Now able to see him I couldn't. It was like he was in clouds. I go to look at his face but find a haze of white. I can't even smell him anymore. 

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I sigh waking up from another disappointing dream. I look to the other side of my bed half expecting to find someone there but there isn't. I'm starting to think there never will be. It's been seven years since I turned eighteen and I still haven't found my mate. I've gone to countless singles parties and have been voted the hotest batchlor three years in a row. 

Hello my name is Andy. I'm a friendly guy and I love to make others smile. Most of my friends are girls but that's only because I won their friendship through their boyfriends through high school before they stopped being friends with me. 

I am an only child to the former beta of my pack. My father was the beta for the current Alpha's father which means my dad is on the older side but he was very proud that the only child him and my mom could manage to have turned out to be an alpha male. Having an older dad isn't bad though because he's trained me like they used to train our warriors. The new Alpha says the old ways were too dangerous but my dad always made sure I was safe.

If you haven't noticed I ramble a lot so bare with me please. Today I have two things to do. First, vistit my best friend. Second, go to a council meeting with my dad. I'm technicly not allowed to go to council meetings but because my dad is an elder that makes me a potential Beta or Delta to the future Alpha of the pack Justin. I have a lot of idea's I want to share but they think I'm stupid. You'll see why. Everyone does....

I knock on the store door to my friend Candy's shop since it wasn't open yet this early in the morning. She opens the door and greets me with the brightest smile and I return it. She smells sweet like sugar and has short brown hair. She's at least a foot shorter than me and is wearing a casual jeans and plain t-shirt outfit. "Cand-!" before I can finish saying hello she's pulled me into a tight hug. I nuzzle her hair and bask in my best friends happy scent. It's been a month since we've seen eachother and for a pair that never left eachother's side when we were young that was an outright crime.

"You big bastard!" She steps back and playfully swats my chest "I thought you died!" She puts on her fake pouty face that never works.

I laugh "you're the one who went on a honeymoon." I say ruffling her hair which makes her hands rush to fix it.

For those of you trying to ship me with Candy she is married and is the future Luna. Yes that's right she is Justin's beloved mate the candy girl herself mrs. Candy Turinth. Or well Candy Wells now since she's married.

"well I didn't have service so I still thought you died!" she pulls me into the shop by the collar of my shirt before forcing me to sit in a salon chair. Candy runs a hair salon.

I quickly put my hands over hy hair to protect it from her oncoming sizors. "Candy wait I just got a hair cut!" she pawses and then puts them away shrugging.

"It was worth a try but next time wait for me to come back instead of having your mom cut your hair." she plays with it a bit and in the mirror I can see her look of disgust. "It's still so long."

Candy has always had a passion for doing hair and since my hair grows so fast when we were little she would experiment on me much to our parents dismay. My mother always would just laugh at the choppy hair cuts that Candy promised made me look like a tough guy. I was five and I was defininatly not tough. My father however thought it was embarassing and would have my head shaved. In a week I would have some of it back but Candy would still take a pair of sizors to it to try out the "latest style". I never minded I just liked watching her do something that made her happy. 

After catching up and helping her set up the salon for the day I was ready to go for a run. "are you going to the council meeting today?" I asked her during our customary good bye hug.

"Nope not today but you know Justin has to but if you get bored text me and tell me what they're talking about okay?" she pulls away and gives me the look the 'you'll be okay Andy I promise' look that she always gives me before a meeting. She's knows they people in that meeting don't respect me and don't even think I deserve it.

I smile hiding my fears deep inside "Okay I'm going for a run before but I'll call you after to fill you in on everthing" she nods still smiling at me and still giving me the look but I'm already out the door.