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Rhen

Jedidiah and the boys finally came back and I was in Jedidiah's room laying on his bed. "So date night tonight? There is a carnival some towns over and it will be a triple date. It will be fun." I said to him. "Yeah, baby girl, whatever you want to do. Let me just shower and change." Jedidiah came and gave me a kiss on my head and went into the bathroom. I got up and went to his closet and grabbed a long sleeve dark blue shirt of his to wear tonight. I went to my room and grabbed my phone and called Bellamy. After a few rings, she finally answered. 'Hey.' She said. "What did he say? Are you coming?" I asked her. 'Yes, we are I actually wanted to come up to your room. So you can help me get ready?' She said. "Yes of course." I basically screamed in the phone. I hung up and changed quickly. I put on Jedidiah's shirt and I got a pair of my new light washed high waisted American eagle skinny jeans. I tucked the shirt in so that it wasn't as long. I put on my white pair of Filas. I decided to brush my hair all the way out and put it into two braids. I grabbed a pair of hoop earrings and a little bit of lipgloss.

I heard a knock on my door as soon as I got finished. "I don't know what to wear! I am freaking out." She busted in the room with a bag of clothes and put it on my bed. I walked over and helped her go through it. I found a white flowy off the shoulder dress that went right above her knees. I grabbed that and a pair of white converse to match. "This is perfect," I said to her. She changed her clothes and put the dress on. I sat her down at the vanity and ran my fingers through her hair. "Hmm, let's see what shall we do? How about we straighten it, something different?" I said to her and she nodded with a huge smile on her face. It took a while but I finally finished just in time when Jedidiah walked into the room. He looked at me and smiled then at Bellamy and whistled. "You look great Bellamy Vincent isn't going to know what hit him." He sat down on the bed when I gave Bellamy some final touches. "Okay, you are all good to go." She stood up and looked in the mirror and smiled. "I will see you downstairs. Again, thank you so much." She hugged me and walked out of the room.

"You look really good in my clothes," Jedidiah said smirking at me. "I think you're just going to have to wear something of mine every day." He sat up and grabbed me and pulled me in between his legs. He stuck his head in my neck and gave me a light kiss and it made me shudder. The feeling I get just from one small kiss on my neck was explosive. "And you smell just like me too." He laid another kiss on my neck and I couldn't contain myself and I moaned out loud. I felt my face heat up from embarrassment. I was going to step away but Jedidiah grabbed me and threw me on the bed and climbed on top of me. His eyes were pitch black and I could feel his excitement start to grow. If you know what I mean. His lips were centimeters away from mine and this could be the moment for us. I put my hands to his face hoping he would get what I was trying to say. After the longest wait, he finally connected our lips. It was soft and caring, and it sent electricity through my entire body. His hands were on my hips and I wrapped them around his waist wanting to close the gap but he kept me pushed down. "Not yet beautiful." He sat up and got off the bed. "Come on love, we have a first date we need to get to." He grabbed my hand and led me downstairs.

River and Kailani were in the living room already and so was Vincent. "River." I walked over to him and gave him a hug. I haven't seen him in a while and I missed him. I gave Kailani a small smile and looked over to Vincent. "Hey, you look nervous?" I asked him. "Yeah, Bellamy and I haven't ever been on a date. And I am just nervous someone will recognize us and say something. And it all just blow up in our faces." I rolled my eyes and crossed my arms. "Look, you love her right? And I know you haven't said it to her either but listen you need to fully accept her. She is dying inside, she hasn't said it but I can tell. Now you need to treat her like a freaking queen this entire date, do you understand?" I don't know what came over me or where that aggressive side came from but I kind of liked it? "Jeez Rhen, I didn't know you could be so scary." River said laughing. I gave Vincent one last stern look and walked back over to Jedidiah. I looked at the stairs and there was Bellamy, gorgeous as ever and VIncent thought so too. His mouth was wide open and so were his eyes. I had a little smirk on my face at his reaction. "Okay, let's go. It is about an hour and a half drive." I said. I grabbed Jedidiahs hand and walked out to one of the cars out front. "You ready baby girl?" Jedidiah asked opening the car door for me. "Always."

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We finally made it to the carnival and was in full swing. I know we said it was a group date but after we got our tickets we all ended up splitting up. Jedidiah and I were currently buying some cotton candy. "Do they have cotton candy in America?" I asked him. He just laughed at me taking a bite of his. "Yes. I'm pretty sure America invented it." He took a piece of mine and I teasingly pushed him away. "I would love to visit one day. What is it like? Tell me about your pack growing up." We walked and sat down at one of the picnics tables. "I was a part of a very small pack. Maybe 100 wolves. Everyone knew each other which made things 20 times worse. Anyways, when my alpha saw my growth he put me into intense training. My pack life wasn't great but as a warrior, I was able to travel and see places. I should take you some time, there are some beautiful places in all of America." He smiled at me. "I would love to visit! I have always wanted to. I read the books and seen all the movies. It looks so beautiful." I looked at him and took a bite from his cotton candy. "You are beautiful."

I couldn't contain my laughter at how cheesy it was. "You are so lame." I teased and I saw his cheeks heat up. "Jedidiah are you blushing? The big bad man is blushing." I leaned my head onto his shoulder and rested there. "I'm serious. You are beautiful, the moment I saw you even though it was in a cloak I knew you were beautiful. I know I pushed you away and didn't even give you a chance but I was afraid. Afraid that if you knew I wasn't glamourous and rich and the perfect mate your father told me you dreamed about. I was ashamed and I thought you wouldn't love and accept me. But I was wrong and I am glad that I overcame my insecurity when it comes to you. You are the best thing that has ever happened to me." I could feel my tears start to well up in my eyes at what he said to me. "You really mean all of that?" I asked him. He nodded at me and grabbed my hand and rubbed soothing circles on it.

"You are everything I could have asked for in a mate. I don't care about money or how 'glamorous' you may think I am. I just wanted a mate who will love me and care for me. That is what you are doing, you are everything that I dreamed of. You, Jedidiah." I put my hands to his face and rubbed his cheeks. We stared into each other's eyes and I slowly saw him lean toward me. After what felt like years our lips finally connected and sparks flew everywhere. It was soft and gentle, and his lips were rough and his face was scratchy from his slight beard. He pulled away slowly leaving me in a daze. I bit my lip and his eyes watched my everywhere move. "Ferris wheel?" He asked me. I nodded at him smiling. He grabbed my hand and helped me off the table and we headed to the Ferris wheel. So far this has been the best date ever.

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