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Parents' Weekend Meet & Greet, The Park, Friday Afternoon

The day had dawned crisp and clear, but by the time afternoon had rolled around... it was really still kind of ridiculously warm for fall. People could probably get away with not wearing a sweater, even.

Which made rather good weather for a picnic, convenient since that was the traditional way of kicking off the Fandom High Parents' (and assorted other relatives, friends, acquaintances, or sometimes even enemies, but that was harder to fit nicely on a banner) Weekend. So there were rows of picnic tables decked out in blue and yellow, laid out with just about any sort of foodstuff one could imagine. And just in case there was any lingering doubt as to the purpose of the picnic, a glittery banner (Petra's work, naturally) adorned the registration tables:

[ooc: ocd up! registration / security / food & drink / mingling / post two ]

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His nose crinkled like she should understand how complicated that was. "It's different with all the secrets. We haven't been hanging out so much lately."

"I know how that goes," she sighed, remembering all too well what had happened with Matt. "But I'm basically incapable of lying to this one so no big secrets to create issues. He knows I'm a vampire and it's cool since he's another sort of werewolf-slash-shape shifter thing. So obviously you two will have tons in common, right?"

"Right." Tyler was admittedly curious to meet another wolf, but not really thrilled that Caroline was all gung ho for him to get chummy with her newest boyfriend. God knew how long her relationships generally lasted.

It didn't take long for Jake to materialise beside them. Not when she'd been hanging on this guy and considering how he smelled of wolf (but not quite like his pack did), it wasn't all that hard to guess who she was talking to. It wasn't all that hard to notice the absence of what was supposed to be Caroline's girl friend either.

"Tyler, right?" Jake said, not waiting for Caroline to make introductions and he brushed his fingers down the small of her back as he held out his other hand towards Tyler.

This guy was a lot to take in, huge in a way Tyler had totally not expected and a little more native than he thought the pageant queen would go for. But Tyler was a Lockwood and used to greeting everyone he met with a smile, so it was plastered on his face as he shook this guy's hand. "That's right. You must be the new boyfriend."

"Jacob Black," Caroline supplied, feeling the possessive way Jake's hand was pulling her to his side and wondering just how badly things were about to go though she continued with the happy faces. "Meet Tyler Lockwood." Since Elena had obviously flaked.

"Nice to meet you," Jake said, possibly testing the werewolf strength before he let go. At least he was playing nice, as long as Caroline didn't mind as he rested his hand on the small of her back. "Caroline's told a little bit about you. Well, mostly the wolf part."

"Caroline mentioned you were different, but by your grip I'm guessing you don't need a full moon for your strength to peak," Tyler remarked, trying not to shake out his hand as Jake let go, wondering how his own heightened strength would compare.

"You guessed right," Jake nodded. "I don't need the moon and I don't lose control. I'm still in charge when I change."

"Good for you, man." The look Tyler sent Caroline conveyed just how thrilled he was she invited him, really. "Seems we've got nothing in common after all. Well, other than Caroline, but we've gotta save something to talk about later." God, he had all weekend, at least he could entertain himself.

She broke away from Jake's hand to smack Tyler's shoulder in a way that looked friendly but was intended to hurt him. "He's kidding," she told Jake, ignoring the way her friend was laughing.

No, Jake didn't think he was. "It's not that simple either," he assured him, but he wasn't entirely sure what else to say. Subject change then. "So Fandom hasn't broken your brain yet?"

Tyler would take that topic change and run with it...for a minute. "Nah, I'm digging it. You guys all seem really open about being freaks. Back home it's just me and Forbes, or I guess just me for the last few weeks."

She shot Jake a look, hoping he'd go along with that low number of freaks. "Yeah, it's easier here. I couldn't keep the vampire thing silent with people like Jake around to smell it on me."

"It's not exactly we talk about back home either. My pack knows and the leeches obviously, but I wasn't even allowed to speak of it," Jake shrugged. "It's different here. Kind of pointless to keep it secret when the person you're talking to is from the past or from outer space."

The way he tossed around leeches with Caroline right there, Tyler couldn't help thinking this guy could use a short course on tact. "You have a pack? Now that must be nice." Yeah, he totally hated this guy.

"Only if you don't mind never having a private thought again," Jake said lightly, aware of the undertone of the comment. "I think it's pretty much like siblings. When you don't have them, you want them and when you do have them, you want to strangle them."

"It's totally an only child thing to wish there were more of us," Caroline piped up. "Not that I'd vote for there being a half dozen more werewolves around to try and gnaw on me during the full moon."

"Hey now, there's no trying. When you come home I'll show you what I've done with the basement," he shared. "'Course I had to drive out of state to avoid people wondering what I needed with all that chain, but I think you'll dig the changes."

It made Jake frown and he didn't even know if it was the whole invitation part or the fact that this kid had to tie himself up to not be a risk. Or that he had no clue what to say to that. Or that Caroline had never even told him that Tyler had tried to attack her as a wolf.

He had a lot to frown at apparently, and not so much to say in response so he decided to let Caroline handle that. Even if he hated whole whole when-part that Tyler seemed to be so sure of.

Caroline decided to try and involve Jake in the conversation. "Tyler's family has this old cellar in the woods that his uncle tried to outfit for the full moon. And it sounds like he won't be needing help to get chained up next time."

"Maybe," Tyler shrugged, not looking forward to the upcoming full moon at all, especially not alone. "I'm just doing my best to avoid hurting anyone. I gotta say, I'd give a lot for your control, even if I'd really just rather not be a monster." He was just going to ignore that look Caroline got at the idea any of them were monsters.

"I'm right there with you, man," Jake assured him, opting to ignore Caroline's look as well. "Are you sure there's not a way to learn to control it? It takes a while for us to fully master it, so maybe it will get easier for you too."

"See?" Caroline replied pointedly, looking pleased that Jake agreed with her constant mantra of things have to improve.

Tyler just made a face at her smugness. "Yeah, it's hard to know? My uncle was the only other werewolf I knew of and he up and disappeared before I changed. And yes, Caroline, his journals seem to show improvement over time but that's not gonna get me excited about the coming moon."

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