Aura

Conflicted

How the actual heck did I end up in this situation?

I'm sitting on the couch in the living room, literally eating out of the tub of mint chocolate chip ice cream.

Damon hasn't come back yet, he's avoiding me.

That's just fine. I'll just sit here and catch up on  swamp people. Say what you will - This show is one of my favourites.

"Go get him!! Oh my god watch out!!!" I start yelling at the tv like an idiot.

I hear chuckles and look behind me to see all of the guys from this morning. Including Damon.

They all look from my ice cream to the tv and back, chuckling.

Im still stunned that he's actually in front of me.

"Hey what the heck!! That's my ice cream!!!" The one guy yells out like a baby.

Out of no where a hand comes behind his head and smacks him. Making the guys all laugh harder.

Damon sends him a warning growl after his smack.

"If Aura wants ice cream she can damn well have it" he growls.

The guy gulps and nods. Wow, Damon's sticking up for me. What a change from a few hours ago.

I laugh and they all look over surprised.

"Here I only had a little" I offer him back the ice cream tub.

He eyes it warily but soon enough jumps up to grab it quickly, snatching it out of my hands.

I giggle at this and see Damon look at me with an unreadable look.

My cheeks flush and I stand up.

"I'm going to bed... Night guys" I call out over my shoulder.

They all muffle good nights and I hear them start to argue over what Chanel to watch.

Freaking Boys.

Damon rushes over to me and stops me once were at the bottom of the stairs.

"Hey look, I'm sorry for running away earlier. I really like you. And I want us to have a chance." He gulps.

Wow, This is him vulnerable. I never expected this man to have a soft side.

"I'm sorry too" he looks stunned that I admitted that.

"Well this is all so new and I was just taken from my home and you show up all scary and bossy. And then I realize your hot and sweet but I've only been here for a day and I feel a little bit crazy." I stammer.

"I'm glad to know you think about me so much baby" he grins.

I feel my face flush for the millionth time today. Damon sucks in a gasp and I look up worriedly into his eyes.

"What?!" I ask nervously.

He stares into my eyes and reaches out to touch my face.

"Your eyes are glowing. They're so fucking beautiful" he murmurs.

I shudder and he wastes no time closing the distance between us.

He leans his head down and moves closer to my lips.

They connect lightly, I push them forward to mee-

"Damon! Get the in here!" One of his friends calls out.

Damon growls. 

"Every god damn time" he grumbles out.

Thank god for his friends. I can't believe I almost kissed him.

Again.

I have the willpower of a 6 year old in a candy store with him. I hurriedly run up the stairs with out looking at him. 

I run into the one persons room that I know can help me.

I burst through and stop dead in my tracts.

"What the hell?!" I yell while instantly covering my eyes.

They jump apart and look wide eyes at me.

"Aura... It's.... It's not what it looks like" she fumbles out.

I raise my eyebrow.

"Really Kayla, It looks like you two were about to rip each other's clothes off" I say jokingly with my hand still covering my eyes.

"Then it's exactly what it looks like" Hunter says.

"Okay, I'm leaving now" I say awkwardly and walk towards the door.

I peak over my shoulder and smile at them.

"Don't forget protection kids!" I say.

Kayla grabs a pillow and chucks it at me.

I pretend to gag and throw open the door, running towards my room.

I hastily close my door and run to my bed, plopping down.

I lie on my back and look up at the ceiling.

Man, Even Kayla's excepting her attraction to Hunter. I mean I saw it coming but dang, we've been here one day.

I feel like such a terrible person. I was just sobbing over leaving Loki, who told me he loved me and now I'm blushing like an idiot at my "mate".

Maybe I'm a slut?

We are not a slut.... Just because you feel something for the man your going to spend the rest of your life with doesn't make you a bad person. Loki is your past.... You have to accept this.

Her words sting, but she has a point. I can't blame myself for feeling natural attraction to someone I'm destined to be with.

A knock at my door shuts off my train of thought. I run over throwing open the door, to see Damon.

"Um hi" I say unsure of why he's here.

"Hey.... Can I come in?" He asks. 

"Sure" I say trying to be as causal as I can. He nods and follows me in, shutting the door behind him.

I walk over to the bed and sit down on it. Trying not to show my nervousness.

"What's up?" I ask.

He looks at me and smiles.

"Well, because of your arrival the pack has been getting super excited to meet the new queen"

I gulp at the title. He carries on with out noticing.

"So I've arranged to have a formal evening tomorrow. "

"A what?!" I blurt out

He chuckles.

"A formal evening, think of it as a ball" He explains.

"So I wanted to let you know what was going on" he says happily. " It's going to start at 8 "

Oh my god.

Why do I have to meet the whole pack.... Ive been here for five minutes! But when I look into his eyes, something tells me how important this is.

If I'm really going to live here, I want to get to know the people.

"Let's do it!" I say, managing an excited tone.

His grin tells me I'm on for an interesting night tomorrow.

Bring it on.