"She's my mate!" Zane yelled causing both the man and I to widen our eyes. Mate? Is Zane Australian?
"No. That's not possible. She's-" Zane cut him off with a blow to the jaw.
"Get out before I throw you out of the pack." I took a step back from th...
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I punched and scratched at his chest, yelling at him. Wanting him to feel as much pain as I did. He grabbed my arms and pulled me into his warm chest.bac
"It hurts Zane. Every time I see you I see her too. I know it's not-it's not entirely your fault but it still hurts! You chose her. Like everyone else, you chose the other person. I'm never chosen first and you reminded me of that." I yanked away from his chest and put a few feet of distance between us.
"I don't know what to do," He started with tears in his beautiful green eyes. "I don't know how to make it up to you. I don't know what to do anymore Sunshine." I bit my bottom lip, trying to hold back my tears.
"I don't know either," I whispered.
"Come back with me. Come back home. We'll figure all this out." I frowned and shook my head.
"This is my home now Zane. I have family here friends. I have Oliver." I said the last part quietly as if it would lessen the blow but Zane still flinched back with a hurt expression on his face.
"Y-Y want him?" He slowly asked. "You want to be with him." I looked away. I'll never want Oliver more than I want Zane, but what does it matter? "Tell me you want him not me and I'll leave. I'll reject you if you want. You'll never have to see me again." My heart raced, that's not what I wanted. I couldn't imagine another year or two or more without him. I wanted to scream no, I wanted to jump into his arms and finally unite our lips. But the only thing I could do was nod my head. "Goddamnit, Devina! Say it then! Fucking say it out loud!" He screamed, tears freely falling down both of our pained faces.
"I-" I took a deep breath and let it back out, not able to hold in the estranged sob. "I-" It's a funny thing. The human body. Your mind can control it, like it's just a suit. But sometimes your body controls itself. And that's exactly what my body did. It took control and ran to Zane, smashing our lips together. He deepened the kiss and held the back of my head, possibly just so he could put his hands somewhere but also maybe because he didn't want me to pull back. After a few seconds, Zane briefly froze then took the kiss even farther, letting his tongue explore my mouth.
"God I can't believe you, Devin." A familiar voice spoke. I yanked back and looked up towards the beach. Oliver was standing there with his hands out motioning to Zane and me.
"Oli, I'm so sorry." I backed away from Zane and towards Oliver.
"No don't you dare call me that. It's over. We're over. This whole this is over. Just wait until he comes back." Was the last thing before he said before turning on his heel and walking away.
"When who comes back?" Zane yelled after him but it was too late, Oliver was already heading towards his car in the parking lot. "Something's not right." Zane pulled me back towards him and started at Oliver's retreating car. "When did you guys meet?" I turned around so I was facing him.
"He moved in maybe a week after me, why? What's going on?"' Zane looked past me again then his eyes darted to mine.
"I don't know." His gaze settled on my lips. "I'm so sorry." He spoke, tears pooling in his eyes. My breathing hitched in my throat as he stepped closer. "Can I?" I nodded and he crashed his lips onto mine. He hoisted me up on to his hips and supported me by placing his hands on my bottom, his thumbs on my hip bone. After a few minutes, I pulled away for air. He grinned as he looked at me. "I missed you. So much." He softly kissed my neck. "Are you okay?" He finally asked.
"I don't know." I shrugged. "I-I liked him. I liked Oliver. He was nice. A little too fast though." Zane froze and put me down. "I tried to get him to slow down, but he didn't want to," I added, wondering why Zane's acting up now.
"I don't want to know how he fucked you." He growled making my cheeks flush.
"I-that's not what I meant. You have a dirty mind!" I blabbered. "I just felt like we moved too fast! Relationship wise." Zane tilted his head back and chuckled. "Now that's not something I missed. You always think about things in a dirty way." He laughed again and pulled me into his arms.
"Only for you babe." I pulled back and squinted.
"You still aren't my boyfriend. You don't get to call me that." Ouch. I could see the pain in his eyes.
"Then be my girlfriend." He said in a duh tone.
"Hmmm." I tilted my head and scratched my chin, thinking. "No." His eyes darkened as I said that two letter word.
"No? You don't want to be my girlfriend? You don't want to get back together?"
"I do Zane, but this time, let's just move slow. I'm going to be busy with school and everything and you can't just leave your pack." I pointed out.
"Mika's taking care of it for now. You come first. Don't I come before school?" He half-joked.
"Zane, I'm actually doing good now. I'm school and with a lot of other things. I'm not moving back in with you and I'm not your girlfriend yet. I want to go slow. See where things take us." He growled and looked away.
"So we're seeing other people now?" I shook my head and grabbed his hand, tracing it over with my thumb.
"No. We're exclusive."
"Yeah. Exclusively friends." He grumbled and pulled his hand back.
"Fine, then we won't be anything! If you didn't want anything to do with me then you shouldn't have come back." His features softened as he shook his head.
"That's not what I meant. I want everything to do with you. I just- I want to be more than just friends with you."
"We are more than just friends. But we aren't together like that." He closed his eyes and nodded.
"Will we ever be together like that?" He finally opened his green eyes and asked.
"If God wants us to be. But I want it to happen naturally. We don't need to rush anything." That's another thing I've really developed over the year. My faith. I've always believed in God, I just never really thought about him. Zane grinned and nodded.
"I didn't know if you-you believe in God." Zane never told me before, but I think that God is also a huge aspect of his life too. I smiled and nodded.
"Gwen kind of pushed me a little to stay more connected with Him, but yeah. I do. I always have." He pulled me into his arms again and smelled my hair.
"You always smell so good." He laughed.
"Well, thanks. But we should go back now. I sorta just ditched my own graduation party." He nodded and took my hand in his. "By the way," I started, not quite sure how to phrase this. "Gwen knows about you. Not about the whole werewolf thing but," I trailed off, hoping he'd catch on.
"She hates me doesn't she?" He groaned, already knowing the answer.
"I'm sorry. When I first told her about you, I was still mad. Actually, I was livid. But she believes in second chances. You just have to give her a chance too. Okay? She means a lot to me. She's my mother." He nodded and walked us back to the car.
