Chapter 43: Friend or cousins?

**John**

I was fine with the Alpha's decision, but I wanted to know how my friend John was feeling about it. "Hey man, are you okay with all this?" I asked Mateo. He looked at me and sighed, opening up: You know, you could have told me if something was bothering you, I don't know... we're friends, right?", he said.

"Sure, Mat, but you know, they're your cousins. Nothing major happened, just my dream, well, I needed to be sure. That's why I wanted to go to the birthday party. And besides, it seemed so insignificant compared to your problems. You know? You were upset because of Nat, then we went to pick her up, then all the drama with your mother, well, I thought you and her were a priority."

"John, you're my beta and friend, your problems are a priority for me too, man. Sorry if I took up all the space and didn't realize you were having problems." Hey, bro, it's okay, I'm not much of a preoccupyer, you know me. Right now, I'm just worried about ruining your friendship with your cousins.”

“No way. We'll be cousins ​​our whole lives, that'll pass. Being a cousin isn't exactly the same as being a friend, with the exception of Liam, the others don't worry me. I just want to patch things up with him. But, also, this Hockley thing, the team, has turned into a competition and we're all very focused on winning. I'm a little out of shape, can you organize some training? Tell everyone what's at stake?”

“Leave it to me!”. And Mat said he was going to buy everyone's tickets and look for a hotel for the team. Given the circumstances, he thought it would be better if we didn't stay within the pack's area, after all, we would be in their territory.

“Hey, Mat…”, I was a little embarrassed but asked: “do you think there's a chance she'll like me?” Mat laughed, you idiot, after what you did to her at the 15th birthday dance, even I would be in love if I were a girl.”

We both laughed. It was good to have this conversation and get it off my chest. Now I have a lot of work to do.

Mateo

I told Nat everything. Even she wanted our team to win now. I was happy she didn’t complain about me having to train or take the team. And she thought what John did to Bella was really cute. I took advantage and made a jealous scene and she had to pay me more attention. When she said she wouldn’t get anything from me having the ideogram of her name tattooed on my chest, I was happy.

I soon asked how many sexy dances that was worth so I could charge her. She laughed and promised me one tonight. My dick was already hard just thinking about it.

I was interrupted by my father who said that Mom herself was going to call Bella and then her brother, Alpha Todd, to tell her about the gift. “Really? She wasn’t upset?” I asked.

She stayed, but for something else. Some kind of thing between the two brothers. But she was very happy for John, and even more so because she is sure that Bella will come to live with us. You know how much of a fan she is of the Moon goddess, and she is already preparing an offering for her to thank her for taking care of her niece.

“Are you two talking about me?” My mother came in smiling. “Mom, you are always in our conversations.” She said, “Well, I just hope it’s not just complaints.” She whined. “No, Mom, you know I love you,” and my father added, “And so do I.” The three of us hugged. Soon, Nat appeared. “What a beautiful family scene!” my wife said.

“Hey, honey, come here, too!” My mother called Nat, and although she was a little shy, she smiled and joined us. My father and I crushed her, and my mother showered her with kisses. We stayed there talking and laughing until we decided to go have dinner with the pack and invited John and the hockey team to our table.

My father announced to everyone that we would have some news and asked Luna to tell us about the game and the prize. Of course, we left John's story out of it; only our close friends knew the truth. And when she said that her brother had accepted the contest, everyone started shouting “Go Colorado Wolves”, the name of our team!

It was a great night and to end it, we went running as a group, howling at the moon, our Alpha and Luna leading the way. It was one of the most fun nights we had. On the way back, my father had released kegs of beer and we stayed up until dawn partying. We hadn't done that in a long time.

They soon built a bonfire and the couples took advantage of it to have a romantic evening and the singles to dance and flirt.

I kept whispering in her ear that I was waiting for my show. “Have you forgotten that?” she laughed. “Never, just thinking about it makes me hard.” She discreetly ran her hand over my thigh and felt my bulge. “Come on, honey, I need to help you solve this problem.” I just followed my beautiful wife. I slipped away with Nat to go home, I had promised her a private dance that I was really looking forward to.

I gave her a gift, it was a beautiful dress that hugged her body and left part of her belly and navel exposed. It was similar to the one she wore when I first saw her. She recognized it right away. “Mat, do you remember this?” “Baby, I remember you in it, perfectly to this day, I remember every inch of your body. I remember our first kiss, our first night together. Everything we did together. I spent months sick, dreaming about you. I had plenty of time to memorize everything.

I forgot how sensitive my future luna was. Her eyes were already full of tears. “I’m so sorry for all of this, Mat. I also suffered away from you, but I know that since I wasn’t connected to my wolf yet, I didn’t feel exactly how the bond worked for you, it must have been less painful.”

Honey, it was worth every night of waiting. Having you here now makes up for it all.

“Lie down, Mat, I’m going to get changed, I swear I’ll make this night worth it for you and Shake.” My eyes darkened immediately, my wolf was already drooling.

And it was worth it, I fell to my knees and crawled to her, begging her to be mine. We made love all night long.