Sold To The Alpha
Chapter 44

Before Charity knew it, 3 months had passed and it was the morning of her wedding day, sat in the master bedroom of the Alpha and Luna, she sat unmoving as Mary fussed around her making sure the makeup artist was doing everything perfectly while the seamstress was fitting Chloe into her Maid of Honour dress. 'Breath in miss' grunted the seamstress as she tried in vain to make the zipper close up Chloe's back.

'I'm trying' gasped Chloe, purple in the face from sucking her stomach in.

A loud rip suddenly echoed through the room, dropping the hairbrush she was holding Mary ran across the room to inspect the damage.

Chloe was sobbing 'i'm so sorry Char, it fits perfectly at the fitting 3 weeks ago, I swear I haven't been pigging out, I don't know why it won't fit' she wailed 'i've ruined your wedding!'

Fending off the makeup artist, Charity ran over in her nightdress and enveloped Chloe in a hug 'Of course you haven't silly' she smiled 'you could wear an old granny's nightie and I wouldn't care, I just want you there with me, you are my bestie!' she reminded her. Mary left the room in search of the head seamstress to see what could be done about Chloe's dress, Chloe gave a watery smile 'I don't know what is up with me' she confessed 'I cried yesterday because James took the lettuce out of my sandwich knowing I don't like lettuce'

Charity gave her a funny look before turning round 'Everybody out!' she ordered, making the helpers jump. They quickly scrambled to their feet and ushered out the door. Looking outside quickly, she stepped out into the hallway and told the werewolf that Aaron had insisted stood guard outside the door 'if anyone but the Luna comes near this door send them away immediately until I come out and say otherwise'

Nodding gravely at her words, the guard replied 'Yes future Luna', Skirting around him, Charity started running down the hall before skidding to a stop outside of her and Aaron's bedroom. Knowing he was getting ready downstairs in Justin's room, she pushed the door open and ran into the bathroom, rummaging in the drawer frantically, until her hands closed on the sought after object, she wrapped it in a flannel to hide it from prying eyes and headed back to Mary's room.

Pushing the door open, she grabbed Chloe's hand and ushered her into the bathroom, locking the door behind them, before thrusting the flannel into her hand and waiting expectantly.

Chloe looked up quizzically, 'Umm, you could have just got some toilet paper or a tissue for me to wipe my face' she said

Rolling her eyes, Charity snatched the flannel back and shook out the small rectangular box into her friends hands.

Chloe's eyes widened in shock, looking at Charity she whispered 'do you really think so?'

Charity grinned, 'You cry about stupid things, you don't fit your dress, I may have overheard James tell the boys that you nearly ripped his head off when he ate the last Kit Kat without asking you if you wanted it.. I say it's worth checking' Chloe blushed 'In my defence, I really wanted that Kit Kat and he just took it' she huffed before her face broke into a nervous grin. 'Will you stay with me?' she asked

'Of course' replied Charity and turned her back while her friend took out the remaining pregnancy test from the set of 2 Charity had used months earlier and did her business. Flushing the toilet, Chloe placed the small stick on the edge of the bath before washing her hands and sitting down on the floor, hope and fear evident on her face.

Charity sat next to her and put her arms around her friends shoulders. 'What if it's positive' Chloe whispered

'Then I get to be a kick-a*s godmother' grinned Charity

'What will James say? we've not even discussed a family yet, we haven't even sorted out where we are going to live yet' Chloe fretted.

'Hey' said Charity, grabbing her friend and drawing her eyes from the blue and white stick 'James loves you with all his soul, he would live in a cardboard box in no man's territory just to be with you, I do not think for one moment that he will be anything but thrilled that you could be having a pup'

Chloe gave a small smile 'I hope you are right' she said 'Charity?' she suddenly whispered

'Yes bestie' replied Charity squeezing her

216;I really want James' pup' she confided 'I don't know if I can deal with it being negative'

Charity held her best friend to her chest tightly 'If it's positive then we are all good, if it's negative, well you and James can have tonnes of fun making the next one positive can't you' she said sternly as Chloe giggled despite herself.

As they sat and stared at the little window they both gasped as 2 very deep blue lines appeared, 'Oh MY God!' squealed Charity hugging Chloe tightly as her friend sobbed into her arms.

A loud rap on the door caused them to jump 'Chloe, Charity!' came the worried voice of Mary 'Are you ok? the guard said that you have told him no-one but I was to enter'

Scrambling to her feet, Charity raised her eyes at Chloe who nodded, wiping her tear stained face with the back of her hands. Unlocking the door, Mary stumbled into the room, taking in the Crying Chloe and the beaming Charity. 'Wha..' she started before her eyes fell on the positive pregnancy test. Her eyes widened as she looked at Chloe speechless.

'Surprise' said Chloe, half laughing, half crying

Screaming Mary gathered Chloe in her arms, hugging her tightly 'my girl!' she squealed 'oh this is just the best day ever! First, my son is marrying his soul mate and now my girl is having a pup?' she sank to the floor with tears of happiness in her eyes. Looking up she said 'well, no wonder you don't fit the damn dress!' and they all started to laugh.

A knock on the bedroom door halted their excitement, the voice of the guard came through the wood 'Luna, the head seamstress is here as you requested is she ok to enter now?'

Straightening up, Mary marched to the door and pulled it open ushering the elderly seamstress into the room before turning to the guard and saying 'get the makeup artist and the other seamstresses up here pronto and replace out where the hell the hairdresser is she was supposed to be here 15 minutes ago!' before slamming the door again.

The elderly seamstress walked over to Chloe's dress and picked it up looking at the ripped seam before pulling out her mobile and dialling a number 'Bring me my sewing machine, scissors, red satin thread, a piece of red silk fabric roughly 50cm by 50cm, ribbon at least 3 metres long and 20 red satin loops' she barked into the phone before hanging up. A few minutes later the door knocked again and 2 young girls rushed into the room with bags of sewing supplies and a heavy sewing machine that they quickly set up on the dressing table before bowing to the Luna and leaving.

Pulling Chloe to the centre of the room, the elderly wolf took out her tape measure and started to mutter to herself as she encircled various parts of Chloe's body before grabbing the dress, a large pair of scissors and deftly removing the zip before heading over to her machine and getting to work.

The door opened again and the makeup artist ran over, grabbing Charity's hand, pulling her over to a chair to continue her makeup while a flustered hairdresser did the same with Chloe and started to work on her hair. The girls soon swapped seats before Charity was finally being helped to step into her wedding dress.

The stunning ballgown hugged just above her growing baby bump before flaring out and stopping just shy of the floor. Tiny diamonds glistened on the bodice and a floor length train fell from a comb nestled in her hair. Turning toward the room she heard Mary and Chloe gasp as they saw her. 'You look beautiful' flustered Mary, trying to stop herself from crying.

'Don't cry' wailed Chloe 'If you cry, I'll cry and then Char will cry and we'll all have to have our make up done again'

Giggling, Mary wiped her tears 'Sorry girls' she said 'i'm just so happy for you both' Pulling the girls toward her she engulfed them both in a mama bear style hug making them both laugh.

'Ahem' came the old seamstress' voice from behind them, turning round they saw her holding up Chloe's dress ready to be put on, where the zip had been there was now loops running down the seam with ribbon laced through and a large panel had been put into the back to expand the dress.

Grabbing the dress while stuttering her thanks, Chloe ran to the young helper who quickly got her into it and laced up the back. As she twirled around, Charity smiled, you couldn't even tell the dress had been altered.

Looking at her watch, Mary squeaked 'It's almost 2 pm, we need to get downstairs!' whilst hastily handing Chloe a small bouquet of white roses and Charity her large bouquet which consisted of red and white roses and was tied with a red silk bow, and ushering them both from the room.