Alex went over to Madison's house after school to get ready for the game and dance. The game started at seven, and the dance was being held from nine until eleven-thirty. Since it was a casual dance, the girls decided to wear skinny jeans and fitted T-shirts. They all had gone to the mall together last weekend and picked out similar attire to wear for the night. Each had classic colored skinny jeans, but Madison's shirt color was a deep dark blue, Alex's was bright pink, and Emily's was a midnight black, which they all said looked great on her porcelain skin coloring and dark-colored hair.
"Hey, what time is Zach picking you up?" Madison questioned Emily as soon as she answered her phone.
"Um, I think around six-thirty. Why?" Emily was a little nervous about Zach picking her up, meeting her aunt Maureen, and being in the car with him all by herself. They had time to talk alone before, like going to class together and at lunch, but this was like the actual first time th
"Your aunt is nice." Zach tried to make casual conversation with Emily, who appeared a little tense. She was fidgeting around with her hands, folding them on her lap, and then rubbing them together ten seconds later."Yeah, she can be most of the time." Emily tried to remember when Aunt Maureen wasn't friendly to everyone, but there wasn't any recollection of an occurrence."So, tell me something about you I don't know." Zach tried once again to get Emily to open up a little. He wanted to find out as much about her as possible."What do you know about me?" Emily countered his inquiry with a question of her own.A puzzled look came about Zach's face as he tried to think of what he knew about this girl sitting beside him. "You started West Lakes this year. You're a senior. And..." Zach struggled as he tried to think of another fact about Emily. "And you like the school pizza."Emily let out a little giggle. "How did you find out all these deep dark s
Madison and Alex came running up and gave Emily a quick hug. "Guess Mr. Lovell here," Alex linked her arm through with Zach's, "had all your attention, and you couldn't remember about us lowly people." Alex jokingly hung her head, awaiting sympathy."No. I...just..." Emily stuttered. She tried to find an excuse as to why she didn't call.Zach came up beside her and put his arm around her shoulders. "Hey, she can't help it if she finds my company and presence more interesting than yours." He stuck his tongue out at Madison and Alex.Both girls started laughing."Oh yeah, Zach, you're so irresistible. You're as hot as..." Madison tried to think of the cute guy that played in the last movie she and Alex had seen. She looked behind the others and saw one person that could ruin her whole night. "Jacob.""I knew it. I knew it." Danny started to bounce on his toes. "I knew you had the hots for him.""No. He's behind you." Madison pointed to Jacob,
The group heard the band begin to do warm-ups as they made their way through the line into the gym. Zach already had the cash out for him and Emily and made sure to push it forward when they got up to the person taking the attendance money. Danny was behind them and paid for him and Alex. Madison wasn't with anyone, so that left her alone to pay for herself and have no one to accompany her to the dance."I guess we're stuck here for the next two and a half hours." Danny didn't want to be at some lame dance. He'd rather be out on patrol with the rest of the pack where all the adventure was happening tonight. But Alex wanted to come, so he had to go along with what made her happy."Danny." Alex let out an exasperated sigh. "It will be fun." She tiptoed up and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek."Hey, the band is warming up." Madison pointed to the group that was in the front portion of the gym."Looks like they should be getting ready for bed. Kinda late fo
The group danced together until the band decided to take a ten-minute break. Zach took Emily by the hand and led her over to where they had the refreshments set out. "Having fun?" he asked as he handed her a cup of the fruit punch one of the chaperones was distributing.Emily took a big drink and nodded yes to Zach's question, which earned a big smile from him. She was having a fantastic time with everyone. Well, one boy in particular. His eyes never left her, like he was totally mesmerized by her presence. She felt the same way about him. It was such a natural feeling of always wanting to watch, be beside, or touch the other in any sort of way."How about you?" Emily questioned him after she got down the last swallow of punch.He nodded in agreement and was about to say something when the band broke out into another song. This time it was by the girl singer.Madison grabbed Emily's hand and pulled her to the dance floor. All three girls turned and starte
Madison slowly turned around and found gawking expressions on her friends' faces."What the hell just happened?" Alex's voice reached over the sound of the band playing their next song.Madison shrugged. She had no explanation or reasoning to give them. All she knew is she had to search for Jacob and find out the answer to the question Alex just asked her. She quickly turned the way Jacob had gone and ignored Alex's questions, the dirty stares she was receiving from kids she bumped into on her way to get out of the room, and the killer looks she received as she passed Brindle and her cronies.As soon as Madison made it out to the sidewalk, she saw Jacob walking at a hurried pace farther down by the parking lot. "Jacob," she yelled out, hoping he would stop. She had no clue what she was going to say to him, but something deep inside of her said there was more to this whole charade he put on than what he let others believe.Jacob heard her voice ring out in
Madison made it back to the dance but didn't feel the same enthusiasm as when she first arrived. She couldn't believe all that had happened between them. Not much went on, but still, he kissed her, she kissed him, and there was a pull to him that she couldn't deny."Hey, where'd you go?" Alex snuck up behind Madison, who was in deep thought.Madison jumped. "I. Uh. I had to get out of here for a little bit. I needed some air." She didn't want to go into the whole explanation of what occurred after she and Jacob left the school."After that little escapade on the dance floor with Jacob, yep, you definitely needed some fresh air." Alex had a smug little grin on her face."That was nothing. It shouldn't have happened, and it will never happen again." Madison went over to the table where they had laid their purses and grabbed hers off the pile. A chaperone started to come toward them, but she held up her car keys. "It's mine. I'm leaving.""Where's my
Zach's face dipped lower to Em's. She wasn't backing away, so that was a good thing. The softness of her lips overwhelmed him as he tasted her for the first time. His inner wolf pushed him to go further, but Zach knew if he did, it would scare her off permanently. He slowly opened his mouth to see what kind of response he would get and was surprised when she did the same. His tongue danced around with hers in a display of seduction. He groaned as she slowly let her arms fall from around his neck down the length of his chest and abdomen. It was kind of exciting to see she had a little experience in this department, but it angered his wolf to know someone else had put their mouth and hands on what he claimed to be his.Zach slowly pulled back and leaned his forehead against hers. He felt like his heart was going to beat out of his chest, and he could hear her breathing was as labored as his from the wild moment they just had. "I better get going." He'd finally caught his breath
Madison woke up to her cell phone ringing in Alex's tone. She was going to let it go to voicemail but decided just because she was pissed off at Jacob she couldn't take it out on her friends. "Hey, what's up?""I was checking up on you to make sure you were doing a little better than last night." Alex was always the comforter of the group and strived to make sure everyone was happy. "So, are you ever going to tell me what went on with you and Jacob after you went outside? Don't say nothing because I know that would be total bull."Madison was trying hard to forget about last night. It was time to forget about Jacob. Not that she like-liked him in the first place, but the way he was last night when he kissed her was like something she'd never experienced before. It was like a flame inside her had sprung to life and was at a critical burning level.Time to forget and move on."I'm good," was the only thing Madison could mutter out to Alex about how