Jamie's POV

I opened my eyes and saw my beautiful mate asleep before my eyes. I reached out, cupping his cheek. His eyes moved a little bit, but he didn't wake up. I leaned in and kissed him on the lips. After a few kisses, he started to respond and puckered his lips against mine.

"Good morning, love of my life." I whispered to him.

He smiled, widely, and wrapped his arms around my waist as he pulled me in for another passion filled kiss. "Jamie..."

"Yes?" I whispered, rubbing my thumb across his cheek.

"I love you so much. I can't imagine a day without you ever again. You make me so happy and even if we weren't wolf mates, we would've found each other anyways because we're soul mates." He told me.

I could feel tears come to my eyes and I moved forward and set our foreheads together. "You're everything I could've ever asked for, baby."

He sighed and gave me another quick kiss before holding me close to his chest. "I'm in an emotional mood."

"I like it." I whispered, sighing into his chest as I snuggled closer to his body.

"I like you." He told me and I chuckled and stretched before flinching from the pain in my backside.

"Fuck." I whispered, rolling onto my back.

"Shit, did I hurt you?" He asked me, brushing the hair out of my face.

"I'm fine, it's just a dull ache. It comes from an amazing time, so I don't care." I said, rubbing my eyes.

"I should've been easier with you, I'm sorry, princess."

"Don't worry about it." I told him, kissing the tip of his nose.

He stood up and I took a second to admire his beautiful body before he covered it with clothes. "Let's go get some food. I'm hungry."

"I don't wanna get up." I whined and he chuckled. He crawled over to me on the bed and pulled the covers away from my naked body, so he could have a full view of my naked form.

He took me in his mouth and I smirked, biting down on my lip. I bucked my hips up and he deep throated me, making me moan. I crossed my arms above my head and put my head to the side, licking my lips.

"Yes, baby." I moaned out, putting my knees up to make it easier to guide my hips to make him go faster. He moaned around my member as I dug my hands in his hair.

I could feel my dick throbbing as his tongue swirled around my tip. I could feel the twitch in my stomach, but I held back because I needed to feel this longer. I needed to feel my mate wrapped around my dick.

"Faster!" I whined.

He chuckled, making my member vibrate with pleasure. He started to move his mouth faster and I moaned louder. His hand reached up and gripped my nipple between his fingers. My whole body was vibrating with pleasure and his other hand reached under my body to find my hole. I gasped loudly when one of his fingers pushed into my body. I groaned out at all the pleasure going on in my body.

"More, I need more!" I said and I started to feel the tears fall from my eyes from all the pleasure. He entered another finger as his mouth deep throated me again.

I yelled out in pleasure that sounded close to a sob and I covered my mouth because it was super embarrassing. The feeling in my stomach was back as my moans became louder that his fingers and mouth synced up at a fast speed.

"I'm gonna cum!" I yelled as I let go. I moaned out as the last of my seed left my member and shot into his mouth. I writhed on the bed as Alex swallowed all of it down.

"Fuck, princess." He said, removing his mouth and fingers and wiping them off on the sheet.

"Damn." I whispered, coming down from my pleasurable high.

"Now, let's go get food." He told me.

"Bitch, you just got protein!"

He scoffed. "Did you just call me a bitch?"

"Maybe." I said and he moved closer to me on the bed and I shook my head.

"Wanna take it back?" He whispered.

"Nope." I said, trying to back away from him, but he caught me too fast and his hands attacked my sides. I screamed out and laughed loudly as I tried to fight against him.

"Take it back and I'll stop." He teased me.

I gasped for air and I gained enough energy and pushed him away. Once he started to crawl back next to me, I held my hands out. "Okay, I'm sorry!"

He chuckled and wrapped his arms around me again, giving me a soft kiss. My arms wrapped around his neck and my hands curled into his hair. He moved back to lean against the backboard of the bed without breaking the kiss. His hands pulled at my hips, so I was straddling his waist.

The kiss was broken when Alex smiled against my lips. "What're you smiling about, baby?"

"I just love you so very much." He whispered.

I was sitting in a chair in the dining room next to my mate and across from my mother. Cody was sitting next to my mom and Melissa was next to him. Izzy was sitting next to her older brother and was already eating.

"Jamie, what do you wanna do after high school?" Melissa asked me as she twirled the pasta around on her fork.

"I'm going to try and get a job in a clothing design company. I basically already have one because my dad's old company has offered me one, but I don't know about it yet."

"So you're not thinking about going to college?" Cody asked.

"No, I don't really think anymore school is for me. I mean, it'll be a second idea if design doesn't work out, but I just don't think it would be right for me."

"I thought we talked about you going to Syracuse for the design program." My mom said.

I cleared my throat and gripped Alex's hand tighter in mine. "I can't just leave and go to New York when I have a job to do here."

"What do you mean?" Alex asked me.

I gave him a confused look. "We're the betas, Alex. I can't just leave you here alone."

"But it's your dream, Jamie. It's what you've always wanted to do."

"It sounds like a really cool opportunity." Melissa said.

"I'm not going, I've already made my decision." I told everyone at the table.

"No, you didn't. You're not just going to stay here for your mate, Jamie. This is your life and you are going to live your dream." My mom snaps.

"My dream lives here with my mate!" I yelled at her.

Alex's hands caressed my face and turned it towards his. I looked into his eyes. "Baby, you should go. You need to go. You'll be living out your dream that you've been thinking of ever since you were young."

"I'm not leaving you." I whispered, reaching my hand up and gripping his arm.

"You'll come back for holidays and I'll come up there every chance I can get. You're going to do this because I know you want to, but you won't because of me. I won't be the thing standing between you and your dream."

I reached up and wrapped my arms around his neck, holding him tighter. "I don't have that much time to send in my application."

"We'll get it done, princess."

"Have you two ever talked about this?" My mom asked Alex.

"Not really. I mean... I knew he was thinking about going to Syracuse for design, but we never had an in-depth conversation about it." Alex whispered, stroking my hair.

"So you're going to Syracuse?" Melissa asked with a smile.

"If I get in, yes." I whispered, unwrapping my arms from Alex.

"I bet you'll get in, J." Mom said.

"I don't know how we'll get the money for me to move out there." I told her.

"Hey," Alex said and I looked up at him. "don't even think about that, princess."

"How am I not supposed to think about that? We don't even have enough money for our house, there's no possible way we could pay for me to go to college AND me to move out there."

"We can take care of that, Jamie." Cody said and Melissa nodded.

I felt my eyes sting. "Y-you would do that?"

Melissa chuckled. "Of course, sweetheart. You're our son too."

Alex looked down at me and nodded. "You're a part of the family too, baby."

I fanned my eyes with my hand, making the sting go away. "Fuck, this is an emotional night."

Everyone at the table chuckled and Alex stood up. "Come on, college student. Let's go start that application."

I smiled as I grabbed his hand, but I turned towards my mom. "Are you going to stay here?"

She smiled and looked at Alex's family. "Yeah, I think I will. Be clean, boys."

"No promises!" I told her and followed Alex out of his house.

We walked to my house and went up into my room. He pulled out my laptop and started typing things in. I leaned over and kissed his cheek, setting my head on his shoulder.

"I love you and I love your family." I whispered, wrapping my arm around his bicep.

"I love you, baby." He whispered and kissed my forehead.

I reached over, closing the laptop that sat on his lap. I sat up on my knees and swung one leg around, so I was straddling his body. He chuckled as I connected our lips, our tongues fighting for dominance.

He pushed me away, lightly. "Let's do your application first, I'll help you."

I put out my bottom lip in a pout motion. "But I want you to do something first."

He chuckled as I motioned to my body and he set his head on my shoulder, wrapping his arms around my body. He rocked us back-and-forth, sighing in contentment. His hands rubbed my back and I kissed his forehead to help soothe him even more.

"I can't believe I'm going to leave you." I whispered, cuddling closer to his body.

"I know, baby, but you want this so much." He told me, kissing my forehead again.

"But I don't want to leave you. That is the last thing I ever want to do, you know that. I'm going to be in an apartment all by myself without you."

"I'll visit you when I can and you'll come here when you're on break. We're going to be okay. We'll FaceTime as much as possible and we'll text all throughout the day. We won't go a day without talking."

"You promise?" I asked, stroking his cheek with my thumb.

"I promise as long as I get picture updates of you daily."

"Deal." I said, leaning in and kissing him.

"My parents and I will get you an apartment with a huge closet that's close to your school that is also small and homey for you."

"If you guys are going to do this for me, then I need you to promise me something."

"Anything, princess." He whispered, stroking my hair.

"Make sure the apartment isn't expensive at all. Get me the crappiest apartment if you have too. I don't want you or your family spending too much on me. You're already paying for my tuition."

"Baby, we get paid by the elders weekly. We can handle this. You don't need to worry about the money. We'll pay for your apartment and your mom's house, okay?"

I pulled him closer to me. "How did I ever get so lucky?"

"Well, once upon a time, a boy dropped a record in a record store..." He said and I chuckled.

"You're a dick, but I love you."

"I love you too, sweetheart." He said, giving me a hard kiss, which I knew would start a night of wonders.