[Graduation Party]
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Julian
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I really couldn't believe what had happened to . The mont that I was rescued from my Uncle's hidden room, my entire life changed. I never once in the nearly ten years that I was beaten and abused did I even think that I would ever live to have a dream about the future. Now here I was living my life free and happy and in love.
I had turned eighteen a little after the start of my senior year. I had taken every AP course I could, and I had even done dual enrollnt. And right there next to the entire ti was my boyfriend, Spencer.
We started to crush on each other the day we first t. I just felt drawn to him. He was the only person I truly wanted to spend ti with outside of my new family. And Spencer seed to feel the sa about . And best of all, our families didn't disapprove.
I was adopted by loving parents who weren't all that much older than , but they were the best ever. Spencer was the fourth of seven boys, but he also had two older sisters and two younger sisters, so that made him sixth out of eleven kids. Dead center and nowhere near the focus for who the next Alpha should be.
Thankfully, Spencer and I had been given full blessings to be together and in turn had spent the last two years together. Now though, it was the day of my graduation party and since Spencer's family had taken him on vacation for his eighteenth birthday, it would be the first ti that I saw him since he turned eighteen. Today was going to be the day that told us if we were true mates or not. I was nervous and excited at the sa ti.
My parents had spent a lot of ti planning out this party for . I was happy for that, I really was, but until I saw Spencer I couldn't feel that joy that I wanted to. I was literally pacing the house nervously all morning as I waited for the party to start.
"Jules, you need to calm down." My Papa Aaron joked with . It was weird seeing him and thinking about any word that was related to grandpa or grandfather. He still looked like he was no later than twenty-five or thirty years old.
"I know, Papa, I know." I tried to smile for him.
"Relax my boy." He ca over as he hugged with one arm around my shoulders. "I am sure that all will work out." His smile was always so cheerful that he was able to make us all feel better so easily. "Now, tell , what color flowers should I make for you?" He laughed softly.
"Maybe orange." I smiled at him in return and he squeezed my shoulders again.
"Good choice."
With a wave of his hand he filled twenty different centerpieces with orange flowers and crafted several benches scattered across the backyard with the sa orange flowers.
"See there, doesn't that look nice?"
"Yes, Papa, it does."
"Now, co with . Grandpa wants to give you a gift as well." Grandpa was another enigma. He was already one hundred and eighteen but still seed so lively and did so much on his own. He seed to have stopped aging at so point. Maybe it was Papa's influence. He was Fae after all.
When I got to where Grandpa was setting up a table full of food that our Chef, Kieran, made for the party along with Grandma Gabby and Tía Criztie. The three of them had officially beco the joint chefs of the house, always cooking together every chance they got.
"Hey Grandpa." I called out to him.
"Julian, my boy." He smiled at , and I felt a warm, loving feeling spread through . That was Grandpa's special ability, making you feel loved and wanted. "I wanted to give you my gift before the others got a chance."
"You didn't need to get anything, Grandpa." More than three years with them all, and I still got nervous over gifts when soone tried giving them to .
"Nonsense. You graduated high school, and after what you've been through, you deserve the reward."
He walked over to with a small wrapped gift that he held out for .
"Here, this is for you."
"Thank you Grandpa." I took the package with a sense of nervousness. At least it wasn't too extravagant. Well, too big at least.
I unwrapped the small gift and looked at the item in my hand. It was an antique pocket watch. I had seen and admired it so much over the last three years, but I never thought that I would ever have this as a gift.
"Grandpa?" I was in shock.
"I know how much you love that watch." He smiled at . "I had it cleaned, repaired, and inscribed for you."
"Oh my Goddess, Grandpa, thank you so much." I hugged him and felt like crying.
"Read it, boy. Don't just gawk at it." He laughed at , and so I opened the watch to see the words he had them engrave in it for .
To Julian,
You may not be my blood,
but you will always be part
of my heart.
-With love,
Grandpa Daniel
"Oh, Grandpa, I love it."
"I'm glad." He rubbed my back gently as he hugged tightly.
Following the gift from Grandpa, it was ti for the party to start. That ant that I would have guests arriving any ti now. I was excited because that ant that I would see Spencer soon.
"Jewel." Brayden, my baby brother who was two and a half years old now, was running to . He couldn't say Julian yet so he called Jewel.
"Juju." That one was Jodan, my other baby brother who was one and a half years old was running at as well. Being even younger, he had a harder ti saying Julian, so he just called Juju. That was what he called when he was almost one, and it stuck. I had lots of nicknas from the family depending on who it was that was talking to .
"Hey you two." I bent down to pick them both up and hugged them tight.
"Jewel, it's your party."
"Juju's party."
"That's right, it is ti for my party. Do you want to say hi to everyone with ?"
"Yes."
"Yeah." They grinned at , their tiny little cheeks puffing out with the wide smiles they gave .
The pack mbers that had accepted the new order easily were the first to arrive. They lived the closest after all. Then the kids from school that were coming. There were so humans here today as well, so we all had to make sure that no one did anything too off the wall while they were here.
After the humans started to arrive, the mbers from the next pack over were showing up. We had all started being really close to them, considering that my dad was the High Noble of our area and had to govern all the other packs around here. They had taken a liking to the way things were and were friendly with us all.
I saw Spencer's dad in the distance, and I knew that ant that Spencer should be here as well. And sure enough, there he was coming around the house with a big smile on his face.
"Look, Jewel, Spen."
"Spen Spen, Juju look, spen spen." My brothers were happily pointing him out for .
"I see him, I see him."
"Jewel go kiss Spen?"
"I want to." I smiled at Brayden.
"Go Juju, go." Jodan encouraged .
"I will see you in a minute." I kissed their cheeks and set them next to Flint who was standing nearby.
"When did I volunteer for babysitting duty?" He laughed at , then saw Spencer. "Ahh, I see how it is." The laugh got louder, but he didn't complain at all.
"Spencer!" I called out to him. Not seeing him for a week had nearly killed .
"Julian!"
Spencer ca running at when he saw . That wasn't what had grinning like a fool though. I could hear my wolf in the back of my head. It was howling with delight and panting at the sight of Spencer.
"He is my mate." My wolf kept repeating. "I can see it in him now. He is my mate." I was overjoyed.
"Julian!" I ran into Spencer's arms as soon as I got close enough to him, and he called my na again. "Julian, I feel it."
" too." I was grinning as he lifted up and spun around.
"You're my mate. You're really my mate. I'm so happy."
"I know, Spencer. Isn't it the best mont of our lives?"
"I'm happy for you." I heard my dad's voice behind .
"As am I." Spencer's dad was right there by him, shaking hands with my dad.
"Oh, my boy has his mate." Mom looked like she was going to cry. "Julian, I am so happy for the two of you."
Needless to say that the rest of the party was a really good one. I spent the rest of the day practically glued to Spencer's side. And the best thing of all was the gift that I had gotten from him. He had hoped that this would happen and planned ahead. He brought with him a set of matching white gold bands. They were promise rings for each other. I preferred to see them as engagent rings.. I was going to be with Spencer forever, and this just told that we would be getting married at so point in our future.
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