Chapter 26

 The Beach

Teagan

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"You need to break them up." I told Alex, as I was coming in his door. He looked shocked but quickly regained his composure and shook his head. "No way." 

I groaned in frustration. "Seriously? Come on!" He shook his head again. "Why not?" I glared at him. 

"Because." He said, closing the door. I walked over to his bed and sat on it, crossing my arms while glaring at him. Alex rolled his eyes at me and sighed.

"I can't." He said simply. I growled at him. He gulped hard and looked down. "No, I mean, I really can't." He said, looking up at me, with sincerity in his eyes. My head cocked to the side. 

"What?" I asked. He took a deep breath and told me his story. 

"That night--the night I told you about Carrie--Well I went to her house to tell her it was me or him and she said she wanted us both. She said she wanted Luke for...well, since I stepped down from being Alpha long ago-"

"You stepped down from being Alpha? I thought it has always been Luke..." I trailed off. He nodded and continued.

"-She wanted to be Alpha Female-"

"Of course.." I muttered. Alex  glared at me, so I put my hands up in surrender. "Keep going.." I prodded. 

"Well, as I was saying.." He said glaring at me. "She wanted to be Alpha Female but couldn't be if she was with me, mate or not. So we got into a huge fight and well..." He trailed off.

"Well what?" I asked him, wondering if he like broke her heart or something. Call me heartless, I don't care.

"We kind of.." Alex blushed. I groaned at him. Really? 

"Makeup sex? Are you freaking kidding me!" I fell back on his bed, my head in my hands. "Sorry, Teagan..Not my fault.." He mumbled. But he didn't sound sorry. In fact, he sounded bored. Ok, that's it. 

I had come all the way from school on my motorbike to try and make an alliance for him to get Carrie and me, Luke, but this is not what I was expecting. He didn't even care that he was cheating with his baby brother's girlfriend of, like, forever. After I kissed Luke on the cheek, I knew I couldn't live without him, not anymore. I know it may sound bipolar of me, but that's what happens when you have a mate. Your emotions get so jacked up that you feel like you are like bipolar or some pregnant lady. It's scary.

Of course, I am still going to make Luke squirm but at the end, I will accept him, if he earns it. I'm hoping this is going to be all done by the Masquerade Ball. Too much drama this semester. But this whole, Alex and Carrie tramp shit is getting on my nerves. No matter how nice Alex has been to me, he is going to hurt my mate's feelings later and that pisses me off. 

And the fact that Carrie has the decency to threaten me, is just plain pathetic. She is going to get whacked over the head by Karma and it's going to be all due to me. Yes, it was her that sent the text, but I'm still wondering about somethings. Like, if she knew me and Luke were kissing, then why not find a way to ruin us? Oh ya, she wants to be Alpha Female..

I stood up from Alex's bed, still glaring at him. I saw that he was texting someone on his phone. I glanced at the phone and saw that he was texting Carrie. Oh, hell no.

I lunged for Alex and grabbed his phone. "Hey! That's mine!" He yelled at me, just as I landed on my knees after my cool ninja move of a shoulder sumersault. I waved the phone at Alex, taunting him. His face got really red and he looked about ready to kill. It didn't scare me because I was already halfway down the stairs of the Walter's home and out the door. I got on my bike, without a helmet, and drove off.

Victory is sweet. 

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I made it to the beach, about an hour later. I parked my bike in the vacant parking lot and got off. I pulled off my helmet that I put on after a half hour of non-stop riding, thanks to a cop. But no matter. I looked out to the horizon and what I saw, instantly calmed me down. The sun was slowly dipping in the water, so the sky looked like a collection of pink and orange colors. The waves were crashing down against the brilliant, sandy shore, like a a woman scorned, but the sound made a peaceful whisper in a person's ear.

See? I can be poetic. 

I looked around the parking lot and the beach. No one was here. Of course, it's freaking October. It's cold, but that wouldn't stop me. I started walking towards the water, taking my shoes off so I could feel the sand under my feet. Natures spa, my mom always told me when we came here when my dad was alive. I haven't been to the beach since he died. 

My mom would always tell me the story of how her and my father met everytime we came. And I could never get enough. I loved that story...

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Flashback

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"Mommy! Percy splashed water on me!" Eight year old Teagan, whined to her mother. Mrs. Landers and her husband, Mr. Landers, were sitting on a towel, talking to each other when they heard their daughters cry. The parents looked at her with pity because she was covered head to toe in salty water. Teagan hated to get wet. She said it was stupid. Mrs. Landers looked at her husband and sighed. 

"Honey, this is a beach. If you go down to the water with your brothers, of course you are going o get wet." Mrs. Landers stated. Teagan stuck out her bottom lip, crossed her arms, and pouted to her parents, knowing one of them was going to crack.

It was Mr. Landers that broke. He loved his daughter so much, maybe even more than his sons, because she was his little girl. His wife and kids were his everything. Teagan was a total daddy's girl and she had her father wrapped around her little finger.

"Ok, sweetie." He said, getting up, kissing his wife on the cheek and kissing Teagan on the head. "I'll go talk to them." And with that he walked to his sons, who were tackling each other in the water.

Teagan sat down with her mother, who handed her a towel to dry off with. "Teagan, sweetie?" Teagan looked up at her mother with her big, innocent brown eyes. Mrs. Landers was about to scold her, but softened after looking at beautiful daughter. 

Man, she has everyone wrapped around her finger, her mother thought to herself. 

"Ya, mama?" She asked. Mrs. Landers sighed but a thought came to her. "Honey, do you know how your father and me met?" Little Teagan shook her head no. Mrs. Landers smiled and looked off to the setting sun, remembering the day she met her mate. Mrs. Landers pulled her daughter closer to her, so Teagan was laying at her mother's side.

"It was on this beach, you know. I met your daddy here. We were both young but ready to meet our mates.." Mrs. Landers started, stealing a glance her husband, who was messing around with the the boys, Percy and Nate.

"It was my 17th birthday and the whole pack was invited. I asked my mother, your grandmother, to host the party on this beach. After singing happy birthday and whatnot, everyone started to dance. Mates danced with their mates, kids were goofing around, elders gossiping about everyone, it was the usual thing." Teagan nodded in understanding. She knew what she meant. Even though she was only eight, she had been to those parties before and she hated them.

"Well, I soon got bored of dancing and decided to go take a walk on the beach. After about 20 minutes of walking around, trying to clear my head, I heard someone singing with a guitar, my favorite song. It was "Message in a Bottle" by The Police--"

"The one that you play when daddy's away at business trips?" Teagan interrupted. Her mother nodded, smiling.

"Yes, that one. As I was saying, he was singing the song in a low voice, while playing the tune with his guitar. He was tall, handsome, and he was sweet as can be. I recognized him as our pack's Beta's son, Mike. He was a rebel, like you, he was also a year older than me. He didn't notice me standing behind him, so he just kept playing."

"After he was done, I started clapping. He was startled and turned around. He looked like he was going to yell at me, but when our eyes met, it was like nothing existed but us." Mrs. Landers said, looking at her daughter, who was enticed by the story. 

"That is how it's going to feel when you meet your mate. Then you will live happily ever after and have a wonderful life, like me and your father. A year after we met, we were married then we soon had you guys." She told Teagan, with a dreamy look in her eyes. Teagan was completely speechless. That's what it's like? Teagan asked herself.

A few minutes of silence followed the mother-daughter conversation when Teagan finally said, "Wow..." Her mother laughed at her reaction.

Then as if planned, Mr. Landers stalked up the shore, sons in tow. 

"Oh dear.." Mrs. Landers muttered to herself. But Teagan was silently giggling at her brother's faces. They were both pouting angrily, occasionally glaring at their father.

"What happened?" Mrs. Landers sighed to her husband. But Teagan zoned out on the rest of their conversation, thinking about when she meets her mate..

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Flashback Ends

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Happily ever after my ass. Her parents didn't have a happily ever after. And neither will I. 

But when has that ever stopped me?

Nope.

So I got out Alex's phone and looked through the contacts and found Carrie's info. I clicked it and decided to send her a little text message. I also sent one to Luke and Alex while I was at it.. If she and Alex thing they can get away with this, they have another thing coming. But this time, it won't just be Carrie getting hurt. This could ruin some peoples lives...

Eh, who cares.

So I typed up the text and sent it. Plan in action. I will win this time. Never again shall I run when things become hard.

Never.

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