The One The Whole Town Abandoned

Chapter 12 Movie Time

Ashleigh's POV

Dominic and I have been talking for a little bit now, about how we are both feeling about some of our insecurities. I do feel better now because I feel like we made some actual progress. I'm scared, actually terrified about what he has to tell me or show me.. but like I said if it's a part of him then I will accept it because he accepted something for me, so why can't I for him? That's only fair.

I could see the nervousness and sadness in his eyes as they switched colors back and forth. I'm starting to get used to seeing his eyes doing that and he said he will explain it later, so I guess I'll eventually find out what that means. Both colors are stunning and I, of course, love both. I just wish I knew what it meant.

The yellow looks so familiar but I just can't place why they look so familiar like I have seen them somewhere else before.

Even with the beautiful colors switching, I hate seeing him sad, so I said what I was thinking and feeling to hopefully make him feel better and it worked. I'm not used to being in any type of relationship at all, but I'm just doing what makes sense to me and it's nice to know it worked.

I have a little bit of a hard time talking about my feelings, so I normally just make jokes until I don't feel as uncomfortable about the situation. Of course, that's what I did.. but the plus is that it made him smile and that's all I wanted. His smile is too beautiful to hide anyway. He decides to lean in just to kiss me and man, I don't know if I will ever get used to the feeling of those fireworks going off every single time his lips touch mine, but it instantly turns me on.

It's crazy for me, to be so turned on because of everything that happened to me the first time... So I never thought about sex.. but with him, that's all I have been thinking about lately and it scares me honestly. I want to, but I'm scared too... But he has made everything so great and comfortable so far, so it makes me think that would be the same for s*x, especially since he knows my past now and he has been so understanding about it.

That thought makes me feel a little better, but I first need to get my body under control because I just can't seem to control myself around him. He flips us around, not breaking our kiss, pushing me against the wall. He pins me to the wall, closing the space between us and I love it. I'm sure he could smell how much I loved it.

I moan into his lips with the sensual kiss he is giving me.. he lets out a purr of sorts and it sounds so sexy. I can feel my heart racing as my hands have a mind of their own, grabbing the back of his head and running my fingers through his hair, earning another purr from him, turning me on even more.

His hands trail to my thighs, grabbing hold of them and picking me up. He pins me against the wall better now that I'm in his hold.

I wrap my legs around his waist instinctively as his hands go to my ass, grabbing hold. This is the sexiest most intense kiss I have ever been a part of and I don't want it to end except for the simple fact that I do need air to survive. We break our kiss, panting and smirking at each other as we let some much-needed air into our lungs.

"Wow, that looked intense and so sexy... Do you have any friends like you? Because I need all that in my life.. like yesterday!" Stefanie says from beside us, making my face beet red, I didn't even notice her come in. I wonder how much she saw.

"I do have some friends I'll have to introduce you to. And I'm sorry if I had known you were there I probably wouldn't have done all that in front of you... probably." Dominic says to her with a cheeky grin on his face, making me blush even more.

"Oh God, no, don't worry about it, that's perfectly fine... She has been so b*tchy and lonely a lot lately.. she needs to get some s****l attention for sure... I'm happy it's you!" Stefanie says about me, making my mouth drop open. "Well, I'll definitely help out with that if she will let me," Dominic says wiggling his eyebrows at me, making my face redder as I playfully slap his chest. But thinking about that turns me on and sounds so fun.

"I'm sure you can help her with that, at least according to the huge tent your pitching down there." Stefanie retorts back shamelessly. This girl has never had a filter since I can remember and she doesn't care. "Dad! You're holding mama?! I want to be next!" Aurora says running out of the bedroom as Dominic turns away from Aurora, setting me down gently. I do get to see the huge tent Stef was talking about and she is right, I think he could help me out with that. He adjusts himself so he isn't pitching a tent anymore, while he looks up locking eyes with me as he whispers with so much humor, trying to be mad at me, but it's obviously not working, "You did this to me!" I giggle and whisper back, "I would like to say sorry but... I'm not at all... and I'm not going to lie to you." This makes my smirk turn into a smile.

"I'll get you back, I hope you know.." he says, winking at me as I quickly respond, "You can't threaten me with a good time." I wink and blow him a kiss to top it off, because I think I know how to flirt.. which makes him purr again and I see his eyes changing once again, making me feel like I did something right. He points at me and smirks, shaking his head, not saying anything else.

He turns around, "Hey Princess, did you have a good nap?" As he picks her up into his strong arms. "Yes, I feel way better. I'm ready to go out for our fun date now because I won't be grumpy!" Aurora says to him, making me giggle. She is too honest sometimes, but she gets that from me for sure. Also from her auntie Stef, because we both don't have the best brain filters to help out, but mine is better than Stefanie's.

I hear Dominic's husky, deep melodic laugh filling the room and I just take in the beautiful sound as he answers her, "Ok, but you will need some socks, shoes, and a jacket on, to make sure you don't get sick. Do you need help with those?" he asks her so sweetly, because man, he is the sweetest man ever.

"No thank you, I'm a big kid and I can put on my socks and sometimes my shoes and my jacket. I'm getting better at putting them on myself, momma says." Aurora responds almost instantly to Dominic, making me smile even bigger as she runs around the room in excitement, grabbing the things she needs, so we can get going.

Aurora runs back out of the room as Dominic squats down in front of her, zipping up her jacket and fixing her shoes before picking her back up to head out. I go slip on my favorite vans.. and since I have a long sleeve on I don't need a jacket. All four of us head out the door as Dominic leads the way. He walks us to the movies because it's so nice out in this small town, where you can walk anywhere comfortably. He is thoughtful enough to take us to the early show, because of course, I have a daughter and we can't stay out too late.

I'm too distracted by how amazing he is with my baby girl, letting her pick everything and making her feel so special, that I didn't even see what movie he paid for, so I just followed him toward the theater as if in a trance. But next, we stopped at the snack counter... He turns to me and asks, "May I get her something to snack on my love?"

I love the melodic voice that I just stare at him for a second until I register what he asked. "Oh... Um.. yeah she can have water or sprite, popcorn, and ONE candy Aurora! Don't let her convince you to get more Dom." I say to him as he smiles down at me, nodding. He whispers something into Aurora's ear and I see Aurora whispering something back, making him smile and nod, getting snacks and paying for them. He turns around handing Stefanie a box of candy and a box of chocolate-covered caramels for me... I'm confused about this. How did he know these are my favorites?

"Aurora told me you would like those but if you don't want them, then I can get you something else." Dominic says, looking a little worried.. but I just shake my head at him and say softly, "These are perfect and my favorite. Just surprised that's all.. thank you."

He smiles and nods at me as he sets Aurora down so he can carry her drink and popcorn for her. He grabs the popcorn and drink in one hand and Aurora's little hand in the other. She, of course, has a hold of her candy with the other hand.

He makes his way to the theater and I just follow him, mostly because I would follow him anywhere at this point. I watch him pick a spot at the back and towards the center. He has Aurora on his left and I choose, of course, to sit on his right, with Stefanie right next to me.

She leans in whispering into my ear, "Man you're so lucky, he seems like he is just perfect for both of you... I'm so happy for you guys. You deserve this for sure, especially after everything you have been through. He had better have a friend for me or I'm kicking his butt. I need this in my life!"

I giggle at her statement as I lean in and whisper to her as well, "I know, this has been everything I have wanted and it's freaking me out because it's so perfect, it's as if I'm waiting for something to go wrong, but I hope it doesn't. I hope it stays like this forever, because I will spend forever with him at this point."

She smirks, raising her brows at me as she whispers back, "God girl, you sound like you're in love. I'm happy for you and I bet everything will be fine... It is always good and bad in every relationship. Just stick it out and you guys could have this forever. But love will always be about give and take from both of you... you have to work on it to make it work, but I know you could do this if you wanted it to work."

I nod then turn to her as I whisper back, "Don't jinx it, but I do think it's turning into love. Honestly, I have never felt this way about anyone and I don't think I would ever feel this way about anyone else and I don't want to feel this way about anyone else. I'll work for the rest of my life to make this work as long as he will have me, but who knows, I bet he will get bored of us no matter how many times he has told me he won't."

She laughs loudly, gaining a lot of people's attention as she says a quiet sorry turning back to me and whispering in my ear again. "Honey he won't get tired of you, there is no getting tired of you. You and Aurora are amazing and I'm sure he is just as happy to have you in his life as you are with him in yours. I think he is just as in love with you as you are with him." I blush at that thought, playfully smacking her arm as I whispered back, "I didn't say I was in love with him!"

"Well, you never said you weren't in love with him either and by the look on your face every time you look at him, I would say that's love hands down, whether you want to believe it or not." I stare at her for a moment, taking in that realization. I sit back, thinking for a moment.

Am I actually in love after just a couple of great days? Is that possible? Is that crazy? I'm probably crazy, right? Who does that? He will probably think I'm crazy. But I can't deny my extremely strong feelings for him. I just have never felt like this, to even know if that's what this is or not.

I look to the side and he is smiling the most beautiful smile making my breath catch in my throat... He makes me so nervous and I think he knows that and likes it. His smile turns to a smirk at me as he leans in kissing my cheek softly. I take in his calming woodsy musk in his close proximity.

"Do you know how absolutely stunning you are?" he whispers in my ear, sending shivers up and down my spine as I shake my head. I can feel my face heating up, but thankfully we are in the dark theater and you can't see my extremely red face.

"I don't know how you don't know that, but don't you fret my love, I'll make sure you remember it." He says into my ear again, turning me on so much by his close proximity. What the hell does this man do to mess up my body like this? I can't control it at all and it's crazy to me.

"God you better calm that down, you smell too good to ignore." He says again as I playfully slap his arm, turning to him as I say back into his ear, just for us to hear, "Hey, this is your fault this time. Don't blame me for you being and acting sexy. My body is just responding to your actions. So you better stop being amazing.. or else." I say as a threat, but we both know it's not.

I sit back down, getting comfortable, looking straight ahead, as I hear in my ear, "Or else what? You will fall for me just as hard as I have fallen for you. That sounds like a wonderful plan for myself and exactly what I want, so I don't think I can stop myself." my breath hitches as I turned staring at him for a moment. I think he knows how he is making me feel, which scares me even more. He leans in kissing my cheek softly, as he sits back in his chair and the movie starts to play.

After about an hour and a half of this movie, it ends and the lights turn on. I have to say I didn't watch one bit of the movie, my mind couldn't get away from Dominic and how I feel about him, which scares the hell out of me.. I want to be ok with it, I'm just scared.. but with him, I feel so safe. So there are conflicting feelings.

I'm scared of love for sure, because the only other people I have loved besides Aurora and Stefanie were my parents and we know how that went for me.. not very well and I never even loved my teacher at all.. not even remotely.. so I never understood when he would tell me he loved me and that I was his. I never understood what that meant, let alone how it was supposed to make me feel with the right person. Now that I know how it's supposed to feel, it scares the hell out of me, but I don't want it to stop... Is that normal or am I crazy? This is so hard.

I feel a hand grabbing mine as I look up connecting my gaze with his as he smiles down at me. I stand up with him and follow him to who knows where, like I said I would follow him anywhere at this point.

Dominic's POV

As we sit down in the theater, I can hear Stefanie and Ashleigh whispering back and forth only because of being a werewolves with enhanced hearing.

I swear I'm not trying to listen in on their conversation, but I can't exactly help it, being right next to them.

But I hear Ashleigh talk about how strong she feels about me and that's all I need to hear to make my heart soar. But I also hear her doubts as well plaguing her mind, but Stefanie calms most of those doubts by talking with her about it, which I'm so grateful for letting me know I'm doing something right.

Stefanie claims it's love and Ashleigh automatically says, "I didn't say I was in love with him!"

I hear Stefanie retort right back, "Well you never said you weren't in love with him either and by the look on your face every time you look at him, I would say that's love hands down, whether you want to believe it or not."

I smile thinking about that thought in itself. I look to the side and Ashleigh doesn't respond to Stefanie, but you can tell she is thinking about what Stefanie just said.

I think she is understandably scared of being in love with me, but I want to show her she is not the only one. The mate bond works so quickly surprisingly enough, it was like love at first sight for me.

I never thought I could love a complete stranger in such a short period of time. No matter how many people told me about that mate bond. I'm not saying that's the only reason or anything, but that's an enhancing factor in the equation. I would fall in love with her either way because she is perfect for me in every way, but I think the mate bond speeds it up for sure.

That's the first time I have heard you admit you love her. When I knew it the moment I first saw her.. but I knew you did and it's nice to hear you say it... I can't wait until she says it back.. at least we know how she is feeling, which is a big step in the right direction. You work fast and I like it! Seriously sorry I ever doubted you.

Miles says to me, making me internally smile at him, openly admitting to underestimating me. He never does that. He really is a love-sick puppy right now.

Since when did you become such a sweet little love-sick puppy? What happened to my big bad Alpha?

I ask him, making him huff at me as he retorts.

At least I can admit how I feel about her, you big p***y cat. You better make her feel better because look at the worry on her face right now. She looks scared and it's because she doesn't think we feel the same, I bet.

I internally agree I need to make her feel better about her intimidating new feelings. I find myself just taking in her beautiful features because I know I have said it a lot but I really feel like she is stunning in every sense of the word.

I see her gorgeous sparkling eyes make their way to mine locking instantly. I smile at her as I lean down, kissing her cheek softly and sitting next to her ear. Taking in her amazing caramel smell, before whispering into her ear, "Do you know how absolutely stunning you are?"

She looks so cute being so nervous as I see her shake her head. So I continued right by her ear and her neck, "I don't know how you don't know that, but don't you fret my love, I'll make sure you remember it." I can smell her arousal as I see goosebumps appear across her shoulders.

She smells so f*#king good, "God you better calm that down you smell too good to ignore." She gets a shocked look on her face. I think she is blushing right now, but too bad I can't see it in the dark because I love it when she blushes.

She turns right to me, playfully slapping my arm, surprising me a little as she gets in such close proximity to me. Whispering into my ear, "Hey, this is your fault this time. Don't blame me for you being and acting sexy. My body is just responding to your actions. So you better stop being amazing or else." She says as she gets comfortable in her seat, trying to forget about me to watch the movie just to calm herself, but I can't have that.. at least not yet.

So I lean in close and she hasn't even noticed me yet when I retort back, "Or else what? You will fall for me just as hard as I have fallen for you. That sounds like a wonderful plan for myself and exactly what I want, so I don't think I can stop myself." I hear her breath hitch as she stares at me for a moment, I can tell her mind is reeling about that comment and I hope so because I'm doing just what Miles said to do and making sure there is no mistaking how I feel about her.

You didn't say LOVE, asshat! but I can still smell the arousal on her, so I won't be too mad, since she liked something you said.

Miles says to me, making me internally scoff.

I told her I have fallen for her. That's just as good for right now. I'm trying not to overwhelm her while letting her know how strongly I feel about her now calm down pup.

I respond as he huffs at me. I lean in kissing her cheek and I feel they are warm so I bet she has been blushing. I smirk about that thought as I sit back, to leave her alone at least for a moment.