A Mother Before A Mate
Chapter 23

When it's time to go home, we call four van taxis and we all pile in. Cora ended up going home with some guy that she met here a few weeks ago. We have Cora, her boy-toy, Eli and Mila, and us in this van. We drop Cora and her guy off at a house in town. Cora can't bring him to her place at the packlands because he's human. He has no idea we're all werewolves. Then it's just us four in the taxi. Eli and Mila are all over each other and in the row in front of us, and we quickly follow suit. The van is so dark too. Lex takes off her seat belt, and gets on top of me, and starts kissing me. She's grinding her hips on me, and I can feel the blood rushing to my m*****d. "We can't even do it when we get home," I whisper, and then groan, when I realize we have gotten each other all worked up, without the possibility of finishing.

She pauses for a second. "Let's do it in my SUV," she giggles.

"Genius!" I whisper, and then she's kissing me again. She moves to my neck, and I replace myself breathing heavier, and trying too hard to be completely quiet. Finally, when I can't take it anymore, I grab her face, and kiss her, and deepen it quickly. I soon moved to her neck. She's not as strong as me, and I hear a tiny little moan escape her mouth. This only fires me up even more. I want to hear her moan again. It feels good that she can't help how good I'm making her feel. I move her thin tank top strap down and start making my way down. I slide her lacey bra down, and I start my attack on her breasts. I start kissing and sucking.

She's breathing harder, and I can see she's got one hand on her mouth, trying to keep herself quiet, and the other hand is on the back of my neck. She grabs my face and brings it up to hers, and kisses me. Then she moves her lips to my ear and whispers so quietly. "I want you, you're making me so wet."

Damn, that was hot. "I want you too, baby," I whisper in her ear.

All of a sudden, the van stops and the lights in the van come on. Lexi quickly scoops up her bra, and the tank top straps to cover herself. I also adjust myself, so no one can see what Lexi has done to me. The cab lets Eli and Mila out and then drives for another 30 seconds until he gets to Lexi's. I pay the driver, and as soon as he drives away, Lexi pushes me against her car and kisses me. We finally get in and move to the back row. It's the most spacious. Lexi gets on her knees and starts unbuckling my pants. "What are you doing?" I ask. She smiles but doesn't answer me. Soon, I feel her warm mouth on me. "f**k, baby," I growl.

After 45 minutes, we both come out of her car feeling thoroughly satisfied. We make our way inside. We head to the kitchen, and we make Nachos. Lexi says she needs snacks after she's been drinking. We quietly enjoy each other's company, so we don't wake up Lev or Molly. I tell her about the whole story with Marcus earlier, and how her reaction was perfect. "I honestly feel like that, but Grace mind-linked me, 'They're fighting over you, agree that you're Jack's."

So I took it a step further with the whole owning comment. But you do totally own my heart and soul," she tells me with a smirk.

"I really like Grace," I admit to her with a chuckle.

"Also, full disclosure, you know that Mark guy?" she asks. I nod. He was one of the friends of the guy that Cora's hooking up with.

"A few weeks ago, for my birthday, we went to the club for the first time, and I was dancing and making out with him. That's why he was asking us how long we were in town, and how long we've been together. When he asked for my number on my birthday, I told him I lived out of town. It just makes me feel gross, like I was keeping something from you. That's why I wanted to tell you," she confesses.

"I appreciate the honesty. I honestly hate to think of anyone laying even a finger on you, but I don't have a right to be mad," I admit. She smiles and leans in to kiss me.

Lexi's Point of View

When we've had our fill, we head upstairs at 3 am. It doesn't take us long before we're snuggled together and fast asleep. I wake up at 7:20am when I hear voices. I feel Jack's arm still around me. I look at the baby monitor and I see Lev is changing Molly's diaper and talking to her. "Let's go make Mommy her bacon grilled cheese, so she can get out of bed," I hear him tell her.

I have the best big brother. You'd think I do this all the time, with the way Lev knows what gets me moving. But this is only the second time I drank since Molly. I used to go to some bush parties when I was in high school, and Lev always managed never to be hungover, and he'd cover for me. One time he asked what I wanted to eat and the only thing I could think of that wouldn't make me throw up was bacon grilled cheese, and it stuck.

I turn and see my gorgeous mate still fast asleep. He's so handsome, and he's got a stubble going on that I like. My head is pounding and I feel terrible. I feel like I might puke. It doesn't help that I got just over 4 hours of sleep. That wasn't smart. I wiggle out of Jack's grip without waking him, which is surprising. I head to my washroom and brush my teeth. My mouth is so dry, I try drinking water and hop into the shower. I start with cold water to help with the hot flashes, and slowly make it warmer. When I finally get out, I'm feeling a little bit better. When I walk into my room, Jack opens his eyes.

"You showered already? I thought you might be feeling rough this morning," he questions.

"I feel like crap, that's why I took a shower. It started as a cold shower. I feel a little better, kinda," I groan.

"You?" I ask.

"I feel fine, I didn't drink much."

"You were drinking all night," I remark.

"Yeah, but I was pacing myself. It takes a lot to get me drunk, and I didn't want to be intoxicated and not able to protect you. I didn't want to be feeling rough today either, it's a big day," he smiles.

"You're so sweet, but I'm capable of taking care of myself."

"I know you are, but if you got really intoxicated, maybe you wouldn't. I wanted you to have fun and drink as much as you wanted. I just needed to be sharp if I was going to feel good about it. You didn't go as hard as most of your friends. Most of them were slurring their words, and some stumbling around, but you weren't."

"Good! I would feel embarrassed if I was, and I can't imagine how much worse I would feel if I went as hard as they did," I groan. I grab some clothes out of my suitcase. I need comfort today, so I put on some black and grey camo leggings with a black t-shirt. While I'm getting dressed, Jack whistles. "Damn girl!"

Any chance he gets, he's checking me out. I really like it, it's like he can't get enough of me. I put my hair in a messy high ponytail, and pack the last of my toiletries and stuff up, while Jack showers. When he's getting dressed, I whistle at him, "Damn, Boy!" and he chuckles at my catcall.

Jack carries both of our bags down and leaves them by the front door.

We head into the kitchen, and it smells like bacon.

"Good morning! How are you guys feeling?" Lev asks as he stands at the stove with four pans going, filled with grilled cheese.

"I feel great," Jack's chipper voice beams.

"I'm not doing great, but it looks like you're going to fix me up!!!"

Lev smiles and nods. "Thank you." I grimace.

"No problem. When she's hungover, bacon grilled cheese is her cure, Jack, just so you know."

Jack thanks Lev for the advice. I make my way over to Molly in her high chair, and gave her a kiss. Jack follows and starts asking Molly about her ice cream date last night. I could seriously watch him all day being sweet with her.

We eat breakfast, and hang out drinking coffee and talking for an hour before we start to get ready to leave. We grab Molly's crib mattress, and I pack up her suitcase. I do a final walk-through upstairs. We got everything. This final walk-through was tough. Part of me is really sad to leave, but the other part is excited for what the future holds. There are some tears shed when we say goodbye to Lev.

Molly has no idea why Lev and I are crying, so she's giving us lots of hugs and kisses. When we leave, we head to Jos, then Cora's house so I can say goodbye. More tears. Then I go to say goodbye to Grace and Jett. I brought with me her outfit I borrowed last night. Our goodbye was emotional as well. Grace has been one of the strongest support systems in my life.

This is tough. Lots more tears, and lots of kisses and hugs from a concerned Molly. Jack is being really sweet, and I can tell it hurts him to see me hurting. When we finally made it into his truck, I'm really glad that he insisted that I leave my SUV behind, and we'd drive together. He said he'd send some guys to pick it up for me. I'm grateful now because I am not really in a good position to be driving right now.

"Are you going to be okay, babe?" he asks, and reaches over and grabs my hand. I smile and nod.

"Mommy's sad," Molly says.

"I'm all better now, see," I look at Molly and force a big big smile.

"Is there something I can do, baby?"

"Ice cream. Ice cream always helps."

"Ice cream at 11 am, it is." he chuckles. As soon as we make it into town, we stop at a dinner that also serves ice cream. Jack runs in and grabs a cone for Molly and me, even though he didn't want any. As soon as I start eating my delicious chocolate brownie ice cream, I'm feeling better.

"You actually look better," Jack comments.

"The healing properties of ice cream," I smile.

"It was breaking my heart to see you like that. I need to make sure we have a constant supply of ice cream at home," he says, and gives me the most loving smile. The way he referred to his place as 'home, like it was both of ours, did not go unnoticed by me. Just another reminder of how this is the right choice for Molly and me.