We come out of the bathroom to find Bronx watching TV in the sitting area. H e stands up when he hears the bathroom door open. When he turns around, he freezes.
"Oh my Goddess," he says under his breath. He gulps as he stares at me.
"She cleans up nice, huh?" Lenora smiles.
"Uh, yeah, I- uh, stun- that - I," he's not able to make a full sentence as he stares at me.
You know what, I'm just gonna go," Lenora says over my shoulder as she points to the door. She gives mea thumbs up and a wink as she leaves.
I stand where she left me, not sure what to do with my hands.
"Waannnaaa... watch TV with me?" Bronx points behind him at the television.
"Sure," I tentatively walk over to the sofa. He takes my hand causing little sparks where he touches me and gently pulls me down onto the seat next to him. “Is this okay? Sitting next to me like this? I should've asked first.”
“Yeah, it's fine," I feel myself blushing. "What do you like to watch?”
"T don't know. I've never had time to watch television."
"Oh, right. Okay, um, what are your hobbies? What do you do in your free time?"
"Hmmm, homework and mental breakdowns." :
"Oh crap, I'm sorry, Ididn-"' :
"It's okay, Bronx. I'm teasing you. I mean honestly though, all I know about i s cooking, baking, and stocking pantries...and homework," I look at him from the side of my eye with a smirk on my face.
"Okay, smart aleck. Cooking and baking. I can work with that. We have like three cooking channels," he flips the station t o a cooking competition show called Chopped.
The chefs are given boxes of ingredients. They don't know what's inside until the timer starts and they have to make up a meal using all the ingredients. Bronx gets up to make popcorn as I describe what I would make with the ingredients for each course. By the time we're on the third episode, I think I'm addicted. The dessert rounds are my favorite.
the formal party at Silver Moon? The first night I was there," he asks with an air of sudden
dinner I ever had. That means you made the killer key lime pie too, right? Before I found you going into my room,
smiles and puts his arm over my shoulders, pulling me closer. I gladly snuggle up
is this my life right
I fell asleep, but I wake up in the morning tucked in bed. Bronx isn't next to me or sleeping on the couch. It makes me feel a bit empty inside. I slide out of bed and see a note o n the
up. Lenora will
Have a good time!
Bronx oe
teases while
don't want to get sick
Please?" ‘Yeah. When I see
It sounds like there are stores with a ton of clothes and shoes
when Lenora walks in with
Ready for a big day?" Lenora says with a big smile, "This is Ashley, she
Ashley," I smile awkwardly
Oh, my Goddess. Rude!
to meet you, Luna. I didn't mean
eye thing is a bit unsettling if you're not prepared. It's okay. It still freaks me out sometimes too," I reassure her, " Lenora, do you have a hat I can borrow? People are going to stare
worry about that. Humans dye their hair and wear weird color contacts all the time to get what you have naturally. You're going to
I feel self-conscious, but I guess I'll
the garage where there are about thirty different cars and get into a black
your car?"
"My car is a Jaguar. It's only a two seater, so we have to take a pack
being ranked members of the pack, what do you all do for work?"
division. I'm the head of HR. I mostly make sure there are no problems between the werewolves and humans that work for the company. Milo and Reggie runa military-focused division that we don't talk
wow," I reply. Would I need to work for the company as well? I do need a job after
them how awesome of a warrior we are!"
you at home heading up pack matters," Ashley glances back at m e from
“Dang it," Lex huffs.
bright lights, and smells. Holy cow, the food court smells like a million bucks! There are stores just for perfume that smell overwhelming. I don't understand why humans would want to smell like that. There are more stores than I can count. I'm pretty sure Lenora and Ashley want to go into all of them. We don't go into all the stores, but we do go into most of them. For every store we go into, they make me try on countless outfits and dresses, even evening gowns. When will I ever really need an evening gown? We buy almost everything I try on, even though I insist I don't need it. I was just hoping to get out of there with a couple pairs of leggings, a few t- shirts, a bra, and some underwear. No such luck. Ashley had already taken three loads of bags back to the car
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