Born to be Cocky

Chapter 18

Chapter 18

Dean's P.O.V.

It's official... I'm one scared little puppy.

First fire.

Then ice...

What now?

My heart clenched when both my mates first started changing... Anything that causes my girls distress it too much for me. I'm the protector_ Alpha_ Why couldn't I have protected them? Even if they were in no harm, just the memory of the panicked look in their eyes was enough to make me cringe...

Now, I suspected it was my turn...

During the past few moments I could almost feel it coming over me.

First it was the heaviness in my limbs... Each arm and leg feeling like it was full of sand, twice their normal weight.

Then it was the weird things I started smelling... the earth outside, the potted plants in the room... Everything has always had it's own smell but this was different. Just by the whiff of air I got passing the leafy plant in the room I could tell you everything about it:  scientific name, when it started growing, if it needs watered... all the things I never would have cared about before now.

"Dean, baby. Are you okay?" My true mate asked, worry never more evident on those beautiful features.

"Yeah. All good." I said, hiding my unease with a cheery smile. Jay seemed to be reassured, her face relaxing.

"You'll tell me if something was wrong right?" She asked half-heartidly, her attention really on Amie. Not that I blame here there, Amie sure knew how to make the simplest things sexy.

"Sure babe." I said, my eyes trained on our mate as well.

Jay walked over to my brother and our mate, joining in on whatever their conversation was about. I stayed where I was, too filled with lead to even move. It was the strangest sensation, just sitting there, trying my hardest to move any part of my body... and being unsuccessful. First my feet before it quickly spread up my legs... it wasn't until I could feel the leaden feeling in my chest that I started to panic just the slightest. I couldn't move my chest enough to even breathe.

"Dean! Damn you, you stubborn boy!" Jay was racing back over to me, worry etched on her beautiful face. "I told you to tell me if something was wrong and now look at you!"

I wanted to answer her, to yell right back just because she was so hot when she was pissed. But alas, no can do! I coulndn't move the muscles to open my mouth. Everything was just too heavy.

I struggled to draw a breath, the last of my oxygen being used up in the process. I hoped I lived through this...

"Danny! Tell me what to do!" Jay yelled over her shoulder before her warm hands connected with my cheeks softly holding my head in her hands. A rush of heat pulsed from her hands into my skin, with that sudden rush of heat I was able to draw one much needed breath before the heaviness overtook me yet again.

"Whoa dude! Your hands man!" Danny yelled pointing down to where my hands rested against the arms of the chair.

I looked down to see poison ivy growing from each finger, stretching quickly across the floor. Within the seconds it took for me to use up that last breath of oxygen, the ivy had spread throughout the main room, covering every inch of tile except for around the feet of my mates and brother. For every step they took the ivy would move out of the way creating a small circle around their feet.

"Danny, stop playing with the ivy, Dean still can't breathe!" Amie, my cute little mate, yelled protectively at my brother.

"Fine, sorry..." Danny gave her the 'puppy dog' look and she couldn't help but smile. Even though I couldn't seem to get any more air I wanted to roll my eyes at that one.

"Danny! Amie! Hell-o!" Jay said annoyed at our mates.

"Damn it! One day we will get a damn break from this shit!" Danny yelled, snapped out of his fascinated haze that went with the ivy growing out of my nails...

"Second that." Amie said, pushing Jay aside. By the time Amie's hands found their way onto my cheeks, I know I was easily turning blue.

 Within moments of her touching my face my breath seemed to push into my lungs, expanding my chest to full capacity... Everything stopped tingling from my lack of oxygen, instead absorbing every ounce of oxygen my body had to offer.

"Okay, girls my turn." Danny said in a bored tone.

Amie moved out of the way, her ice cold hands leaving my face... as well as the free feeling in my lungs. Danny stood in front of me, chuckling under his breath as I sat there suffocating! Damn, dumb ass brother...

Suddenly he reared back and slapped me across the face. I wanted to scream and yell at him, how dare he smack his Alpha! In the long run, I did nothing, too happy that with that one smack, my whole body changed...

Instead of feeling leaden, I felt heavy, but without the suffocating feeling. Taking a much needed deep breath, I was able to sense the added skills I now had... Letting my hands extend in front of me, I allowed the ivy to shrivel and die from my fingertips... falling to the floor helplessly.

"Dean, baby... are you okay now?" Jay asked, the worried look still in her eyes...

"More than okay..." I mumbled a lunariaammua materializing into my hand, so I could give it to her... a beautiful red rose.

"Aww, baby! It's soo pretty!" Jay said, grabbing the rose from my hand. The look on her face was enough to make me smile and forget the past several moments.

"So three skills, with four people... Jay with fire, Amie with ice, you with... well, whatever you can do... so that leaves me... what do you think my power will be?" Danny whispered softly.

"What else can you do?" Amie asked, too curious.

I took another breath, too deprived of oxygen to say anything more than, "Everything..."

"I'm soo glad that is over with..." I said, sighing as Jay's mouth descended on mine... her sweet lips over powering mine.

"I swear to all that is holy, this shit better not be that bad for me or I'm out!" Danny yelled, throwing up his hands in exasperation.

*** Well it's not much but... what'd ya think? Danny"s power is next... what do you guys think it should be?

Love y'all!

<3 Jynx