The Female Wolf #Wattys2016

Chapter 14: Guess werewolves aren't lucky either.

Gus walks up to me with a smile on his face. I don't see his friends with him which is a relief.
"Hey." He says and I force out a grin.
"Hi. What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be out in your bachelor party?" I ask.
He shrugs. "It was cut short since Bryan had to go get something and I thought I would walk by in the forest but..." He trails off and looks up, finally noticing I'm in a house. "Is this your house?"
I tap my fingers against the door. I don't know... I mean it's Cassidy's house who's me lending it to Jake. That's not the point though! The point is that Gus is asking who's house this is and I can't just say it belongs to Jake cause he'll ask me who's Jake? I take a deep breath.
"It belongs to Jake." It's like none of my thoughts communicated with me at all! They just figured we should tell him what in thinking.
"Who's Jake?" Gus asks confused.
"The guy who lives here." I tell Gus and he looks at me stupidly. Why am I doing that?
Jake then exits the cabin and freezes when he sees Gus. 
"What are you doing in his house?" Gus demands in a scary voice. I glance at Jake who is now changed into a different shirt and pants. "I'm helping him study." I lie quickly and Jake exchanges a confused look with me.
"Um, I'm Jake." Jake introduces himself slowly and Gus continues his glare.
"I'm Gus, Miranda's finance." Gus smirks proudly almost like he's bragging. I roll my eyes but Jake looks at me surprised.
"Oh. Congrats." He tells me and I fake a grin.
"Thanks." I look at the ground. Gus then looks up at Jake, his rude attitude completely gone.
"Oh, I know you! You're from school. The nerd." Gus mutters the last part but still laughs and Jake looks offended but doesn't say anything.
"Yeah." Jake shoves his hands in his pockets. A part of me wants to yell at Gus for being so rude but I could't, I could raise suspicion. 
"So, what test are you studying for?" Gus crosses his arms and glares at me. So much for not trying to raise suspicion. I swallow hard. He suspects something.
"Um, just for math." I come up with at the top of my head. Math is my least favorite subject, so I figured it would be the most believable.  
"Math?" Gus repeats. I nod. Is there not a math test?
"Well okay. See you later." Gus says and walks away slowly. I watch him as he walks but after a while Jake enters in the cabin again. His hair is still wet and I hope Gus didn't suspect I was doing anything with Jake...because I'm not.
I walk back in the cabin and shut the door. I wanted to lock it just in case Gus came back, but I suddenly felt a bit uncomfortable being inside a locked room, alone with Jake. 
"That was close." I blurt out. Jake turns to look at me.
"What?"
"Gus! I could tell he suspected  something. I hope he doesn't think anything wrong about this..." I say and sit on the chair. Jake shrugs.
"We weren't doing anything wrong. Well, at least I'm not." I glare at him.
"What is that suppose to mean?" I demand and he shrugs.
"You were all virgin when you saw me out of the shower when I have a towel." Jake reminds me and all of the sudden, his biceps were in my mind. I wince and look at him.
"Because you weren't wearing a shirt!" Jake rolls his eyes. 
"There's nothing wrong with a guy not wearing a shirt." I hesitate. Jake stops messing with his dresser when he realizes I haven't said anything and slowly begins to approach me. My body stiffens as he does and he comes closer.

"Why exactly did you freak out when you saw me, huh?" He was testing me. Of course he was. I couldn't let him win. 

"Because I'm engaged and I don't know if you know, but married women shouldn't be looking at guys that just came out of the shower!" I point out and Jake winces when I say "married women." What is it with him and his strange attitude whenever I mention Gus or the wedding? Is he...upset about it? 
"Correction, you're not married yet. Besides, there's nothing wrong with it until you think of it in a wrong way." Jake crosses his arms and I roll my eyes.
"Would you be happy if your fiancé saw a man without a shirt on?" I ask him and Jake stares at me strangely.
"Not really. I would trust her." Jake says bitterly and I groan. There's no way I can win. He's unbelievable. Jake walks closer to me...a little too close and I could feel his warm breath. It smelled like a combination of Listerine and soap. I am so tempted to lean in and kiss him...but I can't. I'm engaged...and honest. I scold myself for trying to kiss him and quickly think of Gus, and his reaction if he saw us right now. 
I back away from Jake so we are no longer as close and let out a sigh. "Jake you don't get it." I simply say. "You don't care because you're not the one getting married." And just like that, Jake seemed like he gave up. I can't tell. He just relaxed his shoulders back and sits down.
"You're right." He tells me. I sigh happy and walk out. "And,um, Miranda." He calls and I turn around. "I think he will make a great husband."

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I look down at my mom's wedding dress. Its really poofy and I don't know if anyone can see my face.
"You look beautiful." My mom beams and I keep staring at my reflection in the mirror. She frowns and turns the mirror over when she realizes I wasn't paying attention.
"Sorry." I apologize and she sighs.
"Miranda I really don't know what's distracting or more important than your wedding!" She snaps. My mom went on about more things but I didn't pay attention. I am just worried about the wedding. I don't even know if I'm ready. My mom has been so busy doing everything in my wedding, which kind of meant it was hers... I wince a little and my mom snaps her fingers. I blink and she groans. Honestly if she actually talked to me, it would make this much easier. Franky, werewolves couldn't care less about what you said and only knew that they should yell and complain at their children. Werewolves didn't care about feelings that much so the only one I could talk to is Jake. But that doesn't count since he's not a werewolf. But he is a good listener.
"Mom, am I doing the right thing?" I ask her and she blinks at me.
"What?"
"I mean, is marrying the answer?" I ask and my mom looks at me.
"I thought this is something you want to do." I shrug. No, to be honest I never told her I wanted to marry Gus. I just went along with it to be closer to the pack. Well, I meant being with him as a couple. Then I was planning to dump him. Instead my parents declared our marriage.
"I don't know any more." I tell her, hoping she would understand. Instead, she sits down on my bed next to me. She touches my shoulder.
"You're just nervous. This will all be okay. Trust me, I was nervous about my marriage, too. But it will all be alright." That wasn't what I expected to hear. I wanted her to cancel the marriage. Instead she thinks I'm nervous. Am I? Maybe I am and that's why I'm having doubts about my marriage.
Then someone knocks on the door and my mom leaves my room to get the door. I take off the dress and change into my regular clothes. I wasn't gonna get leave the room with my mom's wedding dress. Then I walk down the stairs and my mom has a box in her hands.
"Whats in there?" I ask and my mom opens it without talking to me. It was a wedding gift, a white glass plate with pink roses painted on them. My mom gasps and starts to admire the plate. I take the plate and look at it. It's pretty but unlike werewolves choose this as a wedding gift and leave it on a porch. I just sighed and put it back in the box. All day my mom admired it and bragged about it. Guess she wants it more than I do.