Misae hated being grounded. On top of cleaning Mercy's shop she knew there were things she wasn't allowed to do; no tv, video games, and believe it or not reading (unless it was for school). She was allowed music, writing, and her wolf form however. Heck she even had the use of her cellphone in the living room and at school, hell she even still had her keys!

Still she found herself in the position now that she most often found herself in when she was grounded in the Tri-Cities; laying on her stomach at the end of her bed having a staring contest with Medea the Cheat. She knew it was about to happen again as the cheater of a purring fur bucket gave her that demanding purr filled quavering meow that the female had translated into meaning "pet me now bitch." When Misae didn't reach out fast enough she was head butted in the chin making her blink and nearly sneeze every time.

"You really having a staring contest with the cat?"

"Yes Lassie I am and she cheats. Why the concern? I didn't fall down the well…" she informed him just as she rolled to her side facing the door, her shirt trapped under her rucking up to show off the smooth skin at her stomach.

Ben stood in her doorway his arms crossed over his strong chest. So unfair, she wasn't supposed to want him… crushes were supposed to go away after a while right? Yet it didn't seem so after all she'd had a thing for him since she had met him. "Do you always have to call me by that stupid nick name you silly little bit…" he bit off the rest of the word making the female giggle and smile at him. Adam would have been pissed to know he'd said even that much of the word to her, of course Misae didn't mind being called a bitch in fact she rather liked it.

"You call me a bitch like it's a bad thing…" she said chuckling out; Ben's eyes never quite met hers even as he grinned back to her. She'd known from her very first time meeting him that her wolf was more dominant then his even if she was just a shifter. Of course her being more dominant was fine with her and for the most part he was fine with it too. She knew from experience that half the time he honestly didn't know what to think of her, she teased him and tried to play with him when he was around and he got her into trouble which for some reason just made her happier.

Another slow smile spread across Ben's face making her heart stop for a second before it came pounding back to life. He had a gorgeous smile when he did smile and fuck all it was so unfair… "You seem to be in a good mood for being grounded."

"You seem to be in a good mood for getting me grounded," she chided right back snappishly.

He grinned again, damn sexy male… she Wanted to hit him… "wanna go for a run?"

She rolled quickly looking like she was about to fall off of the bed only for her to pop up in her feet facing him with a bright toothy smile that made him blink at her, "human run or wolf run?"

"Human," he said giving her slim body a once over before he cleared his throat running a hand over his mouth. That simple glance started to build heat low in her stomach and lower still, was she not the only one who felt this then?

Misae nodded, "sounds good. Did you have something else to wear? Kind of sucks running in jeans," she commented as she unbuttoned her own black denim hipster jeans before sliding them down strong tanned legs. His eyes followed those jeans all the way to the floor before trailing back up to tiny boy-shorts type undies. He watched her turn and had to bite back a groan seeing that ass of her perfectly contained and framed in skin tight blue fabric. He could bounce a quarter off of that thing… Not that he'd ever thought about doing such a thing.

He watched her slip on yoga pants before she stripped out of her top and regular bra switching to a sports bra, but not before he got an eye full. She bent near in half to grab her sneakers giving him a perfect view of a heart shaped ass that he wanted to spank. "I'll be back, I have a gym bag in my car…" he informed her before quickly turning and practically running from her room.

Misae grinned at the purring feline on her pillow, "I so won that round with Lassie, don't you think?"

The teen took her time up stairs getting her socks and shoes on before she brushed her hair out and pulled it into a ponytail. She thought she did a decent job of giving him something to ogle on the run; she checked herself out in her mirror and smiled before heading to the stairs trotting down them.

As soon as she got to the middle of that staircase though she nearly fell the rest of the way down them as her eyes landed on him in nothing more than a loose pair of basketball shorts and his tennis shoes. Damn it, he won and she was doomed… "Ready Lizzy?" he asked her making the girl nod silently. He was the only one that had ever called her Lizzy, informing her once that he thought it suited her and he liked the fact that no one else called her after her middle name. The way he said that nick name though, it sent shivers down her spine. The way it dripped off of his tongue so sweet and smoothly, it just sounded like sex. "Don't tell me I have rendered you of all people speechless. Half the time we're trying to figure out how to shut you up, if I knew I only had to be shirtless I would walk around here half naked all the time."

She felt her cheek heat and knew she'd just turned beat red, just what she needed. "You wish mongrel," she said trying to sound unfazed by his comment or more to the point that trying to sound like she wasn't now thinking about him running around the house without his shirt on all the time. "Let's go… on that note, where are we running to?"

"We'll just see where our feet take us. We'll take turns picking directions to go in when we hit side streets," Ben said with a shrug.

"Sounds good. To the road then mutt," she said bouncing towards him down the stairs neither of them noticing that Auriele had heard every word from the kitchen including their conversation up stairs.

Auriele moved to the door leading to the garage dojo as the other two wolves closed the front door. "She's got it bad… but then so does he."

"What's that Auriele… or should I be asking who?" Adam asked with a little smile.

Darryl chuckled looking from his mate to Adam and back again, "Misae and Ben? Auriele thinks they have a thing."

"A thing? What kind of thing?" Adam asked looking like he was about to go into shock. "He's too old for her… She's only seventeen; she's not even out of High School yet!"

"They just left for a run… You should have seen the looks they were sharing," the female told him knowingly.

"No… no I refuse to believe it. She is smarter than that, she is way too young to have a thing for anyone let alone a thing for him."

"You are making me feel too young to even know what a thing is and I'm married," Darryl said in a near teasing voice making his wife smile. "You can't stop her from having a crush on him, but you can keep them from dating."

DATING? When had it gotten to that?! Charles and Bran where going to kill him…