Chapter 2: Shopping malls and flirty brawls
Brawl: A rough or noisy fight or quarrel
Madison pulled into a parking space and I hear her sigh. "I'm sorry Clara. You're right about Brett. All I meant was you have someone there for you. Someone who would get into a legit fight over you. Sometimes it is nice to just have an option. Some of us aren't that lucky." She said while unbuckling her seatbelt. I looked down and shrugged "I understand where you are coming from. However, you have to respect my decisions on waiting for my mate." I said while climbing out of her car. "I understand Clara. Friends?" She asked while holding her arms out. "Always." I replied while stepping into her famous bear hugs.
As soon as we stepped foot into the mall, Madison pulled me in the direction of Blue Sparrow to get those boot that she wanted. "Oh my gosh, Clara look! I got the last pair they had, AND they are my size! Thank you moon Goddess!". I rolled my eyes playfully and followed her to the checkout counter. After Madison finished paying for her boots, she grabbed the bag and pulled me in the direction of hot topic complaining how her favorite band tee-shirt got a hole in it.
As Madison was searching frantically for a new tee-shirt, I walked into bath and body works and smelled a few scents. However, I realized that if I stayed in there too long then my sense of smell would be gone, thus leaving Madison and I in a very vulnerable position . So I just grabbed my regular vanilla sugar body wash and bought it. I met Madison outside of Hot Topic and we continued with our shopping adventure.
Finally, Madison decided that she was hungry and we went to the food court. Madison headed straight for the Chinese vendor while I went to Chick-fil-a. I got in the surprisingly short line and waited until it was my turn.
"Hey, how much does a polar bear weigh?" I heard a voice behind me ask. I looked over my shoulder to find out that the question was asked to me. "I don't know." I replied while turning around and looking at the guy. He had red hair and green eyes, you don't see that combination all the time. I breathed in yep, he was a human just like I thought, but it was mixed with something else that I couldn't put my finger on. "Enough to break the ice, hi my name is Daniel, what's yours?" I rolled my eyes and looked him up and down. "Out of your league." I replied as I turned around to order a 12 count nugget meal with a bottle of water. Handing the cashier a $10 I turned my head to see this Daniel guy smirking at me. "Oh feisty, come on girl. Don't be like that." He said while leaning on the counter. I grabbed the tray that the girl behind the counter was holding out for me. "This conversation is over. I would say that it was nice to meet you, but I'm sure the pleasure is all yours." I said while walking to the table that Madison was sitting at. I placed my tray down and plopped down in the cheap silver seat across from her.
"Why is that guy at Chick-fil-a staring at you?" Madison asked while stabbing a piece of broccoli and putting it in her mouth. Madison is one of those few wolfs who absolutely despises meat. The only meat she will eat is a deer wrap and when she does eat them she doesn't eat more than 8. She mainly eats nutrient rich vegetables, fruits, noodles, etc. So naturally her wolf is a little smaller than the average Beta family.
I laughed and said "Because I crushed his ego.". I popped a waffle fry in my mouth and opened the box of nuggets. "Oh gosh. What did you say this time Clara?" she asked while twirling noodles on her fork. "Well. Basically what happened was that he was hitting on me okay, and you know how I can get when a guy starts to randomly hit on me." I said while dipping a nugget in some ketchup. "Yeah, we all know you want to be in a coffee shop when you meet your mate. And how you want him to sit across from you and immediately strike up an interesting conversation and then he asks if he could take you out to dinner etcetera etcetera." Madison said while rolling her eyes.
"Yeah well anyways. He asked for my name and I said 'out of your league' then he leaned against the counter with a smirk and told me to 'not act like that'." I said while huffing. Madison circled her fork, motioning me to continue with my story, making the spinach fall off her fork and back onto her plate. "I replied with 'This conversation is over. I would say that it was nice to meet you, but I'm sure the pleasure is all yours.". "Damn Clara, you're such a savage!" she said while laughing. I leaned back on my seat and gave her a wink "Of course I am.". We finished our food while talking about how I defeated John yet again. "You may have beaten him out on the training grounds, but it sounds like he beat you in the kitchen right after because your mom yelled at you about the mess even though he started it." Madison said while pushing her chair back. "No I'll take it, you just sit here I'll be right back." I say while putting all her trash on my tray and stacking my tray on top of hers.
I grabbed the trays and walked to the nearest trash bin, since Madison picked a table in the center of the court I had to go a little bit father to reach one. I threw the trash into the garbage and put the trays on the shelf above it.
As I was walking back to my seat, someone smacked my butt really hard. "What the hell!" I yelped while turning around. "Hey baby." The guy from earlier, Daniel, said while attempting to grab my hand. "Fuck off!" I said while snatching my hand back and attempting to walk away. However, Daniel grabbed my arm and pulled me toward him. "Let go before I do something you'll regret." I at him. He laughed at my words and caressed my face. I felt my anger rise and I was about to push him away. Before I could do anything I felt myself being pulled out of his grip, I looked up and saw Brett. Oh great what is he doing here I thought. "I believe she told you to fuck off dude." Brett told Daniel while glaring at him. "And who might you be?" Daniel asked while stepping closer. "Her boyfriend, so back down." Brett said while wrapping his arm around my waist. "Brett!" I scolded while unwrapping his arm from my waist and lightly shoving it back to his side. "Really now? Well it doesn't look like it. I don't appreciate liars." Daniel replied.
Brett's chocolate brown eyes flashed black, his wolf not appreciating the fact that Daniel is challenging his word. If Daniel doesn't watch his mouth he won't be around to see another day. Never disrespect or question an Alpha. "What the fuck dude! What's wrong with your eyes?" Daniel asked, shock filling his face.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Brett said while taking a step towards Daniel, his black eyes lighting into a mixture of his brown and black. "Brett." I warned as I saw Daniel get into a fighting stance. This human has no idea what he is getting himself into. Brett backed off when he heard me call his name. "Ha. Pussy.". As soon as Daniel muttered those words, Brett swung his right fist up and hit Daniel square in the jaw.
Daniel countered Brett's punch with a pitiful roundhouse kick. 'come on' I thought 'if you're going to fight with an Alpha, at least be decent.'. 'You're so brutal' my wolf said to me. I rolled my eyes and watched as Brett grabbed Daniel's leg just as it was about to hit it. Brett pulled it so Daniel lost his balance and fell on his back. Daniel clenched his jaw and sprung back up and quickly punch Brett in the eye.
I could tell that Brett was about to lose control of his wolf. So I being the good Samaritan I am, attempted to separate each other by stepping in between the two. And how am I rewarded? With an uppercut to my jaw. I gasped in pain as I heard a crack. This mother fucker. I cradled my jaw in pain. Yes us wolfs heal quickly, but that doesn't mean that getting punched in the face doesn't hurt.
Realizing his mistake immediately, Daniel stepped back. "Oh shit. I'm so sorry that wasn't meant for you.". Brett growled lowly and his wolf took total control. Just as he was about to lunge at Daniel several pack members pulled him away; Brett fought against them to try to get to Daniel but he couldn't break free. I glared at Daniel making my eyes flash black and walked away. Madison followed me wordlessly while carrying our bags. I grabbed half of the bags and looked at Brett, who was following us while taking deep breaths in attempt to calm down his wolf.
