A Fierce Appetite (Millie)

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(This thread takes place prior to the meeting with Milo)

Before today, Ben rarely ate meat at breakfast. He loved meat and all. He usually had some chicken or beef for lunch, and likewise for dinner. But at breakfast he had usually ate some sort of bread product from the Bonfire Bakery along with some tea.

That was before today. That morning at the Leaky Cauldron, he had two plates filled with chicken, beef, and pork in front of him. He ate it all like it was it was his last meal or something. He had no side dishes and no bread to go with it. The only other thing he consumed was a glass of milk, and that was just to wash everything down. Ben usually had good manners when he ate too, but today he ate like an animal.

"Mmmm... good..." he muttered as he stuffed his face.

"Ben," asked a waiter who knew him. "Are you sure you're alright?"

"Fine," said Ben. "Never been better. You?" Of course Ben wasn't going to say, "Oh I'm dandy. And by the way, I'm a werewolf now." And right now he actually felt amazing due to his meat-craving being satisfied. Not only that, his beloved Millie was with him.

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Millie sat opposite her friend at the table and watched him with a very amused look while he ate. She could only barely remember when she used to be like he was. She had gotten over her cravings for meat by swapping it out with blood and other sources of iron. Now, however, she only craved anything under the full moon. She still appreciated the innocence that Ben had, though. And she couldn’t help but smile a little. He was rather cute. Sure, he had always been attractive and Millie had always secretly recognized that, but, now he also had a childlike quality to him with the way that he was adjusting and enjoying his meat. “You’re cute.” Millie smirked and took a drink of her coffee. Caffeine was one of her best friends. She couldn’t help but smirk at the waiter who would never understand why he was acting so strange. “You seem to be taking to it all well.” She noticed.

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As Ben ate away, he heard Millie tell him he was cute. He looked up at her and smiled, the sauce from the meat on his mouth. He then chuckled and wiped it off. Was he taking it all well now? Maybe. But having the most beautiful woman in the world tell him he was cute was about damn well worth it all.

"And you're gorgeous, what's new?" he said. "And I think I'm getting the hang of the hearing and the smell. And I should be pretty full by the time we leave here." She then looked at Millie curiously. "Why aren't you eating? I know you have to be hungry too if you're like... well since I'm like you now."

As he watched her, he felt the other craving he had been having again, the craving for Millie's affection. He wanted to walk over and place her in his arms again... hold her... kiss her... just bask in her presence. But being in public, he had to be careful. Acting too strange could have people asking questions, and he didn't want the world to know what he was just yet.

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“Once you get the hang of things, cravings and such will subside and you’ll learn how to control yourself. It’ll take you a while to get it. I’ve been this way for going on 8 years.” She reminded him and simply sipped at her coffee. She wasn’t sure how anxious she was to get this meeting with Milo over or not. She had told him that she had bit a human and had changed him, and, of course, he was less than thrilled, but he handled it well. Millie knew him well enough to read between his words, though. Millie could tell that Milo didn’t want the additional stress right now that a new pup brought with him. That was a main reason that Millie was taking the burden onto herself more than she was pushing it onto the pack. “You’re cute though.” She admitted again as blood from the under cooked meat dripped down his face.

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Ben smiled as Millie said he was cute again. And he could definitely understand her having become well adapted to everything in time. But there was something he was still trying to understand.

"So why didn't you ever tell me?" he asked. "In school. I would have understood. I wouldn't have thought less of you if I knew you were a werewolf. I loved you then, Millie. Just like I love you now. I just wish I could have told you then. I was your typical awkward Hufflepuff I guess. Also, how the heck were you able to hide it from me for those seven years?" Ben then chuckled. "Then again, I don't remember ever seeing you on a full moon night."

Ben then had a second question, about the future instead of the past.

"So... this Milo guy?" he asked. "What's he like? Do you think he'll like me?" Ben was a bit worried that Milo was going to be the "Big, Bad Wolf" Muggle parents told their kids about at night. He was worried that Milo might be angry if he knew how Ben felt about Millie.

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"I didn't tell anyone." Millie shrugged and ran her hand through her light blonde hair which fell around her face in perfect curls, adding to supernatural charm. Millie admired her own appearance; it was one of the many vain things about her. "Not even the teachers. No one knew. Milo just snuck me out when he needed. I got pretty good at sneaking out of there. And the I’m so innocent and sweet act only ensured that I wouldn't get caught. And I never did." she smirked. Sometimes, she wished that other people would have known about her, she wished that it hadn’t been such a big secret and that she didn't have two personalities, but now that she was done with school, she was free. "He'll intimidate you. And make you nervous and you probably won't like the way we interact and how blunt he is, but I like him." she smiled as she told him about the Alpha, her best friend. She knew she would get closer with Ben again, and a part of her was anxious to do so. But it was a strange feeling.

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Ben listened as Millie spoke of how she sneaked out on those nights. That didn't really bother him now. What did was how she said her sweetness and innocence was all an act. He wondered if it was an act toward everyone... including him. It was THAT Millie he had fallen in love with.

"I hope how you acted toward me wasn't fake," he said, his voice reflecting his worry that she would say it was. He wouldn't know what to think if she did. The way he was, he would probably be heartbroken.

The fact that Millie liked Milo wasn't all that comforting considering what else she said about him. Intimidating... not liking how Ben interacted with Millie... wonderful. All of a sudden Ben lost his appetite and a sick feeling formed in his stomach.

"I... think I'm done here," he said. "We might need to go by the apothecary first though for a stomach potion." Ben then muffled a burp after saying that.

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It was true, when Millie was in school, she had to act like nothing was wrong, she had to act like she was any normal orphan girl who was just trying to get by, and, in some sense of the situation it was entirely true. As to whether or not that was actually who she was, she didn’t know. She had always felt like a big part of her was missing when she was in school, she always felt empty and like no one there would actually know her. Now, someone knew her. Ben would know her, he would know who she truly was and he would be able to decide for him whether he liked her better this way or not, but either way, she was who she was. Millie also knew that to anyone who didn’t know her relationship with Milo first hand, it would appear like she liked him in more than just a familiar, brotherly sense of the word. They had a close relationship, yes, and Millie liked to be close with, and maybe even touching him, yes. But there would never be anything romantic between the two of them. And that was a mutual agreement. “That’s what you get for eating too much.” She smirked and set her hand on his back as they got up. She got her jacket and slipped it on over her black tank top. “Are you ready?” she asked her friend. She had already talked with Milo about all of this, it wasn’t as though it would be a surprise to him, though, and she knew he wasn’t happy about having another pup to deal with when there were already hunters after them, but it was what it was.

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Ben shouldn't have worried over what Millie might have felt or not have felt at Hogwarts. If she didn't care about him, she wouldn't have bitten him and brought him into her world. She would have left him in the woods to endure the new life of being a wolf himself had she even bitten him at all.

When Millie asked if he was ready, he nodded and paid for the food. The stomach ache wasn't as bad as he let on, but he definitely regretted eating so much. Part of that was of course how much he had to pay for eating three different kinds of meat. It was a good thing he was paid well for his tutoring job. He also had wiped his mouth but then, so when he stepped over to Millie, he didn't look like a nutter. He smiled and her and stroked her hair before giving her a quick kiss.

"I'm going to get used to this, Millie... for you," he said. "And anything I have to do in order to get used to it, I will. You meant a lot to me at Hogwarts, and you do now. I'm glad you and I are together again."

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