The Secrets of The Reverence Pack

Chapter 18: Carnival Sunrise

Summer rain sucked.

It wasn't cold, or refreshing. It didn't help you cool off from the heat that the summer was going to bring. All it seemed to do was make BlackCreek ten times more humid than it ever was. Unless you were a kid and having mud fights while trying to avoid any screaming adult that had to clean up after you, it wasn't fun.

Ah, those were the days though.

He had been worrying the past two days. Worrying because of two things: the first being that Shiro was barely even messaging him, and it was usually just to tell him that everything was okay, he was just busy. How someone who wasn't even the leader of that pack be kept busy for so many days absolutely baffled him. He didn't exactly like the look on his beta, Geo's face when he mentioned that he was really busy with Sakdah either. He seemed worried, or like there was something wrong.

The second thing he was worried about was this damn carnival being canceled. Considering it was the only thing that he had to be able to see him again, he didn't want it to get rained out. And with how difficult it was to get ahold of the guy, he wasn't even sure when he'd be able to ask him out next.

That charm was handy, though. Once he got Shiro to touch the other one in the box he had for him, he got that and put it on a chain. He wasn't exactly a necklace person, so he really just had it in his pocket wherever he went. He couldn't believe Shiro's reaction to it, though. He acted like he had never gotten any thoughtful gifts in his life.

He wanted to see more of that version of him. He wanted to see the real man behind the princely act. He wanted to be able to get to know him and see just why he was the way that he was. He wanted to have him in his arms again.

But today wasn't the day to be thinking about all of that. After trying to distract himself for two days straight and looking at his damn phone every two seconds to see if he finally got a reply from him, it was finally the day when the carnival came.

And it was bright and sunny that day! There were a few clouds in the sky, but no sign of rain anywhere. Sure, it might still happen, but there was enough chance for the carnival to set up anyway.

"Hold your horses, Jett," Blake stopped him. "I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who's still getting ready."

"I thought your girls were easy to get ready in the morning?" he asked.

"Yeah," he nodded. It looked like he was ready too. He even had his belt with the huge buckle on it. That on some jeans with a buttoned shirt and a cowboy hat was Blake's style.

"So, what's the hold up?"

"Well," he chuckled. "The wife is the one that takes the longest out of all of us."

Jett groaned. There was always something that came to make him wait. He swore this was absolute torture. And, before anyone could say that he was just whining, he still barely talked to the guy throughout the week! This was the one chance he had to even talk to him.

"Why does everyone have to have families to get ready besides me?" he asked himself. Now he just had to sit around and be bored.

"You summoned me?" Alex popped up and put an arm around him. He was great at coming in when you'd least expect it. His new crush of the week, Geo, sure didn't like it.

"I though you were hungover with one of your flings?" Jett looked at him curiously. "Why are you up so early?"

"And miss out on the one guy that he can't get?" Blake laughed as he started to clean up the room they were in.

"Oh, I'm going to get him," Alex smirked. "If it's the last thing I do."

"You know he's not eighteen yet," Jett raised an eyebrow, "Right?"