Disclaimer: sadly again, I must admit... I do not own The dark Guardian Series. That belongs to Rachel Hawthorn. But hey, wouldn't it be awesome if I did own it?
No Man For Me!
After breakfast I took Natalie for a tour around the area. Since she didn't know about our history I took her to the library first. I explained all the pictures that lined the walls. Then I took her to where we have the meetings. She seemed really surprised at how structured we could be. I showed her where each individual elder sat and who they were.
"You're the granddaughter of one of the elders?" She asked incredulously.
"Yeah, but it's not all it's cracked up to be." I explained. Thinking of how much responsibility it gave me.
I decided to take her out to actually mingle with people. We headed outside where I was sure everyone would be. I saw Brittany, Kayla, and Lindsey gossiping with each other and headed their way.
"Hey girls." I greeted them.
"Hi."
"Hey."
"Hi." They all said.
"Who's this?" Lindsey noticed Natalie standing there next to me.
"This is Natalie, she's my new roomie." I explained. "She just found out about us."
"Oh, nice to meet you Natalie." Kayla offered an outstretched hand.
"It's nice to meet you all too." Natalie said meekly. I wasn't sure but I thought she might have been a little nervous to meet all these new people.
"Where are the guys?" I asked the three. I hadn't seen them very much lately.
"Lucas and Conner are talking with the elders and Rafe and Jordon took a group of campers out this morning after breakfast. They are only going out for a day trip so they will probably be back later tonight." Brittany said.
I should probably explain. Most of the shifter worked as Sherpas. We had a little business that helped people who wanted to camp go out. I had worked as on the previous summer and trust me; it's not really that fun. We had to spend days out in the wilderness with a bunch of city folk who complained for hours on end about the lack of plumbing and comfortableness. Well, sorry to break it to ya people, but that's outdoor life.
I saw Kayla talking with Natalie, probably about their similar pasts, and felt rather pleased. At least she was making a bunch of new girlfriends. On second thought, maybe I was a little jealous.
"How are you doing? I know since Kayla came you've been a little upset." Lindsay surprised me by saying.
"I'm actually not as upset about it as I was. She's a good person and I've learned to accept it." I was glad that Kayla was over with Natalie. If she had heard what I thought about her and Lucas I don't know what I would do.
"She is great, and she makes Lucas happy. I know you don't believe in the whole mate thing but… I think it was for the best."
"Yeah." Maybe I should let him be. She was a really nice person for reaching out to Natalie like that. "It's not really her that I have the problem with." I explained. "It's the fact that she is a distraction."
Lindsey thought about it for a second. "Just wait until you find your mate. Then you'll understand." She said.
"I'm not going to have a mate." I pointed out.
"So what, are you just going to go through your transformation all alone? You'll die." Brittany said.
"Nope." I explained. "I think it's just stupid that a girl has to have a guy chose her before her transformation." Honestly, I found it a little sexist. If the guys can do it alone then why couldn't I? I was just as strong as them, just as tough as them. I should be able to go through the transformation alone. After all, it was what I had been training all the past few years for. My seventeenth birthday was in a week and then a few days later was my transformation. I knew that I would be ready for it, by myself.
"I'm telling you, it won't work." Lindsey said.
"Whatever." I said blasé.
Natalie and Kayla were done talking so continued with my tour. I took her to meet a few more people and then around the grounds.
"Well, that's pretty much it." I said when we finished awfully late. It was just getting to about dusk and everyone was heading back inside for dinner.
Whoever made the food we all ate had made steaks and mashed potatoes and corn for dinner. Like always, it was delicious. Natalie and I stuffed ourselves silly. I swear, when we were done, I could barely move.
"I'm so full." Natalie groaned. "I probably shouldn't have eaten so much, but that was soooooo good."
"Ugh, I know right. Good thing I don't get fat that easily." Since as long as I could remember I always had the ability to eat whatever I wanted and never gain any wait. Pretty much all shifter had that ability. Maybe it was our carnivorous metabolism.
"Don't worry Alexia, you look wonderful." A deep, attractive voice came from behind me.
"Uh, what do you want Jordon?" I turned around to face him and found myself staring into his wonderful eyes. No Alexia! Don't even think about it! I yelled internally.
"I just wanted to say hi and meet your friend." He looked to a blushing Natalie. "I don't believe we've met, I'm Jordon Graham."
I rolled my eyes.
"Hi, I'm Natalie Parkinson." She breathed. Great, his charm was working on her. Don't believe it! I plead, hoping she could somehow hear me.
"Come on Natalie, it's getting pretty late. We should go to bed." I interrupted.
"Why the rush, Alexia? We were just getting acquainted." He asked.
"We just have to go." I grabbed a hold of her arm and dragged her to the room. It was clear she was totally smitten because she didn't even protest.
"Natalie." I said continuously, snapping my fingers get her attention. Her eyes were glazed over and she was mumbling things.
"Sorry, what?" Her eyes came back into focus.
"You were totally drooling over Jordon." I accused.
"No I wasn't." She looked guilty.
I gave her a disbelieving look.
"Fine, I was." She admitted.
"What did I tell you about him? He's not one to be hanging around." I repeated to her. She huffed and got ready for bed. I tried to fall asleep but I couldn't stop thinking about Jordon. I was terrified of him but was afraid that I might have feelings for him. It was totally against what I believed but I couldn't help it. Every time I closed my green eyes his blue ones looked back at me. Why couldn't I get him out of my head? He was a jerk; a conceited, rude, dark, gorgeous, jerk. Stop thinking about him! I ordered myself. He's been a jerk to you since you were little, why should things change now?
I just couldn't get him off my mind. I remembered how he had watched me through breakfast that morning. Why? He had so many other things to do than watch me. And why did that make me happy? Just because he had done that shouldn't make me feel special. Nothing had changed. This was just another way to make me feel inferior. It was just another prank. That was what I kept telling myself. At least until I drifted off into sleep, dreaming about Jordon holding me in his tight embrace.
OMG How about that! She's startin to develop some feelins for Jordon...
OOOOOh! Scandalous!
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