Chapter 7

Sorry for not updating for ages! My phone got confiscated :( Well I looked at my book and saw like 1900 something reads... THANKYOU  PEOPLE OUT THERE. I LOVE YA.

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-Jesse's POV-

My eyes forced themselves open, no matter how tired I was. And trust me, I was exhausted.

Last night was a big night for most. People got completely pissed, but I think the ones who stayed sober had the most fun. You will be surprised how much fun it is to be around drunk people.

Crazy stuff went on last night, Table Tennis, Mad Dancing Skills, Spin the Bottle, getting thrown into the indoor and outdoor pools, 3L milk challenge, and there's probably a whole lot of puke in the pool due to it.

And some other things I would prefer not to mention.

There were only a handful of us that didn't get drunk, mostly because we had to look after the others. Yeah I'm usually on sober duty, I don't drink very often.

This, is the reason I was very surprised when the smell of fresh pancakes met my nose, not alcohol and sweat. I looked around, this isn't my room...

Jason mustve gotten me to bed last night. I changed out of my PJ's and into the fresh set of clothes folded in a neat pile beside the bed. I started walking down the hallway, before Kaitlyn literally crashed into me.

'We need you out of this house for a while will call you back later bye!' She laughed nervously.

She started pushing me towards the front door, mumbling a quick goodbye before slamming it in my face.

"What just happened...?" Rae's voice appeared in my head. Why would they kick me out of the house?

"I'm not sure, care to go for a run?" I replied. She almost jumped out of my brain in excitement.

I didn't wait for any further reply, finding my way to the forest's border. It was just about a kilometer away.

After stripping off my clothes and folding them in a pile behind a tree, I let Rae take over her form.

My bones shifted, chestnut brown fur and paws created out of my body, my four legs covered with white fur. I felt so free, like I could run anywhere, be anything I wanted to be. My snout curled into a grin, as I took off.

Leaves from bushes brushed against me, the wind dancing softly through my sleek coat. I started navigating my way to the place I had found on that first day, feeling so happy and content I was about to burst.

I crossed the running water, washing my coat clean as I jumped up on the other side. I shook the water off me, before sprinting off again enjoying the free air dryer I was receiving. My mood was one that could not be ruined.

When I was running today.. something felt different inside of me. I couldn't pinpoint it.

I began to slow down as the small clearing appeared, the sun evidently high up in the sky already set peacefully beyond the cliffs edge. The edge was completely stable, not near crumbling into the long fall.

This was my secret place. I would probably never tell anyone about it.

This place would be mine and only mine.

I walked over to the edge and lay down, my head resting on my front paws, legs curled up beneath me. My breath caught up in my thraot yet again at the beautiful sight. You could see everything from here.

The view stretched over London's houses and apartments, past the Eye and the busy city, right beyond to the fields that lay behind. I didn't think there was a view like this anywhere in London till I saw it with my own two eyes.

This pack doesn't live in the city, we live on the outskirts, where houses replace apartments. Its more calm down this side, a family type of suburb.

This pack lives here to stay in contact with one another easily, plus there are no packs living in the city. Too many humans, not enough privacy, and with no place to let our wolf out, most werewolves often drive themselves crazy.

My thoughts starting getting the better of my view. I got it! That's why I feel so weird!

It's my birthday! Not just any birthday! My 16th birthday! Meaning I can officially sense my mate! I'm probably your typical girl were, dreaming of her soul mate to love and laugh with, who would love you no matter the consequences.

Unless he rejects me.

What if he rejects me!?!?

I wouldn't be able to-

"Jesse! Where are you? Come back we're ready! I mean.. I HAVE CHOCOLATE" An infamous voice interrupted my thoughts.

It took me a minute to realise who this was, I'm only used to Vanessa, Jason and Mum.

I immediately stood up on all fours and running back at Kaitlyn's call.

I sprinted back as fast as I could. Nobody eats my chocolate.

When I arrived, I kissed the silence goodbye, shifting back and quickly pulling my clothes on. I walked back to the house, going to knock on the door.

As soon as my hand touched it, it creaked open, giving me the fright of my life.

What if hunters had found us and killed everyone?!?!

I spotted a thick stick in the garden and picked it up, slowly walking into the house.

Precautions are always wise.

The whole house was dark, the curtains closed and nobody was to be heard or seen. I slowly stepped into the kitchen, my hands tightening around the stick.

'Hello..?' I said in an almost whisper.

My stomach was flipping, I was seriously creeped out now.

Suddenly the light switched on and people jumped out from behind the couch yelling 'SURPRISE!'.

Me, being the smart person I am, screamed and ran back outside.

Little did I know this would be the hauntings for my 21st birthday.

Everybody followed me out, laughing so hard I was afraid their mouths would fall off.

'Shut up guys, I didn't think I was having a party this year!' I protested, my cheeks blazing red.

They all just kept laughing their asses off. By them; I mean Vanessa, Kaitlyn, Kaitlyn's mate Luke, Vanessa's mate Nicholas (The beta), Jason, Kaitlyn's younger sister and.. Christian.

Did I mention Kaitlyn's little sister? She's awesome! She has the prettiest brown hair, eyes like Kaitlyn. She just turned 15.

After everybody stopped laughing, Vanessa came up behind me, telling everyone to be quiet with her loud voice.

'So guys, were gonna go to the special place now where we'll celebrate Jess's birthday so VAMOOSH' She said, gesturing to the line of cars.

I turned to her with an eyebrow raised. What was she up to?

She just smirked and disappeared into one of the cars. She literally ran so fast it was like she had teleported.

Jason gestured for me to come to the car he was standing outside of, so I followed. Mostly because I didn't really know where to go.

At the corner of my eye, I saw Christan waving towards me like a madman.

I spun round, pointing to myself while mouthing "Me?". He burst out laughing and nodded, jogging to me.

He looked so bloody amazing today with his beanie, brown locks falling over his eyes. His tight fitting shirt showing off his delicious six pack, hands in his low hanging jean pockets.

The smile on his face was melting my heart into mush, my knees a bit weak.

His lips looked so kissable, I could only imagine his kiss would be close to unmissable. But his eyes.. irresistible.

(A/N Just realised I quoted a 1D song :P)

There was something different, something I couldn't quite pinpoint. I mean, I knew I thought about him before but now.. I felt something towards him I couldn't explain. Like something was drawing me to him almost.

He was about to say something, when I got shoved in the car, a blindfold tied over my eyes and we were off driving.

That drawing feeling left me, replaced with a feeling of need. Need to be close to him. To Christan.

What?

Why was I suddenly so.. so smitten? One thing I do know, is that the thing that snapped me back to my life was warm lips pressing against my cheek. It felt wrong. Just all wrong.

'Were gonna be there soon' The voice I recognised as Jason said.

I forced a smile through the darkness, hoping and waiting till this darn blindfold got taken off me. About 5 minutes later, I was led out of the car before Kaitlyn and Ness started flinging me back and forth.

We entered a considerably darker-than-looking-straight-into-sunlight-with-a-blindfold-on place, an upbeat tune playing throughout the large "room".

The two girls dragged me to my left, the blindfold still on as they put a vest over my shoulders. I touched the vest, and realized immediately what it was.

'LASER TAG!' I screamed in excitement.

I ripped off my blindfold, seeing everyone putting on their vests.

'Aww guys! How'd you know?' I asked Kaitlyn and Ness.

'You filled up my laptops history with the laser tag website' Vanessa said, but her smile never left her face.

'And don't think I didn't notice the magazine open to an article about this place. Seriously though? On the dining table?' Kaitlyn smirked. I shrugged, before we all started laughing.

'Thankyou though, I didn't think you'd do it' I said seriously, trying to express my gratitude.

'Your welcome' Ness and Kaitlyn said in unison, smiling brightly.

'Nawh girls I'm gonna cry gimme a hug' I sniffled, wrapping my arms around the two smaller girls.

I know I haven't known Kaitlyn for more than a day, but I feel like we are going to be friends for a long time to come.

Unfortunately.

Nah just kidding you gotta love her. She's bloody amazing.

I looked down at my vest, seeing it was yellow.

'Oy! Who got me a yellow vest what in the world were you thinking?!' I shouted out to nobody in particular, pulling the wretched thing off me. Yellow is not my best.

I put it back on the hook that used to hold it, before taking a red one for myself.

'We rented out the whole arena for today, and everyone gets to play. Our games last for an hour before we take a break and can start it again anytime we want' Jason said behind me, grinning at his achievement.

He wrapped his arms around my waist, kissing my cheek.

'Happy birthday' He whispered in my ear, making me blush a little.

Well.. at least we've ruled out Jason from being my mate. I pecked his lips quickly, feeling guilty in the pit of my stomach.

I said a small 'Thankyou', trying to come up with an excuse for him not to kiss me fully. I could see that look in his eyes that he was going to.

I know, I'm a horrible person but I just couldn't. I needed to figure out what was going on before I could, so this is purely out of respect for Jason.

An idea suddenly blinked in my head, like a beacon. I jumped away from him, yelling

'RED TEAM! ASSEMBLE!'

Childish acts can never seem suspicious.

Vanessa saluted to me, a red vest over her white tank top that had "Rebellion" scrawled over in purple handwriting.  Christian and Nicholas were on the blue team, Kaitlyn and Hannah were Green, and Luke and Jason were Yellow.

Apparently there was a pact made previously that no couples would be together, and that it was Boys Vs Girls.

'Get ready boys, cause were gonna kick your asses' I hollered, a hint of American in my voice.

Ness has taught me well I must say.

Her Uncle used to live with us before he passed away, looking after both Vanessa and I. This was for a month or so when I had just turned 6 years old, because my parents and Vanessa's had a "buisness trip", as they were Alpha and Beta.

I remember them being thurilly distressed after, but I didn't know to press it cause the world was sunshine and Nyan cats to a 6 year old.

Vanessa's uncle had passed on his accent to her. She always loved his accent, so being younger she looked up to him and spent most of her time with him, hence the American accent.

Vanessa and I grabbed our guns, walking through the strips of thick plastic creating a wall into the arena. The arena would be pitch black if it wasn't for the various flashing colours of light.

"Strategies: I know you suck at sneaking up on people, so I'll be the attacker. You wanna guard the base?" I asked Ness through mind link, just in case anyone was around.

We were always the best at Laser Tag, cause we were the only werewolves that thought of using their mindlink throughout the game.

"As always" She laughed in my head, a smirk on her face as we both stood under our base.

As soon as an announcer's voice started counting down to the start, I was already moving towards green's base. Peace needs to be made sooner before they shoot me later.

The spoken countdown for the beginning had just struck 1 when I reached their base.

I walked straight inside, knowing perfectly well they could shoot me. I fell to my knees, slapping my hands together in peace.

'Kaitlyn, I am asking for peace' I pleaded, looking at ground.

'Granted, I'm guessing you wanna work together to take out the boys?' She laughed, helping me up.

I agreed, shaking her hand to seal the deal.

'I'm guarding!' Hannah exclaimed, her voice echoing a little.

'Hannah shhh!' I said, as Kaitlyn said:

'Shut your pie hole you little shit!'

'Dont swear you bloody idiot! It ain't any damn good!'

Hannah just blushed, easily noticed even in the darkness. Kaitlyn and I buried the previous conversation, tuning into the current situation.

'Ill go take out yellow, you take out blue?' Kaitlyn asked, holding up her gun like it was loaded and ready to go.

Well it was loaded with a tiny green lightbulb if that counts.

'Yup, lets do this!' I hollered, extremely excited.

Maybe I would get to deactivate a few people on the way. Cue evil laughter.

I sneaked the opposite way of Kaitlyn, finding my way to blue's base and pressing my back up against the wall.

'But I don't wanna guard the dumb base!' I heard Nicholas whine.

He sounded like a bratty girl who's mum said she can't have her frilly pink dress.

I had to clamp my hand over my mouth so my laughter didn't give away my position.

'Dont make me go all alpha on you' I heard Christan warn jokingly, a smile appearing on my face.

I mentally slapped myself, telling myself to stick to the mission. I quickly peeked my head around the wall corner for a second, before ducking back silently. I know they didn't see me, but I knew their positions now.

Okay Jess.

3...

2...

1 and a half...

1.

I jumped out from behind the wall, shooting the two boys straight in their chest pad.

'DIE! DIE! DIE!' I battlecried, their blue lights immediately shut down (for a minute). They both looked at me in shock.

I did a little bow, a smirk evident on my face as I began shooting at their base to shut it down. They screamed in horror, Nicholas bashing at his chest to try and get his gun working again.

'No use big guy, youre out for a minute' I smirked.

Their base screeched one more dead metallic cry, before its blue soul left its containment.

'You are so dead' Christan smirked evily, coming towards me.

I yelped, sprinting back towards my base screaming 'KRISTEN STEWART IS ATTACKING!'

'Kristen Stewart?! Seriously?!' Christan yelled from far behind me, as I kept running.

'Youre dead and alive again. It shouldnt happen so it relates Kristen!' I yelled back, running back to my base.

Besides, Christan did sound a bit like Kristen.

Who knows, maybe my Stepbrother is a sparkling vampire.

That is pretty much what the game consisted of. It was Ness and I on the red team, against Christan and Nicholas on the blue team.

It was us invading them, them invading us, getting lost for half the game, but having a full fledged battle in the main open arena.

Nothing could top this birthday gift.

Unless maybe.. if I met my mate.

The aftermath of that fun was awful, my whole body exhausted.

'So.. tired..' I yawned, snuggling up to Vanessa's pillow.

The boys were in Christan and I's room, so I came here.

'Get up! Its 3pm and we have to get you dressed for your party!' Vanessa screamed, throwing a pillow on me.

Another pair of hands ripped the sheets off me, leaving me feeling exposed and cold.  What? The party starts at like 8! Why do I need 5 hours to get dressed?

'5.. hours to.. go' I mumbled, hugging my knees.

'Yeah but knowing you we have planned out the next 5 hours because that's how long it'll take. So get up ya lazy arse!' Kaitlyn screamed, jumping up and down on my bed.

I groaned loudly, sitting up. Might as well listen.

Maybe they've planned in sleep.

'Okay so shower time! Go take a shower!' Vanessa and Kaitlyn shoved me into the bathroom.

I rolled my eyes, closing the door and stripping my clothes before stepping into the bathtub. The bathtub had a shower head, so technically I was having a shower.

I let the hot water fill the tub up, before using my big toe to test the water. It was hot, but not boiling so I would sweat and burn in the bathtub.

I rested my whole body in the water, loosening up my muscles and letting them relax. I closed my eyes, and let my body rest in the hot water.

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I jolted myself awake after realizing I couldn't breath. I thrashed upwards, pushing myself out of the now lukewarm bath water. I spluttered out the water in my throat and nostrils, coughing violently.

Genius, you fell asleep in the bath.

And now you're a prune.

I pushed myself out of the lukewarm water, it was making me feel sick. The water drained slowly down the hole after I had pulled the plug, turning on the shower head to receive fresh hot water.

If my family had to worry about hot water, we would be bankrupt thanks to me.

I ran soap along my body, scrubbing every last bit of dirt off me. I was still an absolute prune when I massaged strawberry shampoo and conditioner into my hair, untangling it as I went along.

I stepped out of the shower, wrapping my towel around me and began drying my hair. They curled into waves almost immediately. Hating the way it did that, I threw it into a bun.

'Right on schedule. 1 hour flat' Vanessa looked up from her watch to me, as soon as I stepped out of the bathroom.

Kaitlyn was busy putting together an outfit on Vanessa's bed, as I shrugged in response to Vanessa. At least I got my sleep.

I walked over to Kaitlyn, spotting what people would say a "Little Black Dress", and some accessories. My eyes widened at the sight of black studded... damn what are they called..

Vanessa and I's conversation from not too long ago popped in my head.

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'Theyre called Pumps' She said, holding up a pair of shoes.

They looked like heels, but huge long ones you would see girls trying to dance in at clubs.

'Like the brand of water?' I raised an eyebrow.

That was pretty dumb.

'No. Like Barack Obama's wife' She looked at me like I was thick, sarcasm falling off her words.

'Like Pump water it is' I smiled.

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Pumps!

...Pumps.

Have you seen those things.

'Kate! I am not wearing those!' I yelped in horror.

Do these girls know I cant even waddle in 2 inch heels?

'Kate. Hm... I like it.' She added, ignoring the main point of that comment.

'Why are you getting out clothes anyway? Its my birthday isn't it?' I said, waiting for their reaction.

'Yeah, so?' Ness asked, pulling out a black belt.

What is with her and gigantic belts?

'I was planning on going out in my birthday suit, duh' I said with a straight face.

They both stopped and looked up at me, eyes wide.

'Now that I've gotten your attention, I am not wearing those pumps no matter what you say! Its my birthday! Let a woman wear what she wants!' I exclaimed.

I would have to stay close to a wall at all times if I wore those, so I would have something to fall onto.

'You remember from our "pumps" conversation don't you?' Ness added.

I nodded, Kaitlyn interupting.

'Please Jesseyy? They would look so good' Kaitlyn pouted, dragging out the end of my name.

She somehow made her eyes watery as well. Oh my God that face..

'I.. Ugh.' I sighed.

'Fine' I squeaked in the tiniest voice, hearing them both squeal.

They put a pair of black studded velvet pumps on me, a flowing strapless plain black dress on me, my legs waxed (painfully and unfortunately) as well as my arms.

Vanessa made me wear one of her leather jackets, before they put makeup on me. Don't ask me what they did, but it was natural and made my brown eyes pop out, my lashes longer than usual with the eyeshadow- no wait! Its called mascara. Yup. Mascara.

They left my hair down normally, letting it flow past my shoulders in its wavy state. Kaitlyn did use a curler though, just to outline the waves I already had.

Vanessa even did my eyebrows. I don't even know why, its just my 16th.

Halfway through this, I begged for an eating break, which apparently they had scheduled. That is how, totally, it took 4 hours. That left Vanessa and Kaitlyn an hour to get changed.

'Done' Kaitlyn smiled, pulling away the lipgloss stick from my lips.

I sighed, going to look in the mirror. I didn't look anything like myself.

The girls then got dressed.  Kaitlyn was in a stunning red dress, that yelped out

"Look at me! I'm bloody gorgeous!".

Ness was in an outfit that screamed Goth. She looked pretty good in her Goth stuff- if Vanessa could read my thoughts she would say

"GOTH IS AN ERA I AM NOT GOTH".

But I still think she's a happy little Gothic girl.

The first thing my eyes landed on when we stepped downstairs, was the massive inflatable balls floating on the pool.

I squealed like a girl who just recieved a pony, running to them. Well awkwardly waddling at different speeds thanks to these shoes.

For the first hour, Kaitlyn, Ness, Hannah and I were playing in the pool inside those massive bubbles. Luckily we all wore shorts under our dresses.

By the time we got out, the party was in full swing. Drunk people on tables, dancing in the middle of the room to the loud music, groups of people playing various games in small groups. Kind of like last night, but better cause there were no adults telling you to stop what you were doing.

'Luke!' Kaitlyn grinned.

She dragged us over to the three boys, Hannah leaving to talk to a few of her friends.   Vanessa walked behind sheepishly, cheeks red as she looked up at Nicholas.

I swear I looked away for a second, and already Kaitlyn and Luke were in a liplock. Vanessa and Nicholas were just smiling at each other like lovesick puppies, whispering sweet nothings in each others ears.

This, of course, had to leave me to the last guy. Christan.

Always him.

Don't even get me started on how bloody good he looked. I swear I was about to druel, dirty thoughts running through my mind.

His ripped muscles and oh my lord..

'Last night you looked beautiful but tonight.. words can't describe how you look' Christan's deep voice said.

He looked right into my eyes as he did so, putting me under some sort of trance. He took a step towards me, leaving an inch distance between us.

And suddenly, there was no party. There was no pain or death, no sadness or guilt, no thinking. There was nothing but Christan and I.

My body screamed at me to ask him to take me, right then and there. My mind shot extremely dirty thoughts at me, and watched as his eyes went darker, looking at me with lust. I was slowly losing control of my mind, just my looking into those gorgeous eyes of his.

I had to get out of there before I literally jumped him.

I forced myself to look away sprinting out of there, down the corridor to my room. That was before my devil shoes twisted my ankle.

I yelped, the impact of the floor hitting me.  I muttered some colourful words under my breath to my shoes.

I could feel his presence above me. I looked up, seeing concern on his face.

'Are you okay?' He asked softly.

I was going to ignore his offer of his open hand to help me up, but I didn't.

The moment my hand barely brushed against his, sparking electricity ran up my arm, filling my whole body. Rae, my wolf howled in delight.

"Mate!" She screamed inside my head.

Crap.

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