LOVE.....LUST

VALERIE "He didn't believe me when I told him I have a girlfriend. He said I was too short to have a girlfriend and shoved me hard. When I fell down everyone started laughing at me, so I got very angry and punched him!" Patrick tells me as I'm tying his shoe lace. Mmmh, so he fought because of me?! "It was not a hard punch just a hook punch that you taught me last week." he continues. "Patrick, it might have not been hard for you but he is a human. He will feel pain because you are going to be a werewolf soon." I tell him. "But I am eight now." 'You don't look like eight!' I think to myself. "Besides, mama told me that we shift at thirteen." "Anyway, I am going to talk to the principal but this shouldn't be repeated, okay?" I say to him firmly. "Yes girlfriend." he says and kisses my cheeks. "Good. Now keep your bag, we have to run remember?" I state and he nods at me. Patrick informs me that there's toast for breakfast today and we decide to skip it. "You remember the plan?" I ask him and he nods at me. We don't want to get caught by Edith like last time, so we've made a plan. We are heading down the stairs slowly without making any noise. I can hear the sounds of people chatting in the dining table. When we are at the bottom step, I peek slowly to make sure nobody is watching us. I give an 'all clear' signal to Patrick and he holds my hand tightly. We get downstairs and walk quickly, keeping our heads high so that nobody will get to know that we are actually escaping. "I heard you both when the door to your room opened, so don't even try to escape!" Edith says loudly and we both stand dead in our tracks. I look at Patrick from the corner of my eyes and I see him looking at me, pouting his lips. I hate toast. Huffing, I look at Edith who is smirking at me with her hands crossed over her chest. "I will eat the breakfast after I drop Patrick to school." I say while smiling. "I won't buy it." she says smirking and I frown at her. "It is toast and toasts are.... Eww." Patrick says. "Okay, let me do it the other way. Both of you get your ass here or else I'm going to call Veronica!" she says smirking and takes out her mobile phone from her pocket. Crap! If she calls her, I'm sure Veronica will come here on the first flight available and everyone in the Pack will kill me in different ways for getting the 'inspector' here. "Fine." I say while stomping my foot. "But that is blackmail." I add, poking my tongue at her and dragging Patrick with me towards the dining room. "Naw man, I hate toast!" Patrick mutters. When I walk past Edith, I notice that her smell is different. "You smell different." I tell her and she widens her eyes. "I...it's the new perfume." she tells me and rushes to the dining room. "I don't smell anything different!" Patrick says, scrunching his nose and I drag him to eat the horrible toast. I sit in the dining table and look at Oscar who is avoiding my gaze. 'It's okay.' I tell him through the link and he smiles at me. 'I was drunk and wasn't thinking straight. So don't get worried about me.' he says and I nod at him. But I know that when you aren't sober you always speak the truth! "Geez, you smell different" Evie says to Edith while pulling a chair to sit. "Uh- it is the new perfume." Edith says and we all stare at her. "I'll get the coffee" she says and rushes to the kitchen. "What's with her?" Ivan asks. "I don't know." Nathan says and swallows the whole toast at one go. Weird! I stare at the toast in front of me for a whole minute and then look Patrick who is drinking his juice. "So, how is it going lover boy?" Evie asks Ivan and he blushes looking down at his plate. My eyes widen when I see the food in his plate. "You have eggs?" I scream. "I want eggs too!" "Check the hot box, there is some for you and Patrick." Edith says from the kitchen. I open the lid of the hot box only to see it empty. "Ivan?" I say, growling. "Oh! This was yours?" he asks showing me a spoonful of scrambled egg and then plopped it inside his mouth. I growl loudly at him while he smiles at me. Idiot stole my scrambled eggs! Everybody in the table starts laughing while Patrick and I are glaring at Ivan. "Patrick." I say. "Uncle Ivan is very bad." Patrick says and I smirk because Patrick calls someone uncle only when he is mad at them. "Hey, I am only twenty one. So don't call me uncle!" Ivan says frowning at Patrick while I smirk at him. "I was hungry so I ate the eggs. Besides, if it's any consolation to you, I will tell you that it was really good!" he says and sticks his tongue out at us. "You ate our food?!" I snap. "Hey I can give it back but I think it's already digested by now." he says. "Gross!" I say while scrunching up my nose. "You know what, just for this one I'll show the pictures in your bedroom to Cherry!" I say smirking. There are loud ooh's from the rest of them in the table. "You will not!" he says leaning forward and growling at me. "I so will!" I say, leaning forward, "I'll show them all to her!" and I smirk at him. "Show me what?" Cherry asks from behind and Ivan panics. We both know I won't show Cherry any pic. "Show you my collection of Hugh Jackman movies." I say to her after winking at Ivan. "Oh, you like him?" she asks me sitting next to Ivan. "Like? She is crazy about him. I was forced to watch 'Real Steel' five times when it was in our nearby theatre. It stopped only after Oscar downloaded the movie." Evie says shaking her head and I poke my tongue at her. "He is good." Cherry says while Ivan frowns at her. "Okay, not as good as you." She says, leaning forward to kiss him. I laugh at that. "Please.... How can you even compare Hugh..." I say smiling "with Ivan?" I ask frowning. "What would you do if it would be with your mate?" Nathan asks me. "I've gat to drop Patrick to school." I say, tugging Patrick with me. My cheeks are pink and everyone is laughing at me. "Please.... How can you even compare Hugh with Shawn?" Ivan says mimicking my tone while I growl at him. I run away from there dragging Patrick with me. ***** I'm sitting on the beach and building a sand castle as I wait for Shawn. He told me to come here because he doesn't like coming to the Pack House because it is 'crowded'. His words not mine! I gave him a fair share of yelling for calling my Pack a crowd. Everyone in the Pack is happy that we found another piece of the statue. We are about to have the success party tonight. After finding a piece, we usually leave the Pack but not this Pack. Something doesn't feel right. It feels like there is going to be another attack soon. So we decide to stay one more month. **** It's five in the evening and still there is no sign of Shawn. I can't blame him, he asked me to be here at five-fifteen. I'm jobless so I came early and I'm now building my beautiful castle. I'm building the roof of the castle when someone throws a small piece of stone at the castle, making it to crumble down. I turn to growl at Shawn who is aiming another stone and it hits the castle walls making everything fall. "What is your problem?" I yell at him. He has broken my castle, again! When we were kids he and Jasper would break mine and Caroline's castles. I get up and storm towards him. His blue eyes turn dark when he sees me, but his gaze doesn't show anger in them. It shows.... Desire? "I hate you!" I say, shoving him hard on the chest. He just takes a step back. "How old are you? Five?" he asks smirking. "Well at least I am five. You are four." I say, shoving him again. "Correction, I should be six if you are five." He says, grinning like an idiot. "Why did you call me here?" I snap at him. He doesn't reply. Instead, he takes a step forward and wraps his arms around my waist. I'm wearing dark jeans that hang low on my hips. I've paired them up with a checked shirt that exposes my midriff, where his hands are wrapped now. When I feel his arms touch against my skin, I straighten my back. Tingles are spreading all over my body making me shiver with desire. All the anger that I had within me when he wrecked my castle is slowly disappearing. I look into his eyes and feel the need to get lost in it. He bends his head and kisses the tip of my nose. "You are cuter when you are angry." he says, grinning. I blush and decide to change the topic before my cheeks get on fire. "Why did you call me here?" He leans forward and pecks me on the lips. "I wanted to ask you about the rogues." He states. "How did you get into that mess? And I want it from the start!" he asks, staring at me and something tells me he won't like it much if I lie to him. But I have to lie! "The day I left the pack, I met Evie, and then she took me to her Pack. Her Pack had this conflict with the rogues and so when I became the Beta of that Pack, I had to face them!" I lie, staring at the sea. "You knew Evie before?" he asks. "No, I just met her that day." I say. "How did you become the Beta?" "Oscar thought I was a good fighter and chose me as his Beta." I say while he growls. It's the exact reason I chose Oscar as my Beta! I'm continuously lying. I hope the moon goddess forgives me! "I know you are their Beta and all but your smell is stronger and powerful. It smells stronger than Oscar sometimes." He says sitting down and I freeze in my place. What am I going to say now? It's a new perfume I'm trying! I think sarcastically. "I-It is not, no. H-how can I smell? Oscar is an Alpha's son and has an Alpha blood, he..." I say nervously but I'm interrupted by Shawn. "You too have an Alpha Blood." He says and I frown at him. "What?" "Your great grandfather, his name...." he says scratching his forehead. "Mr. Austin?" I ask him. "Yes, it's him. He was the Alpha of his Pack, a very small Pack. It had less than twenty members. The Pack didn't have a moon temple so it wasn't safe for them. He and my great grandfather made a deal to combine the Packs. They had a fair fight, in which my great grandfather won. So he remained the Alpha, but Austin was a good competitor, so he was chosen as the Beta." I'm too shocked to react. I had no idea about this. "You didn't know?" he asks me and I shake my head. "Strange, Jasper knows. He said that your dad used to tell stories about this to him." I remember some stories but not this! "Then?" I ask him when I'm able to get my voice out. "Then what? He was the Beta and his generation continued, like Jasper is mine. I wonder how none of your Alpha blood called you!" 'My blood called me, damn it!' I think to myself. This information is new and I'm trying to register it in my mind one after the other. When I'm done another question pops in my head. "Who was the Beta before?" He looks at me and I get a gut feeling that I won't like his answer. "Mr. Hunter." he says and I growl. I knew it. Shawn raises an eyebrow at my growl. "You know about him?" "That he stole the statue? Yes, I know." I reply. "He did that to frame Austin for the theft and then would get his position back." He says wrapping his arms around my shoulder and getting me closer to him. "He was banished from the Pack." "You know about the moon goddess appearing?" I ask him. "I heard tales about it but I don't know if it is true." He says kissing my forehead. Shawn doesn't believe in white wolfs and I can't help but chuckle imagining his face when he comes to know I am one. "May be that is why I smell stronger than Oscar." I say, happy that I have a reason now. He looks at me but he doesn't comment anything. "Did you get all the pieces of the statue?" he asks me. "No. There are two more left." "Hmm." He says and lowers his head. "Are you still mad at me?" I chuckle at that because I know why he's asking this. "Yep" I say. "Then how about I change that?" he says before placing his lips on mine. My breath gets crushed in my lungs and a desperate moan escapes from my throat. My wolf is sighing happily. His lips start tracing my jaws and neck. I feel him place hot and sweet kisses on them. I can't stop the moans that are coming from me. When he's close to my neck I can feel his teeth trying to nibble me. He pulls away and roughly bites my lip before shoving me to the ground and jumping back. I'm trying to breathe while staring at the sky. When I sit up, I see him walking with his back to me. He has used his werewolf speed to escape. "I am sorry." I hear him saying. I feel the blood oozing from the cut he made on my lips. I look at him walking away and my eyes prick. I stare at his back until my vision becomes blurry. "I am sorry too." I tell him, hoping he will hear me. I get up and run into the woods hoping to stop myself before crying. It's already almost dusk, when I shift into my white wolf because I can't stop the tears. I look around and make sure no one is watching. I feel the evening breeze on my fur as I run. 'Valerie, where are you?" I hear Evie asking me a few minutes later. 'In the woods.' I reply. 'Come soon. The party won't start without you.' She tells me. 'Okay, get me a dress.' I say and block her. I'm running towards the pack house when I meet Evie halfway. She's glaring at me. "Sorry." I tell her after I shift. "Did anyone see you?" she asks, still glaring at me. "I don't think so." I replied sheepishly. Before she can yell at me again, I run and she follows. Twenty minutes later I am dressed up in a gold sequined top paired with jeans and matching gold pumps. I come down with Evie and immediately join my group. I look at Shawn who is talking with Abed. He's wearing a black pullover t-shirt with black pants. The sleeves of his t-shirt are rolled up to his elbows. He looks really good! He's avoiding my gaze and I think it's because he bit my lip, but the cut has healed quickly. "You look beautiful." Edith says while handing me a drink. "And you still smell different" I say, inhaling. "About that...." she's about to say something but she's interrupted by Jasper who comes running. He stops and begins panting. Evie rushes to his side immediately. "Are you okay?" she asks her mate. He just pulls her closer and nestles his nose against her neck. We all look away, giving them their time. I'm taking a sip of my drink when Jasper says loudly. "I-I saw a white wolf!"