Taken

20-Love

"I love love!" I said, raising my voice an octave higher and I clasped my hands together. Sam in fact did find his mate. Her name is Rebeca, a tall strawberry blond haired girl who was the first female warrior in Black Shadow. Jack told me she was incredibly strong, so I hoped that when Sam eventually opens up to her about his past, she doesn't leave him for being a rogue. But since she's strong, I hope she'll except it, and except him.

Jack raises an eyebrow at my action. "Happy are we?" he asked.

"Well, considering Sam isn't actually all that bad, it's a good thing you and I set him up. We're basically matchmakers!" I told him. I spaced out a little bit, imagining myself as a Cupid in the making. It was a funny thought, and I realized that no one but a baby should be wearing just a diaper. I just don't know if a baby should be trusted with a bow and arrows.

Sam and I talked a little before we showed him the unmated females. He's actually really nice and really funny. Although he didn't talk much considering his neck is still in a cast, curtesy of Jack. Having your neck snapped would probably really hurt.

It turns out, Sam is only 18. I thought he was at least 30, but oh well. Rebeca is 17. I think the age gap between them is appropriate. It always confuses me when I see mates who are like 10 years apart. It's not a bad thing, though. I'm just easily confused. Something my dad always said was; "Eva, you're a nice kid, but your not too bright."

I left Jack after we talked a little more. I walked back in the pack house and I went up to Madi's room. I knocked on the door, and she opened it almost immediately. She looked happy when she saw me, but I could've sworn I saw some disappointment. Then I saw that she was only wearing a robe.

"Were you expecting someone else?" I asked her.

"What? Um, well... Okay yes. Daniel told me he was coming to my room around 7:00." she told me. I stepped back.

"Well, I'll leave you to it then." I turned around and practically ran away. It turns out love is in the air in more then one situation. I didn't even want to imagine what would be going on in that room tonight. I was extremely thankful that the rooms were soundproof.

I went back to Jack's room. Or should I say our room? I don't really know considering the fact that I have another room already. Even though that other room is full of boxes and has different paint swatches covering the walls. But I have been referring to a lot of things as if they belong to both Jack and I. I've been saying our pack, and our pack house, but I think it makes Jack happy, and in result, it makes me happy.

When I walked through the door, Jack was sitting on the bed. He looked like he was in deep thought.

"Jack?" I asked, startling him. He practically jumped 5 feet in the air.

"Yes Eva?" He replied, turning around to face me.

"What are you thinking about?" I asked him. It seemed to be really bothering him.

"Us." He said, looking me right in the eye. "Those other couples, Eva. I want us to be like that. Like Daniel and my sister, or Rebeca and Sam. I want to have that love between us." He seemed to be pouring his heart out to me. "Hell, Sam and Rebeca just met, Sam's a rogue, but they're still immediately in love. I want that for us!" I mean, Rebeca didn't know Sam was a rogue yet, but there was something obviously off about him, and like Jack said, they were still in love.

"If you want, we can try." I told him, and I meant it, too. As much as I didn't want to admit it, I had been having similar thoughts.

"Really?" He asked,

"Really."

We were being serious-like and looking into each other's eyes lovingly. Then I uttered some words that broke our trance.

"Maybe really can be our always."

He bursted out laughing and I smiled innocently.

"The Fault in our Stars? Really, Eva?" He asked, shaking his head with a smile on his face.

"Hey! I'm a girl! What's your excuse for knowing what I was talking about?" I asked, crossing my arms and tilting my head to the side.

"I have a sister." Was all he said. I laughed.

"Whatever, I need to take a shower." I started grabbing clothes. Since my room across the hall wasn't finished (or started if I'm being honest) most of my personal things like clothes and my toiletries were in Jack's room.

"Can I join?" He asked, raising his eyebrows with a smirk on his face.

"Ew, no! Horny wolf-boy," I muttered before walking into his bathroom that was attached to his bedroom.

As I showered I thought about everything. It was the place where your body was the most vulnerable, but your brain was always at its strongest point. I always thought about things in the shower.

What would it be like for Jack and I to actually begin being mates? Most mates have a.ready marked and mated by now. Madi told me that her and Daniel had completed the mating process around three days after they found out they were mates. It was weird to think about how slow Jack and I were at this process.

I also thought about the Blue Moon Pack. Who would their new leader be? Our Beta had two sons, so I guess the older one would take over my old pack.

I thought about what I've been thinking about. My old pack. I didn't even count myself as a member of it anymore. And I haven't completed the ceremony to be in this pack either. I was just floating.

After I thought about everything, I concluded that I'd spent enough time in the shower and stepped out.

I dried myself with a fluffy towel and put my hair up in a messy bun. I was lucky my hair dried straight and not frizzy like my mom's did.

I went back into the bedroom and Jack was still there. We talked about everything and anything for hours, before I started yawning.

"Tired?" Jack asked with a smile.

"No, I just release air out of my mouth and look like I'm screaming for fun," I joked. He chuckled at that.

"Well, you might not be tired, but I am. Let's call it a night," he said, and I nodded my head in agreement.

"Goodnight," we whispered softly at the same time.

So here's the chapter: I hope you liked it!