"I'm gonna go get ready. Did you want to go to the mall with us?"
"Actually, my son will be very busy today." I turned around to the familiar voice and saw the alpha.
Wait a damn minute.
I looked back and forth from Alpha Arsenio and Alaric. I knew they had some similarities, but I thought that was just a werewolf thing because Alaric didn't say anything about the Alpha being his dad. They weren't exactly copies of each other and they didn't act like son and father when I was with them yesterday.
"Before I forget, I wanted to apologize for how I acted yesterday."
"It's alright. You freaked out a little, but it was to be expected after your house burns down."
"Well, I'll leave you guys to do whatever you need to do. I'll see you later, Alaric." I send him a look that said he'll have to explain later and headed upstairs.
Alaric was going to have to do some serious explaining. With him being the alpha's son, wouldn't he have the respect of everyone in this house? Everyone treated him like he had the cheese touch from Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
Since he was the alpha's son, isn't he next in line for being alpha? He was alpha junior.
Not to be rude or anything, but Alaric didn't really have the demeanor of an alpha. He was overly shy and he let everyone walk over him. He was quiet and never engage in any conflict from what I've noticed since I've met him.
He was a good person. A big-hearted goof, but I'm not sure he had it in him to be a leader and it seemed like everyone knew that as well.
I already took a shower, so I just went to the closet, realizing that I had no clothes other then the ones I'm wearing. That was the reason for why I was going shopping today.
"I guess I'm already done getting dressed." I left the room that I guess was now mine to find my dad. He was in the empty kitchen where everyone vacated from, making a cup of coffee. I'm guessing he just woke up.
"Hey, Princess. You alright? You gave me quite the scare yesterday. I'm guessing Alaric found you?"
"Yeah. Sorry about that. I'm actually going shopping with the girls once they come downstairs."
"Do you need some money?"
"I still have some saved up from my last job. That reminds me. I have to find another job."
"You should ask one of your friends if they know if anywhere you can work, but make sure you can balance school too."
I heard people coming down the stairs and saw the girls.
"Hey uncle Greg," Chris said to my dad.
"Is that supposed to be an Irish accent," my dad asked her.
"Yes and by the way, my mom is coming over today."
"Awesome. I'll get my trap ready." My dad ran off to wherever and I let out a chuckle.
"Let's go."
Chris decided to be the one to drive and I sat in the passenger seat, while Hanna and Jaisley sat in the back. We got to the mall in no time and walked into the huge building. Chris dragged me to a couple of stores.
I tried on some clothes, but Chris was never satisfied.
"Why do you wear so much black? Have you ever heard of the rainbow?"
"Well, excuse me if I like to dress in the color of my soul."
"Why don't you try this on?" Chris was holding up a piece of purple fabric.
"What do I look like? Barney?"
"Okay, I'm taking over," Jaisley says, pushing Chris away.
"No one is picking my clothes. I can pick them myself," I tell them.
"Im. Picking. Them. Understood." Jaisley was giving me the meanest glare I had ever seen and the girls were standing behind her making signals for me to just obey her.
"Ok, fine, but if I don't like them, I'm putting them back."
"Don't insult me," Jaisley tells me and she drags me into a different store.
Now this store was more my style.
Instead of the stores Chris took me to that had bright and perky outfits, Jaisley took me to a store that had darker shades, but it was stylish and sexy.
"Thank me later," Jaisley whispered. She started going through the isles, picking up things, but she didn't want me to see, so she sent me to the fitting room with Chris.
"Okay, here's everything I found." Jaisley comes into the fitting room with a shopping cart filled with clothes. "Come out when you try on something, so we can see." They all waited outside of the fitting room.
There was so much clothes and I didn't know what to put on first.
How did she even know my size.
I settled for a fall off the shoulder, long sleeved top that exposed my back and light brown, toned shoulders. It had strings going criss crossed across my back, but I didn't mind.
I matched it with a short skirt and it looked great. I stepped out of the fitting room for them to see me.
"You look amazing, Anne," Chris told me.
"Of course she does. I dressed her. Now go back in and try on everything else. We don't have all day."
"How sweet," I tell Jaisley sarcastically, but I obey and go back in. The rest of the outfits were a combination of fishnets, skirts, stylish pants, exposing fabrics, chains, and more. She even picked out some bathing suits.
What surprised me the most was the last outfit.
"Jaisley, your fucking crazy if you think I'm going to wear this." I didn't even know what it was until I put it on. "Is this a fucking tail attached to it?"
"You never know when it'll come in handy. You sure do need to get some," she had the nerves to say. Jaisley slipped in some lingerie when she gave me my clothes. But it wasn't even some simple lingerie.
I could tell she was the type for role play. The thing was black lace with a poofy skirt. The corset part had a pair of paws stitched onto the boob area and lets not forget the dangling tail.
"I don't even have a boyfriend. Who do you exactly think I'd be getting any from?"
"You seem to be cozying up to Alaric. The quiet little mouse might like a dominate cat."
"You must be insane. I'm convinced because 1. Alaric and I are friends 2. Alaric is a werewolf, meaning he has a mate 3. I'm most definitely not his mate and 4. You must've been fucking dropped on your head."
"You don't have to be his mate to have some fun with him," Chris slides in.
"Okay, I'm changing back into my cloths and I'm done with this conversation, but since we're on the subject of Alaric, why didn't anyone tell me his dad was the alpha?"
I finish putting on my clothes, bragged the shopping cart filled with clothes that I wanted and walked out of the fitting room. I made sure to leave behind the lingerie.
"Took you long enough to figure out," Jaisley says, rolling her eyes. I noticed that Hanna wasn't outside of the fitting room with the girls and that's why I hadn't heard much from her.
"Where's Hanna," I asked them.
"Unlike you, my little dress up doll likes to get dressed up for me. Alaric would have appreciated it," Jaisley said. I just rolled my eyes and went to go pay for my new clothes.
"Try not to go hard on Alaric about the topic of his dad being alpha. It's a very sensitive topic, so no one brings it up. That's why no one told you." Chris was explaining to me by the cash register while Jaisley went looking for Hanna.
The nosy bitch inside of me was dying to find out what was going on and just wanted to interrogate Alaric, but I had to respect that it was a sensitive topic. I give Chris a quick nod.
"Guys, I'm pretty hungry. Let's go eat something in the food court," Hanna said, her and Jaisley finally coming back.