Wendy

"He's here" my head snapped to the door, where Maddi was standing. I just got Clara to fall asleep after an hour of rocking her back and forth, and I was putting her down in her crib. "He knows you're here. But he said that he won't come in if you don't wanna see him" she informed me.

I held up one finger and finished tucking Clara into her crib. I walked towards the door and partially closed it so that there was a small crack between the door and the frame. "Why is Shane here?" I asked. It was obvious who she was talking about. He's the only person that would come here for me.

Maddi looked at me with a look that basically told me that I'm stupid. "He's guilty about the situation. He's probably here to apologize" she stated. Sighing, I shook my head. "You don't want him to apologize?" she asked.

Shrugging, I curled my hair behind my ear. "I don't know" I said quietly. Sure, he hurt me by thinking that I would hurt him like that. I never cheated on anyone. Ever. I had one night stands, casual sex. But my only relationship was with Asher. And I never cheated on him. Not even a single brush of the lips. I understand that he might be hesitant to trust me considering my past. But it's not just me that he accused. He's accusing his best friend of doing something with me.

Tyson was so offended when Shane found us in the kitchen and thought that we were doing something. It's obvious to anyone that Tyson is a loyal friend. He didn't give Shane any reason not to trust him. All we did was hang out for the day. It wasn't even the whole day because we were at the pack house since lunch time. Shane's accusations aren't justified. Tyson is his best friend. And he's Tyson. That's enough reasoning to trust him not to sleep with someone else's mate.

"You might wanna figure it out fast cause I don't think Ralph is strong enough to hold apart a Beta and a Head Warrior" she told me.

I groaned and rubbed my temples. Hopefully they haven't started a physical fight yet. I went past Maddi and down the stairs. "She was bawling her fucking eyes out!" I moved faster, hearing the sound of yelling.

At the door, Ralph was watching something outside. "Really? You couldn't keep Tyson in the house?" I wailed. Tyson and Shane were standing in front of the house about a foot away from each other.

Tyson was shouting while my mate was pulling at his own hair. "She came to me, unable to speak through her fucking tears. Because of your stupidity!" Tyson yelled.

I sighed and yelled at him to stop. But he couldn't hear me because Shane shouted at the same time. "She shouldn't have even gone to you! I'm her mate! She should go to me when she's upset!" Shane argued.

"It was your fucking fault that she was upset!" Tyson screamed. I don't think I've heard him drop so many f-bombs. "She. Would. Not. Cheat. On. You. Get that through your fucking skull!" he exclaimed.

Rubbing my head, I looked to Ralph for help; but he and Maddi were gone. What a great cousin I have. Turning back to the two guys, I screamed. "Shane! Get off of him!" I shouted. Yeah. Their fight just got physical. My mate was on top of Tyson, throwing punch after punch at his face. Luckily, Tyson had his hands up, blocking the punches. I ran towards them and tried pulling Shane back, but he wouldn't budge. "Stop it!" I screamed.

Shane's next punch caused Tyson to drop his arms. I knew that Shane would probably never stop punching Tyson. I ran straight into my mate and tackled him off of Tyson. We both went flying to the ground. I hissed in pain as I got back up. "Fucking shit" I muttered. By the pain shooting up my arm, I knew that my shoulder was dislocated. Tackling people is difficult.

I heard rustling and I prayed that those two weren't at it again. "Look what you did!" I looked up to see both of them standing over me.

Not one of them were offering me a hand up. I used my good arm to get myself on my feet. I tried rolling my shoulder back, but it only caused me more pain. Shane winced along with me. "It's not my fault!" he shouted at Tyson.

Tyson scoffed. "She tackled you because you were trying to kill me" he stated.

Shane growled. "I wouldn't try to hurt you if you weren't acting like such a dick!" my mate argued.

"Shut up! Both of you!" I screamed. I pointed straight at Tyson with my good arm. "You shouldn't have yelled at him like that. It was nice to defend me, but I can fight my own battles" Shane looked triumphant. That was until I moved my finger to him. "And you! That is your best friend. He's loyal as hell. And you should know better than to think that he would sleep with your mate. For the record, everything that he said was completely true. And you were about to beat him bloody" I chastised.

They both had guilty looks on their voices as they mumbled an apology to me. "Don't apologize to me, you idiots! Apologize to each other! You guys have been best friends for years, and you're fighting over something pointless! Tyson didn't sleep with me. I didn't sleep with anyone. This is all just stupid!" I exclaimed, throwing my hands up in exasperation. I just ended up hurting myself.

They started to look even guiltier if that was even possible. "I'm going inside. Maddi is gonna pop my shoulder back in. And you guys will sort out your shit" I demanded. Without waiting for a response, I marched into the house.

Maddi and Ralph were sitting on the couch. Their heads snapped up to me when I slammed the door shut. "Oh, god! What happened?!" Maddi exclaimed, jumping to her feet.

I scowled at her and my cousin. "Those two happened! And you guys left me!" I shouted. Maddi opened her mouth and I knew an apology was about to spill out. Loud wailing rang in my ears. "Someone take care of Clara. And the other can pop my shoulder back in" I stated. I rubbed my temple with one hand and closed my eyes to build up my wall.

"Brace yourself" Maddi said softly. My wall was up so Shane wouldn't be able to feel my pain. I nodded at her and dug my front teeth into my bottom lip. I took a deep breath, then she tugged my arm towards her and up. "All done" she chirped.

I could taste blood from how hard I was biting my lip. I instantly relaxed and hissed through my teeth. "Shit. I forgot how much that hurt" I mused. "Thanks" I said softly.

She nodded. "I'm sorry that we left you out there. I didn't think that their fight would escalate with you standing right there" she apologized. I shrugged, then winced at the pain. It would take an hour or so to heal, so I have to make sure I don't do anything to hurt myself even more. "They're not still fighting out there? Are they?" she questioned, about to walk to the door.

Shaking my head, I plopped myself down on the love seat. "No. I tackled Shane off of Tyson. Then I yelled at them to fix their shit. Hopefully they're actually listening cause I don't want to go back out there" I stated, using my good arm to run my hand through my hair.

Maddi leaned over the back of the love seat and turned to me. "Do you want me to check?" she offered. Without waiting for an answer, she walked towards the door and peeked her head out. One of the guys must've said something because she walked outside, closing the door behind her. Sighing, I brought my feet onto the couch and rested my head on my knees. "Wendy?" Maddi sang, coming back into the house.

I hummed in response while shutting my eyes. She asked another question, but it went through one ear and out the other. "Mhm. Sure" I mumbled, getting sleepy. Maddi said something else that I wasn't really paying attention to.

I just hummed again. "Wendy" that voice got me awake quickly. My eyes shot open and I turned to look at the doorway. I should've listened to Maddi's questions. Shane walked towards me as Tyson lingered behind him. "I'm sorry. I should trust you. And I shouldn't have accused you or Ty or anything. I'm such an asshole, and I'm so sorry" Shane said softly.

Getting up, I winced slightly at my shoulder. "I'm sorry about that too. If I wasn't being such a... a-"

"Dickhead" Tyson filled in for his best friend.

He just stole my word! "Yeah" Shane agreed. "If I wasn't being a dickhead, then you wouldn't have hurt your shoulder. And it's all my fault. And Gram will probably hit me with a purse like that old lady in Madagascar" he stated.

I just had to laugh at that. Walking closer, I wrapped my arms around Shane's waist and buried my face in his chest. He sighed in relief as his arms wove around my shoulders. "I would never cheat on you" I mumbled.

Shane nodded his head before resting his chin on the top of my head. "I know" he whispered, his breath blowing my hair. "Am I forgiven?" he questioned, pulling away to look in my eyes.

Nodding, I went on my tippy-toes to quickly peck his lips. "By the way" I started. "I got Bethany fired" I informed him.

Shane cocked his head to the side. "Who's Bethany?" he asked.

Tyson pushed himself off the wall and patted his best friend's back. "Good answer, bro" he stated. I nodded in agreement and plopped down on the couch. "She's that waitress at Ben's" Tyson reminded him. "You know the bitchy one" he said, trying to jog Shane's memory.

I love his description of her though. It's very accurate. Shane shrugged. "Oh, well. It doesn't matter 'cause I have a beautiful mate right here" he stated, glancing down at me.

I grinned as Tyson scoffed. "Kiss ass" he muttered before sitting down at the seat next to me.

Of course Shane heard him though. "Why are you here?" he blurted. It wasn't in a rude way, more of a give us some alone time, you cock-block way.

"I'm crashing here tonight. And Wendy is sitting on my bed" Tyson answered. Rolling my eyes, I got up and threw a pillow at him before leaving the living room with Shane trailing behind me. "Cover your stone before you bone!" Tyson shouted.

Where do he and Dominic get these things?! "Are you staying over too?" I asked as we got to the guest room. Everything was still left the same as the last time I had stayed here.

I walked to the closet to find something to wear, but there were no clothes. "If that's okay with you. I can even sleep on the floor" Shane stated. I felt him standing behind me. "This closet is empty" he informed me.

Chuckling, I nodded my head. "I was just looking for something to sleep in" I said. He suddenly slipped off his shirt, leaving him in a thin white-beater. "T-Thanks" I stuttered as he handed me the shirt.

Without even asking him to turn around, I slipped off my top and put on his shirt. It ended about two inches below my butt, so I just took off my pants. When I was finished, I looked up at Shane to see his eyes darkening. I could literally see his excitement. I moved to the bed and got under the covers with him watching my every move. "You can lay with me" I offered.

Six seconds flat, he was in the bed with only his boxers and white-beater on. We both laid on our sides so we could face each other. Shane slowly pushed my hair out of my face before pressing his lips to mine. "I'm still really sorry" he mumbled, resting his forehead on mine.

I nodded, making his head move with mine. "I know. And you're forgiven" I reminded him. "Why'd you come here, Shane?" I asked, softly.

He let me leave without a fight, but comes at night to apologize. "My dad used to say 'never let someone go to bed angry or sad'. I remember being awake at night because my parents would be arguing. He just had to work everything out before they went to bed. I couldn't let you go to bed sad because of me as well as mad at me" he told me quietly.

I moved over so we were laying chest to chest. Shane wrapped his arms around me and pulled me closer. "I'm not mad anymore" I told him honestly.

Shane sighed and kissed the top of my head. "Good. I don't know what I would've done if you didn't forgive me" he mumbled. Smiling, I turned my body so my back was pressed against his chest. "Get some sleep" he whispered.

Closing my eyes, I let sleep take over.

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Omg. I want coffee.

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~A.J.