It All Happened Like This...

Chapter Six: We Tell Like This...

That same week I decided to tell my parents during dinner.

"Mom? Dad?"

"Yes baby?" they said together.

"I need to tell you guys something." They stayed quiet waiting. "I found my mate."

They congratulated me and said how happy they are to find my mate early.

"Who is it sweetheart? I bet its John from church. He has been giving you looks for a while. He is such a nice young man. His mother told me he is studying pharmacy. Is him isn't he?" my mom asked.

"Umm no...It's Dereck." I said slowly.

They stayed quiet for a while. Shock was written in their faces. "Dereck? Dereck Brown? Dereck as in Dereck our future Alpha?" my father asked.

I nodded, "We have been dating each other for a while. We decided to not tell anyone until I graduate college, but on the day of my graduation he gave me this." I showed them the ring, which they both gasped to, "Before you come to conclusions, he gave me this as a promise ring. He knows I'm not ready. But I want to tell you guys this because I hate lying to you guys. I just ask that you guys don't tell anybody; specially our Alpha and Luna. I'm also going to tell Eve, Tatum, and Adriel."

"We won't tell sweetheart. We are so happy that you have found your mate. I am sure your dad agrees with me that you should have told us sooner, but we can see that just talking about what he did makes you happy. Not only that, but you love him." my mom said.

I smiled at that, "You are right. I love him."

We continued to eat and talking about my relationship with Dereck. I told them every date we had, and the crazy things that we encountered during our meetings.

"Have you guys...uh...have you guys mated already?" my dad asked awkwardly.

"Dad!" I covered my blushing face with my hands. My dad is so embarrassing sometimes.

"Joseph!" My mom yelled.

"What? Candice we need to know. She is our daughter." My dad said.

"No we haven't!" I screamed embarrassed.

"Why?" they both asked.

"What do you mean why? How many times have you told me to save myself for my future mate?"

"Yeah, but we are talking about our future Alpha. Alpha's have more demands. The poor guy has to be suffering knowing he has his mate next to him, but he can't do anything about it." My dad said.

"Your father is right. Alphas do have more demands. I'm proud of you for saving yourself for marriage, and I'm sure your dad is prouder. But...be honest with yourself. From the time you guys have been going out does he tries to keep physical contact?" my mom asked.

Now that she says that, Dereck has been very touchy recently. I haven't paid attention to it because I was also the same. He never touched me inappropriately. It was all hugs and kisses.

"It's your choice if you want to mate with him. As long as he doesn't forces you your mother and I are alright with it. We do recommend for you to wait, but it's your choice as to what you want to do."

"Thank you dad" I said. Dinner after our talk just kept getting awkward.

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The next day Dereck brought me to meet his two best friends, Milo and Miranda.

Miranda was your tomboy girl. She grew up in a family of twelve siblings with her being the only girl. Her family was the biggest family in our pack. You would only find her hanging with boys. If you see her with one girl friend that is more than enough. She is always smiling and laughing. She is the baby of the house, but with her character she might as well be the oldest.

Milo, on the other hand, is the opposite of her. He is always quiet and only spoke when needed. Every girl died to be with him because of his bad boy look. He had tattoos and piercings all over his body. He also had that face that if you touch him or mess with him he will break you in pieces.

"Well look at this. Who would have thought Church Girl was your mate?" Miranda said from the seat she was in.

"Church Girl?" I asked.

"Ignore her. She comes up with nicknames for everyone; even her parents." Dereck said.

"And yours is?" I asked.

"Sexy Alpha." He said.

"Yep. He is our Sexy Alpha. Milo here is our Sexy Beast. And if you want to know my parent's theirs are Sperm Donor and Birth Machine. My three big bros Bobby, Robby, and Johnny are called the three stooges. Then the fraternal twins are called Yoda and Yoga. The identical twins are called Thing 1 and Thing 2. The quadruplets are called the dumb club because they are named after dumb characters." Miranda said really fast.

"What about you? Do you have a nickname for yourself?" I asked.

"Nope. It's hard to come up with a nickname for myself." She said, "Although once you guys mate I'll have to call you Luna."

Dereck and I look at each other uncomfortable.

"What? What's wrong?" she asked.

"Well...Now that you guys know you can't tell anybody. My parents don't know anything. Melody is not ready to be Luna, and I don't want to put her in a position she's not comfortable in." Dereck said, "So as future Alpha and son of Alpha Zane from the Starpick pack I command you Milo Vincetti and Miranda Conway to keep these words we have spoken a secret from other ears."

Because of the authority, Milo and Miranda kneeled down. Heck even I had to submit.

"Yes Alpha!" they shouted.

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"So who's next on the list?" Dereck asked once we were in the car.

"My friends. I'm really nervous. I don't know how they'll react. What if they get mad because I lied to them?" I asked.

"They won't. Trust me. They might be upset, but everything will be ok." He grabbing my hand and bringing it to his lips for a kiss.

And just like he said happened. Tatum took it harder; mostly because she didn't really understand all the Alpha and Luna situation. But at the end she accepted it. All she had to do was keep quiet.