PATTY 2
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"Patty, come here." I heard a coo from behind me and I sighed looking over at my best friend as she cooed over another baby.
"I've seen enough babies that all of my eggs have exploded." I exaggerated before rolling my eyes. "Besides he is your nephew not mine." I said knowing that soon I would have my own nephew from my brother.
"He's Sebastian though. You could at least watch him blow his first spit bubbles." She said and I looked over my shoulder and glared again.
"You're lucky you're the princess. You command me to be your best friend-"
"I did not!" Ariel shouted and I gave her a look.
"Did you, or did you not order me to basically live with you when you moved out of the palace after making me have all of your classes in high school?" I asked her knowing it was just because I was a loner and didn't actually want to be her friend back then. She found that fascinating.
"Patty Miller, I had the same classes as you. I asked for the same schedule as yours."
"And that is why I signed up for woodshop and got Art and Spanish with you?" I asked and she gave me a wide smile.
"Come on, just hold him. And he is not my nephew, he is my cousin." She corrected and I rolled my eyes. "Like you are. Sort of."
"I am also sure that we are due to go down soon because the Moroz family is supposed to arrive from wherever soon." I said knowing her mother had messaged her before she visited the babies room that she was expected soon.
"Hold him while we go down. I told my uncle that we would bring him with us so his mate wouldn't leave his side." She said and offered the little thing up one more time like it was her backpack.
"Just until you are the proper princess and have bowed and thanked them for their attendance. Where are they from anyhow?" I asked as she came closer and held out my hands taking Sebastian from her arms.
"Russia." She said and sighed. "They aren't the most social siblings. All men... lost their parents when the oldest was like 14 I think." She said and shrugged. I lost mine when I was just 10 years old. My brother left when he was 18, four years later.
"Well let's get down there now so we aren't late and you apologize some more about being baby crazy with your cousin." I said and brought him to rest against my chest before moving to open her door.
I was technically her bodyguard when there wasn't an enforcer right here. And since we were already hosting 4 other pack leaders, they were already spread thin. I was a enforcer by right, my grandfather was one of the first and then my father, and my brother. I just joined because I wasn't allowed off base anyways. My brother didn't really leave like I said before... he just started going out on missions. I had no mom, no dad, and no other family but I got by. I didn't need someone to watch over me.
"Hey, look at you baby sis. I thought you hated babies." I heard David, my brother laugh and I looked up and saw he was walking towards us. He was here like everyone else in the US that was an enforcer. To protect and serve the royal family.
"What's up?" I asked shifting the little thing to my other arm.
"The Russians are here...and they are very touchy." He said and I rolled my eyes. "I mean it. They wouldn't let the maids take their bags."
"They might just like doing their own thing." I supplied knowing that I don't let anyone else take my bags.
"No,that's you." He said and cooed down at Sebastian.
"Where is Daphne?" I asked wondering where his better half was.
"In the kitchen, where else." He laughed and I smiled. "What are you smiling about?"
"Is she making the deviled eggs?" I asked knowing those were the best.
"You know she makes them for every party. You know if you actually enter the kitchen and just watch her make them you could learn all by yourself." He said and then fake gasped. "It would mean you know something girly." He said and touched my shoulder and I careful of Sebastian and punched him as hard as I could.
Sebastian being rattled a bit, started crying so I shifted him to my shoulder and started patting his back as we got to the stairs going down to the first floor closest to the main entrance. I saw four bodies just looking around the place knowing the king and queen were waiting inside for their daughter to escort them in.
Hitting the bottom step with a small bounce made Sebastian cry harder and I looked to my brother who waved him over. I lifted him from my shoulder he burped before basically projectile vomiting all over the front of my black button up and simple jeans.
I gagged and covered my mouth and nose at the scent. "Oh, go up to my old room and take a shower and change." Ariel told me quickly gaining the men's attention onto me. I felt my cheeks flame up and kept my eyes focused on keeping my shirt and hands out of the vomit before rushing back up the stairs.
"Want me to come up-"
"Take the little tyke to his parents." I waved my brother off and kept rushing up and towards Ariel's room.
I was careful to not get vomit anywhere else but on her carpet, or in her bathroom as I got to her old room. All of my things were at our little cottage but that was too far to go now. Even after I got the vomit off of me I could still smell it so I hopped in the shower, got it out of my hair, off of my skin, and then finally I got out nice and clean and smelling of lavender and sunflowers. It was Ariel's signature scent.
I got dressed in one of her old dresses that was too small around my bust, but also long enough I wouldn't be pulling it down all the time. Jeans were more of my ideal go to clothes. That and a shirt would be heaven around all those men down stairs. Most Alpha families had the one bad egg, the one who tried to bang every thing that walks and has the right hormones.
I walked down, hearing no other sounds in the room that the king and queen were going to welcome the Russian brothers in with. I walked through seeing no one I knew, and then proceeded to the outdoor area where we were now celebrating the newcomers.
I saw Ariel being chatted up and nodded to her when she basically asked me for help before moving towards the drinks.
"Ah, it's vomit girl. Where is your sidekick?" I heard my brother and turned to see him walking up with his little crew that consisted of all the other older brothers of the available women around the enforcers. It was typical and irritating.
"Shove it David. Just because you're my brother doesn't mean you can torment me. We aren't five anymore. You're supposed to be an almost father remember. You're going to be barf boy for a long time... then again, you might just smell like baby s**t for the rest of your life." I said with a shrug before smiling widely as his friends all groaned about the smell they could already imagine wafting off of him.
"You're here." I heard Daphne before turning and seeing her with a small plate of my favorite deviled eggs.
"And you love me." I gushed and walked over taking the plate before giving her a half hug and then touching her belly. I had to admit... I might not like kids, but I couldn't wait to have my own.
"You know, I am pretty sure that you just love me because I know how to cook." She said smiling and I just put the first egg in my mouth.
"David doesn't know how to cook and you are a blessing from the great Luna." I said and she laughed. "By the way, he is making fun of me because Baby Sebastian puked on me." I told her with a pout and she narrowed her eyes before turning to her mate.
"David!" She called out and he turned around right away and rushed over spotting me and narrowing his eyes. He got close and rubbed her belly with a huge smile.
"How are you feeling my love?" He asked knowing she was a sucker for that endearment and I laughed and waved as I backed away with my plate before turning and bumping into someone.
"Oh, I am so sorry." I said seeing some of the egg on the guys shirt. I reached out and rubbed it and then flicked it off before turning to get napkins. I grabbed some and just started rubbing his shirt.
"I am certain I am fine doing this on my own." I heard the amusement in the man's voice before I looked up and into his ice blue eyes.
"I am certain that I was trying to help. But you know what... here." I said slamming the napkins into his hand before he caught my wrist.
"You know what I think... I think you just wanted to touch a prince. You're in luck. I love all types of women." He said pulling me closer.
"And you aren't that lucky... I don't like princes." I said snatching my hand back before giving him a fake smile and little finger flutter before looking around to spot Ariel. She was with her uncle and his mate and I walked over.
"Oh,are all the deviled eggs gone now?" Devin asked me and I shook my head.
"This is my private stash." I said with a wink and put another one in my mouth.
"I saw you talking with Prince Ivan... what was that about?" Ariel asked and I sighed.
"I was making fun of David getting in trouble and turned and got egg on his shirt and I tried to wipe it off for him." I said and shrugged and left the rude part out before looking towards the little tyke that puked on me.
"Yeah, from what I have heard, him and Dimitri are the players... plus they're twins." He said and I groaned.
"I was just thinking how there was a player in every royal family nowadays and they have two. Yay." I said sarcastically before stuffing the other egg in my mouth.
"Don't look now, but here comes another prince... this one... from Romania." Devin said and I smiled at Ariel knowing that he has tried to get her on a date for the past two days he has been here.
"Mândreţe (Beauty)... such a sight to see in the afternoon light." I looked at Decibel and then back to Ariel who gave him a stiff smile.
"Wait until you see my friend here in the moonlight. The Great Luna has blessed her with looking nice in all the sort of lights... but moonlight is the best." I goaded and smiled at the prince before at Ariel who was boiling over with rage.
"There is a dance tonight too." Mark inputted and Ariel turned to glare at him.
"Will you save me a dance dragă (sweetheart)?" He asked her moving to touch her cheek and she smiled and then pushed his hand away.
"We'll have to see." She patted his hand before waving at me. "But for now, we have to go and check on the preparations for tonight's ball." She said and gripped my wrist tightly and tugged me behind her making me drop one egg and I gasped.
"You're a monster. You know how much I love these things!" I fake cried and looked back at it before turning back to her and pouting.
"My dress for tonight should be here." She mumbled as we got inside and she went toward the main dressing room that her father was just coming out of.
"Your mother is fussing, go save the seamstress." He told her and I bowed my head a bit as he waited.
I walked in, kept my head down and leaned against the other closed door before hearing Ariel deal with her mother about how she ordered the dress to have a little cleavage showing. I took a couple minutes but eventually the queen left and I looked towards Ariel who was now thanking the seamstress before she quickly left the room.
"Can you believe her?" Ariel asked and I blinked before shrugging.
"She's just your mother." I told her and then listened to her rant about how her mother was just too overprotective and how she was a woman now and she can wear whatever dress she liked.
"Listen to me... I might meet my mate tonight and I am complaining about my mother." She covered her face and then pushed her hair back. "And complaining in front of you. I'm sorry." She said and came over closer and touched my shoulder. "I'm sorry." She repeated.
"It's fine Ariel. But I am going back to the cottage for a small nap. Stay inside the boundaries. Don't wander off with any of the princes. In fact stay near your Uncle." I told her and she nodded. "I'll be back when you have to get ready in three hours."
"Don't you want to check your dress?" She asked nodding to it.
"No... I know what I ordered and I trust the seamstress." I gave her a small smile before grabbing a jacket since it was a little breezy outside.
"Okay." She nodded and I gave her the best fake smile that I could and she bought it before I left through the hallway. I went through the party seeing the four Russian brothers near the edge not really talking with each other as much as they weren't talking with anyone.
They were the only group that was just keeping to themselves. I heard a bing and a clear throat and stopped to see who was up on stage. It was the King and Queen.
"We would like to congratulate Prince Luis of Spain on finding his mate with our very own Margaret." Everyone clapped respectfully and I saw the new mates smiling at everyone, still a little awkward with each other.
I gave the crowd another once over before going through the trees and through the small field and walked towards the small cottage a half mile away.
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