Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates novel Chapter 36

Lia

I was getting closer and closer to starting college soon. It was going to be such a change and I was nervous. What were Simone and I going to do when we headed onto campus that first day? It was beyond anything we had ever attended before.

Imagine going from our medium-sized high school to a large local college campus. But I was looking forward to this next step. Whenever I brought it up around the guys, I did notice they tensed a little. It was as if they didn’t want to see me go to college or were nervous about me being on the campus surrounded by all those alphas and betas.

There were omegas too, but why would they be worried about omegas?

I wasn’t going to have it if they started in with their jealousy again. One part of me said at least they weren’t getting jealous of one another, but I didn’t want to see any of it! It was stressful enough starting college and I didn’t need added stress. 1

But, life is full of stressors. No matter how much you try to avoid stress, something will happen and force you to realize that you can’t eliminate all stress. My stress came in the form of a sudden email.

The email didn’t strike me as odd when I first saw it pop up in my inbox but then I realized what it was about. With every line I read, the more upset I became.

The brand of medicine I had been on was discontinued for some reason. Quickly I jumped onto my phone, trying to g****e as much information as possible but everything was telling me the same thing. That this had been recalled. 1

I had to finish the email, but I didn’t want too. The contents of it terrified me to no ends. What if I didn’t like what I read?

No, I knew I wasn’t going to like it.

How could this be?

Things were going so perfectly before and now they were all screwed up. I had to get a grip.

Read the email, I told myself firmly. Then I could worry and freak out.

By the time I finished the email, my entire body was trembling. I had been on these suppressants for years. My body had grown used to them. If I had to switch to an entirely different brand, I don’t know what I would do. It was going to take weeks for my body to adjust and this wasn’t even counting for the time it would take for me to wean myself off the current prescription.

Heat suppressants are a common thing in our modern society. It was only after you were set to engage in the official mating ceremony that you finally started to go off them. I had never gone through a full heart before. They sounded terrible. Your entire body was a slave to your hormones, unable to focus or think of anything for days.

The only thing on your mind was being with your mates in the most intimate way possible. I flushed just thinking about it, but quickly clamped down on those thoughts.

No, this was not the time to think of it. I would find a way to get on another batch of heat suppressants. Just because my usual brand wasn’t going to be available much longer didn’t mean I wasn’t going to have a chance to get on another brand of pills.

It was going to be a hassle is all, something I didn’t want to deal with. Simone was on a different medication so she wasn’t going to have to deal with that at all. I was a little jealous that she could continue to stay on the same medicine without fear of going into heat.

The heat was a part of life. It wasn’t something to be scared of or to avoid, but I couldn’t go through heat right now. I was about to start college! What if I ended up carrying some of their pups? It would completely through my a wrench into my plans.

As someone who loved to plan, this would be a huge deal.

Telling the guys was something I dreaded. How would they act? Would they.—

No I couldn’t think like that. They would never do anything bad to me or hurt me in anyway. Even when they were bullying me, they made sure to never cross the line into anything physical. None of them had ever laid a hand on me!

I would always be angry towards their bullying of me, but it mattered that they never hurt me physically.

Still, I dreaded telling them and I think I knew why. It was going ot make them extremely possessive and protective. They got like that randomly, sometimes with each other, but made sure not to let me see it because I wasn’t going to put up with that crap.

If I told them this, they try to lock me in the house or some other crazy crap like that. I shook my head in disbelief. They weren’t going to lock me in the house!

But this was me speculating. The guys might react normally—

No they wouldn’t. The only thing I was sure of is that I could prevent them from doing anything too crazy and if I had too I could talk with my brother Michael. He would talk some sense into them if need be. No matter what, he was still my big brother.

***

She relaxed a bit. “I bet you’ve never been forced to go off your suppressants.”

“Yes, well, I had to find one that worked with my ruts,” I explained, trying to keep my voice as low as possible.

No one needed to hear what we were talking about right now.

“Oh, I didn’t know that.”

I shrugged. “There is just something about my makeup that makes it difficult for suspressants to work properly so I had to go through a bunch. I ended up taking three different ones specifically prescribed for my situation.”

“I feel a lot better,” She admitted, that beautiful smile reappearing back on her face. “Thank you for talking with me, Matt. I appreciate it.”

The rest of the date went fine. I didn’t drive us home right away, choosing to drive us around so we could talk for a bit, but all good things came to an end. We walked to the door with Lia walking closely beside me.

“Night, Lia.”

She smiled and pulled me down for a passionate kiss. “Night Matt.”

Lia rushed up the stairs, casting a coy glance back at me. I stood there, stunned by her surprising action. She was growing bolder by the day and surprising more and more.

Chuckling, I headed to my room. Jesse was awake, and he took one look at me, a smirk appearing on his face.

“Good to see that you’re finally adjusting to everything,” he stated before waiting a few seconds. “It’s about time.”

“See, I knew you would pipe up with one of your comments. It’s why I didn’t say anything,” I muttered, but he was right. It was about damn time.