All Alone

Chapter 56: Dog Pile

Chapter 56 - Liz's POV

"I told you that I needed my sleep and now look at what you've done!" I screamed, pointing to the broken vase that lay on the ground, shattered to bits.

"Actually you broke-" Drake started to try to reason with me.

"Don't even start, Drake! I may have broken that vase but the cause of it was your fault!" I continued to yell bloody murder.

"Jesus Christ, Liz! Calm down! I'm sorry we were loud last night but let me tell you, it was worth it." He snickered.

Let me fill you in on what's happened. Last night, after we all came home from the mall, everyone went off to bed. Except Drake being Drake decided to call in an "old friend" from the school Drew and him had went to up here before coming to Wyoming. And they had sex the entire night! No one in the house got any sleep and I was beyond pissed. I did not need this, Mikayla was coming home tonight and I needed to be as calm as possible.

I started to shake. "I swear to God, if there wasn't a human girl upstairs, I'd beat your sorry ass right now." I felt my eyes shift colors as I growled.

Drake gulped, backing away slightly.

Just as I raised my fist to punch his face, I heard an unfamiliar patter of footsteps making their way downstairs.

"Drake?" A squeaky, high pitched voice called as a short blonde reached the bottom of the stairs. "What's going on? Who's this?"

She crossed her arms and glared at me. I now realized just how close Drake and I where and what it must've looked like to Drake's fling. I cleared my throat, making sure my eyes were back to their normal blue and turned around, a glare of my own settling on her.

"Get out of my house. You aren't welcome here anymore."

"Excuse me? Drake, are you going to let this bitch kick me out?" She whined.

I raised an eyebrow, unimpressed. "He has no authority over me, so you can leave now."

She gasped in outrage. "Drake! Be a man and show her who's in charge!"

"She is in charge." Drake said quietly, looking away from her.

"What do you mean she's in charge? She's just a slut who sleeps with every guy she lives with!"

Growls suddenly came from everywhere in the house, including Drake, but one sound stood out. A roar shook the floor beneath my feet as Demos stormed downstairs, running at the poor bitch. Michael and Nick rounded the corner looking equally as pissed, soon followed by Sarah, Drew, Brandon and Ashley. Even little Jocelyn looked angry.

You will not attack this human, no matter how disrespectfully and rude she may be. I ordered, the fear for my pack's safety becoming bigger than my anger.

They all stopped their pursuits and stood behind me as Nick stood at my side. Only Demos kept going, but stopped when I placed my hand on his chest.

"No." I whispered softly and shook my head. He nodded, looking at me with the softest expression before backing away and standing beside Nick.

I took my spot in between Nick and Michael again as Drake stepped up to stand next to me. "Elizabeth is not a slut, not even close. You're just jealous because you know you will never be as beautiful as her. And so what if she's in charge? Without her, a lot of us probably wouldn't even be alive. She feeds us and takes care of everything we need. She's the big sister I never got to have, but she's also the biggest mother hen I've ever met." He paused and laughed a little while shaking his head. "She can be stubborn and rude, but at the end of the day, she's there for me. For all of us. So if she says get out, then get out. I'm not about to argue because when you insult Elizabeth, you insult all of us."

A smile made it's way to my face and a tear slipped from my eye.

Thank you, Drake.

"Well, bye." Michael chirped as he and Brandon each grabbed one of the girl's arms and practically threw her out the door.

Michael turned around, an evil glint forming in his eyes before running towards me, yelling. "Group hug!"

My eyes widened. "Oh god."

Everybody dived towards me, and the next thing I knew, I was at the bottom of a dog pile. "Guys..." I gasped. "Can't... breathe."

"Do you think we're squishing her?" I heard Drake ask.

"Probably." I felt Michael shrug, resulting in him elbowing me in the stomach.

"Ouch!" I yelped. "Watch it, Michael." I growled warningly. "Or next time, I'll elbow you back."

He froze. "Okay, okay. Sorry. Alright, everyone up."

People groaned and complained as they slowly got off one another, pushing every now and then. Finally, as the last person got off me, I rolled over onto my back, arms and legs sprawled across the floor. I closed my eyes and sighed.

"Liz? You alright?"

"Just leave me here to die. Nick is now your Alpha." I cringed at the words, tasting foul on my tongue. I couldn't imagine not being Alpha, my pack meant everything to me.

"Hell no." I felt everyone shudder and shake their heads. "Not gonna happen."

"I definitely decline that offer." Nick grunted.

"Fine, I guess I'll still be your Alpha, but first, someone has to carry me up to my room. I wanna sleep." I groaned tiredly, the thought of my warm bed too much to resist.

Three pairs of feet made their way towards me but two stopped abruptly, clearly shocked by something. Strong arms wrapped around the back of my knees and underneath my arms.

"Don't you think I should carry her? After all, she is my girlfriend." Okay, so if Nick wasn't carrying me, then who was? I cracked my eyes open a bit and was surprised to see that it was Ben holding me securely in his arms. I suppose I should've been mad, considering I hadn't got my explanation yet, but I was too tired to care.

As I drifted off, I snuggled my face into his chest, despite my boyfriend being in the same room. I vaguely heard Ben's soft reply. "She was mine first."
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Ben's POV

I looked down at the angel who had fallen asleep in my arms. Her face looked so peaceful and content, as if all the worry and stress had vanished from her body. I knew she wouldn't let me ever hold her like this again, but as long as I got to hold her right here and now, I was fine with that. Pulling her closer, I buried my face in her hair, the familiar scent of vanilla and fresh pine washing over me. I sighed. I had missed this. Hell, I still missed this. I missed the way she used to wrap her arms around my waist and surprise me when she'd kiss my cheek. I missed the way she would put her hand in mine, interlacing our fingers.

I wanted nothing more than to be with her in that way again, but I knew I couldn't. She looked at Nick in a way that she had never looked at me. I decided I wouldn't tell her about my feelings a long time ago, I loved her too much. It would only end in anger and confusion.

I slowly pushed the door open to Liz's bedroom and walked over to her bed. Gently, I began to lay her down but a small voice stopped me.

"When I wake up, you better be sitting your ass right there next to me and explain to me why..." I looked down at her as she fell asleep halfway through her sentence.

"I will be here. Don't worry." I gently kissed her forehead and brushed the hair out of her face before pulling a chair to sit next to her. I sighed, this wasn't going to end well.

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