Chapter 38- What's Our Nickname, Babe?

Zara's POV

"Ok, let's start the next game," Aunty Becky announced, "everyone...as I have been aware by either your Alphas or others, everyone of you sitting around this circle has found your mate.."

"Though some of us don't appreciate them," Bryon stated looking closely at Zack, who rolled his eyes.

"Yes, but I am very aware of ALL the mates right now, and I'd like to ask the males to move beside their mates right now," Becky said. Hayden's arm went around my waist and pulled me into his lap. I watched as some of the males went to their mates and sat down, while some of us like Hayden and me, didn't have to move because we were already seated together.

"Alright, now that the moving is settled, here's how the game works," Aunty Becky started, "you have exactly half an hour to think of at least one name that combines both you and your mate's name, pretty much like a nickname. Pretty simple, and you can have more than one if you choose. But the limit is four names so...you guys do know I have started timing, right? Get going!"

I leaned on Hayden's chest and asked him in a mumble what our name was gonna be. He looked down at me and smile.

"We're both supposed to be thinking, you know," he said to me as he kissed down my neck.

"It's not a making out game, Mr. Pierce," Uncle Jerry playfully scolded. We laughed and I got up and looked at Hayden.

"What's our nickname, babe?"

"Uhhh.....how about Hara?"

"Hara? Seriously, Hayden?" I asked as I looked at him.

"Come on, it's not that bad," he said and I rolled my eyes, "Hmmm....how about....Zayden?" he wondered.

"Wow, that actually doesn't sound too bad," I told him. He rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, I'm the smartest person alive," he said cockily as usual.

"Whatever makes you sleep at night,"

"You always make me sleep at night babe," he said as he pecked my lips softly.

"Oi! Break it up you two," Aunty Becky said to us. Sadly, Hayden removed his lips from mine and smiled at me.

"Fifteen more minutes people!" she shouted to the rest of them.

Ten minutes later..

Everyone was murmuring, still unsure of their 'nicknames'. Aunty Becky suddenly blew a whistle and everyone grew quiet (where she got a whistle, only God knows).

"Time's up, young people," she told them.

"Aright, where are we starting?" Jerry asked.

"At Hayden and Zara, since they decided to finish before everyone and start the 'making out' game," Becky stated winking at us. We laughed and I poked my tongue out at her.

"Well, we thought...well, I thought of...heey!" Hayden exclaimed when I hit him in the head, "ok fine, WE thought of the name Zayden."

"Cool name," Natalya stated and I smiled at her in thanks.

"And although Zara shot this one down, the other one would have been Hara," Hayden finished looking down at me. I rolled my eyes at him.

"Isn't that like a Greek Goddess' name?" Lizzie asked.

"Nope, it's Hera," Abiagle corrected and everyone looked at her with an eyebrow raised, "what? I studied Greek Mythology for a year, you know. It's quite interesting."

"Alright, James and Lilly, your time,"

"Alright, well we thought of....uhh...the names really don't make any sense," Lilly said and James and she shared a laugh, "but our names are Jill or Jilly and Liam."

"Not bad," Aunt Becky commented with a smile then looked at Conner and Abi.

"Our name is Cabigale, and for all your information...Conner suggested that," Abi said making us all laugh.

"Like you suggested anything," Conner complained. I rolled my eyes at them.

"You guys are so in love," I commented. Abi smiled at me and Conner put his arm around her shoulders.

"Next is Jonah and Jenna," Uncle Jerry announced, "who would've thought you two would have been mates?" he said with a chuckle.

"Believe me, no one saw it," Hayden said and the Triton Kings laughed at the memory.

"Well, our name is Joanna," Jenna said with a smile while Jonah rolled his eyes.

"Very cute," Aunt Becky stated and Lilly lit up with a smile and thanked her, "next isLoganand...Danielle, right?" The girl beside Logan nodded with a smile as greeting.

"Well, the name we came up with was Lanielle,"Logan said with an accomplished grin on his face.

"Lanielle?" Becky asked.

"Yeah, unique isn't it," Logan placed a hand over Danielle's shoulder then looked up as if looking at the future and used his unoccupied hand to demonstrate, "I can see it now. Lanielle Spencer, huge movie star walking on the red carpet for the Hollywood Awards..."

"Why do I always get the crazy's?" Danielle asked herself while she covered her face with her right palm.

"I'm not crazy,"Logan protested then smiled and winked as he said, "but I am crazy for you." Danielle only rolled her eyes while the rest of us laughed.

"Alright, back to the real world," Bryon said, "Nat and I came up with both Brytalya and Nyon."

"Wow, those names just...click. So unique," Aunt Becky commented.

"Thank you, thank you very much," Bryon said in an Elvis voice...well, tried to.

"Hey, what about mine?"Loganwhined at Aunt Becky. She looked at him with a weird look then slowly looked away.

"Next is Zack and Krissy," she said. Krissy folded her arms and looked at anything but Zack, he didn't seem affected though. He only smirked.

"Our name isn't all two fancy, it's Zassy," he said and I laughed while I shook my head. He meant for that to rhythm.

"You meant for that to rhythm, didn't you?" I asked him. He winked at me with his smirk plastered on his face.

"Yes, yes I did," he replied.

"I knew it," I responded.

"Well my awesome self..." he said but was interrupted by a scoff beside him. He ignored it though, "my awesome self thought of that nickname. It's not a name, it sounds more like those celebrity couple nicknames that the press would give out, you know?"

"I seriously doubt it," Krissy said looking to her left behind her.

"Alright, we'll let you to work that out between yourself. Next are Cory and Alice,"

"Our name is Avory or Calice," Cory said slipping an arm aroundAlice's waist. Maybe some may have missed the way she slightly flinched but I know I didn't. I was a victim or never wanted to be touched in a way like that so I would never miss something like that. Her head was down so I didn't see her eyes. I may have to talk to her about it later on.

"Nice, sounds really good," Becky complimented, "Then we have Miles and Gina, right?"

"Yea," they answered, "Well, our names were...uhh...the name was....Mina," Miles stuttered, "our names don't really mix together all that well."

"I see, well next is...Collin and...Avery right?" They both nodded and Avery spoke up.

"We have several names; Calvery, Allen, Cavery, Calvin...and Calvin, oh and Allin."

"How did you guys think of so many names in so little time?" Lizzie asked curiously. Avery shrugged.

"I'm a story writer so I make up names...put them into different scenes and such," she replied easily. Wow, that takes talent...and real time and patience. I don't think I would be cut out for that. I honestly have no patience sometimes.

You got that right, Hayden's voice went through my mind.

Stop reading my thoughts, I said to him.

"That's amazing, dear," Aunt Becky said, "can we move on though. I want you all to have some free time after this to get some rest because we'll be up early tomorrow." Some groans echoed at the thought of waking up early.

"Next," Aunt Becky said as she laughed.

"Well, our name is...unique in a way, it's Xannabelle," Annabelle said as she looked at her mate, Xavier, "though we were thinking of the name Adie as well."

"Wow, the first one is pretty unique...truly," Becky said.

"Aright, our name is Laddison," Maddison said as she rolled her eyes, "I'm guessing you all can guess who came up with that." Lucas grinned at her.

"You're just jealous I thought of it," Lucas smartly and cockily replied to her. Becky laughed at the sight.

"Next is...Paige and...Max, is it?"

"Yeah, it is...we thought of Maige," Max said.

"Nice, but not as cool as ours," Oshane started, "our name is Ashane. Quite cool isn't it?"

"No way dude," Max said.

"Oi!" Aunt Becky gave a sudden outburst at them. They stopped immediately, "next are Kandice and Sean."

"Our name would be...uhh...Kean,"

"Kee-an?" Aunty Becky tried to pronounce.

"It's pronounced something like that, Kee-awn," Sean explained.

"Wow, you guys have some really cool names coming up with."

"Ours is kinda French, it has that accent to it,"Alexandriasaid, "it's Xane. It's spelt X-A-N-E but pronounced Z-ane," she explained.

"Both of you thought of the same idea?" Becky looked between them.

"Well, we were working together so...is that against the rules or something?"Alexandriaasked.

"Well, no one should have been working with you except your partner...Ms. Summers," Aunt Becky stated with a frown, "I will allow it. Alexander and Elizabeth's time,"

"It's just Lizzie, I really hate that name. It's so...formal," Lizzie corrected. Becky rolled her eyes.

"Lizzie then,"

"Well or name is either Lexie or...Aizzie. Slept A-I-Z-Z-I-E but pronounced Issy. It's a silent A,"

"Aright, but I can tell you just made that Issy one up," Becky stated and Lizzie winked at her.

"Alright, next is, Harper and Travis."

"Well...our name...is kind of...not ready yet. Still in the factory being processed," Travis said and the whole circle popped up in laughter.

"Just think, it's not that hard," Maddison said with a smile at her lips.

"Aright...uhh....how about Harmony?"

"Harmony doesn't connect both your names Travis," Becky said with a smile.

"It connects my middle name though, it's Anthony," Travis replied, "most of the time I just use that instead so..."

"It can work since we're so pressed for time, next is Demetri and Charlotte,"

"Our names are...Chemetri and Darlette," Demetri said softly as he rubbedCharlotteback. He whispered something inCharlotte's ear and she nodded.

"Is she ok?"Alicesuddenly asked. It's the first I've ever heard her voice so loud, apparently everyone thought the same thing as they turned to look at her. When she relieved everyone's attention was on her, her head hung low as she blushed.

"Yeah, I'm goodAlice,"Charlottereplied softly, "next?"

"Right, uhh....next are Andrew and Lola,"

"Well, our name is...Aola, spelt A-O-L-A, but pronounced Ah-o-la," Andrew said.

"It seems like that log has had a thing with the French and Spanish pronunciations," Becky said with a knowing smile on her face. They all laughed and looked among themselves, knowing it was true.

"Alright, next we have Tyron and Samantha,"

"Well, we thought of the names Sryon and Samrone," Tyron said. Becky nodded then looked at the next pair. Gavin and Karen.

"We both thought of the names Kevin and Garen," Gavin said.

"Cool, I like Kevin though," Becky said. Karen jumped up and pointed at Gavin.

"In your face!" she shouted in his face. He rolled his eyes and said 'whatever' to her. She said back down and grinned widely.

"He has been saying that Garen sound so much better than Kevin," she explained and I shook my head at the pair. Ahh boy...

"Aright, next we have Neil and Lexie..."

"We thought of the names Nexie or Leil, pronounced Ly-al but spelt L-E-I-L."

"Not you two as well, seriously guys?" Becky said her voiced filled with amusement. Lexie just shrugged.

"Lastly, we have Diamond and Keneil,"

"We thought of Danielle and Kiamond, pronounce Kee-a-mond," Diamond said.

"Wow, very...unique the last one," Becky said, "alright awesome names people. I think it deserves applause." We all applauded and smiled at each other. When all applause died down, Aunt Becky spoke.

"Aright, well you all did well. But I'm sure you'd all like to know that the game...this particular one was a test created to see how well you would get along with your pairs," Aunty Becky said at the end. Wait what?

"So it was all a test?"

"How did we do?"

"What kind of test is this?"

"This is just crazy!"

"Did we pass or what?"

Questions were thrown at her but she only smirked and got up off her log.

"Come on teen wolves, time for bed," she said with a laugh and Jerry stood there laughing with her. This is not fair.

Totally unfair.

Thirty minutes later...

We all walked back to the cabins, Hayden’s arm securely around my waist as my side was literally pressed to his. When we saw the sight of the cabins I smiled in relief.

“God, I’m tired,” I said as I leaned on his chest. He kissed the top of my head.

“I’ll carry you up,” he stated.

“Let the woman walk, it’s just a bunch of stairs. Man Pierce, you’re so whipped,” James teased and I gave him the finger.

“I’m not whipped guys, how many times are we gonna get over this?” Hayden groaned. I laughed and looked up at him.

“Does it matter?” I asked him. He rolled his eyes and pressed his forehead to mine.

“Well, for my ego…yes, yes it does,” he started, “but for you, petty things like those will never matter.” I smiled at him as I pressed my lips to his.

“Whipped I tell you!” James called out as he passed us. I broke away laughing.

“I am so gonna kick his ass,” he mumbled against my lips.

“You can kill him tomorrow, just kiss me,”

“Your wish is my command,” and he seal that statement with a kiss.