Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

Jonas

When the time to leave comes around, the nerves from before come flooding back. I wait for her in the foyer and the only thing I can do is stare at myself in the mirror over the table everyone places their key fobs to charge. I look down at all of thein and find that Perry's is

red and I know for a fact that she's been here for the past week catching up on projects with Bunny.

I almost jump out of my skin when she clears her throat from behind me. I pivot around to see her standing at the bottom of the staircase in the deep purple dress I chose for her. All of my thoughts just drift away as I take her in. I knew getting her something too shiny was out of the question.

I went with something simpler and fitted to her perfect body. I'm a little lost for words. Her hair is braided elegantly. She's wearing a subtle amount of makeup but it serves to sharpen her features. The dark colors only brighten her eyes. Fucking say something you idiot. "You look amazing," she says looking me over.

I smooth the front of my vest and take a deep breath trying to come up with anything and still, I'm fucking frozen. Choking on my own stupidity. She knows it too because she's just staring back at me giving me time to gather my thoughts.

"I want to say something. I just-"

"I know," she laughs. "It's okay,"

"We should go," I say taking the box housing the long leather jacket I found to go with her dress and shoes she's wearing. "This is for you,"

"Thanks," she grins. "Do I open it now?"

"Yes, it's cold out," I nod.

"Okay," she grins and takes the top off the box. Inside are a pair of leather gloves and a matching coat. "Oh, my god," she squeaks and takes everything out. "This is gorgeous,"

"Need some help?" I ask as she shakes it out.

"Yes, please," she beams as she unbuttons the coat. I hold it open for her and she slips right in. It fits perfectly. She then takes the gloves and puts them on to wiggle her fingers. "I've never had one of these. Thank you," ""You're welcome," I say when she jumps on me hugging me tightly.

"Confession time. I have never done this before. So walk me through it, please?" she pulls back with a bright smile on her face. I laugh feeling incredibly dumb.

"What?" I ask looking her over. "Darren never took you on a date?

"Not on one that I needed a pretty dress for," she says stepping back to show me how beautiful she looks.

"Since you've so boldly confessed to never having done this before, I have to admit that neither have I,"

"What?" she laughs. "You never took Eve on a date?"

"After everything went down, she didn't like going outside. You've seen how vicious Lycans are. She wasn't prepared for that kind of backlash,"

shakes her head.

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When I take my fob off the charging pad

looks down at what I'm pointing

get you a portable charger

lesson the hard way. James doesn't have a car and I let him borrow mine. He definitely forgot to charge it because I've never seen it turn red before

but I brush it off and

go to close the door I find my asshole brother at the top of the stairs with a fucking

I flip him off making

scold myself as I lead

asks stopping next

"My car,"

"Not the spaceship?"

the driver opens

excitedly and hops on the

away as she crawls into the car. I give him a tap on his chest instantly feeling a whole lot better about my chances with this turning out badly. She is way too cheeky to upset me when

King," he clears

to give us privacy. Perry is looking around pressing buttons and playing with anything she's discovering. I stop her when she gets

she laughs and pushes my hand to make me press the button. The divider

down.

and then shuts the divider. "Drinks?" she reaches for the cooler and

I was worried at first, but it's just cool to hang out. Am I allowed

"Dinner and a show,"

show? What kind of show? Like while we're eating?" she fires

planning to take you to the observatory after dinner. There's a gala, but I

fight?" she jumps up turning her body to face me. Her eyes are as wide as saucers.

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gave these to me

back after inspecting them closer. I didn't even think to check if they were fake. "I thought he was meeting up with that Veronica