Chapter 18 – unedited (Written 7/7/2013)
*Tuesday 24th June and Tuesday 1st July* ~4 Months Later~
After four months of searching for not only Xander's secret child and Ara, but also his mate, he was up upon a dead end for each. His mate was nowhere to be found and they had flown everywhere across the state to where a baby with the last name Pierce had been born in February 27th.
And there were quite a lot of babies born during that time period all with the same last name. But none of them were his.
The entire pack knows it's his child, but do not know that she's his mate–no one knew. Even after telling Jacob the whole story, Jacob is secretly trying to look into it, questioning why Xander wasn't himself and why Andrea had pictures on her phone.
All he knew is that somehow, Andrea was linked to this and a lot more things.
Xander and Alpha Jacobs were so far searching birthdates of babies with the last name Pierce over again, checking any places they've missed. That is until Sebastian comes barging in.
"Sorry to interrupt, Alpha Jacob but I've got an idea. You guys are just searching dates after exactly nine months. When a girl is pregnant, who knows the due date? Check between the week period, so between the twenty-fourth of February to the second of March." He says, closing the door while wiping his forehead.
Alpha Jacob cocks an eyebrow than smiles in realization, searching it up.
"Well, we've got a surprising one quite far away in New York born on the first of March. Another one in Washington. The other dates don't seem to have any babies born during that time period so we've got two states." Alpha Jacob says after a long while.
Xander smiles.
"'Bastian, pack your bags. We're going to Washington."
Just on the other side of the not-fully-closed door stood Andrea listening eagerly. They're going to Washington then to New York. And she's definitely coming with, since Xander now knows about the child.
Everything was falling out of her plan. Xander was supposed to eventually fall deeply and madly in love with her but no, she carelessly left her phone lying around to where Xander finds out about his terrible actions.
And instead of ignoring it, he tries to make it right and help the mother that is if he can find her. But so far, he's the best she has to get to her before cruelly destroying her and her baby.
Xander will be mine. I mean, how can he not love me. That stupid brat is in the way, he's hidden feelings will soon come to life. She thinks to herself. She's got herself convinced that Xander is secretly in love with her, even if Xander barely notices her and thinks of her as one of the girls in the sidelines.
He has bigger and better things to worry about than some desperate girl in need of action. But even if Andrea may be that stereotypical fake-blonde-headed bimbo, she is the stubborn type and can hold a grudge.
Meaning if she wants something, she'll get that something.
"You better watch out Ara, because I'm going to end you."
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It was nearly a year ago, Ara was a couple of months pregnant and left to flee the country out to another state. Now here she was, sitting on her living room carpet playing with her purple-eyed baby boy. He was the cutest baby she's ever seen, and she loved him so much – even if he was the outcome of a terrible event.
In the quick five months, he was her entire world. She couldn't live without him, even when she went to continue her small-time modelling job, she brought him along and everyone loved him and his unique eyes.
She loved to spoil rotten her baby boy, she would get him the best of the best, spoiling him with cute toys and probably letting him watch far too much TV.
Caleb started drooling and Ara laughed at him, picking him up and placing him in her lap in which he immediately tried to find a comfortable position.
"Baby, how can you drool so much? I swear, you have more water inside that little mouth of yours than the ocean." Ara coos softly while wiping his mouth. She was a fast learner and trusted her motherly instincts on how to care for her baby boy.
He just smiled his little adorable smile that melted Ara's pure heart. Words cannot express the love she has for him.
Then someone started knocking on her apartment door. Not trusting the ground as a safe enough place for her baby, she picked him up and steadily placed him on her hip. His arms bounced up on down as he made a few gurgling noises at his mom.
Ara laughed at him, kissing his nose then walking to the door. Opening it, there stood a happy, energized Faith holding their favourite Chinese takeaway.
"Hey! How's my favourite pair of mother and son doing?" Faith asks with a laugh, welcoming herself inside as Ara closes the door.
"His first tooth is sprouting! He's literally chewing on everything he could find, I need to take more care of my iPhone, since that's probably his favourite chew toy." Ara replies, teasingly poking her son's nose.
"Aw, he's such a cute little monster. Haha. Now, come to Aunty Faith because she's in need of some male love as Heather ditched Aunty Faith to hang out with her ma–boyfriend." Faith says, quickly fixing up her slip up.
She holds her arms out for baby Caleb as he does to same. She scoops him in her arms and twirls him around as he giggles.
"Aw, Aunty Faith feeling so lonely, huh? Faith, you're gorgeous, how can no boy not see that?" Ara asks with a laugh, plopping down on the couch.
"Maybe because I tend to attract jerk-faced a–I mean rude self-conceited males who have their heads stuck far up their bums." Faith says with a sigh, doing her best not to swear in front of the infant. Ara laughs once again at her.
"What? I'm just waiting for the right guy to sweep me off my feet and put a ring on my finger. Preferably a diamond." Faith admits with a giggle while bouncing up her favourite little boy. She truly was just waiting to find her mate, vowing to be faithful to him and not going with another guy in case she falls to hard for him and cause complications.
Though it's true, she tends to attract arrogant jerk-faced arseholes that have their heads stuck way to far up their bums.
"Haha. Well the only man I'll need is the one in your arms right now. He can be my little protector, won't you baby?" Ara coos to her child, kissing his little forehead. He giggles in return, clapping his hands a little.
"You know Ara, I'm literally on the edge of kidnapping your baby and playing with him all day. He's just so adorable!" Faith admits, spinning around with a giggling Caleb. This baby was so happy, high and energetic he could make even the grumpiest person smile.
"Well, lucky you live next door. So, you up for a movie now? Since Heather might be a while with her lovey-dovey boyfriend, I'll accompany you. Plus, little Caleb here loves spending time with his momma and her friends." Ara says, sitting up from her position.
Faith laughs, setting the baby on the carpet to play with his toys.
"Sure. I'm in for Aquamarine right now. I'll put it in, it's nearly time for Caleb's dinner anyways." Faith offers, getting off the couch and getting the DVD set while Ara picks up a whining Caleb and sets him on her lap, lifting her shirt and breast-feeding him.
Ara prefers to breastfeed instead of formula feed after experimenting both and googling it. Caleb doesn't have a problem with breastfeed and prefers that way instead of formula. Faith doesn't mind at all, she's not to shy to look at other people's bodies, they get used to it being a werewolf.
Soon the DVD was playing and they both sat back watching while Caleb drinks. When he's had enough, Faith keeps him company while Ara makes some food – specifically munch up vegetables she bought in a can.
She was nearly running out and would have to buy some tomorrow night.
Ara sits back down while Faith holds Caleb in a sitting position on her lap after putting his little bib on. Caleb giggles, flapping his arms up and down with out a care in the world.
"Baby, it's time to eat and not to play, okay? Now open your mouth up." Ara coos, opening her own mouth to show Caleb. Surprisingly, Caleb follows with a small giggle and Ara gently puts the spoon into his mouth.
Faith caresses his head while watching the movie. The little duckling was loved and spoilt rotten by these two young ladies.
Then Faith's phone rang and carefully, she slipped it out of her pocket.
HeatherIsASexyMofo: S.O.S! Was printed on the screen. They had all kinds of secret emergency codes, but the one with the exclamation mark meant that it was something to do with their werewolf side.
Faith did her best to not show her reaction while Ara happily fed her baby boy. When Faith stares a little too long at her phone screen, Ara notices something's up.
"Faith, what's wrong?" She asks, picking up her baby and cleaning his mouth.
"Heather needs me to pick her up because of a flat tire. So sorry, she also says hi. But I've got to go and help her, you'll be fine right?" Faith asks, watching Ara smile at her baby.
"I'll be fine, I mean, I've got Caleb to keep me company. Tell Heather I say hi back!" She calls when Faith walks out her door. Ara locks it behind her, she's always been more careful now that she's got Caleb.
Faith rushes out, sitting in her car where Faith texts her to meet at their favorite cafe near the mall. Faith quickly drives there, since an S.O.S! Cannot be good.
She finds Heather there, wrapped in her mate's arms lovingly. Unlike Faith, Heather found her happy ever after with her mate, Jared and are so cute together that it's literally irritating.
Faith quickly parks her car and rushes out and locking her car in process. It was only around eight pm and the sun was still in the sky but not as high.
"What's wrong?" Faith asks, worry all over her face, her grey eyes holding concern.
"H-He's coming. And he's looking for Ara."
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A/N: Well we all know who's coming. I wish I could make this more interesting, but honestly I might just skip ahead of time a lot to the interesting or as my drama teacher puts it; the 'climax' of the story. Please do not take that in a dirty way! ––ALSO, XANDER DOES NOT THINK THAT THE HUMAN AND HIS MATE ARE ONE PERSON!––
Also, Andrea's intentions look quite obvious from our perspective. Just to tell you I'm doing my best to not make her the typical blonde bimbo who looks like that barbie-wanna-be from Russia. No, she just wants Xander. I'll explain more in future times.
This part is just to like tell you how I'm going and all that. Well right now, I stay up 'til the brink of dawn writing chapters CUZ IT'S WINTER BREAK PEOPLES. Well In Australia it is. I really wish I lived in a America so I get to have summer -___-
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**2020: unfortunately there was a time people knew me when i was 13.