Ice cream
Ashton was so excited that it was as if all my thoughts and conclusions had gone exactly the way he expected. He smiled excitedly and nodded quickly ...he was just like a wolf cub, full of life and energy!
"Luke said, through the time that Louis had been defending him, he had a smile on his face, and when Louis put himself between Zayn and Liam, Zayn hugged him from behind, and Louis didn't even react ...nothing! As if it was perfectly normal for them!"
Remembering the bruising of Ashton's hand and a few minutes ago when Louis pulled himself aside when my hand was on his side, my brows jumped up in surprise!
"There is a relationship between them that we don't know about! A close one ..."
"Exactly! Even when Liam left, Zayn got on Louis' nerves again, but Louis didn't do anything! And then he had a fight with Luke and Calum in the parking lot and accused them of letting an unnecessary fight happen, a fight that he was forced to choose between the most important people in his life. He said directly that Zayn is one of the most important people in his life! My important news was this ... Louis and Zayn have a strong relationship with each other!"
I straightened my hair with a smile and nodded with satisfaction. I knew that that amount of feelings that I was receiving today, couldn't be normal ...everything that happened today, was suspicious and I was quite expecting hearing something this shocking, and I wasn't wrong!
"I knew today's events were fishy!"
"So that's why you came here personally?!" When I saw his shocked and excited face I almost laughed out loud! What was he expecting? Did he really think that I had come to that store to buy a red suit?
"No, I came here to get to know your work environment to see if you have a problem or not! Are you ok? Of course, I came for this!"
"Oh...sorry boss!" He was apologizing but his face was full of happiness and excitement so I smiled too and clapped him on the shoulder.
"Alright...well done, that was useful information and I needed to know that. Keep up with the good work and hurry, you have less than two weeks and you still don't know which one is the alpha..."
"It's obvious it's Loui..." When I glared at him angrily he quickly stopped and lowered his head with a short apology...he was like a human jukebox!
"It's not clear yet. We only have time until the end of this week and we have to figure out which one is the one we want. We all are in danger and the leader of our southern ally is furious and he can't wait more than a few days ...now that we have a chance, we have to do our best."
When I mentioned the leader of our southern allies and the difficult situation that they were in, he nodded and frowned a little. Their situation wasn't good at all and Ashton, as one of my best people, knew this very well...
"I heard he lost five of his best people recently... he should be furious! How can you calm him down, boss? He's so moody and rude!"
Everyone has the same opinion about him like that and of course, they're right, that vampire is many things but collected and polite!
"Coping with Hale in his normal mode is not that hard, but so far all the casualties have been from his people. Ever since we lost our leader, that bastard has forgotten the boundaries and all the rules we had and is doing whatever he wants ... Our southern allies lost the most members ... Hale has the right to be this nervous! You don't get to rest from now on, tell your people to watch and monitor Zayn 24/7... Also, I don't want you to take your eyes off Louis. Understood?"
"Of course boss, just one thing...are you leaving tonight?"
I took a deep breath and nodded. I was fed up with everything that was happening at the same time...I didn't want to go but I had to, I was in charge to handle everything until we can find our alpha!
"Yeah ... I have to go tonight to get to the meeting by tomorrow. This meeting is so important ...Hale lost his younger brother two days ago and right now his blood is boiling, I have to go to calm him down."
"Take care of yourself, boss ... be sure to take some of our best warriors with you. It's a dangerous situation!" He said worriedly and I smirked devilishly...He had never seen me angry, otherwise, he knew that I wouldn't have a problem without any help!
"He never takes such a risk to hurt me. He knows that even if he wants to, he can't do that easily ...besides, we have the original alpha on our side, He is smarter than that to do something like this!"
When I mentioned the original alpha, he smiled excitedly and nodded quickly! He thought I didn't realize he glanced at Louis, but I did and smiled a little ... he really liked him!
"I know he can't hurt you boss, but you can't be too careful! Vampires tend to lie a lot!"
"Okay ... you should also pay your full attention to Louis, don't let your betas make idiotic mistakes ... now is not the time for any distraction, they should be careful as much as they can, the situation isn't good and Caesar's people are everywhere, they know no rules and limits. I made the center base completely secure and at the moment only the four of you are outside the base, so you should take care of yourself ... Do you understand?"
"Yes boss, everything is under control." When he said with seriousness and confidence, I was relieved a little. I really needed such confidence in his face!
"Okay. I'm saying it for one last time...Focus, keep an eye on both of them and everything...nothing should happen until I return!"
"Of course, rest assured, boss. I will not allow anything to happen to anyone, you can trust me!"
I patted his shoulder and left the store with one last look at Louis who was still asleep...I could only hope that nothing would happen in my absence...I didn't have a good feeling about this!
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Tired, I laid down on the table and tried to sleep for a while. With last night's rest, my shoulders and arms healed completely, but I couldn't sleep until morning. I felt like someone was staring at me all night but I was so worn out that I wasn't willing to move an inch to see what was going on!
"Louie? Are you sleep?"
I raised my head a little and stared at Niall, who was staring at me curiously. Where was he yesterday? I needed my other best friend so much... Now that I'm thinking about it, I no longer have two best friends...just because of my stupid reasons... the same reasons that I'm losing faith in it myself!
"I'm so sleepy, but I can't sleep in a crowded place."
"Fancy seeing you here! I thought you didn't know where the cafeteria is! You'll eventually die of malnutrition, buddy...Do you know how thin you are for a grown man?"
When he roasted me with a big smile and sat in front of me with his exceptional audacity, I sat up straight and rolled my eyes at him...that bitch! Why did I even miss him?
"Let me see your six-pack abs every once in a while, master! You weigh five pounds more than me, Niall! I just wonder what happens to all the food you eat! "
"I can explain it to you later ...For now, why Collins is staring at you like that?"
With Niall's suspicious tune, I glanced at Zayn who was staring at me with a big-ass proud smile on his face... the expression of an asshole, as expected!
"I think he wants me to breastfeed him!"
"Your boyfriend finally left you huh?"
Tiredly I raised my middle finger which caused Zayn and his minions' great joy and laughter. Luke and Calum were with them and that ruined my plan a bit ... It was impossible to curse them all together like this anymore!
"By the way...Where is Liam?"
When I avoided his eyes and took a deep breath, he glanced at Zayn and his group and turned to me with round eyes. He had the right ... if he was here yesterday... he would be even more surprised!
"Louie? What is he talking about? Did you really fight with Liam? I wasn't here for just one day! Talk!"
I was embarrassed, but it was worse if he hears from others what a stupid thing I did yesterday, so I took a deep breath and explained to him the summary of what happened yesterday! And as I expected, he didn't react well at all!
"Zayn again? How could you let him do that to you? How could you choose that bastard over Liam?"
I rubbed my neck sadly and took a deep breath to prepare myself to defend my decision when one of our classmates came into the cafeteria and caught everyone's attention with a loud whistle!
"My cousin just aced his final project and wants to treat all the lucky people in the cafeteria. Who wants ice cream?!"
I shook my head in despair as the cheerful and loud noises rose in the cafeteria...in this situation, there is no difference between poor and rich ... Everyone loves free food!
"Sit tight. I'm not done with you and I'll be back in a minute!"
I laughed when I saw Niall's reaction...you can stab Niall in the chest with an ancient sword and easily distract him with a sandwich!
Bored, I glanced at the crowded cafeteria and tried to find Liam, but I knew I couldn't find him if I wanted to ... he didn't want to see me! What I've done? I have been fighting with myself since yesterday to understand why Zayn is so important to me that I was willing to lose Liam because of him, but I didn't achieve any results! What is wrong with me?
"Here you go! I got cocoa ice cream for you ... your favorite. Go on...talk...I'm listening!"
I smiled a little, as I played with the small plastic spoon... He was so busy with his ice cream that he wouldn't notice if I said anything either, so I let him be and ate a spoonful of my ice cream ... Why are free foods always tastier?
I had eaten almost half of my ice cream when a strange noise came from the table where Zayn and the boys were sitting... I unconsciously got up and went towards them. I pushed the crowd aside until I could reach their table, but my blood froze when I saw Zayn vomiting blood...and my heart stopped…