The Alpha's Famous Mate |Rewritten

Chapter 17

Melody's POV

I woke up this morning feeling excited. I threw my duvet cover off of my body and practically jumped out of bed beaming like an idiot. An insanely happy idiot, but an idiot nonetheless.

"Ah, we get to see mate again today." signed out Viola wistfully, followed by a giddy giggle.

Under normal circumstances I might have rolled my eyes, but I myself was feeling giddy at the prospect of seeing Alec today as well. A massive smile extended over my face. I grabbed a hold of the outfit I had laid out for myself last night, twirling in a circle smiling happily. I turned to face my mirror, my one hand tightly gripping my clothing as the other hand went to my face, touching at my smile. The crinkle in my eyes telling me exactly how genuinely happy I was. Which made my heart clench as I thought of my parents. And how before their death, I used to smile like that everyday.

I quickly got dressed and did my morning routine. I hurried to get dressed, not wanting to waste a single second. The sooner I get done the sooner I see my mate. I have priorities. My outfit today consisted of a maroon shirt tucked into a black skirt. I grabbed a hold of a thin jacket, because the weather was changing and I wanted to be prepared for the cold chill in the air. I paired my outfit with a necklace and some bangles and a pair of black wedges. Not in the mood to style my hair I decided to leave it in its natural wavy state.

I skipped downstairs, taking two stairs at a time to get to my destination faster. As always I headed straight for the kitchen. In the kitchen I found not only my brothers and cousins but also my mate, Alec was here. He stood leaning against the kitchen counter with his arms crossed over his impressive torso. His stance made his biceps look incredible under his black shirt. His attention was on whatever he was discussing with Ashton. He had this focused look on his face, as though he was holding onto each word Ash told him. That thought made me giggle slightly as I ran up to him and hugged him. At the sound of my giggle Alec's attention shifted to me immediately. So I walked into his waiting arms. Which wrapped around me immediately, bringing me as close as possible to him. His nose found my neck as he nuzzled closer to me.

"I missed you" he whispered in my ear.

The sensation felt funny which caused me to giggle in return as a smile broadened my face. I missed him too, I just wasn't ready to tell him that, in front of my brothers no less. Eventually I had to pull away as my brothers simultaneously cleared their throats hinting that it was time to separate. I rolled my eyes in response to them. In the time I hugged Alec, the atmosphere had become tense, I had been too wrapped around in Alec's arms to notice before now. Talk about protective.

Thankfully Hunter tried to diffuse the tension, he asked with a pout, "What no hug for the rest of us Mel?"

I just shook my head no in reply, a small smile pulling at the corners of my mouth. I took a seat at the kitchen counter as I did, Alec took up a space next to me. Mason placed a bowl of fruit in front of me and placed a kiss on my head as he did so. I noticed after that how Mase and Ashton left the kitchen, but before they left they gave Alec a pointed look. Must have some pack responsibilities to sort through I thought. The others in the kitchen milled around and paid extra attention to me and my mate as we sat in silence as I ate my fruit.

I popped a piece of watermelon in my mouth and then turned to Alec to ask, "Not to be rude Alec, but what are you doing here?"

"I came to pick you up. We're going to go out and I'd like for you to meet my parents. "

Ignoring the first part, I focused on the 'meet my parents,' so as I gulped down the piece of watermelon that suddenly felt like it was permanently wedged in my throat I croaked out"Your parents?"