Tristen's P.O.V.

I really want to go home now. When I said I'll take Payton out I meant Payton only clearly she didn't understand what I meant. So instead of Payton and me celebrating her double success together and by double success I mean running those two and a half miles and then next day she was able to run three and a half. 

I'm proud of her because she pushes herself until the end but I was hoping to celebrate her success with her. Not her, her best friend, her brother, her sister and my sisters. I don't want them here with us and I don't know why I find it an issue that they're here. I guess today wasn't at all what I expected. 

Payton, Coral, Trisha, Erin and Lora were somewhere lost in the crowds of the fair, while Lewis and I ate at one of the picnic benches. "You ok?" Lewis asked me.

"Prefect" He shrugged knowing I was lying but right now it wasn't really important. Today is all about Payton, not about me. 

"This is real nice of you to take us all here," Lewis told me taking a sip of his soda, "you should've seen her when you left the house yesterday. She was doing flips off the walls and she barely slept last night." I smiled knowing I was the cause of her happiness. I knew she was excited for today by the look in her eyes but hearing someone else say it caused something inside of me to...come alive? 

It wasn't a bad feeling but it was a good feeling.....almost like a pleasurable feeling. "You don't want us all here do you?" Lewis asked me.

I didn't hesitate to answer him, "No not really." It was the truth. Within the little time that I knew this family I've begun to see Lewis as more and more of a friend. We would talk constantly about anything we could think of and then later laugh about it.

"Yeah, it looks like you’re annoyed with all of us here." He smiled at me but for a second there was this knowing glint in his eyes. As if he found another puzzle piece to an unsolved puzzle, but with in an instant the glint in his eyes were gone and his gaze shifted to the girls approaching us.

"Look what Payton won" Trisha announced. "It's a gummy bear!" I turned around and in Payton hands was a three foot, green gummy bear.

"His name is Rocco" she said with a proud smile on her face as she held the gummy bear close to her. Her grey eyes were filled with happiness but her face turned red as soon as her stomach made a loud growling noise.

"Now don't eat Rocco now, you know he isn't a real gummy bear right?" Lewis said and everyone laughed. 

"Shut up," she told her brother sitting on the bench next to him and putting Rocco on her lap. "I haven't eaten since this morning cut me some slack," Payton pulled her bag out from under the table and took out the food she brought from home and of course it contained a healthy meal.

"Well, since I'm done eating I'm going to go play some games," Lewis said getting up from the bench. 

"Oh, Lewis can you win me something?" Coral asked quickly getting up.

"Win me something too!" Lora said getting up as well.

"Fine, you coming with us Tristen?" he asked me smiling.

That guy sure does smile a lot. "No I'll stay with Payton" he shrugged saying, "Let's go Trisha, Erin, I’ll win all you girls something" he said. 

As soon as they left Payton started laughing like there was no tomorrow. "He's such a ladies’ man," she said in between bites "too bad he's not Erin's mate, She really likes him" my smile dropped as soon as those words left Payton's mouth. She rolled her eyes at me but in the process her smile grew wider and wider. "Don't look at me like that Tristen, Erin's a girl and she happens to be attractive to my brother."

How can she like Lewis of all people? No, it's not possible, If she likes Lewis she would've told me. "You don't have to worry, Lewis already knows that she likes him" Payton said as if it were the most normal thing to say.

"Why am I just finding out about this?" I asked.

"Maybe she didn't want to tell you," Payton said sticking an apple slice in her mouth. She looked back at me and shrugged, with the way you and Marco act I wouldn't tell you guys who I liked either, brother or not."

We were silent for the time being. She kept eating her fruit and I did what I wanted to do all day without the distraction of people. I checked her out. Payton's once short hair was now following down her back freely in natural curls. Her stormy grey eyes seemed brighter and her complexion was tanned and healthy. She slimmed down a lot in a month due to the fact that her clothes are now kind of baggy on her. 

"What are you starring at?" Payton asked looking up at me. How could she tell I was staring at her without looking at me? I didn't answer her I just kept on smiling and staring at her eating. "You’re weird" Payton said under her breath and she laughed it off a little before continuing eating. 

This was the point when curiosity got the best of me. I knew Payton didn't like a lot of people at school and I knew she only has one best friend but I couldn't help but let the question float back and forth through my mind. She hasn't brought up anyone who she likes and I'm kind of curious. Every girl likes a guy but what I want to know is who the lucky guy that’s lucky enough to catch her attention. 

"Payton?"

"Yes Tristen?" she asked without looking at me. When I didn't answer her she looked up at me with her eyebrows raised. "Well...." she pushed for me to continue.

"Who do you like?" I asked.

She wasn't fazed by my question she just keep on eating. "What do you mean?" she asked. 

A smirk came onto my face. She's good at playing these types of games. Matter of fact everyone in the Adas family is good at playing games like this and at hiding things, not that I think they have anything to hide. For example how Lewis figured something out by just asking me if I really wanted them here, weird I know but true.

But knowing Payton and being around her seven days a week for a whole month, I learned that she likes beating around the bush. She may say thing as if she wasn't fazed, but the truth was she just didn't want to answer the question or answer the question right away she would beat around the bush. 

So she really does like someone? "Can you actually look at me when I'm talking?" I asked her.

"Nope," she said popping the 'p' before continue on eating her apples.

"Do you have a guy that you’re crushing on?" I asked her and she shook her head.

"So you’re telling me that you've never seen an attractive guy before?" I asked her seriously.

She smiled before looking up and nodding her head "I've seen you and Lewis. You both are attractive guys," she said and I can't help but to smile at that. "Are you trying to asked me if Like, like a guy? Like how a mate is suppose to feel?" she asked.

I nodded but she just shrugged, "well there is this one guy..." she said trailing off. Now she had my full attention, I leaned forwards ready for her next words but they never came.

"What guy?" I asked.

She just looked up at me with the same glint that Lewis had in his eyes before shaking her head and saying "I could be wrong about him though."

"Payton, just tell me who he is" I demanded. 

She looked at me shocked from my tone of voice before looking away with her face blank. "Don't worry about it Tristen it's nothing serious" she told me trying to change the subject.

We were too far into this conversation and for some reason I didn't want to let this one go. "A mate is a big thing Payton. So don't tell me this isn't serious," I growled at her. 

She flinched away from me before giving me a funny look, "Why are you growling at me!" she yelled with a frown on her face. "It's my secret to tell and I choose not to tell you! So deal with it!" she yelled. I could hear Lewis and the girls approaching but they stopped right behind me, listening in on our conversation. They're presence just made my wolf even angrier and that didn't help the situation. 

"I don't care who the hells secret it is but I'm going to find out because no guy is going to be with you if I have a say in it, mate or not," I growled out. She was clearly hurt by my words before her eyes turned even darker and tears spilled out her eyes. She was sad...scared, afraid and mad. The thing is that I really don't even know what my words meant but it was too late to take them back but no matter how much I wanted to take them back....I didn't.  

She threw away the rest of her lunch before grabbing her bag and going to Lewis. "I want to go home now, I'm not feeling good" it was a lie and everyone knew it. Lewis fist were clenched and he nodded. I closed my eyes trying to recollect myself but found it difficult with all the noise around me. 

Payton, Trisha and Coral all got their stuff but only Coral and Trisha turned around to say bye. Both Erin and Lora said bye but once Coral eyes turned to me her sharp grey eyes glared at me. She glared at me long and hard while Payton and Lewis starting walking away from the picnic bench. Even though I knew Coral wanted to say some words to me, she didn't. She just turned and walked away. 

"Bye Tristen," Trisha said. She wasn't mad but she wasn't happy either. She turned around following the three siblings with her black hair bouncing behind her. Erin and Lora sat in front of me taking over the seat that Payton was once sitting in. They both looked confused with frowns on their faces. 

"What just happened?" Lora asked me. 

I honestly don't even know what just really happened here. All I know is that once Payton gets home her father, the Beta is going to hear about today and he's not going to be very happy about it either. 

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Chapter four as promised! I just wanted to say again that I made the JV Lacrosse team!!! I'm so happy! Thanks to everyone that wished me luck and thanks to all my new fans and readers! Keep it up! 

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