A/N: Hello Readers. So this chapter took me a bit to do. But I've already started the next chapter. So it shall be out quite soon. But hopefully you enjoy this chapter. Also, I like to thank you all for the comments left on the chapters. I don't remember if I addressed that but I do read all of them, thank you all for that. Any advice is also welcomed. I went through the first few chapters to edit so I just have to go through the last few chapters. That is also the reason for my chapters taking longer then I want. Anyways, thank you all again. Enjoy!

P.S. Another picture of Connor.

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

     The comfort I felt beneath me was heaven and I didn't want to wake up but the warmth I felt around my waste was even better than the warmth beneath me. I didn't think the air mattress could feel so good. My eyes slowly opened and my window came into view as I was now eye level with my window. Strange how my air mattress was higher then I thought. Than I felt warm breath against my neck and finally looked down to where I saw two big hands wrapped around me, cuddling me. As my mind started to juggle itself, I reached in the back of me and accidently feeling something I didn't mean to,

                "That's not a gun." Connor's voice rang through my ear and as fast as the thoughts transfered I pushed myself out of my bed, hitting the floor hard, "Ow!" I whimpered, rubbing my bottom. I then glared up at Connor who was just smiling at me.

                "What in the world . . . Why . . . When did I . . . Wait, we didn't-" I assumed, pausing and feeling my body for my clothes. They were still on me. I got up, "Why are you cuddling me?" I asked, actually liking the way it felt. He sat up from off the bed,

                 "You were comfortable and I couldn't just sleep when you were on the air mattress so I brought you on the bed and shared it with you. I slept better cuddling. Didn't you?" the devilish smile spread over his face as I clenched my fist together, I wasn't going to admit that I did sleep better but he had no right to cuddle with me.

                  "I. Am. Not. Going. To. Answer. That." I gritted my teeth and turned on my heels to walk to the door and into the hall. I could hear his foot fall as he followed me out. I walked into the bathroom and he did the same,

                   "What are you-" I was going to say but he went straight to the shower and took his shirt off as my jaw dropped at his amazing chiscled abs. I've seen them before but not in the light and not this close. He then started to unbutton his pants but I snapped out of my trance of how sexy his body was starting to look and reached over to him, stopping his hand from unzipping his jeans,

                    "WHOA!" I spoke and he raised an eyebrow at the intrusion of his hands.

                    "What?" he asked innocently but I knew he was just being a goofball.

                    "What do you think your doing?"

                    "Taking a shower. If you haven't noticed I still have my clothes on from last night. Just cause I'm a wolf doesn't mean I have to act like one. You can join if you want." that devilish smile spread across his lips and I felt my face go red at the invitation. My whole body was calling for it and if I didn't have any morals I'd be in that shower in a heart beat but instead, I glared at him,

                     "No thank you. How about I just go downstairs and brush my teeth. You  can have your little shower." I said trying my hardest not to glance at his abs or chest or anything past that. It didn't work and he noticed as he smiled, "Are you sure?" he asked. I let out a small snarl, walked over to the hall closet, got a towel out and threw it at him,

                      "Quite positive." I said now making my way to the stairs. I looked to where he still stood with a smile on his face. I looked away to hide my own smile hoping he didn't catch it. Even though we hadn't known eachother long enough I was quickly falling for him and if not, I've already fallen for him. I knew it was the whole mating thing that made him the way he was towards me but that didn't matter for me. I did want to get to know him better and I was happy that I was going to go with him to his home town and see what he was like around people he knew. Around his pack. My attention was now listening to a small yell downstairs,

                       "Come on Troy! You've been in the bathroom for almost an hour." the voice belonged to Caine and when I reached the downstairs, I was right. He was doing the pee dance and I chuckled a little,

                       "You guys are up early." I said and he looked my way, his face a bit red.

                       "We get up early . . . Dude, I don't think I can hold it any longer." he said again. After a few seconds Troy finally exited the bathroom patting his stomach,

                        "Ten pounds lighter. Ay, good morning Eryn." Troy greeted and Caine went into the bathroom but yelped,

                         "Oh God! What the hell did you eat Bro." Caine said but closing the door. Troy shrugged his shoulder and I plugged my nose, "Good morning to you too Troy." I said, turning around and heading back up stairs. Obviously the bathroom downstairs wouldn't be ready until the guys were finished. Note to self; make sure to clean that bathroom. I guess if I just waited for Connor to get out of the shower I should be able to brush my teeth and wash my face. Or maybe if I just knocked on the door and see if I could just brush my teeth while he was in the shower. I wouldn't see anything because of the curtain seperating us. I looked at the bathroom door. I was just going to brush my teeth and wash my face. I made up my mind and walked to the bathroom door that Connor was in and knocked. It took only but a moment for Connor to ask who was at the door,

                        "It's Eryn. I just need to brush my teeth and wash my face. Don't worry I won't look at you taking a shower." I answered and in seconds he opened the door from in the shower. The shower curtains were closed again and I rushed over to the sink and grabbed my tooth brush. I turned the sink on and started to brush my teeth.

                         "I'm guessing the guys are up?" Connor said from the shower. I mumbled and I knew with his hearing he heard me. I continued to brush my teeth. I'd hope he'd last in the shower after I was finished my brushing my teeth. The shower was running still as I finally rinsed my mouth out and spit. Then I splashed water onto my face, washing it with soap and then the shower went off. I quickly splashed more water onto my face and heard the curtain open. Crap, I cursed to myself, I had no towel to dry my face but I turned around anyways, hoping to just walk out of the bathroom but he was in the back of me, great. I have a mirror in the front of me but don't know how to use it. He was just a few inches in the front of me, looking at my wet face and I was staring back. He was dripping wet, the towel around his waist and his hair soaked. Really? This is happening now and I get the to be red faced in front of him again. My eyes couldn't stop looking him up and down. He looked so good. Good enough for me to just rip the towekl away from his waist. He leaned in closer to me,

                        "Need a towel?" he asked with the devilish smile plastered on his face. He set his hand on the towel as if to take it off and I held up my hand to stop him,

                          "No need. I'll just grab one and-" I stopped because he leaned in closer, now pressed up against me. With just his towel on I could feel his manhood against me and I went limp and frozen. He set his hands on the sink and I now stood in between them. The water that dripped from him dripped onto me but I didn't mind. I loved the smell of soap on him. Why did he have to be so damn sexy and to be in a towel and dripping wet I for sure was going to lose it. His lips were inches away from my ear,

                          "Enjoying the view?" he asked and then started to laugh. I knew he was being a goofball as I pushed him back, "Your an asshole." I mumbled walking out of the bathroom. I grabbed a towel from the closet and walked into the my room closing it.

        Connor, to my joy, had dressed down stairs and lucky for him he had extra clothes in Draydens car. I don't really know why I was getting ready but I did this just in case I had something to do and plus the day was early. I threw a pair of jeans on a my NYU sweater on because from the look of it out of my window, it was a bit cloudy. I hadn't seen the sun yet. I grabbed my cell phone and stuck it into my sweater pocket and walked out of my room. It was quiet and when I got to the downstairs, Caine was the only one I seen. Being a habit, I looked around for Connor but he and the others must have taken off on errans.

                     "Another day of errans?" I said non-chalantly as I sat across from Caine who was watching Spongebob and laughing.

                      "Taking Maria on a tour of New York." he answered with his attention on the TV. As if to realize what he had said he looked over at me, "I mean the guys all went." he corrected. I didn't show no emotions. I learned to keep them hidden around Caine.

                    "Right." I just replied and he looked back at the TV. If I had a younger brother I think Caine was surely fit the part. My mind couldn't stop thinking about Connor and his little escaped a few hours ago. Him in a towel plus me staring equals no bueno at all. Now that I was going to Penesalvania with him for a week I was nervouse on meeting his pack and seeing how he lives outside of New York. Two months of knowing Connor I was sort of happy that he asked me to go to Pennsalvania with him. All I was waiting for is the Swope family. Just the smallest information on them would help. If I could get this sorceress power under control I'd be okay, I hoped. For goodness sakes, I was 21 and the biggest thing I thought I had to worry about was graduating from NYU but obviously God works in mysterious ways. Dealing with my uncle, an Alpha and my sorceress powers was worst then studying for a test. But Brody actually melowed out a bit. He hasn't been on my back for a bit which I was okay with. I want to see what he would say about me going to Pennsalvania.

           For it being Sunday I decided to head to the bar with Brody. This would give me a chance to talk to him about Pennsalvania. As always on Sunday nights, it was dead. Arty was at the bar completely drunk. Gina took care of the side I usually took care of and she hadn't mentioned anything from the night of the club. Brody and I sat nearest his side on stools. I counted just about ten creatures in the bar. Brody had a blood mary in his hand, sipping at it. I knew now was a good time for me to talk to him about going to Pennsalvaina. Not for approval but just letting him know. I was fidgitting a bit and he looked over at me,

                    "Are you okay?" he asked his eyebrow raised.

                   "Yeah . . . Of course." I answered. Why was I so afraid to tell him I was going to Pennsalvania with Connor after I meet up with the realitor. Because I still seen him as a father thats why. I sighed,

                   "Actually I wanted to talk to you." I said and he looked over at me again waiting for me to continue.

                  "I wanted to let you know that-"

                  "Your going to Pennsalvania right?" he asked cutting me off. I stared at him surprised,

                  "How did you know?" I asked.

                  "He wasn't really quiet about asking you last night. I do tend to hear things but since your techically grown enough to decided on yourself I won't interefere and plus-" he started pausing to take a gulp of the drink in front of him,

                   "- I can see your starting to like him more." he confessed. I actually more then liked him but I wasn't going to say anything. I just smiled, "Thanks." I said. He ruffled my hair, "Any time baby gir . . .I mean Eryn." he said smiling back. Gina made her way over to us, "Hey handsome, can I get you anything or is there anything you see that you want?" Gina asked Brody. I smirked a little and Brody let out a low breathe, "Yeah, for you to grab Arty another beer." he said downing his bloody mary. Gina pouted her lips but did as Brody asked. I got up, "I better wipe the bar down." It was still an early night almost 9:30 as I made my way to the other side of the bar. Brody stayed at his seat. The bar started to fill which was unusual. Three young women who I had no clue who they were, walked over to the bar. Two blonds a one brunette. I could feel a blond joke coming on in myhead but decided to not think about it. One of the blonds was on the chubbier side of the weight scale and her short hair was set into a pony tail. She was a pretty thicker girl. The brunette on the other hand had the body but not the face. She was a butterface, something I heard Jared say. Everything looked good but her face. Only Jared would come with something like that. I knew Jared would be in tonight too, he usually showed around 10:30 to 11. The last blond, an average looking woman with long blond hair and legs for days walked up to the bar as her two other friends sat at a table near the dance floor. She was very pale skinned so the first thought that came to my mind was a vampire.

                   "Hi, how can I help you?" I asked. She leaned onto the bar, "12 shots of Patrone and three Corona's." she asked. Her blue eyes stared me up and down and she smiled.

                    "Coming right up!" I still didn't know what she was and I'd never seen her or her friends before. I prepared the shots and setting them on a tray then delivering it to their table. The blond who ordered them had the three Coronas in her hand as she handed each one to her friends. The other blond popped the cap of the beer off with no sturggle as the brunette did the same.

                   "Anything else for you ladies?" I asked and the blond who ordered the drinks shook her head,

                   "No thanks." she replied and I walked back to the bar. Brody was watching from where he sat as I joined next to him, "Okay is the blond who ordered the drinks a vampire?" I asked him.

                   "Yup!."

                   "And the other two are . . ."

                   "One a werewolf and the other a witch." he answered. I raised an eyebrow at the odd friendship. Then to my surprise a few more young adults, either my age or maybe a bit older, entered the bar. Brody had to help out with serving drinks. Then the bar was now completely filled with laughter, music and drunken creatures. On a Sunday, that was unusual. It was only 10 and the place was half full. I was busy at the bar as Brody started to get busy. What the heck was going on? Some of them even had football jerseys on with Ohio State on them. Was there a sign outside saying all college freaks welcomed? I bustled as a waitress also and that was hell. Gina kept to her side as more guys seemed to be attracted to that side. Most of the guys in jerseys were wolves, the others were just mixed creatures from sucubus women, witches, vampires and I think one shape shifter. But it was sure full. It was nearing 11:30 when Jared walked up to the bar, through the crowd,

                 "Hey Eryn, how are you?" he asked. His leather pants never phased to make me laugh.

                "I'm good. What can I get you?"

                 "Two bloody marys. One for me and a hotty blond over there." he pointed over to the table with the three women,

                 "Oh nice. She's got long legs, good catch." I yelled through the noise of the music playing. Jared scrunched his eyes together, "No, the thicker mama! More pushin for the cushion." He said thrusting his pelvic forward and then back wards and then forwards once more. I rolled my eyes but did poured his shots and handed it to him. He thanked me and made his way to the bigger woman and laughed, thanking him. I served more drinks to drunken sucubus women, who grabbed at one of the college guys and started to dance on them. It was almost like a dance club.

       Gina had to call Drayden and a few of the guys to see if they could help. Instead of just a few of the guys, all of them, including Maria, showed up. One vampire tried hitting on me but just as he started Connor arrived, glaring him down. The vampire got the hint and I just chuckled as he worked beside me.

                    "I think it's best if Eryn and I take this side. You can join Gina down the way." Brody interrupted before Connor could start helping out. Connor was going to say something but I set my hand on his fore arm, "Yeah. I think it's best if Brodyand I get this side and you can take it from the other side." Connor stared down at me and sighed as he made his way to where Gina and Gary were. Maria was down the bar where Connor was and I was trying not to notice but I couldn't help it. She kept her attention on him and no where else. From the looks of it, she still had the hots for him. A ping of jealousy was felt at the pit of my stomach but why should I be angry. He's in love with me. Brody was calling my name as I looked to where he was now stumped with three vampires asking for blood marys,

               "Eryn! A little help." he said and I ran over to him and helped out. I finally got a break and sat back for a bit, letting Brody and Caine take over. I've actually never been as busy as this. My attention went back to where Connor and Maria were. Connor took a glance at me and smiled. I smiled back, trying not to look at Maria but I could feel her eyes on me. I looked away and looked towards the dance floor where I caught Jared doing a whole make-put session with the blond. I just chuckled to myself. It was getting real stuffy inside the bar. I let Brody know I was going to get air. I was at the exit but before I could open the door, some one had opened it from the outside. My eyes widen at who walked in.