My Siobhan

Chapter 10

Next day Shivey and Coral were up bright and early. They were about to sit down to breakfast when there was a knock on the front door. "Dish up!" yelled Shivey, "I'll get the door."

"Hey," grinned Seth. "I wasn't sure how early you wanted me here, so I figured..." he shrugged.

Shivey opened the door wider so he could come in, shutting it behind him. "Have you eaten?"

"I could eat." Was his response. "Oh and I brought clothes for tonight!"

Shivey laughed and looking towards Coral as they entered the kitchen, found she'd already placed another plate on the table. "What?" Coral said, "He's starting to grow on me."

Seth grinned giving her a kiss on the cheek. "Thank you." He put his clothes on a side chair, then waited like a gentleman for both women to take their seats before taking a seat himself. Between mouthfuls he told Shivey that his father was cool with what his mother had said to her and he couldn't wait to go looking at courses later today. Then he got all quiet.

Coral and Shivey exchanged glances, waited for a couple of minutes, but when he still remained silent they knew something was bugging him. "Seth," began Shivey, "what's wrong?"

He remained silent, as if thinking on what to say then, "Thomas said he ran into you yesterday on his way home. Did you really call him..." he saw the curious expression on Corals face and said "never mind. Umm... I told my folks you invited me for dinner tomorrow night and that it's Mexican. I told them Taren and Owen were coming. Thomas, I think he kinda figured, maybe he should go too. I mean like maybe you might have overlooked... forgotten to ask... him maybe?"

"Shit!" said Coral. "I didn't even think of protocols. In any case it's up to Shivey. They both turned to her.

"Geezzzz! What do you want me to do! For God's sake, all I wanted to do was ask Taren over for dinner so that creep would leave me alone." She glared at both of them. "Fine!" Shivey left the table to get her phone. When she came back she was in the middle of writing a text to Taren letting him know it was okay to bring Thomas as well if he wanted too, because Seth would be there. She hit send and looked up.

"What!"

"Please tell me that isn't how you've been communicating with our Alpha?" all the colour had drained from Coral's face.

"It's fine Coral. Taren might be my Alpha, but he's also my friend. I invited him here as my friend, not as my Alpha."

Shivey sighed and called Taren. He picked up on the third ring, "Siobhan, it's nice to hear your voice."

"I take it you don't like text messages either huh?" she shook her head, even though Taren couldn't see her. "Sorry, I forget myself sometimes and it's easier and quicker to text when I've got stuff to do... you know?" she really hoped he'd understand.

"It's fine Siobhan, I know what it's like to be in a rush. But I do like to hear your voice. So dinner tomorrow. Coral's cooking?"

"Umm, yes. Coral's a great cook and I figured it'd be a great way for us all to get to know each other better."

Taren smiled, trying not to laugh. His Siobhan was shy and uncertain of her feelings. It worried him that she didn't want to be alone with him, but considering her upbringing – the way she'd been treated, he couldn't really blame her. He'd need to go slow, not push. He needed for her to see that there was a possible 'something' there between them. He just hoped to god he had enough patience to wait her out.

"I tell you what, how about you make it up to me by letting me take you out to a nice lunch? I'll book a table at Margarites one day next week. What do you say?"