I look at Violet, who had tears still coming down and used my thumb to wipe them away. She looked up at me, grabbed my wrist, and lead me back inside. Figuring we would return back to the party she continued past the crowd and went right up the stairs leading us into what I was to assume was her bedroom and shut the door. Violet then started to sob uncontrollably, and I hated that there was nothing I could do to stop it, and I kicked myself for not keeping a better eye on her.
"I'm such an idiot. I can't believe I ever dated him" her voice cracked. Why was she blaming herself for that piece of shit trying to force himself on her?
"Shhhh. Take deep breaths" I cupped her face in my hands. Her shoulders moved up and down from her breathing in and out. "This is not your fault, you had no control over his actions out there, okay?" She stopped crying and I pulled her into a tight hug, and we stood like that for a minute.
"I'm sorry for putting you in that situation" she whispered, her head still on my chest
"Stop apologizing. I only wish I got there sooner. Did you want to go back down to your party?"
She went to sit down on her love seat that was beside her bed and started taking off her heels. "No, I'm done for the night. I don't like being around people when they are past the point of belligerence." She took her heels and walked to her closet and stopped in front of it. "Would you mind helping me unzip my dress?" I gulped at the thought and walked towards her. My hand reaches her zipper and I start to slowly unzip her dress exposing her unblemished bronze back. The zipper keeps on going past her waist and I then notice she isn't wearing a bra or panties.
"Fuck" I cursed softly and closed my eyes trying to calm down my now rock hard member. My breath was so close to her body that I could tell that I was giving her goosebumps. Glad to see that she was as aroused as I was.
"Oh yeah, I forgot I wasn't wearing anything underneath" she spoke deviously. "Do you mind looking away while I step out of my dress to change?"
"Of course," I turn around and hear the sound of her dress fall on the floor. My dick hardened even more.
"You can turn around now." When I turn around, I see that she is wearing a sheer soft blue pajama slip. She looked adorable but at the same time incredibly sexy. As I'm soaking in her perfect body, she lets her long black hair that looked blue in the moon light, fall to her waist. She was utterly breathtaking.
"You like what you see?" She was making fun of me for saying that to her before our little make out affair. I nod, not able to get a word out. Violet sits on her bed and pats down on the spot next to her telling me to sit down. But some reason I can't move my feet and I'm just staring at her like a lunatic. "I'm not gonna bite… not yet" she giggles while brushing her hair out with her fingers.
I get the strength to move my feet finally and sit down on the bed. "You're very sure of yourself" I chuckle.
"Is that a bad thing?" she frowns
"No. Not at all. It's just that it's hard to read you"
"Have you maybe thought that is the whole point?" she pauses "That I don't want people to be able to read me."
Violet broke eye contact and started fiddling her fingers. "I didn't always have a wall up, it started going into my junior year" she started opening up and explained that her chump of an ex-boyfriend Scott was the reason behind her not dating. Man, so that moron is the reason why I can't date my mate? He's not even here and he's infuriating me. I really hate that guy, and what made matters worse is that he's been intimate with my mate. I've only kissed her, and he's had his hands all over and in her. I wanted to go find him so I could beat him up all over again. What the hell did she even see in that guy? He was an arrogant bastard, and she was this sweet delicate little flower. Then again who am I to pass any judgement, my track record was definitely not the best when it comes to the way I have treated girls.
"Do you mind me asking why you two broke up?"
"well" violet began to whisper, "I wouldn't have sex with him, so he broke up with me." If it weren't for my wolf hearing, I would have never heard that last sentence come out of her mouth. My heart skipped a beat, and the fury I was feeling was released from my body, I couldn't help the smile being formed on my face from hearing this news.
"Why are you smiling?" She frowned. Shit. I probably just came off as a dirt bag smiling after she had told me something incredibly personal.
"No, I'm not smiling" I waved my hands in defense. "I am a little shocked, I believed that you and Scott, had, you know…" I trailed off. I couldn't even force the words out, thinking of them two together in that sense disgusted me.
She shook her head "It just never felt right. My gut would always tell me it was a bad idea. I'm glad I listened too because it showed me the real him." The smile on my face was still plastered there, and my heart was doing flips knowing that no one has yet explored her body. "I can't believe I am even telling you this, you probably think I'm such a downer. Bringing all this baggage up when there's a party going on downstairs." Oh, was that still going on? I honestly completely forgot about the party.
I placed my index finger slightly on her lips "I would much rather be here with you having a real conversation, then being around a bunch of drunk morons. I would rather be here with you then doing anything else if I'm being honest." This side of me was as new to her as it was for me. I have never shown my true emotions to any girl, even my family and Max have rarely seen me show emotions.
She blushed at my comment, placed her small hand on my thigh, "I feel like I can really talk to you, you know? Like I've known you my whole life."
"I know exactly what you mean"
"Now I've been waiting to give you this" she leaned in and kissed me on the cheek. My body heated and it took all my will power not to do more. "That's just to say thank you, for saving me earlier, actually twice tonight." She smiled softly.
"I told you, it's my job" I smiled back.
"I remember you saying that. I was curious as to why you said it"
"Violet" I paused thinking how I was going to explain this without her running for the hills.
"Do you believe in soul mates?" She tilted her head in confusion
"Soulmates? Like there's only one person you are destined to be with?"
"Not exactly. Just that there's multiple people who were intended to meet, not just romantic but friendships too."
"sure. I don't think there is such a thing as coincidences. I believe everything happens for a reason, and the people who are brought into your life are there for a purpose."
"Mhm. That's how I feel about you, the second I laid my eyes on you, I felt this instant attraction, and a voice that was telling me that it was my duty to protect you."
She chuckled "what a line" smacking my back lightly
"Think what you want, but it's the truth." I replied sternly
Violet pressed her lips in a thin line and arched her eyebrow. "It's hard to believe that after hearing about your past."
I was taken back by her response. "My pa- what do you know of my past?"
"Nothing really, a little birdie told me how you've slept around with a bunch of girls, made a pretty big name for yourself. One might even say you're a playboy." She said examining her fingernails as if she just had gotten a manicure.
Shit. At that very moment I regretted ever sleeping with anyone and not waiting for my mate like my mom had pleaded. I was foolish and didn't think I would be this lucky to be paired up with someone like Violet. I can't believe I was so careless and now she knows how much of an F-boy I used to be.
"Is this birdie of yours happen to be Isabella?" She raised her eyebrows in annoyance. Seriously Riley? That's how you respond to this massive bomb your mate just dropped? When it comes to Violet I am not as smooth as I used to be. "Forget I asked that. I'm not going to lie to you, I have slept around, but I regret every single one of them. Most of them were from a night out being hammered and stupid, I wasn't thinking with my head. I wish I could have been like you and listened to my gut that was telling me that these girls would never fulfill me and to not even waste my time entertaining them." I grab both of her hands in mine "I hope that you can find it in yourself to not judge me for the person I was then and base me off the man I am now."
She looked into my eyes to see if there was some part of me that was lying, but at this moment I was putting all of me out there for her to witness and I knew she could see that. "You're a very serious guy, you know that? I don't care who you've been with" Violet giggled changing the subject. I let out a sigh glad that she was moving on from this is extremely awkward topic.
"I have to be, I'm going to be taking over my father's business once I'm done with school and he's been training me to be this way since I was able to read and write basically."
"That's a lot of pressure to put on a teenager. Makes sense why you are so uptight."
My mouth dropped; I couldn't believe she just said that. I was uptight? From my reaction she started laughing profusely. She could make fun of me all day if it meant that I could hear her laugh. A yawn came out of her mouth and she lay her head down on her pillow. "I'm just sayin, you're only 18, we are still figuring out our lives. Life isn't meant to be made up for us, were meant to find our own paths, our own happiness." My mate was over here worried for my well-being, little did she know that she was my life and my happiness. I wanted to gaze into those beautiful now green eyes of hers again, so I decided to lay down on the pillow next to her.
The moon's light shined through the window falling right on her body. It was as if the moon goddess herself was putting a spotlight on her to show me the mate she has chosen for me. Her skin was luminous, and her eyes glistened. I could stay like this for all of eternity.
"I feel it too" she said softly. I glanced at her confused. "The attraction you were talking about, I feel it too."
"You do? And here I was thinking you thought I was insane."
"I mean… I do," she giggled at my hurt face and playfully hit me on my chest. "Kidding! You're too easy. Seriously, there's something about you that brings peace to me, I feel like we were meant to meet each other." I smiled at her and moved back a strand of her hair behind her ear. "Do you think you could stay here with me tonight? I like talking to you, and I don't want to be alone."
"There's nothing I want more"
We talked for hours about anything and everything. We discussed our families and she told me about how her and Cal, whose full name is Caelus (oddly fits him) were adopted at birth. It made me angry thinking of her biological parents throwing her way like that when she wasn't even old enough to fend for herself. But then again if they haven't, who knows if I would have met Violet when I did. I told her how strict my father was and how caring my mother was. They are polar opposites, but I think that's what makes them work. For some reason she really wanted to know if my hair color was real, and she seemed still in denial when I told her it was. We talked about our likes and dislikes. I finally got to ask her what all her favorites were. I'm not sure what time it was but she had fallen asleep with her head on my chest, and we were holding each other in our arms. I never wanted to let her go now that I had her. I was falling down a deep abyss and I wasn't stopping it. One of her legs then moved over me and intertwined with one of mine, I smiled at her even wanting to be close to me when she was dreaming. Not too long after I too fell fast asleep under the moonlight.