Secretly Mine by Me =/ (the gingerbread man read aloud .TXT) 📖

but they are smiling and Blair's arm is hooked through her daughters. I look over at Dylan with my mouth slightly hanging open, and he smirk at me. They stop in front of us, and Dylan starts slowly nodding at Alex, not meaning for anyone else to see.

"What's for dinner?" My dad asks, once again wiggling his eye brows.

"Whatever you're making." Alex answers for her mom. The look of complete disbelief creeping over him face was priceless. We all laugh and he scowls. "Oh calm down. I'm kidding. Jackson's making it." My smile disappears as I turn to look at her.

"B-but... No kitchen. Bad. Bad kitchen. Fire, food, burn. No." I croak out. She bites her lip to stop herself from laughing and I have to hold back a growl.

"Fine, I'll help you. Mom, you okay with that?" She looks over at her mom who's nodding. She leaves her daughter and plops down next to her mate and snuggles up to him. 

'That should be Alex and me.' I think to myself.

Shut up. Its not going to happen. My wolf says that and I get a little upset but ignore it. We go into the kitchen and she tells me to wash my hands. I do as she tells me to and she gets out ingredients.

"What are we making?" I ask her.

"Just some simple chicken parm." 

"You and I have different definitions of simple. How can I help?"

"Do the dishes when I'm done with them." She says backing me up from the stove where she's starting to go to town. I do as she says but 45 minutes into it I'm bored.

"Alex. Alex. Alex. Alex. Alex. Alex. Alex. Aleeeexxxx." I poke her over and over again. 

"What??" She spins around to face me.

"I'm bored."

"Get off me, you weirdo." She pushes against me but I only move a little. "Jackson I'm cooking!" She protests.

"But I'm bored." I whine. She sighs and turns back around where she's currently frying some vegetables. And go directly behind her and put my chin on her head.

"Get off! You're acting like you're three." She elbows me, kind of softly but kind of not. I stay put but her elbow soon meets my stomach but harder this time. I fall on the floor with a grunt and she turns around. Her eyes widen as she sees me gripping my rib cage. "Oh my God, are you okay?? I was aiming for your stomach and... I'm sorry! I- You Asshole." I start laughing at the fact that she believed my act and she huffs and turns back to the stove.

"Aww I'm sorry." I wrap my arms around her from behind and she tries to shove me off.

"I have a hot pan and its about to meet your face." She states causing me to back up.

"I... I was just getting plates out." I can tell she rolls her eyes at me and slightly shakes her head but she chuckles too.

"Weirdo."

Chapter twenty-two

~Alex~

 

We sat down for dinner and begin eating.

"I'm never cooking again." My mom says with her first bite. Ashton and my dad are just shoving food in their faces and Jackson goes to take his first bite.

He lets out a little moan while saying, "It's amazing Alex." I have to shove food in my mouth to stop from growling/whimpering at his moan. We continue through dinner uneventful until it came to who was doing the dishes.

"Alright people, dad and Ash are going to be doing to dishes. Alright? Alright." I state getting up and putting my plate in the sink. 

"I thought you loved me!" My dad exclaims putting his hand over his chest like he was hurt.

"I do. Enough to let you have the privilege of washing the dishes." I smile sweetly at my dad as he and his best friend grumble. "God you guys are babies." I roll my eyes as I take the rag from Jacksons dad and the drying towel from mine. I hand the rag to Jackson while taking his hand and dragging him to the sink.

"But Alex... I already did the dishes." He complains.

"And? Do some more." Our moms laugh at us as we start the dishes and they sit and talk at the table, about something I can't hear no matter how hard I try. Wait... Damn I'm stupid. They aren't talking talking, they are bond talking. "How's school going?" I ask Jackson, making small talk.

"Eh. Girls are so annoying. They think that just because I'm the quarter back, that I'll sleep with them 24/7 It's just so annoying. Football is okay. The team this year sucks, besides Joey, Brad, and me. Classes are okay. The best are with y-" he starts coughing mid sentence and I start patting his back.

"Are you okay?" I feel kinda bad but I laugh.

"Wow, thanks. Really feeling the love." He says straightening up. 

'Damn, can't you tell I do love you???' I think to myself before my wolf tells me to shut up because it'll never happen. Ugh.

"You're welcome. What were you saying?" I ignore my own feelings and push the conversation forward.

He clears his throat before saying, "Oh nothing." We do the dishes and go to our separate rooms before I realize something. I go to his door and knock on it. "Yeah?" He asks opening it.

"You skipped school today. Because of me. Why?" He gulps before answering.

"I- I was worried. You know I t-thought it was my fault. But you're okay so, bye." He shuts the door and my mood darkens. Not mad darkens, but I'm honestly really sad. I thought maybe he cared more than if it was his fault but I guess I was wrong... Damn...

Chapter twenty-three

 ~Alex~

 

I'm ignoring Jackson at the moment. He said hi this morning but I just kept walking. We're in my car right now and I still am. I know I'm probably over reacting but I am hurt. I really thought he cared. We arrive at the school and I get out leaving him in the car. I hear him sigh and follow me out.

"Alex, what did I do?" He runs up to my side. I continue walking until I'm in the building at my locker. "Alex, just answer me!" He leans up against the locker beside me. I get all my stuff and start walking. He grabs my wrist to stop me and I surprisingly dont feel pain. What? I cut last night so why didn't it hurt? I pull from his grip and rush the the girls bathroom.

"What the hell?" I ask pulling up my sleeves. All I have are scars... Ugh. I didn't press hard enough so it healed right away. 'Thanks wolf gene's I roll my eyes at my thoughts but shake it off and go to my first class. That goes on uneventful, besides the whispers. Same for the next one. Lucky me though, Jackson's in my last morning class. He sits next to me and continues to fight for my attention but when I quickly leave class I think he finally gives up. At lunch I sit with Brooke and Amy. Brooke is a member of our pack but Amy is human. I dont hear much except for Brooke saying her birthday is tomorrow and bits and pieces of other things. My mind is on Jackson the entire time. Ugh.

The rest of my classes come and go like my third. When I go to leave, Jackson is already leaning on my car. His eyes are on my as I pause at the front door of the school. I take a deep breath and resume walking. When I'm in arms length of his, despite my attempts at going to the side, he picks me up and throws me over his shoulder as if I weigh nothing. He steals my keys and puts me in the passenger seat. Shutting and locking my door, he walks to the other side and opening the door. Without a word, he starts driving. I sigh and watch the world fly by through the window. I close my eyes and listen to the road under the tires and low hum of the music through the radio. I open my eyes and find us in the middle of a forest. I turn towards Jackson to find him staring straight ahead with a grip on the steering wheel so tight his knuckles are turning white. I try to jiggle the door handle but it's locked and my locks from inside stopped working.

"Talk. To. Me." He demands not taking his eyes off a tree in front of us.

"Look I wasnt in the mood to talk okay?? That doesn't give you the go ahead to kidnap me and lock me in my car!"

Chapter twenty-four

~Jackson~

 

"Bull." I state flatly. I was fed up with her ignoring me all day so I did this. "You were talking to Brooke and Amy. And Joey. The second I came you rushed away. What, did you lie about not having a boyfriend or something and dont want me to find out??"

"No I just don't want to talk to you." She says turning to look out the window again.

"Why?" I loosen my grip on the wheel a tiny bit as I wait for her answer.

"I just- It doesn't matter." She cuts herself off and I growl.

"Tell. Me." 

"No! Stop asking!" She uses a more authoritative tone but my wolf is beginning to come out so it doesn't do anything.

"Alex! Tell me!" I see my normally brown eyes start turning yellow in the rear view mirror but ignore it.

"No." She growls back. I whip around to her, and grab her chin, bringing her closer to me. Dangerously close...

"Alex just tell me. It isnt that hard." I growl not removing my eyes from her turning red ones.

"Because you dont fucking care." She states, grabbing the keys