a human and a werewolf

meeting one's Mate

Waverly's POV

Consciousness came back to me in waves. First of all, I felt that I was on hard ground in the cage. Second, I felt I was covered with a blanket. Second of all, I didn't hear Wynonna anywhere down here so I figured that it was time to get up. I sat up, took the blanket, folded it and put it on the twin bed. Got up, walked to the cage and pulled it open. The groaning of the metal clery said it didn't want to be opened. Walking up the stairs I could hear talking, taking a shot in the dark. It was probably Wynonna talking to Gus. When I got to the top of the stairs I knew that I had guessed right. Gus was standing in front of the stove with a pan in her hands and Wynonna was sitting at the Kitchen counter.

"Hey Baby-girl, how was last?" Wynonna said as she shifted her gaze from Gus to me. Which made Gus put down the pan and turn to look at me.

"Wynonna, you know I don't remember the full moons. I never have except that first one. The one I wish I can forget" I said as I walked over to the counter to sit next to Wynonna and looked down at my hands.

"Well it never hurts to ask. Anyway Me and Gus were just talking about last. She says the whole pack heard our howl last night. I mean I can't believe we were that loud! Right baby-girl?" Wynonna's gaze kept shifting from me to Gus. I had the strange feeling that they were not talking about that.

"Well um I may not remember last night but I know you do. So tell what did our wolves talk about last night?" I couldn't help sounding a little judgmentle.

"Oh we, you know, talked about some things. Like how you talk to your wolf let alone name it. We talked about you dating the boy dressed up like a man. We also howled together"

"For the first one, you know I don't trust my wolf so why would I talk to it and or name it? For the second one limited dating options. For that last one, I won't be happy for my wolf but I know that you've wanted to do that for like ever"

"Oh did you know that you have pure white fur and you're huge! You're like 7 feet tall!"

"Yes Wynonna I did know that like I said last night before the shift, the last time Gus measured me I took up a little more than half the cage. If you wanted to be in there with me we would have been a little cramped"

"Alright girls that's enough of that. Waverly you have a shift at Shorty's to get to and from what I hear Wynonna you are working at the sheriff's department. You both should get to work" Gus said as she put plates of food in front of the both of us and told us to eat and then get a move on.

We ate in silence, when we were done I wished both Wynonna and Gus a good day then headed out to my beautiful red jeep. Before I left all the way out the door I heard the two of them start whispering about something, talking too low for even my wolf hearing to pick up. Walking out towards my jeep I kept thinking about them whispering, if they were whispering that low then they definitely didn't want me to hear. What could they be talking about that they thought necessary to keep from me?

Pulling up to the front of Shorty's I opened my car door but before I could do much more than take a small breath. I was submerged in the smell of way too much bad cologne.

"Hey Champ, what are you doing here?" I said as I tried not to gag on the smell.

"Hey baby well I wanted to spend time with you and I figured that since you had to work today I would just hang out with my boys" he puts an arm around my shoulders as he tries to scent mark me. I stopped caring about that little detail because he's been doing it ever since we started dating back in high school.

"Well um baby you know how Shorty feels about hanging around the bar with your friends. "A lot of people are good for business but not so much your friends" Shorty's words not mine"

"I know but we won't be in your way. You don't mind, do you baby?" Champ said as he pulled me a little tighter into his body.

"Of course not Champ but don't say I didn't Warn you" I say defeated as he always seems to get his way.

"Awesome! Well I'll let my hot ass girlfriend get to work. See you later" as he starts to walk away it feels like a weight has been lifted when I am no longer in the smelling range of his cologne.

As I was cleaning the beer tags as I do every time I open Shorty's. I heard a voice that I had never heard before. MATE! I think that is the only time I have ever heard my wolf say anything. I heard them even before they opened the door to Shorty's. I could hear them coming from a mile away. Thanks to my Werewolf senses I hear and smell a lot of things in Purgatory. We werewolves can smell a lot of things like emotions and normal smells are stronger to us. It's a blessing and a curse. Anyway, them walking into the bar caused me to pull a little too hard on the beer tap. Now I'm covered in bad beer and it's fastly becoming sticky.

"I didn't know Shorty's had wet t-shirt Competitions? someone says from the front door with a little chuckle in their voice.

"Oh um yeah had a crazy night" I said Returning the chuckle. Finally turning around I was flabbergasted to realize that if the voice from earlier was anything to go by I was now talking to the person my wolf thought of as a mate.

"Sorry I wasn't here to see it" she said as she started to walk to the bar. And as she got closer more things were coming to light with my werewolf senses. Like her heartbeat was faster than it should be, she smelled of vanilla dipped donuts, and she was excited and nervous.

"Nicole, Nicole Haught '' she said, sticking out her hand with a smile on her face and the prestan sight of dimples on her cheeks.

"I would totally shake your hand but I'm covered in beer and it's sticky, but Waverly, Waverly Earp"

"Oh I know Quite a popular girl around here"

"Well you know what they say, it's all in the smile and wave" I said in a Demonstration of my famous smile and wave.

"How about you tell me all about it over a cup of coffee?

"Um well I kind of have to start work in like 5 minutes. Would you mind turning around and I need to get this wet shirt off?" I said as I gestured for her to turn around.

"Oh! Right"

As I was trying to get my wet and sticky t-shirt off it would be just my luck that my hair would get Raped upo in the shirt.

"Oh fudge nuggets. Um Officer um a little help please" I heard a little chuchle and the sounds of footsteps walking around the bar and coming to a stop right in front of me.

"Thank you! Good thing you're not a guy or this would be really awkward" I slowly trailed off because I was wrong. It was very, very awkward.

"I'm in a relationship with a boy-man" I Stutter out.

"A boy-man huh, well I've been there. It's the worst! She says with that dimpled smile on full display.

"I uh I own you one" I said trying to get my heart beat under control. Going by the speed of her own heartbeat I would say the same thing about her. On the other hand the smells coming off of her were telling me other things.

"Well then how about that cup of coffee? How about tomorrow?"

"I would love to like, like to but I can't because I'm busy.

"Some other time then... I mean it" as she's walking back to the door, she puts her Stenson back on her head, she turns and looks at me with that dimpled smile walks out the door after just turning my world on its head.