Scent of a Mate

Chapter 7

Sweet Child O' Mine at the top!
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Ricky
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I slammed the door close and leaned my back against it.

Oh hell...

I ran my hands through my hair and looked around. It was a man's room. Grey walls, black bed sheets, and wooden floor. I walked around until I noticed two picture frames on his armoire. One was of a very annoyed him with two guys messing around and the other of a very embarrassed him with what looked like his parents looking very proud. I chuckled at the photos. I liked that he was family and friend oriented.

He'd be a great dad.

My eyes widened at the thought.

I just met him and now I'm thinking about having a family?!

I abruptly turned from the photos and walked into his walk in closet. I wanted to get shorts and a t-shirt just in case he walked in while I was taking a shower. I was snooping through his shirts when I came across a Guns N' Roses t-shirt.

I'm stealing this shirt.

I grabbed some basketball shorts and went to the bathroom.

My shower couldn't even be considered a shower thanks to this stupid death charm around my neck. I had to stand in the corner of the shower and stick my limbs under the spray in order to not get the USBs wet. I looked down at the huge ugly lanyard around my neck.

Why would Steve put this on me?

Why would he tie my life force to it?

My body shuddered as I gazed at the lanyard. All anyone had to do was accidental give the lanyard a little tug and I could die in an instant. My life depended on an ugly and fragile USB necklace.
I was hyperventilating at this point so I let my mind start to think of something to calm me down. I started to think of my mate.

Why did I ask him to carry me?

Honestly, it was because I wanted him to. I was half asleep and my wolf instincts kind of took advantage of the fact the human side of me was tired. I kind of swooned when he didn't turn me down or tell me to walk. I knew he didn't want to carry me but he did anyway. I banged my head against the shower wall and then decided that it was time to get out. I dried myself off and put on his shirt. I looked in the mirror and just saw a tired, anxious girl wearing a rockin' shirt.

Seriously this t-shirt is hot!

Even though it fit me huge I couldn't help but admire him for the fact that he had this shirt. I then remembered the guitar solo in one of their best songs.

"Do do do do DE do! Do do do do DE do!"

I started jumping up and down and rocking out. I'd always wanted to be a guitar player but never had the patience. So my alternative was to air guitar and sing horribly!

I walked out and saw him sitting on his bed nonchalantly texting.

"Found the Guns N' Roses shirt?"

I decided to play it cool if he was, so I jumped onto the end of his bed and sat criss cross applesauce.

"You know, it's really cool that you have this shirt. It's one of my favorite bands!"

He kept looking down at his phone and nodded his head as a response. The fact that he wasn't looking at me annoyed me. He was the one who begged me to come to his pack because he said we could help each other feel better, but there he was texting.

"Hey, asshole! You gonna look at me while talking or what?"

He looked up in surprise but then let his gaze linger down then back up to my face.

"You should keep the shirt if you like it."

My heart swelled a little bit.

"Really?"

He shrugged, "Looks better on you than me."

Okay, everyone knows that's a cheesy line, but he sounded so genuine and so uncomfortably nerdy while saying it, that I blushed and looked down at my hands.

"Thank you... I really did want to keep this shi-"

"So, asshole, you gonna look at me while talking or what?"

I looked up in pure shock while he roared in laughter.

"You sarcastic asshole!"

I grabbed a pillow and threw it at him while laughing loudly.

"Okay! Okay. I'm sorry but it was the perfect moment. I had to do it!"

I rolled my eyes. "Yeah. Yeah. Whatever."

We looked at each other for a few seconds with big grins on our faces. This was the first time I've genuinely laughed like that in years and it was all thanks to him. He actually made my heart kinda happy for once.