Chapter 101
Claire's POV
I sigh and let Tara drag me, her being unusually cheerful
"oh no!" I say realising something "I forgot his present at my house!" I frown and turn back
"We can get it later, come on" she doesn't even stop
"it's not like you to forget things" she tells me and I nod
"Sonia came to my house this morning, she-" I cut myself off, trying to keep calm
She finally does pause and turn to me
"what did she say?" She asks, darkly lined blue eyes concerned
"There autopsy came up normal but she's sending off there blood to a place more advanced just to be sure" I tell her and she frowns looking away
"It'll be ok, it was just a freak accident" she says and I shrug
"I guess" she hugs me lightly and then smiles, I do the same2
She turns and pulls me along, I follow. We end up on Lawrence's parents door step, Tara smiles wide and knocks on the door. His Mother, Carmene, answers the door
"hi Tara, Claire how are you two?" She asks
"Great" Tara answers for us and I nod, smiling politely
"Good good, well come on in, my husband had to make a quick trip with some of the council members, the alpha called them together" she informs us as we follow her through the home I've been in a million times
"can you two believe it, Lawrence's eighteen" she sighs, her dirty blonde hair, like her sons, facing us while her face directed to where she steps next
"Yup, we're all growing up, I remember when we were all just playing on the playground at school" Tara laugh and I join, those memories flooding through my head
Carmen laughs as we step into the living room, she sits in a chair while we sit across from her on a dark leather couch
"I remember Lawrence coming home, when you were all about five, with his knee all scratched up. You had both accidentally pushed him down the slide. Your teacher forced you both to come and walk him home. Tara you had that little smirk on your face and Claire you were crying you felt so bad" she laughs, her face lightly up
"oh you all grew up as quickly as weeds" her smiles falls and she sighs
She shakes her head and continues "Well I'll go get him, he's been locked in his room all day, I think he may be coming down with the flu, you know it's going around" I nod, hearing it from Sonia this morning, maybe that's why he's been acting so odd
"I'll be right back"
We both watch her walk down the hall and Tara shakes her knee rapidly against the hardwood
"what's up with you?" I ask
She pushes a strand of wavy brown hair behind her pale ear and looks to me
"what? Nothing" she shakes her head, I shrug and nod
We hear a pair of heavy footsteps coming down the hall and I smile. When I see him, I stand
"happy birthday!" I tell at him
But I seem to be the only one cheerful in the room. I examine him and he frowns, like a pain is erupting through his body and he can't stop it. When I look at Tara she looks shocked, her pink lips are parted and hung open. Her eyes are huge and she stands rapidly and runs over to him, she jumps into his arms
He catches her and buries his head in her hair around her neck, his face still etched with pain
"am I missing something?" I ask but they pay no heed to me
"Oh my god, I can't believe it!" Tara says loudly
"I mean I felt like something was up but this!" She smiles larger than I've ever seen, he drops her back down to her feet and holds her to him, while I stand, still confused.
"Tara? Lawrence? What's...?" I trail off
"We're Mates!" She says loudly
I'm knocked off my feet by this answer, I fall against the couch and stare in between them. It takes me a moment to understand but I finally take a deep breath and smile, I can't say I'm not surprised. Tara, before, was making me feel like me and Lawrence were mates...I bet she feels silly now. I knew deep down we weren't, we will always be friends. But honestly I never saw this coming.
I smile and stand
"well congratulations!"
Tara smiles and nods clutching to Lawrence. But when I look at him, he looks pale and extremely uncomfortable. Tarae holds him and reaches up to kiss him, she grabs his cheeks and leads his lips to hers. I look away for a moment but when I do glance back up he's moving her hands off of his face. She stares at him, watching his every move while he backs away from her.
He looks away from us and leans his head on the doorway. Gripping his hair and groaning in pain
"Tara...I- I can't help it" he turns back to us
"I knew this would happen...fuck I told you this was a bad idea Claire!"
Both me and Tara faces match in confusion
"what-...what do you mean?" She asks, voice shaking
I stand and walk closer to her
"Lawrence are you feeling alright?" his brown eyes scan over me
"Claire" he reaches out for my hand but I pull away
"Lawrence what are you doing?" I ask, eyebrows creased
"Claire..." He repeats my name and grabs my cheeks, leaning in
I gasp and quickly pull away, his lips only grazing mine
"what the hell Lawrence?!" I shout, pushing him away
He backs away and stares between us
"I'm sorry Tara, I want you...but Claire" his glance turns to me and I shake my head
"No Lawrence don't, don't do this" I beg, practically feeling Tara's heart rip out
"you don't know what you're saying" shock pumps through my veins
He runs his hands through his hair roughly and paces
"I can't help it! Claire you're doing something to me! I'm sorry Tara I don't know what to do" tears cloud his soft brown eyes, a war going on in his head.
I turn to Tara and her eyes are fire staring at me. I don't have time to move before she jumps on me
"how could you do this to me! You know how much I wanted a mate! You are my Best Friend! How could you!?" She shouts while hitting me in the face repeatedly
"Lawrence!" I scream for help and a moment later Scar is ripped off of me, her struggling violently in Lawrence's arms
I hold my aching cheeks and move my bruised and possibly broken jaw. I'm just glad she didn't shift, otherwise I couldn't have done anything. I pull myself over to the couch and hoist myself up, my face swelling up at her attack. A copper taste lingering on my tastebuds, I don't even touch my skin to see where the blood is coming from.
"Tara" realisation of what just happened unfolds in my mind and I stare at her like she's a stranger
"You slut!" She screams, still in Lawrence's arms
"That's enough Tara!" Lawrence says loudly, his voice booming across the walls, the small amount of alpha in him showing through.
We all hear footsteps running in and in a moment later Carmen takes in the situation. She looks over all of us, me on the floor and Tara thrashing in her sons arms
"what is going on?" She asks
I hold my tingling cheek as a stillness settles over the house. Lawrence slowly lets Tara down and she turns her furious gaze away from me
"fuck you" she says through clenched teeth, staring at Lawrence
"for picking that weakling over me" she spits, Carmen gasps at Scars language
Her words hurt more than all the punches she delivered to my face. I look away knowing she'll turn to me, and after her previous words I know I can't look at her. I hear her angered footsteps run off and soon the door slams. Lawrence makes no move to help me up so I pull myself up by the couch.
Tears blur my vision, making things unclear, along with what just happened
"Lawrence" I say quietly, not understanding why he would do this
"I'm sorry Claire.....I don't know what to do" he runs his hand through his hair roughly, obviously regretting what he just did
"She's your mate...whatever you're feeling for me, it's not as much as you'll feel for her" I tell him, he's never shown a romantic interest in me before a week or so ago...now this. My best friend hates me and now Lawrence thinks he wants me.
"Lawrence what have you done?" His Mother asks, green eyes shocked and scared for him
He shakes his head, a tear falling from his cheek
"if I'm going to fix this, Claire you have to stay away from me from now on" he says, his eyes begging and full of pain and sadness. I gasp but after a moment I nod, my tears now starting to over flow on to my skin. I know this has to happen.
"Ok" I say hushly and he takes one last glance at me, making one last move to me but quickly taking back his hand and walks to his Mother "please fix this" I beg as he turns the corner, brown eyes being pulled from me.
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