MAYA
Attending Nathan's coming of age ceremony is what you call a bitter sweet situation. On one hand am happy my best friend is going to be an adult few hours from now, on a second hand am scared of the scorn of pack members.
What dress will I put on now to Nathan's party am confused, well....to be honest I dress like a nerd, have never put on a gown before Even though Mom always bought me fine dresses. Its bad enough am being hated by everyone, dressing up won't make the hate go away so why bother dressing up. But today I have to put on something nice.
A secret I've kept for the past one year is that I'm secretly hoping Nathan will turn out be my mate and that will be if the moon goddess could be kind enough to make us mates but who am I kidding?....It's might not be possible but also impossible I guess.
Just as I was thinking of what to wear, I heard Nathan knocking on my door.
"May? can I come in"... Well Nathan haven't been to my room before.
"Hold on!"
I quickly arranged my bed, kept my undies in my left corner drawer, I packed all the dresses that I piled up on the bed back into my wardrobe. I can be a mess sometimes, specially when I have to pick up what to wear. What will Nathan think of me if he should see how messy I am
After about ten minutes of setting up my room, I finally decided to let him in
"You can come in now" I said still tucking in loosed ends to the bedsheets.
"What have you been up to keeping me waiting outside for ten minutes, are you perhaps hiding a guy in your room?"
Nathan said eye scanning the small but cozy looking room filled with new and old worn out books lying on shelves at the right hand corner of the room. There's a hole at the left side of the room letting in the rays of sun light.
"Your room is pretty nice, i have always all girls loved adorning their rooms with bright colours and flowers but its the opposite for you and that's something am beginning to admire about you Maya.
"puff..." what's there to admire? I said rolling my eyes. Just tell me am weird for a girl. Nathan let out a hearty chuckle at what I said.
"By the way why are you here?, aren't you supposed to be preparing for your party?"
"I know, I came to pick you up myself, I don't want you feeling out of place. You know every member of the pack will be there and I don't want you feeling nervous so I want to offer you the best safety I can by taking you with me personally, so Alpha Maya here I am at your service." Nathan gestured in a bow.
"You are so funny Nate, its good you are here because I honestly don't know what dress to wear, you will be of great help to me if you could help me choose from my tonnes of dresses.
Nathan stared at my wardrobe with wide eyes. "May do you own all this dresses?"
"Yes, any problems? I asked confused.
"You are kidding me right,if you own all these beautiful dresses then why do you put on those baggy Jeans and cardigan to school every day?.What type of a girl are you? Sure you were not a guy in your past life? he asked all at once
"Maybe I was a guy, I'm very sure of it because I don't like girly stuffs or maybe because am being hated all my life by even girls my age so I try my best to be different from them." The room became silent as Nathan looked at me sadly
Nathan choose a blue flowery dress for me. "This is the perfect fit for you,its same colour as your eyes" he said smiling
"Am not wearing that!" I said with all seriousness
"why?, please look different for me today Maya,its my party and as my best friend I want you to wear the dress.
please...."
Oh my....., how can I refuse when he is pleading with puppy eyes, am sure he planned it from the moment he came visiting. I remember how Nathan will always say "I'm looking forward to the day you will put on a dress Maya, I can imagine how beautiful you will look".
Yes!, he must have planned it all along . The Cunning Nathan!.
"Okay I guess I can't say no to you now, even though I know you must have planned it from the onset."
" I didn't plan anything" Nathan said innocently
"Yea you did, but I won't stress, since its your day, I will do whatever you ask. Now if you will excuse me, I will need to put on the dress you chose for me" I said smiling..
I spent an hour looking at myself in the mirror, I find it hard to believe am the girl whose reflection am seeing on the mirror,
I wore white heels, brushed my hair and oiled it so its looking very dark and shiny flowing down to my waist region. I wore a simple makeup. Wearing makeup isn't my thing, but having a Mom who always want me to look the best even though I don't have any interest in looking beautiful as she wants me to. She thought me how to wear makeup and dress up myself.
After about another 5 minutes,I took in a deep breath and exhaled before leaving my room and
Just as I descended the stairs, I was surprised when i saw my parents looking at me as though I suddenly grew an extra head, Lucas was just as surprised as my parents but his facial expression still showed how much he hated me.
Nathan on the other hand was very hopeless, He must have forgot to breath because his facial expression was that of someone who just saw a ghost or something, maybe I did not read his expression very well.
"Hey, Nathan breath will you?, I said as I approached him, I think he came back from his trance when he smiled.
" Please Moon goddess return my best friend to me" he said chuckling.
"Don't be silly Nate"
"Am serious Maya, the moment I saw you, I thought i saw an apparition of the moon goddess descending in all her glory in you".
"Moon goddess?, really now..."
"Why will the moon goddess decide to show up in my form for you to see Nathan?.You must have been really shocked to see me in a dress I said laughing at him.
"Maya you look so beautiful, its a shame you hide all this beauty in a baggy clothes.
"Oh Nathan you really are a good friend, please make her wear more dresses like this. My mom said looking very pleased at how I looked.
"Sweetheart you don't know how beautiful you are, my precious Jewel...".
My Mom had always wanted me to be myself, I think she saw Nathan as a good friend to me that's why she feels comfortable whenever Nathan is around me.
But I on the other hand have never been to Nathan's house which was just a walk away from mine, would you blame me when I'm hated everywhere I go.
"Nathan we have to go now.
I'm sure your parents are beginning to get worried.
Nathan and I were the first to leave before my parents. Nathan's house was just as big as mine. We all live in same pack but different houses, my pack being the strongest of all wasn't built in a day, its more like an ancient castle that still managed to maintain its original form.
"Nathan!, where have you been everyone has been waiting for you", Nathan's Dad said looking slightly pissed.
I noticed that for some reason, Nathan's Dad didn't hate me as other pack members did for if he did hate me, am very sure he would have kicked against my friendship with his son.
I guess my dad being an Alpha saved me in so many ways than one.
When I walked in with Nathan, some members looked at me in bewilderment while other's still held onto their hatred for me. Well I'm very much used to their hateful glares and stares already and I know the moment my parents arrive, all hateful looking expression will automatically become that of respect and pretentious smile towards me,its not new to me.
Just as i thought, everyone's hateful stare softened.
Nathan let go of me as he went to prepare for his wolf awakening.