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"Meyers!" I heard some one shout behind me. I turned to see Daniel, Daniel Keith. I don't have any classes with him, we aren't friends; how does he know my name? He walks toward me and hands me a piece of paper and walks off.

Bleachers

The paper wrote.

Bleachers?

Is someone there for me? Katie? Couldn't be Jacob, he has been out of town for 2 weeks now, he had no plans to come back yet, atleast not that I know of. I have been without a phone for a day now, I mean to buy another today afterschool. After Trigonometry class, hosted by Mr.Evans, I look to see my phone was gone. I feel as if I was being watched or followed.

I have been a paranoid this school year; I'm alone. My best friend had gone away to the most precious creation and she is taking a break from our close relationship to focus on her family, I am of course sad that her and I personal relationship got effected but happy she is doing what it means to make herself happy; to have a healthy family. I might be a weak bitch for this but fuck it! I feel unsafe not seeing my best friend every day, she is my girl. I feel a part of me missing.

I shut my locker behind me, locking it. It's almost time to go to my next period and I know that, but what if Katlyn needs me, but can't reach me. Instead of walking to class, I went to the bleachers expecting to see Katlyn, but to my suprise she wasn't there. Instead there stood a man under the bleachers, with a dark hoodie and clean with Nikes.

He turned around, and I see it is Kai.

I roll my eyes and turn around, dissapointed; I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe him, what was he here to prove? He swore to never come back to this school, but here he is. On the grounds. And for what? For who? Me?

"Wait," he shouted. "Please."

He reaches for my wrist, I pull violently away from him.

"You are not! I am not going to do this with you. Not again. Not ever!"

"I know! You don't want to forgive me; amuse me." His arms raise his hands top side: pleading.

I stop for a moment just to look at those charming eyes I loved to stare at, and his dark brown skin that was once mine. Now I loathe.

My cheeks rised hot. Why does he keep doing this to me, can't he see I can't take it?! The pain. Was it not in my eyes, in this tension? It only broke my heart to see him, I was not strong enough for the pain that he had build.

"I hate you." The words flows so bitterly out my mouth; I couldn't help it. The way he made me feel like I couldn't help myself. I fell too much for him, I fell too hard. This can't happen again. I feel the pain begging to destroy me. My spirit fell dull at the sight of such agony and the tears rushed down. "I don't want anything to do with you, I don't want to see you, stop contacting me. I hate you."The word hate, rode tough out of me once again. I didn't carry the feeling lightly. I could never hate some one, not if I never did love them.

All could think about is Jake, he wouldn't want this situation for me; I don't want this situation for me.

Then I saw it, a black based package; no words written. "Was is that?"

"Just take it."

"I don't want anything from you."

"Scarlett," he tries.

"No!" I didn't want my name anywhere near his weeded lips. I look past him and I remember our time together here, skipping class just to smoke out and make out. This was our spot. It's the ideal place to skip and smoke, no one really came here, no one beside Kai and his old crew, sometimes I. He stares somberly at me and I couldn't help it, "What the fuck do you want from me? Why am I here?" I regrettably gave in. And there he goes, telling me everything he knew and ears bled out listening to him as he mad claims against Jacob.

"He is bad guy. Scarlett I just want to look out for you."

"Don't, I can look out for myself. Keep your warnings to yourself and if you know what's good for you—stay away from and keep your ill-advised findings to yourself."

I don't want to hear it, I know Jacob has done precarious things but our relationship called for me to trust him and so I have to. So I don't want to know what he's done, not unless I hear from his mouth and he tells me why he did the things he did. After that, I don't care!

Don't make me care. Please! I am finally at the place in the relationship where I can respect that his business is his own and isn't our relationship; not unless he brings it into what we have.

We promised to keep our private lives separate until such time where there is no separating us. And so until then, let my guy in peace.

♡♡♡

I drive past the gates of Katie's parents estate in my 2015 Lexus, the suited guards let me in. I was a frequent visitor. They knew me as Kaitlyn's bestfriend. Katie's family truly had a castle for a home, mine was big, but not as large as large as this one.

I wave past one of the property's security detail as I pulled in. She waved back, recognizing me. It was about a mile drive on a road of trees past to the gate. The woodsy drive- through finally made sense to me; being a family of werewolves and all.

I use my bluetooth to call Kaitlyn to come out. She moved out of the pack house she was in before to move back in with her parents since the baby. Her mother insisted, she had been very helpful since the birth of baby girl Allie. She is an absolute adorable baby, best of all she was so quiet. Allie gave me baby fever every time I was around her, she is so perfect.

"Hello." Kaitlyn answers.

"I'm outside."

"Coming." She hangs up.

She comes down the house's steps with three bags in one hand and the baby's car seat in the other. She walked down like superwoman, if I didn't know any better I'd offer my help but I would only slow her down. I open my back trunk, and she walks behind the car to fix her things in. She opens the backseat to lock Allie in. I look back at her work, "Hi superwoman." I said. It was a joke, I had been calling her that ever since she had her baby because she had been moving amazingly like superwoman. Being a mother is visibly a hard job and she handled it flawlessly, she as any mother would has had her missteps and she had learned from them. I'm proud of her.

"Hey Bubbly." She said. She shuts the door after Allie and sits in the front.

"Ready?" I ask.

"Ready."

I drove out of here street finding our way to Spacia's Oriental Spa, they have a mommy daughter special today and after that we will go will go shopping then dinner. I haven't really seen Katie so much, ever since she started online school to take care of baby; we have been so out of sync. For the sake of our relationship, we have to do this, we have to spend time together. More than anything, I missed her.

"How are you? How's Kevin?"

She loses composure and looks back at baby in the rearview mirror, "Good, everything's good." Her voice declines.

Kevin has supposedly gone away to a prestigious boarding school. He has been gone for a couple of weeks now, leaving Kaitlyn to fend on her own to take care of baby. They are working it out the best way they can.

I wouldn't want to compare my relationship to Kaitlyn's because although our situation may be similar, as a mother he situation is vastly dissimilar to mine. She had a baby, he's going to be away for half of the year. I, see Jacob every other week, if not every other day.

"How's baby sleeping at night?"

"She isn't, but it's okay because my mom stays up with her."

"...I saw Kai yesterday."

"Oh yeah? Where?"

"Under the bleachers, at school."

"How did you handle that?" She asks.

"He gave me an envolpe filled with information his lawyers found out about Jacob."

Hesitantly she goes, "Well, what's does it say?"

"I haven't opened it."

"Why not?"

"It was a dilemma for me, I wanted to open it as soon as I got home, but I couldn't, not without telling you or even Jacob. What should I do?"

"Unless you want Kai to end up in the hospital again or... die, don't tell Jacob. Stop seeing him immediately."

"He knows where I live."

"Are you serious?"

"Okay, you know what it's going to be good. Don't worry about it."

"What are you going to do?"

●●●

"Tell me something different." Laying on my couch staring up at the smooth ceiling.

"Like what?"

"Like how you feel." I sat in the lowest voice possible.

"You know how I feel." He said, his voice rugged.

I bite my lip. He's right, I do know how he feels; warm, wide, and thick but the feeling is fading. I'm losing the feeing of his body on mine, his breath on my skin. I miss being close to him.

"I mean your day, how do you feel about your day, how was it?"

He sighs, "Good."

"Good? You don't sound too sure."

"...Yeah, you know it was. Actually I had seen something that reminded me of you."

"What was it?"

"You'll find out soon enough."

He's always so thoughtful with his gifts and I mean that in every way. But truth be told, it isn't a gift I want; it's him. "I miss you." I said.

"How much?"

"Come to me and find out."

"You know I'd be there if I could."

Pretty please?

"Doesn't make it any easier..."

"Tell me something." He repeats my prior words.

I want to tell him about my encounter with Kai, but I know better. He's far, and no good would be done if I told him right this minute. He'd get upset, angry, and perhaps hostile. I can't do that. "I know about you now." I say instead.

"Oh yeah?"

"I've been reading a book and it's been explaining to me about what and who you are-- your kind."

"What do you think?"

"I think by what I know so far, what you do is amazing. My cousin, Emily, doesn't think so."

I am truly at awe of everything I found out, all that he is. The way he's supposed to transform into this god-like creature, curated to protect. One of things I read, was that his body, as an alpha was virtually independent. "What your body is supposedly made up of, magic and steel. Your skin, is practically unbreakable, and your body blessed by spirits. How does it feel?"

He laughs, "I don't know, it feels how you'd imagine."

"Baby, the book tells me you are strong and fast and agile. About expectations set on your title... The things I read, who you're meant to be, what is expected; most of what I read seemed a bit extreme and overwhelming. I hope all of it isn't true."

"Does it scare you?"

"No, if anything, I might be scared for you. I don't want you to go through all that, all alone." It made me sad as well.

"What has you most afraid for me."

"If not the stress on your soul and body, the thought that you destined to die to protect your mob." The sly joke on the end: he's basically apart of a secret mob.

"That isn't funny."

"Okay... but I have been thinking; I'll be on break for the next couple of days, and know your stuck, so, to compromise, I come to you."

"I really like how that sounds." He hums.

"I can start driving tomorrow afternoon." I suggest.

"No, I can get you a on my private jet, there is no reason for you to drive that long ass way."

"Have a car get you; how does tomorrow at 7 sounds?"

"Yeah, that's sounds good."

As we ended our call, I hear baby Allie cooing. She was supposed to be asleep next to her mother on my bed. I shove my phone in my back pocket and made my way to my room. Allie was somehow rolled on her back, her hands and feet were dangling up in the air, calling to be lifted.

Kaitlyn was fast asleep, she was exhausted. So I take up baby Allie and hold her tiny body right over my heart, her tiny feet kicks my chest and her face lies on my shoulders.

I take the empty bottle coaxed in Kaitlyn's hand and walk out of the room. I put the bottle on my kitchen counter, in the cleaning bin and walk over to my couch. I secure my hold on her as I sat down, the TV was on low. I turn it off using the remote. I coddle Allie in between my arms, she was so quiet and relaxed. Her tan skin was covered and in cotton navy blue shorts, she also had on the matching shirt and hat.

I can't lie, I feel my baby fever rising but I know in my heart that it isn't the standard time to commit to a small human. Well, I guess, not that I could with the protection and all.

I am taking birth control pills because Jacob and I are not using condoms or any other form of birth control on my part. It was a mutual decision, I didn't want a piece of plastic to hide him from me, I truly wanted to feel all of him. I want him to feel me unwaveringly and maybe it could be argued that wasn't the best decision but regardless it was mine to make.

I wouldn't say that I am particularly scared of conceiving a child, but it's just the role Jacob would play in it. That's dangerous, it wouldn't be the worst thing if I never do, also wouldn't be the best thing. Either way, I would not allow that to be a defining term in our relationship.

Tomorrow, became and I was all by my lonesome. Kaitlyn has gone home, I finish packing eating ice cream as I watch a anime marathon; waiting.

All of a sudden, I hear someone pushing their key into my door knob. I questioned whether or not it's Katie. She must have forgotten something but something else told me otherwise. Then the door opens and Jacob walks in, grey v-neck shirt, loose blue jeans, and his red and white Vans.

I am barely dressed, I wasn't expecting him. I wore some black tights and yellow Naruto shirt and
mis-matched socks while shamelessly eating Häs and an excessive amount of whip cream sand sprinkles.

I stand and on my way to him put down my häs treat on the kitchen table. I wrap my arms around my baby and he pulls me in by my waist; I shut the door behind him. I kiss his face; so happy to see him. "I did not know you were coming."

"I was in the neighborhood and. . ." he kisses my lips tenderly.

"And?"

My baby lowers his hands under my thighs and lift me up on his torso. I'm amazed by his strength. He carries me to my room as I suck on his face.

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