CHAPTER XXIII: A good night

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The day after I woke up with a freaking hangover. My head spun, my messy hair covered my face and I felt two warm furballs on top of me. Groaning in pain, I raised my upper body only to be welcomed by an upcoming headache. Resting my hand on my forehead, I opened my eyes slowly and the first thing I saw were my two dogs sleeping over my legs and my clothes scattered across the room.

"I'm naked?"

Even if I was alone I murmured the first question that passed through my mind since it was too difficult to think things straight. Taking a peek under the covers I saw I was only wearing my violet panties. Huffing in annoyance I looked around the room and decided to take a shower.

"Chip and Dale move your furry cute little butts out of my bed."

They glanced up, as if I was crazy. Then as if they didn't hear anything, they closed their eyes again, sleeping. The hell with them!

"C'mon! I'm waiting for you, your majesties."

At that Dale did as I told, but Chip? Nah, it was too tired to at least try to listen to me. When I lost the little patience I had, I took her by her fur and shoved her to the ground. Not even looking at me, as if she was offended, she sat on the floor giving me her back. Bitch.

"If you keep being a pain in the ass, I swear Chip I'll send you to China. And they won't have the patience I have with you since the second day you'll be in the plate of some random Chinese."

Maybe blackmailing her would be something good, but nah. She was smart, too smart for my likes. In fact she understood I was kidding, even if she was a bitch I couldn't do that to her. My little cutie furball!

When I didn't even receive a glance in response, I took it as my cue to go and take a shower. Opening the door of my bathroom I got inside, when we remodelled it, I was freaking in love with it. It was perfect, the colors, the light, the space... Everything.

At my right there was a big black wooden closet along the entire wall of the room. Inside of there I usually put my hair dryers, all my towels, shampoos... But in the highest part I normally had my winter or summer covers for my bed, since I didn't have free space on my walk-in closet.

On the left side there was a white toilet, followed, at the end, by a black modern cabinet with drawers and undermount white porcelain sink with a silver faucet and a mirror with a floating black vertical cabinet at its right side, where I put all my creams, hair brushes, spare parts for toothbrush...- You know, the typical stuff.

The shower and bathtub were connected to the rest of the bathroom without a door, there was just an open wall.

Behind the toilet there was just a wall separating the shower from the rest of the room, while behind the washbasin there was a big crystal, covering atypical rectangular Japanese bathtub made of wooden inside and black marble outside. It was sort of a jacuzzi too, since I sometimes needed my relaxing moments, and it helped the big window at its side, giving me a perfect winter sight. In front of it, at the end of the room, there was a black shower with a grey door. And to complement the look of the bathroom the walls were painted in a beautiful emerald color, with carved bamboos on it. Yep, simply a work of art.

Turning on the hot water, I waited few seconds before stepping inside. I enjoyed the wet drops falling over my skin, relaxing my shoulders and muscles. There wasn't nothing I liked as much as to take a shower at first hour in the morning.

After washing my hair with my favorite coco shampoo, and my body with a coco one, I put my bathrobe on and a towel on my head and stepped outside to my walk-in closet. When I decided what to wear I stepped outside and left the clothes on the soft mattress, and yes, there wasn't a door connecting my bathroom and bedroom.

I went downstairs, to the first floor, dressed in a pair of gray jeans and an oversized blue sweatshirt, courtesy of my brother, and how not, my usual red house socks.

Chip and Dale were hot on my heels, thanks fuck, I though they would have been all day sleeping. When I almost reached the living room, and at its right the kitchen, my headache turned back, making me hiss in pain.

"Too much party yesterday?"

I didn't even realize I was two steps away from the dinning table, where the guys were sat. Obviously the question came from Benjamin, I was starting to think he enjoyed to see me in pain. He was sat on one of the black leather chairs, along with Logan and Emmett, while Kyan was looking for something in the fridge, but not long after our sights met.

Holy bloody shit! I remembered! What we did the night before, and... Fuck! How stupid could I be?! I felt completely for him and the thing that worried me the most was that I enjoyed it. Damn me! Damn mates! And damn the freaking alcohol!

Only the thought of it made my head hurt two times worse than before. I tried to soothe it by massaging my temple, but it was short cut by a groan of pain.

"Too much drinks? I thought you were more responsible Andrea."

"Shut the hell up Benjamin. Your voice is making my headache worse."

It didn't sound as my voice, but still I managed to say something. They seemed pretty relaxed, with no signs of pain. At the moment I just wanted some ice to put on my head, and after thirty minutes I would be perfectly fine, as if nothing happened. But when I thought about that, my mind worked for her own and my eyes snapped again to Kyan, who was standing beside the fridge and looking at me a bit worried. Shit... He was another problem of my long and interminable list of problems I had at the moment.

"Where are the others? It's a bit late to be sleeping, isn't it?"

After my words left my mouth, I only heard few chuckles and a laughter. What the hell? It wasn't a stupid question, right? Trying to not pay the guys much attention, I went to where my mate was and tried to avoid making eye contact with him. Once I took the ice from the freezer, I felt a hand on my arm, gently squeezing it.

"Are you okay?"

I didn't want to even look at him, but it was useless. With my back towards the guys, who where still laughing, I managed to hear his question, more like a whisper. I got lost in his beautiful green eyes, but he wasn't relaxed, his features told me otherwise. His forehead was furrowed, along with his eyebrows and his lips formed a thin line. He was worried about me, it was sweet for him, still, I couldn't fall a second time, not again. I had to be strong.

"Yeah. Anyway, Benjamin, why are you laughing? Is that funny my question?"

I freed my arm, in not a nice way, from Kyan's grasp. That made his face hardened, probably because he was still worried but now, I was sure as hell he was mad at me. Shifting my attention to the blonde guy who I asked a question I watched how he wiped his eyes and smirked at me.

"It's funny when you think is still morning."

"What?"

What was he talking about? It was obviously morning. I have never, ever sleep so much in own my life to wake up in the late afternoon. So, that was just impossible, but then? Why were they laughing at?

"Oh Andrea, it's 3:17 p.m."

"What?!"

I let out an annoyed groan, was this guy for real? How the hell I slept so much? There were days I drank much more and I was able to wake up in the early morning. It was just so fucking strange, now I understood why the headache since I have never woke up with one after partying the day after.

Automatically my sight changed from him to Kyan by my side, I didn't mean to, but it was something my body did as if was something normal. He didn't seem mad anymore, but he was worried again, still with a frown on his face.

"Is he for real?"

He nodded and I saw how he was about to open his mouth to say something, but we got interrupted by some voices. I recognized them, and thanks Pancake Goddess, because if not I couldn't have stand the awkwardness.

"Andrea! I'm here to rescue you, my lady!"

"Oh, get lost Aaron."

I approached him chuckling, but when I was about to hug him he turned his back to me and started walking to the opposite direction, from where he came from, until my grip on his shirt stopped him.

"Hey! Where are you going?"

He peeked sightly from his shoulder only to gave me a slight grin and faced me again.

"I thought you said to me to get lost. Decide my lady."

"Oh, shut up."

We smiled before hugging each other, sometimes he was a jerk and I couldn't stand his bullshit, but he was a very close friend. But our happy moment was cut by a growl in the background, and when I was about to turn around and see who it was, an arm pulled me strongly towards a firmed chest. Kyan, how not.

"He's... him?"

Aaron's face said everything, and I just could sigh in annoyance. Why the guy had to be so freaking overprotective? All the attention, by now, was on us, even Luna Maria and Alpha Nathaniel along with their other son, Jack, were looking at us astonished. Well, except for the only woman a part of me inside of the room who was trying to hide her grin.

"Ehm-Yeah-I mean, yes. Luna Maria, Alpha Nathaniel, Jack and Aaron, this is Kyan. Uhm-Ehm-My-Ehm-"

"Mate. I'm her mate. It's a pleasure to meet a strong Alpha as you, but I think it would be better if I introduce you to my Alpha before."

By the time he was done I was pressed tightly to his front, with his arm around my stomach, holding me firmly. Thanks fuck nobody was looking at us, we were no longer the center of attention. Victor appeared not long time after, and everyone started talking again, but I didn't mind. The only thing inside my head was Kyan, and how he was holding me protectively.

I couldn't lie saying I didn't like it because sure as hell I did. What surprised me the most was my headache already gone, but I couldn't focus on anything, I just lost the ability to speak. If that was mates did to their equal I didn't like it one bit, it made me seem weak and stupid. And I wasn't anything like that.

"Can you let me go please? I have things to do."

I didn't know how I managed to whisper those words to Kyan, but he didn't seem to catch the message and the next thing I knew was his hot breath and his lips caressing the right side of my neck. The only touch made me tremble in delight and I had to go away before something more could happen.

"Why? I thought you were... comfortable with me."

"Yes, you thought. I'm busy so, see you later."

After I snapped back at him in the same lower voice I used before, I broke the contact of our bodies and walked straightly to Aaron. Taking his hand in mine I led him upstairs to my room, if he was here it was for a good reason.

I didn't even have the guts to look back at Kyan, because I was damn sure he was literally fuming. Once we reached my bedroom door we stepped inside, telling Aaron to leave his things on my bed.

"I thought your bedroom would be tidier, but damn girl, yours is worse than mine."

"Yeah I know, these days I didn't have time to do such a thing."

"Lazy ass."

Obviously I heard Aaron mumbling that, I was a freaking creature who had a high developed sense of hearing. He only gave me his typical grin, but it was time for me to smirk.

"You know you're quiet happy knowing what you're up to."

He just shrugged, as if he didn't mind at all. Making his way to my bed he plopped down, taking a deep breath.

"It's just Carnival, I will survive."

"Oh, okay. Then as you're going to be cooperative, help me to clean my room."

He rose his upper half, just to glare at me. But everything changed when he stood up and took some thing from one of his bags.

"And what if we have our own little private party here?"

I saw how he turned around, with one bottle of alcohol in each hand and four more on the bed, motioning to them. A groan escaped my lips, but then it was replaced by a chuckle. This guy, wanted to kill me!

"Okay, with one condition. I don't want to talk about my mate."

I looked at him deep in the eyes, and how he sighed. How not, I knew him so well. He wanted to talk about him. It was obvious, wasn't it?

"Okay, no mates, boyfriends, girlfriends or ex."

We shared a laugh before sitting on my bed and started drinking while laughing our asses off.

Time flew by, and we were interrupted by a knock on my door. We didn't eat anything, reason? We ate some snacks. Lie. We just didn't want to move our lazy bums down to the living room. Telling the person to come in we watched Violet, Taisia and Agathe took few steps inside, dressed in their Carnival costumes. It made me giggle so loud, I couldn't believe I could have such a stupid laugh.

"Andrea, are you already drunk? Anyway, we're going to the second house."

"Maybe,and for the other thing... we will be ready in a while."

After the words left my mouth Aaron and I laughed so hard we almost fell off the bed. But what made me laugh as a crazy were their outfits. Gath was dressed in a classic Pikachu costume, it was mine but I gave it to her since I didn't fit inside of it anymore. Vivi wore a freaking sexy police costume, Emmett surely would be happy with a bunch of guys staring at her, note the irony. And finally Taisia who, as Violet, decided for a fireman one, and it ended as if it was a bodysuit.

"Girls, you look freaking sexy!"

"Shut up Aaron! Vivi and girls, you can go. Don't worry about us, see you inside."

"Okay? Well, if you reach first the second house."

"Hey! I'm not that drunk!"

That was the biggest lie ever. Pouting I saw how they waved, dismissing us, and made their way outside. It was carnival for fucks sake, it was going to be the funniest night ever. I could already see it!

"Okay boy, move your ass and go change inside the bathroom. I'll change in the closet."

"Aye aye sir!"

What a couple of drunk people we were, but something was sure: we loved to party and have a fun time. Before he closed the door I gave him his costume and some heels, Charlie's heels. Let me explain, he always liked to dress like a girl when it came Carnival, maybe for a secret fantasy of him, who knew...

Not long time after we went downstairs, he was dressed as a bunny playboy, and Pancake Goddess I laughed so hard when he came out of the bathroom. But he didn't seem to mind at all. I, instead, wore a sexy leopard costume. It ended just enough to cover my bum cheeks, as if it was some sort of shorts. It had three-quarter sleeves, followed by some gloves without fingers, and to end the look it had a cute tail and a headband with two ears. But what it made me to buy it was the black transparent opening on the chest, between my ladies, and it went down until my belly button.

We were the last ones to left the house, well probably the guys would have arrived some time after, if they planned on coming, that was for sure. Few minutes walking and wow, the place was full of packmates and friends who were dancing some loud music of Nicki Minaj.

When we were about to get inside we spotted Shona, oh my Shona so freaking sexy with her unicorn costume, well it was pretty funny when I thought about it. It was a sort of white bodysuit without sleeves and av-cleavage, with a hoodie, where there were the horn, ears and rainbow horsehair.

"Shona! You look, ehm-"

"Sexy. I know, right?"

We burst into laughing after we stared at each other for few seconds, it was so funny yet so sexy. She chose wisely. When I was about to ask Aaron something, he wasn't by my side anymore.

"Looking for someone Andy?"

"Yeah, I was with Aaron but now, he just disappeared."

Turning my head from left to right I saw him inside the house, making out with a girl. Wow, that was just, pretty quickly? Sighing in annoyance, because, c'mon, he always did the same, I grinned back to Shona who was already looking at me expectantly.

"What the hell are you looking at bitch? C'mon! Get inside and drink something!"

She pushed me inside the house, until we were in front of the bar, but little did people know in few minutes the wines and Sakes would be already gone.

"Unicorn, I'll go you up to my shoulders and you'll take as much wine and Sakes bottles you can. Okay?"

She nodded energetically and grinned like a crazy, another who was already drunk. Taking her she managed to get ten different drinks from the last shelving, and once on the floor, well, we started to drink them.

After drinking six bottles we were about to drink the seventh when 'Ni**as In Paris' started to play. It was. Our. Freaking. Song. Hurriedly we took one bottle each one and went up to the dinning table, with other friends and started singing with our crystal 'microphones'. We were jumping and, well, screaming the lyrics since all of us, who were at the table, drank pretty much.

At the end of the song, we were dancing and still moving around like some sort of wild horses and when 'Don't You Worry Child' started, the table legs gave up making us falling down so hard one on another to make the alcohol almost vanish from our systems, well at least from mine, because the others were laughing their asses off.

A hand extended to me and I took it without looking from who it was, but when I was pulled again on a soft chest I already knew it was Kyan.

"You're okay?"

Before meeting his beautiful green orbs, I took a peek at his outfit and damn, he wasn't wearing a costume but the fact he was wearing a red shirt along with dark jeans didn't help that much. Getting back from my own world I shook my head and gave him an answer.

"Yeah, I think we are too fat."

He chuckled at my joke and God, I wasn't lie if someone would asked me if I was dripping wet and I answered a big yes. And it made things worse that he was my mate, freaking gorgeous and I was drunk, and wore a provocative costume.

"Hey girl! Take your Sake! It's the last one! Some fuckers drank our wine while we were singing."

Separating from Kyan I took the bottle Shona was offering me, and I spotted the guys and Charlie dressed as a woman, he surely was one of the best when it came Carnival, talking and drinking with few packmates. When I was about to drink the Sake a hand grabbed the crystal container making me whine as a little girl.

"Kyan! Don't! It's my night and my Sake so don't!"

I saw how he rolled his eyes and made his way towards the bar, with me hot on his heels. How dare he?! The last thing I needed was a 'dad' looking over me, and obviously he wouldn't be the third. When he turned around he found me looking up at him, with my arms crossed above my chest.

"Andrea, you're better than that. And you're already drunk."

"Better than that? You're talking as if I'm an alcoholic person, and I almost don't drink."

It make him sigh and scratch the back of his neck, when I saw his reaction I didn't know why but it made me relax a bit. Something inside of me was saying to me he was trying, hard.

"Maybe you're right and I'm better than that."

He arched an eyebrow, and I was internally thinking twice my 'plan'. It was the most stupid thing in the world but maybe it would work. I did it as an impulse, because my body demanded it, because I needed it. So, I did it.

Pulling him down from his shirt I crashed our mouths together, he responded immediately, lifting me up and sitting on the bar, positioning himself between my legs. His soft lips matched mine perfectly and when we found a pace, his hands moved freely around my body, resting on my waist.

Yep, as I thought before, it was going to be a pretty goodnight.
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Hey people! I'm so sorry to not update for what like two months! But I was under an important writer block... I just hope now it will be okay! :)

So, already Carnival... but ladies and gentlemant prepare yourselves for the next chapter... I won't say nothing more! muaha

Probably you already saw I changed the cover, I changed it just on Halloween since my inspiration came back aha tell me if you like it or not! :)

I'll see you in the next update! If you liked this chapter vote and comment! I would be pleased to hear what you think!! 

17/11/2016

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