My Secret

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

I tried to swallow the lump in my throat as I looked at myself, "Carly," I groaned quietly shaking my head. I knew it, I knew I shouldn't have let her convince me to wear this stupid dress. The truth is I had just agreed because I didn't want to fight with her. That and the fact that she had pointed out that Samuel would be going to this mega party.

"Samuel Owens will be there Bria! He needs to see how hot you can dress!" she had exclaimed.

Hot? Yeah right! I looked like a stuffed burrito, and I was going to kill her for it.

It was the weekend, and I was spending the night over at her house, I had spent the whole morning telling her all about Sam, and how sweet he had been with me these last couple times we hung out. I told her all about how I liked him, and how he liked me back. I left out the part where he asked me to be his mate though, I didn't want Carly worrying, I knew she was still anxious about not finding her own mate.

When I told her how much I liked Sam, I also confessed how I had felt when I had seen him and Madison speaking at school. How much it had bothered me when I saw how close she was leaning towards me. She had laughed and said "Bria it almost sounds like you're his mate!" Which of course made me bite my tongue.

There was no way I could mate with someone, besides, I knew it was the male shifter who had to pick his mate, not the other way around. But still, the fact that I didn't want to picture Madison one inch near Sam made me slightly worry. Why was I feeling like this all of a sudden? Sort of...possessive?

Carly was beyond ecstatic, she couldn't believe there was finally a boy I was interested in. As my best friend, she claims this was the day she had been waiting for her entire life. Of course it made me roll my eyes, she was an unstoppable force sometimes!

Tonight, there was going to be a party, one of our good old friends Nate was turning 19 and he was going to have the biggest party ever. Nate is really nice and friendly, and he's practically friends with everyone, so of course he invited practically every shifter in the school. Including Sam.

I wasn't planning on going, parties aren't really my thing, mostly because I get depressed after seeing how many shifter girls rock the tiny dresses they wear, and I look like a sack of potatoes. But when Sam asked if I was going I couldn't help but say yes almost instantly! Which I totally regret now.

So here I was, dressed in one of Carly's little dresses, hating myself for having a big mouth and saying yes.

"Carly, this doesn't fit" I complained trying not to look at myself in the mirror.

"Yes it does! We're basically the same size," I heard her yell back.

I peeked at myself and groaned, "Don't you have another dress I could borrow? Something a little less revealing?" I pleaded. I was in a ridiculous black tiny dress, it clung to me so tightly it was almost like a second skin. I put my arms around my stomach, you could see my stomach and how huge it was.

Of course this would look great on Carly, the girl has a body of a model! But on me, God I looked cheap!

"Carly," I whined.

She swung the door open to the bathroom and looked at me up and down, her mouth dropped a little "Well look at you! You look freaking hot!" she grinned excitedly.

I rolled my eyes "Be real," I sighed.

"You do!" she smiled widely "The dress looks better on you than it does on me!" she grabbed my shoulders and twirled me around so she could see every angle of my body. "You're wacko!" I said lowering my eyes down to the floor.