My Mate and My Love

Chapter 4

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Chapter 4

The door opened and I found myself staring at a tiny blond with a confused expression and a little frown. Who was she? Sandy - the bitch of the school... so why was she in my house? I knew she was only sixteen when she left so she should have found her mate by now... and Dylan would be out of school - yet still no answers.

"Whatcha doing in my house, tramp?" I asked leaning against the wall with a smirk in place - as if she was the one outside and I had never left the pack.

"I-I-I... is that really you, Maybell?" She asked her face a little pale. Sandy started to fettle with her blond pony tail.

"No, it's Santa." Was my response. I gave her an annoyed look and suddenly she jumped on me.

I was not expecting the attack so we both flew down the four stairs and into the grass. Sadly landed she was on top and she threw her arms around my neck sobbing.

"Oh my god! We thought your were dead! - Taken by Rogues... oh my god!" She cried and then screamed (in my ear), "DYLAN!"

"It's, um, okay..." I awkwardly patted her back while she sobbed - it was weird because she use to hate me...

"What?" Dylan appeared and I got a slight glance at him from behind Sandy's back - not much just his brown hair sticking up all of his head. "What are you doing?" Did I detect jealousy in his voice?

"IT'S MAY!" Sandy sobbed/yelled and rolled off of me so Dylan could see. We stared at each other - he looked bad but good... he had a few bags under his sharp blue eyes and had a a hint of a four clock shadow.

"May?" Dylan muttered his eyes getting huge before... "DYLAN GET OFF YOUR HEAVY!" I bellowed trying to move his two hundred pound football player-like body. Of course Dylan didn't move and inch and Sandy was sobbing about how the lord had blessed us all and blah blah blah.

It took some convening but finally Dylan got off of me and just about dragged me inside. The living room was a little different: the walls were yellow instead of white, our old dino tv was replaced with a flat screen that hung on the wall, the couch had been changed in for one of them two piece couch's - one going side ways the other right.

It was just a few changes. "How did you escape the Rogues?" Sandy asked me wide-eyed and then added off to Dylan, "I called Kyle and the boys - I didn't want to over-throw everyone with joy." Dylan and Sandy both sat down on the couch that was going against the wall, so I sat on the one that was turned to the right - I did not want to get to close to either of them.

Sandy was never my friend - she was a none-threatening enemy. Dylan may be my blood but he is not my brother anymore, I don't know him - his favortive food may not be pizza, he may have changed his colors, his personality... not my Dylan - a Dylan.

I sighed, "Look a year ago I was broken because of Cody's rejection. I went into the woods without thinking and ran into Ray - Alpha of the Fire pack... that isn't really a legal pack, so you'd all call them Rogues - I won't. I left on my own free will, kind of, and I'm only here because I have no where else to go. If Ray and the others got away they will come for me... if they do not something happened and I must go and help them." I said. As I talked Sandy's face got paler and paler with every word. Dylan seemed to freeze.

"You left me?" He whispered heart broken - I suddenly felt bad even though I knew I should feel no guilt - he is not my Dylan.... my Dylan didn't have to deal with the fact his sister could have been dead...

"Ray gave me three choices, Dylan. Die, slave, or joining - I joined and hey it turns out I'm a really good fighter. If your Alpha would get off his butt and train females then this pack would be nearly as good as ours." I told him - trying to be nicer but I think I lost it.... but I had not lied - this pack would be better if they were trained.

"Oh, so I need to get off my lazy butt, huh?" I heard a teasing voice behind me. Looking back I saw a grinning Kyle - in my time away he had gotten even bigger and his hair darker. Over all he looked very good... I could not help but eye his oh-so-hidden abs.

"Wow, the old May would have never checked me out - I like the new May better." Kyle added smirking as he came towards me. Kyle leaned in and gave me a huge hug - quite like Dylan... "Can't breathe!" I gasped hitting his broad shoulders in an atempt to free myself.

"MAY!" I looked up in time to see the werewolf before he crashed into me, "I missed you so much - I kept looking and looking but we couldn't find you but now your back!" Eric was rambling - it made his words blur together but I manged to get most of his babble.

"Hey... were is your twin?" I asked feeling weirdly out of place as Eric moved off me and sat down on my left. Kyle had claimed my right and my hand.

"Ugh, of course - you come back and you just want to talk to Ethan - but he is with Whitney." Eric said smirking in victory.

"Whitney who?" I asked smiling just a little.

"Well - Sandy is mates with Dylan, Whitney (a human) is with Ethan, Liam found Sam (she scares me!), John's mate passed on... but he re-mated with a girl named Sally, and I am with myself because I'm smoking." Eric glanced in a mirror that was hanging on the wall and winked at himself while making a gay, "STSSS," nose.

Everyone started to laugh - how could you not? - Eric, of course, grinned at the attention he got. Smirking I could just see his ego slowly start to raise - and believe me, werewolf's need no ego boosting.

"Your staying right? I'll be like old times before them jerks took you!" Kyle grinned and I felt my temper raise.

"They are NOT jerks - their my friends, my PACK, my FAMILY!" I screamed jumping up and glaring at Kyle who looked pretty stunned - his mouth opened like a fish. A year ago I'd laugh... but not now, now I glared.

"I-I'm sorry," Kyle said quietly everyone looked shocked, "We thought you'd be taken... not that you left..." He said his head dropping.

"Kyle... I was forced to leave - but they grew on my. Believe me I can see you and Damon getting along quite well." I smiled at him feeling a little bad for my temper. Ray told me I needed to work on that...

I miss Ray. My wolf said sadly.

I do too... My wolf and I bonded much more closely because of Ray. With him I was wolf everyday... here I was only wolf when... well when I went running - which was hardly ever.

"So, the Rogues were good to you?" Eric asked smiling a little as he messed with his worn-out jeans.

"Yup, so. Until Ray-Ray comes what do you all wanna do?" I asked using Ray's much hated nick-name for no real reason other than I missed Ray a lot - and it hasn't even been a full day... damn...

"Everything - but.... you can rejoin us if you'd like..." Kyle said standing up with a small smile.

"I would like to do that but I can't leave my spot - especially in this little fight we're having with the Rogues..." I said, when Dylan cocked me an eye-brow I added, "I'm beta."

"Dang - my little May is grownin up!" Eric tossed his arm around me with one last sentence before he pulled me outside, "I missed you so much, May."

I smiled - I guessed I did miss them all more than I thought... but it didn't matter - Ray was coming... and soon...

Right?