What's That Supposed To Mean? - 34

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Chapter 34

The next morning, I woke up with a weird exhausting yet good feeling. I was in Noah's bed but he wasn't there. I looked around in the room, wondering where he was on a morning? He usually slept more than me. I pushed myself up and swung my legs down, my feet touching the soft carpet. I yawned, stretching my arms. God, I was so tired.

The door opened and Noah walked in smiling, a five years old ecstatic look on his face.

“It's so cool,” he said, “I actually felt it when you woke up. These mate stuff are getting better and better.”

I chuckled. “What time is it?”

“Um...” he looked down on his wrist. “Five.”

I stared at him. “As in five in the morning or five in the afternoon...?”

“Afternoon. You slept more than me this time. A miracle.” He grinned as he put his hands in his front pockets. I gaped at him.

I had slept this long?! No wonder I felt exhausted. I must've been really tired to sleep this many hours. But the problem was that whenever I slept for longer than usual, I was kind of tired throughout the day. I stood up, rubbing my eyes.

“I'll be right back,” I mumbled, going straight to the bathroom. I brushed my teeth and washed my face before going back to Noah and hugged him from behind. I rested my face on his back, groaning. “I want sleep.”

He chuckled, turning around in my arms.

“More sleep?”

I nodded, my face against his chest now, my eyes shut. I felt so sleepy.

“Then go to sleep,” he said, kissing the top of my head. I shook my head, pulling back a little.

“I haven't made breakfast for you guys. Did you eat?”

“Sam, I think we'll manage breakfast without you. Though, your food is better. Always,” he added quickly, laughing. I grinned.

“Of course it is. Guys can't live without girls, sugar,” I said in a Texas accent as I walked back to the bed.

“Ha! Girls can't live without guys, babe. Not the other way around.”

“Please, if this world had no females, you'd all go crazy. You wouldn't survive. It's not in the nature for a man to live without a woman.”

“Oh really?” He looked like he was challenging me. I grinned.

“Yeah, really.”

“If we wouldn't exist, you would go mad. A woman needs a man.”

“And a man needs a woman,” I said matter-of-factly. He shook his finger “no.” I shrugged. “Prove it then.”

“You want me to prove it? Fine, I'll prove it.”

“Yeah,” I said, a plan forming in my head already. “Lets see how you survive without your woman, Noah. You're going to walk around all day, pretending like I don't exist. Don't look at me, don't talk to me and don't do anything that has to do with me. I'll walk around doing the same and then we'll see who gives in first.”

He looked at me with narrowed eyes for a moment. “Fine.”

“Fine.”

He walked out of the room and I laid my head down against the soft pillow, chuckling to myself. He was so going to lose. I was about to shut my eyes when the door opened and he quickly walked in, coming straight towards me.

“Just one last time,” he said quickly and gave me a kiss. Then he turned around and walked out through the door, his footsteps fading. I laughed out loud. See? He was already losing. Please, guys can't survive without girls. Everyone knew that.

Four hours had passed and we had ignored each other to the fullest. Or I was at least. Though, I'll admit, I was sneaking some glances at him sometimes. I hung out with Jacob and Tresh, Caleb and the twins all day, going to each of them to keep myself occiupied. Whenever I left one of the brothers and moved on to the next one, Noah went to the last one I had been with.

They thought it was hilarious. My father had laughed at us but then had to leave for the meeting with Bo Raven. He had asked me some questions as well at first, hugging me and just being my dad. Then he said that he would make sure that this would be taken care of and that I shouldn't worry about a thing. So he was being an Alpha-daddy. Uncle John was still doing better and better, the doctor called everyday and everytime there was an update.

Mason was with his mate somewhere, so he wasn't here to witness everything that was happening. And Jacob seemed so distracted at times. He just spaced off and looked like he was really somewhere else with his mind. I walked over to him, narrowing my eyes at him.

“Jake...?” I sang, grinning at his “dreamy face.” “Jake? JAKE!”

“What?” he said, blinking, looking at me. I looked at him suspiciously but amused.

“What is going on in that mind of yours...? Is it a something.... or a someone?” I smirked. Jacob looked uncomfortable. “I knew it!”

“It's nothing!” he said, his voice lower. “I'm just thinking about... stuff.”

“Yeah right, I know that face.” I threw a glance at Noah who was currently in the kitchen, talking with Leo and Theo about something. I wanted to be normal with him already but I wasn't going to lose. He was. He'd see how impossible it is and he will come crawling back to me. I grinned at the thought.

“And I know that face,” Jacob said knowingly, an evil smirk on his face.

“I told him to prove that it's possible for men to live without women. Because it's not possible.”

“Yes it is,” Jacob said. I glared at him.

“Not you too or I'll kill you,” I growled. Then I smiled suspiciously. “Now... who are you thinking of?”

“I never said it's a who!”

“You never said it wasn't!”

“What are you-? Ugh, shut up, Samantha. Go to Caleb or something...” He looked away uncomfortably and panicked. I knew it! Gosh I knew it. I hope she's his mate at least.

“I'll go... only because I think it's sweet that you're thinking of her.”

“You know who it is?” he asked me, frowning.

“HA!” I pointed in his face. “Busted, little man! Now I know you think of a girl.” I ran away before he could do something painful and laughed.

“I'm going to kill you, Samantha!!” he shouted after me. I just laughed, going up to Noah's room. I was bored. I always hung out with Noah... Now I had to ignore him because of his stupid argument. I'll admit about myself; I can't live without him. But men can't live without women in general.

I thought about Liz and wondered what was going on with them right now. I mean, their plan had totally backfired. I escaped. I was surrounded by even more safety now and Noah wasn't going to leave me alone anywhere except in this house and they couldn't get in this house because we were over five people here; we'd sense someone new immediately.

So, what were they planning now? Was she going to stick to her original plan and still wait for a moment to kidnap me again? Or were they re-planning, doing it a whole other way? I couldn't help but feel awful about attracting so much trouble and problems to my family and friends. I was always the one the bad guys wanted and because of me, everyone else around me got dragged in. It sucked.

I don't want anything bad in their life to happen and here I am, a magnet for trouble, as I always say. I mean, it's not like I'm depressed, thinking that it's all my fault, I'm such a bad person and etc. But when people want someone, they tend to hurt that persons loved ones. And I didn't want anyone to get in trouble or to be hurt. Especially because of me. That would be even worse.

I sighed, feeling I wanted to talk to someone I knew would hear me. Just hear me.

I arrived at the hospital almost an hour later. I had left the house secretly, since Noah didn't want me to be alone anywhere, but I guessed that he had felt my presence gone by now. I just wanted to be alone with Uncle John, see him and talk to him. He could hear me, I knew that. And as weird as it sounds, a non-talking back person was what I needed right now. If he wanted to say something now, he'd have to say it when he woke up. But for now, he would listen.

I went to the nurse and told her that I was visiting John Black. She led me to his room and I walked in, the lightening the same as before. A small wall lamp next to his bed was on with a weak light shining from it. I walked over to the chair next to him and sat down, smiling.

“Hey, Uncle J... It's Sam.” I looked at his closed eyes and touched his hand. “I'm glad that you're doing better everyday. Hopefully you'll be awake in a few days. It's up to you, Uncle J. You have to fight.”

I took a breath, enjoying the silence that surrounded me and the man that was my second father. I had truly missed him. I was so used to him being around, joking with us or me joking with him. His relationship with his sons, always happy, always positive and helpful. Always there.

“I miss you,” I said quietly. “I came to talk a little. There are some problems going on, and as usual, they're about me. Remember Liz Warren? Yeah, her son Tyler hasn't found his mate yet... So she has a plan to kidnap me and force me to be his. How crazy is that, right?” I chuckled, shaking my head sadly. “It's just... I'm used to being in trouble. I'm just worried for everyone else. For my dad... Noah.. you and the guys. I don't want anything to happen to anyone, you know? And all this trouble is following me around all the time. It never stops. I feel like someday, something bad is bound to happen to someone I love. I'm just worried, you know?”

“Anyways... What else is going on? Everyone is great. We're waiting for you. At the moment, my dad is meeting with Bo Raven. Oh right, I forgot! We met Bo Raven and his family the other day. Great people. He came here with his pack to do some pack business but when his two children found me, we talked and he found out about Liz and said he wants to help. How amazing is that? I'm very grateful that he is doing this for us. I don't know why he would ever want to get his pack involved in this but it means a lot. So anyways, my father went there and they're discussing all of this, making plans or something...”

“But other than that, everything else is just as it always was. Though, you should see Noah, Uncle J. He's changed. He misses you and he's so lost when it comes to your situation. He really loves you. So you have to come back!” I chuckled. “You need to see the miracle change!”

I sighed, smiling. This was exactly what I needed. Visiting Uncle John and just talking to him, being there with him, letting him know that he wasn't alone.

“Noah and I are totally ignoring each other, by the way. We talked about how men and women couldn't survive without each other and he totally denied it. He said that men can survive without women but women can't survive without men. You probably know what happened afterwards. I told him to prove it and now we're acting as if the other doesn't exist. It's been like five hours and I'm already missing him like crazy. And I'm missing you! Gosh, Uncle J. I miss your laugh and your smile and your happy energy. We need you to come back and spread some happiness. My dad is like a ghost without you. He doesn't talk much, he doesn't, you know, hang out with us much. He misses you really bad.”

I looked at the clock and realized that I had been here for almost over two hours.

“I should probably go now. Noah's probably going mad looking for me since he vowed not to leave me alone anywhere until this Liz situation is fixed. But thank you for listening, Uncle J. I'll come back soon with your weirdo sons again. I love you.”

I gave his forehead a kiss and squeezed his hand lightly before walking out of the room and out of the hospital. The bus that I had to take didn't go anywhere near my place, but it took about ten minutes to walk home, so it wasn't a big deal. Problem was, it was getting darker now and it was the perfect moment for a kidnap, especially for werewolves.

I was out, alone, in the dark. Great.

Oh well. Let's just hope luck was on my side tonight.