Moon picked mates

Chapter 3

Alisha POV

I dragged my sorry ass into my small one bedroom  apartment , dropping everything in my hands just  inside the door. Locking it behind me , I began to strip my clothes off as I walked the short distance to my bedroom. I passed the mess I left behind when I left for Montana. I'm not usually a very neat person but I wouldn't have left the place like this if I hadn't been in such a hurry. The food on the dishes and pans that were sitting on the counter had gotten hard , I could smell the rotten stuff in the garbage can . Things were tossed about on the couch and floor. It looked like someone left in a hurry and I had. Now I just added the clothes I had been wearing to the growing piles on the floor.

I'm not messing with cleaning it now and I turn a blind eye to my surroundings as I focus on one think...my bed. By the time I get to it I'm in nothing but my underwear , the trail behind leads from the door to here. I crawl into my unmade bed and am out like a light. Exhaustion winning out over all other things at this point. 

It seemed like I just fell asleep when someone is shaking me hard trying to wake me up, damn I feel like I'm in a earthquake. 

"Someone's going to die if they DON'T stop that shit right now. I'm not playing either" I don't have to open my eyes to know who's doing it. That's the awesome wolf thing happening right there, my sense of smell. It's my friend Paola , who before I knew about being a wolf, was my assigned protector and I had thought was my best friend . I had a bone to pick with her, I gave myself a little mental laugh at that one. You know bone and dog ,well wolf anyway.

At least the shaking has stopped , it amazes me how the threat of death makes things happen. Not that she is really afraid of me after knowing me for almost a year.

"Get your ass up" That's the one thing I love about her, she takes no shit from anyone just like me. Her accent isn't strong, but I can still detect it . She grew up bilingual and has travel to many countries before I knew her.

"I need a good reason, you do know that I just got back after being on a plane for almost fourteen freaking  hours. I'm entitled to get a little sleep ." I grumble at her, pulling my blanket over my head. Why did I ever give that girl a key to my place, oh right , because she was my friend.

"That was yesterday when you got back." She plops down on the side of my bed and starts to bounce on it making the bed shake. "I've been calling and texting you . And since I didn't get any reply here I am, now get up. No one needs to sleep that much and you have to get back on this time schedule. "

"Fuck" I pull the blanket off my face and open my eyes. Blinking a few times to focus on her,  who by the way was giving me the eye. "Did I really sleep almost twenty four hours?" 

"No , but I knew it would get you up. It is getting  late in the evening , almost six and you should get up now or you won't sleep tonight."  She moved off my bed and stood by the door.  "Let's go eat and you can catch me up on everything. But first ,you need a shower. That stink off you is really strong."

I throw my pillow at her and she leaves the room closing the door behind her. I drag myself out of bed and head to the bathroom.  I'm hungry and food is the real motivation that made me get up. I sniff the air  when I get there, ugh I do stink. I don't waste anytime getting into the shower.

When I'm cleaned and dressed , I head out of my bedroom to meet up with her. Looking around I see that the place doesn't look the same as when I got home. She used the time to clean up the small area, washing the dishes and sweeping the floors after picking them up.  

"Thanks for doing that, I had to leave in rush and it wasn't a priority at the time" It nice to not have to face this mess, the trip to the States just drained me.   I still have to unpack my bags but that won't take long. Mom did all my laundry so everything in them is clean and I don't have to deal with that. She is a awesome mom.