Alexia Eden (FairyTales Don't Exist) (27 page)

“Babe I promise that I will ONLY ever want YOU, I’m strong Lex and so is Sebastian and we both love you so very much. Look how Jax is with Ronny, some mates aren’t meant to be and as far as we are concerned…YOU are our mate.”

“Sebastian is your wolf? He loves me too?” I ask and
 Drake smiles as I see his eyes shift colours back and forth fighting for control over his wolf.

“I loved you from the moment I saw you at the waterfall Alexia.” Drake says in a different tone than usual, his eyes are dark brown now and I’m guessing its Sebastian talking not Drake.

“I love you too…Sebastian…” I smile and he roughly holds me and nuzzles my neck.

Drake falls asleep holding me tight, his heart is pounding so hard that I can feel it against my ear while I fall asleep to the sweet lullaby of his thumping heart.

I spend the rest of the weekend and most of the following week with all my friends hanging around, going to the mall, cinema and staying at their house. Frankie and Scarlett as well as Drakes parents invited me in with open arms and apologized for the way their children decided to spring the whole wolf thing on me.

 I decide to spend the rest of the school break with them, I’ve still got to tell them about not going to school with them after breaks over and that I am most probably going to move in with Alex too. Georgina has been avoiding me since our dinner on Friday and I’ve hardly seen her but she can’t run forever.

It’s around midday the following Saturday and it’s a really hot day so we decide to hit the beach, apparently most of the teens of the pack are already down there. I decide to wear my black and purple bikini covered by denim shorts and a plain black shirt that falls off my one shoulder.

I head to the beach with Ronny and Chloe, everyone else is meeting us there. We arrive and notice a couple people all sitting in a circle down on the beach. We walk down the pathway to the beach and I can’t help but spot Chelsea and her little bitch squad running around Jax and Drake.

“Arg, please don’t tell me they are werewolves too?” I moan to Chloe and Ronny who are laughing at the face I’m pulling with disgust.

“Sorry Hun but yeah she is. She hasn’t turned yet though, her birthday is the Saturday after graduation…” Ronny says, I look at her like how the hell does she know that?

“What? I’m good with birthdays, I actually remember walking past her talking about it in class the one day and I just remembered…don’t look at me like that! I just have a good memory!”  she yells defensively.

Me and Chloe laugh out loud, “You are crazy Ron.” I tell her and playfully push her as she shrugs. I start thinking about Chelsea’s birthday, I feel so sorry for whoever her mate is, that girl has hooked up with basically the whole pack apart from Drake and Mark.

Well I hope Drake hasn’t touched that…

Speaking of her birthday...
Oh God I share a birthday with her…Just GREAT!

Johnny told me that on my eighteenth birthday I'll find out whether I’m wolf or human and If I
 am indeed wolf, I may not survive the change. I’ve already arranged that I will spend the morning with my friends and arranged that I’ll be staying over at Alex’s where they will help with whatever happens, whatever the end result may be, whether I turn or not.

We head to where Jax and Drake
 are standing, but Drake doesn’t even notice I’ve arrived yet. It looks as if he’s in a serious conversation with Chelsea, she’s wearing a lumo pink bikini with a sarong wrapped around her waist and wedged heels on the beach…
what a tool
.

I put on my black and blue Ray bans, let my hair hang loose, it’s a little wavy because its been in a braid and just to top it off ,I pull off my shirt leaving me in my bikini top and denim shorts along with the tattoo that takes up the whole of my side, all on show.

I look at Ronny and Chloe who know what I’m up to, I wink and tuck my shirt through my belt loop near my back pocket and carry on walking. A few guys start whistling and looking me up and down.

"I think that got his attention.” Chloe says as her and Ron start laughing on either side of me.

“Damn straight.” I giggle along with them. I look over to a bare chested Jax who is staring from me to Drake, back and forth with an amused smirk on his face.

I finally look at Drake who is looking at the guys whistling then to what they’re looking at…which is me. He does a double take and I see him swallow and his eyes darken with lust, he looks me over
 and I tilt my head and smirk. Chelsea is still chatting to him but he’s obviously not hearing a word she’s saying, he brushes her off and makes his way over to me. He picks me up and swings me around and I start to laugh, he gives me a big long kiss and puts me down. I look over to where Chelsea was standing and she’s pulling a disgusted face, I wink at her.

“Damn babe, you’re going to have me fighting guys off of you!” Drake says as he looks me over again.

“I don’t mind fighting ‘em off!” Jax says as he comes up to me and gives me a big strong hug.

“Yeah that could be rather fun.” Drake says with a naughty smile as they both fist bump.

They pull me over to where Ronny, Chloe, Rachel and Mark are all lying on towels away from the crowd. I greet Rachel and Mark and give them hugs as Drakes throws down a towel for me to lie on. I lie down on my stomach with Drake sitting next to me on the sand and Jax lying on the other side of me also tanning his back.

“Who’s Talon and Tyler?” Drake asks out of the blue as he stares at my tattoo.

Oh shit I forgot about that…how am I going to explain this to them?

“Oh…um…they were my dogs.” I lie.

"You got your dog’s names tattooed on your body?” Jax says as he looks up at me from where he was lying on his folded arms, with a raised eyebrow.

“Yeah they were like my best friends growing up and I had to leave them when I came here.” I tell them, it’s kind of the truth, I just hope they don’t mention any of this to my mother because I definitely didn’t have any dogs growing up.

“Where are our names? You have Johnny and Alex there?” Drake says in a cocky voice.

“Are you jealous?” I tease and smile. “Don’t worry, I was going to get all your names added but I wanted to do it with you guys there, I just gotta find some space to put them, maybe I will add more vines and some roses.” I say thinking out loud.

“Really?” Drake says with a smile on his face.

“Of course I love you guys.” I respond.

They all say they love me too and how they are excited to have their name added to my art work. We spend the rest of the afternoon swimming in the cold water to cool off and throw around a ball along with a lot of tanning. I've put so much sun tan lotion on that I don’t think the sun’s rays have affected me that much apart from my face, which is rosier than normal.

It’s starting to get a little darker and some of the other guys have made a bonfire so we move closer to the warmth. I’m standing with Ronny, Chloe and Rachel while the boys attempt to make the fire larger. Chelsea waddles over to Drake who’s about three feet away and she puts her hand on his chest, Drake turns around suddenly and looks at her hand then removes it.

Chelsea whines out loud, “Drakey….I thought you said you were single? Why are you all over her when you were with me Friday morning, we hooked up before so why not give me another chance?”

My whole body freezes and I hear Jax growl as he glares at Drake.
  Drake whips his head around to face me and he has a worried look on his face.

That’s why he wasn’t wearing underwear on Friday night, oh god I feel so disgusting. I let him touch me after he was with her…I need to get out of here…

I start looking around for an exit through the crowd.

“No babe…wait…it’s not like that at all!” he steps toward me and I step back, moving away from him when he tries to touch me.

I glare back at him, I’m so angry right now and my whole body feels like it’s on fire. My eyes start to burn and Drake grasps and stares directly into my eyes.

“Y…Your eyes …the…they’re sparkling…they’re changing…they’re… silver.” he says as he reaches out to touch my face.

Hmmm so that’s the burning feeling …

“Don’t touch me!” I yell in a firm voice, he flinches and take a step back, sadness takes over his face.

“Lexi you need to calm down and let him explain.” Jax comes over to me to calm me down but it just pisses me off more.

“Don’t fucking tell me to calm down Jax!” I yell at him too and I hear gasps at all the other wolves, they obviously don’t realize that Jax is not MY Alpha so I will talk to him as I please.

“You know what? Just leave me alone. I need space to breath!” I shout as I run away back up the path and through the woods, hopefully I won’t get lost. I run and run until I finally see the clearing of the trailer park; I’ve never run so fast in my life before.

I see a motorbike parked next to my car, Georgina must have company. I slowly walk up to the porch and hear shouting and glasses breaking from inside. I see glass everywhere inside and bottles of beer and
 vodka – it looks like she was having a party. I look for my mom, I hear a man’s voice yelling,
must be the new boyfriend.

The man’s voice stops and I make my way to my mother’s room. I see her bent over her dressing table snorting lines of what I’m guessing is coke.

“Georgina! What the hell? Why is there glass everywhere? What are you-” I ask looking at her wiping her nose with the back of her hand. I don’t even notice the man until I hear his voice behind me.

“Hmmm I see we meet again sweet little thing…”

I know that voice, he smells better than last time though. I turn to look at him, getting a closer look; I see he looks a few years younger than my mother maybe mid twenty’s. He’s tall with blond messy hair, he has dark blue eyes and he’s rather big as he towers over me, he may be good looking but he still scares the living shit outta me. 

“Really? You’re dating him? Are you
that
desperate?” I say turning back to look at her showing how disgusted I am.

He yanks me closer to him and bends down to whisper in my ear. “Watch what you say little girl or I might just put you over my knee and give you a good spanking for talking to me like that.”

I pull outta his grasp and take the little mirror that has the coke lined up on it, she looks confused for a second before she realizes what I’m about to do.

She growls.

I fling it out the window leaving the powder to disappear in a dust cloud outside, taken by the wind. The little mirror landing softly on the grass.

Georgina pushes me away from the window and looks outside; she turns around and scowls at me.

“That was my last hit you bitch!” she screams as she looks back out the window.

“I’ve got more under my bike seat, but it’s going to cost you.”
 Greg tells her and winks at me.

“Yes anything! How much do you have left? Give me your keys.” She begs him and it just repulses me to see her so desperate.

“I have more than enough to last you a week or two, but I don’t want money from you, I want to spend some alone time with your daughter here.” He says as he comes closer to me.

I step away and look at my mother for help but she does nothing as he grabs hold of my arm, “Mom! Say something! How can you just stand there and let him take me? He’s YOUR boyfriend and I’m YOUR daughter!” I yell at her and she looks at me like she doesn’t even know who I am, it breaks my heart to see the distant look in her eyes.

”Yeah you can keep her…I don’t give a fuck… just give me what you got.” She says not looking at me. Greg disappears.

I make a run for the window to try and get away but she pulls be pack in, shuts the window and stands in front of it. I look down the passage, looking for my next escape but she grabs my hand roughly. “Don’t even think about it.”

“How can you do this to me? Are drugs more important than your own daughter?” I scream at her and watch as she flinches then she lets he head fall backwards and starts laughing hysterically.

“What is wrong with you?” I shout again shaking her.

She stops laughing, pushes me away from her and an angry look comes across her face as she lets out a menacing growl then screams at me.

“YOU’RE the reason HE’S gone! If we didn’t have to look after YOU he would still be alive! I would be with him and not stuck with you! I FUCKING HATE YOU! You wana know why I take drugs? Huh? It’s so that I don’t have to deal with looking at your fucking face!” I don’t even recognize this person,I take a few steps away from her walking backwards.

I feel the tears falling down my cheeks. “Mom…you don’t mean that...” I whisper as the tears fall.

She screams again and I flinch. “Don’t you fucking get it? Are you that stupid? I’m not your mother Alexia and he wasn’t even your father!”

I feel a pain in my chest where she just broke the remaining pieces of my fragile heart. I fall to the floor as the tears that I’ve kept inside all these years start tumbling down. Everything is a blur but I still see Greg hand Georgina a bag and then he comes for me. I get up and start running, even in my trembling mess I make it to the kitchen when he grabs hold of my long hair and yanks it. I scream out in pain but he pulls me so that I’m looking at him with tears still flowing down my face.