<u><i><span style="font-family: 'Bad Script', 'cursive'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff4d4d">Jaymus</span></span></span></i></u><br/><br/>As the group slowed down into the clearing, Jaymus' mood rose. With the wind rising against his back, his fur bristled and he took a moment to shake out the misplaced fur before looking around. The group was still together and the younger wolves were chasing each other around - and apparently so was their Alpha. With a little sneeze of surprise, his gaze landed on their Luna and his tail wagged a bit. As long as she was good...<br/><br/>He might as well have some fun! Looking around, he was caught off guard when Preston was suddenly at his side....playing? Tilting his head, Jaymus panted a bit as he watched him. Preston wasn't exactly the playful type, so this caught him quite off guard. It took him a second to recover from the surprise, but when he did, he was quick to bow down playfully before pouncing towards Preston.<br/><br/>Hitting the other wolf's side, they rolled around in the fresh, prickly grass before he was able to pin Preston down. Tail wagging happily, he licked the side of his face happily. It was nice to be carefree and fun for once. Rolling off of his mate, Jaymus rolled around in the grass, tongue out as he scratched his back against the ground. Pausing for a moment, he looked over at Preston, letting out a happy little howl before rolling over and nudging his nose against him.<br/><br/>Resting against Preston happily, his head settled in against the white-grey fur of his mate, he almost didn't notice when he heard the loud crack and the snap. The delayed reaction from Jaymus had him scrambling over Preston, stepping on his tail as he struggled to his feet. His eyes watched the rather large branch as it hung from the tree, snapped from the trunk. It was seconds away from falling and<i>oh, shit....</i>There was the Luna, standing right below it.<br/><br/>Letting out a few loud barks in warning, he raced his way to the Luna, knocking over a few of the younger pups as he did.<i>How could he be so stupid? </i>He was off<i>playing</i>while their Luna was going to get squashed to death! Pushing the snow-white wolf out of the way, they tumbled to the side just as the branch hit the ground next to them. Jaymus whimpered as he looked at her, licking her ear in apology and concern of her well-being....that was, until he looked over at the 'branch' that had fallen and saw....a twig. Barely the size of a newborn pup, the twig sat on the ground, glaring up at Jaymus, silently judging him for the overreaction.<br/><br/><i><u><span style="font-family: 'Bad Script', 'cursive'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#0080ff">Marco</span></span></span></u></i><br/><br/>When the girl walked off, Marco just rolled his eyes.<i>What a waste of time...</i>Hitting on girls was much easier when he was the Beta-to-be. The girls had flocked to him, impressed with his impressive future ahead of him.... Now, it seemed they would barely give him a second glance. It seemed even the shy little cook could barely stand to spend some time with him.<br/><br/>With a little huff, he grabbed a beer and wandered down to the pool. There was so much he didn't have now and it was more and more annoying as the days went on. Marco considered leaving, but this was<i>his</i>pack. Was he going to let some random wolf who waltzed in here take<i>his</i>pack from him? Hell, no.<br/><br/>Downing the beer, he spotted the redheaded girl staring at a bottle of her own and shook his head. What is up with her now? Tossing aside the empty bottle, not caring where it landed, Marco went up behind Saoirse and picked her up, moving quickly over to the pool and tossing her in. Crossing his arms, he laughed as he watched her.