Alexia Eden (FairyTales Don't Exist) (19 page)

I change into my dark purple bikini and put a halter top with the same shorts I wore earlier.

I walk out and downstairs to where everyone’s standing around the island in the kitchen. “Ready? I got a towel for you if you want to swim and we packed a picnic too!” Alex says excitedly.

We walk down a path to the lake that’s not too far; it was about a five minute walk through the woods.

The lake is absolutely breath-taking, the sun reflects off of it making the ripples of the water sparkle. We walk to the dock area that extends into the lake, there’s a few small paddle boats tied to the dock. Johnny lays out a blanket for everyone to sit on, Talon and Tyler sit on either side of me as usual and Alex and Johnny are in front of us leaning against one another.

They look so young, Alex was 15 when I was born, so that makes her about only 32 years old and she mentioned that Johnny was two years older than her so he’s most probably about 34 years old plus minus. I suppose they’re still young. Alex is stunning, I can’t get over how beautiful she is and Johnny is quite handsome too, they were definitely made for each other.

“I cannot get over how alike you two are…” Johnny says looking from me and down to Alex as she rests against his chest.

Alex smiles at me as Tyler says, “Yeah she is a little version of you Luna Alex.”

“She even does that thing with her lips that you do when you’re thinking.” Johnny says talking to Alex.

“What thing?” I ask them.

“Apparently I chew the inside of my lip when I’m thinking hard about something, I don’t even realize I do it but Johnny always points it out to me.” she says pointing to the corner of her lip where she chews.

I laugh at that because my mom told me I do that a lot too with the exact same spot.

The twins and I decide to jump in for a swim when other members of the pack join us down by the dock. I take my shirt and shorts off when Alex notices my tattoos down my one side covering my ribs, the one of the roses and vines.

“Oh my! This is stunning honey!” she says as she comes closer to look at my tattoo.

“Yeah it’s a tribute to my dad.” I tell her the story about how dad would buy mom roses every week and what he would say, I notice Johnny go quiet every time I talk about my father but he is still listening attentively to every word I’m saying.

“See here, I had their names added into it …” I point to their names.

I see a hint of sorrow come over their faces when I show them my parents’ names etched to my skin, I think they felt left out. Seeing that in their faces made my heart hurt, they did so much for me already and I feel as if I truly am a part of their family.

We swim in the lake most of the day; the twins made sure none that the other guys ever came near me but I could still feel the wondering eyes on me the entire time causing uneasiness within me.

Around lunch time Johnny decided to start with the training, we first went for a run around the woods and he was quite impressed I could keep up with him. Later we went to his gym and he worked through what I’ve been already taught then he showed me some new moves. I caught up quickly and I had a good time getting to know him, we are quite similar and have a lot in common.

When afternoon came the twins asked me to go with them to fetch pizza for everyone since we were going to have a pizza night at the bonfire instead of the usual barbeque.

Every Saturday night they have a bonfire and catch up with the rest of the members of the pack that don’t live in the pack house or the houses in the vicinity. This town is larger than Point Bright and it also has its own school, a small hospital and even a college.

We park in one of the parking’s in the main street. I look at the different shops as we walk along the side walk, I immediately spot a tattoo parlor. I tell the boys I’m going to go look at the pharmacy because I need to get some “girl stuff” and they give me a look of disgust as they tell me they’ll be at the pizza place.

I wait for them to walk off and I run into the tattoo parlor knowing exactly what I want done.

I walk into the shop and look at the different art work that blanket the walls, it’s pretty amazing …of course most of the art is mostly of wolves, nature and moons but I still love it.

“Hi can I help you?” a man asks and as I
 turn around, he asks me again, “Are you related to Alex by any chance?” he looks at me as if he recognizes me.

“Is it that obvious?” I laugh.

“Yeah, damn you two look alike!” he looks at me with astonishment.

“She’s actually my aunt and Jonny’s my uncle.” I smile at him.

“You’re Alpha Johnny’s niece?” he asks in surprise.

“Yip! I’m guessing you’re also a…you know…” I whisper.

“Yeah I am.” he asks then he smells the air and states with wide eyes, “…but you’re not? You’re a human? How?” he asks confused.

“You will have to ask Johnny about that.” I tell him.

“Of course, of course, what can I do for you young lady?” he asks me and I explain everything to him exactly how I want it and that I don’t have much time.

I walk out of the tattoo parlor with a sense of achievement, loving the adrenaline that’s passing through my body and the feel of the raw skin after the tattoo has been imprinted on you. I can’t wait to show them.

The boys were still getting pizza; they had to collect quite a lot of pizza for everyone so I knew it would take a while before they were done.

I walk into the packed pizzeria and look for the twins but
 I can’t seem to find them. After hearing loud laughter, I spot them sitting with two girls and a few boys that seem to be around their age.

Talon waves me over motioning for me to sit on his lap but instead I sit next to red haired guy and smirk at Talon sitting opposite me. Tyler, who is sitting on the other side of the guy next to me, chuckles at the stunned look on Talons face.

I take it another step further and introduce myself to the guy next to me with a wink and a handshake. I can just hear the twin’s low growls that make the red haired boy withdraw his hand sheepishly.

That’s for stealing my room keys ….suckers.

Talon tries to get back at me by asking me in a sarcastic tone, “Did you get what you were
looking
for?” he smirks.

“Actually I didn’t need anything… I just wanted to look around without you two hovering over me like I’m a dog on heat.” I tease and they give me a dramatic surprised expression.

The other guys at the table laugh and well… the girls give me death glares as if to say,
How dare I say that to these two beautiful creatures?

“She’s tiny but she has a mouth on her! I’m in love!” Carl, the guy that’s sitting next to me, pipes up with a look of lust in his eyes.

“Carl don’t you dare look at her like that, she’s ours!” Talon growls only loud enough for the table to hear, Carl bows his head as if the twins have some sort of power over him. Clearly this group belongs to Johnny’s pack.

“Excuse me? What do you mean she’s yours? What about me?” the blond chick that’s pressed against Talon’s side whines.

“Me too! Tyler I thought we were together? What’s going on, why is your brother saying that? Do you guys share her? Why don’t you share me?” Blondie number two that’s now on Tyler’s lap complains desperately.

My body bouncing in my seat as I laugh at these pathetic girls.

“You both know the deal with us and it’s only about sex, we don’t want a relationship. The
only
girl we will ever share is Angel.” Talon says and winks at me, however it doesn’t have the effect on me that he was hoping. It disgusts me that these guys could treat women like that. I give them both a look showing them just how appalled I am as I talk to the girls that are clearly upset.

“Ladies, are you serious? Why do you want them so bad? You two are pretty girls, why do you belittle yourselves for the sake of being with them? Don’t you see you deserve better? No one deserves to be treated like a piece of meat! You can’t possibly be happy with these two if THAT’S the way they treat you? What happens one day when you meet the right guy and they don’t want you because you two have been whoring yourselves to guys who treat you like shit? Have yourselves some self-respect! One day you’re going to find the perfect guy for and it will be the best day of your lives when he
only
wants you and it won’t only be about sex but he will
actually
want a relationship with you, so don’t waste your precious time and body on pathetic jerks like these two!” I lecture, the boys at the table are clearly shocked, their faces are filled with regret and their now tan faces are rather pale.

The two girls push their way out from table and come up to me.

”You know what? You’re absolutely right!” The one says as she gives me a hug and thanks me; the other soon follows her friend and gives me a hug too.

I turn to the two idiots who are sitting alone at this point, they still seem to be in shock.

“What is wrong with you two? Why treat them like that? You think I’m ever going to be with guys who treat women like you just did? You are sadly mistaken if you think I will. What happens one day when your mate finds out how you’ve treated women? Do you honestly think that they will want you?” I shake my head at them in disappointment.

I note the pained look on their faces as I mention their mate.

“You two honestly need to sort your shit out. If I
ever
see you treat girls like shit again I swear I will be very upset with you two.” I walk outside to get some air and leave them to think about what I said.

I sit on a bench outside but as soon as I sit down Talon and Tyler are already on either side of me with sad looks on their faces.

“You’re right love, we shouldn’t treat woman like that.” Tyler says.

“We’re sorry, forgive us?” Talon says giving me a hug, followed by a hug from Tyler.

“Let just get these pizzas okay? It’s starting to get dark and I’m guessing everyone is starved.” We collect the pizzas and carry them over to their pick-up truck.

“Damn! How many people are coming tonight?” I moan as I unload the pizzas in the back seat, leaving me to sit between the boys in the front.

“A heck load of people, we are the biggest pack down here–” Tyler says.

“And the most powerful pack.” Talon interjects.

“Really?”

“Yeah we are the most powerful pack. Alpha has taken over a couple other packs close by that have been run poorly by their previous Alphas making our territory large and powerful.” Talon explains.

We arrive at the pack house to see lot of cars parked in front of the houses. I can see the light from the bon-fire in the back yard of the main pack house. There seems to be people everywhere. I tell the boys that I’m going to shower and get ready so
 they take the pizza boxes from my hands.

Making my way through the crowd to get to my room, I’m surrounded by people I’ve never met before and they all seem to be giving me strange looks and dressed rather formally. Finally reaching my room I look through my cupboard at all the new clothes Alex picked out for me.

I pick out an emerald green camisole top that has a bow just underneath my breasts, the colour reminds me so much of Jax’s eyes with black shorts and I top it off with a black blazer as well as black wedges to go with. It’s a lot of black but the look works out to be quite formal. 

I jump in the shower and quickly wash my hair with my favorite Jasmine shampoo. As soon as I’m done shaving my legs and washing the rest of my body, I hear the door to the bathroom open and I hear footsteps.

I move the curtain slowly to peek who’s in the bathroom and I see Talon quietly sitting on the bathroom counter between the two sinks.

“Talon! What are you doing in here?” I yell at him and cover myself just in case he can see anything through the shower curtain.

“I could smell whatever body wash you were using from my room and I just had to come in, it smells so good, what is that?” He says.

“I swear Talon, you come anywhere near this curtain – I will hurt you!” I say as I put the water off and wrap my body in a towel. Stepping out of the shower wrapped in a towel I see
 Talon staring at my body with desire filled eyes.

“My body wash is berry flavored, here take a look, it’s my favorite, you can use it if you like?” I say trying to get him to stop looking at me.

He laughs, “That’s okay Angel, it’s rather girlie and I love that smell on you but if Alpha finds me smelling like you, he may think we were up to no good!” he says as he takes the body wash and smells it with closed eyes.

“I’m going to get changed, you better not come in Talon, I’m warning you!” I leave him sitting in the bathroom fixated on my shower gel knowing he didn’t hear a word I said
.

After dressing, I quickly towel dry my hair and look through the draws in my dressing table. I find a hair dryer and straightener as well as drawers and drawers of make-up.

After blow-drying my hair and straightening it, its silky smooth and so long it reaches just above my lower waist. I only use a little make-up, I put foundation on and just some eyeliner and mascara with some blush on my cheeks. Putting the finishing touches of my pink “candy floss” lip gloss I hear a knock on my door.