Filed to story: Secret with Betas Daughter: Skylar Story Series
About an hour later the guys come barging in my room. We are sitting on the floor in front of my couch with papers spread out everywhere. They have zero regard for what we are doing as the twins plop on the couch, Mateo and Olive drop into the two single chairs and Sam sits on the floor next to me.
“What the hell did you three do today?” Mateo asks accusingly. “Those two are on a warpath and Kaley all but superglued her ass to Cam and Kota.”
“It’s not funny! Kota whines at us. “Do you have any idea how much that sucked? We didn’t get anything done and we have a sh*t ton of stuff to do with all the new security protocols.”
“That is a you guys problem. If you can’t tell her to go away or leave you alone, how is that our fault? No one in your pack tells that girl ‘no,’ if anything it’s your own fault.”
Jena shrugs.
“I wonder if she skipped school after she accosted us in the hallway if she was harassing you guys that long.”
Lil mused.
“What about her following me around when the twins got called in with Alpha Lucas? She said it was my job to be with her when the twins are busy. I didn’t get anything done either. I tried to just work and ignore her, but she doesn’t know what silence is and everything is about her.”
My brother scrubs his face with his hands like he can wipe the memory away.
“Does she not realize that it would actually be Oliver’s job to watch over her, technically speaking?”
“The f*ck did you just say?!” Oliver sits up straight and looks at me.
“Well, I’m pretty sure her comment to Mateo was referring to her never ending ploy to remind people that she thinks she is the next Luna of this pack. If that is the far fetched case, Oliver would be her protector, not Mateo. With all her leadership, Luna, better-than-thou talk you would think she would know what everyone’s jobs are.”
I roll my eyes.
“I never really thought of that. She always talks about being Luna and we all just ignore her, but she has no idea what we actually do.”
Sam breathes out. “We have to get rid of her though. Do you know how hard it was just to come up here without her? She obviously knew that you have Lil and Jena up here. Thanks for ruffling those feathers, by the way. She tried to talk her way up here too. Even her dad tried to intervene saying we can’t play favorites.”
“Technically speaking you guys aren’t playing favorites, Midge is. It’s Kaley’s fault for being a b*tch.”
Lil shrugs.
“How did you shut her down?” Jena asks.
“Dad actually interjected and Cunningham looked pissed, like he didn’t expect Dad to side with us.”
Cam looks thoughtful.
“We did not hesitate though, slammed that door and ran. So you two are stuck up here tonight.”
Sam pointed to them.”
We are not opening that door for anything.”
We all laugh. “It’s still kind of early, can we do a movie or something? I don’t think we can get any more done here tonight.”
I gesture to the piles of papers we have.
“Yes, Tiny let’s do a movie night.”
Cam says standing from the couch and reaches for my hands, but instead of helping me to my feet he throws me over his shoulder as I screech.”
Old habits, Tiny, it’s tradition for movie night.”
“You guys are stupid.”
I roll my eyes but smile as he walks us into the hallway.
I hear my friends laughing at me until Jena’s ‘Oh sh*t’ lets me know someone threw her over a shoulder. Mateo saunters out with her mumbling expletives about cavemen.
“You come anywhere near me, beefcake, and I will punch you in the balls.”
Lil says to I assume Oliver. Sam is a big guy, but I wouldn’t consider him a ‘beefcake.’
We head into the media room and get set up to watch an action movie. Thank the Goddess that Luna Ava keeps this room stocked with snacks and drinks so we really don’t have to go anywhere. We all find places on the giant ‘U’ shaped couch and settle in. I actually made it through most of the movie before falling asleep. Something about these guys, I just feel warm and safe and my body and brain just shut down.