32. Meeting Roxie

Lilith

We left the room to find food. Something greasy would hit the spot perfectly. Upon entering the kitchen there was already a plate ready for both Eric and me. An egg sandwich with hashbrowns and bacon. “Did you do this?” I asked Eric and he smiled. “The perks of mind linking is endless. But to answer your question, yes and no. I didn’t make it, but I told the staff what to cook and to have it ready by the time we came down.”

“When I see them, I will have to tell them thank you. I am surprised I don’t see them all that often.” I said and it was true. I knew they had to be around dinner and breakfast were always ready for me, but I hardly saw them. Then there were the people who cleaned and did the laundry. Eric said. “Lilith you are not here during the day, that is why you never see them." I nodded he was right. I grabbed the orange juice next to the plates and began to eat and drink. I didn’t bother going to the table to sit. I was starving.

Eric followed my lead, and we ate standing up. Noel walked into the kitchen; he didn’t look at me at all. Eric started laughing hysterically at the fact his brother was refusing to make eye contact with me. “Noel I am sorry about last night.” I saw his body visibly tense up. “Noel?” I said his name again at his lack of response. He still didn’t look at me. I hated to do this, but I couldn’t just lose my friend because of some comments that made him uncomfortable.

“Noel I command you to look at me.” I was sure Eric was amused as he was trying to stifle his laughter. Noel finally met my eyes, and I offered a smile. “I am sorry, if I made you uncomfortable. I love your brother and well, I know you get the mate bond. I just was shit faced I wouldn’t normally say all of that out loud if I was not intoxicated, you know that.” He nodded slowly. “Are we good now?” I asked him. He paused for a while, and I was waiting for him to say something.

His demeanor finally changed, and a broad smile spread across his face. “Yes, we are fine. We are besties after all right?” I smiled back at him. “Of course we are.” He pulled me into a hug and the whispered into my ear “You can talk to me about anything, but please don’t be graphic about my brother. We can have sex talks, but I don’t want details on specifically you and him leave that for Juliet.” I smiled and said “Okay, though can’t promise anything like that when I am drunk.” He laughed.

“Fine I will refrain from being around you when you get black out wasted and spew stuff like that. It is all good.” I nodded and he pulled away. “So, what is on the agenda today?” Noel asked both Eric and I. Eric answered, “I was going to introduce Lilith to Roxie and then after lunch she gave the remained of her day to Kali, and Axel will be joining her.” Noel seemed to think that sounded like a good plan.

He would tag along with us to go meet Roxie. We ate and then went to her apartment to meet her. When she opened the door, I recognized her, from training. She had never been any of the ones to complain when I asked her to do pushups or anything. “Hey Alpha, Luna.” She said looking at Eric and I. Then her eyes went to Noel. “Beta.” She said as she nodded to him. She was tall of course, but her hair had been cut into a short bob. It was an angular cut that accentuated her cheeks. I liked the red color. She was pretty. Her clothes on the other hand looked like she was Amish.

She had a long skirt that went to her knees and a blouse. She looked like she was too young to be dressing like this. Wasn’t she a hacker? I expected something more edgy. Kali was telling me “When you do go shopping with her please get her some new clothes. Her clothes are a fucking eye sore.” I tried not to laugh but she was right. Did all the females here dress like this? I had not spent enough time around the pack to know. I was at school every day, training, and running as Kali. I never had time for socializing.

Training told me that their workout clothes left something to be desired. Maybe I should consider getting uniforms at least during training. Then they would move better. Not get so hot maybe while they ran. Eric said, “Roxie I was thinking maybe you would like to hang out with Lilith.” Her eyes widened and she looked at me with a big smile. I tried to return it; I was not prone to making friends hence why I only had Juliet up until Noel.

But I had committed to this pack and after graduation I would be here full time and it would be nice to get along with some of them. “I would love that. Well, if the Luna wants to that is.” She looked away like she thought I would reject her. My heart ached; I didn’t want to come off as a bitch. So far, I had liked her. Not bitching at training made me more inclined to befriend her. I hated complaining. Like most people didn’t know how bad their lives could be so why are they complaining? “Yeah, it would be cool to know a super awesome hacker.” I said and Roxie lite up.

“Do you all want to come in?” Roxie asked all three of us. Eric said. “Nah, Noel and I have stuff to do, and I figured having some alone time with Lilith will be better than if we hung around.” I was surprised by this. I mean, I figured we would all be hanging out. But I guess it would just be the two of us. Noel looked at Eric. “What are we doing?” Eric just smiled at his brother. I was curious myself, but Eric didn’t respond. I wondered if they were mind linking but I didn’t know.

Eric gave me a kiss on the cheek, which was disappointing because I wanted him to kiss me on my lips. But it was fine, I told myself. Noel looked at me. “Could you answer my texts.” He looked at his brother. “Trust me just check your phone.” I snorted, he would no doubt be texting me funny shit. I agreed and the guys left, and I was left with Roxie who I knew nothing about. “Come in Luna.” I walked in and noticed her place was immaculate. Nothing was out of place. Her living room had a massive computer set up. “Wow so I can tell you really are passionate about hacking.”

Roxie laughed a little. “Yeah, sorry Computers are my passion, how about you? What do you like?” I paused. “I don’t know. I like chemistry a lot. Then there is biomechanics that are interesting. I guess just science in general. ” Her eyes got huge. “So, you are really smart.” I shrugged I didn’t think of it like that. Roxie obviously was brilliant if she could hack. I looked at her. I couldn’t control myself when I said. “What the fuck are you wearing?” Her eyes looked like she was shocked I would say something like that. What was up with the people here. They were so stiff.

“Come on Roxie, you have to know that skirt is well.” She looked confused. “Luna, I am sorry I don’t want to offend you.” She said now embarrassed. God, I was a fucking idiot. I told myself. Why did I have to open my big mouth. “Fuck, I didn’t mean to criticize you. You are, what, in your twenties? Why are you dressed like a 60-year-old grandma going to run errands.” Her face got all red.

“I am going to rectify this situation. Show me your closet.” She looked nervous but took me to her room and opened the closet door. I noticed a dresser as well. I looked at all the skirts and dresses. They were all too long. Her t-shirts were nothing, great either. “Okay what is the fucking deal with dressing like this? Do all the female shifters here dress like this?” I asked. Roxie replied. “Yeah, we are taught to be conservative, and well my mom told me everything should not be shorter than my knees.” I rolled my eyes.

I was for once happy I didn’t have a real mom who took an interest in me. “Okay I need scissors.” Roxie looked confused but hurried and brought a pair back for me. I looked through her shirts until I found one that was plain dark green. “Perfect this will compliment your hair. I need a pair of jeans, skinny if you have them.” She handed me some. They were not skinny at all, but they weren’t baggy. I began to shred the jeans and pull the threads, so they looked more worn and like they were made to be distressed verses me just cutting holes in the pants.

She changed into the outfit, and I looked at the shirt. It was loose on her. "Do you have a tank top?” She nodded no doubt to wear under her more revealing clothes. She put it on, and I smiled as I folded the bottom of the tank top underneath itself, so it showed her tummy. “Perfect now go look int the mirror.” She did and I followed. Her face was shock. “Fucking hot” I said but she looked so fucking nervous.