Author's Note: Okay guys! This is THE chapter! If your a Brotherly Love fan, this is the chapter in which you find out who J.J.'s mate is!!! Unless your an idiot like J.J. in this chapter and can't pick up on the obivious signs of what her name is... So that means if you can't figure out what her name is... you probably didn't pass second grade....
Anyways,, I LOVE theese lyrics! They are my favorite of all time :D! Go Nickelback!!
Dedication: As always, Cousin Liz.. I'll be back at school soon and you won't be alone. I promise!! & J.J..... He's hot, and since he has the attention span of a 3 year old he probably needs a dedication....
Disclaimer: I don't own any Nickelback songs, lyrics, or anything like that..
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this time I wonder what it feels like
to find the one in this life
the one we all dream of
but dreams just aren't enough
so i'll be waiting for the real thing.
i'll know it by the feeling.
the moment when we're meeting
will play out like a scene straight off the silver screen
so i'll be holdin' my own breath
right up to the end
until that moment when
i find the one that i'll spend forever with
-gotta be somebody, nickelback
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Chapter 4 - J.J.
Friday night we'd beaten Houston High School 39-20 and then partied all weekend. Now it's Monday and nothing new. It's kind of like drinking an energy drink. Everyone is pumped on Friday for Ashford's game, they'll still be pumped on Saturday for the college games. Then we'll party Sunday, celebrating, but Monday… the unwanted crash. Everyone is tired, but all the teachers decide to give us new material and then expect us to absorb it.
Parker walked up to me and took a long sip out of his water bottle. He looked like he was about to pass out.
I could vaguely hear the rest of the pack behind me talking about our math test, or something like that..
I stared down at the ground, trying not to just lay down on it and go to sleep.
A pair of purple Converse high-tops walked by me, and Parker started choking on his water. I could smell the sweet smell of roses mixed with something else coming from the girl, I assume, standing in front of me. I looked up to beat Parker on the back to keep him from strangling himself, but I stopped.
The purple high-tops were connected to long legs in skinny jeans. Her jeans were tucked into her shoes. A loose-fitted tee made the girl's body balance out perfectly.
I could barely hear somebody calling, 'Dana' and Parker beside me choking to death.
The girl turned and her long curly black hair flew behind her shoulder.
Mine.
What the hell was that?!?!
The girl had pale skin, but it was healthy and highlighted her high cheekbones.
Mine.
Her dark brown eyes met mine for half a second. In that half a second they widened and her cheeks turned a light shade of pink.
Mine.
"Dana, wait up." I heard someone call behind me.
The girl turned and waited.
Mine.
I couldn't draw my eyes away from the angel standing in front of me, but somewhere in my peripherals I saw the emo kid from the pep rally walking toward her.
I felt a growl rising up in my throat.
Mine.
When the guy walked up to her he tried to shield her with his body, obviously so I couldn't see her.
The growl inside my head now was a hum. I was seeing red. It fit the mood.
Mine.
He sort of pushed her toward the high school building.
I tried to lunge, but something was restraining me. The growl escaped my throat, but not loud enough for a normal human to hear.
As she walked toward the school, she looked over her shoulder at me one last time.
"Boss!" I then realized it was Jim, Parker, Phil, and Colby holding me back. Trent and Travis was trying to get my attention.
"What?!" I growled, still trying to make them let go.
"You looked like you were about to kill that guy!" Trent exclaimed with wide eyes. "What's going on?!?"
I stared as she walked into the building. I stopped fighting, knowing the sooner they let me go, the sooner I could go find her.
"Boss! What's wrong?" Travis pleaded.
I shrugged out of the other guys' grips. They had me surrounded anyway. Then I realized that I didn't have an answer to that. I didn't even know what's going on.
"That girl." was the best answer I had.
"What about her?" Parker asked, eyeing me up and down.
"I don't know…" I said quietly.
Before anyone else could say anything, I started walking toward the building that she'd just entered.
I heard the rest of the pack follow behind me.
"Boss." Beefy whispered, but I was too far gone to answer. Someone…Parker? Shut him up by smacking him on the back of the head.
Parker started whispering something about something. I caught one word. Mate.
I stopped in my tracks.
Is that what she is? My mate?
I could almost see the wolf inside of me grin.
That can't be right… I'm J.J.. The wolf that's won't ever have a mate… The big flirt. The ladies man…
Not anymore. The wolf inside my head growled at me.
The next thing I knew I was looking at the whole pack. Parker was snapping his fingers in front of my face and Phil was calling my name.
"Boss?" Beefy said, unsure. He sounded worried.
"Yeah?" I answered quietly. For some reason I felt empty. Lost.
"Are you okay?" Beefy asked.
"He's fine." Parker answered Beefy, smiling at me. Why?
Parker walked over and stood beside me. "Go find her," he whispered, even though the rest of the pack could hear him perfectly clear.
The three words repeated in my head for about five seconds, until they actually sunk in.
I took off running toward the school building. The hallways were packed and I knew the first period bell was about to ring. I've got to find her quick.
About that time the bell rang. I didn't pay it any attention to it. I was on a mission.
I could still smell the faint scent of her perfume, but I couldn't tell where it was coming from. I walked around school from classroom to classroom, peeking in the windows hoping to find her. I walked around the school looking for her all day. I didn't go to any of my classes all day. I didn't even go near one of my classes all day.
Maybe I just imagined her.
The growl in my head assured me that that wasn't true… Apparently the wolf was very disappointed that I didn't find her. And he wasn't very happy when I gave up looking for her either. I listened to his whimpers, until I tuned them out and they were just background noise.
I waited out in the parking lot, hoping to see her. But she never came out of the building. Well, the front way anyway.
I drove around the block, until I finally gave up and went home.
I walked through the front door and Mom greeted me.
"Hi, Honey! How was your day?" she asked me all cheery like always.
"Not good, Mom." I muttered.
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"Not really." I answered her, throwing my book bag onto the couch.
"Well, then." she half-way scolded me. Probably because I wasn't suspost to leave my book bag on the couch. "We have new neighbors!" she started smiling again.
"Mom, I'm not really in the mood."
"Why don't you go over there and say hi? Take them this cake I baked for them, too." she said completely ignoring me. That usually meant that I had no choice.
"But, Mom," I whined already knowing the turnout. "I had a bad day."
"Well, I'm sorry you had a bad day, but you are going to go over there and greet them like the good neighbor you are." she said sternly. "And I happen to know that they have two kids around your age."
She said something else, but I was already walking out the back door with the cake in hand.
"Be nice!" she called behind me.
I walked over to the neighbor's house grumbling about naggy women.
They'd put a fence up and there was a scruffy dog running around the back yard.
Despite my terrible mood, I called it.
"Doggie! Come here doggie, doggie, doggie!" The big brown dog came bouncing across the yard with its tongue hanging out of the side of its mouth.
I petted him for a couple of seconds through the fence and then started walking towards the new people's front door.
I walked up to it and rang the door bell. The door creaked open and the next thing I know the wolf was wagging his tail. I felt warm. Happy. All of a sudden I just wanted to do something to show how happy I was, but I couldn't. I was frozen. All I could do was stare at my own personal angel.
She looked me up and down, about then the wolf was howling with happiness.
"Mom!" she called.
A lady wearing a knee long white sundress with red lipstick walked around the corner.
A/N: So, guess who moved in beside J.J.??? :D
J.J.: Ooooh! Pick me! Pick me!
Me: Uhhh... *looks around room with only J.J. and Rob the rock sitting in it* Rob!
J.J.: Dang you, Rob the rock!
Me: J.J.! How dare you talk to Rob like that! Apologize now!
J.J.: Sorry Rob the rock...