Page 20 of Torn Mate
Noah
She was comingto my birthday dinner. I was so happy that I texted Pa and told him. I knew he would be the most excited. He was the best at dating advice for me. He was a little old fashioned, but I didn’t care. He was helping me, much better than Ranger was. But Pa had told me I needed to ask her again.
He wanted me to apologize for the shopping thing, and I tried while she was eating her pizza. She kept looking back to the Rawlins table, I assumed looking for Hux. I was worried I didn’t have a chance anymore, so I quickly told her I was sorry about the whole Walmart thing. But when I did, Ada didn’t say anything and I got worried. Did Hux upset her? When she turned to me, her sweet face giving me the time of day, I forgot to repeat myself and asked her about my birthday dinner instead.
“Hey, can you watch Lexi for us? Saint is waiting for you out front. He was put on Lexi duty, Alpha’s orders. She’s going over to Ada’s place for dinner.” Ranger slapped me on the back as I was just about to go to my last class.
I was a little surprised they asked me. I had no intentions of going into pack security like Elijah or Saint. I had other plans. I kinda wanted to be a game designer. I really liked computers and stuff.
I nodded and watched as Ranger, Mav, and Raff left, jumping into a car with Galen. I had no idea where they were going but I would protect Lexi, and Ada. She needed protection too. She was one of us.
“Hey,do you know where they live or are we gonna follow them?” I asked Saint when I jumped in his Jeep. Well, it wasn’t his as such, I didn’t even know what he drove. This was a pack Jeep. I loved them, I wanted one of my own so bad. I had told my parents so many times that I wanted a black one. They told me they weren’t buying me a car for my birthday, but I could dream right? And hint. I was the baby of the family after all.
“Yes,” he grumbled as he shifted the Jeep into drive.
Great, I havehappySaint today. I heard about him deleting Huxley’s number from Ada’s phone. That’s why she was so pissed off at Walmart, and I guess seeing Ranger and me there didn’t help that at all. Oh… that was why she was looking at Huxley at lunch. Maybe she wanted to get his number again. I should have asked her, I could have helped her if she wanted.
I looked down at my phone to the message she sent me. I laughed again when I saw it. It was two emojis, a wolf and a ball. I didn’t know if I should send something back to her, since she was driving and all. She would see it when she got home. But then I was back to stalking her again.
“What’s funny?” I looked over to Saint, his knuckles white from holding the steering wheel so tight. I closed my phone and put it in my pocket. I didn’t know if he would delete her number from my phone too. He was unpredictable. I can’t believe Ranger suggested that I become his packmate.
Pa sent me a message about cleaning my room. Why would I need to clean it? I sent him a message back and he replied with, “In case Ada comes over before your birthday dinner and you want to show her your room.”
My eyes widened. I didn’t think about that. I’ll clean it when I get home later. Would she want to go in my room? Oh, crap. The posters.
“What,” Saint snapped. I looked over to him and realized we had stopped outside what I guessed was Ada’s house. I hadn’t been here before. I put the window down a little so I could listen for any danger, but that’s as far as I was going. I wouldn’t listen to their girl talk.
No way, that was scary talk, and I didn’t want to hear anything that was said in private. She would never forgive me for that.
Saint didn’t talkat all while we were there, he kept watch. I was so worried I would hear the girls talking that I put in some headphones and scrolled through my playlist. When they finally left, going back to Kiba, I could breathe. I was not built for security at all. I had no idea why they wanted me here with Saint.
Harley, he would have made a better option. He was friends with Saint at least. What Saint and I were… well, we weren’t friends. He treated me as if I was beneath him, I didn’t want him as a packmate. I couldn’t deal with his whiplash of feelings he had towards Ada. Or me for that matter. So, why did I end up here, in a vehicle with him?
As the car rolled down Kiba court, I was happy to be home. I was starving and really wanted to get away from a brooding Saint.
“Stop outside my house,” I told him, but he didn’t stop.Asshole.
Ada’s car stopped suddenly, and I could see Galen was now standing beside it. Man, he was fast. Jett and Nash were working the gate, it was open, so they didn’t have to stop. But what was Galen doing?
Saint stopped the car outside his place. I wanted to roll my eyes at that. He lived right next door to the Lovell’s. Well… I technically lived right next door to him too, but we lived on big properties and I wanted to get out of this thing before Ada knew I was in here with Saint.
I could hear them now as I jumped out the car, worried something had happened. Galen was having his head ripped off by Lexi and he just stood there and took it. But from what she was saying… shit. The guys didn’t tell them about us and they thought we were someone else. We scared them both. I felt horrible.
As we got closer, the girls pinned us with their eyes.Oh, shit. I could smell the scent coming from them both. Fear, anger… Ada’s heart was still racing slightly.
“It’s okay, at least they weren’t crazy killers… maybe crazy, but not killers,” Ada tried to comfort Lexi. I tried to hide my smile at that. Ada was a firecracker with a sense of humor.
I walked closer to them but Saint stood back. That was probably for the best, his mood hadn’t improved at all and I didn’t want him to upset Ada.
I stood close to them and got a little nervous. I put my hands in my shorts pockets and rocked on my feet a little trying to give the I’m-sorry-I-stalked-you-againlook. If that could be a look.
“Hi, Ada. Hi, Lexi.”
If looks could kill, Lexi would’ve murdered me. But Ada smiled and gave me a small wave. She didn’t look over to Saint. I was glad she wasn’t mad at me. I couldn’t wait to take her to my birthday dinner. I was extra excited to have my birthday now.
