We are surrounded by family. Esme is by side and she is smiling. Everyone is being so kind and welcoming to her. Abuela was teasing when she first met her. We walked to the house together. She had said she thought she had sense and was going to keep running not come back for me.Esme initially looked shocked by her, but then I think she realised she was joking when my Abuela ruffled her hair. She was already treating her like family despite it being the first time she had met her. And I have to say, I loved it! Esme seemed to too, as she joined in with the joke and responded to my Abuela by saying she couldn’t keep running as she had work on Monday, to which Abuela was laughing. Telling Esme she knew where to come when she was poorly now. That it was about time we got a clever one in the family! As my Mum and Dad spoke to Esme, Abuela gave me a lecture on
We had decided to have a little get-together at our house to welcome Lola and Esme to the pack. We knew they had been to Gabe’s parents' house yesterday for a big family BBQ, so no doubt that would have been hectic, so we had gone for a pizza and beer night at our house.Or a pizza and Diet Coke night if you were Indie as her pregnancy bump got ever bigger. She was so desperate to have her little one now, and to be honest, I couldn’t wait to meet my little niece or nephew. Ok, they may not be that by blood, but they would always be considered family. Knox was busy sorting the house out while I saw to Kai. He was so grumpy today with teething. As I wandered up and down the hallway trying to settle him, Manny and Lola walked through the door. “Hey Angel” Manny was instantly by my side to give me a hug “Aww he not feeling too good?” “Hey Manny, no he is g
Wow, our house is full now, with friends and now two more friends to add to the group with the fact Gabe and Manny had met their mates. I watch as Gabe pulls Esme to his knee when he sits down on the sofa next to Lilah and I. They look happy. Such a change to a week or soago! Then I look to Lola and Manny, they look loved up and happy too. But differently I think. I don’t know how to explain it. I guess they are well matched. Lola seems quieter and maybe more sensitive. She fits well with the personality of Manny. Yet Esme and Gabe are both quirky, funny and seem to spend a lot of time teasing one another and joking around. Yet totally seem to click. They just seem to work and they definitely make each other happy, that can be seen a mile away. “Did your family get settled ok Esme?” Lilah asks. “Yeah they did than
I loved tonight at Lilah and Alpha Knox’s house. It was mayhem, I have to admit, but in such a fun way! They are such a lovely family. And I love Manny’s friendship group. They seem to gel so well and are forever laughing. It is so funny. Gabe definitely seems to be a big reason for a lot of the teasing, which I have to say at times reminded me of his Dad when we were away, but it also had me in stitches. I don’t know how Indie didn’t run out of the the room in embarrassment when they were discussing the costume after she mentioned Dan wearing Lycra! Oh man, that made me laugh so hard I was near crying. I loved seeing Manuel with baby Kai. He was so gentle and caring with him. He surprised me when he offered to take him from Lilah to give her a break. They seem really close, which I have to say I find really difficult to cope with. I saw that on the night we met. I have heard Manny talk about her so much. And I know they are friends, like the best of friends. So wh
Family BBQ day was here again, though this was literally a week later, due to the fact we were welcoming Lola and Esme’s families. Though I seem to have seen them every day this week, I am sure of it! And from what I can gather, our parents are all spending time together anyway, so I'm not sure the BBQ is truly needed. But I won’t say that or my Dad would likely slap upside my head, or my Abuela threaten me! Still, time with the family is meant to be nice, someone else is cooking. And now I have my mate by my side, I don’t have to worry about being hassled about finding my mate, so in all it should be a good day. I get to chill with Esme, and my family while eating good food and drinking beer in the sunshine. Sounds like a pretty perfect day to me. This week has been so hectic helping Esme’s family get settled, and getting into a routine of Esme being back at university but from our home as a base rather than her apartment near the university. I introduced Diego and Luis to
We had spent the afternoon at Manuel’s parents’ house, spending time together as one big family I guess. A BBQ to welcome my family and Lola’s family. Though to look at them now you would think they had always been here. No doubt there will always be scars and damage from the Crimson Night Pack, but I think Midnight Forest Pack will be the way forward for them all. There had been so much laughing, maybe something to do with the excess of beer drunk. But at the same time, the atmosphere felt perfect, so warm, and welcoming, like we were home. Like we belonged. My parents clicked with both Mateo and Eden, and Javier and Ada like they were old friends. It was nice to see and I think it will help them settle in. It was the same for Lola’s parents. Mum and Auntie Val are now looking to try painting with Indie – heaven help her! But they are also planning to help around the pack house too. Suggesting cooking classes for some of the younger wolves, which apparently former Luna, Ava loved
We left the BBQ later in the day, Gabe and Esme seemed to have disappeared, not sure when. But Lola and I had enjoyed time with everyone. I get on well with her brother and Esme’s brother, so working with them would be good I think. The week off with Lola seemed to have flown by, but it had been so worth it. We have sorted the house, got a few things for it that she liked so it was more a mixture of our things now and not just mine, which is something I wanted to do for her. We have had plenty of time to chat and I think I see some definite positive changes in Lola now, so I do think we are on the way to things improving for her.I don’t think she will ever get over the crap she went through in that pack, but then I doubt most of the others from there will either. I realise this isn’t going to be a sudden fix, and will be a slow and gradual thing we work on together, and I am good with that, so long as she is doing ok and she is happy. She has been doing amazingly in not trying
My head was buzzing with the information Manuel had mindlinked me. I drop off with it on my mind and wake up with it still taking over my thoughts. I can’t believe Willow had found her mate yet had not confided in anyone. She would normally speak to our Mum, or our sister, yet nothing had been mentioned. I would maybe have even expected her to confide in Lilah or Indie, but again I would have expected that to have been leaked back to me through them as neither one is good at keeping secrets. She must be in bits feeling rejected by her mate, and I know how that feels. Been there myself with Lilah when we first met, strangely enough . Not for the same reasons, but came back to her not feeling good enough, though she had the added fear of being terrified of being hurt. I can’t imagine how Diego must be feeling. I know how many people consider Alpha families as being way above them, and would see a warrior as not worthy of being mated to someone within the family, but our family ar