Hard to Love a Wolf [BOOK 1]

Chapter Fourteen

The feeling of movement followed by a grunt and arms around me was enough to wake me up. I struggled to open my eyes as I noticed Sweetpea, eyes closed, and I could feel him dragging his thumb gently against my skin in a back and forth motion. I leaned up a bit, just enough to see my alarm clock reading nearly four in the morning. "Go back to bed" Sweetpea mumbled, and I looked down at him, eyes still closed as I rolled my eyes.

I sat up a bit more, him moving his arms as I did so. I rubbed my eyes with the palms of my hands "I thought you would have left" I said with a raspy voice. "Why?" he asked, keeping a hand on my hip as he laid on his back. "Because friends with benefits typically don't stay over" "Well I do occasionally" I looked at him as he was already looking up at me, causing my heart to flutter. His usually hardened face was softened, scowl nowhere in sight.

He reached his hand up, resting it against my cheek gently, he glided his thumb against my bottom lip as he watched his own movements. As my heart fluttered, my eyes rested on his even if he wasn't looking at mine. Almost as he had caught himself doing something that he shouldn't have been, he quickly pulled his hand away and laid it against his chest. I turned just enough to lay beside him, my head resting on his shoulder, and my arm over his torso as I moved my leg to lay on his.

I made small tracks with my index finger on his lower torso where my hand rested as I stared at the small bite and bruises around his tattoo from the night before. It was peaceful, just the two of us laying there with no noise, nobody to bother us or catch us.

I had drifted back off into a slumber, before waking up to the loud alarm, quickly I flung my arm over to turn it off. I groaned as I laid for a minute before leaning back, looking around as I realized Sweetpea wasn't here anymore, making a frown make its way across my lips momentarily before I got up and started to get ready for school.

When finished I quickly made my way to the kitchen where my brother was making himself a bowl of cereal. Without words or even a glance, I started to make one too. As we sat awkwardly at the bar, a seat between us we ate. There was a knock on the door, and I heard foot steps before my mother flashed by to open it. "Good morning boys come on in they're just finishing up breakfast" I got odd the stool and made my way to the sink, quickly grabbing my stuff from the counter as the boys rounded the corner.

Sweetpea's hickies very visible, even with his jacket. Mine were mostly covered by my shirt and collar of my jacket. "I'm ready to go actually" I say as they turn right back around, and I follow close behind. I really didn't care to be at school today, I knew I needed to tell Veronica about Archie asking me on a date and I was afraid she'd blame me.

On the drive to school, I had decided as soon as I walk into Biology with Fangs, to go straight to her. Now I stood, staring at Veronica as Kevin gave me an odd look, the girl smiling. "What's up, Adelina?" my heart started to race. "I have to tell you something, and I don't want you to be mad. Archie asked me on a date last Thursday, I told him no, but I thought you should know about it" I said quickly as Kevin's eyes widened at me.

"Oh, I know. He told me about it when I asked him if we could talk again, and he told me about it. I'm totally okay with it, I'm actually kind of seeing Reggie now" I looked at her for a minute. "Wait, are you encouraging me to date your ex?" "Yeah, you haven't gotten a date and you've been here for months! Go test the waters out a bit, see if you like him, all that" I thought for a moment. Not about her, or Archie, but Sweetpea. Obviously, all that was there was sex, so maybe it was in my best interest. "Okay, I'll go on one date" I tell her, as she smiles and claps her hands together. "Here he comes, go!" I turned around as I watched Archie walking in, eyes on his feet as he made his way to his desk, sitting with Ethyl.