Chapter 5: So, That Happened.

After a fun day of shopping and ice cream, Rivers and I get back in time to get ready for dinner. I decided to go with a black mock neck rhinestone mesh sheer long sleeved top with cuffs, paired with a black bra and black faux leather shorts. Hair and make-up were done. Not sure about the shoes though. We would be dancing all night and I wanted to be comfortable and hopefully not fall on my face. I walk out to the kitchen and see Rivers eating an apple. His hair is perfectly combed and he's wearing a long sleeved button-up under a blue Louis Vuitton double face monogram cutaway jacket with gray pants.

"Rivers OH EM GEE, we're about to have dinner!" I yell at him. He looks at me and says, "We ate 3 hours ago, I'm starving!" Wolves tend to eat way more than the normal human because it takes a lot of energy for us to shift and not to shift.

The front door opens and in walks Amelia. She looks absolutely amazing with a white halter lace pieced jumpsuit with strappy blue shoes and matching clutch. It's stunning. If I didn't know she was my co-worker, I'd say she was for sure a model. Rivers looks and says, "Looking pretty hot tonight Eli. Is this witchcraft or love?" Amelia replies with "How would you know, dogs can only see in black and white."

We all start laughing and I turn to Amelia and tell her how much I missed her. She runs to give me a hug and says, "We are not going to cry, this make-up is expensive!!!" We laugh a bit harder and she askes, "Where are your shoes?" I look at her and tell her how I don't know what to wear with this outfit. She immediately tells me the Prada boots. That's why I love my bestie.

"Quick!" I yell at everyone. "The car is downstairs and he's probably already at the restaurant."

Amelia looks at me and says, "WHO?"

"Drake! Let's go!" I yell back. We all pile in the car and off we go. Amelia whispers in my ear, so does Drake know you're a Princess or no?" I look at her with wide eyes and shake my head no. She pulls the imaginary zipper across her lips. As we pull up, I can see him standing there with a black plaid with silver stripes fitted dress shirt and skinny tie. If only he didn't want to kill my whole family, I'd fall hard for him. Amelia turns and says, "He cleans up so nice. We are taking a million pictures tonight. No one at work is going to believe this." I can hear Rivers whisper "He looks like a tool."

"Rivers be nice." I growl. We jump out of the car and I introduce Drake to Rivers and head to our table. As soon as our order is in, we laugh and tell Drake crazy stories from our adventures. I learned that Amelia was born a witch. She comes from a long line of supreme witches. She's what known as a legacy to her kind. This is the main reason why Father trusts her family. Drake has a unique ability to remember details, almost like a picture perfect memory. He doesn't remember everything, just things he focuses on. Some say he's a bit of a know it all, and so he plays dumb a lot of time. He's also allergic to silver. Not that it will burn his skin like a werewolf, but that it would give him a minor rash. I started to ask if he has any of our abilities, and besides the ability to stop aging, he doesn't. He does have many of our weaknesses. Constantly eating, the need to keep moving around, and having to change locations and jobs every few years. Werewolf years are not the same as human years. Every1 human year it's 6 dog years. I never thought of how difficult that must be. We have pack houses we can hide in all over the world when people start asking questions. After dinner the waiters come up to sing HBD and the part where everyone says your name, Rivers obnoxiously yells out "Princess". I see the confused look on Drakes face and hope he doesn't ask me about it. I shoot a I'm going to kill you look over at Rivers and he shrugs his shoulders like he doesn't know what he did wrong.

We all jump back into the car and ask the driver to pull around the back entrance of the club. Not that we're any type of famous to humans, but the other wolves out front might recognize me. I try my best to keep a low profile, and it's not often that a wolf comes through the city, but high craved places, I run into a few and mixed with some alcohol, I either get crazy fans that would die for me, or want me to die. I've always told Amelia that I wasn't a fan of crowds and my father was in the media industry. She never questioned it, and now I know why. Drake on the other hand asked, "Do all wolves get special VIP treatment?" Amelia quickly answered, "No, just the ones with money. Mari's dad is a big shot in the media industry." I am so grateful for Amelia. As we pull up we check our make-up one last time and take a few pictures in the car.

The music is blasting and I slide my clear earplugs in and I can see Rivers do the same. We make it to VIP area upstairs that already has a few dancers on platforms. Once we get to our table, the lemon drop shots start arriving and we start dancing. Amelia is getting crazy wild, as I knew she would. We start getting lots of attention dancing, when Rivers moves to block any on lookers that thought they had a shot. Amelia and I just laugh, as she wiggles her way closer to him. Drake is standing near the table talking to a few guys about the latest basketball game. Now's my chance to use the restroom.

I sneak away and head to the 2nd floor restrooms. As soon as I see the line for the women's, I casually walk into the men's. I know I shouldn't, but I really had to go. So I figure what's worse, a Princess in line, doing a little dance to hold it, or a quick in and out of the men's room. I hear a few people argue, but I pay them no attention. I finish up and start washing my hands, when the scent hits me. It's a mix of ocean breeze and sand. I turn my head to see who this is coming from. In walks a tall man with lovely defined arms, killer smile, brown hair with sun-kissed lighter strands, and golden eyes. He notices me right away and under his breath he says, "I would never have taken you for a woman with no class, Princess." and continues to walk into the other half of the restroom. WTF was that? Who is this wolf? I don't recognize him at all. Anger quickly washes over my face and I head back to the group. Forget it, he's not worth it. I tell myself.

Without saying a word I grab Drakes arm and bring him over to the dance floor and start dancing. He's pretty good. I see a lot of girls looking right at him. I get a bit jealous and move a little closer to him; almost touching. After the song transitions to another, we head back to the table and have a couple of drinks as I ask Rivers who the rude man sitting close to the dancefloor is. Rivers replies, "That's the Alpha of the Crescent Moon pack. I wonder why he's here." Oh so that's what made him think he can talk to me like that. He needs to learn his place. I'm an Alpha Princess.

The DJ makes a quick announcement. "What's up party people!!!! We have a special birthday todaaaaaaaayyyy. Happy Birthday Mari! This next song is for you Princess. Your best friends love you." The crowd goes bananas, and I can't stop screaming! A techno beat drops as he mixes in Shakira's She Wolf.

My eyes get wide and I couldn't be happier at this moment. I grab Drakes hand, and can instantly feel how sad and hurt his heart is. Everything in my body wants to heal him. Unfortunately, I can't heal his heart. Drake and I find a spot on the dance floor, and I do my best sexy moves facing away from Drake. I drop it low and slowly make my way back up. I caught the sorry excuse for an Alpha's attention, his eyes are on me, so I turn to face towards Drake. I run my hands through the back of his soft hair as he sends me a light smile. Is this the alcohol, or did he just get hotter? I reach up on my toes to give him a light kiss, and he lifts me in the air. My legs wrap around his body as he carries me back to the table. We search for Amelia and Rivers, but they are nowhere to be seen. Drake looks at me as says, "Stay put beautiful. I'm going to close out our tab."

I respond with, "You think I'm beautiful?" My mind get a bit fuzzy.

He responds with, "I always have." He gives me a big passionate kiss before he heads to close out the tab. I quickly text Amelia.

Text: Eli, where are you guys? I can't believe I just kissed Drake. He's closing out the tab now.🙊🙊🙊🙊

Amelia: YOU KISSED HIM???? Sorry, we needed to um, take care of something, but I want to hear all about later.😍🔥🔥🔥🔥

Text: ah huh, 😉 "take care of something" right....

Amelia: It's not like that, but hey Mari I think it's best if you stick with Drake until we can come back up. 🙏❤

Text: Wait you're not on the second floor?😡 What are you guys doing? Is it another surprise?? EEKK I can't wait. 🤯🥳

Amelia: Sorry babe, it's not that kind of surprise. We'll tell you all about it tomorrow on the plane.✈️🏝

Text: I'm sooo hungry..... 🥺🥺

Amelia: Tell Drake to get you some food and we'll meet you at your place.

Text: Booooooo!!! Party poopers. 💩💩💩

I toss my phone back into my bag as Drake comes back to the table. He looks like a dream. I just want to keep my hands on him. I tell him about the text from Amelia and we head out. He carries me down the stairs and we head out towards the back. As we get into the car, I tell the driver that we need a second car for Amelia and Rivers, because they're still inside. He says he will call one to come immediately.

I turn to Drake and tell him how hungry I am. He looks at the time and says, "Nothings open right now. Do you have food at your house I can cook for you?" I shake my head no, as I'm sure Rivers would have eaten the whole fridge by now. Drake says, "OK, my house it is. Do you like bacon?"

He had me at bacon.

Drake and I cleared two plates of bacon pancakes. He asked me what my family was like and I told him how wonderful they are. I could see the pained look in his eyes and leaned over to kiss him. Instantly we were kissing like a couple of high school kids. It was like a feverish need took over me. His hands start to wander my body, and every touch is like fireworks exploding on my skin. I want more, but he stops. I knew we were moving fast. I appreciated the stop. We move to the couch and he holds me a while longer, until I remind him the driver is still downstairs.

He walks me out and with one more kiss goodbye, I head home.