The party isn’t being held at a dorm, but a house on the edge of campus. It’s a good size and is currently over filled with people.
Music blasts through the house as I step through the front door. It’s not that I’m not used to a house full of drunk people, I’ve lived my whole life being around that.
It’s that I didn’t enjoy the people back home. Here, it’s not so bad. People seem nice, normal? I mean, they’re not a crew of sick dangerous men so I call it a win.
Best part is, everyone’s scents mix together so I don’t need to worry tonight. But, I did take an extra suppressant just in case.
“Cam the man!” Someone shouts and I look over to see Jamie. He gives me a massive grin as he makes his way over. “Glad to see you came.”
“Thanks for the invite.”
“What are you drinking? We got it all.” Jamie wraps his arm around my shoulder and leads me through the crowd to the kitchen. I try not to breathe him in too much. While I’m not overly affected by his scent, he’s still an alpha. To me, he smells a little bitter. But he’s a nice guy and I don’t wanna be rude.
“Rum and coke?” I suggest.
“Coming right up.” I watch as Jamie makes the drink, chuckling when he fumbles a bit. I think he’s already had a few drinks himself. I don’t judge because my plan is headed that way myself. If I have to sleep in my car, I’ll do it. I’ve done it before.
Jamie makes me the drink and hands it to me. “Thanks.” I chuckle as he licks the drops he spilled off his hand.
“Come on man.” he grabs a beer from a bucket of ice. “It’s hot as fuck in here. Let’s go out back.”
I follow Jamie to the back of the house and into the yard where a bunch of people are sitting around a fire.
“Take a seat, my man.” Jamie points to a chair.
I laugh and sit.
“Everyone, meet Camden, my new bestie.” Everyone around us says hey and I wave back, feeling a little nervous being put on the spot.
But it doesn’t last long because Jamie starts talking about something that happened last year and everyone gets invested in the story.
“How you doing man?” Jamie asks a little while later, taking a seat next to me.
“Not bad. Nice music, good company. Thanks for getting me another drink.”
“What are friends for.” he winks, then takes a swig of his beer. Friends. Is that what we are? He seems pretty insistent on that. I’m not sure why Jamie is being so nice to me and why he’s chosen me to be his friend, but I’m not getting any ill intentions from him, so I’m not going to worry about it.
Jamie starts talking to me about football and I find myself actually interested in it. It looks boring on TV but the more he goes into detail, the more I find myself wanting to go to one of his games, which he invites me to his first one in a few weeks.
“Fuck.” Jamie grumbles as he looks out over the fire.
“What?” I ask, looking in the direction. “What's wrong?”
“I was hoping they wouldn’t show up.” he sighs, sinking deeper into the chair.
“Who?”
“Look Cam. Whatever you do, stay away from them.” he shoots me a look, brows furrowed. “They’re not good people.”
“Who?” I ask, starting to panic.
“Them.” he looks out into the distance again, nodding his head. I follow his gaze and I see what he’s referring to. “The tall one with the jacket matching mine, that’s Brooks. Running back.”
My heart starts to race just the smallest bit as I take him in. He’s tall, over six feet. Arms thick, brown hair, and a smile that looks too damn charming to be safe.
“And the one next to him, the blond one. That’s Henley. He’s a beta. He might come off as a normal dude but he’s in a pack and a relationship with Brooks and River, so how sane can he be?”
An openly gay pack. That’s not something you see everyday.
