Meg POV
Fifteen years old
We have just finished our last bout of tracker training. We had packed up our supplies and Dad was carrying the last of the coolers to the truck. I mind-linked with Mom to let her know that I was going to spend some time out by the stream she asked me to be home in time to help with supper. I walked over to Dad to let him know what I was doing, hugged him and headed off deeper into the forest. I wanted to stay out here and read by the edge of the stream. There is a spot that has a bit of a waterfall. It’s not very tall but it makes a nice calming sound which relaxes me. I started coming out here near the end of last summer when I stopped asking Quinn to go for walks with me. I had already noticed then that his attitude had started to change towards me. I haven't been able to figure out why. It is a nice spot to get away to and not too far from where the wild strawberry patch is. When the time of year is right the breeze will carry the smell of the ripened berries right past here. It adds to the calming effect of the area. For me anyway. It was a place to go that Quinn didn't know about. Then when Quinn started acting funny I started coming out here more. I would even trek out here in the snow. The trees are so beautiful when they are all covered in white. The stream is just big enough that it doesn't freeze but makes some very interesting designs on the rocks from the overspray. But today is unseasonal warm. It may already be the end of June but it still tends to stay a little on the chilly side this far up north, but today is good. I lay out the blanket that I brought along the bank of the stream near the waterfall. Taking a look around to make sure I’m alone, I strip off my shirt and jeans to reveal the bikini that I’m wearing underneath. I figured with the nice weather today I could get a start on my summer tan. Normally I don’t wear bikinis but I thought I’d give it a try after the changes that my body went through over the winter. I hadn’t noticed the changes at first, but when we went shopping for some new clothes it was obvious that my sizes had changed. Mom had made the suggestion of the bikini when we had seen the bathing suits on sale. I was just going to go with the tried and tested one-piece. Until Mom had found a dark moss green one with small white strawberry blossoms all over it. I wanted it instantly. Dad and Levi weren’t as happy about the way the bikini fit as Mom and I were. Dad mumbled something about me not being allowed to grow up yet because he wasn’t ready. I just turned fifteen what did he think was going to happen? The most embarrassing thing about the trip was having to buy some actual bras. I mean up until about four months ago I was just wearing camisoles. They were working fine, but Mom wanted to get me fitted properly. Which I guess is a good thing. With how well-endowed my mother is I will likely be the same by the time I’m finished growing. OHH I can’t wait. Can you hear the sarcasm?
I lay down getting comfortable. I set the alarm on my phone in case I fell asleep since Mom had asked me to be back in time to help with supper. I put on my sunglasses and laid back thinking about the last few months. Mom had understood when I told her that I just needed some time to myself for a bit today, even more so now after the tracker training. Things still have not gone back to normal with Quinn since that incident at the last one. He hardly ever talks to me. I had filled Mom in on some of the things that had been going on with Quinn hoping she could help me understand. He never even wants to be in a room alone with me. If I’m alone in one of the common rooms in the packhouse when he walks in, he immediately turns around and leaves without even saying anything. If I'm there with a group he'll stick around but acts like I'm not there. I tried to get the others to find out if I did something to make him mad at me. April said he wouldn’t even talk to her about it. Told her it was none of her business, and that she would understand because it was a guy thing, whatever that was supposed to mean. The guys were different though. Quinn must have told them what was going on. Even though they still wouldn't tell me. Levi did try to explain it to me. The answer I got from them was that it was nothing that I did it was something that was going on with Quinn himself. When I asked if there was anything I could do to help, they all shouted NO. I don’t believe them when they say it’s not me, because I’m the only one that he ignores. I’ve seen him going on dates and hanging out in the game rooms and dining hall with other girls. So what did I do wrong? Even today, he stayed as far away as he could from me. Asked to be on the other team, I think so he didn't have to talk to me. Then when I was just about to tackle him again like last time he jumped up and ran right to Reed so he could get out of the game some way other than me touching him. I have to say that hurt more than anything. I feel the lone tear slide down the side of my face. I guess I’m just going to have to get used to not having Quinn in my life because it sure doesn't look like he wants to be in it anymore.
I jump when I hear a twig snap to the left of me. I recognize the scent as someone who belongs to the Silver River pack that is in that direction. The area I’m in is considered a kind of neutral ground between the packs. The same as what the schools are. I see Matt, one of Silver River’s warrior trainees step out of the bush. He is the same age as Quinn so a year ahead of me in school. He has light brown hair that just skims his shoulders. He is almost as tall as Quinn, but nowhere near as broad in the shoulders. Arr, why do I keep comparing every guy to Quinn? I need to stop doing that.
“Hey,” He says as he walks towards me. "Meg, right?" I sit up and pull my baggie tee back on over my head. For some reason, I didn’t feel comfortable with Matt seeing me in just my bikini. It was almost like it wasn't for him to see. “Can I sit?” He asks pointing to the end of the blanket.
“Yeah, sure,” I answer pulling my feet towards me.
“What are you doing all the way out here alone?” He asks looking around before turning his gaze back to me and trailing his eyes over my body.
“I come out here whenever I want to contemplate life.”
He cocks his eyebrow at me. “Contemplate life? You’re what fourteen? How much life do you have to contemplate?” He asks with a chuckle.
“I’m fifteen thank you very much. I’m only a year younger than you. You jerk.”
“Exactly, I’m a year older with basically nothing to contemplate so much could you have?”
“Shut up,” I tell him as I take a playful swing at his shoulder. The giggle that escapes my lips is a genuine one, it’s been a while. I spent the rest of the time just talking and joking around with Matt. It felt nice to hang out with a guy close to my age and not get the sense that all he wants to do is run away. It is still not the same he's not Quinn. I don't know if the ache in my chest will ever go away, because it feels as if I've lost a piece of myself. The uneasiness that I felt earlier started to fade as we talked, but the whole time I was with him I had a feeling of being watched, but I never picked up on any other scents.
Quinn POV Fifteen almost sixteen-year-old As we packed up from the training session that we had just finished, I watched Meg mind-link someone, speak with her father, give him a hug and head into the woods. Where the hell is she going? Why are they letting her walk off into the woods alone? What if she gets hurt? Why the hell am I on the verge of panicking? I know she can take care of herself. Even though I have spent a good part of the last eight months trying to stay away from her. I have still watched her while she is training. I can't count the amount of times that I have had to hold myself back from running onto the field ready to pound whoever she was sparing with. I don't like to see her hurt. I know what I have been doing is hurting her. I just don’t know what else to do. She has had April asking why I was doing what I was doing. She had her brother and the twins ask too. I just wasn’t sure what to tell them all. There was no way I was going to try and explain to my sister t
Quinn POVTwo years later“Meg come on everyone is waiting.” I hollered as I walked down the hall towards the movie theatre. This was supposed to be just us tonight, just the group of us from the ranked families. A time to catch up with each other before school starts up again for my last year. We had all been so busy this summer we hadn’t had the time to hang out as much as we normally do, we had hardly even talked. And once school starts up it will get worse. We had even missed the last two tracker training games, but Dad said that they weren't a big deal anymore.The group of us had always been close, even with the age differences. There was that little bit of time when we were younger that the guys and I had decided that we didn’t want to do ‘girlie things’ with Meg and my younger sister April anymore. But that was before we got older and discovered that there was some ‘girlie stuff’ that could be fun just not with these two. That would just be weird. Meg is just a friend and that
Meg POV I watched as Quinn left. I know I shouldn’t have brought Matt tonight but I thought I could use him to hide behind, a way to hide my feelings. Feelings I shouldn’t be having. I mean it's Quinn. Our future Beta, my long-time friend I can’t have these types of feelings for him. But for the last month or so the thoughts I have been having about him are anything but in the friend zone. They have been there off and on in small amounts ever since that time in the woods when he pinned me to the ground. I am still not sure what I saw when he was in the stream that day, but every once and a while that image pops up in one of my dreams. So I guess I would have to admit that it had been longer than a month they have just gotten stronger in the last month. I have watched him develop, physically as he has increased his training to get ready to go to his Beta training next September after he graduates high school. I hadn’t noticed at first. At least I hadn’t until one of the girls at school
Quinn POV “She can do better than me too,” I mutter to myself as I make my way into the locker room. ‘Ash, what the hell man?’ Now he decides to shut up. His appearance tonight would explain some of my irritation and edginess tonight. Ash hadn’t shut up since Meg walked in. He kept flashing images of her on her knees sucking my dick, my head buried between her legs and the one that almost made me lose control. I had her under me screaming in pleasure. It was so real that I could feel her nails digging into my back and the tightness of her warm, wet pussy squeezing my cock as I drove into her. So when she said that she was going to call Matt I lost it. There was no way that he was going to experience what I had just been thinking about doing. No. Fucking. Way. I had her pinned to the door before I could even fully comprehend what I was doing. “You will not be calling him back.” I’m not sure who was more pissed me or Ash. I stood there holding her against the door trying to calm myself
Meg POV 10 months later Where the hell is he? I have finally got up the courage and now I can’t find him. I have spent this entire school year berating myself about the feelings that I have for Quinn. I just kept telling myself that it was normal teenage hormones. I mean look at the guy. There isn’t a straight female out there who wouldn’t want to at least look at him. I was doing well until about a month ago when that bitch Avery started going on about how Quinn and her were going to be mates. Come on really, there is no way that Quinn’s wolf would be attracted to a bitch like that. Physically, maybe I guess, but personality-wise, never. She is so convinced of it that she has even picked out everything that she wants for their ceremony when they are appointed into the Beta positions. This is just pathic in and of itself because even if she were to turn out to be Quinn's one of his possible choices and for some insane reason he picks her, it could be another five to ten years before
Meg POVI was woken from the restless sleep that I had been having by a thump. Sitting up and turning on the light I can’t see anything that is out of place. Maybe a bird got spooked and hit the window it wouldn’t be the first time that it had happened. I hadn’t been able to get that kiss out of my head I had spent two hours tossing and turning. I had images of Quinn making out with Avery holding her the way he had held me behind the school. Or would he be making out with some other girl? It’s not like he doesn’t have options. Then I thought about how desperate and confused he had sounded when I had blocked him. Maybe I should have given him a chance to explain. I wonder if he is still at the lake. I guess I’m awake now so now is as good of time as any to see if he still wants to talk. As I swing my feet over the edge of the bed they come in contact with a hard lump that groans and the strong scent of wild strawberries hits me. I quickly pull my feet back up and peer over the side. Qu
Quinn POV I really like having these dreams. Dreaming what it would be like to sleep with Meg in my arms. Wake with her in my arms. The only thing better would be for it to be real. Holding Meg against me during that kiss outside the school last night has only made it so that my mind can make holding her in a dream feel so much more realistic. I can feel her perfectly perky breast pressed against my chest while my arms are wrapped around her. The feel of soft skin that I can feel where her shirt has ridden up as I glide my hand down her body following her curves as they dip in at her waist before flaring out at her hip. Following her hip around to what I can only describe as the best ass on the planet. I let my body have its natural reaction to the feel of that warm round globe in my hand that is partially exposed from where her shorts bunched up. I pull her down onto my hardness as I lift my hips to grind against her. The soft moan that she makes sends a sh
Meg POV I’m sitting in the bleacher by the outdoor sparing ring watching the competition that is taking place. Shane, Aaron and Dad hold these about every three months or so to find out where everyone is sitting in their training. I have just finished mine for the day and I’m waiting on the rest of the gang. So we can get things ready for the party tonight. The twins, Shane and Mona are supposed to be going and meeting with a new member of the pack. I think they said her name is Heather and is a half werewolf. She is moving in with her human Grandmother who lives on pack lands after selling the land around her cottage to the pack. So it will be just Levi, April, myself and Quinn setting up. It’s been just over a month now since Quinn showed up in my room drunk the night of his graduation and he hasn’t said a word about it, but then again I haven’t either. I have been wondering if he thinks I don’t know he was there. I know he was there I’m just not s