Chapter 6 It was a good day
Zach and Kate was snuggled up together tightly as night ened and daylight beamed through the den morning brightness. Zach was the first to wake up before anybody, and silently moved away from Kate without waking her. Zach walked out the den and sat on the den's entrance edge listening and watching the morning start to develop. It was a another quiet beautiful day as the sun barely peeked over horizon and wind was swaying the trees giving off that nice morning smell. Birds chirped their morning songs waking almost every animal in the woods with their casual melodys. Morning breezes blew Zach's hair and cold shirtless skin causing goosebumps to occur. Zach sat outside for a good 10 minutes and the sun was now well above the trees spreading warmth where he sat. He then saw Eve jogging up the slope to his den with an worried look on her face.
"Oh hi Eve what brings you here?" Zach asked smiling as Eve jogged up the slope and stopped sitting down in front of him.
"Have you seen Kate?...I can't find her anywhere she's missing" Eve asked with a sad look.
"Yeah she's in the den sleeping" Zach said pointing his head towards her.
"How long she's be here? I've been worried sick" Eve asked relieved looking at Kate, then back at Zach.
"About ummm...the whole night" Zach said chuckling.
"Thanks for taking her in I really appreciate it, I don't know what I would have done if I lost her" Eve said hugging Zach then kissed his cheek.
"No problem, I would never let her get hurt, not in a trillion years" Zach said smiling looking in her eyes. Eve blushed a little looking away from eye contact.
"Do you want any breakfast on my treat?" Eve asked.
"No thank you I'm not really hungry" Zach said smiling.
"Okay but if you do just let me know and I'll fetch you something" Eve said turning around walking down the slope.
"I will" Zach said watching her leave, then back at the beautiful horizon.
Zach heard stretching and yawning behind him but didn't want to look away from his gaze of the beautiful morning. Zach felt someone put their head on his shoulder, and instantly knew it was Kate.
"Morning love" Kate said wrapping her forearms around Zach.
"Morning beautiful" Zach said smiling making Kate blush.
"How long you've been awake?" Kate asked.
"Maybe an hour" Zach said returning his head back to the horizon.
"Did my mom happened to come by?...I thought I heard her voice" Kate asked.
"Yeah couple minutes ago" Zach said.
"What did she want?" Kate asked.
"She was asking me if I knew where you are and offered me breakfast" Zach said looking down at her.
Right on time Kate's stomach growled make her blush and Zach laugh.
"Sounds like someone's hungry" Zach said chuckling poking her stomach.
"I guess I am" Kate giggled.
"Do you guy's eat as a pack or it's just you and your mom?" Zach asked.
"Sometimes it's both, but we mostly eat as a pack" Kate responded.
"Oh okay...well let's go see what your mom have for you to eat" Zach said smiling struggling to get up, but Kate helped him a little and he manage to get on two feet.
"Probably caribou, but it's really good you should try it" Kate said wagging her tail happily.
"No thanks, I like my food cooked" Zach said chuckling.
"Aww come on please, You'll never know until you try it" Kate said with begging eyes.
"Okay I give it a try...but only because you might be right" Zach said chuckling then walking in the den with Kate following.
"What are you doing" Kate asked confused that he's going back in the den.
"I need to tell my dad where I'm going, if he finds us both missing he'll probably think something happened" Zach said.
"Oh okay I'll wait for you outside" Kate said trotting outside with an wagging tail.
Zach bend over to his dad and lightly shook his shoulder waking him. Zach's dad froze to the sight of him still being alive and promptly gave him a big hug which hurt Zach a little but he ignored it and accepted it.
"Zach you're alive" John said happily.
"Of course I am I'm not leaving you just yet" Zach said smiling and his dad smiled back.
"So you're ready to go back to the Rv?" John asked getting up stretching out the morning stiffness.
"Well not just yet...I'm going to see how wolves eat as a pack it's going to be so awesome" Zach said excited
"Okay then...be safe" John said chuckling at his excitement.
"Do I met up here when I'm ready?" Zach asked.
"Yep right here" John said smiling
"Okay See you in a while dad" Zach said leaving out the den following Kate to the feeding grounds.
"He grows up so fast" John said with a happy sigh and laying back down going back to sleep.
Meanwhile Zach and Kate
Zach and Kate were walking through the feeding grounds and saw many wolves enjoying their breakfast. As they were passing some wolves gave Zach a mean muggin face making him feel nervous and uneasy about going to watch wolves eat. Kate saw this and bumped his leg giving him the beautiful smile he always loved.
"It's going to be okay trust me" Kate said calmly.
Zach nodded and continue following Kate to find a good designated area to eat. Zach saw Ruby eating along with some of her friends and she gave him a big smile and winked as Zach and Kate walked past them. Eve was talking to Hutch at the top of the slope in front of her den and she dismissed him as soon as she seen us. Kate walked to her mom and gave her a hug and walked in the den.
"So you must have gotten hungry?" Eve asked smiling.
"Not me but Kate did, I just wanted to know how wolves eat as a pack and what I've seen so far is pretty amazing" Zach said.
"Well step right in and you'll be even more amazed" Eve said walking in the den.
Zach followed Eve closely until he saw at least 20 wolves in the den all eating together. Zach stopped and looked around a little terrified he has to walk in a carnivorous death trap. He gulped and slowly walked in going around the eating wolves trying to find Kate, but there was too many wolves to spot her. Just when Zach was about to give up and just turn back around, he heard Kate call his name with her paw in the air motioning him to come join. Zach carefully made his way to her avoiding other wolves not to step on them, and sat down next to her. Kate kissed his cheek and started digging in the caribou along with Eve and some other random wolf. Zach watched as they ate their breakfast leaving nothing but bones behind and a full stomach. Kate looked at Zach smiling with blood all over her lips and a little on her face.
"Kate You got a little..." Zach said circling around his mouth with his finger, and Kate wiped away the blood with her forearm.
"Is it gone?" Kate asked.
Zach dipped his hand in some of the caribou blood that was behind him and said.
"No you have more here...and there" Zach said flicking blood in Kate's face.
"Really?" Kate said laughing along with Eve and Zach.
Kate wiped all the blood away and ran to some left over caribou a wolf ditched and bit a piece off, then ran back to Zach sitting it on his lap.
"Try it" Kate said smiling.
"Hmm...I don't think I should" Zach said looking at it weirdly.
"Please please pleaseeee just once and that's all" Kate begged with puppy eye's.
Zach sighed and said.
"Okay if you say so" Zach said picking it up and putting it in his mouth slowly chewing then swallowed.
"Sooo, how was it?" Kate asked.
"Soft and gooey, but...actually not that bad" Zach said.
"See I told you" Kate said smiling widely sitting down.
"So what do you guys have planned today?" Eve asked and Kate looked at Zach for an response.
"I was planning on going back to my Rv and take a shower then maybe chill a little bit and watch a couple of movies" Zach said receiving a confused titled head from Eve as he remembered she doesn't know what those things are.
"Mom can I go please?" Kate said.
"Umm I don't know about that dear it's a little too unsafe" Eve said.
"Zach will protect me like he did last time" Kate said.
"Wait last time?"'Eve said looking at Zach.
"Yeah...he brought me in the day we met him...I was too scared to walk back home and he didn't want me getting hurt because it was too dark when I ran to give him back his flashlight he dropped" Kate said looking at Zach with a smile.
"Zach that was really sweet of you to care for my daughter's health" Eve said.
"There was no way I was letting her walk alone in the deep dark woods...and it was a good thing I didn't because it was a thunderstorm that night" Zach said.
"So can I go please?" Kate said begging as Eve looked at Zach then back at Kate.
"Okay you can go with him...But as long as he bring you back before sunset" Eve said seriously. Then Kate happily hugged Eve tightly forcing a smile on her face.
"Thank you thank you thank you mom...come on Zach let's go"' Kate said excited and impatiently.
"He's coming just give us a minute dear" Eve said smiling. Kate Nodded and skipped out the den with Zach and Eve smiling at her happiness.
"You know she was never really this happy and excited about anything until you came along" Eve said smiling at Zach.
"Is that a good thing or bad thing?...I don't want you to think I'm trying to steal your daughter or anything" Zach said.
"You're not stealing her from me, you're making her happy for me...some days she'll be bored after she played with her friends and not really eager to go back...It's nice she's a little more happy than usual" Eve said looking at Kate chasing her tail outside the den.
"Well I'm not really a boring person I like to have fun 24/7 and it's something we both have a lot in in common" Zach said chuckling.
"Thanks again for taking care of her many strange things happens in jasper, and if you ever need a favor you know who to call" Eve said.
"Actually I do need a favor..." Zach said.
"What is it?...I'm all ears" Eve said smiling.
"I was wondering if I can maybe tag along in alpha school with Kate" Zach said.
"Sure she'll be so excited you came along with her" Eve said.
"Great when does it start?" Zach asked.
"2 month's" Eve said.
"That's more than enough time to hang out with Kate" Zach said.
"Zach! Hurry up!" Kate yelled peaking her head in the den.
"I'll be there in an second" Zach said chuckling and looking back at Eve.
"It's okay you're dismissed just bring her back before sunset" Eve said smiling.
"Sure thing" Zach said walking out the den to and edgar and excited Kate.
"So are we leaving now?" Kate asked excitedly as her tail wagged rapidly.
"Yeah just let me go get my dad and we're on our way" Zach said smiling, making Kate squeal in happiness.
Zach lead the way as he walked back to the den they were in to tell his dad that they were ready. When they were almost there Kate sped up a little passing him, and Zach couldn't help but look at her rear as she was passing. Kate's hips were swaying side to side as they were walking up the slope, then suddenly she turned around and saw what he was looking at and blushed.
"Like what you see?" Kate asked seductively.
"Sure do" Zach said winking at her. Kate shook her butt at Zach giving him a cheesy smile.
"Are you trying to seduce me?" Zach asked smiling.
"Mayyybe" Kate said giggling.
"You think we should tell your mom we're dating?...I don't want to hide our love from her" Zach asked as Kate quickly changed her facial expression.
"No, she going to make us split apart let's just wait a little longer maybe after mating season" Kate said.
"Why after mating season?" Zach asked.
"Because by then we would have already been sexually contis" Kate said winking, making Zach blush bright red.
Zach and Kate walked in the den to see John wide awake and reloading his gun with a cigar in his mouth. Kate was frightened by the gun and ran behind Zach legs hiding.
"You two back already?" John asked.
"Yep we're ready to go back" Zach said smiling.
"Let's get going then, we have a lot of explaining to do with your mother" John said walking past him putting his gun in his belt, and his cigar in his pocket.
Zach bend lower to Kate's level and saw fear in her amber eyes.
"What's wrong?" Zach asked rubbing Kate's back.
"I-I don't like the gun your dad has" Kate said sadly.
"Don't worry he won't shoot you" Zach said smiling, but Kate still looked sad.
"It's not that" Kate said sadly looking down.
Zach lifted Kate's head and looked in her golden eyes and saw lugubrious.
"Then what is it?" Zach said.
"A couple month's ago when I was playing with my dad, human's were trying to kill us and my dad told me to find my mom...but I didn't want to leave him alone...just when we thought we chased them all off one shot him in the head...I quickly found his location and bit his arm making him drop the same gun your dad has...and that's some of the reason why we kill any human we capture for safety reasons...but you proved us all humans are not the same and different from other's" Kate said.
"I feel so sorry for you to lose your dad like that, I shouldn't have asked" Zach said hugging Kate, then pulling her away putting her paws in his hands
"It's okay you had every right to ask...I miss him so much" Kate said with tears forming in her eye's.
"I'll tell my dad to keep his gun away from you at all times...and I bet your dad would be so proud how beautiful his daughter grew up to be, don't let that little incident bring you down because things happen...that's just life" Zach said.
"You always know what to say...I love you" Kate said kissing Zach lips and hugging him afterwards
"I love you too" Zach said smiling then pulling away looking in Kate's eyes.
"Alright let's go" Zach said standing up then walking out the den with Kate following.
"Can we play 2k when we get back?" Kate asked.
"2k?...Who told you about that?" Zach asked chuckling.
"I was looking through your games and saw it" Kate said.
"Oh that makes sense...you have any favorite teams yet?" Zach asked.
"Yeah the one that's all red and looks like a caribou head" Kate said.
"What caribou head?...oh you mean the bulls...yeah they're kind of good" Zach said laughing.
"What's yours?" Kate asked.
"I'll show you when we get back" Zach said as they walked up to John.
"Okay you got everything?" John asked.
"Yep" Zach said.
"Oh really?...where's your shirt?" John said looking at Zach's bare chest. Zach looked down and snapped his fingers.
"Dang it...I'll get it when I bring Kate back" Zach said.
"When you are bringing her back?" John asked looking at Kate.
"Sunset" Zach responded.
"When you bring her back take your dirt bike, she might enjoy it" John said chuckling and started walking.
"Dirt bike?" Kate asked with a tilted head and wagging tail.
"Remember on the first day I met you when I had-"
"Ohhh that" Kate said interrupting.
"So you cool with it?" Zach Asked.
"Yeah...is going to be awesome?" Kate asked.
"Haha extremely" Zach said chuckling and started walking following his dad.
"I said this once and I'm going to say it again, human stuff is so cool" Kate said giggling.
"And there's more too that, you're only just getting a little taste" Zach said.
They all walked for a good 14 minutes before they finally made it to the Rv and Zach told Kate about all the other things humans humans would do for fun. Kate found it really fascinating and wanted to try them all. John walked up the Rv steps and knocked on the door, few seconds the door opened.
Zach P.O.V
"Oh my god you two are finally back, where have you been?" Mom said.
"Zach got hurt and it was getting pretty late so we decided to spend a night" Dad said walking in. Mom looked at me and saw my shirt was off along with a sterile bandage.
"My baby...are you okay sweetie?" Mom said rushing to me grabbing my face to see several cuts.
"Yeah mom I'm fine dad helped me with my injuries...all of them actually" I said.
"All of them?" Mom asked.
"Yeah, I might have gotten hurt more than once" I said.
"Where?" Mom asked and I turned around to show her the stitches in my back. She gasp and said.
" Qué demonios Zach How did this happened?" Mom asked touching it. (His mom is hispanic by the way which makes Zach Dominican)
"Oww mom stop, I was shot by a hunter" I said looking down at a smiling Kate.
"Did you at least seen his face?" Mom asked.
"Nope" I said walking past her into the Rv with Kate and mom following. Kate ran to my room and I opened the refrigerator to get my gatorade I was drinking.
"Well we have to do something about this...because he just committed a crime he shot you purposely" Mom said closing the dear behind her and locking it.
"He was aiming for Kate, but I jumped in front of it" I said drinking afterwards.
"You did what?...you could have lost your life" Mom said shocked.
"I rather die than Kate, she means the world to me I don't ever want to see her hurt" I said.
"Zach you just met her 3 days ago" Mom said.
"And those were the best three days of my life...despite me getting hurt" I said throwing my empty bottle in trash making it.
"Woah you saw tha-"
I stopped as I saw a serious face on my mom.
"Come on mom I'm fine...It's going to take more than 1 bullet to take your niñito down...I promise I'll never leave you...when I get older I'll take care of you just like you take care of me" I said kissing mom cheek and going to my room with Kate.
I walked in my room to see Kate struggling to turn my ps3 on. I put my phone on the changer and I went to my dresser and changed into an Andre Iguodala jersey with yellow matching shorts. I grabbed my ps3 controller holding the home button turning it on.
"Are you serious?" Kate said frustrated.
"There's only two buttons on the ps3 how is it so hard?" I asked chuckling.
"They are?...I was using the controller to turn it on the whole time" Kate said hopping on the bed.
"Yeah there's buttons on the game too, you just made it harder for yourself" I said laughing.
"I know that now" Kate said.
I went to my downloads and started playing 2k15 along with her. Kate was a tiny bit slow on learning how to play, but quickly became a beast with the bulls...a little too beast. It came to points where I was really playing my hardest and she still wins regardless. One game it was Lakers vs Bulls 103-105 Bulls up by 2, I called a timeout to stop the clock at 5 seconds. All I needed was a three to win the game, or a two to send it to overtime. My heart was pounding out my chest and my palms were sweaty. I really didn't want Kate to win because it'll be her 7th time in a row beating me with the bulls, I need to break her bragging streak. Carlos Boozer was at the baseline and I was trying to set a pick for Kobe to make the shot but Kate saw it all the way and picked it off with Derrick Rose winning the game.
"I'm done" I said throwing my controller next to the celebrating Kate and face palmed my face.
"I told you a beast" Kate said mocking.
"Only because...nevermind you want to play something else?" I asked a little annoyed.
"Umm sure what else I can beat you in" Kate said smiling evilly.
"Well It's not really two players just one" I said getting up and showing her the case.
"What is that?" Kate asked.
"My favorite game in the world...Battlefield 4" I said sliding the disc in.
Kate found the intro cut scene rather fascinating, and wanted to play immediately. Since I've played many times before I let her play, I showed her the controls and she quickly learned how to play. The only problem she had trouble with is throwing grenades because she couldn't reach L2, other than that she was averaging 33.2 kills per round. Me on the other hand averaging 21.1 kills per round, I guess today wasnt my day to play games because Kate flat out embarrassing me. When we got bored of extreme beasting in battlefield, we watched a couple of movies. I let her choose any movie from Netflix and she liked fast and furious 6, along with transformers age of extinction. It was getting pretty late and the sun was starting to go down but not quite. Kate had her arm around mine and was leaning her head on my shoulder. We was in the middle of watching Alpha and Omega, and my stomach growled making her jump a little.
"I'm going to go get something to eat you want anything?" I asked.
"No thank you maybe later" Kate said smiling. I kissed her nose and walked to the Rv kitchen getting some hot pockets out the fridge
I got 2 beefy taco kinds putting them in the microwave for thirty seconds. When it finished the whole kitchen smelled like taco bell, luring Kate in to investigate the delicious smell.
"Whatever you're making it smells so tasty" Kate said licking her lips.
"You sure you want to wait for later now?" I said teasing.
"No can I have some please I can't resists" Kate said jumping in the chair barely making it.
"You sureee?" I asked swiping it in front of her face.
"Stop being mean and give it to me" Kate said.
"Haha okay" I said sitting it down in front of her, and she quickly started eating almost choking.
"Woah slow down Kate" I said getting more hot pockets from the fridge.
"This is so good" Kate said with food in her mouth.
"I know right I can eat them all day everyday" I said chuckling putting them in the microwave.
"Me too" Kate said chewing.
Seconds later they finished and I took a bowl out the sink and filling it with water from the fridge, then putting it on the floor for Kate. I opened the microwave and the smell of a taco punched me in the face, adding to the smell making my parent's come out.
"go huele delicioso what did you make?" Mom asked.
"Its just hot pockets...they smell that good?" I asked laughing.
"Yep they do...we really need to buy more of these things" Dad said taking some out the fridge.
"Dad while you're in there pass me a gatorade please" I said and he grabbed one throwing it to me.
"Thanks" I said opening it.
"No problem" Dad said putting more hot pockets in the microwave.
"So Kate you're enjoying yourself so far?" Mom asked smiling.
"Yes ma'am" Kate said with a stuffed mouth.
"That's good make sure you always come back to visit us ok?" Mom said and Kate only nodded.
Dad finished their hot pockets and left me and Kate alone in the kitchen. Kate jumped out her chair and started gulping down large amounts of water. I finished my gatorade and tried to throw it in the trash can but I missed. Kate picked it up in her mouth and tried to shoot it for herself.
"Theres NO way your g-"
Kate interrupted me shooting and making it in the trash.
"What were you going to say love?" Kate said smiling.
"Uhhh...nothing important...we should really Finish that movie it's getting late" I said quickly changing subject.
"Okay" Kate said happily trotting in my room.
"What the hell is going on today" I said getting up shaking my head.
I walked into my room and sat down next to Kate on my bed pressing start. When the movie ended it was close to sunset, and I really don't want to bring her back but I have to sadly.
"So me and Humphrey ended up together?" Kate asked.
"Yeah I guess so" I said putting on my shoes at the edge of the bed.
"I'm glad I met you before this happened, you're my real soulmate not Humphrey" Kate said licking my cheek forcing a smile on my face.
"As much as I hate to say this, but I promise your mom I'll bring you back sunset" I said.
"Aww already?...time flies" Kate said sadly.
"That always happens when your having fun" I said chuckling and leaving my room with Kate following close.
"Will you come back and get me tomorrow?" Kate asked.
"Of course" I said walking out the Rv door and opened the gas tank for my dirt bike.
"What time?" Kate asked as I put gas in my dirt bike.
"I don't know maybe noon" I said.
"that's too long" Kate said sadly.
"Ok what about tomorrow morning?" I asked putting the gas away.
"Perfect" Kate said smiling, and I smiled back.
"You think you can get on?" I asked.
"No" Kate said.
I walked to her and put her on the back, and she blushed as I picked her up by her waist area. I got on front and started it making her jump from the loud noise it made.
"Hold on to me this can get a little too fast" I said looking back at her.
Kate nodded and put her forearms around my waist holding me tightly putting too much pressure on my not healed yet wound.
"Not that tight" I said wincing from the pain.
"Sorry" Kate said losing her grip.
I took off 30 mph into the woods to bring her back home before her mother freaks out, Kate liked how the wind blew her hair as we rode through a dawn lighted woods. I hit a couple of jumps to hope over small logs, which she really enjoyed. We made it there less than 5 minutes and I stopped before I got any farther in their territory. Kate jumped off and shook her fur back to her original style, and I turned it off kicking the kick stand out.
"That was so awesome its actually better than log sledding" Kate said smiling.
"Wait until you ride roller coasters, you would change your mind" I said chuckling and walking to her mother's den.
A couple minutes of walking we made it in her den, and Eve walked up to her daughter hugging her then me.
"So how was it?" Eve asked.
"It was so fun mom Zach have a lot of cool games to play along with movies to watch and I want tomorrow to be a repeat...can I go back?" Kate asked excitedly.
"You sure can dear" Eve said smiling.
"Yes thank you mom...you hear that Zach now I can beat you with the bulls again" Kate said giggling.
"You just got lucky" I said.
"I got lucky 7 times in a row?" Kate said giggling.
"Yes, today just wasn't my day I don't normally play like that...But I'll beat you tomorrow" I said chuckling.
"Okay we'll see" Kate said determined.
"Well I have to get going I'll see you two tomorrow hopefully" I said walking towards the exit.
"Bye Zach" Kate said.
"Bye Katie" I said making her blush.
I walked down the slope and jogged to my dirt bike because dark clouds started to come east of my direction. When I made it my bike I looked in the sky and saw a lightning strike, I quickly got on my bike starting it up ready to leave as I smelled rain. Before I started moving I heard someone call my name.
"Zach!" A feminine voice said.
I looked back and it was Ruby with my shirt in her mouth.
"Oh Thanks I forgot about this" I said taking it from her mouth.
"What happened today?..I waited hours for you to come but you never showed" Ruby asked.
"I'm extremely sorry ruby I've completely forgot" I said grabbing my hair.
"Its okay there's always tomorrow" Ruby said.
"Nah I'm busy, how about the day after tomorrow is that good?" I asked.
"That will do" Ruby said smiling gazing in my eyes.
There was a loud thunder breaking us out our trance.
"I think you should get going it looks like this going to be a big one" I said looking to the dark clouds.
"Okay but stay safe" Ruby said.
"Safe is my middle name" I said riding off and she just standed there watching until I was out of sight.
The rain started to come down but not heavily, and the wind was blowing leaves all over the place as I rushed to the Rv for shelter. The sky was getting darker and darker and lightning strikes were getting brighter. Wind started to pick up speed almost blowing me off my bike a couple times. Few minutes later I made it to the Rv and parked it next to a broken log. Then suddenly it started pouring heavily pinching my skin with a loud thunder to match. I ran up the Rv steps and quickly went inside locking the door behind me.
"That was close" I said taking off my shoes then walked to my room.
I got some night clothes and took a quick shower then went to bed with Kate on my mind. Thinking about her beautiful smile and laugh I witnessed today. Her heart melting amber eyes I can't get enough of, and her soft angel like voice. Many thoughts of Kate and what we did today was trapped in my mind, hoping tomorrow would be an even better day with my love of my life.
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