The Alpha Chose Me by Missy Elliottxo

"Do you know who's going to be there tonight?". | asked.

"No idea". He shrugged. "But we can skip out early if we need to".

"Okay". | nodded. "I talked to Alanna".

"Is she okay?".

"We're going for coffee tomorrow. She says she's okay".

"Well, if she says she's okay then she's okay". His hands found my waist as he pulledtowards him.

"I'm a lucky guy". His hands slipped from my waist resting against my bum. "Seriously babe you're fucking

beautiful".

"Stop". | grinned. "And can you get my purse from the shelf in the closet. | have no idea how it even got up

there".

"Me". He kissed my cheek, squeezed my ass and then went to do as | asked. "Between bags and shoes, they're

taking over".

| rolled my eyes. He was exaggerating.

Slipping my feet into my black heels boots | grabbed my suit jacket from the closet. A family dinner at Charlottes

was always an excuse to dress up and dress nice.

Let's face it | hadn't gotten the chance to wear makeup in months. Tonight was a chance to let my hair down a

little, have sgreat food and be surrounded by great company.

"Should we head out?". | glanced at my watch. "It's almost 8".

"Here". He handedmy purse. "Do you wantto take the truck?".

"Yeah". His parents only lived on the other side of the street, but | didn't want to get sore feet before the night

had even started.

| waited on our porch as Jake locked up. My eyes landed on my old house. It was in complete darkness. | hadn't

heard from her today, but | hadn't exactly reached out. I left her last message on read.

He slipped his hand in mine and ledto his truck.

"Do you think Jack and Lacey will be here tonight?". | asked clipping my seatbelt into place.

"I don't know Leah, why?". He started the engine and reversed out of the driveway.

"So, | can apologise for them being kicked out of their house".

"It's not their house though babe and they were fine with it. | spoke with Jack today they're staying with his

parents and because Lacey isn't having the best twith the pregnancy they're going to stay there until the

baby is born". "They are?". | frowned.

He nodded. "Jack doesn't like having to leave her on her own".

The was understandable.

As he pulled into his parents’ driveway and cto a stop that horrible feeling appeared in the pit of my

stomach. The feeling of dread and discomfort. My gut instinct was rarely wrong and when we walked inside, |

knew instantly why I had that feeling. My gran and George had been invited to dinner.

So,being| slapped a smile on my face as Charlotte greeted us.

"Beautiful as always sweetheart". She embracedin a hug and placed a kiss on my cheek. "I hope you're both

hungry".

"Do you want to leave?". Jake whispered his hand resting on the lower of my back.

| didn't want to leave | had no reason to. We were all family here for the sthing. To eat stasty food and

enjoy each other's company.

"No". | smiled. "It's okay".

I should have known she'd be here. It should have clicked when I noticed her house was in darkness. | mean

where else would they be at 8 o'clock at night. His hand never left the lower of my back as he guided us into the

kitchen. Dinner smelt amazing.

"I'm having a beer do you want one?". He asked.

I nodded.

Should | approach her? Do | make the

first move since | was the one that

made up an excuse, so they Hope

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chedk: Nothing would get spoken

about tonight. It wasn't the place for

it. But | wasn't raised not to be polite,

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It still blew my mind that this was how we ended up. | shouldn't be thinking about ways on how to approach and

speak to my gran. She was my gran for petes sake.

If it was easy enough to brush it all under the carpet | would but I couldn't just go back to how things were

before. No matter how much | tried or wanted to try it wouldn't work.

We were both on different scales, both led completely different lives now and sometimes it feels as though she

was never in it to begin with.

"Babe?".

"Sorry what?". My eyes landed on his.

Filled with concern, his eyebrows furrowed.

"Are you sure you're, okay?". He asked.

"I'm fine stop worrying". | took the beer from him and walked my way into the living room.

| had yet to see Alanna.

"Hey sweetheart". My gran spoke. "Are you feeling better?".

She was sat on one of the couches

with George next to her. It was hard

to believe that he yes @y. com

grangfathér Wet, maybe not hard to

believe but still. | always liked him,

and he was always nice to me. "I'm

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"Your aunt Claires coming for a visit".

"I know". | nodded.

"I was thinking we could all get together for lunch or maybe dinner? | think a sit down is exactly what needs to

happen".

She wasn't wrong. Everything needed

to be squared away once and for all.

Conversations needed be fad Bnd

ope evehyihing was out in the open,

and the air was cleared we could all

finally move on. "Okay". | spoke. "I can

make dinner sometthis week".