The Summer Moon
Chapter 29 -

Malia

The next morning, I woke up early to a text from Emily. "911!" was all it read. I rolled over and admired Ty's naked back as he lay beside me in bed, still fast asleep. He looked so cute, his hair falling into his eyes, his lips parted in just the slightest. I leaned down and left a trail of kisses across the muscles on his back, to which he responded with a sigh. I jumped out of bed and headed towards the bathroom to call Emily. "Hey Em, is everything alright?" I said when she answered the phone.

"Absolutely not! It's my 18th birthday tomorrow, I'm throwing a huge party tonight and I need help decorating!" She shouted back into the phone and I couldn't help but laugh a little.

"I'll be right over," I told her, then hung up the phone. When I walked back into my room, Ty had rolled over onto his back and was checking his phone. As soon as he noticed me, he turned the phone off and rolled to face me. "You're up early," he smiled at me.

"I had to call Emily, she wants me to come over". I walked over to him and sat on the bed beside him. He sat up to kiss me and I leaned into him.

"I can drop you off before I go to work," Ty stood up and I watched him move, admiring him once more. Suddenly, I was hit in the face with a shirt and I jumped up surprised. Ty stood in front of me laughing, holding his stomach and I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Stop ogling me and get dressed baby," He winked at me and I blushed, I had been totally staring at him. "Unless you want to repeat last night," he whispered, taking a step towards me and I watched his eyes turn darker with lust. I giggled and pushed him back, he was going to make me late.

I went over to my own closet and pulled out a tank top and jeans and pulled them on quickly. When Ty and I were both ready, he drove me over to Emily's. As I hopped off the back of his dirt bike and slid my helmet off, he wrapped his hand around mine.

"I'll see you tonight?" He said, looking up at me with his winning smile. I bit my lip and nodded my head.

"Uh no that's enough, it's my turn to have Malia. Ty shoo," Emily said suddenly, coming out of the house and waving her hand at him. I watched Ty and laughed as he rolled his eyes and shook his head. "Later baby," he leaned in and kissed my cheek, then sped back down the road. I turned my attention to Emily.

"Okay, you officially have my full attention, how can I help?" I said, walking up the steps to meet her.

"Okay, we need balloons, streamers, there are banners to put up, food needs to be set out later, oh and confetti everywhere!" Emily began rambling off her list and we got to work blowing up balloons. When we were finished, the entire house was covered in streamers and balloons. Emily was squealing as she looked the house over and added some final touches, and I couldn't help but notice how much she reminded me of Alana. Although she was turning 18 tonight, it seemed more like this was a sweet 16 with all the decorations. I'd never known anyone who made this big of a deal over their 18th birthday, but I actually kind of loved it. I left Emily's house late in the afternoon and stopped at the mall to get her a gift. I didn't really know what to buy her, but decided on some nice smelling candles and a crimping iron since I noticed she didn't have one that last time I was there. I'd used one once at Alana's back in New York and I knew Emily would love to try it.

When I arrived home, Kali and Thomas were leaning up over the top of the couch, focused outside the window. "What are you guys doing?" I asked them.

"Looking for wolves!" Thomas exclaimed, jumping off the couch when he saw me. I raised my eyebrows at the two of them, confused. Maybe they had been hearing the howling at night too, but wolves aren't out in the middle of the day. "Daddy's a big wolf, we're looking for his pack!" Kali joined in with her brother. I laughed a little, this must be a new game they're playing. They're just kids after all.

"Kali! Thomas!" Savanah shushed them as she came into the room. I looked to meet Savanah's gaze and she met me with wide eyes, almost looking worried. She dried her hands off and my dad came up behind her.

"Just an inside joke, sorry Malia," my dad said, placing a hand on Savanah's hip. The two of them turned to each other and exchanged a wordless look, then turned back to me and smiled. I smiled awkwardly back at them and nodded my head. That was weird. I thought to myself, but quickly shook it off and went to wash up for dinner.

Everyone was quiet while we ate, even Kali and Thomas were being quiet as they shuffled the food around on their plates. I thought back to the wolf stories my dad used to tell me as a kid and I wondered if he had told Kali and Thomas the same ones. I'm sure if I had someone to share the stories with, I would have made a game out of it.

There was one story in particular that I would never forget. It was my all time favourite and I think I made my dad tell it to me over 100 times in the short time we lived here with him. He told me the story of a lone wolf that ran the forest borders alone every night, then on the night of the full moon he met a beautiful white wolf and knew they were destined to be together. Then she ran the borders with him, they built a home together and they lived happily ever after. After dinner, I turned on some music in my room and danced around while getting ready. I couldn't remember a point in my life that I'd felt this happy before. I was so excited about seeing Ty tonight, I could hardly contain myself. I wondered if this feeling would ever go away, or if I'd always be this excited every time we had plans.

I decided to wear a sparkly black top that was slightly see-through so you could see my bra beneath, paired with a simple black skirt and some tights. I slipped on a pair of black bootie heels. I left my wavy hair loose over my shoulders and applied some lipstick, then winked at myself in the mirror.

"Damn," I heard Ty's lusty voice behind me and I spun to meet him. "Fuck, you look so sexy baby," he groaned. I jumped into his arms and Ty ran his hands down my sides and up under my skirt to grip my ass. "I'm glad you like it," I smiled at him and kissed him gently, careful not to smudge my lipstick.

"Did you have plans to go somewhere tonight?" Ty leaned back and looked me over again. I giggled, noticing that he couldn't take his eyes off of me.

"Duh, it's Emily's birthday!"

Ty let out a groan, "We have to go to that?"

"Um of course! She was my first friend here, and they're your friends too," I wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling our bodies together.

"But I just want to spend time with you," he whispered. His voice was dripping lust and I could see his eyes getting darker, telling me he had no intention of letting me out of this room tonight, so I pushed him back.

"You can spend time with me there," I grabbed my bag off the bed. Then looked Ty over. He'd worn a simple black t-shirt and pale blue jeans. But damn, that boy looked hot in anything. "Besides, it's your first official task as my boyfriend. Escort me to this party, I wanna show you off," I flirted.

"What, like I'm some sort of trophy?" He raised his eyebrow at me and I burst out laughing. Ty was clearly amused by my comment as I could see the sparkle coming to his eyes, but two could play at this game.

"You're my trophy though," I pouted and looked up at him, giving my best puppy dog eyes. Ty's entire body softened, looking back at me, then he shook his head.

"Fiiiine," he groaned, taking my hand and leading me out the door. I giggled again knowing I had won.

"But you owe me a date tomorrow, I have something romantic planned," he kissed my cheek as he held open the car door for me. I grinned, I loved how romantic he always was.

"Oh do you?" I asked, hoping he would tell me more.

"Yes, there's gonna be lots of awes and squealing and you're gonna love it," he flashed me his winning smile and I blushed. He closed the door for me then came around his side. On the drive over to Emily's he held my hand the whole time and I felt my heart swoon in my chest.