Life as a Werewolf called Danielle.

Chapter 3-Good night

After spending the afternoon prepping all of the food, I decided to head into town for some food for myself and a nice fresh caramel latte, whilst sipping away at my coffee I was aimlessly scrolling through my phone or maybe staring into space. I hadn’t even noticed someone else sat at the same table as me until they cleared their throat, it was Alpha Jax, I wonder how long he’s been sat there for before I could think any further he spoke “Hey, thanks for today, the food looks amazing…let’s just hope they all enjoy it tonight hah”.

I laughed to myself “I hadn’t even thought about the people eating, I was so lost in cooking…omg what if they hate it?” my voice came out more panicked than I expected but he just let out a small laugh, we spent the next 20 or so minutes chatting before my alarm went off reminding me to get back in the kitchen and start the soup, guests were expected to be sat and ready to eat within the hour so I had plenty of time to finish off the bread rolls and make sure the soup was hot and ready.

Before I knew it, I was loading up the food cart will all the of different puddings I had made and wheeled them into the main dining hall where everyone was sat, I noticed a few pack members make a b line for the cinnamon buns whilst the other guest seemed torn between the choices. But with everything cleaned up and served it was my queue to sneak out, so I headed home, ready for some much-needed sleep.

About an hour after I arrived home Alpha Jax, mind linked me and said thanks for all my efforts and also let me know that since I had given up my Saturday to help him out, he had arranged with my manager for me to have Sunday off, I guess it was worth the effort in the end. He asked me to stop by around lunch time tomorrow as he wanted to speak to me, after I agreed he told me to sleep well. I was about to roll over and bury my face in the pillow when Beta Zane mind linked me ‘Hey, sorry if youre trying to sleep I just wanted to say thanks,the food was a hit! And man those cinnamon buns are awesome.’ 

I send back a quick thanks, I didn’t like complements, but mum had raised me to be kind, and that was it, my mind went blank. I set an alarm for 9am, I wanted to have a sleep In, but I also wanted time to properly wash and dry my hair, an effort to look less frazzled I told myself.

I fell asleep that night wondering about all that had happened, how did we got from a battle with rogues to having a new Alpha? Were they working together? Was alpha the bad guy in all of this? And I still didn’t know what was said between dad and the Alpha that made dad act so weird…these thoughts and everything else spiralled in my head until sleep finally overcame me.

The next day at the pack house I found the Alpha Jax and Beta Zane eating leftovers from last night and Marge, the pack house cleaner/maintenance lady, she was so sweet, my face sunk a little when I saw her cleaning up the pots from pudding that I had completely forgotten about. Before Alpha Jax could begin to speak to me, I began apologising to Marge “I’m so sorry about these pots, I completely forgot last night I was so tired, please let me help.”

Unexpectedly she simply said not to worry, and she was happy to do it, told you she was sweet. “Hey, you have got to give me the cinnamon bun recipe! We almost had to stop 2 guys fighting over them last night, they were a huge hit!” and with that my attention switched to Beta Zane, though I made a mental note to pick up some flowers or something the thanks Marge. Alpha motioned for me to join them at the table, once seated I grabbed one of the last muffins and dug in, I should really start remembering breakfast, then Jax handed me an envelope, opening it I found £200. 

They must have seen the shock on my face cause Beta Zane, began to explain “Your food was amazing, and it didn’t go unnoticed by everyone in attendance to one of the Luna’s started a pool and this is what was collected for you as thanks.”

I was amazed and almost lost for words “umm thanks, my mum always said my cooking was good but…you know I thought that was cause she was my mum” I let out a small laugh, and they joined in “well kiddo you did good and I was wondering if you would like to help out with any future events? We’re happy to work out a fair price for you time and effort...and of course we won’t interfere with any work or studying you have to do” I nodded in disbelief. We spent the next hour or so chit chatting and eventually I noticed the time, it was 3pm already and Dad said he was due back from work at 3:30pm so I said my goodbyes and headed home.

Dad seemed to be in a better mood this afternoon and even offered to spend some time gaming like we used to, we spent hours building out own village, collecting animals, we ordered pizza and played well passed out normal cut off time, I guess without mum to rein us in we really would play all night. Eventually at 2am we both gave into to the sleepy pull, saved our game and headed to bed. I reached bed and just as I closed my eyes the Alpha Jax said goodnight, before I could wonder why, or if he said good night to everybody Beta Zane was in my head saying good night too, and then I passed out.

It was a long and much needed sleep, i guess lately i'd forgotten to take any time for myself, after losing mum it was so hard to not keep busy, cause if i stopped to think about it then the grief might just consume me. Thats the thing about emotions, you never really know when they're going to sneak up on you. For me it was the next morning when the doorbell rang, the post man delivered some flowers, obviously meant for the funeral from one of mums old friends. i dont now how long i cried for but eventually dad found me in a heap on the front room floor. But he helped me though all the emotions as much as he could. We helped each other.