Prideful

"What's wrong with her, why won't she just talk to us?" Chase threw a glass plate into the sink causing it to shatter.

"Her past it's preventing her to be able to talk to us. She's afraid we are like everyone else." Even though Dylan was the one to lock her in the room he understood her. Someone made her trust less and less till there was no trust left. If they were still alive Dylan would kill them.

"Still you would think she would understand her situation and give up this nonsense."

Cole was listening to the conversation like he always did. They were prideful they would never admit when they were wrong. Turning away he knew what he had to do.

"Where are you going?" Both Chase and Dylan questioned following Cole right to Isabelle's door.

"Cole what are you doing? Do you really think she is willing to talk to us?" Dylan knew a lot about people to know Isabelle would stay in there at least over night, before she cooled down.

Cole didn't say anything though and reached for the handle.

"Cole I know your in charge, but if we don't hold up our end, if we don't stick together she will leave." Chase couldn't possibly understand what Cole was thinking.

"Your right both of you are. So follow my lead." Without giving them more time to think about it Cole entered the room. Followed by Dylan and Chase.

"I'm not hungry." Isabelle said choked up from crying "Please leave."

Cole not listening to anybody wasn't about to start now. He sat on the edge of the bed and reached for Isabelle's leg. Only causing her to wrap her arms around her legs into a ball form.

"I'm not ready to talk to you so go away."

Dylan had told her only when she was ready to talk would they come in. Other then to give her food and she wasn't hungry. So why were they still here?

"I know your not ready to talk to me and trust me. I don't normally talk to people, but I want you to know what I have to say is important. I could just easily give up walk out that door and wait, but I prefer to make this different. So I'm going to talk if you don't want to don't, but when I'm done I'm going to leave unless you ask me not to."

Cole paused waiting for a response when he didn't get one he continued.

"Isabelle we don't want to trap you here in this house. One we have work to do, and two you mad at us isn't very fun. Had you only told us were you were going someone would have accompanied you where ever it was to. I understand why you didn't. We are alpha's and most alpha's try to control omega's and own them. That is not us, we want you to be safe that is all. You have someone after you and we want to help."

Isabelle didn't understand that Cole rarely did this. Most of the time pride took over and he ignored most people, but Chase and Dylan knew. Which is why they stayed silent. The whole room was silent for a good five minutes till Isabelle spoke.

"Why, why do you even care about me." Isabelle didn't look up from her knees, she just sat there waiting for a response. She didn't know if she wanted it to be a bad one so she could laugh, or it to be a good one to forgive them.

Cole didn't know what to say to that all he could think about was, why Isabelle felt as if she wasn't important? That she was just scum at the bottom of his shoe. Someone he could just get rid of.

"You have been hurt in the past and I know your not ready to talk about that either, but I care about you. Everyone is worth caring about. Someone could always use someone in their corner, and right now you don't have anyone. I don't have the perfect answer for you. There is just something about you I can't let go of, and there is something about me you can't let go of. So for right now what do you say it's still early enough you can still do some stuff."

Isabelle listened she expected that but she didn't. He was here out of pity yet she wasn't mad. He was right it was good to have someone in her corner. Soon enough they would be gone for good. Couldn't she just learn to be happy like this just for the time being?

"Thank you Cole for coming and talking to me. I'm sorry I snapped, I just wanted to find my friend I was with a few night ago. Finish my shift at the bar, and then go to the bookshop. I just want to live my normal life. I'm not really in the mood to go anywhere with you guys so I'm just going to stay here."

Cole looked at Chase then an idea popped into his head "If you would still like to go out tonight you can, we have to go to the office so we won't being going with you."

Isabelle's head popped up excited, but then she realized there would be a catch. So she calmed down and waited.

"But you must take someone with you. There are a few people we trust you can pick one of them to go with you. But you may not go by yourself."

There was the catch. She would have to have some stiff body guard. Then she thought of every other night how she would at this time go to the bookshop, and read to little kids that there parents dropped off for an hour or two. Thinking about them she couldn't let them down. Just why couldn't it just be someone she knew?

"Okay Cole I'll make the deal I can go anywhere right?"

"Within reason, but yes Isabelle. The people you can chose from tonight is either Jack or Zack.

Isabelle giggled inside her head Jack or Zack really? Then she remembered Zack she liked him, well more than most people. She could live with that choice, but Jack why did that name sound so familiar? Maybe because it sounded like Zack.

"Isabelle?"

She was taking to long that Cole had to get her attention. "Sorry um can Zack please go with me?"

This made Cole smile, it wasn't perfect but they were getting somewhere. Things would work out. Looking at Chase again, Chase called Zack telling him he would accompany Isabelle to where ever she wanted to go. Hanging up Chase spoke.

"He said he will be ready in ten if you are."

With those words spoken Isabelle jumped up and ran to the bathroom.

"You know last time Zack was with her he."

Cole cut Chase off "I know Chase but he's the only one she knows right now we can't push it."