"NOW we chop theapples." Ava mumbled to herself. The radio was on low in the background soher hips swayed to the music. She never thought she was the best dancer so madesure nobody was in the kitchen before moving her body to the soft beat.Lucas had dropped her off at his house beforegoing back to school for his football game. She hadn't been to any of his gamesbefore because he said it was too dangerous. The crowd would often get wildwhen cheering their team on so he didn't trust that Ava would be safe there.She told him she'd enjoy it but knew that deep inside, she would just want togo home. Crowds weren't her thing, surrounded by loud noises and people gettingaggressive. She would've wanted to support Lucas though.Bored with nothing to do, she decided to bakesomething as she hadn't done for a while. When she was home schooled, there hadbeen much more time to bake tasty treats for Lucas but now, she barely hadanytime to sleep with all the homework and stress from surpr
Miss Lillian turned to herand saw an innocent smile on the girl. Ava was helping to cook but she waswaiting for Miss Lillian to pry for details. It was quite a shock that she andJoe may have a crush on each other but after a thought, she realised howperfect they would be together. Lucas thought so too but was no where near asinvested in match making as Ava was.The cooked in silence with the music still in thebackground before Miss Lillian couldn't take it anymore and gave in. "Whatdid he say?" She may pretend she wasn't interested by Ava saw straightthrough. The blush as she asked the question was evidence of that."He was wondering when you'd stop declininghis dinner offers." Ava told her.Miss Lillian grimaced. "I don't know dear.""Do you like him?" The grin on Ava'sface was wide as she looked at the woman with curiosity.Shyly, she nodded but groaned, squeezing her eyesshut. "Gosh I'm too old for this. I shouldn't even be thinking aboutdating at my age. I haven't even
IT was the day of thecarnival trip and truthfully, Lucas was looking forward to it. He nor Ava hadbeen to one before and he loved that they got to share the memory together.Unfortunately, their friends also planned to tag along.Lucas was on the phone with Ava as she shoutedexcitedly about the day trip. He was doing some paper work for the pack,knowing he was really behind on it. The only thing making it bearable was hismate's sweet voice."I heard they have a Ferris wheel too!"He hummed. "I'm sure they do.""And- and they have those games. You knowthose ones where you shoot the ducks and throw the balls." She stutteredin excitement, trying to tell Lucas everything she knows. Ava had overheardsome girls talking about the carnival in one of her classes and she couldn'twait to relay the information to Lucas."That's great." He agreedabsentmindedly, trying to focus on the documents but seriously distracted byhow cute his mate was being."Lu Lu! Pay attention to me!" Ava whin
"We're going on a tripin our favourite rocket ship. Zooming through the sky- ""Shut up!" The three werewolves allshouted at the same time, interrupting Jackson's incessant singing. He had beenrepeating the same line over and over again much to the annoyance of everyonein the car, apart from Ava. She sat there giggling at how grumpy Lucas was.They all decided just to take one car as it wouldbe easier. Ava had to sit on Lucas' lap as there weren't enough seats, which hewas fine with. She snuggled closer to him, his fingers playing with her hair."We're here!" Ryan announced, leading toAva frantically ripping the door open and jumping out of the car. Lucas watchedher run a few steps before turning around and looking sheepishly at the othersstill in the car.Quickly unbuckling his seat beat and stepping outof the car himself, he reached Ava, taking hold of her hand. "You! Don'trun away ok? Just because I agreed does not mean it is suddenly safe. You haveto stay by me and hol
AVA was sat next to Ryan onthe couch, fiddling with Lu Lu the Second, bored as she watched him play aviolent video game on the TV. She didn't want to go back to the children's homebecause that would be even worse and Lucas told her to stay in the house.He's been even more protective since yesterday atthe carnival. Ava didn't know why he made such a fuss over it not being safewhen he was perfectly fine with it the previous day. He wouldn't let her gomore than a step away from him yesterday and now she had to stay in his housewhile waiting for him to finish working.That was another thing. Ava was worried about howmuch he was working, spending hours in the office. She could tell he was reallystressed about something but she had no idea what it could be.On the other hand, she was thankful to have sometime away from Lucas. It gave her time to think about what happened yesterday.Or what could've happened.She couldn't stop replaying the moments in hermind but then again, she
Ryan pulled Ava off hischest and looked in her eyes, perhaps to look for any signs of lying. When hefound none, a grin split his face as his eyes lit up with happiness. "Whyare you smiling? This is terrible! I- I'm in love with him!" His smiletripled."Ava this is amazing!" He shouted."No it isn't! He's not going to want to be myfriend anymore." She sniffled and rubbed her sore eyes with the back ofher sleeve.Ryan looked like he was trying to hold hislaughter in, making Ava slightly angry. Couldn't he pretend to be sad too?!"Yes he will. Don't be silly Ava. He loves you!"She felt her heart crumble to pieces smaller thanit was before. "Yeah... as a sister." Her small voice managed tocroak out, hoarse from the crying.Ryan didn't know what to do to comfort Ava. Hejust rubbed her back as she broke down. "Want me to get Lucas?" Hesuggested but was immediately shot down with a loud no. Wanting to call forbackup and having no other choice, he texted Jackson what had happened
HE couldn't even feelanything. He was completely numb apart from a dull ache found in his chest -the place his heart should be.Lucas was still in shock from what happened lastnight. He could hardly register that it was even morning considering he hadn'tslept at all. He had been stressed since getting the threatening letter butnow... he couldn't even function.All he had to do was get snacks to bring back forAva and he couldn't even do that without getting sneaked up on by a rogue. Withhis mind consumed by thoughts of his mate waiting at home for him, he wasdistracted enough for the rogue to claw his chest before Lucas even saw it.After quickly killing the rogue and mind linkingsomeone to clear the body, he was annoyed at how he could be so easilyattacked. He was supposed to be an Alpha yet one small rogue managed to cut alarge diagonal line across his chest. Disposing of his ripped shirt, he walkedhome, hoping that his chest would heal before Ava saw it.Unfortunately, t
A knock sounded on the doorbut Lucas didn't make any move to open it nor did he allow the person to comein."Lucas! Open the door man." Ryan shoutedas he jiggled the handle of the locked door.He hadn't come out of his room since coming backfrom his night outside Ava's house. That was two days ago. Two days without hismate.Lucas had called Ava, each time going tovoicemail. He left messages, begging for forgiveness, until it was full and hecouldn't leave anymore. Ava hadn't replied to any. She hadn't given him anyindication that she had listened to them either as her voicemail was still full.He sat in the corner of his room, surrounded bythe blankets and pillows that captured his mates wonderful scent. He evenhugged the stuffed polar bear he won for her at the carnival, internallysmiling at the name she gave it, Lu Lu the Second.The carnival was one of the best days of his lifebecause he almost kissed her. He felt cowardly though. He didn't have thecourage to tell her h