The next morning, Kelsey feels a lot better than she did yesterday so she decided to go to school. She looks at her face I the mirror, the bruise barely visible anymore and her eye no longer stings. Her head still aches but unlike yesterday, she can barely even feel it.She happily takes her bath and puts on her clothes. She remembers what the doctor said about her meals and she decides to go prepare something for herself before she leaves. As she walks down the stairs, she sights Denis with a tray of food and a frown on his pretty face.“Where do you think you’re going?” He snarled at her.“Uhhh....school.” she said inaudibly. “Huh?” Denis asked, his voice filling the room.“I said I’m going to school.” Kelsey said defensively.“No the hell you’re not!” he thundered and walk towards her climbing the stairs carefully because of the tray he was holding.”“Why not?!” Kelsey screams on top of her voice and Denis slowly closed the gap between them.“For one, you were about to leave the h
“Why are you happy to see me?” Kate said, narrowing her eyes at Denis suspiciously.“It’s Kelsey.” “What’s wrong with Kelsey? Is she okay?” Kate asked and her suspicious face quickly dominated with worry.“She’s been sick all morning and she’s had me go on endless errands. Her mood changes easily, one minute she’s smiling and the next she’s crying. One minute and the next she’s hot. Please help!”Kate smiled at her son's mini tantrum, she can’t remember the last time he ranted to her like this or even needed her help.“It can’t be that bad.” “It’s bad, it’s very very bad.” Denis said dramatically and almost peeled his eyes off. “Fine, I’ll help. Where is she?”“She's in her room upstairs and if she asks why I’m not there to give her a massage, tell her I died.”Kate laughed at her son's pathetic state. He looked haggard, he had an apron tied to his waist and stains and splatters of whatever he was cooking on his shirt. His hair looked rough and he was all sweaty, evidence that he’
“What!!!” Denis yelled, his consonant sharp and precise. He felt all the blood on his body drop from his chest to his feet. He felt his heart rate triple, the sound of his heart drumming against his chest filled the room. “Y..yo..you...you're pregnant?” He asked again hoping her answer would miraculously change because he heard it wrong but he didn’t and it didn’t.“Yes, I’m pregnant.” She said it again, louder and bolder, she probably didn’t stress the last word but it sounded louder, it carried more weight than he ever imagined a word could carry. Kelsey was enjoying every last bit of it “How? How did you get pregnant? “He asked dryly trying to pretend that the ache in his chest was not there.Kelsey stared at him, wondering if he really wanted her to answer the question he just asked or not. There was silence, more evidence that he was waiting for an answer.She put down the tray and started to demonstrate with her hands all the things she couldn’t say with her mouth.“Uhmm...whe
A few days turned into a week, a week turned into a month and now the competition was just in a few hours. Kelsey was nervous but she was trying her best not to show it. “Are you ready?” Denis asked fiddling with the handle of the tiny suitcase he packed for the both of them.“I think this things is broken.” He yelled and pushed it aside. Kelsey watched him, too hazed by her own worries to laugh at the man-child in front of her.“It’s not broken, you have to push the button on the top to pull out the handle.” She said and showed him.“I didn’t know there was a button, it wasn’t bold enough, anyone would have missed it.” He said and quickly folded his arms, he was a tad too defensive.“Sure.” Kelsey answered wryly.“Are you ready?” he asked again and she nodded. They were to first assemble at the training ground, all the competitors and their trainers were to leave in buses prepared for them by the host pack. When they arrived at the training center, it looked different that it did
“Uhh..nice to meet you Alina.” Kelsey shook Alina's hands, her grip was strong, intimidating, hateful even. Kelsey was surprised how much she could tell by just one handshake, maybe Alina wanted to make it pretty obvious or maybe her eyes were doing more of the talking.“So Kelsey, how did you two meet?” Alina sipped a little out of her glass and gave her a really condescending look. Kelsey was not quite sure if they’ve met before and even if they have, she couldn’t have done anything to deserve this kind of merciless scrutiny. “We actually met at. . .” Kelsey was saying but Alina was not up for the chit chat so she didn’t let her finish before she threw the bomb.“I heard a rumor that you can’t sense your mate.” She practically yelled it to get the attention of the whole room, which by the way, she did.Everyone was staring at her and whispering to each other, all their smiles turned upside down in the twinkle of an eye. She could feel all the hair on her body stand erect. The way t
One day and several hours later, the Olympics commenced. The environment was tense. Every competitor had a serious expression on their face, like it was a win or die situation.It was far more convoluted than Kelsey had thought. There were several categories other than the Luna games. Practically, the entire pack was involved, not just the Lunas like she had thought. She wasn’t aware Peter was competing too. She was very pleased to see him, so pleased that it makes Denis green with envy whenever he sees them together. Kelsey spends all her free time with Peter laughing about the most stupidest things. They just seem to connect more effortlessly, than She and Denis and Denis was not okay with it.She’s only ever with Denis when the game is on, they stay in the special seats reserved for the Alphas and the Lunas. Ever since Peter arrived, they’ve always been together, doing things without involving him, he was always the third wheel in their annoying friendship. The Lunas were beginni
Denis stared at her, carefully examining her face. Kelsey loved that she had the upper hand, she tucked her hair behind her ears and folded her arms.“I’m listening.” Denis sighed, he might as well say something. He opened his mouth but he was unable to form words. Kelsey loved that she had silenced him, although it might not hurt to get an explanation. She just couldn’t figure out why he would lie.“I— I don’t, he sighed again. I just don’t like the way you’re always around Peter.”“I don’t like that you’re always with him, it— its.”Kelsey opened her mouth to say something and she closed it again.“It makes it feel like, he’s your mate and not me.” Kelsey was waiting for more, waiting for him to continue but that was it, that was all he had to say. That’s the reason he lied to her? “Is that all?” she asked expectantly.Denis nodded sullenly. “The reason I’m always around Peter is that he’s nice to me, he doesn’t yell at people to get what he wants plus he’s always happy to see me
At last, Denis made up an excuse and they left. They were now on their way back to the hotel. They were walking side by side but Denis was staring straight ahead, not even sparing her a glance.She was curious about why he did what he did earlier, was this another one of the rules she didn’t know about? She had to ask.“Why did you do that? Earlier?”“Do what?” Denis asked still not looking at her.“Stop me from talking.”“Because I had to, it was for your own good.” Denis said hastily under his breath like he couldn’t wait to end the conversation.“You’re going to have to be a little more explicit.” Kelsey told him unconvinced that he’d do something just for her own good.“Listen, It’s a competition. Everyone is the enemy. You can’t go around giving people information they don’t deserve to know.” She certainly hadn’t thought about it like that.“But they asked for the game I’m participating in not my secret strategy.” She said stubbornly.“It doesn’t matter what you tell them, anythi