My Next Door Mate 3

CHAPTER THREE

Sitting on his bed, with his two hands humbly folded between his legs, tapping his feet with so much anxiety, he stared numbly at thin air, both of his ears had long tissue stuck inside them and his head bang rhythmically.

"This one's soaked too" She sighed looking at him sitting there like a baby, she went to take another roll of tissue on the shelf and sitting on the bed too, she removed the soaked tissue and replaced it with a new one rolling it in his ears. "Is it that bad?" She asked him again.

He turned his wide eyes to her and his eyeballs grew distinctly. She laughed at his expression. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry," she laughed again. "I can hear the music too, but it's not making my ears bleed" she said standing up from the bed.

"We're different." He replied to her.

"I know that, Alpha Ryan." There was definitely a tease in the tone of her voice. "We all know about your 'super' hearing ability." She emphasized. "How about you just come over to my place and pass the night, your neighbor is obviously having a party" She had completed her statement before she realized-

"Oh, I forgot" she frowned her face and made a fuss.

"Just ask her to turn off the music, Stephanie." Ryan groans as he tries to cover his ears, there are screech echos and squeals sending his brain disturbing signals. He had never felt like this before. He was always in a serene environment so this was the first of the worst he had felt.

"The whole house is sound proof Ryan, she has no fault, you either continue bleeding or you come over to my place" she winked with all her face and then laughed at herself. Ryan ignored her. She knew Ryan was in pain but she also knew how fast he could heal, all he wanted was just the serenity like he had always had. 

Stephanie and Ryan were best friends. From childhood to teenage hood and now youth hood and probably to their adulthood too. She knew all about this werewolf creature sitting here, his likes, dislikes, I*******m likes…

Stephanie was a werewolf too, soon to be Beta of the New Moon Pack if Ryan successfully finds his mate. She was Ryan's confidant. The only person aware of the exact location he's been hiding for three years now.

Ryan had once complimented her as 'the best thing that happened to him' and successfully recording him that day, she had set his voice and words as her caller tone. She was aware Ryan would never say such again because of his utter ego but she loved to hear it, so she loved to have calls too, especially if he was the caller. Ryan gets frustrated all the time when he hears her phone rings and his voice pops up, but Stephanie didn't care. She wasn't going to change it anytime soon.

"I called you here for a reason Stephanie '' his voice was beginning to deepen in his groin.

"Hey, hey, stop the Alpha Male voice and talk to me like Ryan, I'm not going to fall for those deepness, it ain't cute okay?" She warned him, giving an ingratiating smile; that shows she's trying to curry favor with him. "And use your magic words" she gave another fixed smile; that doesn't move and therefore looks artificial.

"Urgh" Ryan groans. It wasn't the first time he was having to deal with Stephanie issues. But he was feeling too much pain to argue further. "Okay please" he squeezed his face like an infant, his cheek puffed up, his brows curved and his lips pushed out.

"I'll try my best" Stephanie said and as she walked to the door, she stopped and turned to him. "Don't try to eavesdrop," she warned him. He squinted his eyes at her and rolled his eyes, he was almost deaf at the moment, why would he go through the stress of eavesdropping on their conversation. He wasn't sure he could channel that far with this noise. He urges her to leave the room by shooing her away with his hands and Stephanie walks out of the room.

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Staring at herself in the mirror on her wardrobe, Lisa pouts; she makes a sad face and thrust out her lower lip like a baby.

"Hey what's wrong?" Gianna walks up to her and slides her hands on Lisa's waist and rubs her open back dress.

"I'm pretty Gianna" Lisa brittle voice; still staring at herself with awe.

Gianna and Sofia turned to Lisa and laughed. 

"Ma, che sei grullo?" Gianna beats her back asking her if she was crazy. "Dio, I thought something was wrong!" Gianna held her chest and sighed.

Lisa admired her plunging body con, one shoulder, short, sarong gown with open back and a back slit just at the middle of her legs, her milky skin did justice to the blending color of the nude outfit she wore and her daffodile stiletto heels defined superiority and richness. Her long wavy hair was plaited in a waterfall braid by Audrey and some strands fell forward to the strapless part of her clothes.

"Giiirrrlll, you're immensely hot" Sofia couldn't help but stare at her exquisite friend. Lisa was right when she said they had to leave the hot lane for the birthday girl. Not that the girls weren't hot too but she stood out among them, like it was supposed to be.

"Ding dong!" Audrey comes into the room tapping her ring finger on the glass she was holding to call the girls attention. "Let's hit the party and welcome our guests - Damn Lisa" she stopped to take a look at Lisa once again. "You understood the assignment" Audrey shot her a compliment and she blushed immediately.

"How many guests now?" Gianna asked.

"Just a few-"

"Who are they?" Sofia shot.

"Well,-" Audrey giggled "The basketball boys are here!" She squealed and held hands with Sofia as they both screamed. "But their leader isn't here yet" she turns to Lisa like she was announcing bad news.

"Oh it's fine. He would be here soon" Lisa managed a shy smile; hesitant and self conscious.

"Do you think he would come together with the witch?" Gianna said.

"Don't ruin my mood Gianna, Mi fa cagare!. She makes me poop" Lisa tried to express how irritated the thought of seeing her basketball leader and the witch together come to her party in Gianna's Italian accent, that's the little she could learn. "Whew" she held her hands out like she was trying to catch air, it helped her calm her nerves. "Don't make me ruin my makeup" she grunts childishly. 

"There's a lady out there though. She asked about you." Audrey said.

"A lady?" Gianna rolled her eyes.

"Did anyone bring their aunt or something?" Sofia was shaken a bit at the thought of having a grown person around for their already planned teen party.

"Nah. I don't think so, no one seems to know her" Audrey had earlier taken note of the lady. She had come in asking for the owner of the house and Audrey offered her a seat. "Let's go girls. It's fine" Audrey urged the girls and opened the door of the room, the noise from the living room pierce into their ears again as they walked with Lisa to the party room. "Over there" Audrey tries to talk over the music as she pointed to Lisa, the lady earlier.

It was worse here. Stephanie could not imagine how Ryan would have handled it if he was here instead. Yes, it was a party, but this loud?. Stephanie had been looking around for the past few minutes she had been here. She examined the organized party setting carefully, she saw the girly 18th birthday balloon floating at the window side. It was normal for a parent to throw something this lavish for their daughter. But they should critically consider their werewolf neighbor. Haha.

In her stilettos and carrying along her 18th confidence, Lisa walked up to the lady sitting just at the single couch at the corner of the room. Stephanie stands up when she sees a girl approaching her, she had earlier asked to see the owner of the house and when Lisa walked up to her, she instantly knew she was the birthday girl.

Yes, she was wearing a birthday sash.

"Hello, how can I help you?" Lisa pulled a welcoming face and said in her orotund voice; loud and clear. She was not also familiar with this face and was curious to know where this lady was from. She didn't even have an invite.

"Actually, Erhm" Stephanie could not bring herself to ruin the birthday girl's mood. There was no way it was proper to ask her to turn down the volume in her own house, having her own party. "You own this place?" She questioned.

"Yes I do own this place" Lisa raise her brows but still maintained the welcoming smile, trying to figure out who this stranger was at her party. Stephanie fold her fist together, it feels so bad to ask her to turn off the volume. She felt horrible.

"Who are you please?" Lisa asked

"Well, I..I am your next door neighbor, here to wish you a happy birthday" Stephanie curves into a wide smile showing her set of teeth.

"Stephanie!" A loud growl from inside of her and she staggered at the voice, holding her chest.

"Holy crap, I told you not to eavesdrop!" She replied immediately, mind linking to Ryan.