PURSUE YOUR HEART

Later that evening I sit in the crowded club with my best friend Doreen next to me. She is busy chatting with some stranger. I know that he is human, but I don't know him personally. That tells me that she is only looking for a good time.

She is smart when it comes to her mate. She doesn't want a serious relationship to avoid any future complication when she meets her mate. So in the mean time she decides to just have a little fun until that day finally comes.

She is much more confident than me. This is her weekend routine and I am always just along for the ride. It beats sitting at home on the weekend doing nothing even if I did leave alone every night. I just want to loosen up a bit. I have no intentions of meeting anyone.

That doesn't stop Doreen from trying to set me up though. If a guy she is interested in comes in with a friend she's always trying to set me up with them to make it easier on her.

She never gives up.

Just as I take a sip of my drink I notice someone leaning on the counter next to me and they aren't going away. His stare is way too obvious. I can only imagine it is Doreen's doing.

"Can I help you?" I ask as politely as I can.

He doesn't look too bad, but I still can't get Logan out of my head. In any other situation I would have flirted with him, but my wolf hates anyone that isn't my mate. It's only become this bad since seeing Logan a few days ago. I don't quite know how to handle her and it is getting worse.

The only exception to that rule is the stranger that came into the cafe earlier today, Samuel. She found him quite mysterious, just as I did. I don't think she knew exactly what to make of him.

"The name's Jeff," he smirks, holding out his hand to me.

"Tina." I lie not bothering to accept it and look down at my drink.

I'd probably never see this guy again anyway, so it hardly matters what name I give him. He'd be gone in ten minutes if I can help it.

I take another long sip of my drink trying my best to ignore him but he just isn't getting the hint. I suppose this calls for more desperate measures.

"What is a pretty girl like you sitting all alone at the bar for?" he asks.

I roll my eyes at him and I am about to say something a bit rude until I notice that Doreen has already ditched me.

She is no longer at the bar next to me, but instead, across the room in some random guy's lap.

Wow, ditched already. I think that's a new record. We have only been here twenty minutes.

After realizing he is still waiting in my response, I quickly try to think of something to say to scare him off.

"Oh you know. Just a single mom having a night out, while the kids are away with their grandma" I smile.

"So you have kids?" he questions, still not sounding as put off as I'd hoped. "Yes. Six to be precise."

If that doesn't work, I don't know what will. Perhaps I should have told him that I was waiting for my lesbian lover to return from the bathroom thing. It wouldn't bring up any questions and I would have been left alone by now. I think.

"Oh really, and how did you pull that off? You couldn't be more than twenty-two," he chuckles, clearly disbelieving.

Crap. I really should have come up with something better.

I sigh and turn to him. "What will it take for you to go away and leave me alone?"

I really hate being rude, but sometimes that's the only way to convey the message you aren't interested.

"Letting me buy you a drink and your number," he grinned.

"I already have a drink."

He pulls a pin out from his pocket and hands it to me along with a napkin. "Your number then."

Wow this guy is persistent.

Get rid of him, my wolf growls. He's not our mate.

I'm trying. I reply.

"Okay," I nod, taking the napkin and jotting down a number he'd be pleased with. I'm sure Jennifer wouldn't mind.

He picks it up and reads it over with a smirk on his face then tucks it away. "Thanks. I'll be in touch."

I let out a long relieved sigh when he disappears from the bar stool.

We should go find Logan. My wolf says with a slight whimper.

It bothers me that she still doesn't understand that he belongs to someone else.

He has made his choice and he is happy with it. Is it really right that we destroy his happiness?

Yes. He is ours. He will want us when he sees us. She explains.

This same fight day after day is exhausting me. It is like a never ending battle between us. I just want it to stop.

You don't know that and neither do I. Just let it go for now and I'll think about it. I bargain with her.

I can feel the immense happiness coming off of her at my words. She wants this. She has wanted this for days and I don't see any way around it without giving her exactly what she wants.

Logan.

So that's exactly what I am going to do. Or try to at least.

She is right. We need to know if he wants us, no matter how painful it might be.