~Zane's POV~
Having her back in my arms felt great. What didn't feel great was the growing pressure the pack was putting me under. There were so many questions about their future Luna and how we need her soon. I don't want that pressure on Devina so I told them to be patient and wait.
"Zane?" She mumbled, probably still half asleep. I closed the curtains back up and walked to my bed where she was laying.
"I'm here Sunshine." She nodded and grabbed my hand, pulling me next to her. "How are you feeling?" I asked as I laid down next to her. She shrugged and buried her head in my chest. "I can heal you," I suggested.
"No. " I frowned at the thought of her being in pain any longer.
"Devina please just let me-" She sat up and shook her head.
"No Zane. I've survived this long without magical healing. I can deal with a few bruises." I took a deep breath.
"You have two broken ribs." She laughed and looked down. "It's not funny Devina."
"It kind of is." I frowned again. It's really not. I thought but kept it to myself.
"Alpha," I heard Jonah call me through the mind link. I could almost hear him laughing at the name.
"Yeah?" I answered.
"There's a party tonight at my place, bring yourself and your girl." I rolled my eyes knowing he couldn't see me.
"No way. I'm not bringing her to one of your parties man."
"Fine, then I'll ask her to come myself," I growled.
"Stay away from her Jonah."
"Then bring her."
"Zane?" I heard her innocent voice ask. I snapped the mind link shut and looked over at her. "What's wrong? You just spaced out."
"I was talking to Jonah. He's throwing a stupid party." I rolled my eyes while hers widened, then she smirked.
"We're going to a party?" She cheerfully asked.
"No." She pouted and scooted closer to me.
"Come on. Why not?"
Jonah's parties are never just a little get together with a few of our best friends. It's the kind where everyone is invited as long as they're like us. He doesn't hate humans but he prefers our kind over theirs. But of course, Devina is an acceptation, if we were going.
"Because I said so." She frowned making my heart beat faster. She was so fucking cute. I couldn't help but smile at her. How did I become so lucky? "My girlfriend is so cute," I said and pinched her cheek, she swatted my hand away and rolled her eyes.
"And my boyfriend is a jerk." She replied and tilted her chin up, looking away from me. It's little things like this that get me worked up, I don't like her thinking I'm a bad person.
"Take that back." I half-jokingly demanded.
"Zane," She looked back at me and looked down at my lips. I licked them and looked down at hers. "Can we please go?" I groaned and shook my head.
"No. It's really not that fun. People just get drunk and make big mistakes that they'll regret in the morning. It's stupid." This is the first time I've actually called a party like this stupid. They used to be a great distraction but now, I have Devina. I have her. I mentally smiled at this.
"I've never gotten drunk." She whined.
"And you aren't going to." She smirked and leaned closer. "Devina," I warned her but she ignored it as she tangled her hands in my hair. She looked down at my lips again and bit hers. I'm sure my eyes turned black as I lunged forward and crashed my lips onto hers. She replied instantly, scooting onto my lap. Unintentionally, she moved making me groan. I was going to warn her again but that thought flew out of my mind when she pulled away and lifted her shirt up and over her head. I scanned her body. Her chest wasn't huge but it was still beautiful. I kissed down her neck and onto her shoulders.
"Zane." She moaned my name. I grabbed the back of her bra and looked to her for approval. She quickly nodded and the contraption was off in a mere second. I threw it across the room and pulled her closer to me. She moved on my lap making my eyes darken even more.
"No." I closed my eyes and pulled away from her, trying to control myself. "We need to stop." I continued as I reopened my eyes. I watched as her chest rapidly rise, then fell.
"What if I don't want to stop?" I looked back up to her eyes and furrowed my brows. "Zane," She closed her eyes and kissed me again. "I want you." I still wasn't sure what that meant, did she want to go all the way or just as far as we went last time? Either way is fine with me as long as she wants it. I just pushed these thoughts aside and kissed her.
"Yo!" I heard my annoyingly bad timed, best friend call from downstairs.
"Oh my god." My eyes widened as I heart him walking up the stairs. "Shirt shirt shirt!" I looked around for it but I couldn't find it.
"Zane!" I could hear her heart beating faster. "He better not walk it!" Just then Jonah started pounding on the door. I found her shirt and threw it at her, tilting my head towards the bathroom. She nodded and ran inside, shutting the door behind her. I looked down at the floor at her bra and grabbed it. I opened the door and threw it in, then shut it behind me.
"Yeah?" I tried to groggily answer the door. Jonah smirked and walked in.
"Oh, Dev!" He sang her name.
"She's in the bathroom. What do you want?" He looked towards the bathroom and nodded.
"Dev I'm having a party tonight. You guys are coming right?" She opened the door and smirked at me.
"Yeah, we are. Aren't we?" Ah, now I see.
"Fine." I sent Devina, a "you're paying me back later" look and she blushed. Jonah pumped his fists in the air.
"Yes! See you then!" And with that, he was out of the house. I turned back towards Devina and stalked over to her.
"You owe me big time." She nodded and I smashed my lips back onto hers. Where they belong. I grabbed her thighs and hoisted her up onto my waist, walking us to the nearest wall to support her back.
"What time," She pulled away for a few seconds, then kissed me. "Is the party?" She finished and put her lips back on mine.
"Usually at ten." I shortly replied, eagerly wanting her lips back on mine. She nodded and grinds on my hips again. "Keep doing that and I won't be able to stop myself," I warned her. She smirked and did it again. She freaking did it again. I carried her to the bed and laid her down on her back. Like a repeat of the other day. I tore her shirt off and started kissing down her neck. We didn't go further than this though, I didn't let myself or her convince me. Now she was sitting on the couch watching Supernatural and refused to let me sit by her.
"Come on Devina. Why are you mad at me?" She put her finger up to hush me and I rolled my eyes. "Sunshine. Seriously, what did I do?"
"You don't want to have sex with me." She shortly replied and stalked off to her bedroom, leaving me and my mouth open susceptible to catching flies.
"No! I never said that!" I yelled back and ran to her room but the door was already locked. "I never said that," I repeated now that I was closer to her.
"Whatever. I'm getting ready for the party." I banged my head on the door a few times then sighed.
"I do want to." I heard her sigh and open her dresser drawer.
"What should I wear?" She called through the door, I cracked a smile and tried opening the door.
"Unlock the door and I'll help you." I heard her footsteps get closer to the door, then retreat further into the room.
"No, I'm naked." I frowned.
"So? Just let me in." I heard some more shuffling then the door swung open and she stood there in just her underwear and a long shirt. I looked closely at how the shirt fit on her and stepped closer to inspect it.
"Who's is this? It's not mine." She looked down at the shirt and her face reddened.
"I don't know. I just found it. Now help me find something to wear." I knew she was lying but I hesitantly let it go and walked over to her dresser.
"Do you have a nun costume?" She laughed and smacked my arm.
"Be serious Zane. What do people usually wear to these things?" I looked at her long jeans and long sleeve shirts but knew that wouldn't cut it.
"Very small clothing and short dresses. But that's not what you're going to wear!" My skin crawled at the thought of guys checking her out. She shoved me out of the room while grinning.
"I got it." I sighed and waited outside of her room for a few minutes. When the door finally opened, my eyes widened.
"No," I growled out making her frown.
"You don't like it?" I love it. But that's the problem. She decided on a short black dress. It was tight at the top then looser at the bottom. Her beautiful blond hair was naturally flowing down her shoulders and her face was covered in a little makeup. She looked gorgeous. I mean she always does.
"Do you like it?" I slowly asked. I know she doesn't always feel comfortable in her own body and that's one of the things I wanted to change. She looked down and nodded. "Good. Because I love it." I kissed her on the lips and grabbed her hand, leading her back to my room. "Now help me pick something out." She laughed and walked to my dresser.
She picked out a plain shirt and some nice jeans, I didn't look too bad next to her, but she was defiantly the jaw-dropper here. I escorted her to my car, the GT-R. I've seen how she looks at it. At Jonah's house, the party was already roaring with life.
"Can we get something to drink?" I nodded and lead her to the kitchen, saying hi to a few buddies of mine along the way.
"Here." I tossed her a water bottle and she glared at me.
"Dev!" I heard Jonah call out. She giggled and watched as he stumbled over to her. "Here!" He gave her one of the two drinks in his hands and she took it.
"Sunshine-" I tried to stop her but she just held up her hand again and downed the whole thing. Her face turned red and she coughed a little. "Dude." I glared at Jonah and he just shrugged and walked away. Devina coughed some more and laughed.
"God, that tastes so bad!" I laughed and grabbed myself a beer out of the fridge. Somehow when I turned back, she had another cup in her hand and was downing that one too.
"No, Sunshine you need to slow down." She frowned and shook her head.
"I don't wanna." I raised my eyebrows but was pulled back by a group of my friends.
"No guys-" I tried to protest but they pulled me into the living room away from Devina.
"Dude. You found a mate?" One of my friends, Haden asked.
"Yeah man and you just took me away from her." He chuckled and patted my back.
"I'm glad you finally moved on from-" I cut him off with a death glare. "I surrender man!" He put his hands up and I laughed.
~Devina's POV~
The liquid burned as it made its way down my throat. Zane was dragged away by a group of really hot guys so I was stuck here by myself.
"I still have you right?" I asked the cup in my hand.
"Woah, Dev. You're drunk?" I shrugged, not really sure who was asking. "Hey hey hey." The voice caught me as I tripped on my shoes and almost fell. I looked up and saw Everett. I squinted my eyes and picked his nose.
"Boop." I giggled and he took a step back.
"I'm gonna go find Za-"
"Don't touch her again." Zane intercepted. Everett rolled his eyes and walked back into the crowd. "Baby, seriously you need to slow down. You're going to get sick." I flung my arms around him and inhaled his delicious scent.
"I missed you so much." He laughed and snaked his arms around my waist. "You smell really good. Like all the time. You never-not smell like this. How is that possible?" I smelled his shirt again and moaned.
"Are you smelling me Sunshine?" I looked up and nodded.
"Well yeah. I can't help it." I shrugged causing Zane to grin.
"Well thanks, you smell really good too." I leaned closer and inspected his eyes.
"You have gold specks in your eyes. I didn't notice that before." I ran my fingers over his cheeks and dotted his freckles. "And you have a few little teeny tiny freckles on your nose and then that one freckle right next to your right eye." He laughed again.
"We should get you home."
"You're really attractive too." I blurted out, but I was too far gone to be embarrassed. "Like I give you a nine and a half." His eyes darkened and he growled.
"Who have you seen that's hotter than me?" I demanded. I really thought about this one. I always thought Jensen Ackles was the most attractive but he's the hottest man. I think Dylan O'Brien is the hottest boy.
"Dylan O'Brien is definitely a ten. And also a couple weeks ago I was walking down the hallway and there was this really cute guy. No wait I take that back, he looked at me weirdly and I didn't like that. I give him like a-a maybe eight. That wasn't cool." I pouted.
"You're seriously talking about other guys right now?" I giggled and kissed his lips, knowing full well he could taste the alcohol on my lips. "We should go." I planted my feet on the ground and shook my head.
"We've only been here for a few minutes." I slurred.
"We've been here for over an hour Sunshine." My eyes widened and I pulled out my phone. Sure enough, it was almost twelve.
"I'll leave if we can still have fun." His eyebrows raised and my face heated. "Not like that you perv!" He nodded and drove me back home. "Anything to drink?" I tried asking him which just made him laugh. He walked into the kitchen and opened a cupboard, pulling three bottles of alcohol out. "Let's go!" I said, but it came out more like "Sco!" He grabbed my hand and lead me outside in the backyard, into the woods.
"There's a little pond over here with a dock." I nodded and followed him through the green trees. It's so nice out tonight. The moon was high in the sky while a light breeze cooled us down. "Here it is." We walked onto the dock and I sat down.
"Drink up!" I pointed to the bottles and his nose scrunched up in disgust. "Zane. Just let loose. Have some fun. For me?" He rolled his eyes and tilted his head back, chugging the vodka. Plain. Once he was done he set it down and moved on to the next.
"I'm over two hundred. I have a high tolerance." I giggled and watched as he finished the second and third bottle. "That'll do it." He slurred after a few minutes.
"Yay! Now let's play a game." He nodded and crossed his legs, probably afraid that he might fall off the side. "Never have I ever!" We both held up our hands. "You first." He nodded and smirked.
"Never have I ever not had my drivers license!" I thought about this one.
"You didn't have your drivers license when you were three!" I pointed out. He frowned and laughed. We both put a finger down.
"Never have I ever... had sex." He rolled his eyes and put down a finger.
"I'm just glad you didn't put a finger down. Never have I ever kissed a boy." I put my finger down and he growled. "You kissed a boy?" I nodded.
"You!" He laughed.
"No, I'm a man." I rolled my eyes and scooted closer to him.
"Never have I ever killed someone." He flinched and looked at me.
Putting down a finger, he finally spoke. "Does that bother you?" I thought about my answer and realized something.
"Not as much as it should." He leaned in and kissed my forehead.
"Never have I ever gone skinny dipping." My eyes widened.
"You've never gone skinny dipping." He shook his head and kept the rest of his fingers up. He looked over towards the water and smirked.
"There's a first time for everything." And with that, he jumped up and pulled his shirt off. "Come on!" I looked around and stood up on my feet. I tore my shirt off then my pants. I knew the water was going to be cold so I kept my undergarments on. "Nope. That's not skinny dipping." I looked down at my bare legs and smiled. The scars were still gone. Zane grinned too and walked over to me. "They're still there. In your heart." I nodded and pulled the rest of my clothes off. Zane went to take his pants off then looked at me. My face heated up. "I can-"
I surprised myself when I cut him off. "No. That's not skinny dipping now is it?" I smirked. His eyes widened and he took the rest of his clothes off. I tried my best to keep my gaze lifted but I couldn't help it. "That's what it looks like!?" He cracked up and for the first time he didn't hold back. He completely let loose. I grinned at this and watched as he composed himself.
"Well, not all are this big but-" Even in my drunken state, my face heated to about three thousand degrees. Ish. He lurched forward and grabbed my hand, pulling us both into the cool water. I screamed as the cold water hit my body.
"Cold cold cold cold!" He laughed and swam over to me.
"Let me heat you up then." I smacked his arm but let him pull me into his chest. The pond wasn't deep, but I rescued to touch the muddy bottom so I jumped up into Zane's arms.
"Something's going to come up and touch me!" I frantically looked around the water. "No!" I yelled at the water. "Stay away from me you little creatures." I snapped my finger and scolded... I guess nothing. Zane laughed and held me close to his chest. I could feel every part of him. When I looked back at him he was already staring at me.
"I'm not drunk anymore." He seriously spoke.
"I think I am." I honestly replied.
"Devina, there's something I need to tell you." My heart dropped and I leaned away a little. He closed his beautiful green eyes then opened them back. "The moment I saw you, I knew things would be changed forever. When I drove you home that night, it took all my strength not to turn the damn car around and take you back home. To our home. And when I had to drop you off and leave you," He swallowed and continued. "It was torture. Then you called me and even though the circumstances were bad, I was so happy that you decided to call me. Out of all the people you could have, you called me. Then you almost died in my arms, a few times, and it made me realize that I can't lose you. It's not only that I don't want to lose you, it's that I can't. I wouldn't survive without you and I'm honestly not sure how I managed all these years without you. I would be glad if I just knew you. But I not only get to know you, I get to see your beautiful face every day and hear that beautiful giggle of yours. I get to hold you and share things with you I thought I'd never, like my feelings." He laughed and a tear fell down both of our cheeks like they were longing to be together. "I know I'm not perfect, and I know I do some really fucking stupid things but, Devina Ross Stavros, I love you. I love you so much. I always have and always will. I can't promise you forever because you're so stubborn, but I can promise you now. I love you." He leaned in to kiss me but I moved back, making him frown. "Sorry, I- you don't have to say anything back. That's not what I-" He trailed off and looked away, getting ready to put me down.
"I-I um," I swallowed and looked away.
"It's okay, you don't have to say it back. There's no pressure." I swallowed again and scrunched up my nose.
"I'm going to throw up." His eyes widened as he pulled both of us to the dock. I hoisted myself up and ran into the trees a little, emptying my already empty stomach. God this is so romantic. Zane quickly approached me and held my hair back. After a few minutes, I fell to the ground and closed my eyes. "I'm s-" Before I could even say anything, darkness took over and I passed out. Cold. Well isn't this romantic.