Bear Moon

Learning

Mato's POV

I was not sure how Kayla was raised or treated behind closed doors. Seeing her reaction at lunch made me stop and think about things. I needed to learn these intimate details so that I had a better understanding of how to show Kayla how much she meant to me.

"Mato?" It was Momma Dee who called my name from the doorway.

I looked up realizing I had been lost in the middle of the computer screen. "Yeah?" I leaned back blinking my eyes to wave her in.

"I was wondering," Momma Dee came into the office, shutting the door behind herself.

"Kayla, does she a little different from you?"

"What do you mean?" I was curious why she would ask.

"I noticed she seems less tense and a bit happier." Momma Dee smiled. "I think being your mate will look good on her."

"I lose my thoughts near her so I couldn't say I noticed." I shrugged with a lopsided grin.

"I never had the pleasure to have a mate, but I can see it. You follow her like a young bear cub." Momma Dee chuckled.

"I can't help it." I am sure the look on my face was like a busted teenage boy.

"Well, if I notice any changes I will let you know." Momma Dee giggled, she stood walking from the chair she had been at and you could almost see some of her age had left her for a few seconds. It reminded me of before when all of us were young and life hadn't gotten so sticky.

I looked back at my computer and my work pulled me back into focus. I had to finish signing work orders for various things and had to email a few people about the new people that had been hired. That didn't account for the new missing kids that had been added to my desk to keep an eye out for.

This young rogue boy had my interest perked. They said he was alpha blood and that a clone of Velito with the mad scientist guy mix. They had told me too they had cleared out a bunch of the other places where there had been more clones of him. I wondered how much damage the boy had and what kinds of help we would need. Momma Dee was always excellent at calming fears and helping people slowly adjust. It was a major blessing to have her omega powers at work for us.

I spent a few more hours working. it was until I could smell dinner getting ready to be served that my nose finally hauled me up and out of my chair. I made my way through the hallway down to the dining hall. I could see people lining up to fill their plates. I glanced at the hot trays filled with ribs, meatballs, spaghetti, and sauteed vegetables. There were mashed potatoes and even French fries for the kids. They had cheeseburgers, grilled cheese, and other bits for them too. Cookie was always going the extra mile to do things for our members I like him as part of the house staff. He would be hard to replace.

Kayla came into the room with her friends, skidding to a stop when our eyes landed on each other. I waved her over to me. Sitting at my table she would be served. I saw her chatting with her friends for a minute and then decided to have her bring friends too. She gave me a surprised look the smiled big and looped arms with them both. settled next to each other leaving me a seat near the end of the table. I shrugged if I could get a smile that I was good for the next hour or so. It didn't take a whole lot to make me happy. I was a simple man.

The servers started asking the girls what they wanted. One of them asked me what I wanted and I had told them to surprise me.

He chuckled and said ok. Trotting off to fill a massive plate of all sorts of things. The pile was huge, but I was ready to devour it.

The girls I could hear talking while they are and laughing about silly things. I was glad they were having a good time. They were still going strong well after everyone was done and the clean-up had started. They split a huge piece of chocolate cake with themselves, there were chocolate shakes and who knows what else they had been brought to nibble on. I got up and took my plate, to the kitchen, and on my way back I was stopped by three voices calling my name.

"Mato." They said in unison.

I turned and looked at them, they came rushing over to hug me at the same time. I chuckled. I couldn't help myself. Having three young girls hugging me was kinda cool.

"Thank you!" They squealed together.

"Welcome." I was still laughing as they stepped back. Kayla reached up on her tiptoes and kissed my cheek. "I appreciated that," Kayla whispered near my ear. That did more than just make me happy. That made me have tingles running down my spine and spreading down my legs.

I had that stupid lopsided smile on my face. I couldn't wipe it off she had kissed my cheek. I was floating on cloud nine. There was no bringing me down now. I was gonna enjoy every minute of this to the fullest. I noticed the girls took off toward the back porch and I wandered slowly to the door there.

I watched the girls settle under the tree. There they sat and continued having the time of their lives. Momma Dee poked my side and said "excuse me." I glanced down realizing that I needed to move so that she could get by.

"Sorry," I mumbled.

Momma Dee laughed outright and looked at me with a shake of her head. "Lost bear cub, why don't you come on the porch with me. You can watch them and we can chat about this rogue boy coming tomorrow." She grabbed my hand and dragged me to the porch swing.

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