Secrets Revealed
2080 Words
Marie POV:
Micah, never mind linked me back.. What the hell is taking him so long? He said it wasn't anything interesting and I told him that he should just come back, but he didn't say anything else to me. I can still see him from where I'm standing though, and I'm surprised that the guys can't. Whoa! Hang on.. I think Micah finally gave up on listening to them. He just stood up and is starting to walk further out on that -HOLY s**t! The limb snapped and Micah fell in front of them! OH NO!! OH GODDESS!! We are going to be in so much trouble! I need to run over - no, I need to run awa-NO MARIE! GET YOURSELF TOGETHER! You need to run over there and make sure Micha is okay and then deal with the consequences. I can't just stand here and freak out.
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I run like my life depended on it. I finally get to Micah and fall on the ground next to him. I look him over and make sure that I don't see any cuts or broken bones. I finally look up at his face and he is white as a ghost. "Micah, are you okay? You look really pale, like you might faint." Micah doesn't answer me, that's not like him, he always answers me. I grab his arm and give him a little shake while saying, "Is there anybody home? Hello! Micah? Are you okay??" Micah slowly looks over at me and shakes his head no. I'm starting to get a little worried. He looks really zoned out. I look up at Alex, Dylan and Michael, who are staring at us intensely. I look back at Micah and ask him, "Could you tell me what's wrong?" He doesn't answer. "If you don't tell me what's wrong, then I can't help you.." I can still feel their eyes on us so I flip back towards them and say, "If you are just going to stand there and watch then go the f**k away.. you aren't helping the situation by just staring at him." That seemed to have snapped them out of it because Alpha Michael started laughing saying that I was brave and sassy. Alex and Dylan walked closer before sitting on the ground in front of Micah. Dylan went to touch his shoulder but Micah flinched back from him. Micah looked at Dylan before saying," Don't touch me.. I don't need you to touch me." Dylan looked over at Alex for a second before looking at the ground. Alex then attempted to touch Micah's shoulder, but this time Micah jumped up, scaring the crap out of me in the process which caused me to fall on top of Dylan. Micah started yelling at Alex, " I REALLY don't need you to f*****g touch me.. just.. just stay away from me. I heard it all and I need some time to myself." Micah looks over at me and says "I'll see you later to explain everything Marie, just give me some time." I just nodded to him. I didn't know what to say, I was so confused about everything that was going on. Alex looked upset that Micah yelled at him, which didn't make sense to me either. I just wish that someone would tell me something. I was looking at Alex for at least 3 minutes before I realized that I was still on top of Dylan.. oops! I jumped off of him quickly and then apologized to him while I held out my hand to help him get off the ground. He took my hand but gave me a look that I couldn't quite decipher. He looked a little upset. I couldn't tell if he was more upset because Micah acted that way or because I fell on him and then forgot he was there. Dylan looked away for a second before looking back at me while rubbing his neck and saying, " It's okay Marie, You didn't hurt me or anything. I should've gotten your attention to let you know that I was still your seat but honestly, I was thinking about my brother and you looked distracted as well. So, no big deal." I nodded my head and smiled. I guess smiles are contagious because Dylan smiled back at me, which weirdly enough caused me to get butterflies in my stomach. "You have a nice smile, Dylan. You should show it more often." After I said that, I could feel my cheeks start to heat.. What the hell is wrong with me? Normally, I can say those things to anyone and it does not bother me, but for some reason I say it this time and my cheeks flush. Dylan giggles a little bit before clearing his throat and saying, "Thank you for the compliment Marie, I appreciate it... I'm going to grab Michael so we can head back to the pack house. You should get your brother to go back home with you." I just nodded and waved goodbye to him. I watched Dylan and Michael walk away before moving towards my brother. I was hoping that if we were alone then he would tell me what is going on and why Micah acted the way that he did. "Um, Alex?" He looks at me,and then casts his eyes down towards the ground before walking over to me. As he walks up, I notice that his eyes are red like he's been crying or even on the verge of it. "Alex, Is there something wrong? You look upset.." Alex takes a couple of deep breaths before saying," Yes, Marie, there is something wrong and I'm not sure that I know how to fix it.. or if anyone, for that matter, knows how to fix it." I stand a little more confidently then grab my brothers hand to show him that I'm here and listening. "I don't know the situation but I'd be willing to help you fix it. However I can help you, I will. You're my big brother and you've helped me through a lot of things, so let me try to help you, Please?" Alex squeezes my hand a couple of times as I watch him start to break down. He wraps his arms around me and starts to sob on my shoulder. I've never seen my brother like this before and it's breaking my heart.
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After Alex calmed down a little bit, I grabbed his hand and walked us to a nearby bench so we could sit down and talk. "Can you tell me what's wrong now?" His bottom lip starts to quiver, He looks at me and whispers, "I'm afraid if I tell you, that you will hate me or maybe even be upset about the situation and I really don't want you to hate me.. Could you promise not to hate me? I just don't think that I could live with myself if you hated me.." It must be serious for him to say that but I don't think that I could hate him, like ever. "You can tell me anything Alex and I can promise that I won't hate you.. However, I can't promise that I won't be upset if you have done something very bad. So, talk to me about it." I can tell that he is relieved to know that I wouldn't hate him for anything he's done. Alex takes a deep breath before saying," Marie, I found my mate when I turned 18." I felt my mouth drop but quickly composed myself as he continued,"I didn't want a mate, I didn't plan on it happening and then i smelled the most intoxicating scent of peppermint. Once I knew who it belonged to, I just made myself walk away. It was so hard not to tell him, but we have to follow the pack rules. The more I was around him, the more the bond grew for me, but I've always kept my distance." I knew that Alex didn't want a mate, He was already afraid of something happening to them and then they would be gone forever. "Why didn't you tell me though? You could've told me.." Alex and I never kept secrets from each other. It's unlike him to do that. He looks at me and said,"I wanted to tell you so badly but I didn't want to hurt your feelings, Marie, because my mate is someone that you are in love with and have been for awhile." My hand went to my chest and I could feel my breathing become labored. It took me a minute but I managed to get myself under control. I turned back to Alex and his head is in his hands. "Alex, look at me." He cut his eyes at me but he wouldn't fully turn his body. "I'm not upset, you can't help who you're mated to...I just wish I would've known so it wouldn't have put you in a position of watching me pine over him. I feel bad now because you had to see that and couldn't even tell him. " Finding out that Alex is mated to Micah did sting a little but it hurt more knowing my brother was probably very uncomfortable seeing everything. I wish the elders of our pack would get rid of that stupid rule. It's hard enough to control our wolves, but to have an underaged mate and control them from marking their mate is even harder. Alex wraps his arms around me saying,"you have no idea but my wolf Timber loves you so much that he never got jealous. I'm glad that you don't hate me, mar-mar." Ugh, I hate that childhood nickname but i know he is trying to make sure that everything is good between us. "Alex, you know I can't hate you..But something you said earlier is confusing me. You said that you don't get jealous but I thought, I heard a growl from you earlier after Micah hugged me?" I saw Alex look over my shoulder before his eyes glazed over and I knew he was mind linking to someone. Once he was done, he said,"Um yeah, That was me but it wasn't because of you, It was because of Michael." I furrowed my brows,"Care to elaborate?" He sighs as he stands up then proceeds to tell me,"Michael has had a crush on you for awhile now and he hasn't found his mate yet, so he is a bit upset that other people have found theirs. He has to have a mate before he can fully take over the pack from his dad. Michael had made a comment about you and it upset Dylan and I." I couldn't help but laugh at the situation and Alex looked at me like I'd finally lost my mind. "I know that Michael has some type of crush on me but I ignored it. I have this feeling deep in me that he isn't my mate, so I don't really pay attention to him." Alex looks at me confused. "When me and Micah went to the new pool last summer, Michael was walking by and he ran into the water slides while checking me out. He tried to play it off like nothing happened but then came to our chairs to flirt with me." After hearing this story, Alex was cackling.
-We walked around the training field before we decided to head home, but then I remembered him saying that Dylan got upset too. It didn't make any sense to me because Dylan is quiet and doesn't talk to anyone, especially me. Why would he get upset? As we were walking up the steps, I grabbed Alex's arm and said,"Hey, um, something you said earlier is bugging me..Why would Dylan get upset? We aren't friends..." Alex looked taken aback by my question, he then started to look around and I could see him sniffing the air as well. I started to think the stress of the day was starting to get to him but then he, says," Marie, he is my best friend and he got upset because I did. He cares about you because I do and so does Micah..Who is walking up behind you right now." After Alex said that, he ran into the house and I turned to greet my best friend.
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