Sasha had walked me back to my parents' place, and she stayed to talk more. Turns out she has a mate in mind. In her pack, they prefer to have the next generation mate within the pack, so abusive relationships are noticed easily. She has a childhood friend named Lily. She was frail, and the picture of her was Sasha's opposite. Turns out her mother took her from the abusive family they were stuck in and made it to Skull Fang. Sasha had the ability to shift from female to male, and her wolf wasn't what the rumours said. Her wolf was actually a serpent; she had the ability to shift to male and was fertile in both forms because of it.
"So, I plan to make Lily happy if she decides to be with me," Sasha said as I held a sleeping Kiera.
"I can tell," I said to her.
"What about you?" she asked.
"What do you mean?" I asked her.
"Those four?" She asked, and I felt my face go red.
"I uh," I cleared my throat. "I don't quite understand,"
"Well, you seem close to them," Sasha said, and I felt like I was just thrown into a situation. "The twins seem very interested in you, the Gamma and beta too."
I couldn't say anything back. I just rested my chin on Kiera's sleeping head. I didn't know what to say. So I just stayed silent.
"Heh," Sasha laughed. "So you are trying to figure that out, maybe you do know, and just don't know how to tell them."
I couldn't look up at this point. I was so red and so embarrassed. At that moment, I knew I had given up on just trying to keep my friendship, and I was going to grow all the way up and try something scary. Once the others come back, I will make my move and start something, and see where it takes me. Sasha stayed, and we talked until about midnight, and I took Kiera to bed. Sasha stayed to guard the house until my parents and the others came home. Knowing Mom and Dad, they'll have a hotel booked. So I won't see them until tomorrow. I got Kiera, and I got changed and into bed. I lay in bed, tired, but my head was too busy to calm down or to get to sleep.
I thought about how to make a big move to start up this. I thought of something: a small kiss on the cheek as a Kickstarter. I thought about the girls getting one first, but then I thought about the twins' jealousy, so the twins first would be safer, and I could get to the girls their kiss once that gets settled, and I would need to avoid the twins if they got excited over it. So I would need to get this put together when the others come back, and while Kiera is asleep. I pull the covers over my head to hide my face.
I am going to have a long day tomorrow. And I could always use hyper step to get away quickly. I am going to be so red in the face tomorrow when I see them and do this plan. I was going to need to work up a lot of courage to go through with it and start this new stage of my life. The mate marks show up in relationships with alphas, so it's easy to see who's with whom. The book on white wolf bonds shows up on the mates of the bonded, and it is permanent as long as love and loyalty are both there. If there's loyalty but no love, it's just an outline; if there's love but no loyalty, there's no outline, just a faint mark.
I eventually got to sleep, but the dreams weren't calming. The four of them were taking me on a thousand dates, and were all over me, flirting and everything. I shot up the moment I woke up, my face burning red, and I was about ready to go and get a cold shower. I got up and got dressed for the day, and set up for the day, and today's plan.
I put on a tank top that showed my belly, some shorts, and a set of boots with thigh-highs. I hadn't had a reason to wear this outfit, so I figured I'd just wear it today. I headed downstairs after doing my hair half up in a ponytail. I could smell something burning and something good. I got to the bottom of the stairs, and there were the twins, setting up the table with their portion of breakfast made. The twins turned and saw me and my outfit, and they were almost drooling.
I took a deep breath, and moved close to them and kissed Markus on the cheek, then Drew. They both got red in the face. I used hyper-step to move fast to the girls in the kitchen. The boys tried to catch me, but I already gotten to the kitchen. I kissed Anny on the cheek, then Selene. The two of them also went bright red in the face. A white wolf's paw print appeared on their cheek where I kissed them. I felt so warm and embarrassed. I used hyper-step again and went back upstairs into my and Kiera's room and shut the door. This is going to be so messy.