The Summer Moon -
Chapter 50 -
Malia
"Oh?" Ty raised his eyebrow at me curiously. I bit my lip, I wasn't sure if I could tell him about talking to Liam the other night. Liam had asked me not to, and by the sounds of it he didn't seem to think Ty would react very well to us hanging out. Although, Liam had helped me a lot.
"What kind of advice?" Ty asked, interrupting my thoughts. I looked back up to see a nervous smile on his face as he looked over at me. He looked so handsome tonight, I could hardly take my eyes off of him. And right now, all I wanted was to get my hands into his hair and mess it up just the way I liked. To have my lips on his, to taste him, to run my nails down his back-
"Lia," Ty pulled me back again. He chuckled at me, "Are you okay?" And I blushed bright red. What was wrong with me tonight? I could hardly control myself, my hormones were going wild.
"Ahh!" I let out a tiny scream of frustration and covered my face with my hands. "Focus on the road!" I groaned to Ty, noticing that he was still watching me and hardly looking at the road at all.
"Relax baby, you're safe with me," Ty's voice was soft as his hand came to rest on my thigh and I felt sparks throughout my body.
"I know," I smiled back and watched happily as Ty's face lit up. He gave my thigh a squeeze and I sighed. "You make me happy Ty," and as I said it out loud, I knew I meant it with all my heart. I was replaceing it hard to imagine ever being happy in a life without him now.
"You have no idea how much I love hearing that," he whispered back, turning to me once more. His eyes sparkled that familiar way and I couldn't look away. "I love seeing you happy," he squeezed my hand.
"Ty will you tell me more about being mates?" I asked next and his eyes sparkled as he looked over to me again. We pulled into the parking lot of Al's and as Ty unbuckled himself he turned to face me.
"Ask me anything you want gorgeous," his smile dazzled me. He lifted my legs up and pulled them over his lap, his hands running up my thigh.
"Stop," I giggled, squirming my legs. It felt so good when he touched me, I could hardly focus on our conversation.
"You feel that?" Ty's voice drew my attention back and I looked over to him nodding, as the tingles flew through me. "That's how you know I'm your mate. The sparks, how good this feels, how easy it is to talk to each other, how hard it is to say goodbye," he trailed off, focusing on my feet in his lap. "Things between us will always feel right."
"Is it always like this?" I asked. Everything Ty said was right. Everything between felt so right, even my own doubts couldn't erase that feeling.
"Every mate pairing is unique, but sort of yeah," I nodded my head to him.
"So you just meet your mate and that's it? You're just like together from then on? What if you don't like them? What if they don't like you? Can you have more than one mate?" Questions began spilling out of my mouth uncontrollable, until finally I said the one I think I was most afraid of, "What if your mate is a human?"
"Woah, hey," suddenly Ty was pulling me from my seat and into his lap. His arms wrapping around me as I snuggled into his chest feeling embarrassed. Ty chuckled against me. "I'm happy you're so eager to learn, but don't overwhelm yourself." His lips brushed against my hair. "You can only have one mate, and it makes no difference if they're human. You're meant to be together, without a doubt. If mates don't like each other that's really unfortunate, but it's also very rare." "If I wasn't your mate, do you think any of this would have happened?" I suddenly doubted myself, was Ty only with me because there was this weird magic force possessing him to be?
"Lia I met you when I was 6 years old. I didn't know you were my mate then and I was still totally obsessed with you. Don't doubt me," He said, knowing exactly what I was thinking. I blushed embarrassed, he always knew exactly what to say. He sighed, "The mate bond is strong but it's not absolute. They can reject each other, and move on if one or both aren't okay with the connection. You always have a choice, if you don't want to be with me you don't have to be," Ty looked down at me, his eyes sad. And while just a week ago I was struggling to understand how I would ever live a life with Ty, I realized now that I don't know how I could ever be without him again.
"Come on, let's go get some milkshakes. Then you can ask me the hundreds of other questions you have, "Ty lightened the mood. He opened the car door and lifted us out, his arm wrapping around my waist once more. "I'm sorry I have so many questions," I giggled but he stayed smiling.
"I love it, ask me anything you want. Make a list, I promise I'll answer everything I can," and that actually sounded like a really good idea that he might later regret. I had way too many questions about this world, he'd be busy for days answering them.
I turned to face Ty, my arms wrapping around his neck as I pulled myself up to meet his lips. Our kiss was soft, our bodies melding together perfectly. Ty's hand cupped the back of my head as I pulled back. I took his hand in mine with a smile, I felt so lucky to be here with him tonight.
Together we walked into the diner, the first place Ty had ever taken me in town and I felt myself drawn back to that first night. Oh how so much had changed since that night, how far we'd come. I'd never imagined anything like this. Together we scanned the room for an empty booth and my eyes came to land on Jesse, Conner, Rachel, Emily, and Liam in a large booth in the corner.
"Woah look who's here!" Liam jumped up from the table suddenly noticing us and waved us over to the table with the group. I giggled as I heard Ty sigh at me side.
"Sorry I didn't realize they'd be here," Ty came down to whisper in my ear and I quickly looked up to him, our lips just inches apart. I wanted to kiss him again. I couldn't wait to kiss him again. I smiled up at him and squeezed his hand, I was happy we were here, happy all of us were here. Things were coming back to the only normal I knew, I felt at home here in the diner with our friends, with Ty.
"Well I didn't expect to see you two here together," Jesse said as we approached the table and slid into the booth beside Liam. "What happened? Ty break down, bawl, beg you to take him back?" Jesse smirked and I looked up to see Ty's eyes narrowing. And for a split second I actually think I saw Ty blush which only make me laugh.
"Oh don't you look at me like that, I've been listening to you whine non stop" Jesse continued and I swear I felt Ty tense at my side. I'd never seen him embarrassed about anything before. "I wish Malia would call, I wish we'd run into her" Jesse mocked, making me laugh even harder.
"I wish Malia would text me, maybe I should call her and say it was an accident," Liam joined in on the fun. Ty reached over me and hit Liam on the back of the head. I moved my hand to Ty's thigh and he brought his gaze down to mine. I had the broadest smile on my face, had he really missed me that much? Ty's gaze softened on mine, his hand cupping my cheek and his lips pressing gently to my forehead.
"Gross," Liam groaned and I elbowed his side.
The group of us spent the next while sitting around the table laughing and catching up. Liam and Connor each order sandwiches from the menu, whereas Ty and I shared two different milkshakes. With every passing minute I felt myself leaning more into Ty's side. He smelled so good tonight, and it was taking every ounce of my concentration to stay focused on the conversation at the table. But I was suddenly jerked from the haze when Connor said "No one's sandwiches compared to Al's" and Liam responded.
"Meh I don't know, Malia makes pretty good sandwiches," Liam added in and my jaw nearly hit the floor. There's no way he really just said that after asking me not to tell Ty about him being in my house. And when I looked over to see Liam's face frozen about to take another bite from his sandwich, we both knew he'd made a mistake.
"What?" Ty's voice was cold and I could practically hear his teeth grind together.
"I- uh- I" Liam stuttered, slowly leaning farther into the wall, away from Ty and I. Ty had turned to look between us and I quickly raised my hand to his cheek.
"Liam was at my house last night, he was starving so I made him a sandwich, made him watch a lame Disney movie with me and we had a good talk," I cleared the air, telling Ty the whole story but Ty's eyes only narrowed at Liam. "Liam," Ty let out a growl, his eyes turning a scary kind of dark.
"Hey! You don't get to be mad. I'm not being mad about the fact that you had Liam literally stalk my house, so you don't get to be mad at him for breaking your rules and coming in the house or whatever." I pointed my and Ty's attention snapped back to me. His eyes softened as they met mine.
"I just wanted-" Ty began to explain but I was quick to cover his lips with my finger.
"I know, to protect me. It's okay, but next time please tell me before I nearly have a panic attack when there's someone creeping outside my house," I lectured and Ty just nodded in defeat. I couldn't help but smile. Ty definitely put up a tough exterior, but I could tell her was a huge softy - especially when it came to me.
"Yeah and you should be thanking me, I gave her the advice to make up with you so you're welcome," Liam butt in and this time I turned to narrow my eyes at him. He really wasn't making this better for himself.
"You took advice from Liam?" Ty raised his eyebrow at me. "Malia I think we should talk outside," He gritted his teeth and I knew he was upset but obviously trying to hide it from his friends. I nodded and reached to take his hand but he was already moving towards the door.
"Ty," I ran after him as he walked to the side of the building and leaned against the wall. He let out a groan and looked up to the night sky above us. I slowly walked up to him, stopped just a few feet away. We stood in silence for a few moments, and I wrapped my arms around my body suddenly feeling a chill. Although I couldn't tell if it was because of the cold breeze in the air or because I was missing Ty's body heat. I looked up to the sky along with him, noticing the bright full moon above us.
"What did Liam say to make you come tonight?" Ty finally broke the silence and I quickly turned to him.
"He didn't say anything about tonight," Ty was facing the ground now, but looked up at me through his dark lashes. I took a deep breath, I had to really come clean. "I wanted to text you last night, but I was arguing with myself, because you make me nervous and so crazy and I just didn't know what to do. And Liam gave me the cheesiest advice ever, but maybe I just really needed to hear it because now we're here together, with our friends, and honestly I'm have the best night," Ty looked deep into my eyes.
"He told me to stop overthinking things and to just do what makes me happy, and you make me so happy every time we're together Ty," I said and all the breath escaped my lungs as I was suddenly in Ty's arms, my back pressed against the wall, my lips pressed against his. Ty gripped my thighs, my dress riding up as he pressed himself between my legs. I wrapped around him, begging for more as his tongue massaged mine.
"Oh lovebirds!" Emily called towards us interrupting our kiss just in time. "We're going to my house, come over!" Ty waved back at her and I buried my face In his neck embarrassed.
"Come on," Ty whispered in my ear as he lowered me back to the ground."Malia and I are going to change but we'll meet you there!" Ty called back to the group as he led me back to his car. And by the darkness I saw in his eyes and his hand slowly falling lower and lower down my back, I knew Ty had other reasons for pulling me away.
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