Between Two Mates

Chapter 19

-Rose POV-

"Where did they go?" I ask mom.

"I have no idea. They left early today in a rush." She says.

My dad and brother left this morning super early which it's strange. Dad always makes a point for mom to know where he is going but he didn't say this time. So that is strange.

"Be careful, okay." She says taking me away from my thinking.

"I will." I give her a kiss and walk out.

My heart almost drops when I see Helix leaning on Dominic's car as I come out to put my bags in the trunk.

“Ha! I knew you couldn’t resist.” Nova cheers, also walking out of her packhouse.

He doesn’t say a thing and when Dominic opens the trunk, Helix puts his own bag in.

He goes by me and looks at me with a cheeky expression then, winks at me.

“Are you serious right now?” I ask.

“Yeah, why?” He says.

I can feel that playful aura he use to have.

“I heard what happened with Harper last night.” I say. “We are going to be in a closed-off car next to each other for a few hours. What makes you think that this is a good idea?”

“Don't seduce me then.” He gives me a teasing smile.

I gasp.

(He sounds like the old Helix. The Helix before all this s**t started.)

“I don’t seduce you.”

“Yeah, you do.” He smiles even brighter now. “You just don’t know it.”

He opens the back door of the car and waves for me to get in. I get in the car and quickly sit as far away from him as I can.

He gets in and closes the door. For a few seconds, there is excruciating silence since Nova and Dominic are still outside of the car.

Helix starts to tap his fingers on his thighs and I start biting the inside of my cheek.

All I can think of is of what a dummy he is. This was a bad idea. All I can see in my head is us, grabbing each other here in the back of the car and kissing.

“Dummy.” I whisper.

“I know.” He mumbles knowing exactly why I am saying that.

Finally, Dominic and Nova get in.

“Alright. Do we have everything?” Dominic asks looking around.

Helix starts to get nervous and more jittery.

“Yeah. I think we do.” Nova says.

“Hurry.” Helix says looking back. “Before Laura finds me and tells me I can’t leave. That woman is annoying.”

Dominic starts the car and drives.

“So, we should assume that no one knows you are leaving with us?” Nova asks Helix.

“Nope. I will call mom and dad when we are an hour in.”

Nova smiles. “Good idea.”

“No, it’s not.” Dominic says. “This is a really bad idea.”

“Baby, since you’ve been busy with Alpha business with your dad and ignoring me all this time, you don’t get a say.” Nova says.

“I wasn’t ignoring you. It’s just a lot.” He says.

“Okay well, you and I will deal with that issue later. For now, let's just have fun.”

“Where is this trip to anyway?” Helix asks.

“You came and you didn’t even know?” I ask.

He gives me another cheeky smile. “Yep.”

“There is a party in Lockwood Lake. A huge one with a band and everything. Everyone is bringing their tents and staying over the night.”

“Well s**t. I didn’t bring a tent.”

“Well, obviously you know what that means.” Nova says. “You are sharing with Rose.”

“No, he’s not!”

“No. That's not a good idea. I’ll sleep under the stars.” He says.

“You two are no fun.”

Helix huffs. “We are not here for your amusement you spawn of Satan.”

Nova turns back at him and lifts her fist up. “I’m going to punch you in the face!”

“Not the face!” Helix puts his hands up, covering himself from Nova.

“Fine! The balls!!” She shouts and aims low.

“Not there either!”

“I swear to the goddess if you guys start, I'm going to pull over and put both of you in the trunk!”

Nova gasps. “You wouldn’t.”

“Watch me.” Dominic mumbles. “You both are annoying when you are together.”

I start laughing unable to hold it in because he is right. All they do is argue.

“This is going to be a long drive.” Dominic says.

As we continue driving, we make it to an hour and Helix calls his parents.

“Aha....aha.... yeah.... it was Nova’s idea.” Helix says.

Nova’s head yanks back. “What?!”

Helix smiles and holds the phone for her. “Mom and dad want to talk to you.”

She gasps, takes the phone, and then suddenly throws it out the window.

“What!? What the hell Nova!” Helix shouts.

She starts laughing. “That’s what you get for blaming me!”

Helix crosses his arms. “Good that all did. Now they are going to call you.”

Nova’s phone starts ringing. She looks at it and starts to lower her window.

“Don’t you dare.” Dominic says. “You know you can always ignore it or turn it off.”

“Oh! Yeah haha.” She laughs.

“Not funny.” Helix mumbles. “You owe me a phone.”

“I owe you s**t. That’s for turning my hair pink you little turd.”

(It is never-ending with them.)

We continue to drive but there is no silence between these two. After four excruciating hours of bickering, we finally arrive.

“There are a lot of people here.” I say, looking around.

Nova nods. “Yeah. It’s something they do annually.”

We head to the back of the car to get our bags but when Dominic opens the trunk, we hear a groan.

“Uhhh!”

“What the f**k?!” Dominic shouts.

“I didn’t know the ride was going to be so long.” Dylan says sitting up.

I gasp.

We all look at each other.

“Did you?” Dominic asks Nova.

She shakes her head. “I didn’t.”

“Neither did I.” Helix says.

Dylan gets out and starts walking away. “Don’t leave without me.” He says and waves at us as he disappears into the crowd.

Helix starts laughing. “That kid is something else.”

“How does he keep doing that?” I ask.

Nova smiles. “I have a feeling that when he is older, he is going to be the life of the party.”

We all laugh because we don’t know what the hell are we supposed to do.

“Let’s go find my friends.” Nova then says. “They should be around here somewhere and I told them to save us a spot.” She suddenly turns around and faces us. “Needless to say, they are humans so no wolfing out.”

We all nod, understanding.

We start following Nova and after a few minutes, we find her friends.

“Nova! You made it!” They cheer.

Her friends have a very punk style. Piercings, tattoos, and colorful hair.

“Yep, and these here are my boyfriend, my best friend, and my turd brother.”

Helix growls at her.

“Nova looks at us. “These are Ruth, Robby, John, and Cleo.”

We all say hi to each other.

“We saved you a spot right there and now that you guys are here, we can start the party!” John says wiggling a bottle of vodka in his hands.

“Yeah!” Nova shouts and grabs the bottle.

Two months ago, I would have been complaining, but now I just join Nova in the fun.

Dominic and Helix look at each other and groan. “We got stuck with tent duty.”

I start mingling with Nova’s friends but to say that I am distracted by Helix is an understatement. My eyes can’t seem to not look at him. He is like a magnet and I can see that it is the same for him while he helps Dominic with the tents.

Dominic snaps his fingers at Helix. “Focus man. That doesn’t go there. It goes over here.”

Helix scratches his head. “Oh, yeah.”

I smile at myself and continue to talk with the others.

More people keep arriving and the place is buzzing. When Dom and Helix finish, they sit with us.

“We can see the stage from here.”

“Yeah, that’s why we picked this spot. We can lounge about while we watch the band and drink to our heart's content.” John says.

Helix sits right next to me. I am too aware of him but I try to ignore it as we all talk.

Eventually, the band starts playing. We all talk, drink and watch the band. It’s actually quite nice and not as wild as I thought it was going to be.

I move closer to Helix. “Why did you come?" I ask. “You know this is going to be hard on both of us.”

As nice as this all has been, I haven’t been able to fully concentrate because of him. My wolf is on edge.

“Simple.” He says. “I came because I don’t want one of those fuckers to make a move on you.”

I am surprised at how blunt he is.

“Yeah...” He says looking straight at me and seeing my expression. “You are mine. I’m not letting anyone else have you.”

Like this, just the two of us, and with what he is saying, it almost feels like we are normal mates.

“What about Harper?”

“Don’t bring her into this. You know I told you I don’t want her, it’s you. It’s always been you.”

“But your wolf-”

He cuts me off. “My wolf wants the pup. That’s it.”

I look at him. My hands turn into fists trying to control the want. The want for him, the want to do everything with him. I want him to take me and I know he can feel it. He gives me a side stare and a small smile appears on his lips which makes me even hotter for him.

(How the hell am I going to survive the night?)