Getting Noticed (Wattys 2015)

>>> Plan 17: Be a Forgiveness Pleading Puppy.

Dedication: To @suhairkanojia for being the first reader to comment on the last chapter. 

>>> Plan 17: Be a Forgiveness Pleading Puppy.

Will Xaviers

"Ughhhhhhhh!" I let out a groan, making sure everyone in the house heard it as I flopped back onto my pillow. "Fuckity fuck fuck! I can't do this! I don't even understand half this shit, or any of it for that matter. Fucking hell."

The sound of snickers floated into my ears and I let out a growl. "Fucking bastards."

"Oye!" Came the oh-so-amused voice of my brother before he appeared in the doorway of my room. Leaning against the side as he crossed his arms in front of his chest, his eyes narrowed on the open book in my hand and a full blown grin appeared on his bastardious face. Another growl erupted from my chest but Kyle just rolled his eyes and gestured with his hands for me to calm down.

Calm down my ass.

He isn't the one currently losing his mate because of a bunch of sentences stringed together by some old probably dead guy whose aim was to torture people like me. I knew Vanessa was attracted to me, even more so now that she knew there was a connection between us whether she liked it or not.

But I also knew she was stubborn enough to follow her reading deal. Damn it, why couldn't it have been something easy? Why o why couldn't she like something else like-

"Douche bag, stop wallowing inside your head and just read the goddamn book." Kyle said, making me look at him with a deepening scowl.

"Really? Oh my god, I never even thought of reading it! You're such a big help, Kyle. Thank you, you great sport!" Shooting him a wry grin with a thumbs up, I then proceeded to flip him off.

"Which book do you have to read?" Lacey's singsong voice came from behind him, stepping into view. Without replying, I held up the book cover, her eyes narrowing on the title before she snorted, making Kyle look at her amusedly.

"She gave him one of the hardest book to read and from the looks of it, it's in old English original form so my dear brother in law, you're-"

"Fucked." Kyle said, grinning at his slightly annoyed mate as he swooped down and whispered something inappropriate in her ear making me squeeze my eyes shut to get rid of the mental image whereas Lacey turned a very heavy shade of red as she pushed him away and made her way towards me.

"If you want, I can try to help you understand the words and sentences so that you read the story and understand what it is about." I let out a choked sound as I nodded at her, sitting up in the bed and leaning against the headboard. She let out a laugh and sat down on the study table revolving chair and dragged it to the edge of the bed near me.

For the following hours I tried to cover as much chapters as I could and after ten successful chapters, my brain was done, it was empty, all the brain cells dead.

Thank you, Vanessa Reynolds.

"You know I think Vanessa chose this book because of the hard level of it." Lacey mentioned as she rubbed her temples with one hand and poured some OJ with another. We were in the kitchen, taking a break from the book and I was hungry as fuck. I couldn't believe that something as mundane as reading could help me build up such an enormous appetite and make me feel like someone turned my brain to mush. I am pretty sure I couldn't even come up with a narcissistic sentence.

Cue gasp, I know. How could I, William Xaviers, the awesome one with a hot bod and perfect package in every way not come up with a narcissistic sentence?

Oh look, I just did.

"She didn't, I chose it. It was lying on the table and I just picked it up." At my revelation, Lacey almost spit out the juice in her mouth by the looks of her expression which was sizing me up as if I was the biggest piss wad on this earth.

"And you couldn't choose anything else besides freaking Frankenstein?" A scary sort of anger started swirling in her eyes as she walked towards me.

Kyle, how do you calm down your lovely mate when she has that crazy look in her eyes?

Are her lips all thinned out and eyes kind of look like she wants to burn you to ashes?

Yep.

Well, brother, I would suggest for you to become a forgiveness pleading puppy otherwise, you might lose something precious to you.

My eyes widened and I backed away from the psycho looking soon-to-be Luna.

"It was on the table, and I was desperate!" I babbled out making her stop in her tracks but before I even knew it, she was by my side, holding me by the ear. "Ouch ouch ouch, Lacey what the fuck!?"

"You bloody idiot, don't judge a book by its size or cover. God Damn it, you dug your own grave, you butthole. You deserve this." She tugged on my ear more before slapping me on the back of my head. "And this."

I felt a growl erupt from me, I did have Alpha blood inside of me and the blatant disrespect was pissing off my wolf. In seconds, Kyle was standing in the kitchen doorway, giving me a warning look that also said to calm down. But fucking hell how the hell am I supposed to calm down?!

Kyle was clearly talking to Lacey through the mind link and after a minute, Lacey turned towards me with an apologetic look. "Sorry, Will, I shouldn't have acted like that. I overreacted."

You think?! You crazy woman!

When I simply nodded, we both got back to the god forsaken reading assignment and Lacey seemed keener to finish it then before which was good and bad for me both considering my brain was already mush and I don't know what further reading could do to it. What if it like flows out of my ears? Has that ever happened?

It was three in the morning when we finally finished, I was drained and I wanted to eat a whole herd of sheep at the moment and it was made clear so by the loud grumbling of my stomach. Lacey chuckled tiredly, motioning me to follow her to the kitchen. I knew she was as drained as me especially by the fact that she kept rubbing her eyes.

After we both fulfilled our hunger, my mind finally clicked that I, William Xaviers, despiser of books of all kinds everywhere had just completed a God Damn hard book successfully. Jumping up from my seat, I crushed Lacey into a hug who seemed surprised at the gesture before wrapping her arms around me.

"Thank you, Lace, Thank you so much." I sounded a bit over enthusiastic even to myself but I couldn't help it, I had earned a day with my mate and there was no way I was letting it go to waste, not one second of it.

At least That's what I thought but unfortunately my need to complete my sleep made me loose quite a few hours with her when I woke up at two in the afternoon by the yelling of my brother's mate who left while muttering how her hard work wasn't going to be in vain just because I was in a deep relationship with my bed.

Well then.

Cursing myself as I took a quick shower, I hoped, I hadn't lost my deal with her. And then I spent fifteen minutes deciding what to wear, I couldn't help but want to look even more sexilicious for my girl. Maybe that would increase her attraction for me?

Fuck, I sound like a bloody pansy.

Get a move on, pansy boy!