My Secret, My Bully, My Mates by Miss L

“Got it.” We say in unison.

“You can both go, it’s been a long day. Be ready for a call at any time.”

“Yes, Sir.” We both answer again and then turn to head out of the room and up stairs.

“I just want a shower and to stretch, my legs are sore. We need to run harder more often.” Mina half laughs and half whines at me as we both feel the tightness in our legs just from walking up the stairs. Mina goes to grab her towel and head for the shower. I head for my desk and see my phone light up with a notification.

“Oh sh*t! I totally forgot. It’s Sierra’s birthday! We have to call her when it’s not the middle of the night.”

“Is she 17 or 18?” Mina asks.

“17 one more year before we find out if Sam is her mate.” I giggle. “I swear their connection is so strong I could feel it click into place when they met. He turned to complete jello, it was really cute.” “Aren’t all your friends having birthdays soon too?”

“Yeah, all the guys are just a few weeks apart. March is basically a party month for all of them.”

thought. “Isn’t your birthday like April or

“End of April.”

something in the water so everyone gets pregnant in the summer and has

but I guess.” I

and in comfy clothes the long day kind of hits me and I look at the clock. At this point it is 4am and I have been up for almost 24 hours straight. I need to get some sleep if I am actually going to make it through classes today.

goes off, then I groan as mother nature calls and decides I don’t get to sleep more. When I get done in the bathroom,

gotten about three hours. This is my normal internal clock and it is immovable at the best

can call Sierra before we get started with our day. Neither of us bother to get cleaned

longer than it should and I’m afraid we might be waking her up or she doesn’t have it

answers, it’s extremely close to her face, but

my Goddess! How

Birthday!” I

you. No offense, but you two look

“We’re on a mission right now and last night was a late night.”