We Are Destiny, page 11
I look away, over to the cart that pulls up a few feet from me. Carter gets out and walks around to Everlee’s side. Everlee giggles and jumps into his arms, peppering his face with kisses. I smile, something about seeing them together makes me happy. I’m not jealous, but maybe a little envious, like I want that too.
Carter carries Everlee over to us and places her on her feet when he gets here. He holds his hand out to me with a soft smile.
I look at it, my heart doing funny things as I reach out and take it. I like how his massive hand engulfs mine.
Letting him help me out, I try to ignore how the small gesture makes me feel.
“I’m trusting you with my girl, Leroy,” Carter warns as we stand outside the Omega compound. Since Alphas aren’t allowed in, Carter is going to wait outside while Ever and I hang out for a little bit.
“If Spencer trusts him, then so do I,” Everlee says. “I’ll be fine.”
“Have fun, Ladybug. Be a good girl,” he growls, pulling her into his arms and placing a heated kiss onto her lips.
When he pulls back, there’s a flustered blush on her cheeks. “Fine. Only this once.” She grins, giggling when he nips at her lip.
“Brat.” He chuckles.
Carter looks at me and crooks his finger, beckoning me closer. I hesitate for a moment, my feet wanting to stay glued to the spot I'm in. My heart pounds as I wonder what he’s going to do.
“I want you to know, the others and I will not be mad if you and Ever choose to do anything physical. I trust my girl and this is not just a random fling or hook up to her. I know it’s going to take some time for you to see this, but you’re a part of our pack. You’re family. There’s still a lot to work on, like getting to know each other better, but it doesn’t change the facts.”
I swallow back a sob of relief at his words. Fuck, I didn’t know his approval would mean so much. It’s like another piece of the puzzle clicking into place.
“Thank you,” I rasp.
He nods, and does something that has my mind in a tizzy. He leans forward and places a kiss on the top of my head. It’s small and fast but it happened.
“Come on,” Ever says, looking very happy with what just happened as she pulls me toward the door to the compound.
Once we get to the door, I start to panic. What state did I leave my apartment in when I left? Fuck, I wasn’t expecting anyone to come over. Luckily, I’ve done a pretty good job at keeping it clean since my mom cleaned up while I was in the hospital.
My stomach sinks as I think back to that night. I can’t even go into my shower, choosing the tub to get clean instead, even though I hate baths.
“Spencer?” Everlee says, placing her hand on my arm as she looks up at me with concern in her eyes.
“I’m okay,” I say, giving her a smile. But lying to her feels wrong. “I was just thinking back to... to a not-so-good time.”
“Wanna go in and talk, take your mind off it?”
“I was wondering if I left anything embarrassing around the house.” I chuckle.
“Sweet boy, I made you cream your pants and then smeared your cum all over the bed. Trust me, there's nothing in there that would make me look at you differently.” She gives me a playful grin.
I burst out laughing. “You have a point. You really are a dirty girl.”
“Is that a problem?” she asks, raising a brow.
“Not at all.”
Leroy hangs outside while Ever and I go in.
“It’s not too bad,” Everlee says as she looks around my living room. Thankfully, I only left a mug on the coffee table and a hoodie over the couch. “Ahh, this is mine now,” she says, taking the hoodie and slipping it on. It’s baggy on her, falling to her knees. She looks fucking adorable.
“I’ll be right back, I’m going to change,” I tell her, kissing her forehead before going to my room. I change into clean sweats and a new t-shirt before padding barefoot back out to the living room.
Everlee is sitting on the couch, and when she notices me, her eyes grow lidded. “Oh sweet boy, you found my weakness. Gray sweatpants drive me wild,” she purrs, licking her lips. The longer her eyes stay locked on my crotch, the harder my dick gets, making it very noticeable in these sweats.
“Ever,” I chuckle.
“Sorry.” She grins, patting the couch next to her. “Come, sit. I wanna get to know you better. Tell me more Spencer Lockheart, and I’ll tell you all about Everlee Sinclair.”
Sitting on the couch next to her, I pull her onto my lap, snuggling close to her. Taking a deep breath, her scent helps me settle my nerves.
“How are you doing?” she asks me, running a hand through my hair as she starts to play with it. I groan, loving the feeling of her nails running against my scalp.
“Today was a lot,” I admit.
“In a good or bad way?” she asks.
“I don’t really know what to think. A part of me is happy that Ivy didn’t seem mad about the fact that we are fated to be together. Another part wonders if she’s only going to be giving me a chance because biology is telling her she has to. Then there’s Calix. That one, I didn’t see coming.”
“Are you mad about it?”
“No. Not really. I don’t really know him. Hell, I don’t even know Ivy anymore, and I’ve been in love with her for years. I’m starting to wonder if I really did, or if I made it all up in my head because I wanted it to be real.”
“Wanna know what I think?” she asks me, tugging lightly on my hair.
“Always,” I murmur against her chest.
“I think your soul always knew she was going to grow up and be your Alpha. Even if you weren’t an Omega at the time, it doesn’t change the fact that it was in your DNA. We feel things differently than others. Stronger, deeper. That’s what I think. I don’t think you made it up in your head. I think you were so overwhelmed and didn’t understand what was happening that it got away from you.”
“Even if that’s true, I don’t think Ivy would have given me the time of day if we weren’t scent-matched,” I sigh.
“I think she would have,” she says. “She doesn’t know this, but any time Tia would talk about you, she would always get this look. Like she was longing for something she didn’t know she needed. She always cared about you and, believe it or not, she did talk about you before. She said she always valued your friendship, that if things were different, you two would have been just as close as she and Tia were.”
I don’t say anything, letting her words sink in. “I don't want to think about the past anymore. It’s only filled with heartache and pain, It’s too exhausting.”
“Then let’s focus on the present and future. Hang out with the pack, get to know them, and I know you will see that you were meant to be with us. I know you are.”
“Wouldn’t hurt to try,” I agree.
We sit like that for a while, with her in my lap and my face buried in her neck as we get to know more about one another by telling each other silly stories of our past.
Everlee’s phone rings, interrupting our conversation.
“Shit!” She gasps, looking down at her phone. “It’s getting late. Ivy and Calix are blowing up my phone. They’re worried about you.”
“Tell them I’m fine. Well, I’m not fine, but I will be. I owe it to myself as well as them to at least give this a try,” I tell her, brushing some of her blonde locks off her shoulder and placing a kiss on the exposed skin.
“You know I’m not letting you get away, right?” she tells me. “You’re mine now. I like you too much to let you go. Sorry, but that’s how it is.” She grins.
Chuckling, I pull her in for a kiss. Her warm soft lips feel amazing against mine. I could kiss her for hours.
“I’ll walk you out with Leroy,” I say.
“Thanks for letting me hang out with you. I don’t think I would have been able to relax not knowing if you were okay or not,” she says as we get to our feet.
“I’m feeling a lot better, but there’s still a lot I have to process. The past few weeks have been a lot for me, and even though I’m not freaking out right now, that doesn’t mean I won’t later. Anxiety and depression mess with your head and emotions in really weird ways.” I don’t feel uncomfortable talking about these things around Ever. She doesn’t look at me with pity, just understanding and patience.
Hand in hand we walk to the front gate. Carter is there waiting for Everlee when we step outside. Everlee giggles, excited to see her Alpha as she jumps into his arms. They kiss like it’s been days not hours since they’ve seen each other. When they’re done, Everlee comes back over to me. “I hope you know, I’m going to be blowing up your phone from now on.” She grins up at me. “From the moment I wake up until the moment I go to sleep, or until I see you again. Maybe it will be sexy messages, maybe it will be cat memes, you’ll never know.” She wiggles her eyebrows making me chuckle. She’s too damn cute. “Speaking of seeing you again, when will that be?”
“Well, tomorrow at lunch if you’re available,” I tell her.
“Duh.” She rolls her eyes. “Always for you.”
“As for hanging out outside of school...” I trail off, scratching the back of my neck. “I’d like to see my therapist before seeing the pack again. As much as I love hanging out with just you, I don’t want to exclude the others. This is all so new, and I need to talk to someone first.”
“I understand,” she says, smiling softly at me. “Then sexting it is.”
“You’re crazy,” I mumble, gripping her chin as I lean down to kiss her. Her lips part for me, letting my tongue slip in and over hers. Her moan goes right to my cock and even though we're outside and there’s a light breeze, I know Carter can smell my perfume coming off me in waves. “Never change, Ever. You're perfect just the way you are.”
“Good night, Spencer,” she says, kissing me quickly again.
“Good night, Ever.”
Everlee goes to the cart to wait for Carter as he stands there waiting for a moment alone with me. “I wanted to talk to you for a moment.”
“Okay,” I say, licking my lips, my heart picking up pace as I wonder what he wants to say.
“Thank you for being so amazing with Everlee. She means the world to us and all we want is for her to be happy. You make her happy. And I know you're going to make Ivy and Calix happy too.”
“You're not mad that I’ve come into your pack after being together for five years? You're all bonded, a family. You built a whole life. And I just swoop in and change everything,” I question, trying not to get myself worked up.
“Yes, but that’s not a bad thing.” He smiles, and dammit if it doesn’t do something to me. “That’s how our world works, Spencer. Throw in scent matches and there’s not much you can do about it. Why would I get mad or upset about something I can’t change? And it helps that you’re a good guy. You’re not trying to break us up or cause harm. It’s going to take a lot of work because packs normally don’t have two Omegas within them. But I know if we try, it will work. I see how my lovers look at you. I wouldn’t take that away from them.”
Fuck, I’m crying again. This whole emotional thing is going to get old fast.
“Thank you,” I say, my voice cracking. “Everything with Ivy... it’s still a mess in my mind. It’s a lot to process. And Calix? I didn’t know he was an option until tonight. But as for Everlee, I can say she’s already wormed her way into my heart, and she’s not going anywhere.”
“I don’t think she’s giving you much of a choice on that one anyways.” He chuckles. “As for the two of us, I don’t know what’s going to become of that. I’m not gonna lie and say I don’t find you attractive, but you have a lot going on with everyone else. So, for now, I’d like to be your friend.”
That makes me smile. “Friends... I like that.”
Ivy
He’s my scent match. This whole time he was meant to be mine, and I’ve been here at Calling Wood while he was at home suffering. He didn’t look surprised to find that out tonight. He knew, but for how long?
Doesn’t change anything. Fuck, my heart hurts. The Alpha in me is demanding I go to the Omega compound and drag him home. To make sure he’s safe, cared for.
It’s like all of a sudden I see him in a new way. It’s not fair to him because he’s been in love with me for years, and now I know why; everything makes sense. We were meant to be. Then why didn’t I feel that pull towards him before? Sure, I thought, more than once, I’d love to see if we could be more than friends, but I also had my reasons not to.
Then there was the fact that I knew I was in love with my stepbrother and his best friend.
Calix’s mom married my dad when we were already teenagers so it wasn’t like we grew up knowing each other. And it wasn’t even until we moved here and found Everlee that we admitted we felt familial love. I knew Calix and Carter were more than friends from the start. I saw how they looked at each other and god, that was love. Still is love. Nothing much has changed since we all fell for each other.
Until now, that is. My little Tinker Bell seems to be a little matchmaker. Bringing people together when they can’t seem to find their own way. First me, Carter, and Calix, now us and Spencer.
Calix is inside, pacing the floor. Alphas being away from their Omegas is hard. Being away from their scent match for too long can drive them mad. Carter and Calix are Everlee’s matches. I never knew how extreme they felt until now.
I want to be able to help him, but I’m not in any better of a mindset. Two stressed Alphas in the same room is just asking for trouble.
So, I’m outside on the porch swing, trying to wrap my head around life.
The sounds of a cart catches my attention. Looking up, I see Tia and her Alpha Finn.
Finn parks the cart and rushes around to the other side to help Tia out. As soon as Tia locks eyes with me, she bursts into tears.
My own tears prick my eyes, and I’m up and off the porch, running over to wrap my arms around her.
“I’m so sorry I was such a bitch,” she sobs.
“Shhh. You weren't. It’s okay.”
“No, it’s not. It wasn’t right of me to blame you like I did. You didn’t know anything that was going on. I was just so scared. Seeing him like that, it broke me.” She sucks in breaths, crying harder.
“Tia, honey. You need to try and breathe,” Finn says, running his hand up and down his Omega’s back. We both hug her, holding her tightly between us, the pressure helping her relax a little.
“Let’s go sit and talk. We have a lot to catch up on,” I tell her.
Finn helps her over to the porch. When she’s sitting down, I look at her and sigh. “Girl, life is so fucking crazy right now.”
“Tell me about it,” she groans.
“Your brother is my scent match,” I blurt, cringing as I wait for her reaction.
“What?!” her eyes go wide. “No fucking way.”
“Found out tonight. So is Calix.”
“Wow,” she breathes, blinking at me in surprise. “What does Everlee think about that?”
I laugh. “She’s fucking loving it.” I shake my head. “She is very smitten with your brother. A little obsessed, even. She’s already in love with him, he just doesn’t know it.”
“How does that not surprise me?” She laughs. “So, what does this mean for you all? How do you feel about my brother? How is he doing?”
“Well, he’s with Everlee right now. I think all of this was too much, too soon. I’m just really hoping it’s not enough to make him run away. Because, Tia, I don’t think I could just back away.”
“No. Not if you’re his scent match. Fuck, this makes so much sense. The way he reacted to his heat, he must have already gotten a smell of your scent.”
Tears fill my eyes, and I angrily wipe them away. “Just thinking about what he went through breaks something inside me. I wasn’t there to help him, to take care of him. Fuck, he almost died.”
“You didn’t know. No one did.”
“I did,” Calix’s rough voice has us looking up. He’s standing in the doorway, looking out at the setting sun. “I knew he was mine. Even had an idea he was yours too, Ivy. And I did nothing. I was too worried about what it meant for our pack; how it might hurt us, instead of realizing that he was ours, and it was pointless to even think of fighting it. He almost died because I said nothing.” The pain in his voice, the look in his eyes, makes my heart hurt.
“Hey,” I say, standing up and moving in front of him. “Look at me, Calix.” He doesn’t budge. “I said look at me,” I bark, making his eyes flick down to mine. “This isn’t anyone’s fault, no matter how much it might feel that way. It’s just one big clusterfuck. But he’s fine. He’s alive. And he’s ours. We have two Omegas to love, to spoil, to take care of. Two who will give us a run for our money, but make us happier than we ever could have imagined. Spencer needs that. He needs us. He’s been hurting for too long, and we need to make it better.”
“Fuck.” Calix pulls me into a crushing hug. “I’m so afraid of fucking this up.”
“Me too,” I murmur into his chest. “But something tells me with that little feisty Omega of ours... she’s going to make sure everything works out.”
“I love you,” Calix says, grabbing the back of my head and crushing his lips to mine.
“Hey now, I know Ivy and I are close, but I don’t need to see her getting fucked every which way to Tuesday,” Tia protests, making us laugh as we break apart.
“Oh babe, you know you would love it.” I grin over at her, a weight lifting off my shoulders. I missed my best friend, and I’m not mad at her for how she reacted. She didn’t mean it. And I forgive her.
Finn and Tia leave. Calix and I go inside to clean up the kitchen, putting the uneaten food away.
