Chapter 37- My Favourite Color Is…. (Day 3)

Kandice's POV

Two days ago...

I ran as fast as I could, feeling the wind rush pass me. I could feel he was behind me. I knew his scent by now, but I still couldn’t believe it. He would never hurt me.

But he has before, my wolf reminded me. I branch tore at my face but I ignore the pain. All I knew was that I had to get out of here. I had to see someone...anyone. My hearing heard tires coming down the road which I was about to break through on. Oh, thank God! I smelt the most amazing, breath taking smell that I have ever smelt in my life. I wanted a taste so much that I almost stopped, but the furious growl behind me got me thinking.

I rushed past the trees with tears ion my eyes. My black hair moving as fast as the wind...probably even faster at the speed I was running. This might be it...I didn't even know if the people in the car would help me so I couldn't depend so much off them. I was ready to say goodbye. I'm sure I couldn't past this stage in my life.

I heard a strong growl in front of me and the next thing I knew I was being held on to, protected from...him. The guy in front of me stood protectively in front of me and death glared at Michael. As soon as it looked like he was going to attack, a large wolf jumped in and growls at him. They looked like they were having a conversation. Just as I was about make my escape, tingles ran up my left forearm. My eyes immediately went to my arm then looked up at the most beautiful eyes. They looked like amber. Amber eyes.

"Are you ok?" his voice was velvet. So beautiful; I couldn't stop staring at him. His fingers brushed against my face as he looked into my eyes.

"So beautiful," he mumbled, "I can't believe I found you."

"I'm not beautiful," I said quietly, "especially not now."

"You are beautiful no matter what," he sternly said. I looked up at him then another guy came up to us.

"We need to leave," he said. My mate nodded and then looked down at me.

"We were on our way to our meeting spot where we would meet another pack. Do you want to come with us? We can always stop off somewhere to get you cleaned up--"

"Yeah? I'd like that," I answered back as I smiled. He smiled back at me. Anything to get away from here, I thought as I glanced towards the now empty space where Michael stood. We all got in to the truck and drove away.

"Hey, wake up," I felt a nudge against my side. My eyes quickly shot up and I jumped up.

"Hey, relax, it's just me," I instantly looked around and once I saw the face, my body relaxed. I surveyed my surroundings carefully. Empty space. Slightly dark. Few Lights. Very fancy though.

"Where are we?" I asked...uhh...my mate.

"We're at the camp site," he replied as she helped me out the car. My eyes bulged out of my head.

"This is a camp site?"

"Apparently so," he said with a chuckled. He helped me out of the car and I looked around at this 'camp site'. Isn't a camp site supposes to be...well I don't know...the whole nature works and whatever. Well, this was nothing like that. This 'camp site' was all fancied up, huge like it was made for kings.

"Hey man, what took you guys so long? We were starting to worry," I heard a shouted from my left. I noticed a brown hair guy walking up towards us. Even their clothes spoke for them. No one needed to ask how much money they had.

"We had a little issue," the guy who drove replied. He had dark blonde hair and from what I could see, he had hazel eyes. He stood right in front of me because I don't think the first speaker saw me yet.

"And what might that issue be?" he asked. The second speaker stepped aside and that’s when I was visible to him. He looked at me with frustration and anger at first then looked away. I sighed at this. Guess he knows Brent then.

"Hayden can I speak with you for a second?" he said then walked away. 'Hayden' looked at him then followed him. I watched them talk for a while, trying to understand what they were saying but I couldn't. I felt a hand go around my waist so I looked up.

"Wanna go inside now?" my mate asked. He deserves better than me. He deserves someone without a shitty past. Someone who he could be comfortable with. I put on a fake smile and nodded. I'll just wait until we're leaving...I'll make my escape.

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Present day...

Jenna's POV

"What do you mean I can't meet him?" I asked Maya as we ate lunch. She rolled her eyes but ignored me for the ump-teenth time. I growled playfully at her and showed her the finger.

"Come on Maya, I don't even know the dude," I whined at her.

"Because I said so," she said then poked her tongue out at me. Don't you think it’s a little unfair? I mean, your best friend has a mate that you don't know and she's here saying that you can't meet him until they're ready.

"What's the big deal if I meet him, Maya?"

"Because..." she went to thinking, "look...it's because I said so end of story,"

"Seee...you don't even have a reason," I pointed out, "come on...please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, pl--"

"Alright, we can meet tonight," she groaned and covered her ears as I screamed in victory, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, make sure you guys are ready by six."

"Wait...who's we?"

"Jonah and yourself...duh," she stated, "we're going on a double date."

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I rolled my eyes once more as Jonah asked me why we had to go out. We were all coozed up in bed just enjoying each others presence then I looked at the time and noticed that it was five-forty three. When I told Jonah that we were going to go on a double date with Maya and her mate, he suddenly got all lazy and said he 'couldn't be bothered to get up'.

"Get your lazy ass up, Mr. Stone," I said to him as I got up off the bed making my way to the bathroom. I felt tingles go around my waist and hot breath on the right side of my neck.

"Dammit, that sounded so sexy coming from your lips," he mumbled as he kissed down my neck. I moaned and my hands went to him hair bringing his head down ad\s I arched my back to him chest.

"Jonah stop," I moaned. His hands were rubbing on my stomach finding their way to the bottom of my breast. I was just as close as throwing him on the bed and having a full make-out session but there was a knock on the door. The person turned the knob but it was locked.

"Jenna what did I say about locked doors?" James' voice came from the other side. I sighed as I made my way to the door to open it.

"Do you have a problem?" I asked him. He rolled him eyes and made his way pass me. As usual, he inspected the room to see if we were 'up to no good' (his words, certainly not mine) then said his greeting to Jonah.

"Now that you're done with your night inspections, we're trying to get ready for a date here."

"You guys are going on a date?" he looked at Jonah in confusion.

"Double date," I told him before he could say anything. All those James Moore fans out there, yes he is still the over-protective ass that he was before.

"With?" he asked. I crossed my arms over my chest as I glared at him.

"Maya and her mate," I answered, "and if you don't mind James...we're trying to get ready."

"And by the looks of your swollen lips, flushed face and bed hair, I'd say you guys were making excellent progress," he said sarcastically. I blushed and pushed him out the room.

"Good bye, James,"

"No funny business you two," he said as he made his exit, "don't do any I wouldn't do."

"Ohh, that just leaves everything out, man,” Jonah stated which made me laugh as I agreed with him. James glared playfully at him.

"Whatever, the point is...don't touch my sister until she's...fifty,"

"James," I growled as I pushed him out the door. When I closed the door, I turned to look at Jonah noticing that he was smirking.

"What?" I asked him. He shook his head, the smirk still plastered on his face.

"Oh nothing, just...loving that you want me to touch you."

"Oh really now, who told you that?" I asked, "We better get ready. We should be there at quarter to seven."

"Nice change of topic," he commented then walked over to put on his jeans. I ignored his comment and went to the bathroom with my clothes. I was going to wear a casual light green blouse and I black tights to go with it along with my black Louis Vuitton sneakers that James got me for my birthday. I came out of the bathroom and saw Jonah tying his sneakers. When he looked up, his eyes scanned my body...not once but twice.

"Wow...you look...amazing," he complimented. I smiled at his compliment and walked over to get my black purse.

"Ready?" he asked me as he stood up. He had on a black T-shirt that had the design of a white tie on it along with his black jeans pants. I nodded at his question then we were on our way.

We decided to meet up at the Poppin' Italiana Palace for dinner then go out for some ice-cream. As soon as we parked the car, I saw my redhead of a best friend talking to a black hair dude. I couldn't see his face from here.

"Maya!" I screamed as I walked up to her. She laughed and got up to greet me with a hug.

"Crazy ass," she mumbled with a chuckled then pulled apart from me, "Seth this is my crazy best friend Jenna and the guy walking up to us is her mate. Jenna, this is Seth."

"Hey Jenna, heard a lot about you," Seth said to me as we shook hands.

"Good things I hope," I said and he laughed.

"Glad to know our little Maya is growing up," Jonah came up, "hey I'm Jonah."

"Jonah?" Seth glanced at Maya but she avoided his gaze, "Ohh...Jonah, I see."

"Is there something I'm missing?" Jonah asked.

"Not one thing, let's go shall we?" Seth said opening the restaurant door for Maya. Ok...

That wasn't weird at all...

The instant we stepped in the restaurant, Seth walked up to the lady at the front and told her our reservations. We were placed to sit immediately and I looked at Seth in shock.

"How are we sitting already?" I asked him. He winked at me.

"You gotta have links in some places," he said and Maya laughed, "My uncle owns the restaurant and almost all the workers know me and the rest of the family."

"You're Italian?" I asked him and he nodded with a smile on his face. Aww... I wish I was Italian...free Italian food.

"Seriously Jenna," Maya said as she shook her head. Forgot the mind link... dammit.

"Whatever," I said poking my tongue out at her. I heard Jonah chuckle beside me so I elbowed him in the stomach.

"Only you would think of it that way, babe," Jonah said. I rolled my eyes at them.

"Y'all are just jealous," I said and I looked at Seth who had a confused smile on his face. Maya must have noticed because she explained the situation to him. Once he found out he was laughing too.

"See, even Seth finds it funny," Maya pointed out. I gave her the finger and ignored all of them. Thankfully, the waiter came and took our orders while he placed some drinks on the table.

"So how long have you guys known each other?" Seth asked when the waiter was gone. I glanced at Jonah raising my eyebrow.

"It’s been around five years or so," Jonah said looking at me as well. I smiled at him as I pecked his lips.

"Well, it's been roughly about seven years you guys," Maya said, "remember he's known you since you were nine. Jonah probably found out about the mates thing about age fourteen then here we are through all the...sticky situations," Maya summed up. I smiled at her at this.

"Yeah, that sounds about right," I said to her. Just then the food arrived. We thanked the waiter and immediately dug in. Can I honestly tell you how delicious it was? Absolutely amazing...so amazing and delicious it was like a gift from God.

"So when did you guys meet?" Jonah asked after he finished his food. Maya wiped her mouth with the dinner cloth as she looked at Seth.

"Honestly, I have no idea. How did we meet up?" she asked him. He breathed out as he looked at her with his eyebrow raised.

"You don't remember how we met yet you remember all that crap you told me about your precious Jonah," he spat. Maya closed her eyes as she tried to breathe.

"Seth, please now isn't the time,"

"No, it is the time...in fact, it's the perfect time, because I'd like to know what's so f*cking perfect about Jonah,"

"Seth...I swear to God--"

"I mean, he's not even as good looking as me and he's downright--"

"Seth, enough!" Maya shouted. By now, the entire restaurant went quiet and was staring at our table by the window. They both had a stare-off then Maya sprung up and rushed out the back door.

"What the hell just happened?" I asked Seth. He put his head in his hands as he groaned. When he looked up, he ran his hands frustrated through his hair.

"Look, sorry about tonight. We've been having this...problem recently, kind of can't get over it quite yet. I'll go talk to her right now," Seth apologized as he placed a ten dollar bill on the table. I looked at him confused but nodded none the less.

"Yeah...ok, tell Maya I'll talk to her soon," I replied then he got up and rushed out the door where Maya went through. I looked over at Jonah, only to see him as confused as I was.

"What the hell just happened?" I laughed at his face.

"Don't stress about it, but I'll find out," I told him, "come on. Let's go."

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When we got back to the cabin, no one was in sight. I looked at Jonah in confusion but he just shrugged his shoulders. Soon we heard footsteps descending down the stairs.

"I thought I told everyone...oh it's you guys," Zara said, "we're gonna be playing this game right now; camp fire style so can you guys come on."

"Can't I change first, we just--"

"You don't have to change, just come on," she said as she pushed us through the door. I was forced to drop my handbag on the floor as we were forcefully 'carried' outside. We walked all the way down to the camp's fire grounds and saw that all the packs were present.

"Is that everyone?"

"I doubt that Maya and Seth will be here right now," I told them. Uncle Jerry nodded and then we begun.

"Alright, this is the plan for tonight; we're gonna be playing two games. Both of the games are to help us get to know each other better. The first game is 'Coloy' and it basically means what's your favourite color and why. The second game is 'Couple Names' and the title itself explains the game. You're gonna have to think of a nickname that combines both your name and your mate's name. Are we ready for the first game?" a chorus of 'yes's' answered his questions and we started the first game with Zara.

"Alright...well my favourite color is aqua blue because I love the water and blue is the color of my eyes." Next was Hayden.

"My favourite color is light blue or red; light blue because...they're the most beautiful pair of eyes ever," everyone aww'ed at this, "and red because...well you don't need a reason, red is just...cool."

"My favourite color is purple because it’s the best color in the world," James said and I laughed at his statement.

"My favourite color is yellow because it’s the color of the sun which means it’s a new day," Lilly said.

"Wow, that's deep," Cory said.

"My favourite color is green, no matter which green...because...honestly, I have no idea," Conner said and we all chuckled and some shook their heads.

"Favourite color's red because...it’s kind of the color of hot, spicy and feisty," Abi stated. Next was Jonah then me.

"Well, my favourite color is red because almost everything I use to have as a child was in red."

"My favourite color is yellow because...I don't know, it just is," I said as I shrugged. After me, wasLogan.

"Honestly, I don't think I have a favourite color." AsLogansaid this, I just rolled my eyes. Next was the Redwood Pack starting with Bryon, then Natalya.

"The fave color is aqua green because it's a unique color and I just like the shade of it," Bryon said. Aqua green. I'm gonna have to check that one out.

"Alright then, well my favourite color is pink. And yes before you all say it, I'm a girly girl," Nat said and we laughed.

"Well, my fave color is red," Zack said. Everyone waited for him to say why. When he noticed that everyone was looking at him, he asked,

"What?"

"Why is red your favourite color?" Aunt Becky asked.

"Ohh, well red is just my favourite color...no reason," Zack replied.

"Of course an empty brainer like you wouldn't have any reason," Krissy snickered. Everyone ohh'ed at her insult and looked at Zack to see if he was going to respond. He didn't, he only smirked at her.

"You're up Cory," Aunty Becky said.

"Cool, well my fave color is red as well. It’s kind of like a thing we did. Zack, Gina and I all share one color...red because it means both love and danger." Next, was Collin.

"Alright, my favourite color is gold because its always worth a lot and you can always get that one person to smile when you give them," he said and as he said this he was looking straight at Avery from the Bane Creek pack. We were all smiling at them.

"As cute as that is, we have to move on," Aunt Becky said, "next is Annabelle."

"Well, along with Alpha Natalya, my favourite color is pink because I was always given pink stuff from people so I grew to like the color."

"As Cory said, we all have the same color red so I really don’t have to explain myself," Gina spoke.

"My favourite color is unique, it's magenta. Why, because I love the blend of pink and purple and it looks so beautiful," Danielle said. After her was the twins; Neil and Keneil and last but not least, Maddison.

"My favourite color is orange or black because I had this cut when I was about five years old and thought it was a tattoo so..." Neil said and we all laughed.

"How can you mistake a bruise for a tattoo?" Alexander asked.

"Hey, I thought it was a gift from the Tattoo Fairy at that time," he replied.

"Tattoo Fairy?" Lucas asked up with amusement in his voice.

"Don't ask," Keneil stated covering his eyes with the palm of his hand. I laughed and waited for him to say his favourite color.

"Keneil, your go,"

"Well, my favourite color is brown because...well, my beautiful hair is brown so."

Egoistical...

"Well, my favourite color is violet because I am completely in love with the color whether it be purple, violet, anything that has purple in it...yeah," Maddison said. Next was the Midnight Shadows starting with Lucas, then Oshane.

"Aright, my color is blue-green because...it’s a color I enjoy staring at even though it frustrates the person when I do," he said while smirking. He has a mate? Really?