Soulmated: Love me Alpha

Here we go

The smell of cooking hot dogs and hamburgers on a grill engulfed me as I stepped into the backyard of a cute little home in the middle of the woods. There were so many people at this party, practically too many to fit the backyard. I dreaded the thought of being the smallest person at the party, besides the little kids. Everyone towered over my mother and me.

The other thing that bothered me a little was that there weren't any lights, only the moonlight. It wasn't a full moon, but close to one and bright enough. Everyone seemed comfortable enough without the lights, though, so I let it go.

My mother pointed a few people out to me before meeting them, most of them her past friends, some she's never met before. One of my mom's old friends, Dot, had a daughter that was the same age as me, to my relief.

Dot's daughter had medium length, wavy strawberry blond hair and chocolate brown eyes. She also looked about six foot tall. I must be like a doll to these people.

The girl smiled genuinely at me as we walked up to her and her mother. "Hi!" she said, giving a small wave. "I'm Mandy."

"Haley," I said, returning the smile.

"Why don't you show her around, Mandy," Shelly offered, "make her more comfortable."

Mandy nodded excitedly. "No problem."

My mother and Dot nodded and both of us took their leave, chatting away frenziedly with each other, which was an odd sight considering my mother was never a social person, she always kept to herself. We watched as both our parents left to mingle with the crowd.

I noticed that Mandy wasn't with anyone. "My mom told me there'd be more kids here my age but you're just about the only one I've seen so far," I admitted.

"The boys will be here soon, unfortunately," she said, scrunching her face up like she tasted something sour.

"The boys?" I inquired.

"You'll know when you see them. There are other girls our age too, they just decided not to come," she said and rolled her eyes. I sensed a certain bitterness but decided not to question it. Mandy winced and took off her flip flops. "You want to sit down? My feet hurt."

"Okay," I said, and followed her to an empty picnic table at the end of the yard.

Plopping down on the bench next to me she asked, "So how old are you?"

"Sixteen," I answered. "You?"

"Same," she answered excitedly. "Maybe we'll be in some of the same classes next year!"

"Maybe," I drawled. "I don't know, though. My mom likes to move around a lot so we might not even be here by the end of the summer. Who knows?"

Mandy smiled. "I doubt that that."

This made me chuckle and shook my head. "Obviously you don't know my mother."

"It's not her call to make," Mandy said. "Trust me, you'll be here for a long time."

What the hell was that supposed to mean? I wanted to ask but decided against it and instead let out a few dry chuckles.

I changed the subject. "So, are there any cool places to hang out around here? I've about one convenience store and a shady looking library..."I trailed off because the party seemed to have gone into a hush. Everyone's heads faced one direction towards the gate at the other side of the yard. I was about to ask what was going on until they walked in.

Entering the yard walked a big, burly looking guy with short, dark brown hair. He wore a white t-shirt, stretching tight over his enormous body and torn dark blue jeans. He was tall, tanned and not one inch of fat on his body, just pure muscle. He also looked about my age. Following him were two boys, one with blond hair and the other short red. The red head glowered at everything around him.