“Okay, well, so she thinks she’s the shit right? So rumor has it, nothing was finalized- this is what Garry told me, he said she kept calling and texting him because she’s a power-hungry bitch, and he told her ‘no’ and that he has no interest in her,” her eyes widened as her story continued, “so, she didn’t like that, and she threatened Derek to ‘leak your nudes’, as in yours,” she pointed at me, and my eyes widened.
My nudes? Naked photos?
“But, I don’t have a-any, do you think s-she took some when I was in a coma?” I asked, worried.
“Uff da! Of course you don’t have any! Oh please, no. Derek made sure no one touched you, so he knew she was lying. And he told her that she needed to ‘stop her fucking shit’,” she spoke with finger quotes, “or there would be consequences, but she didn’t listen, so she went into your hospital room to try and seduce him!” she looked disgusted, “can you believe that? Is she that dumb coming into your room, but anyways- so he like almost killed her. He was choking her and Garret walked in and pulled him off of her. It was crazy!” she took a deep breath at the end.
I was processing what she just said. He almost killed her? That’s crazy.
“Wow,” I whispered.
“I know! And, so, just to let you know, Derek hasn’t shut up about you, oh my!” my face got warmer at her words, “like, Garry tells me all the time, he’s like, whoo…” she mumbled. “Oh! And, jeez, I can’t believe I have someone to talk to about this! If I talk too much just let me know! I don’t want to intimidate you or anything!”
I quietly shook my head.
“Okay, so another thing that happened! There is this she-wolf that’s pregnant, but here’s the thing, it’s not her husband’s! They aren’t mates, but it was someone from the Rocky Mountain area!” I didn’t really understand that fully and Hannah picked up on that. “I’ll explain-”
I heard the door close, flinching, I turned from my position on the sofa to see who came in the door. Derek walked in, looking frustrated. He immediately saw us on the sofa and gave a quick wave to Hannah.
“Hannah,” he said flatly.
“Afternoon Derek,” she smiled and waved back.
His eyes flicked to mine and I immediately looked to my lap. I heard him sigh, and walk over to us.
“Hannah, are you staying for dinner?” he asked her and sat down on one of the seats.
“Most likely not, Garret went to do some business and he said he’ll see me tonight, so I’m probably gonna go back,” she explained to Derek.
“Okay, that’s fine by me, you guys are welcome over anytime,” I felt his gaze on me. “You guys should come over tomorrow for dinner.”
“We’d love to!” she smiled.
“Okay, well, I have to make final touches on the ceremony, did you finalize everything with Garret?” he asked, getting up from the seat.
“Yes, we’re all good on our end.”
“Okay,” he nodded and said goodbye, going to the stairs and leaving.
Hannah waited a few moments before she talked, “oh my, that was tense!” she whispered.
I looked up to her, giving a questioning look.
“What happened? He didn’t even say ‘hi’ to you! And you didn’t even look at him!” she gasped.
Oh.
“Well,” I debated on telling her or not, I ended up telling her, something pulling to confide in her.
“Oh my, I’m so sorry, if I knew I wouldn’t have said anything!” she panicked.
“It’s okay,” I assured her, not wanting her to feel bad.
“Ugh, I’m so sorry Vi!” she gave a sad smile to me, “um, well…” she thought for a second of something to talk about to change the uncomfortable topic, “oh! I don’t think anyone has told you about the ceremony yet, right?”
I shook my head ‘no’.
She smiled, “well, it’ll be in three days, we are putting final touches on everything and it’s the Second Leading ceremony, where we will officially name Garret the Beta, and I guess myself Beta female, but I don’t really care about that,” she explained.
“You haven’t had the c-ceremony yet?” I asked.
“No, Garry wanted to wait for you to wake up till we had the ceremony and of course Derek agreed,” an embarrassed pink colored my cheeks.
“Oh,” I mumbled.
We finished up, watching a few more episodes till she said she had to go, it was getting late. We said our goodbyes and she told me she can’t wait for dinner tomorrow. I liked her, though trust issues were holding me back, I still liked her.
… Sage?…
I called out, trying to access my wolf, but I got no response.
I sighed and pulled myself upstairs. I brushed my teeth, my hair, and changed into covering pajamas. I got thirsty so I went downstairs and got a water bottle, going back to my room.
Walking down the hallway, I stopped when someone called my name. Not just someone, Derek.