Chapter 39

Elizabeth Summers’ POV
Jasper drove me straight from his parents house to town. He had made reservations for us at one of the most popular date spots in the nearby human town. It was a reservation we were now dangerously close to being late for. I could see just from the look on Jasper’s face how frustrated he was about that.
It was my birthday tomorrow and Jasper had been looking forward to taking me out for the last week. I didn’t really understand his excitement. He has taken me out for meals before, lots of them. What was so special about today or today’s date? Sometimes this whole dating thing really confuses me, I wish there was some kind of guide I could read.
“What are you thinking about?” Jasper asked. He had parked the car and we were heading into the restaurant.
“I was wondering why you are making a big deal of this, it isn’t my birthday until tomorrow.” I replied. The waitress led us to our table in a quiet corner of the restaurant. I recognised her, she was a human who used to be in the year above us at school. I could tell from the way she was smiling at Jasper that they had once been intimate.
Jasper didn’t seem to be interested in this woman in the slightest. He only glanced at her once on the way over to the table, I doubt that he even remembered their history together. It sucks that I wasn’t even able to go on out of a nice meal with him without running into one of his old conquests.
“I know but as soon as you turn eighteen people will want your attention. Tonight might be the last chance I get to spoil you for a while.” He said, as he sat down beside me at the table. He was running his fingers along my jawline as the waitress came over to hand us our menus.
She glared at me as she flicked her long, perfectly straight hair over her shoulder. Jasper didn’t notice the look she gave me, in fact he didn’t even seem to notice that she was there. It didn’t make me feel better though. I never thought I would end up being a possessive mate but, apparently that was exactly what I was going to be. I wanted to straddle him and kiss him for the whole restaurant to see, I wanted everyone in the whole world to know he was mine.
“Have you decided what you would like to eat?” Jasper asked. Like heck I had, I hadn’t even looked at the menu yet. I was too busy thinking about staking my claim on him, how embarrassing. Shaking my head, I could feel heat in my cheeks as my blush betrayed the direction of my thoughts. Jasper smirked at me. He leaned over and kissed my neck, working his way upwards until he reached the shells of my ear.
“Tell me beautiful, what are you thinkinging about?” He asked. There was no chance that I would admit that to him, it is much too embarrassing. I shook my head and tried to move away from him, Jasper wasn’t having any of it. He gripped me tightly and pulled me against his body.
“Are you going to tell me or am I going to have to make you tell me.” He was breathing against my neck, sending tingles down my spine. I was torn, I wanted him to kiss me but I didn’t want to make a scene. Telling him what I was thinking about wouldn’t make it any better, he would probably try to get me to act out what I was fantasising about earlier.
I glanced around the room, looking for a way out of this situation. Adam was sitting over the other side of the room on a date with patti. Maybe that would be enough to distract him for a few minutes.
“Is that Adam over there, I wonder how he and Patti are getting on.” I said. Jasper laughed, his lips were on my neck and I could feel them vibrating against my skin.
“Do you really think you can distract me that easily?” He asked. His teeth mercilessly grazed my marking spot, causing me to moan. People around the restaurant were starting to glance in our direction and giggle. I couldn’t put this off any longer, we were already drawing far too much attention to ourselves.
“I didn’t like it when other women looked at you. It makes me want to kiss you, to show them you are mine.” I told him. As soon as the words left my lips Jasper was on me. He pressed his lips firmly against mine, his tongue entered my mouth and ran along mine as his hands pulled me closer. I was tense at first but after a few seconds I relaxed into it and kissed him back with equal vigour.
“Can I take your order?” The waitress sounded a little annoyed, I wondered how long she had been watching Jasper and I sucking on each other's faces. Jasper's lips left mine and travelled down to my neck. He continued to kiss me the whole time I was ordering my food. He only stopped when it was his turn to order, even then he never took his eyes off me.
It may seem petty of me but I liked him demonstrating his love for me in front of everyone. Maybe it was because my wolf was close to waking up, I hope it was only that causing my random possessive tendencies. There was so much that I didn’t know about being a wolf. I didn’t even know how my transition would happen, if I would turn at the stroke of midnight or if it would happen at the same time I was born.
This was the kind of thing that people would usually learn from their parents but I didn’t even know who my real parents were. That wasn’t something that usually bothered me, I came to terms with them not being in my life years ago but right now I felt lost. I had all these questions and I didn’t really know who to turn to for answers.
Jasper, sensing the change in my mood, pulled me closer to his body. It wasn’t right for me to be in such a grumpy mood, he wanted to make today special for me. I could be mopey any other day of the week. I pushed my concerns to one side as I smiled at him and I leaned into his body.
For the rest of the meal Jasper and I spoke about what we would do after we graduated. Apparently there was going to be a few months after we graduated before we would need to take over running the pack. Jasper wanted to take me on a trip around the world. It was strange to think about travelling, I had never even left the pack before.
“Where would you like me to take you? We could go anywhere you want, how about Paris?” He asked, smiling sweetly at me.
“I have no idea, where is a good place to visit?” I asked, pushing the ball back into his court. He looked as though he was deep in thought for a moment. He probably thought that I was so stupid, I didn’t know anything about the world. I didn’t even know how to give him what he wanted in bed. How could he possibly want someone as naive as me?
“I think I will take you to Paris. It is meant to be romantic. Maybe we could even travel Europe for a while.” He suggested. I nodded enthusiastically in agreement, partially from the relief of not having to make the decision.
He started to tell me all the things we could do together as the waitress came back over to bring us our desserts. This time when she came to the table she barely even looked at us. I was relieved, even if my stomach didn’t quite get the message.
My cheesecake looked delicious but suddenly my stomach was feeling really unsettled. I had butterflies and I don’t even know where that feeling was coming from. Trying to ignore it I picked up my spoon and started taking small bites of cheesecake. Jasper watched me closely.
“Is there something wrong?” Jasper asked.
“My stomach is unsettled, I think I am just nervous about tonight.” I replied. Jasper smiled at me and leaned forward to caress my cheek.
“It is probably your body getting ready for your wolf to wake up baby. It is nothing to worry about, but the extra food will do you good.” He kept his voice low so only I could hear him.
It was easy for him to tell me to eat, he didn’t feel like his whole stomach was rolling around in circles. Eating was pretty much the last thing on my mind right now.