It Was Always You (book 2)

6

Vivi's p.o.v

Thank goddess for my twin. He got me out of there when things got intense. I do not want to know about Evan's love life. Seeing him brought all of my old feelings back up. Then Rue announces she's getting married. I don't even care. All I know is I do not want to be her maid of honor, but I agreed to it because I think she thought she was making fun of me by asking. She probably thought I would cry or argue and make a big deal out of it, but nope. I am over those 2. They deserve each other. I have moved on and I think we should go look at properties to move into. "Jesse, Sammi, come with me to get my stuff from the Stone's house and we can go look at houses." I say. Jesse's eyes widen and he smiles. "We are going to be on our own?" He asks and I nod. I stop by a flower shop and buy a big bouquet and write a note thanking them for their hospitality. I let them know that they can always call or text me and some other sweet things and put the flowers and note on the table in the living room so they can see them as soon as they walk in. I never fully unpacked. I mean I was only here a week, so I stuff everything into my bag and toss it to Jesse to put in the truck while Sammi helps me pack the toiletries and I pack the shoes. We are done in 20 minutes. I make sure to clean up and throw the trash out. I make the bed and fix everything as I remember it was. We leave and go to a coffee shop to decide where we want to live. It has to be somewhere close to school and to the pack, because I love filming there and my older brother and his mate and their kids are there and I don't want to be away from them. I also have to figure out which college I want to go to so that I can see if the house can be close to their too. There's so much to think about. If I decide to go far away, then I will have to leave Jess and Sammi behind and that hurts my heart. "Let's get a small house, or maybe we can start off renting, because what if we decide to move further away after graduation?" I tell them. Zach came with us. My uncle introduced us and he is sweet. He goes to our school, I have seen him around, but he says he was always too shy to speak to me, but we get along great. He is 17 too, but he is turning 18 before me. What if we are mates? I look over at him, but my heart doesn't race or anything. I guess we will see.

2 hours later, we decide to rent for now. We are going to get a 6 6-month lease and go from there. We pick an area and start looking up houses for rent. We have been at it for a while and when I check my phone I see that I have a message from Mrs. Stone."Thank you for the flowers dear, but you didn't have to leave. Evan is okay with sleeping on the couch. We just want you to be safe." she says. I feel guilty that I left. They were so amazing to me. Always gave me attention. I will miss living with them, but I also can't stay there forever and I am sure they want private time with Evan as well. I am always the extra one. I have to realize when I am not wanted or needed and learn to remove myself before I get hurt. Staying at the Stone's is asking for a broken heart. At least right now, it's only cracked and I can fix it by myself.

Evan's p.o.v

After Vivi left and I heard everything her dad had to say I was pissed off. I don't know why he thinks so poorly of me. I would think I am perfect for his daughter. He kept saying we are like siblings, but we are so not like siblings at all. I tell my friends I will be back for that tour and I walk my parents home. My mother is quiet while my father is pointing out everything I have done wrong since I arrived. I am sure they are embarrassed. Vivi is the perfect mate for me and I know that they know and feel it as well. "Please fix this" my mother finally says looking up at me with tears in her eyes. "Mom, it's going to be okay. Vivi isn't 18 yet and I didn't know she was my mate until a bit ago so technically I have not done anything wrong." I tell her. She gives me a weak smile. "Yeah son, but you don't understand. I just don't think she can take on anymore heartbreak or disappointment. Especially from her mate." she whispers. I put my arm around her and hug her close to me. "Mom, Dad, I will get close to Vivi and take care of her and protect her. I will prove to her that I am a good mate. Santiago will learn to accept it. Do not worry." I tell them to help ease them a little. "I know you will son, but what about that other Alpha? Then there's that woman who you brought with you. She seems to be staking her claim on you. Why wasn't Vivi sitting next to you?" my mother says looking worried. "Mom, Layla is just a friend." I start saying. "Stop right there son, you can never be friends with someone you have slept with. This is already a bad idea. If you want your relationship with your mate to work, then that woman can not be a part of your life. She will ruin your relationship. I know what I am telling you. I had a so-called female best friend and we found out she helped my cousin in the attack. She hated your mother so much because I wouldn't leave you both. She hated your mother from the day I introduced them. You mother was always kind to her and her jealousy made her turn evil and hurt us in the worst way possible. I speak from experience. Be careful son." My father says. I think about it, but I just don't see Layla being that crazy. I nod though. I can be her friend and have my mate. One has nothing to do with the other.

We walk in the house and my mother squeals "Goddess, these flowers are beautiful". She grabs the card and reads it, but her face drops. Guess the flowers aren't from dad. I walk over and grab the card and read it.

Mr. and Mrs. Stone,

I just want to thank you both for taking me in when I had nowhere to go. You both helped me heal from this heartache. Not from a love heartbreak, but from the heartbreak and betrayal that only a family member can bring you. You both let me stay in your home so I can finish school and not have to worry about what went down and have to go through that daily. Thank you Mr. Stone for helping me realize that I did not even like Liam. I will never do any favors for my twin when it has to do with his friends. I thought I had broken heart syndrome when I first came here. The feeling of despair and disappointment was so big, but you helped me get through it and showed me that not everyone is the same. I know pack members will usually go along with the Alpha and agree to everything they say or do, but you didn't. You let me know that my family was wrong and you stuck up for me and for that I am truly grateful. I came to the conclusion that Rue and Liam deserve each other and if he cheated on me, he will most likely do it to her and that's on her. I am glad to be rid of him. With all that said, here is your key and Evan can have his room back so he doesn't have to sleep on the couch. Here are also the tickets to the spelling school event. Incase you still want to attend. If you don't, that is okay too. You both have my number and can call or text me whenever you want. Once again, thank you for being such amazing people. Thanks for making me feel special and like I had parents who actually cared about me and only me for once. Evan is so lucky to have you both Hugs and Kisses -Vivi

"She left," mom says, and I run to my bedroom and sure enough, it is clean and I do not see anything that belongs to Vivi. It's all my stuff here. I walk back out, " Yes, she is gone." I tell my parents and they both look sad. "I am going to go look for her. I need to talk to her anyway." I say and rush out. I do not know where she can be though. I link my dad and ask him for her phone number. I regret not having kept in touch with her. I go back to the packhouse and my friends are there. Damn I forgot I had to show them around. I do so as quickly as I can, then Layla says we should go to the coffee shop and grab some drinks. Beau thinks we should go out to a bar tonight. I do not feel like being around a bunch of people, so should I tell them about Vivi? Maybe that way they will back off. We walk to the coffee shop and when I open the door I smell coffee and my mate. She is here. My wolf perks up and looks for her. He spots her right away and growls "mine" in my mind. He growls at the fact that she is sitting next to that little Alpha. I guess Daniel is right, he's always around her. "Oh no, let's go intrude" Daniel says and walks away to their table. Layla grabs my arm and I shake her off and walk away behind Daniel. I will not allow her to ruin this for me by making it seem like we are anything more than just friends.

Vivi's p.o.v

We are at the coffee shop getting ready to leave, we are just waiting on Sammi's cupcakes. My little baby niece or nephew in her belly is already making her hungry. She had a craving for something sweet, and as we wait I feel eyes on me. I feel tingles going up my spine and I don't know why. I feel warm all of a sudden. "Hello there." I hear and see it is Evan's friend who we met earlier. He is a flirt. As soon as we met he started flirting with me. "This must be fate" he says looking at me. I smile a little uncomfortably. He is bold and out there I see. "Can we sit down?" Evan asks and I nod. He sits next to me and the girl he is with sat next to him and the other two guys sat across from us. Evan looks uncomfortable. "So what are you all doing?" His flirty friend asks us. I forgot his name. "Nothing much just looking for a new house." Jess answers them still browsing, not really paying attention to them. He sneaks kisses with Sammi not even caring that everyone is watching them. "Vivi can I talk to you" Evan says, while leaning in to me. I can feel his warm breath on my ear and it makes my insides feel some type of way. I look at him and nod. "sure, but can it be later, we were just leaving." I say and get up. Zach follows me lead. "Oh" Evan says and gets up as well. "Well, okay, can I call you tonight? Maybe we can meet somewhere." He asks. "Sure" I say and grab my bag and laptop and Jess and Sammi get up while she grabs her treats "Bye Angel" his flirty friend says. "Bye" we all say and walk out.

Once we are out and by the car I feel like I can breathe again. "I don't like them." Zach says and we all turn to look at him. "Man that's just Evan and his friends, they are harmless." Jess tells Zach laughing. "Yeah, well there's something about them that bugs me." he says. The only thing that bugs me is his female friend. The rest seem cool besides being too flirty. We head over and see 4 houses over the next couple of hours. We decide on 1 of them. It is big. It has 4 bedrooms. 1 for me 1 for Jess and Sammi, we are turning another one into a filming/editing room and 1 extra incase we decide to have a party and people want to sleep over. There's 2 bedrooms with bathrooms and 1 bathroom in the hallway for the other 2 bedrooms to share. We each get a bedroom with a bathroom. I sign all of the paperwork and I am given the keys and told I can start moving in tomorrow. I am exstatic. I am so proud of myself for being able to do this for my twin and his mate. She will never be alone as long as she has us. We go make copies of our keys amd the outdoor fence keys, mailbox, everything. We change our address at the post office. We switch everything over, then decide to go talk to dad about it all. Hopefully he wont be too mad that we did all of this on our own.

We drop Zach back off at his car and go back to Blood Moon. Our house isn't far away so we can come visit whenever. Jess and Sammi are hungry. They only had a small snack and didn't have lunch of dinner yet, so we sit downstairs. They are in the kitchen, while I wait in the living room because I am not hungry. I feel him before I even see him, but when I look up Evan is there looking at me. He smiles and walks over to me. "Hey" he says. "Hey" I reply and smile at him. He is so damn cute. I hate feeling this way. I know I shouldn't. "Can we talk?" He asks me and I nod. He sits down next to me. He runs his hand through his hair and just stares at me. "Why did you leave my parents house? They are so sad that they won't have you there anymore." He tells me. I smile. "Well, I can't live with your parents forever." I tell him and we both laugh. "No, no you can't. But you didn't have to leave just because I returned. I would sleep on the couch or the floor Vivi. Come back." he says. I shake my head. "We found a house. Jesse, his girlfriend and I found a house to rent until we graduate and figure out where we are going." I say. He looks shocked. "Oh will it only be you 3 living there?" he asks me. I nod. "So your boyfriend isn't moving in with you? That isn't the reason you left my parents house?" He asks and sounds a little angry. What the he*l.

Evan's p.o.v

Vivi and the people she was with got up and left and I just wanted to grab her and pull her back to me. "Oh young love, sorry Daniel, your so-called Angel is taken and oh don't they make a cute couple? Taking double dates to coffee shops. How cute for high schoolers." Layla snorts. I look over at her and see her watching me for a reaction. Why does she sound like such a b***h right now? I am so annoyed with her. "That's not Vivi's boyfriend." I tell her. "Well, that girl Rue said it was. She told me that this so-called Angel is a b*tch and tried to ruin her relationship with her chosen mate and since she couldn't do that, she moved on to a different Alpha now. She said she feels sorry for her, but she has to be nice because she is her little sister."Layla says. I am disgusted that Rue would speak this way about my mate. Knowing it isn't true. "Do not believe everything Rue says." I tell her. "Yeah, that girl Rue seemed a little off when I talked to her" Daniel said. "Definitely on drugs" Beau adds. "No, she's pregnant" Layla says and Beau shrugs. "So are we down for a bar tonight?" Daniel asks. "You guys go without me. I have some work to do." I tell them and Layla groans. We end up going back to the packhouse. We have lunch there and I do not see or even feel Vivi. Is she moving off the property. I can't wait to speak to her later today.

After lunch I go to Santiago's office and get to work with him and Dad. We put everything aside and focus on our goal. King Kian and Alpha Victor stop by. These people are all so close. A lot of strong men here to support each other. We skip dinner, because we are finally getting somewhere. Looks like we will be able to attack in the next couple of days. I am so pumped and ready. We finally decide to call it a day and the men start talking about a family trip they all want to go on. Apparently it became a tradition years ago they go to some beach house "How am I going to get Vivi to go? If Rue and Liam will be there as well?" Santiago asks his family memebers. "I don't think Vivi cares, Santi" Alpha Victor tells him. "I spoke to her and I also witnessed that low blow at breakfast. Asking her to be the maid of honor." he scoffs. "Viviana does not care. I just wish Rue would leave her alone Santi, you have to intervene. I am sure everyone can go to the trip and get along." He says. "I will try, maybe I can get Vivi to invite Zach." he says, and smiles and looks at me and smirks. I take that as my cue to go. "Something pulls me to go towards the living room and that's when I see her sitting there. She looks up at me and her beautiful eyes meet mine and I am lost. I feel like I am lost at sea just staring at her eyes. I am drowning and only she can save me. We talk for a little bit, then I remember what Layla said to me and i am mad. I have to find out if that guy Zach is her boyfriend. When she tells me she is moving out I ask her if it will only be her, Jesse and his girlfriend or will her boyfriend be moving in to? I ask her is thats the reason why she left my parents house. She looks offended. "Of course not Evan. Look, I wasn't even going to move into your parents house to begin with. It all just kind of happened so fast. You don't know the whole story, but basically I caught my boyfriend, well now ex in bed with my sister and your dad was the only person to defend me when my own family made me feel like it was my fault that my sister was riding my boyfriend . My own parents made it seem like what Rue did was okay. She then told me she was pregnant by him. So now my sister is apparently pregnant by my ex, and also getting married to him. Your dad was there when it all happened and he took me in and made sure I was okay. But I was going to move away regardless. I got accepted into college early, so after I graduate in less than 4 months I am out of here. Jess and I are renting this house near our school and once I figure out what college I am going to, then I will move again. But for now we are settled." she says. My mind is swirling with everything she just said. I knew most of what she said. That's how I knew Rue lied to Layla. "So you do not care about Rue and your ex?" I ask. She shakes her head. "nope, I didn't even like him. I am angry at Rue, she's my sister and that's crossing a line, but him I do not care, he can go fall in a hole and die if he wants." she says and I laugh. "But what about that guy who has been hanging all over you?" I ask her. "Zach?" I nod. "I just met him today. Well, no we go to school together, but we officially met today. We never talked in school or anything. He's cool though. But not my boyfriend." she says and laughs. I sigh feeling relieved. "So when do you move in?" I ask her. She shows me the keys in her hands. "Tomorrow, since it is already dark today." She says and smiles. I know she is so proud of herself. "We also have to tell my dad and I think he might flip out, but I don't care what he or anyone says or thinks anymore. No-one cares about me or my feelings, so why should I care about anyone else?" She says and shrugs her shoulders. I stare at her. My beautiful mate. I will show her that I care. At that moment, Layla had to interrupt. She is always interrupting. "Hey E, you coming with us?" she asks and I see Beau and Daniel walk in behind her. "Um," I say and look down at Vivi and I know I am going to stay with her tonight. "Hey Angel, want to go to the bar with us?" Daniel asks her. Layla snorts. "I think she is too young to hang at a bar with us." I notice my mate's face turns red, realizing, indeed, she is too young. I know Layla did this to embarrass her. "Go on without me guys, I am going to stay here." I say and Layla walks over to me and grabs my arm. "No, come on E, I will let you sleep in my bed again tonight, we had a lot of fun last night." she says in a voice that I think is meant to be seductive. I hear Beau groan. "You two don't have to shove your s*x life in our face 24/7. We get it you two have s*x daily" he says and Layla smirks and looks behind me. I am mortified "I said no Layla, I am not interested in anything to do with you and we do not have s*x daily" I quickly tell them to make it clear. More so to Vivi. My friends gasp. "I'm available to f*ck if you're that desperate", Beau tells Layla and laughs. I turn around, but Vivi isn't here anymore. Where did she go? Why do I have such bad luck. Coming back home and finding my mate has gone completely wrong.