The next day after the second period I had to put my things away at my locker I grabbed a book closed my locker walked out to the lovely weeping willow tree and hid in the whip-like branches leaning up against the tree trunk I began to read my book as I can hear leaves wrestling and footsteps coming towards me I can already tell by the scent of who it is it is my mate who I am still very upset with. "Ariana could we talk please ??", Dean says to me and his soft most vulnerable voice. "Talk", is my short irritated reply. "Ariana I do apologize I did misunderstand what you were saying I thought you were going to say to please mark you to not Mark you ...... I don't expect you to forgive me right away or even ever if you don't feel but please at least give me the chance to spend the rest of my days trying." " he says with a broken voice. I don't dare to look up from my book I'm not stupid I know once I do that mate Bond will instantly pull me towards him and make me want to forgive him luckily I'm more stubborn than that for he needs to learn. "I refuse to give up the alpha position that my sister handed down to me to join your pack ...... So understand I am Alpha of a pack as You are I will not stand and just be your mate your female that is not how I was raised that is not how I pack is raised .... And the fact that you did not see me as your equal from the very beginning disgust me I don't know what you think my place or your place is but you need to know that we are to be what mates are about neither one being higher than the other in any sort of ranks neither one has any more say so than the other both opinions mattering just as much as each other, as well as the say-so and decisions made, do you understand this Dean ?? Because if you don't I will break us both and take back the mating and destroy the bond I will reject you if you cannot understand this !!", I am now looking straight into his eyes dead serious poker face. " Ariana I understand this and I apologize I will do anything you want of me we will leave both packs together as one I promise you and if ever I falter on this promise Bam has already sworn as my betta and best friend to put me in my place if you should need him to what you won't I promise !!", He says to me as serious as can be. " He is a dumbass Ariana and a jerk at times but he's a good Alpha and I've never known him not to keep his words... I wasn't trying to impose on you guys I apologize I was just passing by trying to get to the flower meadow opening I've been trying to find the damn thing since I got here but I'll be on my way.", Stephany says looking lost as ever trying to find the meadow field. I can't help who let out a giggle as I get up from my place handing my book to Dean and saying, "please take this and put this back in my locker while I show her the way it can be rather tricky we can discuss this more later that's the best you'll get out of me right now.", " I happily agree to this I'll talk to you later I love you Ariana!!", He says just before scurrying away to put my book back in my locker for me.
"thank you for showing me I do appreciate it I have been trying to find this meadow since I got here it's known even in my pack to be the most beautiful flower and in the meadow, in the world, many many stories have been told throughout my pack about this meadow the magic of it and that if you can find a particular flower that it will help you to find your mate... I bet you think I'm silly right ??", She said looking down at her shoes. " Not at all and you're talking about the love berry flower it is a beautiful flower that has two berries that come off of it you eat the berries and press the flower flat to hang it in a picture frame somewhere that you can always see it it will show you glimpses in your dreams of your mate up to the first time that you meet... My grandfather and grandmother are proof of the love berry flower work.", I tell her as we walk down the winding paths connecting to other winding paths until we finally reach the entrance of the field. "Ariana why are you so nice to me when I was nothing but rude and awful and disgusting to you ??" Stephany asks me as we sit crawling through the flowers trying to find a love berry flower. "Stephany, I see it like this .... Something had to have happened to make you the way You are, and whatever that something was it must not have been anything nice nor pretty it probably was something that traumatized you scarred you, and hurt you badly both mentally emotionally and probably physically if I can guess right .... Because I highly doubt you became that way on your own.", I say simply as I look up into her eyes I can see hurt pain sadness scared happiness and most of all something I've never seen in her eyes before hopefulness. "Thank you Ariana I think you've saved me and one day I will tell you my story just not today if that's okay it is a rather hard story to tell.", " You don't have to tell me anything until you're ready you don't even have to tell me if you don't want but I'm always here to listen and to help you in any way that I can I want you to know that", I tell her with all the sincerity I can muster. we just smile and nod at each other as we continue looking for the love berry flower he even ends up skipping the rest of school until just before nightfall when she finally finds it. "Ariana I think I found it is this it", "yes that's it now quickly eat the berries and we must go back and find a beautiful picture frame to put it in I think I have one made of gold that would be perfect for it !!", I say excitedly as we jump up and down holding onto each other's hands before we begin running off towards my family's Castle.