Chapter 14:

"I say we stay here", Luke stated as he wrapped his arms around Sophia as she was looking in the mirror brushing her hair.

"Luke, since you came back to my house yesterday we have been in bed, morning, afternoon, and night…" smiling "not that I am complaining…but I have to get some things done and one happens to be work. Luckily we managed to get out of bed this morning, to get to the afternoon classes and I was able to turn in my homework from my old classes."

"Did you get your new schedule?"

"Yeah," handing the schedule to him, "only classes I do not have with you are first period Study Hall and third period Art."

"First period Study Hall uh", Luke's lips curled and after tossing the schedule on the desk he turned away and let go of Sophia and sat on the edge of the bed, leaning back as his elbows to help support him.

Sophia now turned around to face him. Sophia could see an image of Scott Nicholas run across Luke's mind. "Luke, are we jealous?" Sophia couldn't help but smirk, as she was trying to down play the situation to keep it from escalating into something that was not there between Scott and her.

Shaking his head in an agitating way to try and hide his emotions, "no…no…I just don't trust that ungulate Sophia…especially around you. I mean he made a play for you on your guys date and then he asked you out again."

"Luke we are going to have to deal with him sooner or later, because I am going to be seeing him at least five days out of the week for 40-45 minutes and an occasional passing in the hall." Sophia walked over to stand in front of Luke who was still leaning back on her bed, "I love you and now that my sex drive has tamed, I think we will be okay." Sitting down on the bed next to him, "so tell me how this works again."

Leaning up so his body was exactly beside hers with a devilish grin, "well…um…a female's sex drive is at her highest on two occasions, one after she flips…which you are experiencing", pointing at her body up and down with his hand, causing Sophia to playfully slap him, "and two when she…is in heat once a year."

"You also said I won't get pregnant…you better be right, because we did not use anything, and I can only imagine telling my father that I am pregnant with Luke Cates child."

With a sarcastic tone, "would it really be that bad?" Sophia had to smile. "Listen Soph, you're not going to get pregnant. The only time a skin walker can get pregnant is when she is in her wolven form. Also, just so you know, a female can get pregnant anytime in her wolven, however, her chances are greater when she is in heat because her sex drive is higher." Luke looked at Sophia and noticed that it was taking all her might to hide her laughter. "What?"

"Nothing, just watching and listening you talk about this stuff…it makes you all tense and you get very nervous…it is kind of sexy."

Grabbing a pillow behind him, Luke lightly smacked Sophia with it causing her to burst into laughter that she was hiding. "So you mom is not going to tell my dad where you were these past two days is she?"

Wrapping his hand around Sophia's waist pulling her closer to him, he gave her a peck on the cheek and rested his chin on her shoulder. "No. She values my life just the same as you and me." After a minute of silence, he raised his head off her shoulder, "so I was thinking its Friday…I have not been to a lake rave in a week…and Sean asked me when I saw him yesterday at the diner if you and me would be there tonight…what do you say?"

"Luke I remembered the last rave I was at and my immortal soul was almost taken by that sick twist Nancy."

"Babe, yeah but I was a drunken…"

"Ass?"

"Jerk…who was trying to forget about his father. But hey, we are together, besides, I don't see much people giving you shit for one, you are the strongest of the females…babe, you are a white wolf, you single handed threw me on top of my car, and two you are under my protection. Everyone knows you are mine."

"Excuse me?" Sophia stood immediately by that last phrase. "I'm yours!"

Luke realized what he said and was going to try and do damage control and stood in front of Sophia, "I didn't mean mine, and I meant my girlfriend, my significant other, my mate." Luke saw that Sophia understood what he tried to say, while he wrapped his hands around her waist Sophia wrapped her arms around his neck, letting Luke pull her into him and giving her a passionate kiss.

"I have to see what my dad wants to do. Him being out of town for a couple days he might want to have dinner or something, but maybe after."

"Yeah. Do you need a ride to work?"

"Thanks."

Hand in hand Sophia and Luke made their way down the stairs and into Luke's car and was headed down the street to the diner.

Luke pulled up to the side of the curb of the diner and turned off the engine. Sophia immediately looked at him, "what are doing? I thought you was heading home?"

"I will in a little bit. I want to get something to eat, besides I told Sean and Randy I would meet up with them here for a little bit before we head to the lake to set up for tonight."

Sophia knew there was more to what he was telling, and she tried to read his thoughts to find out what was going on but he was doing a hell of a job hiding them, which made Sophia even more suspicious, but she did not feel like arguing or interrogating Luke right now so she just went along with what he was saying, "oh." Getting out of the car, Sophia reached behind Luke's seat and grabbed her bag, which had a change of clothes in it for her to change into after work. As soon as Sophia stood up from grabbing her bag, a figure caught the eye of Sophia coming out of the library. Sophia thought it was a woman, but it had to be a ghost. The figure was tall and thin, with long black hair with loose curls at the end of her dark hair…the figure was her mom. Stuttering and under her breath she whispered, "mom?" As soon as Sophia blinked and opened her eyes the women figure was gone. Luke had made his way to the other side of the car where Sophia was standing and had noticed Sophia standing there with her mouth hanging open and a very confused look on her face staring across the street at the library entrance.

"Sophia…what's wrong? What is it?"

Shaking her head and coming out of her daze, "oh, nothing. I thought I saw someone I knew. Guess I was wrong."

"You sure?"

"Yeah." Luke put his arm around Sophia's waist to help turn her around and guide her towards the diner entrance, but not without Sophia making one last glance over her shoulders at the library entrance.