Eternal Wolves Chapter 29
Hope and Newt walked hand in hand to breakfast, arriving just as Frypan was ready to begin serving the food. Both of them grabbed their plates full of eggs benedict and started scouting out a place to sit at their usual table. Upon arriving at the table they noticed that Gally was there with all of the rest of the girls but Thomas and Minho were nowhere to be found. Newt silently sent a prayer up to whatever higher powers existed that they weren't avoiding him too much because of his dramatic exit from their gathering. Sitting down at the table Hope was immediately pulled into several different hugs and greetings by the girls as Newt smiled watching them.
The girls immediately jump straight into a conversation about how it's been way too long since they've last had a girls day and that they had come up with some great ideas for them to all do together and also a few exciting activities that they could all do on a group date with the guys. Hope laughed and nodded excitedly as Brenda led the discussion with Sonya and Harriet close on her heels. Newt watched Hope with a watchful eye making sure that everything was okay before turning back to his food. Gally who had been silent after the first exchange of greetings, looked up at Newt and leaned in quietly speaking so none of the girls would hear what he said.
"So I know it may not be my place to ask, but since this all might risk affecting Hope and the rest of the girls I figured I'd see what I could do. What happened the other night at the gathering? Minho and Thomas have been very upset and in turn the girls are being stressed out and I'm sure it's had an effect on Hope as well so I think we should talk about it." He said as he shot Newt a meaningful look. Newt paled and seemed to feel like losing what little breakfast he had managed to keep down and stilled before pushing his plate of food away to keep from getting sick. Hanging his head in shame, he spoke barely above a whisper. "I had no idea that I had fucked everything up so much. I have noticed a change in Hope, which I'm sure is because I've been upset as well. The gathering went horribly. We all ended up bloody fighting and shouting at each other and finally I blew the fuck up and stormed out leaving them to deal with their shit. I would definitely apologize if I thought they'd hear me out but I'm thinking that's not an option on the table right now…"
When Newt finally lifted his head to look Gally in the eyes he was surprised to find that Gally was not looking at him but right behind him with a small smile on his face and his eyes lit up with amusement. "I think you may get that chance sooner rather than later." Newt's face scrunched up into a confused look right before a powerful voice sounded off directly behind him. Newt froze and squeezed his eyes shut trying to reign in the waves of emotions that threatened to spill out of his consciousness when he heard Minho's familiar tone. "Well I guess we all know now what happens when you piss off Paradise's frickin Alpha wolf. If you ask me I definitely don't want to be on the receiving end on that type of bloodlust and rage again. So maybe you could do us all a fucking favor and tone that shit down a few notches?" Thomas piped up right at that moment letting his slight terrified state show. "Yeah that'd be greatly appreciated seeing as how we all would rather not get ripped to shreds with your frickin sharp ass fangs…"
Newt immediately whirled around his face sliding into a huge mischievous smirk as he relaxed completely along with everyone at the table. "Aw are Min and Tommy scared of the big bad wolf? Cause that night was only a little taste of what happens when people piss me off. It only happens occasionally though, except if someone puts hands on my mate. Then I will promise you all fucking hell can and will break lose. And I make no guarantee there'll be any survivors if that happens." He finished with sending a wink at them but his eyes held a darker promise that they had never seen before but had come to expect with his transition from the frail deathly ill boy that they had saved to the powerful Alpha wolf that would give anything to protect his mate at all costs.
With a nod of understanding, Thomas and Minho looked at each before shooting Newt a nervous but curious look. Newt quirked an eyebrow at them both in question and deadpanned his answer. "You look like you want to bloody say something. So just come out with it already." Thomas gulped before asking with a shaky voice. "If you're this bad when you get pissed, how bad is Hope going to be if we end up really pissing her off? She looks all sweet and innocent now, but you're a perfect match to each other so we can't help but be wanting to prepare for the start of world war III if she gets mad at one of us." Newt cracked a smile before his eyes fell back on his little mate with a loving and proud look. He spoke with his voice soft and light but with a tone full of confidence. "Well as you've noticed she's pretty calm even when she's stressed out a lot. I doubt she'll ever lose her cool enough to seriously wolf out on any of us, but one day when she's pregnant with pups she'll be very overprotective and will probably attack anything that comes within five miles of her. She'll be in wolf form for the majority of her pregnancy because of the overdose of hormones in her system so I can't guarantee exactly how she'll react to anything so we'll just proceed with the utmost caution I suppose."
Gally who had been listening to the entire conversation finally decided to speak up upon hearing them talking about Hope's future. His voice was stern and serious but quiet enough that it wouldn't draw the attention of the girls. "
We won't need to be worrying about that for quite some time as she's still very young to be getting pregnant, which you will be very careful to not let happen until she's ready and willing. But when that time does come, we will be just as overprotective of her as she will be if not more so. And I promise you that she'll be the most pampered little wolf that ever existed and we will make sure that she's always comfortable and safe with one of us with her at all times. She will definitely be scared and unsure of what's going on when she is in her wolf form for most of her pregnancy so we will have to reassure her and be on guard for any negative side effects that this may have on her until she's ready to give birth. And even then we'll have pitch in to make sure everything goes as smoothly and as comfortable as possible for her."
Gally and Newt both locked eyes and a silent promise was spoken between them as they turned their gazes back upon Hope who was laughing and writing notes to the girls with happy vigor. Both continue to watch her until she looks over and notices both of them with their gazes locked on her. Smiling she scooted over right next to Gally, leaning in and burying her head in his shoulder before wrapping her arms around his torso. Gally smiled softly and wrapped a protective arm around her waist stroking her hair gently before dropping a sweet brotherly kiss on top of her head. Then Hope looked up and locked eyes with Newt smiling and winking at him playfully. Newt chuckled lightly and shook his head while rolling his eyes before blowing her a kiss as she pretended to catch it and place it on her cheek.
Minho voice broke through the haze of strong emotions that were floating from one person to the next as he crossed his arms and shifted his weight to his other foot. "Well now that were all peachy keen with everyone again why don't you and Hope take the day off and spend some quality time together. I know all this stuff after the gathering must have had some type of negative effect on Hope. I think you should definitely try and remedy that by giving her lots of cuddles and love today. Thomas, I think you and Brenda should spend the day with Newt and Hope making sure they're all right. Both of you have the day off as well. We'll all meet up back here for dinner later tonight. Maybe we could talk the girls into eating dinner while watching the sun set on the cliffs by the beach. You all behave yourselves and try not to have too much frickin fun without me." Newt and Thomas smiled widely and nodded in agreement before going over to their respective girlfriends and letting them know the plans for the day before they got up and ran off to see what kind of fun they could get into today without breaking too many rules. This day was just going to get better and better, Newt thought as he walked hand in hand with Hope off to their next adventure.
