Alpha's Lost Luna

Chapter 4

"Okay we'll have a small order of pancakes with apple juice and the egg, sausage, hash brown combo with orange juice." I said kindly with a smile. Gracie nodded her head, writing it down on her little pad.

"Okay! Coming right up!" She said happily then bounced away. I hadn't noticed but thankfully the conversations had started up again when I was ordering but people were still staring at me. It makes sense though, Aiden and I are rogues. Less then five minutes later Gracie came back with our order, she set the food and drinks down on the table and stared adoringly at Aiden who was trying to use the huge fork to eat his pancakes.

"He's cute! How old is he?" She cooed. Aiden looked up at her curiously and smiled.

"He turned two last week." I said proudly. Gracie nodded her head and giggled when Aiden shrieked happily because he got a piece of pancake into his mouth.

"I'm Gracie Louis by the way." She said, turning her attention back to me.

"Zena Baillie, and this is Aiden Carter." I answered with a smile. I was surprised that Gracie was actually able to look at me without staring at the bruises on my face, but everybody else in the diner openly stared at me.

"Is Carter his dads last name or..?" Gracie asked trailing off. The smile fell from my face and I gulped.

"Yeah it's his fathers last name." I said quietly. Gracie must have noticed that she hit a sensitive subject because she immediately apologized.

"Oh I'm sorry if I upset you, I tend to be really nosy sometimes or so I'm told. But really I'm sorry and I understand if-" Gracie rushed out but I cut her off before she could continue.

"It's fine Gracie, you didn't upset me." I told her with a laugh. Gracie let out a large sigh and giggled.

"Okay good, I just met you and I was afraid that I ruined any chance that we had at being friends." She said with another giggle. I slightly smiled and thought about that, friend, I like that word.

"Well you have nothing to worry about, I still think we have a great chance at being friends." I said with a wink. Gracie smiled largely but it was wiped off of her face when a loud, possessive and powerful growl was heard through the diner. I shrank back in fear because the growl sounded extremely similar to one that I had heard before. Gracie rolled her eyes and looked back to me but they widened when she saw the terrified look on my face.

"Oh my are you okay? Stupid Collin! He scared you." She said angrily. I took a deep breath before putting on a fake smile

"It's okay. I'm fine, but you should probably go see your..mate?" I ended with a question. I had a feeling that Gracie saw right through my lie but she nodded her head and walked over to a table across the room.

Three very good looking guys sat at the table and one, that had light sandy blonde hair and brown eyes, grabbed Gracie and pulled her down onto his lap. He looked at her angrily but worriedly and started talking to her fast but quietly. I could only make out a few words like 'rogue' and 'dangerous'. The last one made me roll my eyes because I am anything but dangerous.

I shook my head and looked back over to Aiden, I let out a groan followed by a giggle.

"Aiden your all messy." I stated looking at my little boy. Aiden had syrup all over his face and his hands and he had small pieces of pancake stuck to him. I sighed and grabbed a napkin, dipping it in the pitcher of water that was on the table, before wiping the sticky mess off of him.

"Thirsty." He said as he pointed to his apple juice. I smiled and reached down into the diaper bag, pulling out his sippy cup I poured the apple juice into the cup and handed it to him. Aiden greedily drank the juice and let out a burp when he was done. I chuckle before getting to work on eating my own food.

After quickly scarfing down my food and drinking my orange juice I looked at the bill and put the money due down on the table along with a gracious tip for Gracie. I grabbed the diaper bag and slung it over my shoulder then helped Aiden out of the booth. He giggled happily and ran ahead of me towards the door.

"Aiden!" I yelled after him. I slightly jogged so that I could catch up with him before I took his small hand in mine.

"Stay with mommy." I ordered. Aiden stuck his tongue out at me and I raised an eyebrow.

"Don't you stick your tongue out at me little man because you know what will happen if you do." I warned jokingly. He knew exactly what I was talking about so he stuck his tongue out at me again. I fake gasped and looked at him shocked.

"Oh no! You did it again, the tickle monster is going to get you now!" I exclaimed. Aidens eyes widened and he shrieked happily running towards the door. I started slowly chasing after him and once he made it out of the door I grabbed him by his sides and started tickling him crazily. Aiden was laughing hysterically and the sound itself was like music to my ears. But our fun and games was abruptly ended when I heard the diner door open and close quickly. I glanced behind me and saw that the three guys who were in the booth earlier, one being Gracie's mate, were stalking towards me.