“We were never officially anything… he spent a lot of time at our house growing up,” she said.
“But y’all were something?”
She groaned. “Yes… We hooked up a few times. I care about him, but we’re nothing.”
“What are we?” I asked. I’d never been insecure. Why the hell was I acting like this?
“What?” she shot out, her head spinning to look at me.
“I didn’t stutter, Zay,” I said.
“I don’t know,” she muttered.
The tightness in my chest returned. I knew I was being irrational, jealous in a way that wasn't fair to her. We both had a past.
She loudly sighed. “Firstly, you haven’t asked me anything. Secondly, do we need to be labeledtoday?”
The realization hit me in the face. She was right. How the hell could I expect her to know what we were when I hadn’t even asked her? To be what, my girlfriend? The term seemed so insignificant to what she meant to me.
“So, ask you after this is all over?” I said, finally managing to get something out.
“Yes,” she deadpanned.
“Deal,” I said.
“You were jealous,” she said, flashing me a smile.
“I was… I actually thought he was going to kiss you,” I said.
“Doubtful, maybe on the forehead. He hates PDA, and even if he did, I wouldn’t have let ‘em,” she said.
“Hmmm… are you okay with PDA?” I asked.
“I don’t know…I’ve never…” she trailed off.
“We shall test that,” I said, giving her a wink.
“We shall… so, who's all gonna be here?” she asked, changing the subject.
“No one you would know, maybe seen them around a couple of times. Just people that are ready for a change,” I said.
“Not your brother or…”
“Raphael, Daxyn and Benji are unaware of this meeting or this little uprising,” I said.
“Good,” she said, with relief in her tone.
“When we get there, there may be some who are surprised to see you alive and well,” I said.
“Yeah… I imagine that’d be a surprise,” she said.
“So, there is something else I should probably tell you before we get there… just in case it’s mentioned,” I told her.
I needed to tell her that I was bound to her. I knew that she didn’t want to put a label on us, but I also didn’t want her to hear me tell someone else this. While they may not like Ravik, they may be upset that she knows what we are and lives.
“Okay?” she replied.
“Um, remember how Lina mentioned something about binding and mating?”