I do not speak Italian so anything written here in Italian was translated on Altavista.com, so if its wrong and doesn't make sense please tell me...maybe you can help me correct it. Thanks for the reviews and I'll try to update as quick as I could but I am a full time college students so papers and work tend to occupy much of my time but that's for all your motivation it continues to inspire me.
Chapter Six
Ruby walked down stairs and glanced into the living room. She saw the TV was on mute and heard Sophia on the phone, "Sì, lo zio I capisce e sono molto spiacente io non sarò attendence all'università ma Firenze non è il giusto posto affinchè me sia."
Walking into the living room, she watched as Sophia motioned for her to be quiet. "E che cosa circa Sophia successivo? Ho farlo tenerli iscrizione fino a che non sia più conveniente per voi," A strong baritone voice rang through the speaker phone.
Sophia sighed before she began, "It può mai essere... zio Michael, dovremo rifinire questa discussione più successivamente che devo prendere la cura di un certo commercio ora dò la zia Rosalind ed i vostri capretti un bacio per me. Dica al headmaster che gli avrò lle scuse convenzionali per nella posta presto. Amili "
"Ti amo ugualmente speranza che di Sophia I conoscete che cosa vostro fare. Arrivederci." The Baritone voice answered and them she heard the dial tone. "What language?"
"That was difficult. That as my uncle he teaches astronomy in Florence." Sophia said hanging up the phone on their end. "Italian, it is a requirement to go to the University of Florence that one speaks perfect Italian. A teacher from UniFi was flown to Seattle by my uncle to test me to see if I spoke Italian well enough to attend. Not that it matters now since I won't be attending."
"Another experience lost to tradition," Ruby grumbled as she plopped unto the sofa. The cabin was quiet with the exception of the shower running upstairs, John was in the shower. Ruby smiled at that thought. He arrived at a quarter to 12, Ruby was alone in the cabin anxious for his arrival. She had been alone since 11:30, Sophia had gone down the end of the grounds near the highway to wait for him. Those were the longest fifteen minutes in her life, all thoughts and doubts about Sophia's plan started to spring up in her head. The 'what ifs' sang through her mind -- what if he was followed; what if he doesn't understand; what if he does understand and won't accept it...they ended when he walked through the door behind Sophia dropped his bags and hugged her. The minute she felt his strong loving arms wrapped around him as he kissed her and heard him whisper how much he loved her in her ear...she knew everything would be fine especially after they had to be reminded by Sophia that the bedrooms were upstairs and the hall was no place for what they had started. The VCR clock read 2:30 and she was blissfully happy for the first time in weeks, glancing over at Sophia she was the crushed expression on her face. "He didn't call did he?" Ruby asked as she watched Sophia staring at the cell phone in her hand.
"No, he didn't but that's okay I'll see him later today." Sophia said dejectedly as she put her phone on the coffee table and unmuted the TV, "You two are a bit loud...did you get a chance to talk to him?"
"No, not yet." Ruby said quietly as she heard the shower shut off. "I was going to do it now."
"Don't forget he can't tell anyone about this place and the two of you can't leave it not even to go to town. I'll bring groceries up for as long as your here." Sophia reminded her just as quietly, "Do you trust you brother? Can I bring him here? If you say no I'll take him straight to Seattle, my mother had an apartment there that is now mine."
"I know my brother loves me and you but he has a loyalty to the pack. Ask him honestly if you don't like his answer take him straight to Seattle if you do bring him here...I would like to see my brother." Ruby answered her as she rose from the couch. "Whatever you decide I'll support you." She said reaching for Sophia but she pulled away.
"Don't touch me. I can't have your smell on me if I go back to Wolf Lake." Sophia explained at Ruby's hurt expression. Sophia walked over to the TV and shut it manually not bothering to shut off the tape. She smiled at Ruby as she passed her grabbing her keys and cell phone as she passed. "Grab a jacket." She heard Ruby call as she passed when she was in the hall. Grabbing the matching bomber to the one Luke purchased. She threw it on and yelled, "Good Luck!"
Sophia didn't hear Ruby's reply as she started down the path to the Trooper. The garage was at the base of the hill which was only a 10 minute walk down. Then it was a smooth drive to the road, so within 20 minutes Sophia was on her way to Wolf Lake with a thousands questions on how this conversation was going to begin and even more on how it would end. The Scenery blurred by as Sophia drove past two counties and into Wolf Lake, her body was on a strange autopilot like her instincts were leading her and when she stopped she was shocked to find herself directly in front of Luke's house, her cell phone in her hand and it was ringing. "You want to die its past 3 in the morning." Luke's voice answered in an angry rasp through the phone.
"I should leave then." Sophia replied getting out of the Trooper and sitting on the hood. The heat from its engine penetrated her pajama pants, she took off her jacket and used it as a pillow for her head as she leaned back against the windshield. "I can leave you know all I have to do is start the car."
"Sophia! Where are you?" Luke asked both excited and disgruntled. "Don't you dare leave!"
She smiled as she heard something slam open and closed and the rustle of clothes, "I'm sitting outside your house. How fast can you pack an over night bag for a few days and get your ass down here?" She smiled as she heard the phone fall and Luke cursing. She heard more slamming and something heavy falling on the floor before she heard the phone disconnect. Looking towards the door she watched as Luke came out the front door carrying his book bag, his shirt, the jacket and his sneakers as he walked towards her. He was dressed in a pair of dark green pajama pants, his hair was a mess and his face had a fierce passionate look....God he looked good. "That was quick. I would have given you more time."
"Give you a chance to disappear again. I don't think so." Luke growled out when he was close enough. He dropped his stuff on the hood and pulled Sophia off the hood and into his arms. Sophia listened as he took a deep breath, she knew he was checking the scents on her, his possessive need to be the only male she touched or that touched her. "You smell great." He told her nuzzling her neck.
"We have to talk." Sophia told him pulling away as he started to kiss her neck. "Get in. We're going for a drive. You deserve an explanation and I have questions I need answered." Sophia grabbed her coat and his bag tossing them in the back seat as she entered on the driver's side. She slipped into the seat and buckled her seat belt. "Coming?"
Luke reluctantly entered on the passenger side carrying his shirt, coat and shoes, "Am I allowed to know where we are going?"
"That depends." Sophia answered him as she starting the Trooper and pulling out of Luke's driveway and away from his house.
"On?" Luke asked as he looked around. He watched as Sophia pulled unto the main road out of Wolf Lake.
"When did you decide to hate who I was?" Sophia asked changing the subject. She wasn't ready for that question not when there were so many important ones that needed to be asked. "And what was so wrong with me that I wasn't even worth being civil to? I was your friend, the first girl friend, both words being exclusive to the other of course. More importantly you were my best friend, my mother made you cookies and you used to visit my house to play and you went from that to asshole in one summer."
"You hadn't flipped and didn't show signs-" Luke began.
"Do you know I didn't even know what flipping was until I came back from my vacation with my uncle and his family? Of course you know where I went if you watched the DVDs I had made for you...at the time they were tapes. I felt bad you weren't allowed to come with me when I spent the summer in Florida so I taped everything I did, all my visits to Disney world, Epcot, universal studies, sea world, the cruise just so you'd feel like you were there with me. I wanted you to feel like you were there. I thought that would make you missing the trip better but silly little Sophia didn't have a clue that her best friend would flip and stab her in the back." Sophia laughed humorously causing Luke to cringe, "After that first day, you know the one where you called me half-breed. I went home crying and asked my dad why you were acting like that. He had to explain the flip to me. My mother and him decided not to explain it to me when I was younger in case I never flipped so I wouldn't feel like I was lacking in anyway but of course that didn't matter cause I had the big bad hill kids to make me feel that way anyway." Sophia took a deep breath trying to calm herself when she felt Luke's hand on her arm, "Don't touch me. Not until you can answer my questions to my satisfaction."
"Then give me a chance to." Luke said evenly pulling a paper out of his coat, "I'll start with your letter. Presley is a bitch-"
"That you were fucking." Sophia interrupted turning off the main road unto another. She wasn't going to go anywhere near the cabin until she was sure she could trust him.
"And you're not a novelty. You could never be a novelty you are my friend and special to me. She's just jealous because she's always known that the minute you flipped I'd drop her to be with you...even when we were younger I always wanted to be around you more than I ever wanted to be around her." Luke continued knowing responding to her interruption was pointless. "If you were ever mine I'd be completely Faithful to you."
Sophia swerved unto the side of the road and put the trooper in park, "THAT IS SUCH FUCKING BULLSHIT!" She pushed the chair back and giving her plenty of room to face him, "You're a lying. Me flipping had nothing to do with what you did. Sara and a few others still remained friends with me after their flip to the extent they were willing to spy on their Alpha for a just flipped half-breed. If you wanted me you should have stood by me as my friend, I would have taken a secret friendship something that was hidden in the shadows just to remain your friend. I loved you, you were the first person on the hill to smile at me at school or try to be my friend. You even bought me lunch one time when someone stole mine. You said hello when no one else would look at me."
Luke watched as Sophia's eyes were a bright gold even as the tears filled up in them. He could smell her sadness and pain, when he remembered what Sherman said about feeling lost and alone. Everyone until their flip was part of the pack, more so after but Sophia never felt part of them and now she had no choice but to be part of them. "You don't trust us, more importantly me. What do I have to do?" He reached out and wiped away her tears, she didn't pull away but leaned into his hand.
"The Pack took you from me I want you back and I want you to be mine. Only mine, no flirting, no Presley, no hill bimbos, no older bitches...I know about Nancy." Sophia watched as Luke flinched, "Mine. I want you to trust me to keep us safe. Trust my judgment and not betray me ever."
"You're asking me to give up my loyalty to the pack?" Luke bit out his eyes golden with anger and betrayal. He pulled away from Sophia as much as he wanted her he couldn't do that.
"No because the minute you're mine and I'm yours. You are the pack, then I'll let you teach me how to be the pack. Your rules, your standards and what you consider proper pack behavior-within reason of course-I'll let you teach me. BUT before that can happen I have to trust you. So can you do what I asked or are my demands too unreasonable to agree to?"
Sophia watched Luke carefully his eyes weren't glowing as intently as before but they were still observing her in a way that made her uncomfortable. She wanted him to agree. She wanted him to be with her but she didn't want to force him into something he couldn't commit to her. "I have so much I want to show you, Luke. There is so much I can give to both you and the pack but I want you in my corner."
"Is anything you're going to do or that you're hiding from us going to endanger us in any way?" Luke asked her.
"It was my mother's the pack has no right to it." Sophia answered vaguely. She wanted to tell him about Ruby, she knew how much he loved his sister but she couldn't betray her friend and confidant even to appease her brother. "Can you trust my judgment? If you can I'm going to take you someplace special but when I do you have to promise never to reveal what is there or where it is to anyone including your mother? If not I'm going to take you to Seattle and I'll show you what my mother's legacy to me is?" Sophia waited quietly for Luke's answer. This was her test to him, it was in her scent she was testing him and she knew it. She could smell her own emotions so she knew he had too-lust, fear, challenge, hope and maybe even love.
Luke was quiet for a long while and Sophia could sense his questions as she readjusted her seat and got ready to drive to either Seattle or the cabin. Without words Luke answered her and she started the trooper and drove off.
Chapter Six
Ruby walked down stairs and glanced into the living room. She saw the TV was on mute and heard Sophia on the phone, "Sì, lo zio I capisce e sono molto spiacente io non sarò attendence all'università ma Firenze non è il giusto posto affinchè me sia."
Walking into the living room, she watched as Sophia motioned for her to be quiet. "E che cosa circa Sophia successivo? Ho farlo tenerli iscrizione fino a che non sia più conveniente per voi," A strong baritone voice rang through the speaker phone.
Sophia sighed before she began, "It può mai essere... zio Michael, dovremo rifinire questa discussione più successivamente che devo prendere la cura di un certo commercio ora dò la zia Rosalind ed i vostri capretti un bacio per me. Dica al headmaster che gli avrò lle scuse convenzionali per nella posta presto. Amili "
"Ti amo ugualmente speranza che di Sophia I conoscete che cosa vostro fare. Arrivederci." The Baritone voice answered and them she heard the dial tone. "What language?"
"That was difficult. That as my uncle he teaches astronomy in Florence." Sophia said hanging up the phone on their end. "Italian, it is a requirement to go to the University of Florence that one speaks perfect Italian. A teacher from UniFi was flown to Seattle by my uncle to test me to see if I spoke Italian well enough to attend. Not that it matters now since I won't be attending."
"Another experience lost to tradition," Ruby grumbled as she plopped unto the sofa. The cabin was quiet with the exception of the shower running upstairs, John was in the shower. Ruby smiled at that thought. He arrived at a quarter to 12, Ruby was alone in the cabin anxious for his arrival. She had been alone since 11:30, Sophia had gone down the end of the grounds near the highway to wait for him. Those were the longest fifteen minutes in her life, all thoughts and doubts about Sophia's plan started to spring up in her head. The 'what ifs' sang through her mind -- what if he was followed; what if he doesn't understand; what if he does understand and won't accept it...they ended when he walked through the door behind Sophia dropped his bags and hugged her. The minute she felt his strong loving arms wrapped around him as he kissed her and heard him whisper how much he loved her in her ear...she knew everything would be fine especially after they had to be reminded by Sophia that the bedrooms were upstairs and the hall was no place for what they had started. The VCR clock read 2:30 and she was blissfully happy for the first time in weeks, glancing over at Sophia she was the crushed expression on her face. "He didn't call did he?" Ruby asked as she watched Sophia staring at the cell phone in her hand.
"No, he didn't but that's okay I'll see him later today." Sophia said dejectedly as she put her phone on the coffee table and unmuted the TV, "You two are a bit loud...did you get a chance to talk to him?"
"No, not yet." Ruby said quietly as she heard the shower shut off. "I was going to do it now."
"Don't forget he can't tell anyone about this place and the two of you can't leave it not even to go to town. I'll bring groceries up for as long as your here." Sophia reminded her just as quietly, "Do you trust you brother? Can I bring him here? If you say no I'll take him straight to Seattle, my mother had an apartment there that is now mine."
"I know my brother loves me and you but he has a loyalty to the pack. Ask him honestly if you don't like his answer take him straight to Seattle if you do bring him here...I would like to see my brother." Ruby answered her as she rose from the couch. "Whatever you decide I'll support you." She said reaching for Sophia but she pulled away.
"Don't touch me. I can't have your smell on me if I go back to Wolf Lake." Sophia explained at Ruby's hurt expression. Sophia walked over to the TV and shut it manually not bothering to shut off the tape. She smiled at Ruby as she passed her grabbing her keys and cell phone as she passed. "Grab a jacket." She heard Ruby call as she passed when she was in the hall. Grabbing the matching bomber to the one Luke purchased. She threw it on and yelled, "Good Luck!"
Sophia didn't hear Ruby's reply as she started down the path to the Trooper. The garage was at the base of the hill which was only a 10 minute walk down. Then it was a smooth drive to the road, so within 20 minutes Sophia was on her way to Wolf Lake with a thousands questions on how this conversation was going to begin and even more on how it would end. The Scenery blurred by as Sophia drove past two counties and into Wolf Lake, her body was on a strange autopilot like her instincts were leading her and when she stopped she was shocked to find herself directly in front of Luke's house, her cell phone in her hand and it was ringing. "You want to die its past 3 in the morning." Luke's voice answered in an angry rasp through the phone.
"I should leave then." Sophia replied getting out of the Trooper and sitting on the hood. The heat from its engine penetrated her pajama pants, she took off her jacket and used it as a pillow for her head as she leaned back against the windshield. "I can leave you know all I have to do is start the car."
"Sophia! Where are you?" Luke asked both excited and disgruntled. "Don't you dare leave!"
She smiled as she heard something slam open and closed and the rustle of clothes, "I'm sitting outside your house. How fast can you pack an over night bag for a few days and get your ass down here?" She smiled as she heard the phone fall and Luke cursing. She heard more slamming and something heavy falling on the floor before she heard the phone disconnect. Looking towards the door she watched as Luke came out the front door carrying his book bag, his shirt, the jacket and his sneakers as he walked towards her. He was dressed in a pair of dark green pajama pants, his hair was a mess and his face had a fierce passionate look....God he looked good. "That was quick. I would have given you more time."
"Give you a chance to disappear again. I don't think so." Luke growled out when he was close enough. He dropped his stuff on the hood and pulled Sophia off the hood and into his arms. Sophia listened as he took a deep breath, she knew he was checking the scents on her, his possessive need to be the only male she touched or that touched her. "You smell great." He told her nuzzling her neck.
"We have to talk." Sophia told him pulling away as he started to kiss her neck. "Get in. We're going for a drive. You deserve an explanation and I have questions I need answered." Sophia grabbed her coat and his bag tossing them in the back seat as she entered on the driver's side. She slipped into the seat and buckled her seat belt. "Coming?"
Luke reluctantly entered on the passenger side carrying his shirt, coat and shoes, "Am I allowed to know where we are going?"
"That depends." Sophia answered him as she starting the Trooper and pulling out of Luke's driveway and away from his house.
"On?" Luke asked as he looked around. He watched as Sophia pulled unto the main road out of Wolf Lake.
"When did you decide to hate who I was?" Sophia asked changing the subject. She wasn't ready for that question not when there were so many important ones that needed to be asked. "And what was so wrong with me that I wasn't even worth being civil to? I was your friend, the first girl friend, both words being exclusive to the other of course. More importantly you were my best friend, my mother made you cookies and you used to visit my house to play and you went from that to asshole in one summer."
"You hadn't flipped and didn't show signs-" Luke began.
"Do you know I didn't even know what flipping was until I came back from my vacation with my uncle and his family? Of course you know where I went if you watched the DVDs I had made for you...at the time they were tapes. I felt bad you weren't allowed to come with me when I spent the summer in Florida so I taped everything I did, all my visits to Disney world, Epcot, universal studies, sea world, the cruise just so you'd feel like you were there with me. I wanted you to feel like you were there. I thought that would make you missing the trip better but silly little Sophia didn't have a clue that her best friend would flip and stab her in the back." Sophia laughed humorously causing Luke to cringe, "After that first day, you know the one where you called me half-breed. I went home crying and asked my dad why you were acting like that. He had to explain the flip to me. My mother and him decided not to explain it to me when I was younger in case I never flipped so I wouldn't feel like I was lacking in anyway but of course that didn't matter cause I had the big bad hill kids to make me feel that way anyway." Sophia took a deep breath trying to calm herself when she felt Luke's hand on her arm, "Don't touch me. Not until you can answer my questions to my satisfaction."
"Then give me a chance to." Luke said evenly pulling a paper out of his coat, "I'll start with your letter. Presley is a bitch-"
"That you were fucking." Sophia interrupted turning off the main road unto another. She wasn't going to go anywhere near the cabin until she was sure she could trust him.
"And you're not a novelty. You could never be a novelty you are my friend and special to me. She's just jealous because she's always known that the minute you flipped I'd drop her to be with you...even when we were younger I always wanted to be around you more than I ever wanted to be around her." Luke continued knowing responding to her interruption was pointless. "If you were ever mine I'd be completely Faithful to you."
Sophia swerved unto the side of the road and put the trooper in park, "THAT IS SUCH FUCKING BULLSHIT!" She pushed the chair back and giving her plenty of room to face him, "You're a lying. Me flipping had nothing to do with what you did. Sara and a few others still remained friends with me after their flip to the extent they were willing to spy on their Alpha for a just flipped half-breed. If you wanted me you should have stood by me as my friend, I would have taken a secret friendship something that was hidden in the shadows just to remain your friend. I loved you, you were the first person on the hill to smile at me at school or try to be my friend. You even bought me lunch one time when someone stole mine. You said hello when no one else would look at me."
Luke watched as Sophia's eyes were a bright gold even as the tears filled up in them. He could smell her sadness and pain, when he remembered what Sherman said about feeling lost and alone. Everyone until their flip was part of the pack, more so after but Sophia never felt part of them and now she had no choice but to be part of them. "You don't trust us, more importantly me. What do I have to do?" He reached out and wiped away her tears, she didn't pull away but leaned into his hand.
"The Pack took you from me I want you back and I want you to be mine. Only mine, no flirting, no Presley, no hill bimbos, no older bitches...I know about Nancy." Sophia watched as Luke flinched, "Mine. I want you to trust me to keep us safe. Trust my judgment and not betray me ever."
"You're asking me to give up my loyalty to the pack?" Luke bit out his eyes golden with anger and betrayal. He pulled away from Sophia as much as he wanted her he couldn't do that.
"No because the minute you're mine and I'm yours. You are the pack, then I'll let you teach me how to be the pack. Your rules, your standards and what you consider proper pack behavior-within reason of course-I'll let you teach me. BUT before that can happen I have to trust you. So can you do what I asked or are my demands too unreasonable to agree to?"
Sophia watched Luke carefully his eyes weren't glowing as intently as before but they were still observing her in a way that made her uncomfortable. She wanted him to agree. She wanted him to be with her but she didn't want to force him into something he couldn't commit to her. "I have so much I want to show you, Luke. There is so much I can give to both you and the pack but I want you in my corner."
"Is anything you're going to do or that you're hiding from us going to endanger us in any way?" Luke asked her.
"It was my mother's the pack has no right to it." Sophia answered vaguely. She wanted to tell him about Ruby, she knew how much he loved his sister but she couldn't betray her friend and confidant even to appease her brother. "Can you trust my judgment? If you can I'm going to take you someplace special but when I do you have to promise never to reveal what is there or where it is to anyone including your mother? If not I'm going to take you to Seattle and I'll show you what my mother's legacy to me is?" Sophia waited quietly for Luke's answer. This was her test to him, it was in her scent she was testing him and she knew it. She could smell her own emotions so she knew he had too-lust, fear, challenge, hope and maybe even love.
Luke was quiet for a long while and Sophia could sense his questions as she readjusted her seat and got ready to drive to either Seattle or the cabin. Without words Luke answered her and she started the trooper and drove off.