Trusting My First Love

Chapter 4: Spike

Mathew's POV

It was like everything was playing out in slow motion, and I was left standing there feeling like the awkward thrid wheel.

When Eddie said he was going to hit some babe with killer legs in a sexy black bikini with our volleyball to get her attention, i had no idea that the babe would be Charlotte.

We both noticed her coming from the changing area. She had curves in all the right places. Curves that you dont usually see so on girls are age. She was hard not to notice. Eddie isn't that type that goes after girls often. So, the fact that he was taking an interest in her was a big deal. That's why I decided to take myself out of the competition. We've never gone after the same girl before, and i wasn't about to start now. Apparently, i wasn't the only one with the shocked expression over the fact that Charlotte was the girl that we were both gawking over by the way Eddie's mouth about hit the sand. She walked over to us holding the ball. Eddie couldn't take his eyes off of her, and Charlotte seemed zeroed in on him as well.

I kept looking between the two of them. Eddie became awkward as hell and could barely speak, and Charlotte was, of course, oblivious to the whole thing. I blame it on her innocence. She was too naive to see that Eddie was completely smitten by her. Im just not sure how i feel about it. I was questioning what was going on between the two of them when i noticed their interactions earlier today, and this stuttering fool just confirmed it by the way he was acting. He most definitely likes her. Even if he doesn't realize it now.

Charlotte confused me. Even as kids, I always felt weird being in her presence. Like something was off about her and her whole family. But for whatever reason, I always felt it more strongly about Charlotte.

We've known each other our whole lives. We played often as kids. I just always held her at arms length. Besides the weird feelings she gave me, I never had a valid reason for treating her the way that I did. I guess you could say I was scared to get too close. Her brothers never gave me those feelings, so yeah, i guess I treated them way better than i treated her. It was just easier to ignore her. I didn't want her to get the wrong idea about us and that we somehow could be friends. Her brothers are older than me, so i rarely see them. If it's not the random dinners, then it's at training. But it's not like we partner up together often. So its easier for me to keep my distance from them.

Her brothers are ridiculously strong. I've had my ass whooped a few times by the twins during training and don't even get me started on her dad. He has to be the biggest man i have ever scene and my dad plays it off like it's no big deal that a warrior is bigger than him, the alpha of our pack. There's been a few times during training where I've felt like Mr. Wilcox is holding himself back and letting me or my father win against him. I always felt like he never gave me his all, and the older im getting, the more im speculating that he may be stronger than us all, which is just impossible, right? He's just a warrior.

I heard Charlotte mumble "freak" under her breath as she walked away from Eddie and I. It just proved how oblivious she really is.

I'm ashamed to admit that i was right next to Eddie as we both watched her head towards the water with one of her friends. The anticipation was kiling me. We both probably looked like pervs as we anxiously waited for to get wet.

Of course, Ezra had to open his big mouth. "Hot damn. I really should have pushed that date with her. I had no idea she was rocking a body like that. Even if she is currently wolfless. It still would be worth it."

It was then that i realized we weren't the only fools acting like perverts. Every guy that was around us was staring out in the same direction we were. Sure, some of them could be staring at the other girls that were out there. But my gut was telling me it was Charlotte they were all staring at. I decided that it was probably a good time to look away. I couldn't let this attraction cloud my judgment.

This minor distraction made me lose focus enough that i didn't see Sophie make her way towards me. I love Eddie like a brother, but his sister is another story. She is constantly throwing herself at me. I just don't feel anything for her. I try to avoid her as much as possible. She manages to sneak her way in or finds me nearly every time. I tried to be gentle with my rejections because she is Eddie's sister. The problem is she won't take the hint no matter how blunt i am with her.

I felt her dragon nails dig into my bicep when she was trying to get my attention. You would think that saying my name would be the most logical way to get my attention, but nope, Sophie always had to grope me in some sort of way and then say it. "Matt, why dont you and i go for dip. It's awfully hot out here."

I looked down at her, and it was like my eye roll had its mind of its own when it came to her. It's one thing to wear a sexy bikini, and it's another to wear whatever string thing she is wearing. Im not even sure if it could even be labeled as every day lingerie. This thing was only covering her n*****s and i swear that if she moved the wrong way, one was going to pop out. What she was wearing just made her look desperate. "Yeah, I'm good right here."

She started to do this fake pouty look that im guessing usually works for her to get her way. It just doesn't work on me.

Eddie took one look at her, and the digusted look on his face was priceless. It took biting the sides of my cheeks to stop myself from snorting. "Soph, i swear if you dont cover yourself up with something, I'm going to send a picture to dad and tell him to come pick you up for throwing yourself at the future alpha again. We both know he told you to knock it off."

Sophie's face went three shades of red. Eddie didn't give a s**t when it came to embarrassing his sister. He always says that most of the time, she has it coming. It didn't help that he was already super pissed off at her and Sally for pulling the stunt they did earlier today to Charlotte.

I was just grateful that Eddie embarrassing her had worked . She took off and put a t-shirt overself and pouted on her towel next to Sally.

I patted Eddie on the back. "Thanks for that. Your sister has a difficult time grasping what the word no means."

He shook his head back and forth in disapproval. "Tell me about it. My mother has spoiled her rotten, and she doesn't see the terror she's created. Same with Sally's mom. They think their girls are perfect angels. It's going to end up biting us all in the ass. You just wait and see."

I actually agree with what he was saying. Sophie was really getting more obsessed and pushy. The more that i said, no. Im not sure what she will do when i find my mate because i know for damn certain that it can't be her. I would rather be mated to a toad.

Ezra wrapped his arms around the both of us. "Well, the game is about to begin. Whose ready to kick some Richmond pack ass?"

Ezra took these games very seriously. We've been playing them every year since we were like ten, and last year, they finally managed to beat us, so Ezra has redemption on his mind.

The game was going in our favor until Ezra managed to fall and break his wrist during the game. It would heal, but it would take a few hours at least. We had no choice. We either found another player, or we gave up the game.

Im not sure what Eddie was thinking when he called charlotte over. She looked just as confused as i was about it. He looked completely serious when he asked. "Play the game with us? Ezra is down, and i need that spike of yours."

I can't play an entire game with her. Is he crazy??