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"You play with fire, you get burned, You should have known better than to mess with Colton's family. I think he could have forgiven anyone else, but not him.... You brought it on yourself and I'm still pissed at you for it." Meadow huffs, crosses her arms and shoves her feet up on the dash to get comfy. Meadow's pose is casual, loose, making it clear she really is not intimidated, and this is usually when you should be the most wary of her. She can turn in a flash and with her speed, calm to death switch in a blink. I squirm in my seat, trying to visually warn Meds to cool down and back off, my expression being blanked by her regardless.

"What's new. Meadow being pissed is a daily occurrence. I wouldn't know what you looked like if you didn't always snarl my way." Carmen eyes me with a slight raise of her brow, not backing down either and Meadow glares right back at her.

"Don't be making funnies about me puta, I will still own your ass." It's a veiled threat with intent and the air notches up in degrees as I begin to feel hot. I can't even with the swirling toxic smog around me coming from both sides. Wriggling as I feed on their hostile moods.

"Yeah yeah.... Like anything you can do would be worse than anything Juan did. I'm not as scared of you as I once was." Carmen sighs and points at a road sign for a turning that isn't clear, with both arrows signing for our destination and Meadow sits up to gesture to the left, nodding she should go that way as she swivels her head and looks around to be certain. A break in the standoff as focus is redirected and then returns to battle mode as soon as she sits back.

"I think I could make that change." Meadow grins salaciously and this time I've had enough of this almost testosterone like pissing competition of strangeness.

"Enough. Meds, behave. Carmen, ignore her. Can we maybe go back to silence and my brain can be saved from a second headache." I sigh, tired, weary still, and not wanting to spend the rest of this drive listening to these two out bitch one another with threats of violence.

"Know your place. Lorey is MY best friend... she don't need any more femmes in her circle!" Meadow spits, annoyed that I stuck up for Carmen in a way, her ego bruised, and her feelings bashed as she turns back to curl up against me possessively. Linking her arm in mine with a tug and settling her head on my shoulder back in the position she slept. She fully hems me into my corner and turns her body, so her butt faces Carmen and she snorts in disgust at her.

I giggle as it hits me full frontal and completely lifts my mood. Meadow is jealous! That's what all this posturing is and why she changed her tune so god damn fast once we hit the road. It's as cute as when Colton gets territorial and ridiculous over equally absurd things and I beam, enveloped in affectionate warmth that my crazy Chica is sulking over this.

Her asking Carmen along at the house changed rapidly when she realized I was not being hostile and asked her to give Carmen a chance. I see it now, why she's being so cold and looking to upset the girl. I stopped hating on her and have shown her a modicum of compassion, and Meadow is a hot fiery Latino with a green streak a mile high at times. All this, Meadow is being very wolf in her possessive and almost territorial protection of a femme she considers her family. I may not be her mate, but she's my momma wolf, my sister, my best friend, and she doesn't like it one bit that I'm trying to let Carmen redeem herself. I laugh inwardly and hug Meds with a little more force than necessary and shake my head at her.

I love you, you crazy femme. God, I now know what Cesar deals with if you ever see someone as a threat, and I bet this is nowhere near the intensity of what he deals with. She will never replace you.... stop with the hostility.

I mind link her so Carmen doesn't hear and Meadow frowns at me accusingly, that sulky hint of a tantrummy child all over her pouted pretty face. Her eyes blazing with fire.

Just don't get too cozy and remember which sister always had your back. I don't need a sob story to make you care about me... this bitch better realize we come as a pair and she's a temporary add on.

Oh Meds, you're impossible but I love you. I have to hold in my beaming smile, twisting in my seat to stare out the window while I cover the urge to laugh and chide her verbally.

You better love me more than everyone else, with exception to Cole. Or I may stick that skank under the truck and drive over her a couple hundred times.

"Go back to sleep. I want to nap too." I warn her affectionately, being verbal and letting Carmen hear so she knows she's about to get peace once more. I dismiss Meadow's behavior and curl back into position, wrapping my arm around her snugly. She throws Carmen a sideways glare and then smirks as she nuzzles against me and closes her eyes. She really is hopeless.

Without her mate to take all this attention and jealous swirling affection, I guess I may have to deal with the heightened version until we get our pack back. Truth is I feel sorry for Carmen in all of this and wish Meds would just ease up for now.