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Return of the wolf ..only i'm not alone part17

I didn’t want him to leave as he turned around and slowly walked away into the party, within second had slipped into the crowd and melted into moving people on the dance floor.  I couldn’t see the black of his t-shirt and I found myself wanting to shake off my mum and find him.

The night seemed colder without him near me.

Urghh… what did we need to catch up on?

And what was that with him and my mum?  Trey would probably think she hated him now or something….

Weird… I didn’t think she’d have been that bothered; after all I had grown up with him and Marina. It wasn’t like he was a stranger I was dancing with.

I looked at my mum, who was standing beside me watching me, her face was completely unreadable and I got the distinct impression she was analysing my actions.

Don’t be stupid Marli…. she’s probably just being overprotective…

 She motioned to us to go over to a deserted table, the light from the candles flickered in the middle, casting dancing shadows on the tablecloth. Whoever had been sitting there had left and their coats were hanging at the back of the seats. We both pulled out chairs and I sat backs stiffly, completely in the dark about what we had to talk about.

It must be serious; my mum is usually really chatty. I mean it’s hard to get her to zip it. Her silence unnerved me; even though I could tell she was thinking from the slightly glazed look in her eye and the fact that she had touched the moonstone pendant on her necklace.

I hope it’s not bad…

Crap! She’d probably just caught me staring after him as he left.

God that’s kind of embarrassing.

I probably looked really spaced out. Or even worse like I was stalking my ex best friends brother…..

which is kind of what i was doing....

Ok Breathe Marli.

Just ask her what’s up.

As I began to speak mum smiled and beat me to it “ I didn’t know that you and Trey were an item.” She said gently.

I felt myself blush … Damn! I knew my mum would read right through me.

“ Um I don’t think.. we weren't ...I was just… we.. we were just dancing.” I stammered, focusing on the twinkling fairy lights in the bushes just beyond her right shoulder.

I so didn’t want to have this talk… I didn’t even know what we were … Treys description of us being ‘mates’ sounded way too good to be true…I mean he’s so hot he makes me feel I might catch alight when I look at him and I’m sooo not in his league in that department… not to mention how I feel when we touch. It’s so intense it scares me because even though I feel like all my careful control over my wolf is slipping away, I can’t help but love how he makes me feel….  And I could never repeat any of that to my mum; I could barely talk it through in my own head…