Chapter 30

Daniel

Two days later, Daniel was sitting in his chambers playing a first player shooter game and trying hard not to think about how much he was missing Stormy. He was frustrated about the fact that it always seemed like someone was in the way of being with her. She always seemed to either be leaving with that dark headed trainer that Daniel had begun to take a serious disliking too. Or she was always coming out of his brother’s bed.

Daniel didn’t really feel jealous of his brother. But he wanted to be able to spend time with her as well. In particular, he wanted to be able to mate with her properly. He didn’t even mind if his brother wanted to hang out and watch as long as he was able to please her thoroughly. Not being able to pleasure his mate was a bit emasculating.

But Daniel longed for more than physical intimacy. He wanted to just sit and talk with her. He wanted to know her inside and out, for them to be able to share secrets and private jokes. He needed to feel like he mattered to her as much as his brother did.

Daniel shot another video game character in the head when the hair on the back of his neck began to stand up. He felt like he was being watched but he knew he was all alone. He set the controller over to the side and began to look around the room.

Suddenly Stormy appeared on the couch next to him. Daniel was startled at first but quickly realized what gift he has just received. She smiled at him and gave him a tiny wave.

“Hello Sugar,” Daniel said as he wrapped his arms around her in a big hug.

She bit her lip as she touched his face and showed him a small space between her thumb and index finger. She pointed to where a person would wear a watch.

Daniel shook his head and frowned. “I’m sorry, Honey, but I don’t understand.”

Stormy let out a frustrated sigh and climbed off of the couch. She walked over to his bed and picked up a wind-up round brass alarm clock and shook it at him. She bit her lip again in expectation.

“Are you saying you don’t have much time?” Daniel asked. His eyebrows furrowed and his lip came out into a pout. It felt like they were caught in the same old cycle of a game he didn’t like.

“Come sit with me for as long as you can,” he told her. Stormy dashed back and climbed onto the couch. She seemed to looking around the room like she was studying it. Her eyes rested on his weight set and on the stack of old war history books by his bed.

She started waving her hands and making shapes. He knew she was trying to talk to him but he didn’t have a clue. He knew that David had gotten pretty good at understanding her but he wasn’t his brother. He put his hand over hers and shook his head. She frowned and bit her lip.

She reached over and picked up the controller for the video game. She turned it over and over in her hands like she had never seen one before. She tilted her head and handed it to him. She pointed to her eyes and then to herself.

Daniel shrugged and stared at her. “Do you want to play?” He asked.

She shook her head and took the controller and pretended to push the buttons. She handed it back to him and pointed to the TV on the wall. She bit her lip and waited.

“Sugar, do you want me to play?” He asked her as he hit the start button on the controller. She leaned her body against his lightly and Daniel played the next level on his game. Stormy sat and clapped her hands emphatically to encourage him. She would occasionally bounce on the couch cushions as he overcame obstacles in the game.

When he reached the end of the level, he set the controller to the side. He reached up and placed his hand on the side of Stormy’s face and turned so he could look into her eyes.

Daniel turned to look at her expectantly. She began to run her finger through his hair as she looked deep into his eyes. She bit her lip softly.

“Let me please you.” Daniel whispered.

She smiled at him and put her head against his. He could smell her sudden arousal but she shook her head and pointed to the clock. She gave him a small wave like she was saying goodbye and Daniel understood that she was running out of time.

“I understand” Daniel said. “Well, actually I don’t, because I don’t even know where you go when you leave but I want you to know that I wish you would just stay. I hate being by myself all the time.” He complained.

Stormy nodded her head and pointed to herself and back at him. She leaned in and pressed her lips to his. He deepened the kiss and he felt something in himself that felt so foreign. He could only describe it as possessiveness. It burned almost as hot as his desire for her.

He shifted their bodies in a flash and suddenly she was laying on the couch on her back. He was above her, her body pressed into the cushions. He crushed into her as she snaked around him. He kissed her passionately as her nails dug into his back and she clung to him.

He began to pull her shirt up over her head when she stopped him. She placed her hand over his and clutched it so her fingers interlocked as she looked in his eyes. She frowned and shook her head. Again she pointed to the clock.

Daniel groaned and reached down between them to adjust his major erection. He saw the tips of her ears turn pink and she looked at him with a guilty expression. Stormy leaned in and placed her forehead against his and sighed.

“I hate this, Sugar.” He told her as he sat back up and picked up the controller . “I sometimes think you don’t really want to be mated to me.” He said with a hug as he pushed the start button in the next level of his video game.

Again she just sat in awkward silence. She stood up slowly. She frowned and pointed to the clock.

“Is it time?” Daniel asked.

She nodded her head and waved to him before she disappeared.