Lila nods her head. That’s to be expected because who knew that werewolves have existed for all your life when you had no clue ? I think that’s how every human mate feels once you figure all of this out.
When Cody told me, I genuinely felt like I was about to pass out, Melissa said with a giggle.
Oh my, Cody was about to pass out when he told us that he was finally going to tell you along with Joey, Lila said.
Wait, really ? I ask.
Melissa giggles. I wish you could’ve seen it. All day, he was freaking out and coming up with these weird possibilities of how you would react once he told you.
I didn’t even realize how nervous he was.
Joey doesn’t get nervous a lot, so it’s pretty hard to notice when he is, Lila tells me and as soon as she tells me that, I realize that there have only been two times that I’ve seen Joey nervous. The second day of school in the locker room while he told me that he liked me and I guess when he told me he was a werewolf, even though I couldn’t see it.
How about we distract ourselves for a bit ? Melissa says as she picks up the remote that sits on the ottoman before getting comfortable. I watch as she moves through the recordings before landing on Vampire Diaries, making me gasp in excitement.
Vampire Diaries ? You watch that ?
Lila and Melissa both nod in excitement while she clicks on an episode. Of course we do, we gotta see if Elena ends up with Damon in the end.
Okay, good, I was about to say that I would have to leave if you weren’t on Damon’s side, I tell them with a chuckle as we all get comfortable to try and forget about all the horror that was happening outside involving out three boys.
Kade’s POV
After about two hours of us watching the show with tons of conversations in between, Melissa laid on the floor along with Lila on a bunch of blankets to stretch out while I lay out on the couch.
Kade, have you seen this season ? Lila asks from her spot under a blanket on the floor.
Oh, I’ve finished the show, but I rewatch every now and again because of how amazing the plot it, I tell them.
I swear, if you spoil anything for us, I will slap you, Melissa says, making all of us chuckle and I hold my hands up in surrender.
I won’t spoil anything, I promise !
The entire time we were watching, my mind kept wandering over to Joey because we hadn’t gotten any update on what’s going on and I’m assuming that that’s normal based on how calm the two girls seem. I was trying my best to hold everything together even though, on the inside, I was screaming at how terrified I am and you can see that by the way my hands shake underneath the pillow laying on top of them.
He could be dead right now and none of us would have any clue or Conner or Cody could be dead too. We just have no idea and I don’t know how Lila and Melissa are keeping it together because I was on the edge of breaking down at the thought of never seeing Joey again.
I see a hand wave in front of my face and look down at Melissa, who is now sitting up to stare at me. Hey, what’s wrong ? You look scared.
Lila gets up to sit next to me on the couch and wraps her arm around my shoulder. You’re scared about Joey, right ?
I nod my head, feeling the lump in my throat building and I have to repeat to myself to not cry and look like an idiot in front of my boyfriend’s mom. How are you two so calm ?
Melissa reaches forward to grab my hand. Kade, I can promise you that we’re not calm. All of our boys are gone and we’re all terrified, but we’ve dealt with this for a bit of time so we know that worrying our asses off isn’t going to do anything, so we don’t anymore.
Both of them squeeze my hands to help me calm down and we sit like that with the TV playing for about 30 minutes until we hear the front door open and we all jump up. I see Conner walking in covered in mud and a few scratches covering his left arm with his shirt cut up. Cody looks the best out of all three of them with just some mud covering him.
I see the small limp in Joey’s leg as he walks in along with a pretty big trail of blood dripping on his exposed stomach that’s coming from a cut just next to his side. He holds his white t-shirt in his hand that’s also covered in mud. I look up at his face to see his lip busted along with a small cut right above his eyebrow that’s dripping with sweat and blood.
I notice the bruises forming on his knuckles and the way his hands are mixed with dirt and blood and I want to cry at the sight of his battered body. There’s a gun sticking out of his jeans on his left hip and he sets it down on the table in the hallway along with the other two men.
Lila and Melissa run forward to their boys to see if they’re okay as I feel like I’m stuck in my spot as Joey looks up at me with a small smile. He stand in front of me and I can’t move anything as I stare at him.
I’m okay, he whispers to me, reaching out to set his hands against my shoulders and I feel like a rush through my body as my limbs become less stiff and I’m able to move. I reach out to lightly rub my thumb over his lip, making him wince.
I watch behind him to see Cody and Melissa moving towards the stairs to go up to their room and I notice that Lila and Conner do the same until my boyfriend and I stand there alone. I want to scream at him for not telling me what’s going on before he left, but I also want to kiss him and tell him that I’ll take care of him.
Instead of choosing, I just stand there with him for him to move first because I had no idea of what to do. I felt my hands shaking by my sides and Joey reaches down to grab them. He holds them in his hands before placing a soft kiss on my knuckles.
Are you okay ? I whisper.
He nods his head as we hear footsteps on the stairs and we look over to see Lila walking down the hallway towards us. She turns Joey as she holds a wet rag in her hand before placing it over the large cut on his stomach, making him gasp in pain.
Ow, Mom ! He yells at her as he tries to jump back, but she grabs him to keep him in place.
I know it hurts, but I need to see if it requires stitches or not, she says as she moves the rag to inspect the injury and I reach over to grab Joey’s hand as he winces.
How does it look ? I ask her.
It doesn’t look too deep, but go take a shower or clean it or whatever and then wrap it because the last thing we all need is you getting an infection, his mother said before she kisses his cheek and runs up the stairs to probably check on her husband or Cody.
I pull him towards his room before going into the bathroom where I lean against the counter as he starts the bath water to get it to his desired temperature. He walks over to me and I lightly pull him into my arms, making sure to not put any pressure on the bleeding cut.
You scared me, I whisper to him.
I know, I’m so sorry. If there was anything that I should’ve done in that moment, it was to tell you what was going on, so I apologize for that, he tells me as he lifts my shirt over my head before putting it onto the floor.