Orphaned Twin

Birthday part two - Lexi POV

Logan is literally dragging me to the pack house dining room, as we reach the bottom steps my nose fills with the most sweetest smell, what ever they are making smells fantastic. I can feel Casey pacing in my mind “oh you like caramel pancakes to then Casey”

I chuckle but Casey doesn’t respond we get to the entrance of the dining room my stomach now doing flips, I didn’t realise I was that hungry but that smell is mouth watering “MATE” Casey growls to me, I holt frozen to my spot “what” “MATE” Logan turns to me “let’s go, why have you stopped food is so close” my eyes scoping the room but I can’t see who it may be, I continue on behind Logan cautiously all emotions hitting me, will they like me, will I like them, why now this is not something I had planned on dealing with along with everything else, panic sets in every inch of my body wanting to run to the delicious smell but at the same time run away. Logan pushes me to my seat but before I can sit down Elaine has her arms around me “happy birthday beautiful” squeezing me so tight I can’t move an inch “sorry Lexi” she says adjusting her self and stepping back “I’m just so excited for your birthday today it’s such a special one” she squeals, a deep voice comes through from behind her “out the way Elaine let me give our girl a big squeeze” then hit by the chest of the brick wall that is Damien his embrace so safe and fatherly i relax slightly “you alright dear, you’re very tense” gaining my composure and remembering my Luna training with Luna Maria “yes Damien I’m fine thank you” the smell now intoxicating “happy birthday” “thanks unc damo” although he is not my real uncle as my father didn’t have any siblings he was my fathers best friend and beta it was natural to us as children to refer to him and Elaine as Uncle and Aunt and it stuck, although they are more like parents to me and have bought me up for the last thirteen years. Then these arms grab me in a bear hug, these big muscular arms, instant tingles down my body erupting like little fireworks, the scent caramel pancakes sends my brain to mush “Mate” Casey bouncing around happily “Mate touching us” still bouncing with joy. “Happy birthday bestie” deep husky voice comes through, it hits me “NO” wriggling to get out of the grip I’m in, he puts me down as I spin to face him “no” he says with a confused chuckle “sorry Tyler I mean thanks” adjusting my clothes and hair just anything to distract my self “made you pancakes with caramel for your special birthday breakfast” the proudness coming through in his voice.. As I look up to him his chest, his neck, his jaw line, those lips.. why have I never noticed how spectacularly sculpted this man is before, then those eyes light brown like big pools of caramel “thanks” my words almost a whisper. “Let’s not let them go cold” he ushers me to the seat “plus I want to hear all about your new wolf friend” he says pulling his chair closer to mine “Casey” I say with a smile “her name is Casey” why am I so nervous about talking to my best friend, the person who knows all my deepest darkest secrets I argue with my self, well apart from my new secret, how is Tyler my mate maybe that’s why we’ve always been so close but it’s Ty. Ty the boy who held me when I cried myself to sleep at night at the age of five he was four and half at the time as he is six months younger than me, this is the boy who helped me up when I fell, the boy I’d stay up all night talking to and get into trouble with for giggling to loudly and making to much noise when we should be sleeping, the boy who snuck into my room when there was thunderstorms to make sure I was ok, the boy who has always had a way of helping me control my emotion and calm me just by a touch. The realisation of the love we share goes deeper than friendship, he has always been the rock in my world and picked me up when I was down, he’s always been my fated mate. A nudge in my side brings me back reality from being deep in thought “earth to Lexi, come in” i side eye him trying to not look him in the eye “what’s wrong Lexi you haven’t touched your pancakes just moving them around the plate” .. “I don’t feel to great is all it was a long night, I’ll fill you in later I think I just need to go for a lay down” I stand to excuse myself from the table “but what about your presents” Tyler interrupts “can I do them later, I just need a-bit more sleep” Damien interrupts “of course that’s fine Lexi, you take your time. Just let us know when you are ready. Do you need us to bring anything to your room?” “Of course as soon as I’m up and about I’ll mind link you, I don’t need anything thank you” I turn to leave and make a swift exit. “Mate” Casey pacing in my mind “go back” Casey begging “no Casey we need to talk about this” I race to the apartment locking the door behind me to not be interrupted and flop on the sofa what am I going to do I think to myself.

“Casey, Tyler doesn’t have his wolf yet, it will be another six months before he turns eighteen” “just tell him” she begs “I want him to find out for himself that we are mates, we are such good friends, if I tell him we are mates he might not believe me or what if he doesn’t want me as a mate, what if he thinks we are to much like brother and sister to be mates, I mean we have been bought up together, I know he is not my brother by blood but what happens if he doesn’t want us like that.” “He will love us, he already loves us” Casey responds “I’m not telling him Casey, I’m sorry but I can’t risk it, it’s six months he can then decide for himself if he wants us” “ok” Casey agrees hesitating “we need to work on being a good Luna for our pack first, it’s my ceremony in two weeks we need to prepare we have a lot of work ahead of us.” “Then in six months we get our mate” Casey jumping for joy “if he wants us” I say sad toned “we just need to avoid him until then”