Hey everyone, thanks so much for all the new fans and to those who added my story to their libraries. I decided to quickly belt out another chapter while it was still fresh in my mind.

I know some of you guys are loving Van - who by the way i have a picture ready for the pool party to post, but i have a soft spot for Levi too..... who knows what will happen!!

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Sitting in the my new car staring at the steering wheel I don't know what to say to my best friend.

Do I tell him the truth or do I tell him what he wants to hear - which is a lie. Efffff my life!

I pull the keys out of the ignition and look at my friend. He's staring at the floor with his hands clenched.

"Why are you so angry Van?" I ask reaching out to gently touch his hand.

My touch seems to calm him slightly so I shuffle closer to him trying to get him to relax.

"Van, look at me please. Why are you so angry?"

He turns around and stares at me. "Answer the questions Tia! Why can I smell him all over you??"

He might be my best friend but at the moment he's acting like a complete a$$hole talking to me like that.

"Excuse me? Who do you think you are to talk to me like that?"

"if you must know I had a fight with a girl at lunch time and he pulled me aside while I was going to the toilet to talk to me about her" I said with a growl. Holy crap I did it again, I summarised over what really happen.

A piece of my heart sinks slightly as I realise for the 2nd time this week I havnt told him the complete truth about somthing. What kind of best friend does that make me? I feel sick with disgust at myself. Its either tell him the story or tell him the truth and feel the wrath of his alpha rage, which will just risk breaking the peace treaty. Bloody alpha's always so demanding and possessive.

He looks at me with a sad look. "I just cant handle thinking that he is around you so much" he growls and gets out of the car. I realise that we have pulled over near a park next to a nature reserve as he walks over to it.

"sorry for ruining your after noon Tia, I'm gonna change and go for a run, my wolf is itching to get out" he mumbles as we stop just within the treeline.

I look at my friend and see he's hurting inside. I reach up and put my hand to his cheek.

"Van" I whisper looking up at him.

Before I can even blink he's lifted me up wrapping my legs around his toned hips and pushed me

gently up against the tree.

"What the?" I say as he puts his hand at the nape of my neck and the other one supporting my body weight.

He looks at me with so much passion and love that I drown in his green eyes.

"Tia, I'm asking you permission to kiss you" he whispers in a deep husky voice.

I look at him in his masculine glory and my heart races, my body feels like its on fire and my breathing has increased.

My eyes divert to his lip and back into his eyes. In a equally husky voice I whisper back.

"Yes"

I expect his lips to crash onto mine, but I look up to see him smiling at me with such a gorgeous smile that my heart skips a beat. "I love the sound of your heart when you're excited" he whispers.

He gently leans into me staring into my eyes as he kisses me. He holds my face like I'm a porcelain doll and kisses me so tenderly that my heart feels like its about to burst. I don't hesitate to open my mouth to deepen the kiss. I whimper quietly as his tongue gently caresses mine and his lips mold to mine perfectly. He smiles into the kiss as he hears me whimper.

He pulls back and I look up at him and see he still has his eyes closed smiling. He opens his eyes and leans back in to kiss me again, this time he isn't so gentle and his kiss becomes more urgent and passionate. As he pulls away he gently sucks on my bottom lip and groans.

"I have been waiting to kiss you like that for a while"

"Seriously?" I ask, thinking about all those times we he visited me and he never said or tried anything.

"Yes my Tia bear, I have"

I giggle, "well you must be one hell of an actor, because I had no idea, and by the way you need a hair cut " I say as I run my hands through his hair.

"Hmm it was hard act to maintain but I didn't want to ruin our relationship, and no worries I'll have it cut just for you tomorrow" he smiles

That's when it hits me, our friendship has changed, we are no longer the childhood best friends anymore because that kiss is not how friends kiss. He's kissed me when he knows he has a mate!

What the hell am I doing when my supposed mate is at home waiting for me??

"Van put me down" I ask

He frowns as he realises my change in mood.

"Your regretting saying yes to the kiss" he asks with a hurt scowl.

"Yes....agghhh No.... aghhh I dont know Van" I mutter.

I look up to see he's placed a wall up. I see his anger rising.

"Oi mister!" I point at his chest. "Don't you dare get pi$$ed off at me, I'm the one that should be pi$$ed off at you! You kissed me, you have a MATE and you kissed me??"

"What the hell am I supposed to do now when I meet your mate and she asks me how I know you what am I gonna say, oh hi, yea I've known Van for years and a few weeks ago we sucked faces after he found you, but don't worry because it's in the past now??"

"Don't be such a drama queen Tia, it won't be like that I promise" he growls.

"Yes it is like that" I moan.

"Tia, YOU. ARE.MY .MATE" he whispers.

I stare in shock.

"No, No I can't be" I shake my head speechless.

"Yes Tia bear you are" he smiles stepping towards me with his hand out gently reaching for mine.

"I wanted to tell you on the night of the 18th birthday but I guess I let the secret slip" he grins at me.

"When I saw you yesterday morning I felt like I had been hit by a tonne of bricks, and not because I was hung over"

"I had to hold myself back from claiming you against your will right there in the kitchen" he said.

I looked at my friend in shock.

What the HELL is going on I think furiously to myself. How can Van and Levi both be my mates? Is that physically possible? OMG what am I going to do.... this is going to start a huge rift between both packs when both the guys find out that they are both trying to claim me.

I look up into his eyes and see his utter love and devotion; yep he totally thinks I'm his mate.

"Van, although you know I love you as my best friend, you also know I don't feel the intensity of the pull of my mate like you are at the moment. Can we please just wait until I turn 18 before we claim each other as mates" I ask softly.

He looks at me with sad eyes. "this is not going how I would hoped it would" he mumbles.

"its just all a big shock to me right now, 5 min's ago you were growling at me in my car, and then out of a jealous fit you kiss me and declare me as your mate, how did you think this would go down"? I ask him truthfully.

"When you say it that way, I suppose that makes sense" he says softly.

"Please Van can we just wait until I turn 18, and if I feel that same connection then we will claim each other"

He steps forward to me and gently kisses me on the lips. "not IF my Tia bear, WHEN you feel that connection, I will claim you as my mate, my Luna and my future wife" he whispers again as he kisses me.

The sound of him calling me his future wife makes my knees go weak and my insides turn to jelly.

Him calling me those this in such a smooth tone rolling off his lips sound so perfect that I'm started to believe that I am his mate.

But there is a niggling thing in the back of my mind...........LEVI

I have to cool things off with both boys, before my birthday I mentally note to myself. No better time then start with the present.

"Van, I wanna slow things down between us, I don't want to lose you as a friend, but to be honest I don't want to be in a relationship right now. I didn't tell you the real reason why I'm here, and I'm guessing I should tell you now."

I sit down against the tree and indicate for him to join me. "So you know how I was dating that guy Valence from back home, remember I told you about him his nic name was Vale, well after a few months he started getting really controlling and jealous. He tried to control who I saw, what I wore and even what I ate, and when I didn't do what he said he would get physical"

A huge growl erupts from Van as he jumps to his feet. "HE PUT HIS HANDS ON YOU???" her roared.

"Only once, but I left him straight away and broke up with him. Well he didn't think we had broken up he thought we had just had a disagreement. He's been harassing me ever since, calling me, emailing me, following me to school, and stalking me. He even found me at a party and he was completely wasted, he nearly forced himself on me but I was lucky that I few other wolf friends heard me screaming and dragged him away, since him i have decided to take some time for myself".

With that Van started shaking and his eyes were glowing bright green.

"I understand now honey, we cant wait for your birthday to be together" he said with gritted teeth. "we will be friends like we always are until your ready for more, I really have to go for a run now to get this anger out, will you be ok getting home?"

"Of course Van, I understand you have to do what you have to do"

"I'll call you tonight" he said with a small smile, holding on to his phase just so he could say goodbye to me.

"Ok, have a good run" I reply quietly.

I walk towards my car as I hear him phasing to his wolf, I hear some leaves rustling and branches breaking as he shoots off into the forest.

I get in the car and make my way home. Parking my car I see Levi is home as his is in the garage. I walk into the pool house and see him and Liam sitting on the lounge playing Xbox.

"Hey Guys" I say with a small smile as I walk to my room before they can reply. I change into some workout clothes and leave through my sliding doors out towards the main house into the gym. Time for a good workout I think to myself, that will defiantly help me clear, my thoughts.

After a good hour in the gym I walk back into my room through my doors trying hard to avoid Levi. I jump into the shower and have a good wash. Jumping out I put my hair up into a messy bun and put on some comfy pj's short and the matching camisole as I walk out to the kitchen to start something for dinner.

As I walk out I notice the boys are still gaming. I see Liams jaw drops open as he see's me walk out of the room. I roll my eyes and walk into the kitchen.

"Are you staying for dinner Liam" I yell from the kitchen.

"Nah he's about to leave" I hear Levi say as he walks into the kitchen.

"Thanks for the offer Tia, but I'm about to head home, I'll see you guys tomorrow he grins and he sends a wink my way"

I just smile and wave as he heads out the door.

"How was your yogurt" Levi asked.

I see him leaning against the kitchen bench, as I pull out vegetables to make a stir-fry. Dammit why does my brain think he's so hot. Agghhh I'm mentally challenged.

"We didn't go, we went to the park to hang out and talk" I said shrugging.

"Did he try something on you" he asked.

"Yes" I say quietly.

He pulls the carrot out of my hand and turns me around. "Tell me what he did" he asked calmly.

Without thinking, and unable to stop myself I answer honestly to him. "He kissed me".

I look up to see the hurt in his eyes.

"Did you like it?" he asked quietly

"yes" I whisper with my head down.

Tears fall down my cheek as I look down to the floor.

"Did you like my kiss?"

"yes" I whisper

"God I hate myself right now" I say out loud.

"Don't hate yourself, you can't help it that all the guys wants you" he smiles trying to make light of the situation.

"I don't want you to hate me either" I whisper in small voice.

I look up at him as he smiles a sad smile. - "Don't cry bunny, I could never hate you, just don't break my heart before you've had a chance to love it" he replies as he places a kiss on my forehead.

"Pass me the knife and ill start cutting" he smiles as he moves to get more vegies.

I look at myself in the window reflection realising that it's only my 3rd day here and I've already gotten myself into something that is so out of my control that I feel like I'm free falling.

"How about we just spend some time getting to know each other" Levi says looking over at me.

"Let me make dinner for you tomorrow night, just the two of us" he asks.

"Ok" I reply "That will be nice"

Crappp tomorrow is going to be interesting I think to myself....

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Hope you guys enjoyed it, not as long as normal but its 2.26am where i am and i need to get some zzzzzz - will try and do some more tommorow hopefully - that is if you guys want some? or am i putting them out too fast?

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