You Can Call It Love [H.S]

Chapter 1

"I was made for loving you. Even though we may be hopeless hearts just passing through. I don't know what we should do. All I know is darling I was made for loving you." - Ed Sheeran Made for loving you.

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*Alaska's POV*

It was a perfect Saturday morning. The sun was shining, creating a tantalizing heat in the air, causing a thin layer of sweat to form on my body. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and not even a breeze to cool down the scorching earth.

I was sitting at the dining table, eating my pancakes and watching through the window as the little kids next door ran through the water of the sprinkler in their little bathing suites.

"Alaska, honey. Would you please do me a favour?" My mom asked as she rushed around trying to get ready for work. "Sure mom." I chirped. I was in an incredibly happy mood today and it was all thanks to the fact that today was the first day of summer.

"Would you please go to the bank and deposit this?" She asked, handing me a white zipped bag. I took it from her and raised an eyebrow. "What is it?" I asked.

"It's the deposit for the house. I finally managed to scrape the money together." Mom said, giving me small laugh.

Since my dad left when I was little my mom had to work two jobs to provide for us. To pay the mortgage and buy food and also pay for my private school.

It was extremely uncommon for a marked mate to leave another seeing as it provided the other with extremely excruciating, physical pain. Not as bad as when a marked mate dies though.

But my dad still left. Regardless of the pain he caused my mom. I still don't know why though. Guess I would never know.

I thought all of this while staring at my mother's mark, proudly displayed on her ring finger. A black outlining of a Ying Yang sign. I silently wondered where my father's mark was.

"Of course mom." I said in a kind voice. "Thank you so much sweetie." She said and kissed me on top of my head. "I would do it myself, but as you know I barely have any time for myself nowadays." She added.

I chuckled and watched her collect the last of her stuff, grabbing her keys and throwing it in her handbag. "Bye Darling! See you tonight! I'll bring pizza." She called and exited the house, slamming the door shut with a loud bang. "Love you too." I called, a small smile growing on my face.

I hummed to the tune of a Taylor Swift song as I was inside my car, driving to the bank in town to deposit the money. As soon as the song was over, an obnoxious voice filled my car and I turned the dial, making the voice echo softer.

I listened as the voices on the radio talked about sports and weather. Declaring that the rest of the week would be just as perfect as today. I smiled at the thought. If the rest of the week could be this perfect then I wouldn't mind one bit.

"Next we have Stacey on our 30 second news repeat. Stay tuned." The man's voice said. It peaked my interest and I turned the volume up a little bit, ready to listen.

"Breaking news! The infamous gang of five strikes again yesterday when they robbed a bank in Atlanta! Police are still on the lookout and urge everyone to be careful around strangers as no one knows what they actually look like. They are highly dangerous and extremely violent."

The women spoke through the speakers. I raised my eyebrows at that. Atlanta? That wasn't too far from here actually. I can't believe they still haven't caught these people. They were some of the most wanted criminals in the US.

"Next up we have Jerry telling us more about Happy, the talking dog." Her voice continued and made me roll my eyes, turning down the volume again as I parked in the parking lot of the bank.

I grabbed my purse and the Zippy bag and got out of the car. I shut the door and locked it and slowly made my way into the big, grey building. I smiled lovingly at an elderly couple walking past me.

Their marks displayed on their necks as they lovingly gazed at each other. Their marks were in the forms of small feathers, folding upwards like a horn.

I only wish that when I meet my mate some day, that we'd be as in love as this couple is.

I sighed happily, completely content as I made my way to stand in the que of the tills, waiting to be helped. It was still hot, still making a thin layer of sweat glisten on my skin.

I swiped at the clear liquid on my exposed stomach. The shirt I was wearing reached just above my belly button and my shorts hung low, proudly showing off my toned body and my mate's mark on my lower back.

My mark was of two little swallows, each printed perfectly on either side of my back spreading next to my spine on each side.

Suddenly, a warm feeling spread through out my body. Creating a blissful and unfamiliar feeling inside of me. I glanced around the bank, confused at what I just experienced.

No one seemed to notice anything as the same content faces surrounded me. Everyone was oblivious to whatever I just experienced.

I was snapped out of my thoughts by a young man clearing his throat.

"Excuse me! Miss? Can I help you?" He asked. He was sitting in front of me behind a dark wooden desk and looking up at me from behind his glasses.

"Oh! Yes thank you... James." I said with a big smile, reading his name off his tag proudly pinned on the breast of his left shoulder.

I hadn't even noticed the line in front of me had evaporated.

I sat down in front of him and handed him the zip-up bad my mother had given me. "I've come to make a deposit on our mortgage." I stated. He nodded once and started typing away on his computer.

"Name?" He asked.

"The mortgage is under, Stella Frey." I said.

He nodded again and typed away. "I'm gonna have to see some I.D." He said

I took out my wallet and rummaged around for my I.D. Luckily I always carry it with me. I finally found it and handed it to him. He took it from me and placed it on top of the scanner.

Everything that happened next, happened in slow motion.

James typed on his keyboard.

The same warming feeling crept over my body, sending goose bumps over my skin.

And then I heard a high pitched scream.

A gun shot sounded loudly through the bank.

People fell to the floor.

And then I heard his voice...

"Everyone down on the ground, NOW!"

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