The Alpha Chose Me by Missy Elliottxo

I would miss the sun, the long summer nights. The beach being right on my doorstep. I would miss a lot of things. Chewing the inside of my cheek I stood staring at the sold sign. I had lived in Florida my whole life.

You see it was just my gran and I. My mom died during childbirth and I didn't know my dad. He wasn't really someone we talked about.

"Still staring at that sign, I see".

Today was another day closer to leaving. She was uprooting us to Texas. Change was good apparently. I didn't want to move, didn't want to start all over in a new place.

My friends were here, my boyfriend was here. For being eighteen my life was pretty good. I got good grades; I had a part time job. I liked where I was at right now. She knew how I felt about leaving but that didn't matter. She had made up her mind. "Leah, you'll make new friends, you'll get a new boyfriend. We need to do this sweetheart. Change is good".

I didn't want new friends and I didn't want a new boyfriend. My gran wasn't Tommy's biggest fan. Always insisted something was off with him, didn't like the feeling she got when he was around.

He was my first boyfriend, slightly older but only by three years. But that didn't matter. He had a car, the brightest blue eyes I had ever seen and he was nice to me.

I knew I would make new friends. I would leave regardless if I wanted to or not. I would move on and get on with my life but leaving them behind wasn't my biggest worry.

"My mom's here". I whispered.

"Sweetheart, your mom's in here". She placed her hand over my heart. "No matter where you are or where you go your mom will always be with you".

I knew she was right but being here, living in this house, it made me feel closer to her.

"How about some hot chocolate and we can watch the sunset?".

"I'll grab a blanket".

I didn't want to leave. Most nights we'd come out here and watch the sunset. It was kind of our thing. The beach was my favourite place to go. It was my

blanket on the sand before taking a seat. The view was beautiful. Staring out into the water a sigh fell from my lips. I would never have this again. Sure, they had beaches in Texas but not this beach and not this view. "It

are you doing here?". I got to my

our goodbyes already. Him being here was only making it harder. I looked around for my gran. She tolerated him for my sake but she wasn't

believe I'm never going to see you again".

tears. I would miss him. We had become inseparable over the

shouldn't have come. You're only

His grip around my waist tightened. "I love you Leah, I

my attention. My

you". He placed the softest kiss on my lips before

right index finger a sob fell from my lips. A promise ring he gave me 6 months into our relationship. He was special, he was good and I was never going to see him again.

I dried my eyes and cleared my throat. I couldn't dwell on not seeing him again. Her mind was made up. We were moving and it was

...

no my gran wanted to drive. A little sightseeing on the

and food. My legs were numb, my bum was numb.

smiled. "We're about half an hour away. Go get some

it wasn't home. I wasn't sure it would ever become

straight for the coffee machine. Caffeine was life, I couldn't live without it. As I fixed two cups the door chimed and instantly the hairs on the back of

it felt nice. Then I felt it, a presence behind me. My heart rate picked up, the palms of

the lids on both cups, took a deep breath

No one was there.

or I was that tired I was losing my mind.