What was the point in trying to keep  it a secret if they already knew. There  was no point in denying it because I  know she would continue to hassle me  if I said I wasn’t.”Yeah”. I chewed my bottom lip.”We’re having a baby”.”I knew it”. Alanna laughed. “I knewyour scent had changed. I can’t believe  I’m going to be an auntie”.”Amazing news Leah I’m so happy foryou”. Lacey spoke.”You’ll be a great mom Leah”. Lanaadded.I was the one that wanted to keep it  a secret, but I felt so much relief after  telling them. Keeping a secret this big  was hard especially from your bestfriends. Jake on the other hand,I wasn’t  sure how he was going to react to me  telling them.”How far along are you?”. Laceyasked.”You must all promise me that youwon’t say anything. Jake doesn’t know  I’ve told you”.”Great”. Lana huffed.”Another reasonfor him to hate me”.Eh?”Not this again”. Alanna sighed.”Shethinks Jake doesn’t like her”.Ŵw𝑤.𝓃𝘰𝘃é𝓁w𝘰𝓡𝗠.č𝓞𝗺”Why wouldn’t he like you?”. I asked.She shrugged.”Just a feeling I have”.She was being ridiculous and if Jake  didn’t like her, she would know fordefinite. He wasn’t shy when it came to  people he didn’t like. In fact, he wasn’t  shy about anything. If he had  something to say best believe he would  say it. Good or bad.”Well, your feelings are all wrongbecause if my brother didn’t like you,  he’d tell you to your face”.She hit the nail on the head with that  one. But I didn’t want this to turn into a  bickering match between them. We all  know how much they loved to argue  with each other.𝓦𝗪⒲.𝚗𝑜𝗩𝔼𝓵𝕨𝕆ⓡⓜ.𝔠ℴ𝗺”So, can I count on you all to keep mysecret?”. I asked.They all agreed to keep it hush hush.  I wasn’t worried I trusted them. We  stayed a little while longer catching up.  Drinking coffee and eating cakes.

“Can I ask what the pack meetingwas about today?”.I didn’t miss the look Lacey gave  Alanna. The look of you need to answer  that because I’ve got nothing, and I’ll tell  her the truth.”Boring as always”. Alanna sighed.”Imean it’s the same rubbish every time  we have one. You didn’t miss much trust  me”.Hm. It scared me a little at how good  of a liar Alanna really was, but I didn’t  push for the truth. I would find out  eventually.𝘸𝓌𝕨.𝓷𝗼𝕍𝗲𝓛𝓌⒪𝓻⒨.𝑐𝓸𝕞”I’ve missed this”. Lacey smiled.”I’vemissed us all hanging out together and  to think this could be our last time”.Thinking about that made me sad.”No, we still have the graduationparty my mom’s throwing for us”.Alanna spoke.”Have you decided on what you’regoing to do yet?”. I asked.Maybe it wasn’t the right time  considering what happened between  us last night, but I still wanted to know.”Lana lets go for a walk along thebeach”. Lacey suggested.”Eh no its freezing”.”Then come with me to thebathroom”.”I’m going with him. We leaveMonday”.”And you’re still not happy about it?”. Ifrowned.”I’m leaving my family behind, mypack behind. I don’t need to be happyabout it Leah. But”. She paused.”I can’t  live without him, and I know if I don’t go,  I’ll be miserable”.”He doesn’t want to go”. I spoke.”Hefeels like he has to. Theres so much  pressure on him to do the right thing. I  want him to stay but he has to make  the decision on his own, you both have  to make the decision”.𝘄𝓦𝘄.𝓷𝗼𝓿ⓔ𝓛𝘄⒪ℝ𝔪.𝓬𝚘𝕞”We did and we decided to go. Wetalked last night, hashed everything out  and came to the agreement that we  would try it. I know we’ve always got a  place here if it doesn’t work out”.