"This is my son, Eli." Gabby whispers.

I stand there, as I gaze at both of them to find any similarities. I can tell, right away, that this is her son. They have the same beautiful blond hair, small ears and nose, perfect skin tone, and smile. The only thing different about him is his eyes, they are a light brown and I can tell there from his father.

He looks to be about three or four. I'm guessing that Gabby is seventeen or eighteen so that means she had him at thirteen or fourteen. He's a adorable little boy. He seems so different from Gabby, she's so reserved and quiet; he's so hyper and loud but maybe that's just all 3 to 4 year olds. I look over towards Ash and she looks just as shocked as I am.

"This is my son, Eli." my angel whispers.

Her son...................Her son................... She has a son. I stare at the little boy, who is trying to hide behind my angel's leg. He looks about 3 or 4, a blond crewcut hair style, small nose and ears, and the same smile as my angel. He's so adorable, I just want to eat him up. My thoughts are consumed with Eli and how adorable he is.

I turn my gaze to my angel just as my phone rings. I pull it out of my pocket and see that my dad is calling. I look up at my angel when I say "I have to take this."

I walk out before my angel or Logan can answer. I answer the call and my dad immediately starts yelling at me.

"I told you to come straight home after school. Guess where I am? At home and do I see you? No I don't. Why is that?" he yells.

"Look dad something important came up." I calmly respond.

"I don't care I told y-" he yells before I cut him off by saying.

"I found my mate." I calmly say.

There is silence on the other end of the phone, when suddenly he stutters out "Y-You found yo-your mate!"

"Yes." I say starting to get excited.

"What pack is she from?" he ask.

I pause knowing this is going to be a big deal, that she's human. I'm suppose to mate with someone from another pack to join the two packs but my mate is human.

"I don't care. I love her, they won't take her away from me." Alex growls at me.

"I love her too." I say to her.

"Your going to let them take her away. I won't let you, she's ." she screams.

"No I won't, I love her, she's ." I tell her in my alpha voice.

"Good now tell father that." she hisses.

"I will." I say confidently.

My dad was still talking to me but the only thing I catch is "What pack is she in?"

"She is not from a pack." I say to him.

"She's rogue?" he says but he says it more like a question.

"No." I say slowly.

"What are you talking about Ash I know she's not from our pack. I made every eligible person that could be your ma-" he starts to rant but I cut him off.

"She's human." I say quietly.

There's silence on the other end of the phone. I wait for about five minutes, I'm about to speak when I shouts into the phone "We need to talk about this. Come home now."

I try to talk to him but the other end of the phone goes dead. I slump my head in defeat and think about the battle to come with me claiming my mate.

"There is no battle she is ." Alex says.

"Not if dad has any say in the matter." I says sadly.

"He has say. You will not reject her." she hisses angrily.

"I would never but what if she rejects me?" I say quietly.

Alex does not answer, I wait patiently for her to answer but she never does. I walk back up to my angel's front door, walk in and head into the living room. I see Logan playing with Eli. He is a adorable little boy, I can't wait to claim him as my pup. I'm distracted from Eli when Logan says in a very serious tone "We need to talk."

I nod my head just as my angel walks into the living room. Eli runs to Gabriela and hugs her leg. She glances down at him with love showing in her eyes.

"Well we should be going." I say to my angel.

"Yea." Logan says as we walk to the door.

"I'll see you tomorrow?" Gabriela asks worried.

"Yea." We say in unison as the door shuts.

As we, Ash and I, walk down Gabby's driveway I think about the conversation I over heard, when Ash was talking on her phone. It's not my fault I have superhuman hearing. I try to think of a way to tell Ash that Gabby is my beloved too.

"What did you want to talk about Logan?" Ash ask once we are down the street from Gabby's house.

"Well I over heard your conversation with your father." I say timidly.

"Yea I know your superhuman hearing but what did you want to talk about?" she says.

"Ummm." I say hesitantly.

"Just spit it out Logan." she says irritated with me because of my hesitating.

"UmmGabrielaismymate." I say in one big rush.

I kinda of hate that she's a werewolf at this moment because she understood what I just rushed out and said but if she was human she wouldn't have.

She looks taken back for a few seconds, by my words. Then she freaks out and starts to rant "She is my mate! You can't even have a mate, your a vampire. She is . My angel, you can't have her. Stay away from her. She's ."

I stop to look at her and she stops also. It looks like she is barely controlling her wolf. I start to back away from her, knowing it wouldn't do any good if we fought.

"Hey Ash calm down." I say slowly.

"No your trying to take my angel but you can't have her, she's ." she hisses.

"Ash get a hold of yourself and calm down." I repeat.

"She's ." she growls.

"Stop acting childish. Your suppose to be the next alpha of your pack, if you can't control you anger, how is the rest of your pack suppose to follow you." I spit out annoyed.

That seems to sober her up a bit, from her anger. She had this depleted look on her face, like she just lost a war within herself. She slumps down and sits on the curb. I slump down next to her and wait for her to calmly reply to my statement. We sit here for ten minutes before she turns to look at me.

"What do you mean she is your mate?" she asks slowly but sadly.

"What is a mate?" I says slowly.

"Your soul mate or the other half of your self." she says quietly.

"Ok so what do you think I mean when I say Gabriela is my mate?" I say.

"But she's my mate and your a vampire you can't have a mate." she repeats what she said earlier.

"I can I have a mate. We just have a harder time finding ours, which is why most vampires will never now they have a mate." I say.

"She's my mate." she says.

"I know, we'll have to see who she chooses." I sadly say.

She doesn't respond just sits there looking lost. I fall into my thoughts of our mate and how I won't be able to survive if she chooses Ash. I know vampires only get one mate and if we do get more then one it would take forever to find our second. I found out, 300 hundred years ago, vampires can have mates. It took me 300 hundred years to find my first one and I won't give her up unless she tells me to leave.

Ash abruptly stands up and begins to pace back and forth. I can tell she is struggling with something so I wait and see if she'll ask for my help or if it involves me in any way. Just as abruptly as she started to pace she stands as still as a statue. She stays like that for a few minutes until she says "What if she leaves when we tell her what we are?"

Now it's my turn to be lost, I didn't even think about that. She will no doubt run away, when she finds out I'm a vampire and Ash is a werewolf.

"What are we going to do?" I suddenly ask.

"I don't know but I have to go see my dad now." she says as she starts to walk away.

I hear her mutter "Man he's going to be so pissed."

I get up from the curb and start to walk home knowing tomorrow I have to start to win my beloveds heart. We go our separate ways thinking about our problems and how we are now intertwined in each other's life forever.

I walk though the front door and head to the living room. My mom and dad are there sitting in the living room. I can tell my fathers upset for having to wait so long but all I can think about is the up coming argument about my mate.

"What took you so long?" my dad asks.

"I had a talk with Logan." I say as I sit down in the chair opposite of them.

"Next time I say come home, come straight home. I didn't say come home after you had your chat." he says.

"It was about my mate." I say quietly.

"Oh, what do we have to worry about now, that involves your mate?" he irritably asks.

"She has two mates." I say quickly and quietly.

"What did you say?" he hisses deadly.

"I said she ha-." I start to say but I'm cut off by him.

"I heard you, so first she's human and now she has two mates. She might not even choose you." he says in a raised voice.

I just look down in my lap, not saying anything. This is the first time I have ever disappointed my dad. It hurts knowing I won't be able to give him grand children or a heir like he wanted, if she doesn't choose me. I sit there because I know I messed up.

"How are you going to have a heir for alpha?" my mom asks.

"Yes Ash tell us how." my dad says looking over at me.

"I-I don't k-know." I stutter out.

"Who is her other mate?" he asks.

"L-Logan." I stutter again.

"The vampire?" he says confused.

"Yes." I say not stuttering this time.

"They can't have mates." he says still confused.

"Yes they can, it just takes them longer to find there mate. That's what we talked about." I say.

"Well at least you found your mate." he says trying to be positive as he leaves the living room.

"Yea....." I trail off thinking about my mate, my angel. Her beautiful blonde hair. Her small figure and perfect curves that will fit me perfectly. Her striking silver eyes that capture my soul if I stare too long.

"Umm Ash." mom says.

"Hmmmm." I lazily say.

"You ok?" she ask concerned.

"Mhm Mhm." I say as picture my mate.

"Well get to know her and then invite her over for dinner." she says.

"Yep." I say popping the "p" still in my daze.

"Ok, head to bed it's 10:30 at night on a Tuesday so it's a school night and you have football practice tomorrow." she says walking up the stairs.

"Ok goodnight ma." I say as I head down to my room, I get the whole basement to myself.

"Goodnight." she says sleepily.

I look over at the clock, to discover it's 11 o'clock at night. I can't sleep and I realize I haven't had a good nights sleep since that night five years ago. I'm thinking of that night when I doze off to sleep.

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I am awoken from my blissful sleep by the creak of my door opening. I look up and see my mom's boyfriend standing in the doorway, looking at me. I look at him curiously, then look at my clock and see it's 2am. I wonder what he's doing in my room, I have never liked the way he looks at me.

My birthday was yesterday, when we were alone he told me I was a woman now and I have to start doing things women do. I had no idea what he was talking about. He slowly makes he's way over to me and climbs on my bed. I pull the covers up higher so they are just under my eyes and stare at him.

"Gab how old are you?" he asks slowly.

I'm confused by this but I answer anyway "Thirteen."

"Right and I told you, you are a woman today?" he asks.

I just nod my head and he continues.

"So you must do things women do, since your a woman." he says looking at my body.

I shake my head no but he pulls the covers down off of me. I sit up and scoot back so I'm up against the head board, farther away from him. He gets up, grabs my ankle and pulls me to him. I go to scream only to be slapped in the face before I can utter a single sound.

"Scream or make any noise and I'll beat you, got it." he says but there a hardness to he's voice that I have never heard from him but I have seen it, in his eyes.

I don't respond but silent tears fall from my eyes. I look up at him and he looks down at me. He pushes me down flat on the bed and hovers over me. He goes to remove my pajama pants but I push and hit him in the chest. He punches me in the stomach and I feel the air leave my lungs. A moment later I feel a breeze down on my legs. I look and see that he not only removed my pajama pants bit also my cotton underwear.

I cry harder when he slaps me again and I taste metallic in my mouth. He unbuckles his belt and takes off his pants. In one swift motion he thrust inside of me. I would have let out a scream but his hand covers my mouth. I feel something tearing inside me and it hurts.

"Pl-Please sto-stop." I beg.

"Your a woman now so you have to do what women do." he grunts out as he thrusts become faster and harder.

"It hu-hurts, st-stop." I whimper.

"Shut up bitch and take it like a woman." he grunts.

I don't say anything after that, I just lay there and cry as he has his way with me. After a while his body goes rigid and he pulls out of me, grabs his pants, gets up and leaves as silently as he entered. I crawl into the fetus position as I sit there and sob.