When Destiny Collides

Road Trippin pt1

Maddie's POV

My apologies were cut short as I stood there and watched some skank make-out with MY mate.

If I thought losing Zeke to Delilah was bad this was ten times worse. It was both an emotional and a physical pain.

I wanted to crumple to the ground at the sight of Tripp letting another girl kiss him...more so, he had to have given the girl the impression that she could kiss him...no doubt after my party Tripp just moved on.

I felt his rejection all the way down to my core like I was being split apart from the inside out.

My wolf cried out like something had stabbed her, it was the first sound since my first phase that I had heard from her.

And to think I had actually thought Zeke and Tripp had come to watch me play.

I had lost my friend, my mate, at least I still had my Dignity and Family right?

So instead of causing a scene and confronting them all, I held my angry head up and made my way onto the bus.

"What's wrong?" Sabrina asked me.

I had known Sabrina only for a while since she was a new student, she is a human and wouldn't understand a thing about mates but I tried anyways because I really needed someone to talk to.

"Did you see those two guys in the bleachers?" I asked.

It wasn't a hard question, the only people who came to the games were parents and little siblings, so Zeke and Tripp kinda stood out.

"Ooh the really cute ones?" She asked smiling.

I nodded "well at the end of summer break I became really good friends with the curly headed guy, the whole time I liked him as more than a friend and even got him to take me on a few dates. Meanwhile it turns out the other guy in the blue hat really really liked me and even tried to ask me out a couple of times. Then my crush started going out with my older cousin and out of frustration I turned down the guy that liked me and now that I realize what I've done it's too late because he's already moved on."

She gave me a blank stare.

I sighed. "Tripp liked me, I liked Zeke, Zeke liked my cousin Delilah."

"Ohhh." She understood now.

"Yeah, and now Tripp has a new girlfriend."

"That blows." She commented, "they both are really good looking."

I looked out my widow as the bus began to roll away and I saw Zeke and Tripp standing there talking, Tripp had his hands in his pockets. He always reminded me of one of those gorgeous heart-throbs from old black and white movies when he does that.

'Mate' my wolf whimpered.

'I know.' I thought back, 'I screwed everything up.'

. . . . . .

Zeke's POV

"Congrats on the win." I said flatly to Dominique.

I had just watched my very first friend here in Texas get crushed. Maddie, always so exuberant and full of smiles was devastated by seeing Dominique and Tripp kissing and hugging.

This had to mean she had feelings for Tripp.

"I'm sorry Dominique but we gotta get going I have to get up early tomorrow to go to Austin."

"Oh my gosh I love going to Austin. Can we go?" She asked Tripp.

"Uh..."

"I really need to get some shopping done, I'm running low on make-up I guess I should re-stock my makeup bag, and what about clothes..."

"I'm sure Delilah won't mind, but I gotta help her pack so you guys might be on your own when it comes to shopping." I said.

"Oh, yay, okay I guess we'll all meet up at your house in the morning?" She questioned.

"Sounds like a plan." I said with a weak smile, I really didn't want to catch Delilah off guard by bringing Tripp and Dominique.

We got in the car and took off.

"Hey, sorry about Dominique inviting herself." Tripp sounded, "if you want I can tell her you changed your mind or that I don't want to go."

"Nah it's cool. But you have bigger problems."

"With what?" He asked.

"What are you gonna do about Maddie?" I asked.

"What about her?" He but our angrily.

I knew she had hurt him but tonight should've shown him that she wants to be with him, or at the very least Fix things between them, "well your mate was apologizing, I'm new to this shit but I'm pretty sure she was about to ask for your forgiveness...that was before she saw you two making out." I pointed out.

"What do I care?" He said. His words were sharp and cold but judging by the way he was now looking out the window I knew he was effected by what had happened.

"I know you have a girlfriend and everything and you probably don't care, but she looked hurt like on the verge of tears hurt before she ran off to the bus." I filled him in. "Now I'm no expert on girls but I'd wager if you wanted to you could get your mate."

"But I have Dominique."

I shrugged and kept my eyes on the road, "which one can't you live without?"

. . .

In the morning my alarm went off and I showered and got ready putting in a little extra thought in my outfit since I would be seeing my mate today.

"Zeke son." My mother voice came from just outside my room door.

I walked over and opened it, "good morning mom."

"Good morning," she said with a smile, "do you mind telling me why there are two teenagers are on my lawn at 9 in the morning?"

It suddenly occurred to me that I technically never asked my parents if i could go to Austin. "Well I thought it would be okay if I went and helped Delilah and her grandparents move, and I figured they would need all the help they could get, what with her grandmother being sick and all, so I asked Tripp and a friend from school to help as well."

"I know it's tough being away from your mate." She said softly, "but I won't have you running around the state like your parents just let you do whatever you want."

I sat back on my bed all but giving up.

"But I'll make the exception just this once since you actually have a good reason."

She left my room and I finished getting ready. Twenty minutes later we pulled into a gas station, filled up the car, turned on the GPS, and purchased snacks before going on our way.

"We're going to help the Borgos' move" Tripp told his girlfriend as they sat in the back seat "so we won't be hitting up any stores today."

She pouted, it was also an invitation for Tripp to kiss her, he rolled his eyes but smiled before giving in and pecking her lips.

I shook my head and put my focus back on the road, these two were too much.