Fated to my Frenemy.

Preparations.

After tutoring the pups, I head back home. Mum had invited Ryder's family over for dinner tonight. Well it will only be Ryder, and his mother. His father never really involved himself in anything. well not since the accident that left him paralysed anyway.

I walk up the pathway to my front door And noticed Ryder's shoes. My Mother always made him take them off outside because they stunk to high heavens. Damn I thought I would have some time this afternoon to myself before they got here.

I open the door and walk inside. I see Ryder on the coach watching TV and mine and his mother talking about food for our upcoming birthday celebrations in the kitchen sitting at the breakfast bar.

"Hi Mum, Hi Lucy", I say as I walk past the kitchen And head straight to the couch.

"Ryder", I say acknowledging his presence as I slump down on the couch beside him.

"Clara", he says as he quickly clicks through the channels on the TV.

"Do you seriously have to do that", I question slightly annoyed.

"Do what? ", Ryder replies as his eyes remained glued to the screen.

"Flick through the channels like that, How can you even tell what's on?". I say annoyed as I snatched the remote from his hands and hit the menu button.

"Hey!, I was watching that ", he utters in annoyance.

"What where you watching huh?", I questioned back sarcastically. "You weren't watching s**t Ryder".

"I was watching... I don't know?.....Shut up", Ryder responds and I couldn't help but giggle.

"What's so funny?", Ryder asks as he looks at me amused.

"You're an i***t, You really are ", I say as I hear our names faintly being called from the kitchen. "We are wanted by the sounds of it", I say as I get up from the lounge.

"Oh here we go", Ryder says unenthusiasticily as he rolls his eyes.

"Hey if it wasn't for your obsession with having big parties every year, Our Mothers probably wouldn't be so involved in this one", I respond as We head to the kitchen.

Ryder walks up beside me and stops and pulls me aside , "Hey if mum asks you If you know why Casey was upset the other day tell her you have no idea", He says.

"What?, I don't have any idea, What did you do?". I ask frazzled by his remark.

"Well we kinda had a one night stand and well afterwards she asked me if I would date her, And I kinda told her that I only had eyes for my future mate ",He explains with a shrug.

"Jesus Ryder, You do know right that she has been crushing on you for years?, So she probably feels like you used her and broke her heart", I respond as I cross my arms.

"Well I do now", he says as he peeps around the wall to see what our mothers where doing then turns back around and rolls his eyes "Come on let's get this over and done with".

We walk into the kitchen and over to the breakfast bar and stand on the opposite side of the bench to our mothers as they lift their heads up to look at us.

"Ok so since this is going to be a big celebration Alpha Mark has given us permission to hire A band, Now you two need to mutually agree on the band, They must be local and you have until tomorrow to decide".

we both look at each other and smile. "Smoking annihilation", We both blurt out at the same time. It was pretty much one of the very few things we actually had in common.

The band was great they were a mix between pop and rock.

"Ok, well that's settled I guess", Ryders mother says with a smile. "See you two were made for each other".

"Mum seriously", Ryder responds as he picks up a piece of paper from the bench and looks at it, "What's this?".

Ryder's mother snatched it from out of his hand, "Never mind what that is it's none of your concern".

"Well it looked pretty important if you ask me", Ryder responds as I notice the sudden worried look on his face.

"Well it's not, So you can go now, We will call you in if we need you", Lucy Ryder's mother ordered as she motioned with her hand for us to leave.

we walk back to the lounge room and we plonk down on the couch.

"So what was that all about?" I question as I turn to Ryder.

"I don't know, didn't get to see it properly, But It looked like some kind of contract, or a proposal of a contract at least anyway, Something to do with un-binding of wolves, No idea what that is about". He says as he leans forward and looks at me. "might be something to do with Dad maybe".

"Yeah it wouldn't surprise me", I say lowly. "Your mums always kept you in the dark about a lot of things ".

Ryder goes quite and sat deep in thought for a moment, He seemed sad. It must be hard seeing his dad fall into a deep depression like that. Suddenly he stood and looked at me. "Hey since we have to torture each other with each others presence you want to go for a swim?".

"Yeah ok, Why not". I reply as I jump up from the couch.

we walk through the Loungeroom then step down into the sunken entertainment room and head straight for the back door.

Ryder stepped in front of me and opened up the glass sliding door. "After you chunky butt", He says with a grin.

I immediately give a hard back hander in the gut as he groans and leans forward from it's unexpectancy. "Serves you right Butthead".

"Oh you love me", Ryder utters humorously.

"Yeah like a hole in the head", I reply as I walk past him and head straight for the lounges near the pool. I go to start taking my shirt off when suddenly Ryder comes running up and grabs me and throws me in the pool as he jumps in straight after me.

I quickly bob up to the surface. and see Ryder laughing his head off.

"You are such a prick", I say as I splash water in his face.

"Yeah but the shocked look on your face was priceless", Ryder says as he swims away from me.

"You want to know something funny?", I yell out as he swam to other side of the pool.

"What?", He yells back.

"I don't know why our Mother's insist we are fated to be mates, Because if our mothers weren't friends I seriously doubt I would talk to you", I yell back feeling rather amused about the whole situation.

"Ditto", He yells back then has a deviate grin swept across his face. "probably wouldn't stop me from checking out your ass though".

"Seriously you check out my ass?", I blurt out felling grossed out.

"I'm a male with eyeballs, Of course I have", Ryder replies as he swims up towards me and then bobs his head up from out of the water. I had to admit I had done the same, But definitely couldn't see having a relationship of any kind with him other then the conversations we did have only because well it's kind of hard not too when you are constantly forced to be around them all the time.

"Well quit it", I blurt out as I head for the steps to get out to remove all the wet clothes on me.

As I get out I walk to the table and take off my top and jeans and strip down to my bikini's that I had on underneath.

"Well you see makes it hard when you wear s**t like that". He yells out.

I grab the ball that sat on the seat next to me and turn around and throw it at him hitting him in the head.

"You're such a deviate, and a nympho with the brain of a fish", I blurt out as he grabbed the ball and through back at me hitting me in the backside.

"Yeah well you're too serious and uptight". He says as he laughs at his aim.

"Shut up doodle head", I blurt out.

"DOODLE HEAD?", He questioned loudly as he burst into laughter. "What happened to butt head?".

"You upgraded", I laugh as I jump back into the pool.

For the next few hours we continue to swim and talk, well most of time we just throw insults at each other. funnily enough we don't find it offensive, just something we have always done all our lives.

By the time Ryder and his mum was going to leave. Our Mothers had managed to make us meet up for lunch tomorrow to organise who we wanted to invite outside of the pack.

"See you tomorrow then I guess", I say to Ryder as they head towards the front door.

"Yep looks like it", He replies as he turns around and winks. "No bikini's then yeah".

"Shut up Ryder and go home", I reply back as I take the plates and head to the kitchen.

God I am so not looking forward to tomorrow.