HEY GUYS! Sorry about the late updates, but it might be like this for a while. School and all... Anyway, here you go. Not the longest chapter I've ever written, but it's something. READ ON!

Chapter: 18

One Month Later/ Tori's P.O.V.

It's been a month since Cole had been accepted into the pack. During that month, not only had he and I become close friends, but I had also become more and more in love with him. He acted EXACTLY like the old Cole did. He sounded like him, he kind of looked like him, and helped me with everything he could just like the old Cole would... It's almost scary how similar he and Cole are. I was head over paws for this wolf... He's strong, kind, caring, considerate, smart... sexy... Everything I could ever want in a wolf. At times, when no one else was around, I acted like a pup, and would spend a great amount of time simply day dreaming about Cole and I, and what it would be like if he and I's relationship with each other... Became something more. If we were to date to be more specific... Every time something like that crossed my mind, I tried pushing the thought away... But every time I tried, my feelings would only get stronger... Now he and I are hanging out almost every day, and he's been getting more and more flirty. He's a tease, whether or not he means to be.

"Hey Tori, you alright?" Cole asked waving a paw in front of my face.

I shook my head and realized I was staring at his chest. He and I had been walking and talking for about half an hour now, just to pass the time. I blushed, and he smiled.

"Oh uh... Sorry... I was just thinking to myself..." I replied and kept walking.

"You been thinking to yourself all day. This is the third time you've zoned out while staring at me... What are you even thinking about?" He asked chuckling and smiling at me.

"Nothing... Just things..."

"Well what kind of things?" He asked me sitting down. "Uhhhhh, 'lovey dovey' things..." I said sitting down and looking away.

"'Lovey dovey' huh? So your in love?" He asked me smiling slyly and drawing out the word love.

"N-No..." I blushed again.

"Lies... Come on, who's that lucky wolf you love?"

I didn't want to give any hints as to who it was, so I tried to change the subject.

"Well... Why did you say lucky? Why would that wolf be lucky for me loving them?"

His eyes widened and he blushed a little. I loved it when he blushed...

"W-Well... Why wouldn't they be? You'd make the perfect mate. Your kind, funny, smart... and well..."

He looked down then back at me.

"Beautiful..."

I blushed like mad and my heart stopped.

"Y-You think... that I-I'm... beautiful?" I asked him not believing what I just heard.

He nodded slowly.

"Y-Yeah... Beautiful, pretty, gorgeous..." He said looking away with a blood red face.

I nearly had a heart attack with what he was saying. This stud of a wolf just said I was beautiful... And he was blushing when he said it!

"W-Wow..."

"Wow?" He asked confused a bit.

"Yeah... Wow. I didn't think you thought I was beautiful, gorgeous, or pretty..." I said smiling and looking down blushing harder.

He blushed hard.

"W-Well I do believe that, and you are all of those things... And more..."

He shocked me again.

"And more...? What's more?" I asked him.

"Uhhhh... Nothing. I'll tell you later... Maybe." He said.

"No... Tell me now." I said smiling a little, letting him know I was kidding.

"Hmmmmm... Let me think abo- no. He said with a sarcastic tone.

"Well... Then I won't tell you my secrets." I said looking away, making him look at me.

"Secrets? What kind of secrets?" Cole asked interested.

"Oh I'm not telling you now... Hehehe, you won't tell me yours."

He stood up and started to walk towards me, making me step away.

"What are you doing...?" I asked him.

"Trapping you..." He said smiling.

Shortly after he said that, I backed up into a tree. He nuzzled me, making me blush again.

"Please Mommy...?" He said in a pups voice really low to the ground, making him look shorter.

Him calling me Mommy made me blush like mad, and I laid down to curl up into a ball and cover my face with my tail.

He chuckled, and then stood up, and stood over me. He towered over me like the clouds did the Earth. I didn't mind though...

"Are you going to tell me?" He asked me smiling.

I shook my head.

"Hmmmm... Ok." He said, which shocked me.

He then laid down in front of me and stared at me with a cute smile on his face. I loved that smile... It made me feel so warm inside. I took my tail away from my face, and stared back at him, still blushing. I couldn't help it... He was just so handsome.

He neither did or said anything after that. He simply continued to stare at me, while I stared back.

Our little staring contest was soon cut short when we heard a commotion behind some behind me.

"Did you hear that?" I asked him?

"Yep, it sounds like a fight... I'll handle this, you stay here." He said walking away as I nodded.

"Be careful!" I said before he disappeared into the trees behind me.

After about a minute or so, the soft growls I had heard before turned into vicious, blood thirst snarls and I heard Cole's voice yelling.

"STOP FIGHTING RIGHT NOW!"

I had never heard Cole yell that loud before... I decided I should go and see if he needed my help. I stopped before anyone could see me, and cautiously crept into the bushes and hid in them to watch what was going on.

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