The Reason

Chapter Five

After an hour and a half, I once again beat him, which was funny because of his reaction to it. “Who ever thought an alpha son couldn’t be beaten by a beta's daughter", he laughed as I got off of him and unwrapped my hands, and grabbed my water bottle . “ no one ever said that but you just got lucky, I was distracted” Em pouted as we began to walk towards the exit. I smiled at him as he grabbed my hand.

“Tomorrow is our day, the biggest party in our pack.” I yawned. I know and we both have to be up early. He held my hand to the packing house. I held on to these moments knowing he’d be leaving me soon. Finally getting to the packhouse, we let go of each other. Not saying goodbye, we both walked to our rooms. His room was on the fifth floor and mine was on the fourth. When I reached my room, I brushed my teeth and changed into a light blue tank top and a pair of Embers black sweats that I stole. I yawned and walked to my bed. I passed out.

“Come on darling, it's time to get up and get ready for the party”, I woke up to my mom saying. I yawned and moved to the side of the bed. “ Come on go shower and brush your teeth so we can get you ready,” My mom said with maids surrounding her. I slowly got out of bed and dragged myself to the bathroom, starting a warm shower. What time is it? I'm still so tired. I yawned again, undressed, and went into the shower. As if the water was a potion, I started waking up, I washed my hair and scrubbed my body with a berry soap I got a few months ago.

Walking out of my bathroom in a towel mom pulled me onto a stool, starting to put layers of fabric on me. I looked down to see blues, golds, and purples. I groaned as I saw more on the bed. Mom was working on my hair. I think she was curling it but I couldn’t see. After what felt like hours of this torture, they finally let me go. I looked in the mirror, my long hair was up in a curly bun, my face was caked in light make-up and I was in a dress three times my size.

The party was being held in the town square, which was about a mile from the packhouse. I could typically walk that but I could barely breathe in this dress, let alone walk a mile. I knew I would be standing most of the time except for dinner, which is halfway through and is a 4-course meal. I wonder how Ember is taking all this. I sighed as I headed downstairs and spotted Ember and his dad.

“Ember!” He turned around when he saw me his eyes lit up. I ran up to him and hugged him as he hugged me back happily. Ember was gold and black suit was a Purple tie. We were practically matching, like every year. Ember and I walked to our pink SUV and he helped me in. My dad closed the door and Ember looked at me. “You look gorgeous. I've never seen you so stunning” he beamed at me. “You look pretty handsome yourself,” I said, and the car started moving. I knew the whole pack and even some neighboring packs would be there tonight, but I wasn't worried. I moved a bit closer to Em and laid my head on his shoulder.

“Tonight is going to be so long, so so much social effort,” I said, sitting up knowing we were getting close. “Well, that's what we get for being the alphas and beta’s kids” Em joked. They threw parties like this for the alphas and betas only. I looked at myself, “When do you leave for that alpha school?” I said, sounding sad. “It's Saturday, I leave Monday early in the morning.” he managed to sigh out. I grabbed his hand. “ It will be alright, right?” I looked at him with pleading eyes looking for confirmation. “Yeah, and try not to get into too much trouble, I mean damn one day without me and getting suspended for a week” we both started laughing.

“I'll try my best, but don't leave me on read, and I won't get in trouble for my attitude.” I smiled and I felt the SUV coming to a stop. “ are you ready for this?” he asked me “ ready as ill ever be I said as he opened the door and helped me out of the car looking at a crowd of wolves.