Chapter 67

(Maya POV)

“No! That makes no sense! There are seven days in the week, are you saying you should get more time with her?” Eli says to Tommy.

“I am the alpha here, so yes I think I should have more time with her. She was also mated to me first, so….” Tommy says back.

“That doesn’t mean anything. You are not more her mate just because she was with you first.” Eli argues back.

This back and forth had been going on for a while now. I expect there to be some complications when we had to talk about this unusual dynamic, but I didn’t expect it to turn into two immature boys not wanting to share. Noah was happy with accepting any arrangement as long as it meant he would get to spend time with me, but the others seemed to be having a jealousy issue. After they had started arguing I cuddled up to Noah and we both stayed quite while the others fought it out. I didn’t think it made much sense to schedule specific days, since we all would end up spending time together anyway. I guess this was more about who I would be spending my nights with. But then why give me my own room? I guess it made sense to them, and I figured this fight was a little overdue.

There was bound to be some jealousy and I knew that, but it was making me feel more like an object instead of their mate. Noah had his arm wrapped around my shoulder and I was enjoying being near him, so I stayed. Noah had this way of calming me that I realized that I really love.

“What arrangement would you want?” Noah asks me softly.

“Honestly, I haven’t really thought about it. To me it would be nicer if we just let things happen naturally without this pressure but understand with men its different. I don’t have to share you guys with anyone, so I can’t really understand how that feels. Maybe it is best to have some sort of schedule. I don’t know.” I replied.

“I agree. You should be able to decide who you want to be with and when. I think they just need to get this argument out of their system before they realize how stupid they sound.” Noah says with a laugh.

“You boys are all different and I feel so different when I am with each of you.” I say.

“How do you feel when you are with me?” he asks looking at me with a slightly anxious look.

I smile. “I always feel so calm around you. Your scent is relaxing to me, I really love it.” I tell him with a kiss to the cheek.

“Really?” He asks.

I nod and his smile grows before h starts to blush. It was so cute! I reached up and took his face in my hands and squished him slightly before gently kissing him. That’s the thing about Noah that I was starting to notice, the small things we shared always make him the happiest. He smiles again and hugs me tighter and I can’t help but giggle slightly when he nuzzles his face in my neck. At this point we had kind of forgot the other boys had been having a heated discussion, until one of them cleared their throat. Noah and I turned and say them watching us looking less than happy.

“Do you two mind? We are trying to work out a plan and you two are over there completely in your own world!” Tommy says annoyed.

Noah and I return to simply sitting beside each other and watched the other two argue for another thirty minutes. At that point I had enough, and I was ready to put my foot down.

“Ok enough!” I say standing. “I am sick of this! We were supposed to come up with a way to make sure everyone felt comfortable in this relationship, but you guys have turned it into some immature argument! I am not a toy for you to pass around and share. I am a person, and your mate. I should be the only one who gets to decide who I want to spend my time with. And right now, that doesn’t include either of you! Come on Noah.”

Noah looks to me a little surprised but takes the hand I offer to him.

“Wait where are you going?” Eli ask, his voice sad.

“I am tired, and I just want to sleep, so when you two realize that what you have been arguing about is stupid than we can approach the subject again. Good night!” I turn and walk toward the stair pulling Noah behind me.

When Noah and I are back in my room, I let go of his hand and flop down on the bed before letting out an angry groan.

“You ok?” He asks sitting beside me.

“I just wasn’t expecting this important talk to turn into that.” I admit with a sigh.

“I’m sorry. We have been best friends our whole lives but those two fights about almost everything. I am actually not toto surprised.” Noah says with a weak smile.

“I just don’t want this to come between you guys. I mean I care about all of you and I want to be fair so that all of you get to spend time with me, but I didn’t want it to feel like this. Like I don’t really have a say in the matter.” I say feeling like maybe they weren’t even thinking about me at all but rather what I can do for them.
Maybe it is wrong for me to assume they only want me for physical reasons, but my mind can’t help but go there after how they were arguing.

“Hey, don’t think like that. Of course, they care about you, they are just being stupid like you said.” Noah says lying beside me and draping his arm across my stomach.

I guess he heard what I was thinking.

“Why are you not upset about this like they are?” I ask.

He lays flat on his back and lets out a sigh. “It’s not that I am happy about sharing you, because of course I would love to have you all to myself. I think I am just happy to have you at all. When you were taken, it felt terrible not being with you and that we left things the way we did. I was sure I would never get another chance with you! I guess I am just happy to have you in my life at all!”

I smile at his words. He really knows exactly what to say to make my heart flutter.

“Don’t worry about Tommy and Eli though, they will figure this out. They both have a lot of pride and neither likes to back down. They will be up here soon with their tail between their legs begging for your forgiveness.” He says turning to me and rolling his eyes.

We both laugh and he turns on his side to face me again.

“So, what should we do until they come find us?” He asks raising a brow.

My eyes go wide because I know exactly what he wants to do. “Star Wars marathon?” I ask him.

He nods happily and we both sit up excitedly. After the day we spent together we realized we had a lot in common, in that we were both kind of nerds. Also, that we loved watching Star Wars together! He left to get the movies and snacks while I fixed the bed and got the TV ready.

(Noah POV)

I loved that Maya and I had our own thing that we really enjoyed doing together. That day we spent watching movies together had turned out to be a lot more fun than I expected and I learned a lot about Maya. I learned that she is an adorable nerd and we actually like a lot of the same things! So, when I asked her what we should do, I knew she didn’t have to read my mind to know what I was thinking. I walked downstairs to grab the movies and snacks and found Tommy and Eli sulking in the living room. They watch me walk by, but don’t say or ask me anything. Not until I am in the kitchen making popcorn.

“So how mad is she?” Tommy asks.

I roll my eyes, but it goes unseen because my back is still turned to them.

“She isn’t mad. She was a little hurt.” I say turning to them. “She thinks you guys don’t really care about her, since you didn’t even bother to ask her what she wanted. You two have fought like this since we were kids, but this different! This is our mate, and she has enough going on without you two idiots treating her like she is just something to have and not share. She cares about all of us, but maybe she needs different things from each of us, but you will only drive her away if you keep acting like this! But if you want to keep fighting then go ahead, then I will be the one who spends the most time with her.”

With the beep from the microwave, I turn and grab my stuff and leave them to think things over. My mate is waiting, and I was not about to waste my time with her on my two idiot friends. When I get back to her room, she is in the bathroom changing, so I set up the snacks on the bed and load in the first film. A few moments later she exits the bathroom and my wolf instantly growled. How did she look so beautiful even when she was dressed for bed? Last night we had kind of skipped the getting dressed for bed part, and I had only seen her dressed in her everyday clothes. This was something different, and now that we had mated, my attraction to her had grown a lot. She was wearing these pink short shorts and a white top that was slightly too short and revealed a small sliver of her stomach when she moved. Her hair was pulled up into a ponytail and she looked…sexy!

It was going to be really hard to focus on the movie with her dressed like that! She smiled at me when she saw me watching her, but I quickly looked away feeling guilty for staring. I guess I still needed to get used to being mated. I could hear her walking over to the bed and I felt the bed move as she climbed in, but I didn’t want to look until she was under the covers. I should feel comfortable with her since we have mated, but I can’t help but feel a little unsure. Last night I was being driven mostly by my wolf’s desire to mate, but the real me was still scared as hell!

“You going to sit there or are you going to sit with me?” I hear her ask from behind me.

I swallow the lump in my throat and stand. I walk to the side of the bed and climb under the covers next to her. Why am I feeling so nervous? We had already slept together! We also have cuddled and kissed, so what was my problem? She leaned over and turned the side lamp off before scooting closer to me and cuddling against my chest. My heart instantly began to race, and my hands began to sweat. My wolf was becoming worked up as her scent spread around me. The memories of last night begin to flash through my mind and I become a little uncomfortable. Ok so maybe, I had not really dated much before this and maybe I have always been kind of nervous around girls.

I had always been too busy to really pursue anyone, and I wasn’t really interested in dating. My time was taken up with studying and helping Tommy with pack matters, so I just didn’t have time. Now here I am with no dating experience, in bed with a beautiful girl that I am insanely attracted to. Last night I had been aware but also running on the instinctual urge to be mated to her. But in this moment, I wasn’t being pulled by the urge to complete our bond, this was different. This was just me wanting her.

I could almost hear my wolf rolling his eyes at me as he paced in my mind. He was a lot braver than me, and functioned on pure instinct, but I kept him on a tight leash. Always in control! But around Maya that control was hard to hold on to, and in this moment, I could feel it slipping away.

“Noah?” Her gentle voice breaks through my thoughts.

“Hm?” I reply.

“Are you ok? You seem really tense.” She says turning slightly to look up at me.

“Yeah, I’m fine!” I reply keeping my eyes focused on the movie.

“It looks like you are sick or something. Are you sure you are ok?” She asks sitting up and turning her whole body toward me to study my face.

Oh no. Don’t look…don’t look.