Our Mate

Chapter 10

                  We finally finished putting all the clothes into the drawers. I plopped down on the bed.

  "That was work..."Mist sighed plopping down next to me.

"I really like David, I think he's cute."

  "Well, that came out of nowhere!" Mist exclaimed. "What's with the confession?"

"I don't know, if you wanna know something, I feel like instead of you invading my thoughts I can just tell you."

  "Well, uh... Thanks for opening up?" Mist sat up and faced me.

"You know that I've never had a boyfriend in my life." I quipped.

  "Yes...Where are you going with this?" 

"I-uh... I wanna make this work with David. I don't want to screw this up." I explained.

  "I thought you didn't want a mate?" Mist said with a smirk.

"Well, maybe I just uh... Maybe I..." I stuttered.

  "Get it together girl! Why are you telling me this?" Mist laughed.

"I don't know, I didn't want a mate and-"

  "Wait...Didn't? As in past tense?" 

"Yes, I never thought a guy could be so considerate and thoughtful, but David he-he... He thinks of everything!" 

  "You go love sick on me, I will hurl." Mist said rolling her eyes.

I sat up as well. "Oh Mist I don't think I'll be able to control myself! He's just so gorgeous-Ah! I feel a swoon coming on!" I exclaimed falling on top of Mist.

  "Oh my God, get off of me!" Mist screamed.

"Can't, I fainted." I laughed opening one eye then quickly closing it.

  Mist pushed me off the bed.

"Dude!" I whined.

  "Oh good, you're up!" Mist laughed.

I laughed as well shaking my head.

  Mist and I were in our pajamas figuring out each and every channel. 

There was a knock on the door. 

  Mist and I turned to it.  "Come in!" We both said.

David walked in.  "Hey girls!" He greeted with a smile.

   He was wearing a pair of sweat pants and T-shirt and his hair was pulled into a man bun. 

"I want you all to meet my staff."

  Mist and I got down from the bed and walked downstairs with David.

There was a line of about 5 people. The first was a man, about 5"10 in height. He was bald and white. He was wearing a white button up T-shirt and dark blue slacks.

"This is  Marcus." David quipped. He moved down the line to the next person.

   It was a female she was about 5"4 and she had long silky dark hair that was braided in two.  She was very pretty.

"This is Katelyn, but she goes by Kat or Kitty. Coincidence, I think not." David laughed.  

  Mist and I giggled.

"This is Anne."

The next on in line was another female, she was maybe 5"6, taller than most women I know. She had short black hair with white frosted tips. She was wearing jean shorts and a T-shirt.

  David moved down the line again.

There stood a man who had to be at least 6"8, He towered over David, me and Mist. He wore a white T-shirt and dark slacks. His hair was spiked to a tip, he had to be at least, 26.

  "This is Zane." David Quipped. "He will mostly be your watch dog, he'll be there to make sure you're okay and protect you."

  "From what?" Mist asked.

David shrugged. "Anything."

  Zane smirked at us.

David moved down the line. "This is Marie."

  Marie was a beautiful blonde, her hair was pulled into two space buns. She was wearing a white blouse with a black skirt and fishnet tights. Marie was about 5"4.

  "Everyone, these are my mates, Samantha and Mist." David introduced.

Mist and I awkwardly waved.

  "Nice to meet the both of you!" Marie beamed.

I smiled a little.

  David looked back and forth between me and Mist and the group with a giant grin.

'God, he's so cute.' I thought.

A small child ran into the room and jumped on top of David. 

  David yelped.

A lion cub came running close behind, he jumped on top of David as well.

  I laughed quietly to myself.

David sat up. "Maddie, Alex!" He exclaimed holding them. "What are you both doing here?!"

  "Mommy said we can come see you since we're here early!" Maddie explained.

"Question is, why are you early?" David pressed on. He set the two children down and stood to his feet.

  "What, is it a crime to want to see your favorite nephew?" A woman asked walking into the conversation.

  She was tall, mostly legs. She had flowing dark raven hair and piercing dark eyes. She was overall stunning.

"Definitely not a crime aunt Claire, especially when the nephew was looking forward to seeing his favorite aunt!" 

  David walked toward the woman and hugged her tightly.

"You know, I heard that!" A woman called from around the corner.

"Aunt Jessie!" The kids cried running over to the second woman.

  "I-I was only just saying that for her sake, of course you're my favorite Aunt, Aunt Jessie!" David said nervously.

  The girls snickered to themselves as they watched David give Jessie a side hug while crossing his fingers behind his back.

   "Oh, everyone! These are my mates, Samanta and Mist!" David introduced.

"Hi!" They said with small waves.

  The kids stepped away from them and the aunts looked concerned.

"Guess we're not the favorite anything." Mist grumbled folding her arms.

  "Don't take it too personally," David pleaded, "Like how you haven't met a lion shifter,they haven't met a wolf shifter.Please forgive them."

  "You have two mates David?" Claire asked.

"Well, Mist is Samantha's wolf, and their body just split in two, separating them!" 

   David leaned back towards the girls.

"I didn't miss anything did I?" He asked.

  "Nope that's pretty much it!" Samantha beamed.