Trouble

Jenni

I’m in bed with my head laying on Teddy’s chest as he caresses his fingers up and down my arm. I can't stop smiling as I look up at his face, he's my mate, my FATED mate. I was scared he only thought of me as his sister's friend, but he loves me. ME, the little girl who used to follow him around all the time, just to be closer to him. The teenage girl who used to write Jen loves Teddy in all her journals. The girl who knew he would never look twice at. The girl who knew he would never love her like that. But he does, he really does. My heart won't stop its erratic beating. 

“Are you okay?” he asks, slowly caressing my cheek. “Yes” I breathe. I close my eyes and focus on his touch. It's sending shivers down my spine. “I’m just trying to come down out of the stars. This has become the best day of my life.” I say. Trying hard to steady my breathing. “I know what you mean,” He chuckles. “Today started off with me afraid you were dying in front of me, to finding out you are my fated mate, and you telling me you love me. I could die a happy man” I slap his chest, “No dying sir” I say sternly. He chuckles and pulls me closer. “Never” He states simply, as he pulls my face in for a kiss. He claims my mouth with his, a gentle chaste kiss, but I want more. I pull him closer, not wanting him to pull away. He gently pushes me away, placing his hands on either side of my face. “I wanna look at you Jen, I just need to make sure this isn't a dream and you're really here.” “I promise I am as real as they come.” He searches my face as if he is memorizing every feature. “You are so beautiful.” He breathes. “And by goddess you’re mine” “yes I am” He claims my mouth yet again, but with a longing that sends shivers throughout my entire body. 

We pull apart and I nestle back onto his chest. I could lay here all day and night and still crave his presence. However, my body has other plans as my stomach starts to grumble. I instantly blush as I place my hand on my stomach. Teddy chuckles as he says “Hungry are we?” “ I didn't eat much at dinner, and the last vision took a lot out of me. Maybe a snack wouldn't hurt.” “Okay” he says as he gets out of bed. As I try to get up with him, he picks me up bridal style again and carries me out of the room.

“Teddy I can walk” Though I am not fighting. “I know, but I want to carry you” We make our way to the kitchen while he sits me on the counter to root around in the fridge for a snack. “We got sandwich stuff, yogurt, apples, and chocolate cake” He wriggles his eyebrows as he says the latter food. Chocolate cake is my jam, I love it. “What do you think?” I say as he pulls out the cake. “Well my love, how big of a slice?” “Surprise me” He places the cut piece of cake in front of me, and hands me a fork. As soon as the cake hit my tongue I'm in heaven, it was so freaking good. 

We sit and talk while I eat my cake, I feed him a few bites, when my brother Marcus comes in. I feel Teddy instantly tense. He looks at my brother as Marcus searches my face. “Teddy, can I talk to Jen please for a minute alone?” “Uh, yeah” He states, he kisses me on the cheek as he walks out of the kitchen. 

“What’s up?” I ask as I take another bite. “I wanted to check with you to see how you are” “and you couldn't do that infront of Teddy?” He rubs the back of his neck as he looks down. “Look sis, I’m glad you found your mate, I’m actually really glad it is Teddy, but I'm worried, the visions, we don't know enough about them, nor do we know how your marriage and mating will affect them.” “What are you trying to say?” I ask, my anger starting to rise. “I'm saying that maybe you guys should wait to get married until AFTER this situation is under control. We don't know what will happen to your visions once you are mated, and we need them if we are going to win this upcoming war.”I nod my head with my lips tight. “I can't believe you, of everything you have ever said, or done this is by far the meanest and most ridiculous thing I think you have said.” I'm furious, I don't even finish my cake as I jump down from the counter and stalk out of the kitchen. I pass Teddy on the way telling him I need to be alone right now. I hear him walk into the kitchen “What the hell did you say to her?!”

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Teddy

I felt her anger before I saw her. I had walked down to the other end of the hallway to give them some privacy, and when she came out of the kitchen her aura hit me like a ton of bricks. She was furious. 

“You okay love”

“I need a minute please. I’m sorry but I'm too upset right now”

I watch as she walks to the stairs and I head into the kitchen. “What the hell did you say to her?!” I yell the moment I enter, Marcus looks at me with dark eyes. “I told her you guys need to wait to marry, she needs to get a grip on her visions. We need her if we are going to win this war, she's all we have” I’m floored, my best friend, my brother, the one who had told me time and time again that I needed to tell Jen how I felt, is now telling me that I need to put my mate, my heart on the back burner. I’m trying hard to keep my cool and not punch him square in the jaw. “Whatever we decide is what will happen, you can't tell her what she can or can't do, and you can't keep her from me” I say through gritted teeth as I walk toward him. “I may not, but my father can” I stop dead in my tracks at his words, if he gets his father on his side, I’ll have to wait for his permission to marry Jen, to touch her, to claim her as my own the way I have been wanting to for years now. “You would do that to your sister? You would make it to where we can't be together? WHY?!” Im struggling to keep my wolf down, his mate has been threatened, he's not sitting quietly by. 

“I won't if she staves off the ceremony. You both need to understand that this would be for the good of the pack.” “The good of the pack, or for your benefit?” I throw in his face. “I want my mate, I want to protect her, and I can't if I can't be with her.” My wolf has started to pace in the back of my mind. I need to go to Jen. I need to make sure she is alright, I need to get away from him before I do something I will regret. I turn on my heel and head for Jen’s room. I mind link Bex, telling her to meet me at Jens room and that I need her help. I'm not going to let him take her away from me, not now when I finally have her.