Thanks to all my reviewers, you guys are the best! These beginning chapters always need much character establishment and explanation of their relationships to one another. So I hope I'm doing that in an interesting way before we get into the main conflicts of this fiction. Hope you enjoy this. Let me know!
What Meets the Eye
Mathew Donner was happy to finally have some time with Sophia this morning as she came downstairs for breakfast. It was Saturday and she didn't need to rush off to school and he wasn't scheduled to go into the station until this afternoon. It had been hard to find time to spend with her lately as she always seemed to be with Lucas.
"Hey sweetie, I hope you're hungry," he said as he placed a steaming plate of ham and eggs on the table.
"Looks good Dad," she said as she reached to serve herself.
"It's going to be a nice day out there. You have any plans?" Matt asked.
"Yeah, but I'm not sure what they will be," she told him. "Lucas has some sort of surprise or something. How about you? Are you going over to Vivian's?"
"What?" Matt said in surprise. "What makes you think that?"
Sophia gave him a knowing look. "It's o.k. Dad. Really. You don't have to pretend your not seeing her."
Matt was just about to put some ham in his mouth when he froze with his fork halfway to its goal. He sighed and shook his head in disbelief. Then he let out a little laugh. "So you two know?"
"Well, it's kind of twisted with you two sneaking around like you're the teenagers. And it's not hard to figure out that when Lucas spends the night here, you disappear. And when I spend the night over there, Vivian somehow disappears. We are not blind you know. There is also the fact that you two leave your scents at each other's homes."
Matt watched her closely. "This doesn't upset you?" he asked now.
Sophia shrugged. "No, why should it? You are both adults."
Matt couldn't believe how accepting she was of this. He always had it in his mind that Sophia would not agree with it. "Well, I always thought… you know…"
"No, I don't know. What?" Sophia asked.
"I guess I thought you would think I was being disloyal to the memory of your mother," Matt said in all seriousness.
"Mom's been gone for a long time now. Actually I don't know why you've waited this long. I don't want you to be lonely Dad."
"It doesn't bother you that it's Vivian?" Matt asked. He had also thought that she might think it weird for him to be seeing her mate's mother.
Sophia let out a small laugh. "Why should it? I'm not the one who is sleeping with her."
"You know, we'd prefer it if this did not become public knowledge," Matt told her. "I don't want Lucas thinking I'm trying to take the Alpha position, because that's not what I want at all."
"He doesn't think that," Sophia said. Just then the sound of Luke's car horn sounded and she pushed back from the table. "Got to go."
Matt sighed. So much for spending the morning together. "Have a good time honey."
"I will," she told him as she gave him a quick peck on the cheek. "You too Dad." She wagged her eyebrows at him. Matt smiled and shook his head.
Sophia was anxious to find out what this surprise was that Lucas and Sean had been trying to hide all week. Sarah and Sophia had been trying to catch them off guard and pry into their minds but so far the guys had been very good at keeping their thoughts hidden. Today they would finally find out.
Sarah and Sean were already in the back seat when she got into the car. Lucas leaned over for his kiss but Sophia backed her head away.
"Uh, uh, uh … not until I see who you want me to meet," Sophia smiled.
Lucas grinned and glanced back at Sean. "Well ladies… you were right. There is someone we want you to meet. She's gorgeous and she's waiting for us at the lake."
Lucas began driving with a grin on his face. He kept glancing at Sophia, waiting for her reaction.
Sophia was trying to figure it out. "Is it a horse or something?" she asked.
Sean laughed from the back seat. "Yeah right. You know other animals don't feel comfortable around us."
Sarah then said, "So you're saying it's not an animal, human or skin walker?"
"Nope," said Sean.
Sarah and Sophia looked at each other and tried to think.
Soon Lucas had stopped the car when they reached the lake. Sophia looked around and tried to see what the surprise was. Lucas came around to her door and opened it. "Close your eyes baby," he said in excitement.
He placed a hand over her eyes and put his arm around her while he led her around a clump of trees. Sean was doing the same with Sarah behind them. Sophia could feel the dock under her feet as he slowed his steps and pulled her to a stop.
"Baby, I want you to meet the other Sophia," Lucas said as he removed his hand from her eyes. Tied to the dock was a shiny new speedboat glistening in the sun. On the side of the boat her name had been written in beautiful script. He had named the boat after her!
"Oh my God! That's so cool," squealed Sophia. "You're right, she is gorgeous!"
"So do I get my kiss now?" Lucas asked as he pulled her against his body.
"Mmmm, you'll get a lot more than that," she smiled a sexy grin and brought her mouth to his for a deep kiss. She broke the kiss and said, "But first you have to let me drive it!" She hopped into the boat and she heard them all scramble in behind her.
"No way, Lucas said I could drive it after him," teased Sean.
"Too bad. Ladies first," said Sarah laughing as she tried to push her mate out of the way.
"How can you ski if you're driving," Lucas told them. They all looked at him now. He opened a compartment that contained water skis and a tow rope.
"And don't forget this," Sean said as he cranked up the built in CD player.
"And this," added Lucas as he pulled out a cooler of beer and snacks. He had already been here earlier with Sean to set it all up.
The girls smiled and put their arms around their mates, giving them big hugs of excitement. This was a going to be a great day after all.
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Huge dark grey clouds floated in across the town as the teens of Wolf Lake High were enjoying the first home game of the football season. The opposing team had been bused in from Seattle and thought the impending storm was fitting to the mood they were in. They were losing badly to the Wolf Lake team as they did every year. Every year they had hopes that this would finally be the year they would beat Wolf Lake. But those hopes never seemed to be realized. What made those guys so damn good?
On the bleachers many of the human spectators were beginning to gather their things to head home before the rain came. The Hill kids, however, didn't mind the rain at all. Cold and wet did not bother them in the least. In fact it was another sensation on their bodies to enjoy.
Cassandra sat with her friend Lori discussing all the hot football players on the field. Lori had not yet flipped and was pleased that Cassandra did not leave her to hang out with the flipped kids. They had been friends since they could remember.
Cassandra had been in fights all month long and it seemed that they were finally slowing down as she had raised her status significantly. She hadn't had a fight in three days now as she sat eyeing the dominant group of females sitting not too far away. All that was left was to challenge one of them and win. Then she would be looked at as a dominant and her chances of hooking up with a dominant male would be very good. She couldn't forget the night of her first rave when Sophia had let her choose Stephen. That was the most exciting time of her life! No one she had fooled around with before or after him could even come close to the way Stephen made her feel. She knew that she would have to be part of the dominant female group if she wanted the dominant males. Now that she had her taste of one of them, all the other males paled in comparison.
"I am so glad that Sophia is Alpha and not Presley," said Lori. "I do not think Presley would have been as generous to you."
Cassandra rolled her eyes at the mention of Presley. "Yeah, well my brother is hot on her and I have no idea why," Cassandra told her. "He says that they are true mates. But then look how she treats him! She rejects him and hurts his feelings and then when she's feeling sad about something she comes running into his arms."
Cassandra forgot to keep her voice down and now Presley had her head turned and was looking straight at Cassandra. Cassandra looked back at her without looking away. Then Presley gave her a wicked smile and turned her attention back to the game.
"Are you going to challenge her?" Lori asked. "She's pretty strong Cassandra. Only Sophia has managed to put her down."
"I don't know. I'll probably start with one of her friends. Krissy maybe," Cassandra mused.
The rain came in a light sprinkle but quickly turned into a thick downpour soaking all the spectators as well as the players. The whole Wolf Lake football team was composed of dominant male skin walkers as any human that tried out was cut from the team for not being able to keep up with the others. The players welcomed the cool rain and did not mind the mud in the least. In fact, they preferred it this way.
Sophia and Sarah sat in the middle of the dominant group of females watching their males. Sophia was never a big sports fan before but she enjoyed watching Lucas move and she cheered the team on with the rest of the crowd.
Most of the humans in the crowd had now fled for dryer places as the rain soaked into everyone's hair and clothing. Night had also fallen and the wind began to blow.
"Looks like a big storm starting," said Sarah.
"Cool," smiled Sophia, "I love storms."
"Sophia look," said Dawn pointing at two skin walker teens getting carried away with each other on the ground beside the bleachers. The only problem was that two humans were peering over the top and watching them with interest.
Sophia sent a mental warning down to the two skin walkers. They stopped what they were doing and looked up into the stands at the humans and then they looked in apology at Sophia.
Take it into the woods.
Sophia sent them this order and they took off together.
Presley, Dawn and Krissy had accepted the fact that Sophia was now their Alpha though Presley had not made any gesture of friendship towards Sophia. There had been a sort of truce between the two since last spring. Presley had backed off from talking bad about Sophia in any way. She knew that no matter how she felt, the others now felt a responsibility to stick up for Sophia. Any bad mouthing from her about Sophia could turn a lot of others against her and she did not want to be friendless. It stilled irked her that she was lowered in status however. Not only would she not be Alpha, but neither would she be Beta. Sean had never taken an interest in her much and now that he was exclusive with Sarah that would no longer be a possibility anyway.
Then there was that artifact that indicated that Randy was her true mate. He had accepted the news with joy, but Presley had a hard time accepting that she had no choice, that she was not destined to lead. Randy was a dominant male and would be next in line as Beta if something ever happened to Sean. But was that good enough for her? She had not decided yet.
The game had ended and the guys all retreated to the locker rooms to shower and change. The skin walkers on the bleachers sat and talked while they waited for the males to join them. They watched as the coach of the team from Seattle yelled at the beaten boys. He was very disappointed in how badly they were beaten by the Wolf Lake team and now he made them stay in the rain and mud, punishing them with push ups and running.
The storm had picked up to a wild pitch and now lightening and thunder filled the night sky. The stadium was cast into darkness as the field lights were turned off. The skin walkers had no trouble seeing in the dark and the females made their way down the bleachers and across the field towards the locker rooms.
Thunder boomed and rolled directly above the human boys as they were forced to do jumping jacks in spite of their extreme exhaustion. When bolts of lightening lit up the sky their eyes fell on a sight which heated their blood in an instance.
"Holy shit, would you look at that," one of the Seattle boys said.
During the flashes of lightning they saw the females sauntering across the field; thin tops clung to their bodies in the rain outlining all their curvy assets. They looked so wild and exotic the way they swayed as they walked across the field. The females were aware of the attention they were getting and some turned their heads and gave the Seattle boys a sexy grin.
Some of the boys stopped exercising and stared with their mouths opened as another bolt of lightening flashed and they saw some of the girls now licking their lips as they looked back at them.
The coach quickly came by and yelled, "Get your peckers under control! Give me fifty more jumping jacks and then get your sorry asses back on the bus!"
It was dark again and they could no longer see the hot girls. They prayed for more lightening to flash and when it finally did the girls were gone.
The females had made their way to the front of the gym and waited for the males to come out so they could all head to the rave together. One by one the males trickled out and many began leaving towards the woods. Soon Sophia and Sarah were left standing there. They were talking this whole time but now they looked around at the thinning crowd.
"What's taking them so long?" Sarah complained when they saw no sign of Lucas and Sean yet. Just then Sean came walking out of the locker room quickly.
"Sophia! Quick! Lucas needs your help!" he called urgently as he came closer.
Sophia wondered why Lucas didn't call out to her himself on his mental pathway as she turned and ran towards the boy's locker room. It must be serious if he couldn't even do that, she worried.
Sarah started to run behind her but was pulled back by Sean. He shook his head at her to indicate that Sophia should only go. Sarah was confused as to why they shouldn't go help too until she saw a little grin spread over Sean's face.
She shook her head in amazement. "You guys are mean," Sarah said. "She's really worried!"
Sophia had run through the door of the locker room and scanned around. The lights were all out except for a dim flashing one in the back where the shower room was.
"Lucas?" she called out. "Where are you?"
She received no answer except the sound of water falling from the showers. Steam was floating out from the shower room, creating a misty atmosphere as she slowly walked towards the back, looking down all the rows of lockers as she went.
"Lucas?" she called out again. The sound of the showers became louder than ever as she reached the half opened door. The lone light bulb was flashing off and on as she pushed the shower room door open and tried to peer inside through all the steam.
It was a large room with a row of shower heads on each of the four walls which ran down to a central drain in the middle. Every single shower was turned on but she could see no one in this steam. All the shower heads had been turned towards the center of the room, shooting hot water full blast.
"Lucas?" she said again as she went cautiously into the room.
"Over here," came his voice from the other side. She could not see him through the steam and sprays of water as she made her way into the deluge.
"Are you o.k.?" she said as the hot water washed over her from all directions, warming her from her recent cold soak in the rain. Then she felt two large hands reach around her stomach and slip inside her wet top and up across her bare skin to cup her breasts. His wet, hard body pressed onto her from behind as he brought his hot mouth down upon her neck.
"I need you," he whispered onto her neck. Sophia felt her legs go out from under her as his words sent their own deluge of heat coursing through her body. But she did not need to support herself as Lucas took control, holding her to him as he ran his hands and mouth over her. She lifted her arms and he slipped the top off her. Then his splayed hand lowered to the button on her pants and easily flipped it open. Both his hands now pulled the wet material from her hips and downwards to drop on the floor. Sophia kicked away the offending material so that she was just as bare as he was. Then she relaxed against his body as he took control, moving his powerful hands over her wet skin as the multiple shower sprays hit them from all directions. Over and around all the curves of her body he moved while Sophia closed her eyes and moaned with pleasure.
Lucas had become extremely aroused and felt his beast starting to roar for release. His growls became louder as he tasted her skin and his blood coursed through every vein in his body. Sophia could feel the changes in Lucas and she knew that when he was like this he would demand total submission. Her body instinctively compelled her to submit. She bent her head further sideways and Lucas growled his approval as he sunk his teeth into her shoulder, lifting her off her feet and bringing her over to the tile wall, his bite demanding that she hold still and let him have his way.
He sucked and bit at the wound he had made while he pinned her against the wall, his arousal hard pressed against her backside. Sophia's cheek and body front were pressed onto the cool tiles as she let her mate satisfy his need to taste her. Waves of pleasure washed over her and she was musking more than ever. Skin walker sex was very intense and exciting and Sophia never felt disappointed after it was over. Lucas was extremely sensual and she wouldn't have it any other way.
Now with his mouth still pinning her to the wall, he reached down and pulled her legs apart with both hands. Lifting her up, he entered her and began the slow rhythm which would continue for a long time at various rates of intensity and speed. His mind sought out a connection with hers as he gauged her reactions and adjusted to whatever brought her the most pleasure. Never did he stop with just one orgasm. He would continue to pleasure her until she cried out for him stop when she no longer had any more energy to go on.
Sean and Sarah stood guard outside the locker room, but their keen hearing picked up on the pleasurable growls and groans coming from the boys' locker room. Sean had Sarah pressed against the wall and they were both growing extremely aroused. Sean looked around and saw a few skin walker males standing not too far away.
"Hey," he called out to them. "I need you two to guard the gym. No one comes in."
The boys came over to obey the Beta while Sarah and Sean slipped inside the empty girl's locker room.
"There's still one more shower room to use," he smiled.
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