Jack

I didn't know I had it in me.

No, I don't mean the sex part. That comes naturally to everyone, even though his anatomy is different to what I'm used to.

I meant I didn't know I had it in me to be so inventive and confident throughout.

Not that I'm not usually confident, I am. But even sex with girls makes me nervous, can you imagine sex with your mate? And a boy?

At least if it were a girl, I'd already know what to do. So, I had to get creative in planning stuff.

The only thing I knew for sure is that we wouldn't take long to actually complete it, so I had to fill our weekend with something else than Netflix and chill. And I'm happy it all worked out.

You know, there's something to be said about inspiration. He inspired me to do better, be better. Which is the point of the mate altogether. Specially to an Alpha like me.

And when it came to it, I was possessed. Fucking him with such intensity I was worried if I passed the mark a bit. But he never complained about it. On the contrary.

Tony asked me how it was as soon as I arrived home on Sunday and though I didn't give him any specifics, I said it was magical, which really was.

Ironically, at school while most of the students commended us for finally doing it, some were all too happy with the Luna Effect and got disappointed that is not happening anymore.

I mean seriously... Do they want to get my mate expelled? Tyler could never show his face at school again while in an unmedicated heat. No adult would've allowed it. Not with the aftermath of that, which is why medicine was invented in the first place.

But you know... teenagers, am I right?

Now, we're back to wrestling practice, he's back to warrior training, everything is back to normal at last. And I couldn't be happier.

We still block ourselves from seeing each other in the school shower, but like I said we have a system in place. Plus, I don't really want to see my mate naked where I can't touch him, so it's fine.

In the warriors' locker room we don't do much else either, out of respect for the establishment. Plus, anyone can enter there at anytime. Last thing I need is to give them a show. Any male warrior, I mean.

I am Alpha. If I don't set an example, who will?

But it's fine. We get together whenever we can. We spend the entire weekend glued to each other, as expected.

I basically kidnap him on Friday night after dinner and return him on Sunday evening. His parents are cool with this since they know who he's with. It's a werewolf thing, no one would ever keep two mated people apart from each other. It's just not in our nature.

Plus, I'm killing it in my internship with Mr. Burke. I'm a natural at this Alpha stuff. It's like I was born for it. Who would have thought?

Weeks have passed and my mate's birthday is approaching. I racked my brain thinking of what present to buy him and honestly I have no idea.

I have asked his friends for help but no one offered me a good enough suggestion. Fuck.

I arrive at school with Tony like usual and we both greet everyone.

"Are you excited for your birthday?" - I asked him, touching his skin lightly with my nose on his neck as I approached him from behind.

"Not nearly as much as Sarah. But yes." - He replied with an excited tone.

I turn to look at Sarah who smiled at me. By now, she moved on from us and is looking forward to finding her mate, which is scheduled to happen upon her upcoming birthday. Fingers crossed.

"Jason, is there a pool? Because I'd like to place a bet. I have a good hunch." - I told him, making both him and Sarah gasp in surprise.

"Good idea, Alpha. I'll start one for her." - Jason said and winked at me.

I turn around from Tyler's side to face the girls in the corner and a loud shriek can be heard escaping me.

Tyler and everyone gets startled by this and look at me frowning in confusion.

"What happened?" - Tyler asked me, worriedly.

I look at Elsa in deep sorrow and baffled. Her face is puzzled at me.

"Why are you looking at me like this, Alpha? Is there any dirt on me? Do I smell?" - She smirked, confused.

"I'm sorry, Elsa. You're pregnant." - I told her and she gagged with the shock.

"What?!" - Everyone gasped in surprise. But Elsa looked horrified, this is exactly what she fought so hard to avoid as Tyler have said.

Sarah and Anna immediately moved to hug her for comfort.

"Oh my Goddess! You said you were on the pill!" - Tyler screamed, completely gobsmacked, tears threatening to fall from his face.

Yeah, that's my thoughts exactly. My mate got a girl pregnant. An unmated girl. That's NOT gonna go over well when the Elder Council finds out about this.

"I was, idiot! But I stopped taking it once you got mated. What's the point?" - She said in a desperate tone while starting to cry.

"Wait. But if you were on the pill during Tyler. Then, whose child is it?" - I gasped in shock, genuinely puzzled. I didn't see this coming. I thought for sure the child was Tyler's.

But it didn't take long for Jason to do the math on that one. He had hooked up with Elsa under the influence of the 'Luna Effect' at school on that fateful day. Neither one of them have been with anyone else since then.

Elsa turned to a shocked Jason and slapped him on the face.

"Motherfucker!" - She screamed at him, sobbing.

He was unresponsive, so stunned his face barely moved from the slap.

Tyler left my side to hug his best friend. Peter did the same. Tony looked shocked but so did everyone. Remember the biggest taboo in werewolf society? Yeah...

Sarah and Anna comforted an inconsolable Elsa while Tyler tried to be there for Jason.

"My parents are gonna freak! I can't believe this! How am I gonna explain this?" - She sounded desperate and her face was wrecked with tears.

"I'm sorry, Jay. But I'm here for you. I thought you two used a condom at least." - Tyler said in an apologetic tone.

"We did!" - He exclaimed, tears falling from his face. He looked utterly devastated.

"My parents are gonna disown me." - Jason said, lowering his head in shame.

"Disown you? My parents are going to throw me out of the house!" - She spat at him, livid.

"I'm sorry this is happening to both of you. Please know that I'm here for you and if you need any assistance, call me and I'm there." - I told them in an empathetic tone.

Not much later, we're all in class. School waits for no one.

That was one hell of a morning. Just when you think things will get boring around here, there's an upset. Damn!

Werewolves are deeply oriented trough the sense of smell. It's our most powerful sense. It detects danger, foreign presence, lust, fear, it can scent things half a mile in any direction.

And in some cases, you can even smell medical conditions. Pregnancy is an easy one because it completely alters a woman's body. But not everyone gets it right away.

Not if they haven't spent enough time around pregnant ladies. It just so happens that my aunt Lidia is an obstetric nurse at the maternity ward of the county hospital.

Tony probably picked up the scent as well, but he wouldn't say anything in order to preserve the peace. Yeah, I'm much more of a direct kinda guy.

I believe in facing things head on.

By wrestling practice, there was a rumor buzzing trough school that someone has an unmated pregnancy. Fuck, that was fast.

The boys were all commenting it inside the locker room. Jason was too numbed to react. Tyler was beside him but I wasn't looking at him, as we've already established that.

I almost wanted to stop by her home tonight to offer my assistance, but it wasn't my business to intrude. Especially as Alpha. Not unless I was the father.

Goddess, can you imagine the scandal? If it's bad for them, I wouldn't want to face my grandpa if it were me. Or Alpha Burke if it were Tyler. I mean, that man is not the forgiving type.

On the next day at school, Elsa looked wrecked. When I arrived at their corner, she was talking to her friends about how it went the conversation with her parents.

"My mom said that we should book the procedure as soon as possible. My dad couldn't even look at me he's so disappointed." - She spoke, sobbing.

"Jason, what did your parents say?" - I asked him, intrigued.

He just stood there, watching her sob without saying anything.

"Jay?" - Ty asked, looking worriedly at him.

"I didn't tell them. I was too scared." - He confessed to Elsa's horrified shock.

"What? That's such a guy move! Of course you're pretending it didn't happen!" - She spat at him, livid.

"I'm not pretending anything. I'm scared! My dad is the under Delta. He's gonna freak when he hears about this." - He defended himself, sounding genuinely terrified.

Under Delta is not an official pack position, but it's the warrior that acts as Delta when he's unavailable. His second in command, which is helpful when you lead 100 warriors. It's simply not feasible for a single person to lead alone, specially considering warrior duty (the protection of the pack) is 24/7.

"I'm sorry, you think it's hard because of your dad? My dad is the fucking Beta of the pack! Are you fucking kidding me right now?" - Her eyes glowed in anger towards him.

Sarah and Anna hugged her, trying to comfort Elsa while not leaving her side.

"Jason, I would offer to go with you but my presence would only disrupt it. Maybe if Ty came with you." - I suggested it, looking sorry for him (them).

"No, Alpha. But thanks. I have to face this alone. It's not fair to drag Ty into this. They would only blame him for the Luna Effect." - He replied and Ty gasped.

"I'm not blaming you, Ty. I'm just saying..." - He was quick to clarify.

"I'm so very sorry for this." - Tyler said, feeling remorseful.

"I don't blame you either, Ty. You didn't make me go to the unused bathroom to fuck this idiot." - Elsa said, making Jason whimper at her words.

"I will tell them, I swear. You're not facing this alone." - Jason assured her with some courage in his voice.

"I already am." - She replied, deeply shaken.

After this, we went to class as the bell had already rang.

Because this a werewolf school and our discussions aren't exactly whispered, soon enough people found out about Elsa's condition.

They also figured it had something to do with Tyler's heat and some people were giving him the stink eye. Of course, most people were just glaring at Elsa like she wore a Scarlet Letter.

She walked through the halls ashamed and head looking down, feeling inadequate and regretful.

Tyler tried to deal with his glares the same way he always did, by ignoring it until they passed.

On Thursday, Jason came in completely battered. I mean, not physically. But still...

"Are you okay, Jay?" - Tyler asked him, worriedly.

"No, I've told my parents. They said they're not going to support me committing a murder." - He replied, deeply distraught.

"What?" - Elsa asked, not far from him. We're all at our usual corner at school.

"They said you shouldn't have an abortion and they've offered to raise the baby instead." - He explained with a disturbed glance her way.

"No! It's not their decision." - Elsa spoke, sounding firm but annoyed.

"I told them that. But they said I should try to convince you to not give up the baby." - He said, sounding broken.

"Also, they're going to your house to talk to your parents about it." - He continued, looking at her in desperate remorse.

"What the fuck! Now this..." - She gasped. - "I can't believe it!" - Elsa shouted, her tone was exasperating.

"I'm sorry! There's nothing I can do about it. My parents are terminally against the abortion." - He tried to explain but she wouldn't face him. She didn't want to hear it whatsoever.

She didn't speak to him again during school hours. Even on lunch break, she avoided his gaze like the plague.

I shouldn't feel this way, but I can't help but be relieved it isn't in fact Tyler's baby. For one, it's not something I can give him. Or him me.

Second, even though it's selfish, I don't want him tied to her for the rest of their lives. I know it's petty of me but I want him all to myself. I can't help it, I really do.

That is without taking into account it would be a huge scandal him being the Alpha's son, who is mated to me, having a baby by someone else.

None of us could ever live that down.

It's horrible for Elsa and Jason, it is. But they will figure it out, I'm sure. I just hope their mates are as accepting as they deserve them to be.

Though it's much worse for her, no doubt about it. This stigma will follow her trough her life forever. It shouldn't, but it will. And most specially if she decides to have the baby.

"It was horrible. Our parents traded accusations, they wouldn't see eye to eye. Her dad nearly fired my dad. He didn't because he threatened to call Alpha Burke if he did. But it was fucking dreadful." - Jason told us the next day.

Both he and Elsa looked completely devastated at the turn of events.

"My parents are more than ever adamant about me not having the baby. I'm so confused right now." - Elsa said after a moment, looking distraught.

"You don't have to decide right now." - I told her with a weak smile. - " There's still some time before the window for the procedure closes it."

"I know, thanks Alpha. I have been to the doctor and she explained everything to me." - She replied, sounding defeated.

"I swear: I never meant for any of this to happen." - Jason told her with remorse in his voice.

"I know, Jay. I don't blame you anymore than I do me. You didn't force me into anything." - She replied, making our eyes widen a bit.

"Jay, if you need anything, even a place to crash my room is always open for you." - Tyler told him with an empathetic tone.

"Thanks, Ty. Honestly, I don't know how my parents are going to treat me going forward." - He wept. Tyler held him before we all went to class.

This week certainly took a turn for the worse. Poor kids, I can't even imagine being in their shoes. I only hope they can rise above this situation.

This completely derailed my week of thinking about Tyler's birthday present. And his birthday is right around the corner. I need to think about something for him fast. Oh my goodness.

https://youtu.be/Zi_XLOBDo_Y

A|N: That took a turn. I've told y'all Tyler's heat was a catalyst.

When I wrote this chapter, abortion wasn't the hot topic it is now with the Supreme Court overturning RxW. But the decision of whether or not she has the baby is already written.

Fun fact: this chapter was a nightmare to name it. I couldn't think of a song that wasn't so 'on the nose' about the pregnancy. So, for the first time ever, the song only makes sense in context with the writing.

Next chapter is the reveal of Sarah's mate and Tyler's birthday, aptly name "perfect gift".

You don't wanna miss that!

Love,

Léo.