CHAPTER FIVE - THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS

It was 7 o'clock in the evening and Valentina was in her old room at her parents house. The room brought back so much nostalgia to her, but she still loved it. She smiled so much while looking at the medium sized room which had felt big to her as a teenager.

The walls were all white because her mom had never let Valentina paint her white walls. Everything in the room was light colored. The window was small and her desk was directly underneath the window.

Valentina had always liked the color black as a child but her mom refused to make her whole closet or even her room that color. 

After moving out of the house, she sold most of her old colorful clothes and gave the rest to Kendra. Now all she owned was gray, black, and white. 

Valentina was sitting at the desk looking at herself in the small mirror. Then she decided to wear makeup tonight for her date.

Date, Valentina thought. I am going on a date with a man that is the Prince of all werewolves, and he is my mate. At this point it is too exhausting to freak myself out because this is already ridiculous. 

She had already showered so she made a quick decision to call Kendra. The phone rang three times before Kendra picked up. 

"Hey, Val," she said from the other side.

"Hey, Ken," Valentina said.

"Aren't you getting ready for your date with the prince? It is already 7:20 PM," she said. 

"No. Actually l am not even close. I don't understand why I even said yes to going on a date with him. I should just avoid him till the end of time," Valentina said while rolling my eyes.

"What are you talking about, Val? He is your mate, and the two of you are soulmates," she said, her tone coming out worried. 

"I know he is my soulmate, Ken. It is just that I..." Valentina trailed off, closing her eyes as she sighed.

"What is it, Val? Is he horrible? Does he have bad breath?" Kendra asked, dropping question after question on Valentina, her tone becoming more and more worried. 

Valentina stopped her rambling immediately as she said, "No his breath is perfectly fine, if that is what you are asking."

Kendra gasped so loud that Valentina could bet that her mom could hear it from all the way downstairs. "Val! You have to tell me about it now! I want to know how Prince Alexander's breath smells like," she said in a very loud tone. 

"Yeah, be louder. I can't wait for Liam to hear that his mate wants to know how the breath of another male smells like," Valentina said in a chastising tone.

"Oh, please. Every normal female in the werewolf kingdom wants to know about the young and handsome Prince Alexander." 

As Kendra said that, Shay got really jealous immediately, so much that Valentina had to struggle to keep her from coming out and yelling at Kendra. 

"His breath smells like mints," Valentina said to her. 

"How do you know what his breath smells like?" she asked in a clearly amused tone.

"We may have kissed once," Valentina said while putting her head down and shaking it vigorously. 

"Oh my God, Val. When did that happen?" she asked, and Valentina put the phone down and opened her desk drawer to get her makeup bag. 

"I went for a run in the woods earlier and I guess so did he, and then we kissed."

"Val, you do know that you are living every she-wolfs dream," she said to her friend. 

"Yeah it doesn't feel all bright, but I have to get ready for this date." 

Valentina felt she was getting really nervous over a man, and she needed to get her shit together. 

"Okay have fun, Val," Kendra said before she hung up the phone.

She put the phone down and started to work on her makeup. She didn't own any blue clothes, so she guessed the Prince would just have to be disappointed for once.

When she was finished with her makeup, she decided to curl her hair because why not. After she curled her hair, she took a hair band and tied it back in a pretty bun with some front curls sticking out. 

Valentina didn't think she had any pretty dresses in her closet. Sure, she had really sexy dresses but those dresses were certainly not appropriate for a first date with the prince. 

So she guessed that she would just have to wear a skirt. She went towards were her suitcases were stacked and took the top one, opening it up to reveal different types of skirts in it.

After some deliberations, she decided on a pretty black leather skirt with a slit, then she paired it with an ash colored satin tank top and black pumps. 

Valentina just hoped that her outfit would do for this dinner with Prince Alexander. Honestly the thought about dates made her a bit uncomfortable because she was not used to them. 

To be honest, dinner dates were strange to her because there was little or no relaxation involved, but because he had asked nicely so she had decided that it was worth a try since the guy was her soulmate or whatever it was that they called it.

-Being attached to you is exhausting, Shay said in her head which made Valentina to laugh out loud as she shrugged off her wolf's comment.

She looked in the mirror and checked whether her make up was nicely done. She used blue eyeshadow because he had said blue was his favorite color.

Valentina had thought that it was funny at the time because she didn't have anything blue in her closet. So that was why she had decided that her make up look was the best fit for the "something blue" as he had said.

Valentina finally decided that the only way that she could get through the little time she had left in the pack was pushing down these nervous feelings of becoming the Queen. 

So she had to suppress the anger and sadness she felt about leaving her well ordered life for now and then beat the feelings out when they decided to come back at her with full force.

Valentina had told her mom about the date and she started freaking out. She throrougly cleaned the whole house so fast that Valentina thought she had super speed. 

Mrs Sharpe was so happy that her first daughter had found her mate but she was really excited that her daughter was the mate to the prince, and she was going to be future Queen of all werewolves. 

Valentina's dad hadn't said anything since he found out about the news of her mate, and she hadn't even seen him since the day of the general pack meeting.

Jamie still hadn't come out of his room to talk to her, but she didn't allow herself to dwell on that for now. She would talk to him tomorrow and smooth everything out. 

Right now she was just trying to hold everything together and she thought she was clearly doing a terrible job at it. 

Valentina got up and went towards another of her suitcases. This particular one had her jewelries in it. She opened it and picked out a stone studded choker which she paired with her outfit, looking in the mirror to check if she was good to go. She smiled at her reflection in the mirror, pleased to see that she was looking really good.

Then Valentina walked to her door and opened it, before she walked down the stairs. Her mom was in the kitchen making dinner for her brother and dad.

She was stirring macaroni and cheese in a pot and humming along to an old tune. When she heard the sound of heels clacking on the tiled kitchen floor, she turned and Iooked at Valentina. 

She looked at Valentina for a while before speaking. "I really thought you would have gone for a more colorful look," she said and mother and daughter both started laughing, and in the middle of everything, the doorbell rang.

Maybe if I fall and twist my ankle, I won't have to go, Valentina thought as she looked towards the door.