Saving Scarlett

Chapter 15

Chapter 15

Aiden's POV

We arrived at my apartment around 2 in the morning. Maverick continued to phase into a werewolf on the car ride over so we kept pulling over until he fell asleep. I carried Maverick into my bed and then sat Scarlet on my lap in the living room.

        "Is Maverick a werewolf?" Scarlet finally asked. I nodded. 

        "How?" asked Scarlet, panicked.

        "Reece is a werewolf, so Maverick is half werewolf," I started, "I'm also a werewolf, which..."

        "I already kinda knew..," Scarlet added.

        "Werewolves have things called mates, which is how they find their partner. They only have 1."

        "How do you know if someone is your mate," Scarlet asked, suspiciously.

        "Matching markings, a bunch of things but your mine, only mine," I said adjusting her to realize we are mates. 

        "Matching markings!?!? You could have told me this instead of just letting me wonder what the hell is on my back!" she exclaimed.

         "Are you okay?" I asked her. 

        "I will be, I just need you to hold me," Scarlet replied.

       I nodded, "Let's go to bed," I said pulling her to the bedroom. All of a sudden I have two other people in my bed when I'm used to it being just me.

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        I woke up and rolled over, glancing up at the clock. 10:28. Knowing I wasn't going to be able fall back asleep I headed to the bathroom. As soon as I opened the door I was greeted with very naked and wet Scarlet getting out of the shower. Before I could apologize she walked over and smiling.

        "Hey babe," Scarlet said, putting her arms around my neck, with a seductive look in her eyes. I was about to respond when a loud bang came from the kitchen. By the time I got there Maverick was covered in whatever he was attempting to make for breakfast. Maverick looked scared that he was gonna get in trouble. I grabbed the nearest food item, which happened to be whatever Maverick was trying to make, which looked a lot like pancake batter.

        "Shhh," I whispered to Maverick, hiding behind the fridge. He smiled, but went back to his orginal scared face when Scarlet appeared in legings and a tank top, fresh from her shower. She looked around at the mess Maverick made, and her eyes widened in shock.

     "Maverick!" she scolded as I snuck up behind her, "You have to be careful, Aiden doesn't want his apartment-." She stopped mid-sentence as I smeared the pancake batter down her face from behind.

       "Mommy!" screamed Maverick, running towards her for a hug. I wrapped my arms around her so she couldn't run. Scarlett screamed as Maverick came running at her and struggled to break free from my hold. Maverick enveloped her in a big hug and she squealed as the raw pancake batter got into her hair.

        After Maverick finally let go, Scarlett bolted to the fridge. She flung the door open and grabbed the first thing she saw, which happened to be an egg. She ran towards me and smashed it on my head. The gooey yolk began dripping down my head.

        "You asked for it." I threatened. Suddenly I was hit in the face with whipped cream, and so was Scarlett. We both turned to Maverick who had a mischevious look in his eyes.

        "Run." I said. Maverick tried to run but I easily caught him and began tickling his sides. Scarlett came running towards us with another egg, but she slipped on the pancake batter and fell to the ground.

        "Pile on mommy!" Maverick shouted squirming in my arms. I put him down and he went to tackle Scarlett. I joined him and we pinned Scarlett to the ground. She was laughing so hard, she had tears running down her face. in that moment I realized how much I loved Scarlett and Maverick, and I couldn't wait to become a family with them and have even more kids. Even though Maverick wasn't mine, I loved him like he was.