Chapter 2

Zoe's pov

I grab my phone and bag and go with Nate to the dining room for lunch. There is already Meredith and Alex waiting for us. But they don't want to eat at the packhouse. I sigh but do not protest. So I grab my keys and go to our garage for my black mustang and drive him before the packhouse so that everyone can get seated.

I drive to the town which is still in pack territory, so we don't have to worry about humans and their skeptical eyes about our food orders and their portions. Everyone orders steaks with fries and soda to drink. We start a little chit-chat, Meredith and Alex are mates and they are trying to have a pup and Nate is starting 10th grade, so he is a sophomore. He is very intelligent, almost a nerd and we like to make fun of him because of that.

Fortunately, he is alright with that, because he doesn't have to learn anything, he just sits in his classes, makes some notes and then he has a straight A, we don't get it, but I am sure, that he will make a good alpha because of this gift.

The waitress is bringing our stakes when I notice that in one is a candle and that everyone starts to sing happy birthday. It is cute, but I do not like that type of attention. I blow the candle and wish, that we do not have to suffer another funeral in our family and our pack. We eat our food and then leave the restaurant and go back to the packhouse.

I excuse myself that I still have work to do, so I go to my office and start texting Blake. He tried to persuade me, that we should change numbers and call each other so we could talk and not chat. But I am not sure about that, still, it is a little bit risky.

But since I have a birthday I am going to give him a present, my phone number, but my private one, because also if someone wants to call in our pack they will call me and I still want to keep my identity a secret.  So I text him and immediately get an answer. 

Me: Hey Blake, do u know what's today?

Blake: Hey, no what?

Me: It's your lucky day.

Blake: Why?

Me: You will get my number

Blake: Are u sure? I can wait or we can just text. 

I do not want to discuss it with him so I just send him my number and I get a call within a minute. 

"Hey, it's me, Blake."

"Yeah, I figure that out when it was me, who give u the number so I couldn't call u."

"You have a beautiful voice, it's so much better than I imagine."

"Oh thank you, you don't sound bad as well." 

We both chuckled after that. 

"Hey, that was a bad joke, but you always make me smile, I love that about you, Rose."

"Sorry Blake, but something came up, I have to go, but I will text you later."

I do not wait for an answer and end the call. He loves something about me, I don't know what to do with that. I just wanted someone to support me after the death of my parents. I realize that I like him too, but I do not want to. I can't fall in love, what if I meet my mate and I will still be in love with Blake? 

'But what if he is your mate?' my wolf Aurora says.

She is always quiet, but with Blake, she kinda suggested to me that we should be talking to him more. What if he is a human? How I will tell him that I am a werewolf and that he is my mate? What I am thinking about, he just said that he loves something about me, not that he wants to marry me.

'But you like him too, it is not a bad thing and I think that you should tell him that you are a werewolf. You don't know, he might be too.'  Aurora says and continues, 'I know that you are scared, after our parents died I was also sad and scared, that you will get hurt again, I am sorry that I stopped talking to you, but you should be happy, you should start living again and I think that Blake is a good person and that he will try not to hurt us because he also lost parents. I think that you have to move on.' 

She returns to the dark corner of my mind and leaves me with my thoughts alone again. 

I go to my room because I can't take my mind off Blake, so I think that sleeping will help me. It is already 10 pm so I really should lay down. But I can't fall asleep. I am thinking about him, how he looks if Blake is his real name, what if he is a werewolf, and is he Alpha or Beta? How should I tell him that I am a werewolf? I am deep in my thoughts that the beeping sound of the incoming message scared me a little. 

Blake: Hey, everything ok? 

He is so sweet, that I can not ignore him anymore. So I call him and he answers immediately. 

"Hey Blake, I'm sorry that I hang up so quickly, something came up."

"It's okay, I understand, but I was a little bit scared that I scared you with the "I love that about you" thing."

"Actually, that was it. I'm sorry for lying, but I just wasn't expecting it, it had been so long since someone said that to me, you know after my parents died, it was just me, my brother and my friends, and we say to each other all the times, so when I heard it from you I panicked, because you are my friend and I do not want to lose you."

"Hey, hey, it's okay to be scared I was the same after my parents' death, so I fully understand but don't worry about me, you won't get rid of me so easily. "

"Yeah, I hope so, because I like you. You are my best friend. And if I ever lose you, I will kill you again, so that you know I am angry at you for leaving me."

"Uuu, you are a feisty one. And you think that you would kill me? I am not an easy target, so don't worry about that. " 

"And you have a very big ego, how large a door frame do you have?"

"Hey that's not funny, but I don't have a big ego, I have something else big...."

"Lalala, I do not want to hear that. You win, I am not going to kill you, happy now?"

"Yes, I can't be angry at you, I like you too much for that."

"I love you too," I said mockingly to him. But he doesn't know that I meant it for some part. 

We talk about our days for about an hour now and I am starting to fall asleep with his talking, it's like he has some calming voice that is lulling me to sleep. 

"Hey Rose, go to sleep, I will talk with you if you want, but I can hear you are tired, so don't fight it, you can fall asleep, we will talk more tomorrow. "

'Omg, he is so sweet, can we keep him?' Aurora purs in my head. 

"Thanks, Blake, I promise I will call you tomorrow, but I will take that option when you talk to me until I fall asleep."

He talks to me about his day and his best friends until I fall asleep.