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her
anger. The electric current rippled through me again, but this time I welcomed
the feeling. She sagged against me and I put my chin on the top of her head.
    “Don’t worry, I got this. Go sit.” Her head
nodded under me and I pressed my lips to her hair. She untangled herself from
my arms and sat at the small table. I added chocolate chips to the remaining
batter and continued to make more pancakes. Since I always needed to eat so
much, I learned how to cook a long time ago. When I was done there were two
plates stacked tall with pancakes, chocolate syrup, strawberries and whipped
cream.

 
    Chapter Fifteen
    Pair
Problems
    Allie

 
    These
pancakes were really good, but they still couldn’t take my mind off of what
Matt said. Caleb and Brody decided it would be best if I didn’t go to school
while my emotions were still not under control, and I didn’t even think to tell
Matt about it. I had a fair point not to tell him, the last time we talked, he
told me he was in love with me and kissed me. Also, he would wonder why I
wasn’t at school and I couldn’t tell him. Could I?
    It
sucked, all of this. I didn’t want to be some weird Wolf person. I just wanted
to be Allie. I think Caleb knew that, but he didn’t say anything. He’s been
really supportive through everything, answering all my questions and comforting
me. Intact, he was really good about comforting me. I guess it made sense since
I was his pair. As much as I wanted to deny it, I was starting to feel the pull
to him too.
    Caleb
sat across from me, scarfing down chocolate chip pancakes. His hair was
disheveled from sleeping on the couch. I kinda felt bad for making him sleep on the couch, but he refused to go home and I’m
Brody would kill him if he found him sleeping in my bed. Alpha
or not. I guess I could see Caleb as a alpha,
but definitely not me. The “pack hierarchy” was the one of the first things
that Caleb and Brody explained to me after they told me. Two alphas: one
female, one male, they must be a pair, and they run the pack. Then, there were
two betas, Brody and Sierra, who were the alpha’s right hand man/female. And
then, there were the rest.
    Yet,
I still couldn’t accept the concept that I was an alpha and I had a pack to
look after, or that Sierra of all people would be my partner.
    “Let’s
go out tonight, maybe see a movie,” Caleb said halfway through lunch, which was
technically breakfast for us. It was a random suggestion, but perfect. I nodded
and Caleb smiled, his green eyes shining. I placed my plate in the sink and
turned to face Caleb who was still seated at the table. He was silently
watching me, probably waiting for me to break, but I wasn’t going to. There was
nothing I could do to change this, just like when Mom died, so I just have to
take it day by day.
    “I’m
going to go shower, so you can umm… just hang out, I guess.” Wow, I don’t think
I could be any more awkward if I tried. Caleb was always at my house, but right
now he was here for me, not Brody. There was an awkward tension between us now
that I knew he was my pair. I wasn’t fully sure of how to approach him, did I
just jump into a relationship or did I go back to hating him? Ugh, this is why
I hated dating.
    First
thing first though, shower. I left Caleb where he was and went upstairs to my
shower. I turned the dial to as hot as it could go and jumped in. The steaming
water helped me clear my head. When the water went from hot to lukewarm, I
turned it off and got out. Once my towel was securely around me, I opened the
door to my room.
    “Caleb!”
What was he doing in my room? He knew I was showering, and when I said hang out
I didn’t mean in my room! He turned to look at me from where he was laying with
his arms behind his head on my bed. His eyes trailed me up and down and he
popped a lazy grin.
    “Enjoy
your shower?” Comforting Caleb was gone and in his place was Cocky Caleb. I was
so going to kill