As we entered the house, with Will close behind, Will began talking about some party tonight, but I wasn't really listening, I was looking at the pictures on the wall with my Dad in them.
"So, do you want to go?"
Will's question barely registered in my mind, but I had no idea what he was on about.
"Hu?"
"There's a party at the pack house tonight, it would be a great opportunity to see everyone again, AND, it's fun."
I giggled at his bubbly personality, both brothers had so much energy, it was infectious.
"Sure, why not." I agreed.
Will erupted in a full-on cheer at which I giggled some more.
"So Luke, Will, have you found your mates yet?"
I wiggled my eyebrows and plopped myself down on the bed as we had arrived at the bedroom by now. Will immediately turned bright red after my questiion, while Luke's mood turned a little sour.
"No." He spoke softly at the same time Will squeaked an excited 'Yes'.
I smiled at the affermative answer and turned to Luke, although I felt slightly bad for not dropping the obviously sour subject.
"You have to tell me all about her."
"Well, she's lovely, a hard shell to crack, but a beautiful treasure inside."
"Aww, sounds like you're whipped!"
His grin grew bigger as his eyes grew a little distant, obviously thinking about his lovely mate.
"You can meet her tonight, she lives at the pack house."
I nodded, but frowned as I wondered why she would live at the pack house and not with her parents or family, but I decided it was probably none of my business.
"Sure, I'd love to."
Then I remembered about Will and turned my attention to him, who looked like he wanted to be anywhere but here.
"I'm sure your mate will be worth the wait. And you know what, you'll only treasure her more because you had to wait so long for her. Or him." I added, as an afterthought, you never knew what kind of connection our Moon Goddess had created.
He nodded, but still looked like he wanted to leave, so I gave him an opportunity.
"Okay guys, I think I'll unpack now and sort through my stacks of clothes to find a good outfit for tonight, wouldn't want to make a bad second - first impression. And I'm sure you guys don't want to stick around for an endless amount of playing dress up."
They didn't even answer me as they quickly scurried out. I smiled, glad that they still seemed to be the same, shying away from anything girly. I closed the door after them and threw my bags on the bed with some effort, zipped them open and started to unpack.
It didn't take me long to put away my stuff and when I was ready, I stuffed the bags underneath the bed so they wouldn't take up space. After that, I decided to lie down a little as I hadn't been able to sleep on the way here. The anticipation of visiting home had been too much for sleep to take over, but now, I felt at peace and felt like dozing of a couple of times before. I didn't want my cousins to have to take me home tonight, simply because I was too tired and I didn't know what else I could do to keep me entertained until tonight, so it was honestly my best option.
It didn't take long for sleep to win the battle when I had gotten comfortable on the bed. Soon I was dreaming about my first shift, imagining all about it. I dreamed about the color of my fur, and how it would feel if the wind rustled through it, I dreamed about running through the woods, the heightened senses, and meeting my mate.