The Unwanted Bond

I swear!

Parker's POV:

"Hey, Buddy!"

I looked up as Carla walked into my room. "Hi."

"Whatcha doing?" She took a seat in my bean bag chair.

I looked down at the book I had been reading. "Uhm... reading? Hiding?"

She laughed. "Why are you hiding?"

"I mean... There's currently an entire pack in my backyard and my house. My room seems safer."

"No one's here to hurt you. It's a baby shower."

"One I said I didn't want. There's... it's..." I sighed and put my bookmark in the book. "There's too many people and it's too much. It's not like we can't afford to go out and buy whatever else we need. We had the nursery pretty much finished before we found out about the twins and now I have two of everything furniture wise. I don't... I've rarely left the house because everyone stares at me. There's too much attention and I don't want to go down and pretend I'm happy and having a good time when I feel like puking or attacking everyone who stares too long. I told my Mom that I didn't want a party and she insisted, so I agreed to my family and Ryan's and she took my agreement for the whole damn pack to be invited. So... I'm going to stay right here where I feel safe and Ryan can open the presents." I shrugged.

"You know the pack would never hurt you."

"Tell that to Tamara."

Carla sighed and nodded before she looked up as Matt and Sofia walked in my room, too.

"Tamara is one person. The rest of the pack adores you." She said.

I fiddled with things on the desk. "So you say. At this point I'm not sure my own mate can stand my ass."

Matt's eyebrows furrowed. "Why do you say that?"

I huffed. "I don't know if you noticed but I've been like really off and needy this past week especially. To the point that I even built a nest on our bed... and Ryan feels obligated to ask every time he enters my nest so he has to ask me if he can even get in bed. And on top of that I've been... whiny because I'm uncomfortable. And now I'm annoyed with all of this and I don't want to leave the comfort of my room, except I'm not comfortable in here right now because this chair sucks and I can't sit on the bean bag because I won't be able to get up on my own."

They all tried to hide their grins.

"Sounds like a typical Omega pregnancy. You're also close to being ready for labor, extra nesting is a thing." Matt assured me.

"But it's not just that.... My anxiety is so high. I don't want to go out there. I don't want presents. I want to stay right here and feel safe. Ryan can only do so much to help out that feeling. I'm also... Horny and he won't fucking touch me. It's... infuriating." I mumbled.

I looked up as the door opened and Carter, Ryan, Derek, and Violet all stepped inside. I whined and put my head back.

"All of you need to leave. If my Mom knows I'm in here, she's gonna come drag me down there."

"Mom already knows you're up here." Derek smirked.

I groaned. "Go away. I'm not coming down."

"Alrighty then, He's all yours." Derek slapped his hand on Ryan's shoulder before they all filed out.

I cautiously watched as he walked over to me.

"Hey, Baby."

"I'm not coming down. I'm perfectly fine and safe right here."