Alphas Choice

T H I R T Y - E I G H T

We slowly made it to my room, I was still feeling this pain medicine, and I felt bubbly. I ran my hand along the banister, feeling the soft wood the entire way up five flights of stairs. I'm sure Gabriel wanted to get moving faster. He was hungry, and I heard his stomach growl twice.

We finally arrived, and before opening the door, I could smell that Suzanne had been here. I will have to thank her later, I'm sure it was a mess to clean up the bed. I opened the door to find a freshly made bed, and it looked like she brought up some extra throw blankets and set them on the couch.

Gabriel came in and placed the tray on the table, and sat down. I just stood in the middle of the room, I did not want to sit at the table, I would have eaten in the dining room if I wanted that. I walked over to the couch, grabbed a fuzzy blanket, and went to the bed to crawl in and get comfy. I looked back at him, and he looked like he wanted to dig in but was wondering why I wasn't joining him.

"I wasn't planning on sitting at the table. Come join me over here, baby." I patted the bed next to me. He stood up, and I saw him glance at the pizzas. "Bring them over here silly. One of the best parts of cooking the food is eating it." I smiled, and he brought the tray over with him.

I grabbed it and held it as he slipped his shoes off and climbed in, then gave it back to him, and he set it down between our legs. We each grabbed a plate and grabbed a slice of pizza. My mouth was watering as I took my first bite.

"Mmmm..." I groaned, closing my eyes to savor it. "This is the best pizza I think I've ever had, I think I will need to boss you around in the kitchen more often, Chef Gabriel."

I look over and see a big smile on his face and look down to see he has inhaled 3 slices already. He ducked his head and smiled when I looked back at him. The poor guy was probably starving.

"I will gladly help you in the kitchen anytime. Grace, this is delicious, and look at me, I can now make pizza!" He laughed, and I chuckled at him. He was sweet, loving his pizza.

We both ate in silence, enjoying our food, completely forgetting about the movie we were going to watch. I went to grab a third slice and looked for the smallest piece, I knew I was going to be full after this one. I looked over to see his pizza was gone, and I could feel his eyes on me. I looked back to my food and couldn't find the perfect piece, so I just grabbed the closest to me.

I took a bite then, without even looking, extended it over to Gabriel, and he took a bite, we continued that until it was gone. I still had more than half my pizza left and was full, I pushed the tray further down the bed with my foot so I could get closer to my mate. I turned to look at him.

"Are you still hungry? I am full, and there is still a lot left." I studied his face as I spoke. "Would you like some of mine?" He gave a crooked smile and nodded. My wolf was in a weird mood that I couldn't quite place, but she was happy to be close to him.

Feed him Gracie, I can tell he is being a little distant, he has hardly touched us unless we have asked him to...he must still be hurting about what he and his wolf did to you.

Roger that ma'am. I laughed to her, jeez, when was this medication going to wear off... I'm thankful for the pain relief, but this is something else, I like the feeling, but I feel scatterbrained and giddy

I grabbed his plate from him and set it on the tray and then grabbed two slices and set them on my plate and sat closer so I could reach him. He held his hand out to take the plate, and I moved it away. He looked confused.

"No touching." His arm fell, and he leaned away from me slightly, and judging by the look on his face, my wolf was right, I reached out and grabbed his hand. "Please don't be distant with me." I said softly. "I just meant I was going to feed you, if that is okay..?"