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~Vanessa~

I groaned, glowering at Veloces as he stood there awkwardly. "I need to do something! Laying in a bed for three days doesn't sound fun." I whined.

He frowned, "You said you're pretty lazy at home."

"Yes, when I want to be lazy. I don't want to be lazy right now."

"You're one confusing wolf."

"I know."

He sighed and shook his head, a smile appearing on his face. He got in the bed and laid beside me, kissing my temple. "What if I stayed with you? I can do my paperwork in here..."

I frowned and thought about it. Honestly, I missed him and was beyond excited that he's awake and alive. He still has to take it easy so all he's doing is paperwork. Plus, we need to get to know each other a little more. It was all confusing before all this crap with Jeremy and Crudelis.

"That sounds good." I grinned, kissing him on the cheek.

He moved last minute, causing me to kiss him on the lips. I was froze but ended up following his movement as we kissed. It was full of passion and love, he was gentle with me. When we parted he smirked and I laughed.

"Smooth." I chuckled.

He grinned, "I try."

I waited quietly as he went to grab his paperwork, being in a bed when you don't want to be lazy is the most annoying thing ever. Any other time I'd gladly welcome bed rest, but today I just wanted to run and check up on everyone. How can I be a good Luna if I'm lying in a bed?

I snapped my head up as Veloces walked in, a brownie in his mouth and his paperwork in his arms. He closed the door then proceeded to grab the brownie and take a bite out of it. I raised an eyebrow at him, he sat down and opened a file.

He slowly looked up and looked around the room before settling his stare on me. "What?"

"Where did you get the brownie?" I asked.

"The kitchen."

"And you didn't get me one?"

He paled, "You like chocolate?"

"I'm a woman! Of course I like chocolate!"

"Do you want mine?"

I pursed my lips, "No, I can get Christine to get me one."

"I don't know...her and Clayton...um...are a little..." he trailed off, furrowing his eyebrows as he tried finding a way to tell me what they were up to.

I got the hint though and giggled a little, "Right. Well-

"I'll get you one, one sec." he cut me off and darted out of the room.

I sighed and played the waiting game again, but I did smile a little to myself. For someone considered so cruel and cold, he's one loving mate. Even though he abused me in the beginning, which I'm still a little uncomfortable about, but I do need to give him a chance. He didn't attack me last night, which is good.

Moments later Veloces walked in with my brownie, he handed it to me before plopping himself on the bed again. I took a bite out of it and moaned at the taste. Veloces chuckled as he read the file, mumbling how I'm adorable. While he did paperwork I decided to annoy him. It's so fun annoying your mate.

"Veloces."

"Veloces."

"Veloces."

"Vanessa, if you say my name one more-

"Veloces."

"No more chocolate for a month."

"Hey! No fair!" I cried out, slapping him on the shoulder.

He raised an eyebrow, damn, do all men look attractive when they raise an eyebrow and look at you? I swallowed the remaining piece of my brownie before pouting. He bit his lip and turned his head, focusing on the paperwork again. I groaned and fell back onto the bed, yelping as the pain spread. He was quick to check me, making sure I was fine.

"Veloces, I'm fine. Really, just calm down." I assured him, chuckling a bit.

He blushed a little, "Sorry."

"It's fine." I kissed him on the cheek.

He smiled a bit and got back to work, just like that he's boring again. I pursed my lips, "After my three days of bed rest, could we go on a run?"

"I was actually planning on taking you out on a date, if that's okay?" he said it as more of a question, looking slightly nervous.

I smiled softly, "That sounds great."

For the rest of the day I annoyed him and failed at it, he soon caught on and just did the same thing to me. Pain in the ass. Once he finished most of his paperwork we watched a movie together and ate popcorn. I cuddled up to him, smiling as I started to get tired. Veloces wrapped his arm around me and kissed me on the head.

"You know I love you, right?" he murmured.

I nodded slightly, "Yes, and I love you too."

As we laid there I thought over what we've been through and man has it been hell. He abused me, I rejected him and left. Then this whole war happened and brought us closer together. As I thought about how I almost lost him forever I pulled him closer or well, tried. He looked at me with worry.

"You okay?" he asked.

I looked up at him, "I'm just scare of losing you again."

"Hey, you're not going to lose me. Okay? We're stuck with each other."

"Good, because if you died or something, I would walk down to hell and drag you back up here by your ear."

He laughed then frowned, "Hey, what can't it be heaven?"

"Because, you're a demon."

"Am not."

"Yes you are."

"Oh, and what does that make you?"

"Satan, cause I'm your boss."

"Oh really?"

"Yes, really."

"Then, we're both going to hell."

"Yes, but you're going first."

"Nope, it's ladies first I believe."

"Exactly, you first."

"Hey!"

"Hey, how are you?"

I laughed as he just rolled his eyes, "You're such a pain in the ass."

"Nope, that would be you."

He smirked, "After your bed rest is over I might be."

I blushed at the dirty message, I swallowed and quickly looked away. My face feeling as if it were on fire. I couldn't even find anything to say as he just laughed. He pulled me even closer, if that's even possible. He gently grabbed my jaw and made me look at him, we looked at each other for a few seconds then our lips connected. We kissed for goddess knows how long and I can't say I hated it.

We parted and just cuddled with each other, enjoying the peace as we fell asleep in each other's arms.