The Alpha's Mate

1

"No! No! No!" I screamed, chucking a handful of my popcorn at the TV. "You will not steal my cutie!"

I was watching Pitch Perfect, at the scene where Beca kisses Jesse. More popcorn was thrown at the screen. Jesse is mine. My boyfriend, fiance, husband, future father to my children; he just didn't know it yet. The DVD player froze, and I was left staring at Anna Kendrick making out with my man. This time the bowl also went flying at the TV.

"Get your filthy paws off my man!"

"You better be cleaning all that up."

I spun around to glare at my brother. He looked exactly like me, but with minor differences. His black hair was wavy and hung around his ears, whereas mine was straight and fell to my waist. He was tanned but I was pale, like I'd never seen the sun. I had freckles lightly dusting over my cheeks and was petite. My brother was tall- about a foot taller than me, standing at 6'2"- and he had no freckles. Like I said, minor differences. Note the sarcasm. We had the same hair color and our grey eyes matched, but that was about it.

"Can't you see that I have bigger problems than spilled popcorn, Noah?" I looked down at my snack and gasped. "Oh no! My popcorn!"

I sank to my knees and quickly scooped all the little pieces into the bowl. The movie blared back to life and I shrieked, jumping, and watched all the popcorn rain down around me. Looking back at the TV, I saw it was a new scene and grinned happily when Jesse wasn't anywhere near Beca. A deep unfamiliar chuckle came from behind me and I turned to find that Noah's friends had joined him in the doorway.

"Just pick up the mess Laylee. We want to play Halo."

"What?! But I was gonna watch The Avengers!"

"Too bad, it's my turn with the TV." He pushed past me, grabbed the remote and changed the input.

"Hey! I was gonna watch the clip at the end! Ugh, you're so annoying!" I snatched the popcorn bowl up and stormed over to the door. I turned then and gave my brother an innocent smile. "Oh, by the way, Misabelle and the twins are coming over."

"Laylee-"

"Don't worry. We won't bother you... guys." I gave him a confused look on the last word. He glared at me and I grinned, then pushed past his two friends, shuddering when one of their arms brushed mine, making goosebumps rise on my skin.

"Oh Laylee!" Three voices sang out from the front door and I squealed, setting the bowl in the sink, then running to my friends.

"Misabelle! Esbeth! Sasha! You're here!"

Misabelle pushed her shoulder-length dirty blonde hair behind her ear and gave me a bear hug, lifting me off the ground in the process. Her sky-blue eyes twinkled as she put me back down. Both she and Esbeth stood around 5'9", while Sasha and I stood at 5' exactly.

The twins tackled me and I spat their curly red hair out of my mouth. Esbeth's blue eyes met mine before she kissed my cheek and spun me around. Then Sasha's gold eyes twinkled mischievously and she jumped on my back, hugging me tightly.

"Aw, baby girl, we've missed you!" Misabelle squealed and they all crowded around me in a group hug.

"Dudes, c'mere! Lesbians in action in the foyer!"

We looked to our lefts and saw one of the boys standing there, then he was joined by the other before my brother came up behind them, scowling. Misabelle didn't hesitate as she flipped them off, flicked her hair over her tanned shoulder and herded us towards my room.

"If we wanna watch, what's the price?"

Esbeth grabbed Sasha around the waist as she turned to glare at the boy. Misabelle gripped my hand and dragged me faster towards my room. Sasha was struggling with her sister and then was thrown over Esbeth's shoulder. We got to my room and shut the door behind us. Esbeth dropped her sister on the bed and sat in my desk chair.