The Alpha's Mate

Chapter 2

My eyes stung as I opened them only to be blinded by a searing white light. I heard a beeping in the distance and it didn't take me long to realize it was the alarm. School! I shot out of the bed like a rocket but immediately regretted my decision. I hissed as a pain similar to a red hot poker ignited my bones. I stumbled over to the bathroom. I closed the door before I turned the light on so as not to wake the others, then I turned to face the mirror to inspect the damage. I cringed as I saw the reflection staring back at me. I had a huge black eye and a bust up lip. I carefully lifted off the top of my pj's that the girls had obviously put on me.

All over my torso were swollen, black bruises. I ran my hand over them and once again hiss as another jolt of pain sprang through my body, eminating from my chest. Great! just what I needed, a broken rib. I ran my hand through my long, wavy hair. I almost cried when handfuls of it came apart in my hands. I was always so pround of my locks. It was the only attractive thing I had with my boring dull brown eyes and pig nose. I pulled the bottoms down as well so I was standing only in my underwear. My legs were a similar back/blue colour to my flat stomach. To be honest, I was relieved that this was the only damage done. Some birthday, huh? I finished stripping and stepped into the shower, allowing the warm water to flow through my pores, calming down the raging fire on the surface of my skin.

Once I was done I carefully wrapped myself in a towel and made my way back into the bedroom, leaving the shower on for Hope. Instead of waking her up straight away, however, I decide to get dressed first. I couldn't let them see me like this. I decided to wear a black long sleeved top with a high neck along with some dark blue (almost black) skinny jeans. I took some underwear and stepped behind the screen I had put up for us so we could change in private. I put the clothes on, careful not to disturb my delicate skin too much. I had to at least look slighly normal for school despite how painful it was every time a took a step.

I walked over the large bed we all shared and gently shool the black beauty awake. Even after a full night of tossing and turning, she still managed to wake up stunning. Her eyes fluttered open and she glared at me. Oh yeah! She also had the attitude of a lion when it came to mornings; very aggressive.

"You need to go and get into the shower." I whispered to her. She let out a low groan but did as she was told without argueing. This was just the normal morning routine. We acted like last night never happened. I went out the room to see what I could muster up for breakfast. I sighed when I found both the fridge and the cupboard empty. Looks like we were going to be eating out. I went into the living room and flicked on the TV to see One Tree Hill starting up. My favourite show.

After the second advert all four of them came trailing out. Hope was wearing a tight white top that showed off a bit of her belly, a leather miniskirt over black leggings and some heeled lesbian boots which had a thick grey wool rim. Alfie was wearing an old baggy top with skinny jeans. Katrina had a plain white tank top underneath a baggy hot pink crop top. She teamed it together with some light blue jeggings and white ballet flats. Rosy had on a white long sleeved top with a short sleeved denim jacket. She also had on some white skinny jeans and sky blue high tops. My beautiful family.

During the next two adverts I finished getting ready. I left my hair down in wavy red curls to frame my face and added lots of eye makeup to cover my eye such as foundation and smokey eyeshadow. I also added mascara and painted my lips red to cover the cut. I was pretty much the only female in my family who needed makeup to actually look pretty.

I slowly slid on my ankle boots and brown leather jacket and went to round up the others. When I got back into the living room Hope was just finishing off buttoning up Rosy's puffy pink coat. The tension in the room was so intense that it made me shiver, I grabbed my keys and opened the door for them, letting them trail on in front of me. I locked up and jogged over to catch them up. We had to walk to school because I haven't got any money or time to get driving lessons. I grabbed Rosy's hand and Katrina snuggled into my side as the crisp morning air bit into us. I lead them up the road and onto the high street. We continued to walk along the street huddled together until we got to the 24 hour Tesco's. The younger ones ran inside to pick out what they wanted while I hung back with Hope as she lit a cigarette.