The Summer Moon
Chapter 78 -

Malia

"Okay seriously, how did you know I love Mexican?" I giggled, so happy I was skipping down the sidewalk beside Ty. His fingers interlaced with mine. He had taken me to a classy restaurant in the city that served amazing tacos and tortilla chips. I was practically salivating the whole time we were there, and for once it wasn't just over Ty.

"I have my ways," he wiggled his eyes brows at me. He turned in front of me, interrupting my steps as his arms snaked around my waist. "Lia," he whispered, looking down at me with those soft blue eyes. I melted against him as he continued, "I love you so much, I can't even begin to explain it." And I knew exactly what he meant, because I was feeling the same way.

I leaned up on my tip toes and pressed my lips to his. Ty eagerly kissed me back, his tongue gliding against my bottom lip and I tangled my hands in his hair to pull him closer. When we broke apart we were both breathing heavy. "I love you too," I whispered back, then he took my hand once more and we continued down the street, blissfully ignorant of the people around us.

As Ty held open the passenger door of his car for me, I gave him my sweetest smile and best puppy dog eyes. Ty raised his eyebrow at me as I pouted. "Tell me where were going next?" I asked, already knowing his answer but begging him to tell me anyways. Ty let out a laugh and rolled his eyes.

"No way, nice try baby," he said, gesturing to me one more time to get in the car so I followed his lead. He began driving and I quickly noticed we were heading out of the city and back towards town where we lived. I looked over at him and narrowed my eyes, earning myself a laugh from him as he noticed me. I quickly felt my impatience growing the longer we drove, and by the time the car came to a stop I was practically shaking with anticipation. I stepped out of the car as Ty opened the door and my eyes widened as I laid eyes on his house. The lights were off and the whole house was dark, then I turned to face Ty.

"Your house?" I asked, but he didn't answer. He only took my hand and led my forwards towards the door. He crept it open slowly and we stepped into the dark foyer.

"Surprise!" The whole room boomed as the lights flashed on lighting up the whole room around me. People jumped out from behind the furniture in every direction, throwing confetti and balloons up in the air. Streamers hung from the ceiling and a big happy birthday banner crossing the front hallway.

"Oh my god," I mumbled bringing my hands up to cover my mouth, my eyes burning slightly as I felt tears come forwards. This was so amazing, all these people here to celebrate my birthday - it must've taken Ty so long to set all of this up. I turned to him, my eyes only watering more as I saw the sweetest smile on his lips. "You did all this?" I mumbled to him but he only shrugged.

"I had help," he wrapped his arm around my waist and led me forwards towards all the people. I was quick to run out and hug Alana and Emily, knowing they had probably helped with all of the decorating.

"Happy birthday Malia," the both shouted in unison. Then Liam added in, "Happy birthday Lia," and pulled me into a hug that surprised me. I hugged him back lightly unsure what to do but I heard Ty laughing beside me.

"I can't believe you guys all came to celebrate with me," I smiled to the group around me, stopping on Ty already feeling lost in his eyes. It was amazing how much had changed in the short time I had lived here. In New York I had a few friends but really I was pretty isolated and alone. But here, this whole group was like a family and they had all just welcomed me in so lovingly.

"Oh Lia, stop getting so emotional," Jesse came over to wrap his arm around my shoulder and give me an awkward half hug next. "We're all happy you came around this summer, you made Ty fun again," Jesse pulled back and winked at Ty, making Ty roll his eyes.

Connor came up to us next, parting ways from the girl he had been with. He wrapped his arm around my shoulder casually and raised his beer into the air. "Cheers to the our luna, the best we could have asked for," he said and the whole crowded cheered in agreement.

"Guys," I moaned, my eyes beginning to water again. Then Ty's arm found my waist again and I leaned into him. Alana gave me a weird look and I shrugged it off trying to act casual, as if that was just a nickname. Although, I couldn't wait until Liam told Alana about the secret so that I could share all of this with her. Hopefully she would react better than I did.

The music began to play and everyone went back to socializing. Ty grabbed us a cup of punch from the bowl and everything felt so normal again. This was the best party for my birthday I ever could have asked for, to have Ty and all our friends around just like things were at the start of summer. Ty and I danced together for a while, we played Mario kart with the group, and everyone even sang me happy birthday as I blew out the 18 candles on my cake.

"Thank you so much for tonight Ty," I whispered as I curled up in his lap on the couch. It was getting a little late but the party was only just starting, more and more people were arriving and I even met a few more pack members. Ty ran his hand down my back, his eyes not leaving mine.

"I'm so happy you're enjoying yourself," he whispered back. Then the moment was quickly broken as I felt a hand close around mine.

"This is our song!! We have to dance," Alana was screaming, clearly very drunk. Emily clung to her back behind her, obviously not very sober either. The two of them stumbled around moving their hips to the music as Alana tried to pull me from Ty's laps.

"Have fun," Ty winked at me and I narrowed my eyes at him, really I was enjoying my time in his lap and totally wasn't ready to leave yet, but I was excited to spend some time with Alana and Emily. The 3 of us danced to the next few songs and I swayed my hips back and forth, throwing my hands in the air. Then I felt his warm body wrap around mine, sparks shooting across my skin. His hips moving perfectly against mine and I could feel my whole body heating up, begging for release. "We have to go," Ty whispered in my ear, and I could sense the urgency in his voice. I spun in his arms to face him, his eyes burning into mine.