Now, that all of our shopping for the ball was done. All that was left was for us to pack, but we still had two days left. Today is Wednesday and the sky seems very clear compared to yesterday and Monday. The sun was shining brightly. Since Uncle Quincy arrived a pool party was bound to happen. Why? Uncle Quincy is crazy about pools and barbecues. My dad informed us last night that Uncle Quincy has planned a pool party at his place.

I wore my turquoise and black bikini throwing a baggy pink top with denim shorts. I wore some black flip flops as everybody these days wore them outside. When I came downstairs, I saw my mom wearing a casual red top with black shorts. My dad was nowhere to be seen.

"Hey sweety, let's go. Uncle Quincy has called me twice by now." 

"Yea, sure mom. But where's dad?" 

"Um... He has pack business to handle and he needs to get substitutes for a leader position for this weekend as none of us will be here." 

I nodded and understood very well. When we reached Uncle Quincy's house, we could hear loud music and the smell of grilled chicken and beef. 'Yummy, yummy,' I thought. We walked up to the pool and saw a couple of other pack members including Aunty Suzy, Madeline, and Josh, of course. 

"Hey Mads, where's your dad?" 

"Pack work, yours too, I guess?"

"Yea," I said sadly and then cheered myself up with a soft drink. I removed my top and shorts as all the boys whistled. My aunties laughed at the boys and continued to chat. I walked up to the edge of the pool and dived in... 'Ah!' the cool water was so refreshing in this heat. Dave walked up to me. Dave is my friend at school, his a decent boy with a middle-class background.

"Hey, Katherine. You look nice." He winked. I smiled and stuck my tongue out.

"You don't look that bad, you know." He laughed and we both played in the water for a while. I chatted a while with Valerie and Huston. They are recently marked mates, despite the fact that I just hate love and couples. They are definitely an exception, because may I mention they are so cute. They finish each other's sentences and know exactly what they want all the times. All of a sudden thunders rumbled which is quite weird because it is the beginning of summer. Then, came the first splash of a rain droplet on my face. After that, all went wild.

Rain splattered everywhere as we ran indoors collecting our clothes and flip flops. I looked up in the sky to see the ominous clouds threatening to rain even more. 

'Ah! I wanted to have a relaxing pool party and this just turned sour really quickly.' I thought as I helped Uncle Quincy get the speakers, barbeque, and other stuff inside. Once everyone and everything was inside out of the rain's way, we all sighed.

"Sorry boys and girls... Didn't expect this weather." Uncle Quincy said staring at the rain. We all nodded and just sighed.

Aunty Wendy all of a sudden got up and brought a bag making us all curious what was in there. She pulled out a plastic pool and blew it up, we all smiled and helped her. We pushed the sofa's in the corner and made a place for at least five plastic pools. Then, we pulled up a table and placed all the drinks turning it into a bar. On the corners of the room, we placed two speakers for the music to echo through the room. Thankfully, Uncle Quincy had finished barbecuing the vegetables, beef, and chicken. So we sautéed them in barbecue sauce. 

"Let the party get started again!" screamed everyone. The music played loud and once again the pool party was on. I moved my hip and screamed out the lyrics of the song along with everybody.

"Shut up and dance with me!" we all screamed the last line of the song. We drank non-alcoholic cocktails and had a wonderful lunch with the sautéed vegetables, beef, chicken, and sticky rice. It was delicious. I also had a great time talking with everyone and talking tons of selfies with Madeline. My life is so perfect with all these people around. In one week from today is my birthday and on Sunday is Madeline's birthday.... To be honest, I am scared. She's turning 18 on Sunday and what if she finds her mate and he's from another pack. She would leave me and I can never ever let that happen. Then, I am going to find my mate.... Yikes, thinking about it gives me gags. But I guess what's bound to happen will happen one day. 'Maybe, I will fall in love,' I thought, 'ugh... Madeline is having such an effect on me... I mean me and love.... Whoops! No way...'

"Who wants another serving of chicken or beef?" questioned Uncle Quincy.

"ME!!!" We all screamed chasing it for our lives pushing each other out of our ways.

"Oops... Ate the last one," said Uncle Quincy licking his fingers after munching the last piece of beef and chicken.

It was silent and Uncle Quincy gulped looking at us all. 

"Oh no," he whispered looking at his wife, Mads mom, and my mom for help. They just laughed. We all had murderous eyes and wicked grins.

"What do you say future Alpha?" one questioned me.

"Attack! In the name of barbecued chicken and beef!"

And let's just say Uncle Quincy is glad to be a werewolf.