Chapter 39: Simon

I couldn’t sleep. After I saw her walking back and forth in her window, I had to physically fight the urge to go over there and talk to her. I locked myself in my room to keep me contained. I rubbed one out four times, but it didn’t seem to make any difference. As soon as I thought about her, I would get hard again. Violet. What a perfect name for my mate.

When I did get to sleep, my dreams were consumed of her. I hugged, made out with her and her legs were wrapped around my torso. I could smell lavender and vanilla so strongly. When I woke, I could still smell her in the air. What I wouldn’t give for that dream to be real.

The sun started to peek over the horizon. I watched as it rose through the window. Storm clouds started to make their way across the sky. No matter if it stormed or not, today was going to be a great day. I was going to go over there and talk to her. Talk to my mate.

I jumped out of bed, time to get ready. As soon as that gift basket arrived, I was going to make my way over there. I refused to think if this went poorly. It couldn’t. It was going to be perfect. I looked through my closet. Everything in there wasn’t good enough. Either it was too old and worn or it didn’t look good enough to meet Violet. As her name crossed my mind, I smiled at the word. I was like a schoolboy and their first crush.

I finally settled on dark wash jeans that hugged my ass, it made it look amazing, if I do say so myself. I pulled out one of my favorite sweaters. It was a tan color with three buttons going down the font, not going all the way down. It was tight over my arms, showed off the muscles and it was soft. If she touched it, she would want to feel more of it. My dick twitched at the thought of her running her hands over my chest.

“Get a hold of yourself man.” I said as I laid the outfit on the bed and pulled out a pair of dress shoes that matched. I would look very smart in this outfit. I hopped in the shower, put it on full blast to help calm my nerves. But it was futile. I was too amped up to calm down. This day was so important, it was going to change the rest of my life. Our lives. She had to have felt a connection. When she paused, after she touched me. She must have felt the spark.

I got out of the shower and wrapped a towel around my waist. I pulled my hand across the mirror so I could see my reflection. “Take it easy man. You don’t want to knock on her door and be all jittery like you were on crack or something.” I pulled out my hair products, after three attempts I was able to pull it up into a bun at the crown of my head. I sprayed cologne on me and got dressed.

I stood in front of the mirror and evaluated myself. I looked good. If any she-wolves saw me, they would be panting for me. I hoped I looked good enough for Violet. A knock came to my door and Jared walked in and paused at the door stared at me.

“I was not expecting you to be up.”

“I couldn’t sleep. I am too amped up to sleep any longer.”

“I’m guessing you aren’t going to be training today.”

“Not today.” I said and pulled the sweater slightly in the front so it would lay better across my chest.

“I took a look at the tracking number and the basket should be here by twelve, special delivery.”

“Good.” I brushed my sleeve of a piece of lint that clung to it.

Jared stepped closer and stood right behind me. “You look great.” He patted my shoulder in a friendly way. “She’s going to love you.”

“Thanks.” I took one final look at myself before I turned to him. “I’ve never been this nervous. It’s like I have all this energy and nowhere to put it.”

“I felt the same way with Greta. As soon as I saw her, I felt I could run twenty marathons back-to-back and still be able to go. With mates, it just falls into place. It will be with her as well. Why would the moon goddess send you a mate that wasn’t wolf if it wasn’t going to turn out?”

I took a deep breath and nodded. “You’re right. It will all work out in the end.”

“Let’s go get some breakfast to take your mind of things.”

“That sounds good.” My stomach was in knots, and I wasn’t sure if I would be able to eat, but I could at least try.

We made our way down to the dining hall when we heard running. I turned around in time to see Greta tackle Jared to the ground laughing. “Hi, babe!” She yelled as she gave him a kiss.

“Hi, my love.” He kissed her back and laughed. Jared wasn’t typically the type of guy to laugh at being tackled by a girl, but Greta brought that out of him. She was the complete opposite of him, and it was doing him good.

“What are you boys doing?” Greta asked as she bounced up and pulled Jared up to his feet.

“Going to get some breakfast. Would you care to join?” Jared said as he brushed his sweatpants off.

“Sounds good.” She took Jared’s hand and looked at me. “Why are you so dolled up? Oooohhh, does this have to do with seeing your mate today?” She whispered at me.

I cocked an eyebrow at Jared, and he shrugged. “Yes, that is why I’m so dolled up. This interaction was supposed to be kept secret.”

“Sorry, Si.” Jared said.

“Do you think you can keep secrets away from your mate?” Greta laughed as she pulled Jared down the hall. “Don’t worry, I won’t say anything. I can keep a secret.”

“Why do I feel like I don’t believe you?”

“You should.” She turned and smiled at me. “How are you going to introduce yourself? Are you going to tell her off for embarrassing you in front of your pack?”

“Of course not!” I said to her. It didn’t even cross my mind that she yelled at me in front of the pack.

“Man, I wish I could have seen it. Screaming at you, and you just standing there love struck,” Greta giggled.

“You know, you can be very annoying sometimes.” I said as we made it to the first floor.

“I know.” She smiled back at me. “I feel like I’m going to be best friends with this girl. When are you going to bring her here so we all can meet her?”

“First, I have to interact with her for more than two seconds. And second, this information doesn’t go past us three. Do you understand?” I looked at Greta and then stared hard at Jared.

“You have nothing to worry about,” Jared said.

“Seriously, nothing to worry about.” Greta repeated. “How are you going to do it, though? Are you just going to show up on her doorstep and say, ‘Hi, we met yesterday when you screamed at me. My name is Simon, I’m the Alpha of that wolfpack and you are my mate. Let’s have sex?’”

“Not exactly.” Jared said.

“What?” Greta looked from Jared to me as we grabbed plates. I piled food onto the plate, even though I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t eat a bite.

“Well, we got a gift basket,” I said. It sounded more timid than I wanted.

Greta snorted, almost dropped her plate and cup of juice. “You what?”

“I got a gift basket for her.” I tried to sound more confident.

“Why did you do that?” Greta said in between snorts.

“It’s a good idea.” I said as I set my plate down on a table in the corner of the room away from anyone who may come in and hear. “Like an apology and thank you for taking care of Nana.”

“That’s so stupid.”

“No, it’s not!” Jared chimed in. “It is a great idea. We got an assortment of stuff, wine, cheese, and meats. It was expensive.”

“Do you know if she likes any of those things?”

“Well…no.” I said after a moment.

“So, you could have gotten all this stuff for her, and she wouldn’t like it. How do you think that’s going to go down if she is a vegan and sober and you show up with this basket of items she won’t eat or drink?” Greta said as she spread jelly onto a piece of toast.

“Shit!” I said as I pounded the table. “I knew this was a terrible idea. Thanks Jared.” I glared at him. Now my plan was out the window. “What happens if she doesn’t like anything that I got for her. I can’t show up empty handed!”

“Wait! This was your idea?” She said and pointed her toast at Jared.

“Yeah, it’s a good idea. If I mess up, I would get you a huge basket full of things that you like and that would smooth things over.” Jared looked from Greta to me.

“Yeah, but you know me! You know what I like and don’t like. Simon doesn’t. He’s going in blind.”

“Fuck!” I yelled. Thank goddess that no one else was in the dining room or else they would all be looking at me. “What am I supposed to do now? That was the plan, and now it’s ruined. Fuck!”

“Calm down, Alpha. I’m sure she will like something from that basket. Where is it? Let me look at it and I can let you know if you need to make any changes.”

“That’s a good idea!” I said hopeful again. “It’s arriving at twelve and right after I am going to go deliver it to her.”

“Ok, so before you leave, I will look at it and see if you are fucking up worse than what you already are.” Greta said and shoveled eggs into her mouth.

I took a deep breath. Ok, this still could work. I could still give her this basket and get in her good favor. I picked at the food on my plate, not really interested in anything. “After breakfast, let’s go back to my office and go over the new hires and see where we will distribute them. They are starting today, right?” I directed that question at Jared.

“Yes, but if you would like I can take care of that. You have more important things going on.”

“No, if I just sit around, I will drive myself crazy with this nervous energy. I need distractions.”

“Sounds good.”