Aurora wasn't sure what she should be doing. Her mate didn't seem to want her around her, and she didn't know anyone in the pack. Kole was avoiding her like the plague, so she figured that he was trying to decide if he should reject her and how he should do it. It wasn't normal, Aurora has seen a lot of mates find each other and only one couple had rejected each other. Usually finding a mate was celebrated by the pack, and the pair that had been rejected was done quickly and straight to the point. She almost wished she had that Kole would just get it over with. She wasn't going to reject him, she had thought about it but it would be humiliating for an Alpha to be rejected by a runt, and quite frankly she didn't want to spend her life alone.
"Aurora, I was going to go into town, would you like to come with me? We can get you some clothes while we are out?" Kole spoke breaking her out of her thoughts. She blinked twice before she realized that he was talking to her.
"Sure." She hesitated.
"Would you be ready in an hour?"
"Yes." She nodded, she was literally doing nothing. Just sitting in their bedroom, unsure if she was allowed to venture out and meet others.
The hour went quickly and before she knew it she was starting to feel sick to her stomach, she was nervous about going out with Kole. They barely had a conversation, despite sharing a bedroom. He was the last one to go to bed, and the first to leave the bedroom in the morning, usually before she ever woke up.
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"I heard from a little birdy that you were taking someone out for clothes." Georgia spoke, her eyes twinkling in excitement as she looked at her big brother.
"I am." Kole nodded, rubbing the back of his neck slightly nervous about his first outing with his little mate.
"Good, just remember that you need to be nice. She probably has never been shopping before, at least not for herself, so you should spoil her, but not overwhelm her." Georgia warned.
"I know how to treat my mate." Kole growled at his sisters unwanted and unneeded advice.
"I'm not saying you don't, but she's a little different."
"Watch it, sister." Kole warned not liking anyone talking about his mate like that, not even his sister. His wolf was definitely alert and didn't appreciate it being pointed out that there was something wrong with his mate, there wasn't; she was perfect. She just didn't know it.
"I don't think its a bad thing," Georgia said trying to correct her statement, clearly seeing the flash of silver as his wolf was angered. "I just don't want you scaring her off." Wrong thing to say, she knew it but she kept digging herself into a hole.
"Babe, I don't know what your saying but you better stop. We can practically feel the anger of the Alpha build from the other room." Alex spoke walking into the room.
"Are you saying I don't know how to treat my mate?" Her brother asked standing straight, ignoring Alex's presence in the room.
"That's not what I'm saying at all, but I've spent time with her, and I think I know how she thinks. At least let me come?" His sister asked giving him her best puppy dog eyes.
"Stop. Those may work for dad, but not me. Now if you excuse me, I need to find my mate." Kole said, a small smile coming to his face at the thought of his mate. He couldn't believe that he had actually found her, and now that he has, he needed to actually try to talk to her.
Kole grabbed his leather jacket before smelling her out. He wasn't surprised to find her still in the bedroom, the salty smell of fear immediately filling his senses.
"Aurora, are you ready?" He asked gently, standing in the door way. His eyes locked on her as she slowly turned from the window.
"Yeah." She nodded. He nodded and waited for her to reach him. He couldn't help but smile at her as she looked up to him. it was clear that she was nervous, but he was hoping that it would pass.
Aurora followed him outside in silence, before stopping in front of the garage waiting to see which car he was going to. There were at least six that she could see, three of them were black SUVs, like the one she arrived in the first day. One was a large white four seat truck, the other a sleek black sports car, and the last was a white SUV.
Seeing that he was heading towards the sports car she followed his step. She went over to the passenger seat reaching out for the handle, when she was beat by Kole's.
"Allow me." He smiled, holding the door open for her.
"Thank you," she smiled at his manners. She got into the car and was immediately taken back by how fancy it was.
"Are you ok with going to the mall?" Kole questioned as he sat in the drivers seat.
"I've never been to the mall." Aurora shrugged. Kole tried to keep his reaction to himself, but hearing that she had never been to a mall, was shocking. Almost all teenagers have gone to the mall at least once and yet here was his mate saying that she's never been.
"You'll like it, there are a ton of stores." Kole smiled.
"Alright." She nodded and looked out the window watching the scenery go by. Before she knew it they were parked in front of large building, many cars surrounding it.
"What type of clothing do you like?" Kole questioned.
"I don't know. I usually just wear jeans and a tee-shirt." She said; of course the only thing Darren gave her was hand-me-downs, so none of her clothes fit quiet right.
"Ok, we can start in here and see how it goes." Kole spoke directing her into a store. His hand resting on the small of her back sent a warm sensation through her distracting her. She was so focused on his touch that she wasn't able to see what the store was called.
As much as she loved Kole's touch she couldn't help but feel uncomfortable when she noticed how many other females were shopping and seemed to know exactly what they were looking for. She didn't want to look stupid, especially not in front of her mate who still hadn't really accepted her.
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He thought that bringing her to the mall would be a perfect idea, however he felt her tense as they entered the store, made him wonder otherwise. She was uncomfortable, his wolf could smell it and was warning him about it.
"What's wrong?" He asked moving to stand directly in front of her. Kole frowned as he watched her sink back into herself. Before she had seemed excited to shop, but now she looked to be unsure.
"I don't know how to shop." She whispered looking at the floor. He couldn't help but let out a small smile. She was adorable.
"It's easy, just pick out what you like. Let's start with something easy. Let's get you some pants." He said grabbing her hand and leading her to the jeans. After helping her find multiple pairs of jeans and shorts she was starting to get the hang of it.
"How about you pick out some shirts, probably a medium or a small." Kole spoke allowing her to lead the way. He was just about to follow her when he heard his phone ring. Taking it out of his pocket he sighed. "You go ahead, I have to answer this." She nodded her smile leaving her face before she went to the shirts.
"What?" He demanded answering the phone with a growl. His once happy mate was now sad.
"How's it going?" He heard Georgia ask, her curiosity getting the best of her.
"It was great until you interrupted."
"Oh, I'm sorry brother. " Georgia apologized.
"It's ok, but if its not an emergency I'm going to hang up."
"Alright, oh and tell her she doesn't have to worry about the price. She can splurge on things." Georgia said. Kole rolled his eyes before looking over at his mate who was indeed looking through the clearance items eyeing the price tag on each item.
"How did you know that?" Kole asked with a frown. He turned around looking for his sister.
"Oh look at that I've got to go." She spoke making funny sounds like she was losing the connection.
"Georgia." Kole said sternly. "Get over here." He said as he spotted her sitting at a table not far from the entrance of the story, a sheepish looking Alex across from her. The duo joined Kole, and Alex immediately apologized. "Sorry, I couldn't stop her." Alex said.
"I can't believe you, Georgia." Kole frowned not exactly upset, but also not completely happy that his sister had been spying on him.
"I just wanted to be here to help. I love to shop, I would love to have been the one to show her the mall."
Kole stood there thinking for a moment before sighing once more, "Fine you can stay for a couple hours, but I'm going to take her out to eat and then you are going to leave. "
"Really! You're the best." Georgia squealed before hugging her brother and rushing to greet Aurora.
"I'm sorry man, I tried to stop her." Alex apologized once again.
"It's ok. I know how my sister can get." Kole said with as smile, watching as his little mate smiled at his sister. As sour as he was that his sister interrupted his bonding moment with his mate, it could just be what they needed to help them connect.