1 A day like always (1/2)

”BREAKING NEWS! Another body found washed ashore off Cape Shores. The victim has been identified as a male student from a local University; the cause of death appears to be the same as the other victims.The student's name has not been released.There are also no other details are available about any of the other deaths at this time.”

The local news anchor continued stories from her list of current news headlines as Shelly turned the volume on the remote down.

”Are we out of tomatoes?” Joslyn asks, ignoring the news report.

”Man, swimming at night is getting pretty dangerous around here lately, Joslyn,” Raven said sarcastically. ”Maybe you should stay out of the water for a while, Joslyn!” She continued in the same mocking tone.

”I live with twin werewolves and their nymph guardian, what could be more dangerous?” Joslyn laughed as she playfully throwing a cucumber chunk at her group of friends seated on the sofa in front of the TV.

Shelly laughed, ”Sorry Raven, she got ya there.”

”In other news: Expect delays with heavier than usual traffic and some detours as several large conglomerate heads will be conducting business in our area over the next several weeks...”

”Oh great!” Raven huffed with sarcasm. ”Just what this area needs more traffic 'cause of those rich bastards.” She flung her hands up in the air in an over exaggerated state of annoyance.

”RAVEN!” Joslyn laughed as her best friend continued to grumble. ”Just take the back roads. Anyways, you work in a bar. Wouldn't all those 'rich' people be a good thing?”

Raven wrinkled her nose as the other began laughing and agreeing with Joslyn. ”You may be right about that, but it's still going to be a pain in the ass…”

”Change the channel, I hate the news,” Joslyn said as she brought her finished salad into the living room to eat it. She sat down on the long sofa between the twin werewolves, in the space she normally sat.

”So guys, what do you all want to watch?” Shelly said enthusiastically. ”I can't remember the last time we all off work at the same time!” Shelly began scrolling through the Netflix movies.

”Anything but romance!” Raven yelled from the other end of the extra-large sofa. ”Did anyone make popcorn?”

”I'll make it, as long as you find something other than drama,” Joslyn said as she pushed herself up using Russ's leg for balance. [I hope he didn't notice.] she thought as she glanced down at the strong thigh under her hand.She pushed herself the rest of the way up and moved quickly made her way into the kitchen.

[Did she realize where her hand was?] Russ watched as Joslyn made a hasty retreat. [She must have realized it, otherwise, she wouldn't be in such a hurry to get away. Does this mean she took my confession seriously?]

”Russ, is there anything you don't want to see?” Shelly said, frowning in her brother's direction.