(51) prom and pain
Waking up to find her hair full of twigs and mud Kerri moaned and attempted to disentangle her long hair.
"Sit still, I'll get them out for you" Jamie offered coming closer and kissing her on the shoulder
"Thanks, think we'll be home in time for prom?" Kerri asked quietly
"Maybe," Jamie shrugged "I have something to ask you Kerri,"
"Okay …" Kerri murmured as she lay back against Jamie
"I want Kaiya to come back with us" Jamie mumbled
Sitting up abruptly, Kerri felt her hackles rise and fear swell in her stomach, jealousy being a cruel tormentor.
"Kerri," Jamie whispered pulling her close again "she has to find a mate and there are no men here for her, if she doesn't find a mate she be overturned as alpha or worse"
"I understand but you square it with Viv, I don't want to be in more trouble than I already am" Kerri said quietly handing Jamie her phone
"Aww come on Kerri please, don't make me do this" Jamie whined
"You want to save her, you square it with Viv and find her somewhere to stay," Kerri said as she stood and brushed the mud off her jeans
"I'll get it" Spencer hollered up the stairs reaching for the cordless phone that was on the small table at the bottom of the stairs. "Hello"
"Hey, can I speak to Viv please Spence" Jamie mumbled
"Yep" Spence replied before shouting as loud as he could of Viv and putting the phone gently on the table and heading towards the door.
"There is no need to holler like a five year old…" Viv started to lecture before realising he had already slipped out the kitchen door.
"Hello, Vivian Cates speaking" Viv spoke in a crisp tone
"Viv, its Jamie I have a huge favour to ask can I bring a friend to stay in town until winter please?" Jamie rambled crossing his fingers and smiling at Kerri as she tried to brush the mud of her jeans
"Who and why and where exactly is this person going to stay?" Viv asked hoping he wouldn't say the manor
"Her name is Kaiya, she's an alpha female for her generation in my dads pack but has no mate, and well that's why she'd be in town and I was hoping we could find her somewhere to stay in town, I'm sure she'd work for her keep. Please Viv, she needs this" Jamie ran off without taking much time to breathe.
"Okay bring her home with you," Viv agreed "but she works at a job within my control and we'll do what we can for her okay, if she gets into trouble she goes home" Viv explained
"I'll make sure she understands that, thank you Viv" Jamie replied
"I'll see you when you get here"
"We'll have to head out into the open for my papa to pick us up" Kerri said quietly slipping her shoes back onto her feet
"You're upset with me?" Jamie asked pulling her into a hug
"No Jamie, I just want to go home, and have something to eat and a long soak in the tub" Kerri replied 'it's too loud here I can't block them out and I want them all to shut up' Kerri explained mentally, 'there's too many thoughts too much noise' Kerri whimpered as he wrapped his arms around her
'I love you' Jamie whispered vocally and mentally, rubbing his nose against hers trying to get her to smile
'I love you too Jamie' Kerri replied sticking her tongue out and licking his jaw
Glancing at her watch Kerri sighed and jumped on the spot, it was warmer in the trees but if they waited near the pack her papa wouldn't turn up, it wouldn't be safe for him.
"Have you any idea how out of place you look?" Jamie asked the sight of him without a top on making her want to drag back into the trees, "you stand out a mile" he laughed
"I could say the same about you" Kerri replied "why on earth would a guy wander the Canadian forests in only jeans and trainers with an mp3 player hanging around his neck?"
"I wasn't wandering the Canadian forests I was getting in touch with nature!" Jamie laughed
"We were close enough in Wolf Lake Jamie; I was close enough in San Francisco, we are part of nature"
"Everyone is" Kaiya answered standing beside Jamie wearing his tee shirt as a dress
"Yeah some more than others though" Kerri replied "that is it I officially hate it here" snapped Kerri and she created herself a thick coat out of thin air
"Impressive my child I'm pleased to see your skills have developed" whispered Malik as he appeared in front of them
"Papa!" squealed Kerri as she ran into his arms and he spun her around as if she were still only a small child
"Perhaps you could create your pretty friend some trousers and your mate a top?" Malik suggested
"I'm not that strong" Kerri mumbled
"Then perhaps I should then we can be on our way" replied Malik and a thick jumper appeared in Jamie's arms and trousers appeared at Kaiya's feet
"Thank you" Kerri whispered
Arriving with a thump on her bedroom floor Kerri immediately took in the fact that all her Chinese furniture had been arranged as she had sketched. Running out of the room and into the hall way she ran into Viv, wrapping her arms around her she squeezed not wanting to let go.
"Welcome home Kerri" Viv said in reply in response to Kerri's hug, smiling at Jamie, as he stepped forward "welcome Kaiya, lets get you some clothes and then arrange somewhere for you to stay" Viv coaxed ushering Kaiya from the room.
"Thanks for bringing us home papa, you should get home now though before the sun gets too hot" Kerri suggested as she lay on her bed, her eyelids drooping and sleep starting to take over.
"Yeah thanks Malik," Jamie answered as he curled up on the bed next to Kerri, and started to fall asleep too.
Stifling a yawn Kaiya looked down at the new clothes given to her, they were soft and comfortable and Kaiya couldn't help but feel comfortable and at home in this very loud house. Following her nose led her to a kitchen with two other skin walker teenagers and two adults talking vocally and eating food and drinking a black liquid.
"Coffee and bacon butties" Kerri explained as he headed into the kitchen behind Kaiya and grabbed a bun with bacon in and discarded the bread, crunching and mmmm-ing at the food, "shouldn't you two be at school?" Kerri asked sticking her tongue out at Sophia and Caitlyn as she climbed up to sit on the table
"Prom committee meeting in 30 minutes no classes for us today and you might want to get off that table before you're grounded for even longer." Caitlyn explained
"Okay…" Kerri shrugged "never imagined you two being in control of a prom" Kerri said quietly shaking her head. "So what time is prom?"
"7:30 start in the main hall, there's a rave after for us lot but I doubt Viv and my dad will let you come." Sophia explained as she put her cup in the sink, "will you and Jamie be coming in to school today?"
"Probably not, and it doesn't really matter about the rave I'm not too fussed." Kerri reasoned, taking a slurp of the thick coffee making a face at Matt.
"Kaiya why don't you come with Matt and I?" Viv asked "and we will find you somewhere to stay and buy you some more clothes." Viv coaxed picking up her car keys from the fruit bowl.
Waking up alone Jamie decided to run a bath and put on some music, selecting a CD with only the words mix fourteen on it from Kerri's CD case and turning it up loud Jamie was pleased to hear 'bouncing off the walls again' by sugarcult.
Running up the stair to her room Kerri burst through the door singing at the top of her lungs "I don't care cos I'm still here and I've got nothing else to lose"
"With all the years I've wasted on you," Jamie joined in laughing at Kerri as she bounced around her room throwing herself at the walls
'I've missed you Kerri Blackstone" Jamie whispered quietly just loud enough for Kerri to hear
"Missed you too Jamie Sullivan" Kerri replied sitting on the floor beside the bath tub and dangling her fingers in. "hey we have the house to ourselves" Kerri said out loud as she took off her vest top and jeans and clambered into the bath with him,
"Just what do think you're doing missy?" Jamie asked jokingly kissing Kerri's shoulders making his way up her neck his arms snaking around her middle to hold her close
'Getting comfortable' Kerri murmured privately as she lay back against his chest and allowed the warm water to sooth her,
Watching the hustle and bustle of Wolf Lake Kaiya was amazed at how many people humans and wolven alike lived here, her home town of Cheshire had only about 300 residents and they were all pack members, here there had to be over 1,000 people and they all seemed to get along.
"I'll
take you to meet Mrs potter first she's a nice woman, has two grown
children who are away at college at the moment, you should be okay
with her," Matt explained lea
"Thanks, about money is there a
particular job you'd like me to do, Jamie told me you wanted me to
work under your control." Kaiya asked quietly
"I'll give you
a weeks grace to find your feet in this town and to get to know you a
little" Viv answered smiling gently at Kaiya
"Thank you" Kaiya whispered
Grabbing towels from the towel warmer Kerri handed one to Jamie and quickly wrapped hers around her body and padded into her room, swaying to the beat of the music, shocked to find it was already 6pm. "You know how I feel, it's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me, and I'm feeling good" Kerri sung quietly dropping her towel to the floor, opening her wardrobe still swaying gently.
"Umm Kerri…" Jamie mumbled
"Yuh-huh" Kerri replied
"Umm... I'm going to be late for prom" Jamie said quietly
"You're going to go see her," Kerri answered for him, not wanting to turn and look at him,
"Yes" Jamie whispered
"I'll leave your dress pants and jacket in the wardrobe then." Kerri said quietly trying to control her jealousy
Walking down the stairs to join the group in the living room Kerri felt excited, Viv and Matt had booked them a limo and there would be finger food left in the kitchen for when they got in.
"Is Jamie not coming with us?" Sophia asked
"No" Kerri replied barely containing her anger in the one syllable word. "He'll be joining us later"
"Let me get a photo of you together" Viv asked "this won't happen again"
"There'll be another prom you know mom" Luke laughed
"Just let me get a photo of you all!" Viv laughed as she took frame after frame
Following his instincts led him to a small house in the middle of town, knocking gently on the door he was greeting with a warm smile,
"I had wondered how long it would take for young men to come sniffing, come in come in, I'll go tell her she has a visitor" Mrs Potter gushed.
Walking into the home Jamie saw lots of photos dotted all over the walls and surfaces,
"That's my son and daughter, they're away training to be doctors at the moment, when they were little I took as many photos as I could afford never knew if… you know… "
"I know" Jamie's answered
"Jamie" Kaiya said happily as she walked into the room "I wasn't expecting visitors just yet" Kaiya said motioning to her baggy tee-shirt and jeans
"I was wondering if you wanted to take a walk with me" Jamie mumbled
"Yeah sure, where's Kerri?" Kaiya asked as she tied her long hair back with a hair tie Mrs Potter had given her earlier
"Getting ready for prom it takes her ages" Jamie half lied
"Ok" Kaiya replied picking up on the small lie but not wanting to spend her evening alone
Sophia had outdone her pervious party planning with the May Queen prom, the hall was decorated with pale pink balloons and streamers a bubble machine slowly made bubbles that floated among the guests. And Caitlyn had organised and helped prepare and amazing array of food with Chinese, Indian, Japanese and Cantonese dishes as well as finger food like sausage rolls and small sandwiches there was even a barbeque out side in the courtyard serving burgers and chicken legs and chops. Luke mouth was watering at the smells wafting in from outside, there was already a long queue.
Kerri couldn't help but laugh slightly at the song playing, Alone by Heart. The DJ so far had had a knack for picking up on what to play, and the night had almost been fun till now, the food was amazing and the main hall looked like a ballroom from a fairytale but the night was almost over and still Jamie hadn't arrived and Kerri had swayed from anger to hurt and to top it off for some strange reason she felt aroused. Her palms were sweaty, she couldn't swallow, her breathing quickened to the point of almost hyper ventilating, images flashing in front of her eyes, two bodies joined together, long dark hair, claws running down a mans back , Jamie back. Thankful for sitting in the darkened corner of the room Kerri tried to calm herself; aware of people looking over Kerri made her way out of a side door and sat at one of the many picnic tables in the main courtyard. The images still coming hard and fast like her breathing. The trees all around, the smell of the wood, the gasps, the pants, the rush of an orgasm, the way it hits you hard, a whispered thank you, a whispered name. Kaiya.
