The Purple Wolf

Chapter Three - A Night We Won't Remember

Valentine dragged me up the stairs and then all the way to my room. I really wasn’t in the mood to hear her overly excited talk about mates.

She quickly opened my door and walked in. I always kept my room clean, my plush carpet was always vacuumed and my dark pink covers were always nicely stretched out on my queen bed that occupied the west side of my room.

It was fairly big and it had a small bathroom connected to it. I went and plopped down on my bed as crossed my arms.

“Okay, so how much of my stuff should I take?” Valentine sat next to me on my bed and turned to look at me excitedly. Her blue eyes were shining with excitement and her blond hair cascaded down her head past her shoulders.

“I don’t know, Val. Just take everything.” I responded dryly.

“Alright get it over with.” She crossed her arms and looked at me expectantly. She was referring on the rant I did when things seemed unfair.

I looked at her for a second before jumping off the bed and uncrossing my arms.

“Why the hell should some dried up old men dictate what I do? Where the f**k do they get the right?! When did I ask them to do that huh? Was I ever like ‘Oh kind sir, will you please make all my f*****g decisions for me?’?” I was aware that I was waving my arms around. I probably looked like I was trying to swat away a fly.

“What if I don’t want to have s*x? What if I don’t want kids? What if I want to be a virgin for the rest of my life?!”

Val waited patiently for me to finish. When I was, I sat down and it was her turn to de-rant.

“A) they have been around so long, and are wise. So they know what’s best for us. B) You and I both know that you don’t want to be a virgin for the rest of your life. And (C) you LOVE kids! And you have always wanted them.” She was right about it all, it was slightly upsetting.

“You’re right.” I mumbled lowly.

“I’m sorry I didn’t hear you.” She looked at me with one hand on her hip and a stern look on her face.

“I said YOU’RE RIGHT!” I practically screamed the last part. “But that doesn’t mean I like it.”

“Well I guess you’re going to have to deal with it.” With that she sat back down and hugged me. “Well I think I better go and call the principle of the school and ask him if the girls and I can take our final exams early.”

“Fine” I responded, but just as she got up, I got an idea.

“Wait, when are your exams?”

“The end of next month why?” Val asked curiously all her attention on me. I huge smile went across my face.

“We have to postpone the trip until all of you do you exams.” This was great; I could postpone the trip so that by the end of it I would be 18.

“What?! You can’t do that!”

“Yes I can.” I got up triumphantly and strutted to the door. I was pretty sure the meeting would start any minute now, so I continued down to the large kitchen.

I sat at the large island and waited for my mom and the other women to come in. I had my hands on the table intertwined with one another and a sly smile on my face.

Then they began to walk in. After a while my mom walked in ready to command the pack.

“We have just gotten news that all the unmated shall be visiting packs in order to find their mates.” She paused to give the people time to react. Most made happy sounds while few made not so happy ones.

“I have planned to make the trip next weekend-“

“But, the girls have their final exams at the end of next month!” I interrupted.

She stayed quiet for a minute, while the crowed began to argue and discuss this revelation. I felt so accomplished until I noticed Val and her grimace.

“Well, I will have to postpone it until then.” My mom was clearly not happy with the new information, but then her face lit up.

“But, this gives us time to prepare you girls on the mating process.” At that moment my face fell. She wanted to explain it! The claiming, the s*x, the children. This was worse than the trip itself.

“Yup, and Tina will lead these classes! Every Thursday you will meet here at around five.” She smiled and then continued. “So I expect all of you here! Meeting over.” She left the room as did everyone else.

“Well that back fired on you didn’t it?” asked Rachel. She wasn’t as close to me as Valentine but she was a great friend to have around. She was my height, 5 foot 4 inches. She had black curly hair while mine was brown and strait. I had dark red highlights while she had brown ones.

“Yes it did.” I said sadly.

“Hey, at least you postponed it.” She smiled, was she on my side?”

“So do you not want to find your mate?”

“No, I don’t need a man to complete me! I can protect myself!” she was one of the most independent girls I had ever met. She was also going to be my beta when I became alpha. I hadn’t told her though. She would be a great leader by my side.

“You know, I was going to make you my beta?” I asked.

Her eyes widened and a smile slipped on her face.

“More of a reason to not go on this Death March.” I smiled at her.

“You called it the same thing I did.” She sat down next to me.

“Well, that’s what it is, right? The death of our independence and lives. I’ve heard Valentine’s mom talk about her mate. As soon as you look into those eyes, you’re a goner! I still have things to do before a guy claims me!” I smirked at her, she was right.

“I still haven’t gotten so drunk that I don’t remember the night before!” that gave me yet another idea.

“Let’s do that right now!”

She got up. “Yeah! Let’s go to the club down town and get wasted!”

“Yes! We will leave at 8.”

“Awesome! Meet you down here at 5 so we can go eat?” that’s one reason I loved Rachel she always knew how to make things better.

“Sounds good, see you in a bit.” I ran up to my room and looked at my wardrobe. I had only gone to the club once.

I remembered Derek at that moment, so I pulled out my phone and texted him.

*Hey Derek it’s me Eva. The trip has been postponed until the end of next month. See if they will accept you getting there late.*

I returned to my closet and began to rank through it. I finally settled on a tight black shirt that exposed most of my back. I pared it off with tight skinny jeans and dark grey 4 inch pumps. Then I heard my phone vibrate. I picked it up to see what it said.

*They said I could get there whenever I wanted, so it’s all good.*

*Great!*

With that I dropped my phone on my bed before picking it back up.

*Yo Valentine, we need a DD. Can you go to the club with us?*

I texted Val in hopes she wouldn’t go all mommy on me. She responded quickly.

*Why do I always have to be the Designated Driver?*

*Maybe because you don’t drink?*

*Good Point, I’ll meet you downstairs.*

I ran to the bathroom and stared at my reflection. I added darker eyeliner and added a little bit of lip gloss. I added some curls to my hair and the spritzed perfume on myself.

“This is as good as it’s going to get.” I told myself. I went to my bed and picked up my phone. I grabbed my purse and headed down stairs.

I stepped into the kitchen, but Rachel hadn’t arrived yet. So I went to the fridge and grabbed my favorite juice. Before I finished filling up my cup Valentine appeared out of nowhere again startling I and making me spill the juice.

“READY!” she screamed in my ear. She might not be the strongest or fastest wolf, but she can sure as hell sneak around.

I turned to look at her, she was wearing a skin tight red dress that went to mid-thigh, it had a low neck line and it showed some of her back. She had also increased the amount of liner and lip-gloss.

“Thanks for making me spill!” I said shaking off my hand.

“Sorry” she squeaked. She grabbed a dish towel and cleaned up the liquid. As we finished Rachel walked in.

She was wearing tight leather pants, a tight hot pink shirt, and black 4 inch boots.

“We going?” she asked.

“Yup.” I replied and then Val stopped us.

“Purse Check!” She squeaked out.

All three of us opened our purses and looked in. Valentine began to check off the list.

“Fake ID?”

“Check” we all responded in unison.

“House keys?”

“Check”

“Touch up make up kit?”

“Check”

“Wallets?”

“Check”

“Taser?”

“Che- What the f**k Val?” I asked confused.

“Oh, so just me then?” I gawked at her.

“Does pepper spray count?” Rachel asked. Val nodded but I was still shocked.

“Wait, I’m I the only one that doesn’t have a devise to inflict pain? And why do you need those? We are wolfs!”

“Well, you heard that our wolf become impaired too sometimes and there might be some male wolfs out there too!” Val responded defensively.

“Fine, let’s get going then.” I said and gestured to the door. We walked out the door and Val led us to her car. It was a grey 2004 Honda Civic. We climbed in and began our way to the restaurant.

I was a larger restaurant; Chinese of course, it was our favorite in town we often went on weekends.

Val parked the car and we headed in. Just as we walked in a good looking guy appeared at the front. He was in his early 20’s and had spiked up short dirty blond hair. He was attractive and gave us a smile when he saw how we were dressed.

“Table for three, this way please.” He led us to our table towards the end of the restaurants.

“What can I get you lovely ladies to drink?” he asked seeming smooth.

The girls caught on to this and began to slightly flirt.

“I would like a Dr. Pepper, handsome.” Rachel said smirking.

“Coke for me please.” Val said batting her eye lashes.

“I’ll take an ice tea.” I said and gave him a flirtatious smile.

I could tell this was going to his head because his slight smile was covered with cockiness.

“Hear are your menus, I’ll be right back with your drinks.” He said and winked as he walked away. As soon as he was far away we began to giggle.

“Men, they are so easy.” Rachel said picking up her menu and looking it over.

“He was cute.” Val said.

“But human, defiantly human.” I said. Not only did he have the scent of a human but by the way he acted and spoke indicated that he wasn’t as powerful as a wolf.

“That’s a shame.” Rachel said. A male wolf can find a human female, but it has never happened where a wolf female finds a human male as her mate.

“Yup” Val said. The boy came back shortly after and took our order. We continued to playfully flirt through the night. We finished our meal and were ready to get the check. As we began to head out the boy stopped us.

“Wait, call me if you ever get bored.” He winked and began to walk backwards as I noticed the paper he had placed in my hand.

*My name is Luke. Call me. Text me. 555-532-6334.* I smiled at him as he disappeared into the restaurant.

I couldn’t hold it in, we laughed so hard as we walked to the car. He really thought he had a chance. I slipped the paper in my pocket. We got in and drove to the club.

When we finally found a parking spot, we got off and went to walk to the entrance. Above the door was a neon sign that flashed the name of the club. There was a big bodyguard man allowing people in and letting people out. There was a huge line, so instead of going to the back we walked up to the little area for VIP’s.

“Hi,” Rachel waved and made a cute flirtatious face.

The man turned to look at us and thought for a minute before responding.

“How many?” he asked

“Three.” I answered in a sweet tone. He paused for a minute before letting us in.

“Thanks.” We all said.

As we walked in the scent of drunk human filled our noses. People were dancing in the middle of the dance floor while others were sitting at the bar.

Werewolf’s metabolisms burn faster than human metabolisms, so it takes a lot more alcohol to get drunk. To start off the night, we walked to the bar and ordered 6 shots, 3 for me and 3 for Rachel.

“6 shots please.” I asked the bartender. He gave me a funny look but got the shots out.

“I’ll take water.” Val said after our shots had been placed in front of us.

“Okay the one who finishes first wins.” I told Rachel as we stared at the shots in front of us. She nodded and I began to count.

“One, two, three!” I said and tipped the first shot into my mouth then the second and third. I turned to see Rachel swallowing the last shot.

“I WIN!!” I said happily. We continued our game until we felt the effects of the alcohol. Then we started dancing to techno music.

I started to feel a slight dizzy spell so I went to sit down. I grabbed Val’s water and took a sip. Before I finished swallowing I smelled werewolf.

It was male mixed with female. I looked around and found a couple grinding. They looked so happy; her mark was proudly being shown on her left shoulder.

‘That will be us, someday.’ My wolf spoke up sounding love sick. I didn’t respond to her but I could feel my mouth turn into a slight grin.

Rachel and Val came up to me and were laughing. They had been dancing with two guys when I left them.

“I right you guys seem drunk enough, let’s go.” Val said.

“Fine, but I want more s-shots.” Rachel said slightly slurring.

I ordered 8 this time and split them between Rachel and me. We drank them quickly before we got up to leave. We paid the bartender and I faintly say. “Damn, finished almost two bottles.” I grinned at that.

As I walked out of the club I could feel myself slightly leaning as I walked. And the room started spinning. I slightly closed my eyes in hope that it would stop, I didn’t. Val pushed us to the car as we giggled to an unknown joke. Then we drove home.