Whispering Pines Woods

Who I am and Who I was

Hey guys! You do not know how unbelievably hectic my life has been and I know that Is not an excuse for why I haven't been on wattpad, I know. Yell at me please, I deserve it! But now I am back  I want you to check out @maggie_jean so please check that out also. Read those stories as you await my next update, which will be in a week, I promise this time! This time I will update, I swear to you and I am sorry and I love you all, you mean the world to me that you enjoy my stories. You have no idea how much I love you.

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I un-clenched Brian's shirt.

"Finn said that? FINN! I swear to all that is good in the world that I am going to kick his stupid, good for nothing, BASTARD that I am going to RIP his---"

A little girl ran away with tears in her eyes, looking terrified.

"Nice going, Gemma. You just scarred that poor, innocent---"

I ran up to Brian, grabbed a handful of his shirt yet again and lifted him up against a wall.

"Listen here, you little shit," I screamed in his face.

"You are going to give me details, and you are going to give me them NOW."

His face looked like a scared little boy's which made me drop my death grip.

"Okay, Okay. Finn had this bright idea that we lie and say that Caleb and you have ...You know. It made sense at the time, I guess. Mainly because you kissed him before you changed, which made it seem that you liked each other already. It worked, I guess, because the Alpha is arranging your marriage."

I thought that I didn't hear him right. I couldn't have. Marriage? I was barely 18! I wanted to go to college in Italy, I wanted to photograph in Tuscany, buy clothes in Paris, go to the Alps! I didn't want to get married, and have children! I was still too young, I wasn't ready. I am NOT ready. I could barely take care of myself let alone a spitting, bouncing, infant!

"Marriage? When is this happening--I--No one told me anything," It was so quiet, I was surprised he understood any of it.

The world was spinning underneath me, I felt faint, I felt as if I were about to throw up.

Brian put a hand on my shoulder and gave me a pity smile. It just made me feel worse.

"Of course they didn't tell you anything. Women have no say in our society, Cupcake."

I clenched my teeth.

"Do not ever call me that again or I will break every bone in your body."

He took his hand away from me and backed away a step.

"Well, its true. During our weekly meetings, Finn suggested the marriage between you too and the Alpha accepted. The ceremonies are all expected to take place in a few months."

"What weekly meetings? I never heard of these before."

He started to look uncomfortable.

"Its only between the men. We suggest decisions to the Alpha and he either rejects our ideas, which happens often, or accepts them, which is rare. When I heard him say it, I thought the alpha was going to reject it, I swear. I would have said something---"

I pursed my lips so hard they hurt.

"No, Brian. Its not your fault. Just tell me where Finn is or we will have a serious problem."

His face turned bright red and he clenched his hands in his shirt.

"Sorry, Gemma. But I've gotta run---"

Before I can say anything he ran down the hallway away from my sight.

"BRIAN! You BETTER PRAY that YOU ARE A DAMN FAST RUNNER BECAUSE WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU----"

I didn't see him, but I would recognize his laughter a mile away.

I sprinted down the hallway, narrowly missing the cook with a plate of food.

"My word!" Waverly the chef cried.

I followed his laughter to the back hallways that lead towards the yard, near the pool.

I opened the door, and was blasted by a mixture of warm and cold air.

My bare feet went faster and faster until I could finally spot his bright red shirt.

"BRIAN! GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE!" At this point, I was hyperventilating. Not from the exercise, but from the feeling of being trapped. This is it. I am going to be stuck here for eternity. There is no way out now.

He was by the edge of the pool, panting from sprinting nearly half of a mile's worth of hallway and grass.

Good thing I wasn't.

I caught him by surprise and  dove into the pool, taking Brian with me.

He coughed and sputtered and looked like he was about to crap his pants when he saw it was me who tackled him.

"Damn, Gemma. You have some man hands, girl. I thought you were Declan."

"Gee, you sure know how to make a girl feel beautiful."

I dipped my hair back in the heated pool, all while holding on to Brian with all of the strength I had.

"You and I are going to have a little chat. If you answer correctly, I'll let you breathe. And if you don't...." I held him like a baby and started to slowly dip his head further and further into the water until only his mouth was left.

"Okay, Okay! I get it, Gemma. But two can play this game." I slowly let him back up, and when he was standing, he grabbed a handful of my shirt and pulled, ripping all of the buttons of my shirt.

I held his hands behind his back until he was all but screaming.

"I'll talk! I'll talk!" I left his hands where they were.

"Finn is in the woods with Declan. They are paint balling! Without me, the bastards...." Brian muttered.

I lifted myself up and out of the pool and overheard two mothers talking about me.

"....And did you hear that, Miranda? First she goes after my Caleb, and now that poor orphan boy Finn? Who knows, she probably already dug her claws into that little boy in the pool considering how close they were. And do you see her, walking around with her shirt ripped open with her bra showing like some kind of whore? My darling Alexi was right about her, who would have thought! And can you just believe that---"

I turned around and smiled at them, tying my shirt together until it covered my bra but showed all of my stomach.

"Have a wonderful day, ladies. This weather is just phenomenal, isn't it not?"

Alexi's mother's eye bulged from her head and the other mother spit out her drink all over her white bathing suit.

I didn't stay to here them desperately mutter their apologies. I followed the path to the woods, towards enemy territory. Finn was going to go down.

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