I know I'm supposed to be following a specific order but I have so much planned for Elsa and Spencer that I can't wait! Enjoy!

Chapter Quote:
"Be with me. Tell me it's what you want."
~Ren Laroche
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Chapter 37

Dom

I followed Spencer to the kitchen. I trusted the guy, but he seemed to be in a particularly volatile mood with his clenched fists and resting bitch face so I chose not to say anything to him. However, once we got into the kitchen, Spencer broke the silence. "Ask me what you want to. I can tell you have questions."

"Why choose me? Of all people in that room, why did you ask me to accompany you?" I queried.

"Because I figured you had experience in an upset Laroche and I could use your help."

"And none of the other Laroches could help with that?"

"I meant romantically. The only ones I could ask are Riley, Caleb, Thea, Arya, and Ren. Riley isn't serious enough to give me solid advice, Caleb doesn't want me dating his sister, Arya and Ren don't want me dating their daughter, and Thea isn't close enough to Elsa to give me advice on it. You dated Anna who is practically Elsa. I know you two went through a rough patch. How did you get past that?"

"To be honest, the Laroches know how to hold grudges. I was accused of cheating by Anna because she caught me in a very bad position. I'd been training with another Hunter, and she swiped my feet from under me. She pinned me to the ground and kissed me right when Anna walked in. She never forgave me no matter how many times I told her what happened. I don't really have a chance of getting with Anna again because of what happened, but you and Elsa are in a precarious position. You're in a limbo between being friends and being significant others. She's hurt. I don't know if you saw it but I don't think it had dawned on Elsa just how serious you and Callie were about each other before the accident until she saw Callie's reaction to you. Give her some space. I'm sure she doesn't want to be around you just yet. She'll come to you when she's ready. Now, I think Callie is going to have her fill of crackers if you don't stop taking them off the shelf. Focus, Spencer."

"Sorry..." he grumbled, putting eight of the ten boxes of crackers back on the shelf. The two of us went back to the hospital wing where Callie was currently getting blood from Lily. Caleb sat next to his girlfriend.

"-and then the last thing I remember is jumping out a window into the water and swimming to shore. I somehow ended up here. I think I was drawn here because once I remembered my pack, I knew- Spencer!" Callie exclaimed.

"Hey Cal," he greeted, walking over to her. "Dom and I brought some snacks for you."

"Thank you!"

"How are you feeling?"

"Much better thanks to Lily and Caleb and now that you're here."

"Hey, I'm going to leave the three of you alone. Callie, I look forward to seeing you again. Get some rest," I said. I left and headed to the training room. It was the one place in the academy that I actually felt like I belonged because I knew everything about everything in that room. Usually at eleven at night, no one was in there. This time I was wrong. Elsa and Anna were there sparring. I'd forgotten just how good my ex was at fighting, whether it was as a wolf or as a human. She had a ferocity unparalleled by many, but Elsa was one of those who matched Anna completely. They were perfectly synchronized, as if they knew exactly what the other was about to do. I stood in the doorway, mesmerized, until Elsa halted the session.

"Hey Dom, how long have you been standing there?" Elsa asked, unwrapping the tape around her hands.

"Long enough to know that I never want to get in a fight with either of you. I was coming up here to train but I don't want to interrupt. I'll come back later."

"Oh no, it's fine. Anna and I were almost done. I need to go shower anyway."

"Then if you wouldn't mind, may I speak with Anna?"

"Yeah, of course," Elsa replied. Turning to her sister, she said, "I'll see you back in the room."

Elsa headed out of the room. I could tell Anna wanted to go with her but I also knew Anna would stand her ground. She liked to assert her dominance, and when it came to me, she would never show weakness of any kind.

"What do you want to talk about?" Anna questioned emotionlessly.

"I wanted to see how you were doing," I admitted.

"In what context?"

"When are you going to forgive me Anna?" I leaned against one of the weapons table, staring at her. "When are you going to believe me when I say I did not cheat on you?"

"When you actually have proof."

"Two years Anna. We were dating two years, and you never had any problem trusting me. What changed?"

"You really want to know? Fine. It was the fact that I found out you knew who and what I was and who my family was when you knew I'd been trying to find them. Why did you keep them hidden from me?"

"Because the Hunters found out I knew and threatened to kill you if I told you," I retorted. "I wasn't risking your safety. I was going to find another way for you to get to your family but you left before I could enact my plan. I thought my safest bet of finding you was to find your family and watch out for them. And while I do care for your family, I care about you more and I thought that if I found them, then I'd find you, and if you found out that I'd been protecting them, you'd forgive me and we could, I don't know, go back to at least being friends and not this... this thing we're in now. I'm still as much in love with you as ever and I don't know what to do to convince you that I never cheated on you, I never would, and never will."

There was a tic in Anna's jaw. "Maybe if I hadn't found out that my family was still alive, that my family was still out there, it might've worked out between us. But I'm a Guardian, you're a human. It would never work out between us. We can't be together for the sheer fact we're two different species. I'm sorry Dom."

My heart dropped into my stomach. "Then can we at least become indifferent acquaintances and maybe work towards being friends again?"

She hesitated but agreed. "Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go see how Elsa's doing. Seeing Callie and Spencer hurt her, more for the fact that Spencer seemed to have glossed over just how serious he and Callie had been in their relationship."

"I'll walk you back to your room. Mine is on the way," I offered. The two of us walked towards our rooms.

"Elsa will be okay, Anna. And Spencer knows he hurt her. He's beating himself up over it."

"Good. He should. He never should've led her on like that."

"In his defense, he didn't know his ex-girlfriend was alive when he fell in love with Elsa."

"Is he really in love with her? Or is she just a rebound girl?"

"He's definitely in love with her. I don't know how I know, I just do. Tell Elsa I say hi and if she needs anything, I'm always available. We bonded pretty quickly over the sheer fact we both wanted to find you. Good night Anna."
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The next morning, I made my way down to the dining hall for breakfast. The Laroche pack was already down there, chowing down. I grabbed a plate, filled it with food from the buffet, and sat down on the opposite end of the table, as far away from the pack as possible. They still didn't trust me with the exception of Elsa and Ember, and partially Anna. I wasn't going to force myself on them.

Barely thirty seconds after having sat down, two shadows loomed over me.

"What are you doing over here?" a girl queried.

"I swear we don't bite," an identical voice added. I looked up to find Elsa and Anna smiling down at me. After a moment of analyzing, I decided Anna was on the right and Elsa was on the left which meant Elsa had spoken last. "Mind if we sit with you?"

"Only if your family doesn't mind," I said.

"You're on our side. They don't mind. They may not like it, but they won't mind," Anna explained. The two girls sat down. Anna sat next to me, Elsa on the other side of her. Arya and Ren gave me a wary sideways glance but allowed their daughters to continue sitting with me.

"So where did you go last night? You weren't in the room when I came in," Anna said.

"I went to go see Josilyn. She'd texted me asking if I could come see her," Elsa replied, taking a bite of her toast.

"What'd she want?"

"Just to see how I was doing after last night. Guess I didn't hide my emotions as well as I thought I did."

"No, you didn't," I said.

"Hey!" she laughed. "You weren't supposed to agree!"

Suddenly everyone went quiet. I turned my head towards where the Laroche pack was looking. I was greeted with the sight of Lily, Callie, and Spencer standing in the doorway.

"Laroche pack, I would like you to formally meet our pack mate, Callie Hart. Callie, this is the Laroche pack," Lily introduced.

"Hi," she said shyly. No one moved a muscle, no one said a thing. I began feeling bad for her because I knew everyone in the Laroche pack hated her for the sheer fact she was holding on to Spencer when they very well knew how much Spencer meant to Elsa. Spencer himself kept his head down, but I saw him peek up once in a while at Elsa.

I was about to give in and introduce myself first when Elsa stood up. Walking over to Callie, she said, "Hi, my name's Elsa. It's a pleasure to meet you. Spencer, Lily, and Stark have told me so much about you. It's nice to meet the girl I've heard so much about. Why don't you three sit next to me? There's space for all of you."

"Nice to meet you too," Callie replied hesitantly.

"We'll take you up on that offer," Lily agreed. Spencer smiled gratefully at Elsa but she'd already turned around to take her seat. Anna growled low in her throat at the newcomer who whirled around and demanded, "What's your problem?"

"Anna!" Elsa chastised quietly.

"Sorry," Anna said emotionlessly. "You remind me of someone I used to know. Someone I didn't like."

"Well I'm not her so don't growl at me again," Callie snapped.

"Callie, don't speak to her like that. The Laroches are our allies and we will treat them as such," Lily scolded. "It was a mistake and she apologized for it. Move on."

"Since when are you all buddy-buddy with the Laroches? I thought you didn't like them."

Lily snarled which shut Callie's attitude down. "I said I don't agree with everything they do and neither does Stark, but that doesn't mean I don't like them. Now when I tell you to move on, you move on."

"Come on Cal, sit between us," Spencer suggested. She listened but not before glaring over at Elsa who didn't see it. She was studiously focusing on eating the food on her plate.

"Actually, I'd rather not. None of them want me here," Callie mumbled.

"Honestly, I don't think they want any of us here," he joked.

"I love you Spencer!" Riley shouted. Gracie slapped him on the arm but he ignored her, grinning impishly at the Stark beta.

"Love you too bro!" Spencer winked at him.

"Hey Callie, the only reason you're getting the vibe we don't like you is because you're moving in on El-" before he could finish his sentence, Elsa threw a sausage at her pack mate. "Hey!"

"It slipped," Elsa lied. Most of the pack started laughed. Even Ren bit back a grin. Elsa gave Riley a warning glance though that clearly said any mention about her and Spencer's relationship was not to be mentioned in front of Callie. Everyone saw it too. Unfortunately, Callie wasn't dumb. She knew what Riley had been going to say.

"Did you two- did you two date?" Callie stammered, her eyes flitting between Spencer and Elsa.

"No, we didn't," Elsa answered hastily. "Spencer and I became very close friends and some of my pack mates misinterpreted that as us fancying each other."

"They're also trying to rile you up," Spencer added. "They like to do that. I've been on the receiving end, especially from Riley here."

"If that's true, why did your heartbeat speed up?" Callie demanded. "You two did date didn't you?! We dated for seven years and you move past me in less than a year? What the hell?!"

The red-headed Guardian stormed off. Spencer ran after her. Elsa got up and followed them, as did Lily. It took only a moment's hesitation before Anna went after her sister, and me being me, I went wherever Anna did.

We found Spencer and Callie arguing in the hallway.

"Seven years! Seven years we dated and you go for that little blonde bitch?!" Callie hissed.

"Don't you dare call her names when you don't even know her!" Spencer growled. "She's the reason you're even alive. I had a gun pointed at your head and if it hadn't been for her, I would've taken the shot. If anything, you owe her."

"She owes me nothing," Elsa claimed, walking up to them. Lily stood next to her.

"What, did she replace me as omega too?" Callie snapped. Anna snarled, which made Callie look at us. "Oh great, you brought the whole damn family."

"I'm not replacing you in any way. I'm not part of the Stark pack and I did not date Spencer. I'm not going to lie to you. We came close to dating but the moment I found out you were alive, I backed off. He was your boyfriend before and until you two decide what your relationship status is, Spencer and I are nothing but close friends. As for calling me an omega, the only reason I'm an omega in my pack is because I broke a lot of rules helping out your pack."

"Callie, let's get breakfast to go and go for a walk. I'll explain what's happened since you've been gone to help you understand why some things happened the way they did," Lily said, although it was obvious Callie didn't have a choice in the matter. After ordering Spencer not to come with them, the two Starks left. We watched them leave and it was only when they were out of sight did Elsa say, "Spencer, a word. Now."

She walked off, heading towards the garden. Spencer gave me a 'help' look because we both knew an angry Laroche was a dangerous Laroche. I shrugged though, shoving him towards her. Anna and I watched them go.

"I want to know what happens," Anna whispered.

"Then for old time's sake, let's go watch him," I said. She and I tiptoed to the garden. Anna turned into a wolf and I was actually jealous of her at that moment because she could change colors to blend into any surrounding she wanted. I typically wore black so I was usually safe when it came to camouflage but still, it would be nice to be able to be a wolf whenever you wanted.

Anna and I crept into the garden, hiding in some bushes next to the door so we could make a quick escape if need be. Spencer stood in front of Elsa who was pinching the bridge of her nose. It was dead silent in the garden, making me fear that if I breathed, the two of them would hear me and then we'd be in big trouble.

"Say something," Spencer said.

"I don't know where to begin Spencer. Between your girlfriend coming back from the dead, having her hate my guts, and finding out that you dated her a lot longer than you let on, you tell me where to begin," Elsa said in exasperation.

"She's not my girlfriend, not anymore. I broke up with her before she 'died', and that hasn't changed, even if she thinks it has. Yes, we dated for seven years, but the last two years our relationship was rocky. We broke up multiple times and I fully intended on breaking up with her for good the day of the explosion. I love Callie. I've grown up with her. But I don't love her in the way I thought I did. I can't see myself being with her in the future."

"Then why didn't you tell me this that Sunday we went to the park? You had a year to tell me, you knew you could trust me, and you never once mentioned it!"

"I don't know why! I didn't think it was necessary to say when I told you about it and yes, there were plenty of times I could've told you, but the more I got to know you, the more I thought it was a bad idea to tell you."

"Why on earth would it be a bad idea to tell me?"

"I thought if you knew how I felt about you and if you knew how long I'd dated Callie, you'd think that I was one of those guys who gets with a girl for one reason or thought I'd moved on from her way too fast or that you were the rebound girl. For a while, I didn't get with you because I thought you were a distraction and you didn't deserve a guy who would use you like that. But it didn't take me long to figure out that you were far from a distraction. You were so much more to me and I couldn't say anything because of Caleb and your family, and you... you showed no interest after you found out why Caleb had sent me to you. I thought my chances were done. And then we had that dance competition and I thought maybe we might have a chance. Then everything kind of went to hell between the explosion at our hotel, your family finding out about you sneaking out to see us, and you and Josilyn and Sebastian getting kidnapped... god I nearly lost my freaking mind thinking that I might have lost you. I heard your howl and took off. I don't even remember getting from the forest to you. The only thing I remember from that night is you half dead in my arms and me thinking I was about to lose the girl I love. I honestly don't know what your feelings are towards me right now because I know we talked about trying us out after this war but with everything happening, I don't know if you're willing to try that now but please, if you're going to take one thing away from this conversation, let it be that I love you. I love you Elsa." Spencer faltered for a moment before walking up to Elsa and kissing her forehead. He lingered next to her for a few seconds. Just as started he to move away, Elsa stood on her tiptoes and kissed him. My friend didn't hesitate to respond. Using one hand to cup her face and wrapping his other arm around her back to pull her closer to him, Spencer returned the kiss eagerly.

I started backing away towards the door, tugging on Anna's tail to get her attention. She crept back outside with me, only shifting once we were safely in the hallway. Anna waited until her sister and Spencer were out of earshot before exclaiming, "About damn time!"

I snorted. "You do realize we can't tell anyone about what we just saw?"

"Not until they make it official at least. Then we can brag about how we knew all along. How do you think Callie's going to handle it though?"

"Hopefully well. I mean if she loves Spencer, she'll know that the best thing she can do for him is to let him be with the girl he loves right?"

"I think that's easier said than done though. Come on, I want to have some sparring practice and since you're one of the few who can keep up with me, are you game for a few rounds?"

"Count me in," I said with a grin. Anna and I might not be what we used to, an intimidating, badass power couple, but if the only way of having her in my life again and having us be on good terms with each other was as friends, then I would be okay with that. I might always wish for something more, but I would do what made Anna happy. Because that's what some people do for love; they sacrifice their own true happiness to make sure the ones they love are as happy as can be.
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Hope you enjoyed the chapter! Wasn't planning on having Spencer and Elsa kiss for a long while but some things need to happen now in order for future chapters to go according to plan SO, reviews would be lovely :)