Chasing Death

Chapter 6 - Chasing Death

We both woke up to a knock on Marie's door. A head popped through the door. It was a woman. She was the chef I saw putting food out yesterday, Michelle. She smiled politely before speaking. "Sorry to intrude Marie, but Josh asked me to wake you both due to the time being after noon and he wants another word with Bobbie. He said to get ready and come down for breakfast and he shall speak to Bobbie after that."

Marie stood up, thanked Michelle and then walked towards her bathroom. "You go get ready, there's some clothes in the wardrobe of your room. I'll come get you when im ready and we can go down together. You remember the way to your room right? Its next to this one, turn left when you walk out." With a brief glance over her shoulder, she walked into her bathroom and locked the door.

I stood up and began to stretch. I quickly made my way to my room for a shower before sitting on the bed, waiting for Marie. After waiting ten exhausting minutes, I decided to turn on the TV and flick through channels. After another ten minutes of wasting time, Marie finally knocked on my door and we went downstairs for breakfast. 

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An hour or so had passed since breakfast. Josh and I had gone for a walk whilst we chatted in more detail about life in my old pack. We came to a large lake just inside his pack territory and decided to sit on a large rock near the edge as Josh began to ask more questions.

"I'm a bit bored talking about me now Josh. Lets talk about you shall we?" I interrupted him. 

He gave me an unsure look before replying with a smirk. "And what would you like to know Miss Sanders?" I think he meant that to be funny. It wasn't. I'm going to have to teach some of mine.

"Anything! I dont know your age, your middle name or even why you became an alpha so young! Your dad is still alive so I dont see any reason." I decided to leave the joke teaching for later. 

"I'm 19, almost 20. My birthday is September 1st. My middle name is Matthew. As for my reason for being alpha, my mother died last year. My dad didn't want to lead the pack without a Luna and so he stepped down in hope that I would find my mate soon."

"I'm sorry to hear about your mother." I decided to lighten the mood. "Well, at least you have Marie! In 6 months you two will be able to mate and then the pack will have a Luna!" His smile didn't return. It looked almost like he was scowling. "Right?" 

"I like Marie, I really do. I just don't see her as my mate, I don't believe she is my mate. I know why she wants to be with me, I understand, but I don't think its the right reason to mate someone. I know shes not my true mate. I wont break it off with her though, she needs me. If I broke up with her, she could break. She'd be scared, just like her sister was! I wouldn't put her through what her sister went through, especially after how that ended." He opened up to me. I was shocked. He only met me recently, yet he feels able to open up to me about something so delicate. "Please don't tell her Bobbie. I know you two are close, but i think i should do it, when I think shes ready and can handle it."

"You want some advice Josh?" He nodded. "Don't wait for her to settle with this. The sooner you tell her, the better. If you stay with her, she might miss the chance with someone else, that person could be her true mate. Don't hold her back because you think she cant handle it. You love her, just, more as a brother who wants to protect her from hurt."

"I suppose you're right. She isn't going to take it well though. Neither is my dad, he wants the pack to have a Luna soon, even if she isn't my true mate. I don't even know why I'm opening up to you like this, I never open up to anyone. Maybe its because you have a different perspective on life. You've seen the world at its worst and so you might only see ways of making things better, because maybe you don't think they can get any worse."

"Youre right about me seeing the world at its worst, but anything can spiral further down until their is no way out. Speaking of which, I've decided that whilst I am here, I am going to teach you how to have a sense of humour. I get the feeling that with being a serious Alpha all the time, youve never had one before."

"What are you talking about?! I have a brilliant sense of humour! Tell me a joke, I guarantee I will find it funny if its supposed to be!" He tried to convince me. 

"Why did the mushroom go to the party?" He shrugged. "BECAUSE HE WAS A FUN GUY!" I burst out laughing. I know you're not supposed to laugh at your own jokes, but this one makes me laugh every time!

Josh's face stayed exactly the same as before the joke. "I dont find that funny."

"I told you! You have no sense of humour! FUN GUY! F-U-N-G-I switched for F-U-N-G-U-Y! How can you not find that funny! I am going to make you laugh before I ever leave your pack! Im going to make it my mission in life!" My laughter died down and soon we were both just staring at the sky.

I looked over at Josh to see that he had also looked at me at the same time. I blushed slightly of embarrassment and looked away. "Awwwww, Bobbie got caught staring at my face! Shes all embarrassed because she was hoping to check me out and now she cant without being noticed!" Josh started blabbering in as if there was an audience listening to his commentary.

"Shut up Josh! That's not true! I just thought it was weird that we both looked at each other at the same time! And there was me thinking that you were going to be sensible and serious all of the time. Now i realise how wrong I was." I rolled my eyes and started staring at the sky again.

"Oh Bobbie, you have much to learn. When I'm not in front of my father or the elders, I am always like this! Twenty four hours a day, seven days a week!" He put emphasis on the always before chuckling and looking up to the sky again.

[A/N] So I'm hoping that this chapter is getting longer :) My offer is still open to any cover makers. I really want one without any faces of characters on it (Bodies or a character from behind is ok, just no face). Pictures of a character can ruin the image of a scene for a person who imagines a story as they read it if that makes sense... so i would love one without any if anyone is good at them :) 

Sorry if I seem really picky but i want the perfect cover - im sort of a perfectionist XD

Like always, vote to save a unicorn and encourage turtles to talk to humans! We're getting closer to achieving guys!

P.s. Dedicated to AnglesRayne for her lovely comment on liking my different take on mates :)