Belle

The Enemy

I didn't disagree with her, my dad was a great Alpha, even is he had his flaws but every Alpha did, no matter how perfect we wanted to be for our packs we couldn't be expected to do everything perfectly and always have a cool head.

"Do you want some eggs?" I asked, looking over the countertop at her,

"I'm alright, I made Erebus and I some french toast and bacon this morning" she smiled cheerfully,

I nodded before continuing to cook,

"Hey... Why don't you let me take over while you're gone to the meeting?" her voice was cautious, I stopped, surprised at her for asking that before looking over at her once again,

"You want to watch the pack?" I raised an eyebrow at her,

"Of course I do, I love watching over the pack and being able to be around them. An afternoon watching over everything wouldn't kill me and I've done it before for your dad when he had to go out for a while, and if something goes wrong I can just ask him for help" she stated, her tone changing from careful to surprisingly casual. The members loved my mom, especially the pups, and I'm sure it would be really nice for most of them, if not all, to have her back as the leader, even if only for a few hours it'd probably ease their minds from the tension that had built up over the last few weeks with everything going on.

"Yeah, I think that'd be a good idea" I responded, smiling at her, she clapped her hands together excitedly,

"Great! I can't wait" It made me smile a bit more at her reaction, I was glad she wanted the chance to watch over the camp again.

We spent a few more minutes in light talk, Mom going on about the house they lived in, she loved it more then me I swore, it had a huge flower bed in the front yard that she tended to every possible second it seemed. Soon enough though, I heard the stairs creak and looked over to see Macy groggily walk around the corner, her bed head was crazy this morning as her hair looked like a pile of weeds, sprouting out every other which way. I stifled a laugh and she looked at me with a grumpy smirk,

"Well good morning Macy" my mom giggled, Macy's eyes grew wide before she whipped her head to look at my mother sitting at the table,

"Oh uh good morning Miss Layla," she said anxiously, rubbing her hand behind her neck, her expression scrunched to one of regret, most likely over not looking in the mirror before she came downstairs or putting up the effort to fix her bed head before she came down. Although I thought it was quite adorable as I'd never seen Macy look this unpolished before, that was before she looked over at me with a, "Why didn't I know she was here?!" look. I shrugged and returned to putting our breakfast on the plates as she walked up behind me, I turned around to look at her with a plate in hand she was looking at me with a fake glare. I smirked casually and handed her the plate while kissing her cheek before taking my own plate to the table to eat, Macy begrudgingly followed suit and sat down beside me.

"My mom's going to take over watching the pack while we're gone," I said, taking a bite of eggs,

"Oh right, how much time do we have to get ready?" she asked,

"About an hour and a half, so plenty of time" I replied calmly, she nodded but I noticed she started eating faster than usual.

"What are you both going to wear?" my mom asked excitedly,

"I'm wearing a long black gown dress, Macy's wearing a.... Uh, blue tutu dress" I chuckled, Macy frowned at me,

"Oh I'm excited to see them" she smiled, I nodded enthusiastically before taking mine and Macy's plates to the sink. Once I was finished my mom was already nearly out the door,