“Well, I think tomorrow will be perfect and we will each find our mates and live happily ever after!” Holly stated, but she even had a worried tone to her.
“You are probably right” I said, rolling over and ending the conversation.
“Raven, what do I do? What if he isn’t our mate and my fairy tale ends here? What if he is my mate and my bad feelings are something much worse?”
“I don’t know what will happen tomorrow, but I know regardless, we are strong and we will make it through whatever happens. Nothing can break us.” Raven stated flatly “Good night birthday girl, we have a long day tomorrow too” Raven said, softer
BEEP, BEEP, BEEP the alarm is going off signaling it is 9am. We don’t have to be at the pack house till 3pm. The party is from 3pm till 5pm, then we go to dinner before prom and the dance following. It will take us 3 hours to get ready to go. We have a few hours to kill. We ended up looking at our grades and they were posted.
Gasp “Oh my god. I passed everything”, Holly said. I looked over and she had tears in her eyes. School was always harder for her but she kept pushing herself. She wasn’t a straight A student but never had a C.
“I passed too!” I said proudly.
“Let me guess, with all A’s too probably” she said, slightly annoyed but happy.
“Yes, but Susan got valedictorian and I am okay with that. No speech for me!” I laughed, slightly hurt but mainly relieved. Public speaking is not my thing.
“Let’s watch a movie till we need to get ready!” Holly said.
“Okay, I’ll go get snacks and you and pick the movie out.”
Coming back with sausage, cheese and crackers in one hand and chocolate, popcorn and pop in another. We managed to snack and laugh all morning. Feeling so relieved from knowing we passed our classes! I didn’t even have any bad feelings!
Soon, Holly was pulling at my hair and assaulting my face with makeup. She tied half of my hair back with an elegant braid and left pieces framing my face which she curled and curled the back. She applied a smoky eye with a slight blush since I seemed to blush enough to bring out the color on my cheeks. Slipping onto my gown, I looked into the mirror. I didn’t even recognize myself. I was stunning. My wolf necklace just brought everything together. Holly came out with her hair in a low side bun with pieces framing her face and a dark blue smoky eye to match her dress. She was a vision to see.
“Damn girl! I will be jealous of whoever is your mate!” I said, making a show of my heart hurting.
“Oh my god, Nina, you look better than I imagined you would! I’ll take partial credit, of course!”
“Of course, you….
“Girls, it’s time to go!” my mom’s voice sang out, cutting me off. “I can’t wait to see your pretty dresses!”
“Oh great, she already sounds like she is crying” I grimaced.
“I heard that now get out here!” Mom said sternly. Giving Holly a smirk, we made our way to the living room. Looking at my mom, she was wiping the tears from her face and my dad looked pained.
“What is wrong dad?” I asked, slightly concerned.
“Well, I would prefer a turtleneck dress but you girls look beautiful” he whispered.
“I love you too, dad!
“Alright, enough of this lovey stuff, let’s get you girls to your birthday party!” Dad said. He had work to do regardless, so he was taking us to the packhouse in his truck.
Suddenly I felt it. A feeling of dread came over me. I tried to act normal and keep my heart rate the same but it spiked a little. I caught dad’s eye in the rearview mirror and he looked at me questionly.
“You okay Hun?” dad asked via mind-link. Thankfully, Holly was too excited to notice.
“Yeah, just a bad feeling about the night. I am sure it will be nothing. You know how they can be”. I tried to sound reassuring.
“Hmm well, just mind-link me if you need me and I’ll be there any time you need sweety.”
“I know, thank you dad. I love you.”
“I love you too.”
Pulling up into the pack house, it was already busy with kids. They changed the game room into a party. Removed all the games and added tables and snacks and drinks. There was alcohol because if you are of age, you can drink at 18 because it takes so much to get a wolf drunk. However, 17 and under was not allowed but not enforced hard since we are staying on pack grounds. We make our way to the drinks and we both pour ourselves a drink. Holly likes the sweet drinks and goes for a Sex on the Beach and I like my whiskey, so I pour a crown and coke.
“I have to go to the bathroom!” Holly said loudly so I could hear her over the music.
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