Derek POV
"Hey man, you ready for tonight?" Liam asks me as I head back to my room to get ready.
"Sure am."
"Oh come on, that's all I get?"
"What more do you want?"
"Well you're walking around like a dope with stars in your eyes and all you have to say about being ready is 'sure am'?"
"Fine," I huff, "I'm ecstatic, are you happy? Ever since I saw the way my father treated my mother I've known I would be the best mate possible. I've wanted to find my mate for as long as I knew what mates were and yeah some of that was to prove to myself that I wasn't my father. But after I found Monica, I didn't give a s.hit about that. I wanted to be a good mate to her because she's f.ucking amazing and I would never do anything to hurt her."
"What a sweet sentiment, you're so whipped," he laughs.
