What's That Supposed To Mean? - 10

Chapter 10

It was safe to say that we were surprised when Noah had willingly joined us that night two days ago. He hadn’t talked much when Tyler and Jennifer came, though.

The day after that, yesterday, my dad, Uncle J and Aunt B took the Warren’s for a little walk in town to show them around after such a long time. Nothing had really changed but they took them anyways for some activity. I had talked a little to Jennifer, getting to know her and her life back in D.C but not much. Tyler and I had only exchanged a few words but he mostly sent me friendly side smirks. I liked both of them for now; they were nice and there wasn’t anything off or weird about them.

Now though, it was four o’clock in the afternoon and nothing was happening. I heard a bit noise from Jennifer and Tyler’s room and decided to go see what’s up. The door was open when I came but I knocked anyways, to let them know I was there.

“Can I come in?” I asked, smiling as Jennifer turned to look. She smiled back and nodded.

“Of course.”

“What are you doing?” I asked as I sat down on the foot of her bed. She had her suitcase open and some clothes still in it and splattered around on the floor.

“I’m just hanging some of my stuff. I don’t want them to get wrinkly,” she said. “Nothing to do today?”

“Nope, not really. It’s more of a sit home and relax day. We can watch a movie later if you want to or something, if you don’t want to be stuck up here,” I offered, chuckling. “It can get pretty boring staring at the ceiling.”

“Sure, that sounds relaxing,” she said, nodding. “Was Tyler in the hallway or downstairs when you came?”

“Um… I don’t think so. Not in the hallway but downstairs possibly.”

“I’m here,” Tyler’s voice came from outside. He came in with a smile, sitting down on his own single bed. “What’s up?”

“Nothing,” Jennifer said. “I was just checking if you were home or not. Mom and Uncle Bill are at Uncle John’s place.”

“I know, I haven’t been anywhere. I’ve been downstairs,” Tyler said chuckling. Jennifer looked up.

“Oh. I thought you were out with the Black boys.”

“Nah…” He shook his head. The way he said it caught my attention and I turned a little to him just as he continued. “I don’t think we’re on the same page. I don’t think they like me.”

“That’s nonsense,” I said immediately. “Why wouldn’t they? Sure, you don’t know each other that well but you can always ask them to do something and they will probably say yes. They’re easy to get to know.” I smiled.

“I guess,” was his answer. But then he smirked again. “So I overheard you talking about watching a movie later. Mind if I join?”

“Yes,” Jennifer said as I said, “No.”

I laughed, shaking my head.

“I don’t mind if you do,” I said. Jennifer looked at Tyler for a while and then sighed.

“Oh well.”

“Great! I’ll be off and buy some snacks then. Can’t watch a movie without something good to eat!” He jumped off the bed. “Samantha, do you want to come with me? I don’t know the grocery shop so well.”

At first I wanted to say that the grocery shop wasn’t big anyways;  nothing was in our little tiny town, but then I remember that I was going to be nice and helpful and maybe this was his way of flirting, I don’t know. But I didn’t mind either, so I nodded and got up.

“Absolutely. I’ll just go get my shoes and jacket.”

I hurried to my room, put on my shoes and jacket and went downstairs where Tyler already was waiting for me. I smiled as he opened the front door and followed him out.  He stopped for a second, hands in pockets and then sighed.

“Right. I have to get the key from my mother first,” he said. He motioned for me to come as he went to Uncle John’s house, opened the door and greeted the Black brothers in the living room. I waved as I passed them with a “hey” and walked after Tyler towards the kitchen.

I didn’t make it there, though, because Noah came down the stairs and stopped me from moving. He smirked at me, stopping at the bottom, standing very close. It felt weird and at the same time normal and not uncomfortable at all.

“Hey,” I said.

“Hey,” he said back, his voice husky again. I didn’t realize that the last time I heard him talk like that turned me on and now it did again. I swallowed. What was going on with me? I wasn’t the type to act “nervous” around someone and especially not a guy and not Noah.

“Going out on a date with Mister Blondie there?” he asked. I glanced at Tyler who was talking to his mom. She reached in her pocket and I glanced back at Noah.

“No, we’re going to the grocery shop.”

“Grocery shop on a date? Never heard of that one. I guess there is a first for everything.” He smirked again and now he was annoying. He was doing this on purpose, pushing my buttons, trying to make me angry and give him a comeback so he could say something again until I finally exploded. I knew how he thought and I wasn’t giving it to him.

“I guess,” I said, smiled and walked away, just in time for Tyler to come back with the keys. He greeted on Noah and I said bye to the guys and left.

We got in the car immediately and he drove off.

“So, how do you like it here so far?” I asked.

“It’s nice, very comfortable. I like the people. And as far as I remember it, nothing has changed since we were little but I wasn’t expecting it to either, so.”

“Yeah, but I think it’s nicer like this. Leaves all the memories on the right places.”

“Agreed.” He smiled and then seriously stared out the window as he drove. “So… I know I’ve only been here for three days but I won’t be here for a long time so I wanted to see if you… wanted to go out with me? It takes more than one date to get to know each other, of course, but we’d have to start somewhere.”

It was so ironic how he was asking me this now when just a few minutes ago, Noah had teased me about it. I didn’t even have thoughts of dating someone again, someone who isn’t my mate! Emilio had been all human, though, and Tyler here was a werewolf, so it was still an option because I could mate with him later if I stayed in a relationship with him and never found my mate.

But I wanted to find my mate even though I didn’t think I would for quite some time. Maybe going out on a few dates with Tyler wouldn’t do any harm? Why not, you know? I didn’t loose anything. We both knew we had mates out there and if we found them one day, we’d hurt each other bad, but if he took the risk, I could take the risk. That meant we both knew this wouldn’t be anything long lasting.

“You know what?” I said, smiling. “Why not? I’m in.”

“And I’m glad,” Tyler said, grinning. “How about Friday night, in two days?”

“I think that’s a perfect day.”

“Great, seven o’clock then, outside on the lawn. I’ll take you to a nice dinner,” he said, chuckling.

“Okay, then. It’s a date,” I confirmed with a smile.

Movie night last night had been good. We watched Grown Ups and ate all the snacks Tyler and I had bought. Even our parents joined when they came home.

Now it was eleven o’clock in the morning and I took a long nice shower, getting ready to meet Arianna outside to hang out. I put on a pair of jean shorts, a loose tank top, and a loose bun on my head and went out. The Warren siblings seemed to still be asleep or were at least still in their room with the door closed.

“Hey you,” Arianna said as I got out. She was already sitting there, also wearing shorts and a tank.

“Hey, ugly,” I joked, sitting down. I laughed at her reaction and she threw a leaf at me. I laughed again. “Sorry, I just felt like saying it.”

“Can’t stop that, can I?” she said, chuckling. “So what’s up?”

“Got a date with Tyler Warren tomorrow,” I said, brows raised. Arianna gaped.

“Are you serious?”

“Yep. He asked me to come with him to the grocery shop yesterday and asked me out when we were in the car.” I shrugged.  “No biggie. You’ll just help me pick out a nice decent dress. Nothing too much, just a casual one.”

“But it’s only been thr-four days now!”

“I know. He knows, too, but he said that he isn’t staying for long and why not start now and all that. I’ll give it a shot. Though, I’ll tell you right now that I am not looking forward to this in a “I’m so excited, oh my god,” way, I’m only going to see how it goes.”

“Of course, of course,” Arianna said, smirking. I glared. “No, okay, fine. But still, it’s a date. Where is he taking you?”

“Dinner. Are there even nice restaurants here?” I asked, laughing.

“No,” Arianna said immediately, making me laugh even more. “Well yes. The one on the corner, the luxurious and expensive one.”

“Oh right,” I said, nodding. “I remembered.

“Can you imagine that a town like ours has such an expensive restaurant?”

“Well they gotta have something good, don’t they?”

Suddenly there was a loud noise behind Uncle John’s house. Or was it Arianna’s house? We both exchanged looks and got up.

“What on earth was that?” Arianna mumbled. We walked over to the back of her house, only to see Noah but he was behind his own house, as I had assumed first.

“Noah?” I said. “Is everything alright?”

He turned and looked at us. Ari and I had to hold our hands over our eyes because of the sun and we squinted at Noah.

“I’m fine,” he called back. Then he turned around again, busy with something on the plastic table he had dragged from their front. Arianna and I turned to go back to our seats again when he called out.

“Actually, no,” he called. “Come here. Now”

“Um, excuse me but I’m not a dog,” I called back, hating the tone of his voice as he said that. I said, only for Arianna, “he’s so stupid to think he can boss me around.”

“Mhm,” Arianna said, huffing and shaking her head seriously. I chuckled at her.

“Just get over here, what the hell is your problem? I’m having a hard time telling you to come where I am anyways, so just do it already.”

I sighed, shaking my head. Fine.

“You go sit, I’ll be right back,” I mumbled to Ari.

“Are you sure?” she asked.

“I’m sure. Do you seriously think he’ll do anything? The guy is harmless.”

“Alright then. I’m gonna go and get some color on my white skin while you two love birds fight.”

“You should really decide already,” I said, laughing. “Tyler or Noah?”

Arianna looked over her shoulder with a smirk and disappeared. I took a deep breath to calm myself down and walked over to where Noah was. He was serious and I waited for something normal to come out of his mouth. I raised my brows, arms crossed.

“Well? What could you possibly want from me?” I asked.

“Look, I’m not enjoying this either, alright? But we both know how much I hate being in the dark with unanswered questions and that’s why I have to do something that I know I’ll regret but might answer my question,” Noah said. I scoffed.

“Please, if you’re doing this with me here then it probably will answer your question, not might.”

“Can you just shut the hell up for once?” he hissed.

“Excuse me, I’m sorry but you are the one who called me over so don’t tell me to shut the hell up. Just go on with whatever you’re supposed to-“

I stopped talking because the look on his face scared me and then he kind of marched over to me and planted his lips on mine.

I didn’t even know what to do. At first, I froze and thought about how hard I will hit him when he backs off and that this is the second time he does this! But then… Then I didn’t think about how I wanted to hit him. Instead the kiss made me soft and my brain immediately responded, as soon as those tingles on my lips came to life. My hands, uncontrolled, went to the back of his head, my fingers in his hair. I felt his hands on my hips and my waist, never once stopping to stay on one place.

I couldn’t think about anything but Noah and when I realized that and how amazing this kiss felt, I literally flew back, my back hitting the wall of the back of his house.

I swallowed, both of us staring at each other, eyes wide. My hand flew up to my mouth. What did I just do? I kissed Noah Black back! And he kissed me! He kissed me! And I liked it. We both liked it!

I had to get out of there. My mind was spinning and my heart was racing and beating like crazy. With one last look, I hurried away. I was going to forget this and never talk about it again. Just like I didn’t tell anyone about the first kiss with Noah, I wasn’t going to tell anyone about this one. Absolutely not.

I hurried over to Arianna and I was glad to see that her eyes were shut. I took a deep breath, made sure I didn’t look worked up and sat down. She opened her eyes.

“Hello again. What did he want?” she asked.

Shit. I thought of a quick explanation that I hoped would make sense. But it didn’t because my mind wasn’t working yet.

“He just asked me if we were going to have another Alpha meeting,” I said, hating the fact that I was lying to my best friend and cousin.

“Why didn’t he just ask his dad?” Arianna asked, brows furrowed. Shit again!

“Um… He’s not talking to him. He and his dad got into an argument and Noah is ignoring him.” Why didn’t those tingles leave my lips or my heart or my body! Why were they still there? Why was my heart still beating so quick? Ugh, why did he do this to me?

So the day went on until it turned to night and Arianna and I were once again outside. We didn’t have much to do anyways. We invited Jennifer to join us who did but didn’t say much.

“Do you have a boyfriend?” Arianna asked Jennifer. Jennifer smiled, shaking her head.

“Um, not exactly. Well, I have a mate. He’s in D.C, though.”

“Oh!” Arianna and I said together. “How nice. Is it hard to be away from him?”

“Yeah, it is, but we talk everyday.”

“How cute,” Arianna continued. “Aaron and I talk everyday, too. In fact, I miss him so I’m going to call him and tell him to get over here.”

Arianna got up and disappeared inside.

“She’s spontaneous,” I said, chuckling.

“Yeah, but she’s nice, too.”

“Yep, she is. Though, as soon as Aaron is here, you can forget her. She’ll be too busy.” I laughed. “When she’s with her mate, she’s a real pain in the ass.”

“So are you,” Arianna said with a grin as she walked back. “He’s already on his way.”

“Where does your mate live?” Jennifer asked. “Aren’t these two packs the only packs in Ohio?”

“Oh no, our packs are the only ones in this town in Ohio, not the entire Ohio,” Arianna said with a smile. “If he drives, he’s a little over an hour away but if he runs, he’s only ten minutes away. In fact, he’s running as we are speaking.”

“He’s going to be all sweaty and dirty, euw,” I joked, making a disgusted face. Arianna punched me lightly on the arm, pursing her lips.

“Shut up, you know as well as I do that we don’t sweat when we run in werewolf forms. And we don’t get dirty either, unless we roll in the mud or whatever. I like my man clean, dirty, and every other way.”

“Arianna!” I said, laughing. “Nasty info.”

“You’ll get it when you find your mate,” she said, poking her tongue out. “Aint that right, Jennifer?”

“That’s true,” Jennifer said, smiling at me. I smiled back, chuckling.

In my head, though, I felt disappointed that I hadn’t found him yet. I also couldn’t get Noah out of my head and that stupid kiss of his! How dared he doing something like that without a warning? Not that I’d let him kiss me if he warned me first but still, you don’t go and just kiss people! And how on earth would that kiss answer his “unanswered questions”? Stupid idiotic ass.

“Aaron!” Arianna squealed, snapping me back to reality. She jumped up from her seat, throwing herself at her mate who was laughing at her reaction.

“Hey beautiful,” he said, hugging her hard. “I really need to get closer to you.”

“I agree! I missed you, baby.”

“I missed you, too. You think I can stay for the night? I don’t want to leave now that I’m here.”

I looked at Jennifer, sighing. Jennifer laughed at my face.

“These two are as lovey dovey as one can get. This is nothing; I’ve seen worse and that was on Skype. I might as well have ended those calls because she didn’t talk to me anyways. But just so you know, Aaron freaks me out with his cuteness but he makes her happy so I love him.”

“It’s nice to have that,” Jennifer said. “I miss my mate now.”

“Well, go call him,” I said, laughing. “But please, will all respect, if you are coming down to talk with him, don’t be like Ari here. I cannot handle two lovey dovey couples.

Jennifer laughed and nodded, said goodnight to everyone and went home. Now I was alone with my thoughts again and I didn’t want that.

Never in my life would I think that I would like kissing Noah. It was so weird because I was used to hating him and fighting with him all my life and now he kissed me, a second time at that, and I liked it! It was something… special. But the guy was just “answering” his stupid questions and had me as an experiment. Tomorrow he’d probably have another new girl in his lap.

And no I wasn’t jealous; I just wasn’t fond of the idea of being kissed as an object whenever a person wanted and then just be thrown away while that person has another one on his lips.

Come on, Sam! You’re not this person. You don’t care what other people think of you, you don’t get jealous, you don’t hate people for no reason. You don’t judge and you don’t believe in negative things. You are a positive person who cares about your loved ones and cares about making people happy. Stop thinking about this and grow up. It was Noah being the asshole Noah, that’s it.

I got up. I couldn’t just sit here anymore. I loved both of them, but my own thoughts were killing me and making me on a bad mood.

“Guys, I’m going to go home. I don’t mind leaving you alone, so have fun you two lovebirds.”

“Sorry, Sam,” she said, smiling apologetically.

“Don’t worry ‘bout it, I’m absolutely fine,” I said, pressing out a grin. “Love you.”

“Love you, too!”

I went home and joined my dad on the couch. He put his arm around me, smiling.

“Hey,” he said.

“Hey. Where is Liz ? And Tyler?

“Still out. They’re catching up with the old town. They’ll probably be out all days for a couple of days now. You alright?”

“I’m fine, my mind is just annoying.”

“Anything I can do?”

“Just sit here with me,” I said, smiling. “I’m fine, dad, really. I’d just rather relax here and spend some time with you.”

My dad smiled and kissed me on the forehead, then we watched the TV in silence.

Tomorrow night was my date with Tyler and I shouldn’t think about anything that bothers me. It would be fine and we will have fun, come home and see what happens after.

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