “Thank you, thank you, thank you for coming over, sweetie. It’s been a hell of a night! Do you know we almost died tonight?” Cassy said sweetly, handing Mike a glass of wine. I looked from Gwen to Kel. “It’s true.” Kel spoke softly, handing me a glass. “If it wasn’t for Gwen’s premonition, we would all be very dead right now.”
\t“I am SO glad we didn’t die!” Cassy said, hugging the stuffing out of Mike. Turning to face him she asked wistfully, “Mike, is it true? That you really do like me?”
\t“Um-um-um-um-um C-Cassy, I uh, I think you are very special and…”
\t“You DO love me!” Cassy squealed, hitting Mike with a string of rapid-fire kisses that left him reeling, and she began guiding him to a chair. Her kisses had left the ferret weak kneed.
\t“Well, yeah Cass, I do…” Mike stammered as the overjoyed bunny sat in his lap.
\t “Oooh!” Cassy crooned wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling his head into the ample cleavage of her low-slung robe.

\t“Oh Mike, I think you are a real great guy, but I didn't think you liked me. Why didn’t you say anything before this?”

\t“Well, um…I couldn’t Cassy…I’ve been hurt one time too many, Rick knows, he was there.” he sighed, sipping his wine.

\t“But Mike,” Cassy’s voice pitched just above a whisper “I’d never…ever hurt you.” she kissed him gently, melting into his embrace.

I took Gwen and Kel in a hug. “Gods I’m glad you are all safe.” And kissed them each on the cheek. Gwen gave Kel’s paw a squeeze behind my back while I looked over the feast set out on the table. A massive salad, antipasti platter, with olives, veggies, thin sliced salami and other goodies a serving bowl with pasta and sauce, sliced French bread, wine, butter, and dressings. “This all looks SO wonderful.” I complimented, as we sat and celebrated life.
 
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\t Kel sat back looking over the decimated remains on the table, She had to admit it, that was a wonderful meal, and that sauce, mmm good stuff. Rick and Gwen held hands smiling at each other. Kel watched Cassy and Mike feed each other olives.   It crossed her mind that she was the odd fur out…still, they made a cute couple.

\t“Hey you two,” I said jovially, “We DO have a Guest room, you know.”

Mike and Cassy paused a moment, exchanged a look, and then got up and disappeared down the hall giggling.  Gwen, Kel and I grinned at each other, each doing our best not to laugh.

I started to clear the table, the girls joined in and soon everything was cleared, and when the last dish was put away I reached out and enfolded Kel in an unexpected embrace.

\t“I want to thank you for everything you did tonight, Kel.” I rumbled in her ear.

 She melted into me. “What?” she murmured, her head resting against my broad chest. Realizing just how good it felt to be held. “It was Gwen who saved the day...”

\t“Maybe so,” I said, my voice rumbling in my chest.  ”But you were behind the wheel.”

She felt Gwen’s paws gently massaging her shoulders. Ooh, that felt sooo good, Kel thought.  She felt Gwen’s muzzle brush her ear.

\t“You don’t have to sleep alone tonight,” Gwen’s gentle, slightly husky voice in her ear  “ If you don’t want to.”

\t“…Really?” Kel’s voice was shaker than she probably would have liked.

\t“Mm-hum” I nodded looking over to Gwen.

Kel looked from Me to Gwen. “…Truly?”  Kel hoped she wasn’t misreading all of this.

\t“If you would like to join us,” Gwen suggested, “You would be more than welcome, hon.”

\t“We could just cuddle, if you would like?” My warm smile was reflected in my eyes. "…If Gwen's okay with this, and she has indicated that she is…"

Kel nodded, her voice barely above a whisper “I’d like that…I'd forgotten how good it feels just to be held.” She reached for us, and we for her. And with Kel between us, we led her to our bedroom. All the while, the sounds of soft moaning came from the guest room.

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 With me in the Master bathroom, Gwen took the opportunity to talk with Kel.

\t“You know, you don’t have to do this, if it makes you uncomfortable…”

\t“Oh no, it’s not that,” Kel said hesitantly. “It’s just…Rick’s—you really don’t mind?  I mean if…” A confused look framed the poor vixen’s face.  Gwen smiled softly.

\t“ I love him, I think the events tonight…Kel, you, I and Cassy nearly died tonight.  That makes us more than friends, and if you want this, it’s okay with me.  I asked You, Remember?”

\t“Well yeah, but…” Kel smiled.

\t“No pressure love. Like I said, you are welcome here,” Gwen reassured, holding out her paw. “Won’t you come to bed?” she asked as I exited the bathroom.

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Now she was lying in the king size bed, in nothing but her fur. Me on one side, Gwen on the other, The love she felt from these two furs seemed almost palpable.

\t“Rick, Gwen, thank you…this means more to me than I can say,” Kel said in the dark as they held her, silent tears slid down her cheeks.

\t“W-we almost died tonight,” she swallowed hard, taking Gwen’s paw in hers.
\t“I-I owe you my life Gwen. [sniff] and Rick, oh Gods you’ve always been there for me…” I reached out and took her paw in mine, giving it a reassuring squeeze. "…And I’ve never told you how I felt about you…and when I met Gwen that night, I—I never  thought we’d ever…” I leaned over and kissed gently her. It was the most sacred night of her life.

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