Canis Lupus

Chapter Five

Cordelia's POV

It's 10am and my door bursts open, and of course it's Christina. "Wake yo ass up! We have some primping to do!" she yelled as she pounced on me. She began to bounce up and down on me still screaming "get up b***h!" "We're going to a ball tonight and you've got the mouth of a sailor!" I grumbled. "She may have a mouth of a sailor honey, but mom has a day planned out for two of her favorite girls. Now get up and join me downstairs after you have both showered and shaved. No makeup, no product on. Nothing but you in your undergarments and robes, got it?" she said. "Yes mom, we'll be down in just a few" I said. I could only imagine the amount of pampering we were about to walk into.

Christina and I were out of the shower and met each other in the hall before walking down the stairs to see what all mom had planned. As we rounded the corner into the den, there sat my mother with a room full of women. There were massage tables, nail art tables, chairs for hairstyling and a complete makeup setup. "Mom, all of this is a bit much," I said to her. "Nothing is too much for my girls, I did all of this for two years of prom plus this ball. I'm pampering my girls so quit complaining and get your asses to those masseuses and let's get this day started, now!" she yelled, mom never yelled, so we jumped straight to the massage tables. After finishing with the massages, mom had breakfast brought in for us, we ate in silence. By time we were done, it was about 12 pm which meant, time for nails and toes. I decided to go for something simple, medium length coffin nails with royal blue tips. Chris decided to do medium length coffin nails with french tips and small roses on the tips. We both decided to go with solid colors on our toes. 2pm hits and mom brings us lunch, she brings us chef salads with fried chicken tenders on top. "Mom, you're really doing too much. You're my mom, not our nanny, you shouldn't have to do all of this for us. We can do some things for ourselves." I said, grabbing her hand. She squeezed and said "I am mom, nanny, maid, whoever I want to be. Baby, let me spoil you. What if my girls run off to the ball and meet their mate, what am I going to do then? Tatum is going to have her turn eventually, let me give you the time you deserve." I loved my mother, she always made sure I knew just how much she wanted for me. She was honestly the greatest and most generous woman I have ever met. Soon after we finished with our lunch, mom rushed us to our makeup chairs while we had some women behind us adding product and curls to our hair. Both of us had very long and thick hair, so starting early was a must. Christina had her updo and I had my braid. We both decided on nude makeup, I wore red lipstick while she decided on a pink nude. We looked like princesses, I couldn't believe it was really us in the mirror, we were beautiful.

We got upstairs and started helping each other get our dress on. We weren't girls anymore, we were women. I haven't been eighteen for 24 hours yet and I felt so grown. I have never felt more beautiful. We finished complementing each other and checking ourselves out and started walking down the stairs. At the bottom was my mom, dad, brother and Joseph. But there was an uneasy look on his face, one that Christina shared. My parents couldn't contain their tears, not only were we heading to a ball in the alpha's palace, we were eighteen. Legal adults. "Smile girls, I'm going to remember this day!" my mom said as she pulled out her camera. We made it down the stairs after all the pictures but Joseph just looked more and more uncomfortable. When we made it down, and Joseph came charging towards Christina, my dad grabbed Joseph by the chest and said "Hold out your hand, you too." he said over to Christina. They both had very hesitant looks on their faces but we all knew what was going on. Their fingertips touched and they both gasped, then their fingers were intertwined. "That's what I thought," my dad said. "Better to do it this way than the PDA that usually happens" he laughed. "I can't believe it's been you this whole time" Christina said "Why didn't you tell me before? We've spent every day together since we were pups, you've listened to me fawn over all these men, why didn't you tell me?" she asked. "I couldn't, if I were to have told you, you wouldn't have felt what I felt for months. You would have had to have gone on my word, and honestly, ya'll don't believe a word that comes out of my mouth. I knew it would be special when you finally see what I've felt for 8 months." he said. We all stopped in the den again, it was nice and cleaned up so we all took a group picture together in front of our fireplace then we were out the door. I was going to just drive my truck, but mom and her spoling had a limousine sitting out front for us. I turned around and gave her and my dad a hug "Thank you guys so much for all of this" I said. "You deserve this and more darling, we were happy to make this night a dream for you" they said. I turned and got into the limo, maybe tonight is the night I will meet my forever.