Chapter 21: Together
It was Wednesday afternoon and Sean stood outside Sophia's house debating whether he should knock or not. He didn't want to disturb anything that might be going on so he sent a signal that he was outside. Now he stood waiting for an answer, leaning against the side of his truck. In a few moments he heard Lucas respond that he should come in to the house.
Lucas had swung open the front door as Sean reached the porch, wearing only a blue bathrobe. Sean smirked at him as he entered the house.
"I hope I didn't disturb anything," Sean said as he looked around for any sign of Sophia.
Lucas shut the door behind him. "Of course you did, but that's cool. I can tell you have some things on your mind. So what's up?"
Now Sophia came down the stairs, dressed in her robe as well. "Hi Sean," she smiled at him.
"Hey Sophia," he said in greeting, watching as she walked up to Lucas and wrapped both her arms around his waist. Lucas wrapped his arms around her as well and kissed the top of her head. They look really happy together, Sean thought. Watching them embracing each other and the obvious look of contentment on their faces, gave Sean a stab of longing for the same thing. Sarah immediately came to his mind as the female he'd like to be holding like that right now.
"First there's this," Sean handing Lucas some papers.
"What's this?" Lucas asked.
"Teachers have been handing me the assignments you've been missing," Sean answered, already knowing how Lucas would respond to that.
"Fuck that, I've more important things to do," he said, bending down and giving Sophia a kiss on her lips. Sophia giggled and then pulled her head away slightly.
"We probably should do some, we don't want to fall behind and have to go to summer school," she reminded him.
Lucas frowned, "Well, maybe."
Sean wanted to smile, seeing Lucas so whipped. He had a feeling that Sophia could get him to do just about anything. Sean started to think that if he ever needed to request something, he should go through Sophia first.
"So tell me that you didn't come over just about that," Lucas said.
"There is one more thing… Presley. She wants to know if she is shunned or not."
Lucas sighed. He really did not think about that situation at all.
Sophia looked up into his face, thinking about what happened as well.
Being shunned sounded so harsh to her. Yes, Presley was a mean bitch and she deserved what she got that night, but Sophia knew that the only harm done that night was to Presley. Presley was no longer lead female and Sophia knew that it must be a blow to her ego.
Sophia shook her head. "Don't Lucas. Please don't give the order. She has been punished enough."
Lucas smiled down at her, giving the top of her head another kiss, "You've got a big heart Sophia, and a fair one." Now he looked at Sean. "Tell Presley that she is not shunned but she better drop her grudge and show Sophia the respect she deserves."
Sean nodded in agreement. "Well, I'll let you two get back to whatever it was you were doing. Hope your feeling better soon Sophia," Sean laughed.
"Hey, shut the hell up! There will be no getting better soon!" Lucas replied, lightheartedly.
Sophia laughed and opened the front door for him. "Bye Sean, tell Sarah I said hi."
"I will," he winked at her and left them alone once again.
As soon as she closed the door, Lucas came over and pinned her against it, kissing her neck. "Where were we?" he asked huskily.
"Hmmm… I was thinking of taking a nice long bath," she answered. He pulled his lips off her neck and look mischievously into her face, "That sound's like fun."
"Alone," she smiled at him. His face fell in disappointment. "Unless you promise to take me somewhere tonight. I'm so tired of being in this house."
"Now your bribing me with sex! I don't be believe it!" he joked. "Baby you know it's not a good idea to tease all those males with your scent right now."
Now Sophia looked disappointed.
Lucas sighed. "How about you take that bath, and I'll go rent some movies that we haven't seen yet."
She huffed in defeat. "Only if you bring me back a mocha too."
"Deal," he smiled, kissing her on her pouting mouth. He kept giving her light kisses until she finally gave him a small smile. "Don't worry baby, soon you'll be able to go out again and I'll take you wherever you want."
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Lucas had just returned with the mochas and the DVD's and he listened for the sound of Sophia. It was silent upstairs but he could smell the scent of the bubble bath solution and he made his way towards it.
He tried to walk as quiet as possible as he finally reached the doorway of the bathroom and observed his beautiful mate laying contently under a mound of bubbles, her eyes closed in relaxation. He stepped into the bathroom carefully, not wanting to disturb her, so he could gaze on her. Her brown hair was pulled up and fastened to the top of her head and her long, graceful neck was visible and waiting for kisses.
"I know your there," she said softly, without opening her eyes.
"Yeah, I guess I knew that," he smiled, sitting down on the edge of the tub. She now opened her soft gaze towards him.
"You know what I've always found extremely hard to do?" she asked him.
"What's that?" he replied, lifting a hand to stroke her cheek.
"Wash my own back," she gave him a sexy smile.
He smiled back at her and took the sponge on the side of the tub, soaping it up. Sophia bent forward so he could wash her back and growled with joy. "Ummm… that feels so good."
"I know what else would feel good," he said wickedly. He moved the sponge over her shoulder and down her chest. Sophia laid back again and closed her eyes with joy as he circled the sponge around and over her breasts. She arched her back with pleasure, parting the bubbles and making visible to him what he was doing.
Lucas was getting very aroused and started unbuttoning his shirt with his free hand. Then he remembered what he had planned to ask her just a minute ago, before they got distracted. He stopped what he was doing, causing her to open her eyes in surprise.
"Don't stop Lucas," she breathed out.
"Um… Sophia… there is something I need to say."
"I hope your going to tell me the house is on fire, because that's the only reason good enough for you to stop doing what you were doing."
"How about this reason… I want us to go exclusive, Sophia. I want us to be mated next year and I want us to be together for the rest of our lives. Is it o.k. to stop and ask you that?" he smiled, trying to hide his nervousness at what she might respond.
"Oh… my… God!" she emphasized each word. She reached up and grabbed him by his arm, pulling him into the tub with her. Water splashed and sloshed over the sides and bubbles squeezed up all around them. He laughed as she placed kisses all over his bubbly face. "Yes, yes and double yes!" she squealed.
He lifted his mouth to give her a passionate kiss, fitting his body over hers. They held each other tight and lost themselves in the joy and power of their new commitment. When the kiss ended, Lucas said, "So that's what it takes for you to let me in the bath with you."
She laughed and said, "Well, actually, the mocha would have been enough."
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Sunday morning came and the clan was arriving a church, some already knowing what would transpire today. Many knew that Lucas had chosen his mate and they would have their ceremony this morning. It was not uncommon to see this type of ceremony performed, as it did happen every few months or so. However, this particular couple held great interest for everyone, as they would be the leaders of the pack someday.
As the teens arrived, they walked up to Sophia and Lucas to congratulate them and show respect. Presley was one of the last to come. She made her way to where they stood outside the church.
"Can I speak to you in private?" she directed her question at Lucas.
Lucas looked over to Sophia, knowing that he would not go if she had a problem with it. Sophia nodded lightly, giving her ascent. She no longer doubted Lucas's devotion to her and she knew he would not deceive her in any way. Lucas squeezed her hand in reassurance and walked off a ways with Presley.
He stood to face her, not willing to go anywhere completely out of sight from the others. "What's up Presley?"
"I wanted to thank you for not shunning me," she began.
"Thank Sophia for that. She's the one who decided."
Presley was surprised. She looked over at Sophia across the yard, confusion on her face.
Lucas continued, "I hope that you'll get to know her better and that you two can be friends someday. It would be better for everyone if you did."
Presley looked at him again, hurt still written on her face. "I also wanted to say that I think you should take Sophia to the prom and not me." She gave an ironic laugh. "After all, I think I want to go with someone who I can actually touch. And it would seem weird for me to go with someone who is exclusive with another female."
Lucas had forgotten about the prom thing again. Why was this event so important to the females? He couldn't figure it out.
He smiled at her, "Thanks Pres." Then he had another thought.
"Do you remember that disk, the one with the green stone that lit up?"
"Yes," she answered, wondering why he was bringing that up.
"I want you to go ask Sherman Blackstone about it. Ask him what it means," Lucas said mysteriously.
"Why?" Presley asked as Lucas started to walk back to Sophia.
"Just ask him," he laughed.
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Lucas Cates and Sophia Donner stood before the pack who had filled the church that morning. The pastor had them stand side by side, both of them lifting up an arm, the arms which were closest to the other. Two long leather straps were held in each of their palms as the pastor twined them together, reciting ancient words of promise.
Throughout the whole ceremony they never once took their eyes from each other, sending loving thoughts into one another's mind. When the ritual was complete, Lucas grabbed Sophia and kissed her possessively for all to see. Everyone clapped and cheered, feeling that the future of the pack was looking bright indeed.
The End - For Now
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Hi everyone, hope you enjoyed Sophia's Choice. I set out with the plan to do a story of falling in love and having Sophia accept who she is as well as having Lucas step up to more power as an Alpha. I think I accomplished that and it seemed a good time to end it.
I'm in the planning stages of doing a fiction of their Senior year at high school (Sophia's Choice being part of Junior year). This fiction will have them at eighteen years of age and Lucas would really be asserting himself as more of a leader of the town. Tyler and Ruby, Matt and Vivian, Scott and his friends, as well as Luke and Sophia's friends will also be featured more. But of course there would always be plenty of Lucas and Sophia as they are my favorites!
I also have a thought to do the Wolf Lake/Buffy the Vampire Slayer crossover show that was in the planning stages by the writers of Wolf Lake before the show was canceled.
Well, please let me know if any of this sounds interesting to you. The more responses I get, the more I'll feel like writing them. Thank you to all who have read and reviewed me. It's been a blast!