Bitten: First Moon

Chap 5: Conversations and Caffès

As Callie and I walked back to the House, we bumped into Emily on the way back.
"ALICIA MARIE LA FLEUR!!"
I looked at Callie and slowly inched behind her.
"Oh jeez, she only says Marie when she's really pissed...:
"I'm so sorry Alicia, but I can't shield you from anger. This is for my own good, sorry."
Callie moved from infront of me and held out her hand.
"Hey there! I'm Callie and by the look on your face, I can tell you've been looking for Alicia."
"Yes I have!! Why aren't you home?! Where you're supposed to be!!!"
"Alicia can't tell you that here or now, but if you can get your guy friend and meet us at BlueCat caffè, she and I can explain everything."
"Why not?! She can tell me anything!"
"M'am if she tells you here and you become shocked i'd rather you be sitting."
"Shocked?? Shocked by what?"
"And that is what we will talk about at BlueCat."
"See ya soon Emily..."
"Don't 'See ya soon' me, Alicia! When I get Todd you better be there with my favorite drink!"
Emily angrily stormed off and I cpuld see people going out of their way to stay outta hers. Callie looked at me and I guess she could sense the fear in me.
"That woman is scary. She was almost as bad as Alpha when she gets pissed, and that's saying something."
"Why? What did Alpha do?"
"Killed 5 members and the male Alpha of the Shadowstalker pack in a fit of anger. Just ripped out all of their throats. She's been treated as the Queen of Queens of all packs since then."
"Oh...yeah that sounds bad."
"Yeah, but it was cool to watch. 6 members of the toughest pack ever just....gone in like not even 10 minutes."
"Well, let's go prepare myself for the worst scolding of the century."

~timeskip to when your ordering~

"I'll take a Lavender & Vanilla Italian creme soda, a Rose & Raspberry Italian creme soda, and a Coffee. 5 sugars and no cream please. Callie would you like anything??"

"Oh! Ummm, a Raspberry & Orange iced tea please? With a shot of mint. Thanks."
"And that'll be all, thanks."
As we waited for our drinks Emily and Todd walked into the caffè. Emily was already glaring daggers at ma and Todd looked scared to death.
"Order 12, 4 drinks."
"Thanks, dude...or whatever you wanna be called. No shaming from me."
As Callie and I brought the drinks to the table, I caught Todd eyeing the guy restocking the flavours. I snapped my fingers infront of him and pulled him out of his trance. I then brought out the contract and pen Alpha gave me. Emily looked at the contract and back at me, almost like she knew what was going on. Todd immediately tried to take apart the pen before Callie snatched it from him.
"Oh. Was I not supposed to take the pen apart?"
"Not this time, Todd. We actually have something important to discuss."
"Like how i'm gonna get that guys number?"
"Todd stop being a little shit real quick, this is serious. You guys could die."
"Well can I atleast get my drink first?"
"Oh, we forgot sorry."
Emily grabbed her Lavender drink and sighed.
"So what's going on?"
"Wow you calmed down quick..."
"And I can get mad just as fast, so hurry up and explain why you're saying we could die."
I looked at Callie and I could tell she wanted to die right then and there.
"Fine, i'll explain. Ok, so you know that time I got bit by that wolf?"
"Of course, dude you like almost bled to death. The doctor that Emily called was hot, too."
"How could we forget how that savage beast almost mauled you to death."
"Wait, Zephora isn't a savage beast. She's just a bit excessive when Alpha sends her on turning duties."
Todd and Emily both looked at Callie as if she was speaking gibberish.
"Callie, hold on. Lemme explain guys."
"Yea, get explaining before I kick you out of the House."
"Emily calm down, you need to be calm. Cause this is mildly shocking. Imma Werewolf, and so is Callie here. And I need help deciding whether to stay one or not. But here's the thing, no matter what I do you guys need to keep this a secret. If not you'll either have to be turned or killed..."
Emily slowly kept drinking her Lavender soda while Todd choked on his coffee. Todd looked at me, to Emily, to Callie and then back to Emily.
"Are you not shook?? Is this normal to you?!"
Emily sighed and rubbed the bridge of her nose.
"What lousy pack did you join? Better not be the fucking Shadow...whatevers."
"Emily, language. Don't wanna be a bad influence on Alicia.
"No, I didn't. Callie and I are apart of the Stargaze pack."
Callie looked into Emily's eyes and gripped her wrist.
"How do you know about the Shadowstalkers? Did you make any deals? How. Do. You. Know. Them."
"All I know is that my idiot brother was turned and his pack hunted me down. Probably still hunting actually. Something about me being the inferior sibling."
Callie leaned back into her chair and stared at me and Todd. She nodded and looked back at Emily.
"Shadowstalker's are known for being 'superioir'. Maybe that's why they claim that. All I know is that they track their members for months. Always siblings too. Even within the pack, if a pup is born and cannot survive...it is killed."
Callie's head hung low, her hands released Emily's wrist and decided to tightly clench themselves.
" Well then...that was depressing. So, if you don't mind. Alicia, Emily...im gonna go get that guys number. Wish me luck."
Todd then got up and sat at the counter near where the guy was sitting in boredom. I looked at Emily and pushed the contract that was still on the table towards her, along with the pen.
"So should I sign it?"
"I don't know, Alicia. Did you even read it?"
"Kinda, i guess. It's mostly just welcome to the pack and some base rules. Mostly about not to challenge Alpha."
Callie let out a short laugh, almost like a bark.
"Yeah, don't do that. Last person to challenge Alpha was Winston."
"Who?"
"Exactly. It was the fastest surrender ever recorded, 11.27 seconds."
"There's also rules about Chip."
Callie flinched at the name, but she covered it pretty quick. I have to remember to ask about that later.
"Who's Chip? They sound nice. Nicer than Todd atleast."
"Yeah, he's like 10."
Callie suddenly interuppted.
"11 actually, 11 and a half technically."
Emily and I both looked at Callie, surprised.
"Sorry."
"It's ok dude, anyway. It says you 'cannot bully, beat, mistreat, threaten, or under any way harm the Omega. If said Omega requests anything , it is our job as packmates to help.' And that's like straight from the contract itself."
Emily quickly read over the contract and looked at me.
"It says that this has to be signed and returned on or before the next full moon? You do know that's tomorrow right?"
I looked at Callie and she gave me a sheepish grin.
"I was gonna tell you, but I never got the chance..."
"Alicia are you sure you want to do this??"
"Yeah, all I need is for you and Todd to promise secrecy and then I can move into...the den? I think that's what it's called..."
Callie nodded and looked at Emily.
"Don't worry M'am. Alicia will be safe, the pack will be watching over her."
Emily nodded and handed the pen over to me.
"Sign away, Rose"
I let put a sigh of disgust at my nickname(s) and signed the contract in various places. As I signed the last dotted line the runes on the pen glowed and I felt a burning sensation on my neck. I dropped the pen and gasped. As I picked the pen back up Todd returned to the table. He seemed dejected, and I noticed he didn't have a piece of paper or a number written anywhere. He looked at me and his eyes seemed to light up and he smirked.
"When didja get the cool tat dude? I hadn't noticed it before."
"What? What tattoo?"
"Welcome to Stargaze Alicia!"
I got out my phone and took a picture of where I felt the burn. As I looked at the picture I noticed it was of pawprints. They seemed to have small stars in the paw, it all looked pretty nice actually. Callie put her arm onto the table and showed her tattoos.
"Nice! Almost identical to mine! I think you have more stars though..."
I stood in a dazed stupor until Emily sharply turned to looked at Todd.
"So, how'd the number gathering go?"
Todd sighed and sat down, slouching in the chair.
"Turns out he's straight...and a homophobe. He told me i'm 'going to hell.' I don't know if i'll ever find anybody, Emily."
Callie smiled sadly at him as Emily pat his back.
"You'll find someone Todd, now lets go get my stuff from the House and move it to my new room!"
Everybody finished their drinks and we walked out of the caffè. I smiled and thought to myself.
"Well that went better than I thought it would."
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Guys im so excited to see where this story takes me. I really like where it's gone so far!! Im sorry if the updates are slow, sometimes i don't feel like writing and I hope you guys understand. Im gonna hang with the fam for the 4th of July, so idk if i'll update this weekend.
Well, bye mah dudes~