You know that feeling when, you feel like something’s clawing your insides begging you to do something. But you try your best to keep control? that’s me right now. You see, when we left the house, we had all piled into the Alpha’s Maybach Exelero. Beautiful car, but that’s not the problem. The problem is sitting right next to me.
Alexis leant forward again, trying to talk to Jerry who was not so subtly ignoring her. I blew her hair out of my face. Some people may say I have a short fuse. But no, I say I have a limited bullshit tolerance. I can only put up with so much dumb shit in a day.
“Do you mind?” I gritted out. She ignored me. I guess plan B it is. I gripped her forearm, forcefully pushing her back in her seat.
“What the hell?” She screeched I rubbed my ear slightly trying to get rid of the ringing. “How dare you. You can’t touch me without my permission. Do you know who I am?” She snapped her fingers in front of my face. “Are you listening to me?”
“No, no. I’m listening. It just takes me a minute to process so much stupid all at once.” I said rolling my eyes. Isaac snorted while Jerry full out bellowed a laugh. Alexis looked around embarrassed before opening her mouth again.
“Yeah well, you’re so ugly, when your Mum dropped you off to school, she got a fine for littering” she insulted triumphantly. Not one peep escaped anyone’s lips. I clenched my fists on the mention of my Mother but I let it go.
“You gonna say anything back?”Isaac asked trying to instigate a fight. I thought for a second before firing.
“Lets see…you’re so ugly, when you were born, your Mum said ‘What a treasure’ and your Dad said ‘Yeah, lets go bury it” I smirked. Jerry choked back a laugh as did Isaac. Alpha’s face stayed blank.
“You’re so u-”
“Listen, I would love to sit here and insult you, but I’m afraid I won’t do as well as nature did” I smiled in fake sympathy. That was a complete lie though. Alexis was absolute gorgeous. If only her personality was the same. She seemed nice but she took a disliking to me for some reason. Shame. The car filled with laughter. Alexis huffed crossing her arms, falling back into her seat again. Not even a few seconds later we arrived at the club, not so far away from the Pack territory. This way we could easily make our way back to the Pack if need be. Isaac instantly found a parking spot and parked the car and waiting for all of us to pile out before locking it. Alpha Leopold led to us straight to the entrance cutting the line, surprising me. On entrance the first thing I heard was the pumping music and instantly I felt the bass in my chest. The place was completely and utterly full.
Alpha walked through the mass of people straight to a booth at the far end of the club. It was hidden from all eyes. I sat in with Alpha on one side and Jerry on the other. Isaac and Alexis were sitting opposite us.
“I’m gonna go get a drink” Isaac muttered standing up. He froze turning slightly before nodding and walking away. Alpha probably mind-linked him. Thinking about it, since I’ve arrived I have not heard a word from the Alpha. Jerry follows after him after asking for my order. After a few seconds, Alexis rolled her eyes getting out of her seat, muttering to something about dancing. That left Alpha and I.
I tried adjusting on my seat trying to get comfortable but I ended up brushing my leg against the Alpha’s. His hand clenched on the table and I quickly moved away.
‘Why are you moving? Get closer? ‘ My wolf scolded.
I ignored her instead looked around, in search of Jerry. I sighed when I didn’t spot him. We sat in silence for the next few minutes until Isaac returned.
“I’m just gonna…” I thrusted my thumb towards the dance floor. “Yeah” I finished off awkwardly before dashing off in that direction. Once out of sight, I stopped leaning against the wall trying to cool down.
“Elise?” I jumped at the voice turning around to face Jerry.
“Jeez, you scared me” I scolded. He scoffed walking towards the booth. I pulled him back.
“Lets go sit at the bar” I suggested. He looked unsure but followed anyway. We sat at two empty seats and chugged down the drinks Jerry bought.
“I’m Jerry” I heard Jerry introduce himself. I turned around to see him talking to a cute brunette.
“I’m Nora” She replied shaking his hand.
“I’m sorry to disturb you guys, I was just wondering whether you were single or not” She said smirking. Her eyes flicked up looking at something behind us. Jerry being too busy didn’t notice, but I did. Looking back I saw a boy a around mid-twenties glaring at the girl. I smirked figuring out what was happening.
“You are?” She said louder then necessary. The boy got up stalking towards us before shoving his hand in Jerry’s face.
“Brant. Nora’s Fiancé” He said emphasising the word fiancé. Jerry looked between them amused.
“I thought you didn’t care whether I talked to guys” Nora teased.
“You can talk to ugly guys” Brant muttered pulling Nora closer to him.
“You guys American? You’ve got an accent” Jerry asked looking between the two.
“Yep. Americans in the house” Another boy hollered coming up behind them. He looked at me before dramatically bending down taking my hand in his, kissing it.
“And who might you be?” he asked faking a British accent. Before I could reply he was whacked on the head.
“A girl who’s not your girlfriend” a new girl mutterd. Damn, there were a lot of these people.
“We’re here on a vacation” she explained “I’m Brit by the way and this is my boyfriend Arthur”she extended her hand and I shook it smiling.
“There is a lot of you, isn’t there?” Jerry laughed.
“Your accent. Jesus, British boys are so cute” Brit gushed as Arthur just pouted at her.
“This is only half of us. You wanna meet the rest?” Before we could answer Brant called some names and another girl and boy came over. They introduced themselves as Ethan and Beth. These people were calling British guys cute. Have they looked in the mirror?
‘Stop complimenting boys who aren’t your mate!’
“Where are Dennis and Lauren?” Brant asked Ethan. Ethan looked around before pointing at a couple making out against a wall.
“Dear God. DYLAN, SKYLAR CUT IT OUT!” Arthur yelled gaining dirty looks from nearby people. Dennis and Lauren tore apart glaring at the poor fella before trudging over.
“Meet…Oh…I don’t know your names” Arthur said sheepishly. I nodded amused.
“Elizabeth and Jerry” I introduced. We talked for a while, and I found out that Lauren was married to Dennis and was currently 4 weeks pregnant.
“Do you know that guy? He’s been staring at you for quite a while now. He looks angry” Arthur said not so subtly point at the Alpha, making his look deadlier. Nora slapped his hand down.
“Ummm…No” I brushed it off. After a while they said their goodbyes because Lauren didn’t feel too well. In the short time I got to know them, I knew they were great people. Looking back, I saw Alexis trying to make a conversation with the Alpha as he just blankly looked ahead. I needed a drink.
“Perfect” I snatched a drink out of Jerry’s hand, downing it. I knew I wouldn’t get drunk with one glass. Werewolf’s had to have a really large amount to get drunk. I latched onto Jerry’s hand dragging him to the dance floor. Jerry chuckled before taking my hands dancing with me. He lead, while I followed. I’m not the best dancer and Jerry knows that very well.
“Relax. You’re too stiff” Jerry yelled into my ear over the resonating music. I complied letting myself dance freely. I moved around Jerry, while he did some crazy fist movements. I laughed at his movement.
“And you say I can’t dance” I scoffed loudly near his ear. He wrapped his arm around my waist, dancing with me. Our moves matching the beat.
“I can dance” he said into my ear. Suddenly, I was yanked out of Jerry’s arms and straight into someone else’s. Jerry was pushed back and just about stopped himself from falling; before I could protest I heard a loud growl in my ear. Instantly, I knew who it was. I turned around to see Jerry backing away slowly, his hands up in surrender.
Nice to see he has my back.
‘Stop complaining! Now’s your chance, touch him’
Alpha had his nose buried in my neck initiating a round of shivers to run down my body. His touch, his smell, every piece of him felt like heaven. His body was stiff, and I knew he was furious. He slowly lifted his head, so he could look at me but his arm didn’t unwrap itself from around my waist. When we finally made eye-contact, I gripped his hair shoving his head back in my neck, in order to hide the fact that he eyes had turned bright red.
He growled pulling me closer. His lips press themselves against my skin moving up and own.
“Your…your eyes…they’re red” I stuttered completely distracted by his lips. He growled trying to pull me closer, but it wasn’t possible. He growled again.
“You need to calm down” I whispered hesitantly wrapping my arms around his waist, slowly rubbing his back. I felt his muscles relax and breath become more even. It was working. He stood there for a few more seconds before standing straight again. His eyes wandered down to my legs than back up again. I don’t know whether to feel flattered or scared right now. We held gazes for a moment before his eyes flicked down to my lips.
‘DO IT! I swear to the Goddess, if you let this go, I’ll make sure you won’t be able to look in the mirror again’ My wolf threatened. I gulped looking at his tongue which darted out to lick his lips. He slowly gulped before unwrapping his arm from around my waist and walking away. I backed away slowly, hurt washing over me.
‘You’re going down’ My wolf yelled. I didn’t reply.
‘You okay?’ She asked sensing my mood. My wolf and I may fight a lot, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t look out for me. She was my second half. I knew even if no one else was by my side, she always would be.
‘I think so’ I blinked trying to hold back tears. Why did I want to cry? I hardly knew the guy. Why was this affecting me so much.
Just as was about to exit the dance floor, a hand gripped my wrist pulling me back. The next thing I felt was a pair of warm lips against mine. My eyes widened in surprise before snapping shut. The Alpha was kissing me.
I wrapped my arms around his waist pulling him closer. The kiss was hard yet soft, It was fiery yet passionate, It was filled with our hunger for each other but it was also filled with care. It felt as if the whole world was cheering for us. As if fireworks and explosions went off behind us. As if all eyes were on us. A few seconds later he pulls away, resting his forehead against mine.
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“Mine” he harshly whispers through gritted teeth before walking away. I just gave my first kiss to the Alpha. I ju-
Wait…
Did he just talk?