Chapter 5

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-Vanessa's POV-

I didn't like shifting. Not at all. I think I may have gotten it from my mother, she never liked shifting either.

She wished she was never a werewolf, and just wanted to be human. Her mate was a complete jerk, and drinking led him to death.

She was never in love with him, rather, fell for a bad boy, aka, my father. He always said I get my rebellious side from him.

If I had said sorry the morning of the attack, maybe I wouldn't be regretting it now. The previous night mum and I had an argument.

The next night she was lying at my bedroom door, blood pouring out of her chest. It was too late to say sorry, her soul had departed from her.

The memories clouded my mind just as the steam from the hot shower clouded my vision. I let a tear roll down my cheek, unseen from the world, before shaking the memories out of my head and jumping out of the shower.

I slipped into some clothes along with my favourite pair of studded boots, and began dumping my boxes of belongings at the front door.

I let myself take a walk around the house one last time.

With each room, there was a happy memory, that was soon captured in a bad one. I'm excited, yet awfully miserable to leave this place.

'Ness! Guess who's here to take ya home! Get it? Like One Direction's album?' Jess screamed from the front door.

I rolled my eyes, walking downstairs.

Were they even classified as jokes anymore?

'I didn't even have to think about guessing' I smiled, as we both stood at the door, looking back at the house.

We both let out sigh that was strangely in unison, before Jess spoke.

'Im really gonna miss this place' I looked over at her, seeing the memories flash in her eyes.

'Same here' I sighed, flipping my hair to the side.

People say its a "Justin Bieber Hair Flick", but I fully claimed that motion since I was 5 so Justin can go stuff it up his arse.

There was a long moment of silence, before Jess suddenly laughed.

'Remember when we first met? Mum told me the story, Apparently we were four. I was sitting at the kitchen table, stuffing my face with food when you came over and told me not to eat so much. I poked my tongue out at you and you frowned. God knows how that lead to us being best friends' She said, as I laughed.

'Im pretty sure I remember giving you a cookie on the first day of school, just before you said, and I quote "I like You, I have a feeling we gon be fwiends for ages"' I said, shaking my head at her.

'Oh yeah! I remember that being the best cookie I ever ate' Jess looked off into the distance hungrily.

I rolled my eyes, punching her lightly on the arm.

'Come on, lets get out of here' I smiled, dragging her outside while she complained about her arm hurting.

Something about "Internal Bruising". I almost forgot the boxes of my crap, hopping into the car and halfway down the street before Jess' singing reminded me.

It went something like:

"NESS FORGOT HER SHIT LIKE NOBODY ELSE. THAT SMILE ON HER FACE SAYS SHE CANT TELL, CAUSE SHES SMILING AT THE GROUND SO IT AINT HARD TO TELL SHE DONT KNOOOOW OH OH" to the tune of What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction.

Those lyrics are terrible.

She earned herself another wack, but I made her turn the car around to grab my boxes of things before we headed towards this new place.

To be honest, I couldn't wait. I was looking forward to trying to move on from the past, and look more towards making my future; something I couldn't do when the memories of my parents flooded my mind.

As we arrived in the driveway, my eyes widened and a gasp left my lips. I thought this wasn't a pack house?!?! It's bigger than our old pack house!

Which I had to just leave. Which is being sold tomorrow. Because we had to leave the pack.

And join another.

Yup.

"Yeah, its pretty darn big ain't it?" Jess' voice startled me a bit.

Sometimes I wonder why she talks to me so much in mindlink. Its like she doesn't want anyone to hear our conversation, ever.

"Man your mum really knows how to pick em'" I directed my thoughts at her, earning an

"I know right!" From Jess.

'Oh I almost forgot! Go dump your stuff in your room and come back out here quick! I want to show you something!

Take the first left from the kitchen, then turn right, go 3 doors down and your room is on the left' She said extremely fast, but before I could say anything she sprinted from my side.

I took a 360° turn, but couldn't find her anywhere.

I shrugged, picking up one of my boxes from the floor, deciding to go inside.

As soon as I opened the door, Jess' instructions were wiped clean from my mind. I started walking aimlessly through a corridor.

That was, untill I tripped on my evidently untied shoelace, my knees meeting the floor. There's gonna be a bruise there tomorrow.

'Need help?' A male voice said above me, making me look up to meet pale blue eyes.

His raven black hair swept across his face in a messy sort of way, making him look pretty darn sexy. Not to mention the size 10 stretcher and lip ring, his undeniable buffness and a sleeve of tattoos up his arms, leading to a simple black shirt that showed his muscles, dark denim jeans hanging low.

He pulled off the badboy look, looking so freaking sexy as he did so. I was so captured in him, taking all of him in.

'I-I-..' I stuttered, unable to look away from him.

He radiated power, but not strong enough for an Alpha. Most likely he was from a Beta bloodline. A Beta is second in command, usually in good terms with the Alpha. A Beta is the one who everyone goes to when the Alpha is unavailable.

Okay Vanessa. Calm down. He's just a Beta, probably only one to the To-Be-Alpha from his aura.

I shook my head to untie my tongue, looking back at the guy in front of me again.

'I'm fine thanks' I smiled.

Although he looked bad from the outside, I could see right through him. He was a genuinely nice, caring even,  person.

'No please, I insist-' As he leaned down to help me, his sentence paused.

His hand brushed against mine. I wasn't the only one who felt the sparks, the shocks flowing through my arm at the simple touch. They flowed throughout my entire body, making my heart thump loudly in my chest.

That's it. He's it.

I didn't dare look up at him. I didn't wait long enough. I hightailed the crap out of there. I kept running and running, no emotion able to find its way onto my face.

My eyes were aware of my surroundings, but it was like I couldn't see.

I kept running till someone abruptedly grabbed me and stopped me.

'Vanessa what's wrong!?!' Jess looked at me, concern clearly written on her face.

I burst out into tears.

I didn't know how else to react. I just cried and cried and cried into Jess' shoulder while she hugged me.

I cried buckets and buckets of tears till there were no more tears left to release. That left us with silence, the silence that spoke no words.

'Vanessa, what happened?' Jess's voice broke the silence, the silence that only included the small sniffles escaping my lips.

'I- he- mate' Is all I could stutter out.

I closed my eyes, darkness clouding everything.

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My cellphone dinged loudly in my ear, snapping me out of my dreamless sleep. I groaned, rolling over and grabbing my phone.

From: Jessay the sexay ;)

-Knew this was the only way to wake you up sleeping beauty :P Meet me and Jase at 12, meaning 15 minutes.

Oh and BTW, you may wanna answer the door, he's been missing you like crazy for the past two days. -

I raised an eyebrow at the message, trying to figure out who the "He" was. A triple knock came upon the door, my eyes snapping up to the brown painted wood. I looked over to see the lock turned upward.

Locked. I sighed deeply, rubbing my eyes as I stood up and pushed down on the door handle.

There he stood, still as gorgeous as ever, his eyes widening at the sight of me. I gasped and slammed the door shut by instinct, immediately regretting what I had done. I took a deep breath and quickly opened it again, mumbling a quick apology.

'Did you really not want to see me that badly?' He laughed, as I frowned at him.

'What do you want' I said a bit harshly.

"I didn't mean to be harsh! I'm sorry!" My brain screamed, but no words left my lips.

'I just wanted to check if you were okay' He said softly.

Lacey, my wolf howled in delight at the thought of him caring about us.

'Well I'm fine so.. goodbye' I said, going to slam the door again.

I had to use all my human conscience and strength as my wolf had the nerve to make me want to kiss those lips.

I don't want a mate. Not now,not ever.

He stopped the door with his foot, screaming out in pain. I swear my heart just cracked a little. I yanked the door open, worry running through my mind.

'Im so sorry! I-' My sentence faltered, as I fell in his arms.

'I knew you cared' He smirked, rolling his foot easily.

That shithead! He was faking!

'Look, whoever you are I dont want a mate-' I started, immediately interrupted by him.

'Neither do I, thats why I wanted to TALK to you but you seem to have other ideas' He frowned, gesturing to the door.

'Talk about what?' I said, ignoring his door comment.

'What we should do. I certainly don't want to reject you nor be rejected...' He trailed off, a hurtful memory flashing through his blue eyes.

Rejection. Its a tough word to a werewolf. It basically means you dont want your mate or your bond, so you don't be with them. Its probably the worst pain possible other than a mate dying.

My whole body was overtaken by sadness, at the thought of my mate being sad.

'How about we just be friends?' I smiled genuinely, taking his hand, his eyes meeting mine.

God he has the most gorgeous eyes..

I always loved dark eyes, but that pale washed out blue gave me a whole new perspective.

'That would be good' He smiled back, the sadness disappearing.

The moment felt like it was forever, but unfortunately my phone started blasting out music from my room.

How many times have I told that girl I dont like One Direction! I looked at my phone, seeing it was an alarm. Suddenly the 5 boys in unison got cut off, with hurtful screaming.

'MEET US AT THE MALL 10 MORE MINUTES SLEEPING BEAUTY' Jess and Jason screamed in unison. Seriously? They set an alarm?

I rolled my eyes and switched it off, rushing back outside to him.

'I have to go, I'll talk to you later...?' I stopped, realizing I didn't even know his name.

'Its Nicolas, Nicolas Taylor' He smiled, pecking me on the cheek.

A visible blush rose on my cheeks, a genuine smile unable to leave my lips.

What? I never blush!

I quickly ducked into my room, closing the door quietly. I couldn't let him see the obvious effect he had on me.

My heart was jumping in my chest and I had no other word to describe my feelings but completely and utterly happy.

Nothing could bring me down, I felt like I was on top of the world. Yeah, sounds cheesy but that's the only way to describe it.

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