"Hazel, are you with Lily?" "Alpha?" "Yes." "Yes, I'm with her." "Can you let her know to come to my office?" "Sure." "Thanks." I leaned back in my chair and waited. Absentmindedly, I pick up the shell Lily had given me and rubbed my hand over the smooth surface. I hadn't missed her dissapointment the other day when I didn't kiss her, and I knew she wanted me to. I'd wanted to, badly. But not like that. It was the first time both of our walls were down with each other, the first time it hadn't been awkward. Until the end anyways. I smiled, picturing the way her face lit up when she saw the ocean. The way she giggled and laughed and just let go and had fun for a while. My heart throbbed when I remembered the way she'd looked with the sun shining down on her, hair fiery and wild, ski

