A Date Under the Stars

Octavia’s POV

After waiting a good 30 minutes for our food, we left the restaurant and finally made our way to find a good picnic spot.

“Follow me this way.” Leon smiles, leading me by his right hand and carrying our bags in the other. He leads us past the edge of the strip center and down an unlit dirt road surrounded by forest.

If we were any regular humans, we wouldn’t be able to see because of how dark it is in this area. But since we are werewolves, all of our senses are heightened. This makes it easier for us to see and sense things in the dark, hear and smell from further away, and act faster upon danger.

The road we are on gets slimmer the further we walk, so I instinctively move closer to Leon. “You aren’t scared are you? I’m here with you. It's okay.” He chuckles, letting go of his grip on my hand and slipping his hand around my shoulders.

“I’m not afraid, but this is kinda spooky.” I smile, looking around for the light of the moon. I couldn’t find the moonlight since there were so many trees surrounding and covering the dirt road. “How far is this place you are taking me to?” I ask curiously.

“No worries, it’s just a few minutes down this road. Away from human civilization.” He gently pulls me a little closer to him.

I blush madly, at this distance I can smell which detergent he uses on his clothes. It's so *satisfying.* I get so lost in my thoughts of what he must be like, what it’s going to be like as his mate, that I don’t even feel the time pass.

“You see that up ahead?” He lets go of me and points forwards.

At the end of the now sidewalk sized dirt road, was a large clearing. It was framed beautifully by two large oak trees, and beyond it was the bright glow of the moon on the grass below. From where we were standing, you could see there were no trees in that area.

As we passed through the trees at the end of the path, the moon lit up a widespread field of grass and wildflowers. My mind melted and my heart jumped at the view before us.

I almost held my breath, taking it all in, I felt so shocked that I wasn’t sure what to say. “Wow..” I whispered, looking around trying to absorb the breathtaking sight before me.

A small pond, shielded by a weeping willow sat alone in what seemed to be the center of the large meadow. He began to walk that way, and turned over his shoulder to glance at me. “You coming, *mate?*” He sets the bags against the trunk of the tree.

A shiver runs up my spine at his calling me *mate*, and I nod softly before replying. “Y-yes…”

The branches of the droopy tree blow gently in the night breeze, the moon shining perfectly down on us through the soft flowing leaves.

“Shit. We don’t have a blanket.” He clicks his tongue and looks up at me. “I can’t believe we came all this way before realizing it either.”

“That’s okay.” I smile and slip my leather jacket off, and lay it out on the ground. I look back up at him and gesture towards the jacket with a wink. “We can improvise!”

He looks shocked for a split second before a huge smile plasters itself across his *sweet* lips. “Wow.. Via is beautiful *and* smart. I am one lucky wolf…” he chuckles and does the same with his jacket.

I sit down in the grass beside my jacket, and begin pulling out the food and alcohol from our grocery bags. I set my togo bowl down on my jacket and whip out some unopened chopsticks. Leon sits next to me as I set up our dinner, and his knee brushes mine. A gentle tingle teases my leg, sending a soft blush to my cheeks.

Leon reaches over me and grabs two mikes from the bag, before using his silver bottle opener to pop the tops off.

“Here you go, *my lady*.” He pretends to bow as he hands me one, a bit of cool steam floats out the top and disappears into the air. “I’m surprised after all that, that our drinks are still cold!” I laugh, taking a small sip of the bittersweet blackberry drink in my hand.

He opens his food and mixes in some sauce, then he opens mine. “So what did you get to eat?” He smiles, taking a bite of his food.

I grab my chopsticks and begin to take a bite. “Oh! I got shrimp yaki udon. It's my favorite dish.” I chew my bite of noodles and make an overly exaggerated happy face. “Normally I would have them add broccoli… but it makes me gassy, and this is our first date. haha!” I hold my nose and stick out my tongue to make a ‘bleh’ face.

“Hahaha!” He laughs heartily, “I see you are *also funny.* I truly have a dime for a mate.” He taps my nose and pecks my cheek, making my face flush.

*’I need more to drink if he’s going to tease me this way. I feel like I am going to die of embarrassment!’* I think to Lucia as I take a huge gulp of my drink.

*’You are being so reserved… let me talk to mate! Maybe he will want to have some fun with us…’* She sounds as if she is wagging her tail, and finishes the end of her sentence with a seductive tone.

*’Lucia! We don’t want to come on too strong. It could scare him away.’* I reply to her and take another bite of my udon, this time taking a piece of shrimp with the bite.

“So this is your favorite dish?” Leon grins at me, pointing to my food while he takes a bite of his broccoli.

“Yep, in fact the restaurant we ordered our dinner from is actually my favorite.” I spoke matter-of-factly, having a small bite of my white rice and chugging the rest of my drink.

“Really? If I had known we could have eaten there instead of having a picnic.” He takes a drink, locking eyes with me. “I guess that will have to be what we do as part of our next date.”

“I… would love that.” I smile softly, fiddling with my food and looking down. A bit of my hair slides away from the back of my ear, covering my face slightly.

Suddenly he reaches out and re-tucks it behind my ear, he lifts my chin to make eye contact with him. The bits of moonlight that shone between the tree branches, glittered all over his face and reflected in the green of his eyes.

The pit of my stomach began to heat up, and my mouth watered.

*’kiss him.’* My wolf commanded, in unison with my thoughts.

Before I could think twice our lips crashed into each other, and his hand wrapped around the back of my head in an attempt to support my neck. His lips were soft, warm, and filled with *passion*.

He opened his mouth, and I followed. Our lips lapped over each other urgently, before his tongue pushed at my mouth for entry. I allowed it, my heart rate sped up and skipped when a small moan came from his throat.

“Mmh…” At his *hot* sound something snapped in me, and I grabbed the hair on the back of his neck with both my hands. In the seconds we went up for air, he groaned and grabbed my ass.

“Ah!..” I yelped, a grin growing on his swollen lips.

Things began to quickly heat up when he slid me onto his lap with my legs spread. Every fiber of my being felt *hot*, I needed him. I needed his hands on me, and I needed him *inside me*.

His hands paced up and down my backside, reaching up my shirt and teasing my bra strap before going back down to squeeze my butt.

My logic and patience were tossed out the window in a mere few seconds. I no longer cared to wait, and based on his actions… neither did he.