Alexia Eden (FairyTales Don't Exist) (6 page)

“Hey stop that, of course I want to come, you wouldn’t want me to feel left out again now would you?” he raises his eyebrow and grins at me. He turns my hand over and laces his fingers with mine, I smile thinking of how innocent this is and yet it feels so intimate. I’m so comfortable with him and I know I said I wouldn’t get attached to anyone, but I just can’t seem to resist anymore and I don’t think I want to.

We spend the rest of the afternoon sitting chatting about each other’s interests and home life. I find out he has one younger brother that’s four years old and Jax has been teaching him bad words. I laugh at this thinking that’s exactly what I expect from Jax. I tell him all about my dad but leave out the part about my mom– that’s my dirty little secret.

DRAKE POV

I watched the girl as she sat on the rock by the waterfall that night, I heard what she said about her father and I felt the sadness in her voice. When I appeared from the bushes I assumed I would have scared her away, I’m the soon to be Beta of my pack, Black Valley Wolf Pack, therefore I am larger and stronger than my pack aside from our soon to be Alpha Jax. Humans tend to stay away from us since we are “wild animals” but the girl only hid behind the rock as if I wouldn’t be able to notice she was nearby. I smelt the air as I was taking my nightly run and I smelt something sweet and rich almost like caramel and I needed to find the source. I never thought I would’ve found this beautiful human.

My friends say that I am quite volatile and aggressive and I would agree with them. I don’t get along with humans and I never have but something about this girl calmed me and I needed to make sure she wasn’t scared of me. Jax says that I’m bipolar and am struggling with a split personality but I’m just naturally aggressive and have a hard time controlling my temper. I guess all us werewolf’s have split personalities because within us belong our wolves, not only do we have our thoughts flowing around in our head but we have to listen to someone else’s voice constantly and if you’re not strong enough , your wolf can take control of your body. My wolf’s name is Sebastian and I tend to have a harder time controlling him than others have controlling their wolf within them. Sebastian brings out the ugly side of me but I can feel the delight that radiates from him when he sees the girl. I’m not sure whether he sees a weak pray that he can control or if she truly is bringing out the softer side of him.

Slowly I stroll towards her and see her huddled up with her head hidden behind her fallen hair and arms holding her knees tight, I could see her shaking – she was petrified.

I needed to smell her so I slowly put my snout near her shoulder and smelt her hair, so sweet like berries. She tensed when I took a deep breath in and I slowly withdrew from her. I licked her arm and sat directly in front of her looking down at her. She slowly lifted her head and wiped the hair put out of her face, I was welcomed by the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen,
she’s beautiful
… my wolf, Sebastian, says to me in awe.

I could see she wanted to touch me but was hesitant, she lifted her hand and my wolf took control of
 our body pushing my head towards her hand to tell her it’s okay, I wouldn't hurt her. She stroked my face and the top of my head between my ears. Slowly she lifted herself off the ground to take a better look at me, she stroked my back then came around and looked into my eyes, her face was perfect, her skin looked so soft ….I need to touch her.

I licked her cheek,
so damn soft and tastes so sweet
, I tell my wolf within.

She giggles then says, “You’re quite the cutie aren’t you?”

Damn this girl can make me melt even by saying something that easily belittles my manhood.
I wouldn’t have gone for cutie, but I suppose it’s better than nothing.
I tell Sebastien.
Damn straight.
He replies from within me,
this human is so beautiful
,
so perfect …
he almost purrs still in awe of this amazing creature before us.

Sebastien takes over once again making a complete fool outta me by acting like one of those pathetic house dogs looking for attention, he rolls on the floor and makes stupid sounds with his tongue hanging out.

Arg! Sebastian what are you doing? You making me look like a tool, get up and stop acting stupid!
I order my wolf.

She is still scared of us, I like her and I don’t want her to be afraid and this is the only way that might change that!
Sebastian replies still make weird dog noises.

Then the girl unexpectedly laughs and rubs my chest,
hmmm …good idea.

I walk the girl back toward the trailer park and watch as she gets inside safely, I stay hidden in the bushes.

I go back to the pack house just up the hill from the trailer park. 

There’s a couple of cabins on the large property, I stay on the one side of the main house with my best friends; Jax, Ronny, Rachel and Mark (whom are mates). Our soon to be Alpha found out who his mate was a couple years ago, it was his best friend Ronny. The problem was that Ronny is gay and extremely in love with her long-time girlfriend Chloe and also, Jax and Ronny are as close as brother and sister.

It is very rare for our wolves not to act on instinct once they find their mate but Ronny’s wolf, Star and Jax’s wolf Malek have fortunately come to terms that they simply are not meant to be together. Of course the two still have that strong connection that mates have but nothing intimate since they aren’t going to mate or mark each other, and their wolves support their decision entirely. Star has fallen in love with Chloe since she accepted Ronny when the secret came out and well Malek being a part of Jax is having too much fun being single.

The elders of our pack wouldn’t agree with the way the two have dealt with the fact that they are mates, so they haven’t told anyone about it. The only reason I know is because I’m going to be Beta of the pack and Jax is like my brother, so he and Ronny informed me about the situation. I support them and love them just the same, if not more for making such a tough decision.

After I change and shower I go see what everyone’s up to, thinking to myself about the beautiful girl I just met and wondering what her name is. I pass Ronny on the couch chatting with Chloe and they ask why I’m smiling, I didn’t even realize I was but I tell them about the girl I met and we chat about her until they go to bed.

I need to see her again.

I’ve gone to the fountain everyday just in case I catch her there, I’ve met up with her a couple times now and we sit on the rock and she tells me stories about her parents and all the happy memories she has of them all together. When she tells me that her dad died, I can see how emotional it is for her to say the words out loud without crying. I can’t believe how extremely brave this girl is, she also tells me about her parents relationship before her father died and how much her mom misses her father. She smiles when she talks about how they were together.

I want to have that… with her.

As soon as Lexi bumped into me in the school hallway I knew I’d fallen for her, I saw the way she looked at me and I was so nervous that she would recognize my eyes. My wolf liked the fact that I made her blush by just being in her company and the way she looked at me gave me shivers. The good kind of shivers.

When Jax stopped by and put his hand over her shoulder, I couldn’t help the jealousy radiating from me even though he’s my Alpha and best friend I saw the look in his eyes when he looked at her and I knew that I had to make him understand that she was mine.

I didn’t realize that the new girl that Ronny and Jax have been holding out on me was in fact
my girl
from the waterfall, I think they knew it was her and that’s why they didn’t want me to meet her so soon.

They
probably thought we would scare her away
. My wolf mutters.

“This is the girl from the waterfall.”
I tell Jax through our link as we walk into our first class.

He smiles at me. “
Yeah Ron and I kinda figured that out but we wanted to spend time with her before you came into the picture. I know now that you guys have met you’re definitely not going to let her out your sight
.” he smirks.

“
Damn straight.
” Sebastien replies for me.

LEXI POV

He dropped me off at home and walked me to the door, the type of thing you would expect after going on a date, he grabbed me into a big hug and squeezed me tightly as if he didn’t want to let go and I held him just as tight enjoying his warmth and his sweet musky smell. Eventually we let go and he kisses my forehead, “I’ll see you tomorrow at school okay?”

“Thanks for a great afternoon, I had a good time…bye Drake.” I say hesitantly walking away opening my front door as he wave’s goodbye and climbs in his car.

Closing the door behind me, I hear his car drive away, my phone makes a sound indicating a new message.

Ronny: Lexi! U went home with Drake?? Chlo jus told me. Tel me wen ur home & I’ll come over. Wana hear everything!”

Lexi:
“Yip, just got home, come on ova.”

I quickly jump in the shower and start making supper since mom has the evening shift tonight at the bar.

I hear the door open and Ronny walks in as if she lives here. She gives me a hug and sits on the table while I heat up the microwave mac and cheese.

“Soooo…. What did you guys do? You’ve been gone quite a while, Jax has been infuriating me about your whereabouts?” she starts snickering.

“What’s his problem? Why did he want to know where I was? We went and had ice-cream by the beach, it was so nice, I don’t know why but we get along so well… it's kinda like I’ve known him forever…he seems so familiar.” I look at her and she’s given me a weird look. “Yeah Ron I know …I’m weird!” I say with a smile on my blushing face, shrugging her off with the slight wave of a hand.

“Awww… I’m so happy! NO! You are not weird, don’t say that and don’t worry about Jax. I guess he’s just over protective being one of your closest friends even though he knows Drake won’t do anything to hurt you, he just wants to make sure you’re safe. Don’t stress bout it babe. But….what IS weird, is how Drake is with you, he’s not always that friendly you know, you saw how Jax was today with Rachel when she saw that hoe with her hands all over her ma…um...Man - you saw how uptight and angry he was? Well Drake is kinda like that ALL the time! But today was so weird…. it’s like you totally calmed him. Well anyways... how do you feel about him?” She says this with such honesty and I can see in her expression she is telling the truth but I still get the feeling that she’s hiding something from me.

Getting my food from the microwave, I get two forks and give her one, sitting on the table next to her, “Well I know it’s soon, but I really like him...” I blush, “…and I never knew he was like that he just seems so …you know…like the boy next door type but hotter. I can’t imagine him getting angry like Jax does and that whole thing with Jax scared the living shit outta me! Okay… I’m going to be honest with you and whatever I say stays between us okay?”

She takes her finger and crosses her heart, she continues to eating the mac and cheese watching me.

“Okay well you know , you asked me how I felt about Jax and I said I only have friendly feelings for him? Well… I kinda didn’t tell you the whole truth, you see with Jax my feelings are so different, like we are really close and when I’m with him- it’s just about him. I forget about all my other problems, I don’t think about anything else and then when I’m with Drake it’s totally different, I can’t explain. I don’t quite know what I feel for Jax but I know I don’t want to lose him, I can’t lose him and I need him in my life – just like I need you…” I smile at her ,she returns my smile and pats my back, “…and even though Jax is one of my best friends, along with you ,when we got to school today I got so fucking jealous when I saw him with all those girls, the ones that hang all over him. As soon as I met Drake though, that all changed and I didn’t care who was hanging on Jax’s arm all I worried about was Drake and if these girls do the same with him?" I laugh it off like it was nothing, I look at her and she’s got a strange look on her face, she presses her lips in a line like she wants to say something.

“Ronny? What is it? What aren’t you saying? “I ask her nervously.

She lets out an unlike Ronny squeal and gives me a big hug almost dropping our food. “Okay well I wasn’t going to say anything because I wanted everything to just unravel by itself but I just can’t keep it in anymore… you’re all Drake’s been talking about, asking us questions, he liked you from the first time he saw you and he’s been driving us nuts like every day, my gosh..” then her eyes widen like she said something she shouldn’t have.

“Wait? What do you mean “
everyday
”? Today was the first time I met him?” I say slowly trying to figure out what she meant.

“Oh sorry, I meant …um…all day today.” she stutters.

Something’s not right here, with all the whispers that have been going on and looks they give each other when I’m around, it’s obvious they’re keeping something from me…

Ronny’s phone goes off and she hurriedly
 says her goodbyes and rushes out the door.