you do things to my body

Matt rolled his eyes at how Brian always brushed off the thought of himself being with Grace, “Stop being such a stupid fucker. You know exactly what I’m talking about, if you took care of Neil then nothing is stopping you but your own stupidity.” He knew better than to talk like this to his Alpha, but Brian needed this talk or so Matt thought he did. “You’ve never had to search for your mate because she’s always been right there, fuck what the council say. She’s the only one that causes the spark in your eyes to ignite,” Matt had no idea where that even came from, but it was true. The only time Brian’s face would light up is when either Molly or Grace are with him, he wanted to smack his friend so badly because he was blind to his own happiness.

“You don’t act quickly enough, some other guy will. Maybe Grace will fall in love, marry him and have his children. That will make you miserable, dude.” This wasn’t the first time the pack have spoken to Brian about Grace, all the guys have had their turn with no luck. Matt wasn’t expecting the Alpha to listen to him now either, but Grace was finally single and away from her dickhead of a boyfriend. It was the perfect time, Brian just needed to see that. Maybe Matt needed to get Molly on his side, which he was certain she already way about this subject. But if anyone could get through to the stubborn Alpha, it was his daughter. Brian always listened to Molly, so it might be time to bring her in. “But I guess you can do whatever the hell you want,” Matt murmured as that was also true, but everyone knew what would make Brian the happiest.

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Grace laughed as she hugged Molly tightly, “He’s gone. But you need to watch that language, I always knew the guys would corrupt you.” She smiled at her best friend, she felt really good now that she could quit her job and leave the shitty rundown apartment that she had lived in. She listened to what Molly said about her finding the right guy, she knew exactly who Molly was talking about. Although she’d never said her dad’s name, Grace knew and it did make her wonder if maybe her feelings weren’t one sided. Could he possibly like her in that way? Grace has always convinced herself that he couldn’t, he was a werewolf and she was a human. It was forbidden for them to be together… but it felt so right when their hugs lingered and she’d have intimate dreams and thoughts about Brian.

“You mean Johnny? Lacey is only gone for a few days, she’s coming back.” Grace giggled as it was the only way to brush off what Molly had been meaning, she smiled when she saw the face Molly made at her. “Your dad is giving us his credit card, but we aren’t going to go over the top. I just need the basics and that’s all, besides I’m going to have his credit card.” Grace loved shopping especially when Molly was there, they could spend all day shopping but she wasn’t sure how pleased Brian would be if they spent a big chuck of his money like that.

Brian let out a low growl, warning Matt to watch himself. He was really starting to push it. Brian wasn't going to make a move right now even if he wanted to anyways. She just got out of an abusive relationship for crying out loud. "Don't you think she may want just a little bit of time to heal first? I mean come on, Matt. He fucking beat her. God only knows what else he did to her," he said, gritting his teeth. "I'm not going to start confession my feelings for her like some lovesick puppy now that she's newly single. I'm going to respectfully wait a while. If someone comes and sweeps her off her feet before I get the chance to, than so be it. But I'll take the gentlemanly route," he said as he went to the fridge to grab a beer, popping the top and sighing heavily. Everything was just beginning to get so stressful. He needed a week vacation from life. Brian took a long, satisfying drink from his beer before going into the living room and plopping down in his chair. He pinched the bridge of his nose with his thumb and forefinger, shaking his head a bit. Sometimes he just felt like the weight of the world was on his shoulders between dealing with Molly and Matt and struggling with his own feelings towards Grace. He knew he loved her deeply. He wanted a relationship with her. He just didn't know what was holding him back sometimes

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Molly gave Grace a look, laughing. "Yes, I mean Johnny. Don't worry about Lacy, he's cutting the cord with her as soon as she gets back," she said, dismissing that. She walked over and grabbed her shoes, slipping them on. "I really don't want to sound like a snob or anything but it's not like you don't know how filthy stinking rich we are," she said, blinking at her. "Do you really think a rather somewhat medium sized shopping spree is going to hurt dad's pocket? Nope, don't think so," Molly said, motioning for Grace to follow her out the door. "You know, having a job sounds really nice. I wish I was human so I could have one and not have to be a stay at home mom and raise pups," she said, getting louder and louder as she walked down the stairs. Being a female werewolf, once you mated you had to start breeding and once you had them babies you had to stay home and take care of them. You popped them things out until you just couldn't pop anymore out. It wasn't like you couldn't afford them or have the house to put them in. Each wolf family was pretty wealthy.

Matt raised his hands into the air, signalling to Brian that he wasn’t going to say anything else about the subject. He was right after all, but Matt just didn’t want his Alpha to wait that long before confessing how he felt to Grace. Otherwise he may be too late and will end up being miserable for the rest of his life, and a miserable Alpha wasn’t something any pack wanted to deal with. He grinned when he heard the girls come down the stairs, he snorted as he heard Molly complain about having to become a stay at home mom to their future pups. “You’ll change your mind when the time comes, darling.” He turned to look at her, she appeared to be feeling better now but it seemed like the girls were heading out somewhere.

“Where are you going? Is that a good idea, Molly?” He asked her as he had seen her not even half an hour ago, she couldn’t even hold herself up. He would hate for her to have another attack like that and only have Grace there to help her, he knew Grace would do what she could but he could do so much more for Molly.

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“I know how much money your dad has, but I still don’t want to spend that much of it.” Grace spoke climbing off the bed as she followed Molly downstairs, “We’re going shopping. We’ll be fine and we won’t be long,” She glanced at Matt understanding why he was worried about Molly leaving the house, “And I agree with Matt on this one. Having a job isn’t all that great after a while,” She smiled at Molly as she has always wanted to have a family of her own, she wanted to get married and have a few children with the guy she loved. She just had to find that guy first.

Grace stepped over to where Brian was sitting and pressed a kiss to his head, “We’ll see you soon and thank you.” She whispered to him as he pulled his credit card from his wallet and handed it over to her, she could see how stressed he was becoming and how everything was affecting him now. She gave his squeeze a squeeze before she walked outside with Molly, before Matt got Molly in a bad mood. Unlocking her car she climbed in with Molly, the engine took a few seconds to start but once it did Grace drove them towards the mall.

Brian grimaced when he heard Molly talking about future pups, not even wanting to think about that. Even though it was natural for female weres to have pups not long after they mated, the thought of his daughter being pregnant with twins or triplets or quadruplets just didn't set well with him. Sometimes you got lucky with one. Only sometimes. Brian couldn't help but wonder how many pups he and Grace would have if they had children. Of course they would be half breeds, so maybe they'd only have one. But it could go the opposite way and they could have so fucking many her poor vagina would be a wreck. Brian smirked at the thought, holding back a laugh.

He looked up when Grace came up to him, his cheeks heating up a bit when she kissed his head. He raised a brow when she grabbed his wallet right out of his pocket and took his card, handing it back to him. She didn't even ask him for it, just took it from him. Had to commend her for that one. "You two be careful. Call us if you need anything or something happens," he said, talking about Aubree's attacks she had. He knew that he didn't have to worry about Neil anymore and that made him feel good. Now he just had to worry about Aubree when she went out and her random attacks she had because of her change.

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Aubree rolled her eyes when she heard Matt, shaking her head. "I'm going to get bored, Matt. Keep me entertained and then we won't have a problem," she said, crossing her arms over her chest. Both he and her father were giving her odd looks when Grace said that they were going out, furrowing her brow. "It's a great idea. We're going to have tons of fun and girl time. Dad has too much money, it needs to be spent. Who better to do that than Grace? I mean, I never get to," she said before giving her father a kiss on the cheek and Matt the finger before walking out to Grace's car.

Aubree got in, buckling herself up. She looked over at the other girl when her car started having troubles starting, a mischevious smirk growing on her face. "I think you need a new car," she said, rubbing her palms together. "What better day to go and get one than when theres countless holiday sales going on?" she squealed, bouncing in her seat.

Matt watched the girls leave before he walked into the kitchen and grabbed himself a beer from the fridge, taking the lid off as he headed over to the couch and sat down. “Sorry you had to hear that,” He couldn’t imagine how uncomfortable Brian would have felt hearing his daughter talking about having pups, especially Matt’s pups because he even felt awkward thinking about it. Brian’s best friend would be getting his little girl pregnant, of course that was going to be strange to listen to or think about. But it was what happened when werewolf’s mated, it was common that within a few months after mating there would be a pregnancy announcement. When that moment came, Matt was going to allow Molly to tell her father.

“Do you need any more help getting ready for Molly’s party?” He asked as nearly all of Molly’s birthday parties had been there at the house, and this year wasn’t any different. The pack were all coming for lunch which will most likely turn into dinner as well, he had already brought decorations for the party but Molly’s birthday wasn’t that far away now and he didn’t want Brian to have any more stress on his shoulders.

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“No way, Molly. I’m not buying a new car with your dad’s money, you can stop even thinking about that.” Grace wouldn’t dream of spending that much of Brian’s money without his permission, besides she has been saving up her money so she could buy another better car then the one she had. She wanted to be able to support herself so she would wait and save her money, besides a new car was a major purchase to make and she wasn’t ready right now. “We’re going to the mall and that’s it,” She told her best friend as she drove through the streets, it only took ten minutes before they reached the parking lot of the mall.

Once Grace parked her car, she climbed out and linked her arm with Molly’s as they walked together. It seemed this is what Molly needed, time out of the house and away from Matt. They went into a very stores and Molly made Grace try on so many clothes, most of which were brought and packed into a bag for them. “What are you wearing for your birthday?” She asked as they were in another store looking through all the racks of clothes.

Brian waved Matt off, not even wanting to talk about it. He may have accepted the whole mate thing but when it came down to his daughter having sex with anyone in general if just didn't sit well with him, and then you threw Matt into the quation? That just made it worse. Though Brian did kind of like the idea of having grandpups. Even if he didn't look a day over thirty and was possibly getting ready to mate again himself. Jesus, what if Grace and Molly got pregnant at the same time? Brian didn't even want to think about it.

"I think I pretty much have everything. I'm not sure what else i need done. You and I both know it's going to end up being one big party so I need to get a bunch of booze as well. At least until the moon comes out and she does her thing, than she can decide if she wants to stay at the party or go home with you." Brian had already decided that right before Molly's birthday she was going to move in with Matt. She needed to anyways. They were going to be mated and that's where she needed to be.

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Molly pouted, wishing she would go get a new car. So what if she was saving up for a new one, did she not understand how much her father was willing to get for her? He was so head over heels it was ridiculous and would buy her anything her heart desired. "When this thing leaves us stranded you're going to wish you took me up on that new car," she said, getting out once she parked at the mall.

Molly followed Grace around various stores, helping her pick out the cutest new wardrobe she could. Especially clothes that she knew would definitely grab her fathers attention. Stuff that flattered Grace perfectly. Molly furrowed her brow when the other girl asked if she knew what she was wearing to her party, sighing and shaking her head. "Nope, not a clue," she said, walking into a dress store. She wanted to wear a really nice dress. This was an important day in her life and she wanted to look her best after all. Molly looked through the racks, her eyes widening when she found the perfect dress. She rushed to the dressing room, trying it on and doing a little twirl. She loved it. It was even a v-neck in the back to show some skin.

Matt nodded his head, “I can get the booze sorted.” He offered as he wanted to help out as much as he could, he already had Molly’s presents sorted and hidden so no one found them. He would keep what he brought Molly a secret, not even Molly would get it out of him because he wanted it all to be a surprise for her. He knew Molly would move into his house a few days before her birthday, so she could get used to leaving there with him. Even if she decided to leave the party after her transformation, the pack would continue to party until the late hours of the night. He remembered when he first went through his own transformation, having all the bones in his body break was painful and all he wanted to do was curl up in bed and sleep.

It normally made the wolf exhausted the first few times, so he wouldn’t be surprised if Molly wanted to go home with him afterwards. He’d probably suggest she did as he didn’t want her pushing herself, “It’s going to be a great day… not for Molly when she does transform, but I’ll take care of her.” He promised Brian as he sipped his beer, he wondered if Molly would want to transform with her dad there. He would be there beside her, and he’d welcome Brian if he also wanted to witness his daughter transform.

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Grace stood outside of the dressing room that Molly was in until she opened the door, a gasp escaped her lips when she saw the dress. It clung perfectly to Molly’s figure, showing off her breasts and her tiny waist. “Matt is going to be drooling all day long, you look so gorgeous.” She smiled as pride filled her heart, she knew she wasn’t that much older than Molly but she was still growing up so quickly. “Take it off so we can buy it,” She smiled as she waited for Molly to get changed, once she was they brought the dress and walked into a few more stores. One being a store so Grace could buy some lingerie, Grace picked out the plain but nice bra and underwear that she’d wear on a daily basis.

“Molly…” She hissed feeling her cheeks warm up when she saw where Molly was looking, she had gone to the more sexy lingerie. The bra and underwear that was made of lace and looked amazing, but Grace didn’t think she could wear any like that. She had the confidence in herself, but she just didn’t have a reason to buy any of that. Unless Molly was looking for herself.

Brian nodded, glad that Matt was helping out so much. "You know, it's just as much of a big day for you as it is for her. You're becoming mates. That's a pretty big deal," Brian said, giving Matt a pointed look. That was like getting married for the humans. Which was also something that Matt and Molly were going to have to do eventually a ways down the road but it wasn't much of a big deal for them.

"You better take care of my daughter, Matt. I mean it. If she wants to do her change in private, than so be it. But if she has any complications you better come get me," Brian said, furrowing his brow in worry. He was terrified for when Molly finally changed. With all of her spells that she had he could only imagine what it was going to be like for her when she finally did chance.

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Molly swung her bag back and forth on her arm, following Grace into the lingerie store with a smirk. She went to the more revealing, sexy section, looking at some stuff for herself and Grace. Molly raised a brow when she heard her name being hissed, looking over. "What? You don't like this?" she asked, holding up a matching lace set. "I think my dad would like this on you. his favorite color is purple, after all," she said with a smirk, handing it over to her. "Buy it."

Molly grabbed a white lace thong and matching bra to go with her dress, of course wanting to impress Matt on her birthday. She couldn't just have any old bra and underwear under there.

Matt shrugged his shoulders, he knew it would be a big day for him as well but he honestly hadn’t thought about it like that. Mating was a huge event in any werewolf’s life and Matt couldn’t have been more excited for that moment with Molly, but he was mostly looking forward to watching Molly enjoying her birthday and finishing her transformation into the beautiful wolf that he knew she would be. He wondered what colour Molly’s fur would be, his was a dark chocolate brown with a black patch over his left eye. “Molly having fun is more important to me,” He told Brian honestly, Molly was the single most important person in his life now. She always has been since she was born, and nothing would change that.

“You know I’ll take care of her, and if anything goes wrong with her transformation. You’ll be the first person to know,” Matt promised as he wouldn’t do it any other way, of course he’d get Brian if anything happened to his daughter. “But I’m sure she’ll be fine, I just can’t wait for her wolf to come out. Her attacks are getting worse,” He told Brian as he assumed he already knew, but it was right of him to let his Alpha know.

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Grace really did like the set that Molly had found, but when she mentioned that her dad would like it on her. That only caused a pink tinted blush to form on her cheeks, “I highly doubt he would… do you think he would?” She couldn’t help but ask, she wanted to know if Molly was being honest or if she was just saying that. She knew Brian loved the colour purple and he always complimented her whenever she did wear purple, but if Molly thought he’d like a lacy lingerie set on her than surely he had to have feelings for her that were more than just friends.

She took the set from her before they went to the counter and paid for their items, “Did you need anything else?” Grace asked as she had everything she could possibly need in terms of clothes and shoes, they’d have another shopping trip where they could get things for her new room. Grace had so many bags in her hands, that she probably wouldn’t be able to carry anymore.

Brian nodded, sighing heavily. Mollys attacks were getting worse he'd noticed, even if she hadn't wanted him to. She was as stubborn as he was when it came to being sick and being in pain. She didn't want any help nor did she want anyone to know. She liked keeping her head held high and act like she was fine. But whenever she kept herself locked up in her room for hours on end and heard her crying, he knew. "I'll be glad when those are over. They're terrifying to say the least," he said with a shake of his head.

Brian looked up at the clock, biting down on his bottom lip. "I feel like it might have been a mistake to let Molly go with Grace. My bank about might be minus a few thousand or better after she's done," he groaned, running a hand down his face. Brian wanted Grace to get everything she needed of course, but he also knew that Molly was going to try and sneak things in there was completely unnecessary.

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Molly smirked wildly and nodded. "Yes, trust me. Gosh," she said, taking her hand and leading her to the counter. She sat her stuff down next to Grace's, bouncing on the balls of her feet in excitement. She just loved shopping. Getting new things and going home to go through the bags, taking the price tags off as just the best feeling in the world. She looked up at Grace, wondering how much she had given away about her dad liking her. Probably a lot. But she didn't care really, it wasn't like he was going to man up anytime soon and tell her, at least now she had the push she needed to go after him herself.

"I have everything I need, let's go home and go through your stuff!" Molly said excitedly as she dragged Grace out to the car, helping her load everything in before they drove to the house. Molly hopped out of the car once they got home, helping Grace take everything up to her room first before Molly took her own bags to her room. She didn't even say hi to her dad or Matt, she was too excited about the new purchases they had made.

Matt chuckled softly as he took another drink of his beer, “Dude. A few thousand isn’t going to hurt your bank balance,” He grinned over at his friend, but he also knew how Molly could get. She loved to go shopping and buy anything that she saw and liked, but he knew Brian would never stop her from going shopping. It made her happy and gave her time to spend with her friends, she could act her age and not have to worry about what would happen once it was her birthday.

It was after a few minutes that he heard the horrible noise that was Grace’s car, “How can you stand that? It hurts my ears,” He groaned wincing until the noise stopped once Grace parked her shitty car, he rubbed his left ear with his fingers as he listened to the footsteps. There wasn’t any hello’s shouted out from the girls as they rushed upstairs, “Well that was rude.” He snorted and continued to drink his beer.

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Grace couldn’t stop thinking about what Molly had said to her, she drove them back to the Haner household and carried all her bags upstairs to her new room. She dumped the bags onto her bed before walking across the hallway to Molly’s room, shutting the door behind her she felt nervous as she looked at her best friend. “Would you hate me if I did like your dad? If you feel awkward about this, just forget I said anything. But he’s so amazing, Molly.” She blurted out as she had to, otherwise the nerves would have gotten to her and she would have chickened out.

Sure it wasn’t long after Neil but she didn’t love him, she didn’t even like him anymore. She hasn’t been intimate with any guy for months, she hasn’t been loved in months and that’s all she wanted. She knew it was forbidden but how could it, if two people loved each other wasn’t that all that mattered? “I won’t do a thing if you don’t want me to,” Grace wasn’t about to lose her friendship with Molly, she’d rather hide her feelings for Brian for the rest of her life then ruin what she had with Molly.

Brian knew that Matt was right. A few thousand wouldn't even put a dent in his bank account, but Molly was just a walking bomb when it came to shopping. If she didn't get sent out with a set limit then she could go completely bananas. That's why Brian was hoping like hell that Grace was somehow keeping her under control in some way or another. If that was even possibly, Molly could be trying to corrupt her and get her to spend all of his money, too.

Brian winced when he heard Grace's old, beat up car noisily make it's way up to the house. He could feel goose bumps rise on his skin at the ear piercing sound that it made. "Jesus Christ," he groaned, shaking his head. "I've tried so many times to get her to let me get her at least a gently used car if she wouldn't let me get her a new one. She wont let me help her. Eventually I'll get that thing hauled away and just surprise her with one, that thing sounds dangerous," he said with a shake of his head. Brian raised a brow when the girls came into the house and went straight upstairs without saying a word, which worried him. He looked over at Matt with slightly wide eyes, tempted to pull out his phone and check his bank account. "Did you manage to check and see how many bags they had in their hands? Do you think they're going to go back out and get more?"

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Molly was caught off guard a bit by Grace's sudden outburst. She looked at her friend with raised brows, not really sure what to say. Molly had always thought about what it would be like if her father and her best friend who she's grown up with ended up dating. Grace wasn't that much older than her, but she was older. Caught in the middle age where she was young enough to be Molly's big sister and old enough to properly date her father. It was still a bit of a weird thought though, now that it was actually being addressed. But she wanted it to happen, for both Grace and her dad's happiness.

"Oh, Grace, you don't need to ask me. I say go for it," she said, a huge smile on her face. The more she thought about it, the more excited she got. "What if we got pregnant at the same time?" she gasped, bouncing up and down. "That would be so cool!" she squealed, clapping her hands. "Then my dad would be a new dad and a new grandpa. Along with you being a new mom and a new grandma. Oh god, that's pretty fucking funny," she snorted, laughing. "Okay, I'm totally getting way ahead of myself here. Seriously though, go after him. You two so belong together it's not even funny. If you were a werewolf, I'd say you were his mate. Hell, maybe its one of those super duper rare occasions where a wolf's mate is a human?" Molly shrugged, beginning to dig through her bags.

“Just surprise her with one, she’ll thank you eventually. Besides if she has a new car, she won’t be constantly calling one of us for help because a new car won’t break down.” Matt commented before he glanced over and watched the girls hurry upstairs, a frown settled onto his face as they didn’t even greet them after their little shopping trip. At least Molly looked better, she looked happy and like her attack was long forgotten about. Which he knew wasn’t true, but the shopping seemed to get her into a better mood. “I couldn’t count them all, but I’d say ten bags or under… which we know is good for Molly.” The teenager usually brought more bags home with her after a day of shopping, so Grace must have kept the spending of Brian’s money to a limit.

He listened until he heard a door close, “Nope. That was all the shopping they did, which didn’t look all that bad. Although those bags were filled to brim,” Matt stated knowing that Molly had done more damage to his bank account once before, so he shouldn’t be worried too much right now. “It does seem like Molly is in a better mood now though,” Matt shrugged his shoulders, knowing it will be different when it’s Molly spending his money. Although he also has plenty of it saved so he didn’t need to worry, and he knew shopping made her happy and that’s all he wanted for her.

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“You’re the best!” Grace beamed as she hugged her best friend tightly and kissed her cheek, she was relieved that Molly was okay with the thought of her and Brian being together. “I thought you didn’t like the idea of getting pregnant,” She teased knowing that it was expected of female werewolves to fall pregnant once they had mated, she wondered if she would be counted in that if any future relationships with Brian went that far. Probably not because she’d most likely have one child at a time, unlike werewolves who were known for carrying more pups. And it also depended on if Brian wanted to have any more children, he already had Molly so that could be enough for him.

Grace wasn’t sure but she had always wanted a family of her own, it wasn’t a topic that had ever been brought up between her and Brian. “I’m just scared because we aren’t allowed to be together,” She knew it wouldn’t stop her, she did want to make her move but she wanted it to be a good time for them both. She didn’t think right now was that perfect time, Brian was more worried about Molly and her upcoming transformation. She helped Molly take her clothes out of the bags, “I can’t wait for your party.” She smiled knowing that once Molly turned eighteen she’d finish her change into a wolf and hopefully wouldn’t be in any more pain, but also because the party was going to be so much fun.

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"That's true," Brian said with a sigh. Maybe he'd go out tomorrow and find a car for Grace. A welcome home present. That's how Brian felt anyways, like she was finally home where she belonged. With him. He nodded in relief when Matt said that there were only about ten bags, not even caring if they were filled to the brim. As long as it wasn't twenty bags that was filled to the brim. "I don't care if it makes her feel better. She acts like we're all made of money. You just wait until she gets ahold of your bank account," he told him, shaking his head. He had no idea where Molly got her shopping habits from. He didn't raise her that way by any means. But when she got the chance to get out and spend money now that she was older she went buck wild.

"I just can't wait to get this party planned. Not really ready to get it over with though," he said with a small shake of his head. He walked over to his planner on the counter, scanning over. One of the many things that Grace was going to help him do to make money was help him plan this damn party. He couldn't have Molly do it because he'd be spending millions for something that needed to be small but elegant in his backyard. "Who would have thought this was going to be so hard."

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Molly giggled, hugging Grace back tightly. She was so happy that she made her friend so happy. "I think I may have just come to terms with it," Molly said as she made a small face. Sometimes when she wasn't thinking all of her natural instincts and thoughts just, well, came naturally. She was making herself feel uncomfortable and weird about the whole situation with Matt which made them argue so much. She just needed to let nature take its courses. Molly wanted kids though. The more she thought about it the more she realized she wanted them. She couldn't wait to decorate a nursery and buy adorable baby clothes.

Molly frowned a little as she listened to Grace, sighing softly. "They're all bark and no bite a lot of the time. Besides, once you confess your feeling, Dad isn't going to let anything stand in the way of you two. You know how much of an hopeless romantic he is." Though Molly couldn't help but think of how he let them run her mother off for getting pregnant with her. But he's definitely changed and grown since then, he'd never let the council come between him and Grace. At least that's what Molly thought.

“Why do you think I’ve always saved most of my money? So I would always be able to support her and give her what she wanted, but it’s going to be different with us. It will become our money, so hopefully that will make her realise, if she spends it all then that’s that.” Matt spoke and it was mostly true, of course he wouldn’t let Molly spend all of their money because he hoped once they were mated. She’d realise that huge shopping sprees weren’t constantly going to happen, otherwise they’d both suffer.

He finished off his beer and put the empty bottle in the recycle bin in the kitchen, “I could have told you planning an eighteenth party would be hard. At least now Grace can help you, she’d know more stuff about it anyways.” Matt didn’t have the first clue where to start with planning a party, usually any party he did plan he just got his friends around and ate food all night long. He never bothered with music or decorations, sometimes he’d have a cake if he remembered to buy one. Planning stuff wasn’t something he did well.

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Grace smiled as she knew Molly would be the best mother, but it was a scary thought that if things worked out for her and Brian. She could become a grandma at such a young age, it would appear messed up to others but Grace adored her family that had taken her in and didn’t care that she was human. “I hope so, I just don’t want the council to cause any trouble for your dad or the pack.” She wasn’t sure what the council would do, she remembered when Brian told her that he was going to be a father. She hadn’t seen the council run Molly’s mom out of town, but she did hear about it.

Not that Brian could have done anything, she had watched him try. He had begged and begged, but nothing changed the minds of the council members. And from that day on, Grace was always scared of what they could do. “I know he will, they just scare me that’s all.” She smiled as she took Molly’s new party dress from the bag and hung it up in her closest. So it wouldn’t crease the fabric, “I wonder if your dad’s going to cry.” Grace giggled at the thought but she could see him getting emotional, hiding it from everyone else in the pack. But no one would blame him, his little girl was growing up into a woman shortly.

Brian knew that Matt definitely had his work cut out for him when it came to Molly. Thankfully he was also apart of a family who was rather wealthy, but it was good to still save. "I don't think she's going to have such bad shopping habits once she's changed and you two are mated. I think she just has it now because it's something to do and it's filling a void," he said, making a face when he realized how technical he sounded. He shook his head at himself, punching the bridge of his nose. As much as he loved his baby girl and wanted her hear with him forever, he needed her to get through her birthday and move on. She needed to.

"Thank god for Grace. I don't know what I would do without her sometimes." Brian sighed softly, shaking his head. That was true. If it weren't for Grace a lot of things wouldn't be done or be here right now. For instance Molly's party wasn't going to get done if it weren't for Grace because he was going to make her plan it and get it done. It was going to be the first official job that he gave her.

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Molly watched Grace, signing softly. "Don't worry about them. They're all bark and no bite. At least that's how I see them," she said softly, shrugging a bit. "There's nothing you can do that you can't work around. They listen and understand." Sometimes Molly got irritated and upset whenever she thought about the council and her mom and dad. Her mom could still be here right now if someone would have just talked to the council. So many other people in her position get saved by just talking to them. Obviously her father didn't want to ruin his reputation anymore than what he already had.

Molly shook her head, running her fingers through her hair. She was totally getting way out there. "Dad? Cry? No way, I don't even think he has any tear ducts," she laughed, shaking her head. She's never seen her father cry. Not that she'd ever want to. That was one thing she never ever wanted to see in her lifetime.

Matt chuckled softly as he knew how much Brian could rely on Grace, but he couldn’t blame the man. She has been in life for so long now, he’s used to her being there and Matt was certain if anything changed that Brian wouldn’t know what to do. Looking at his friend, he gave a light shake of his head. “Molly always has things that she could be doing, but I guess shopping is better than the stuff we’ve done.” Of course he didn’t blame Molly, she was still so young and he remembered what he used to do when he was her age.

Sneak into bars and order all the drinks he could, stay out all night long and sleep through the day. “Well I’m sure she isn’t going anywhere, so I doubt you’ll have to worry about that.” He commented before he glanced over to the stairs, he was tempted to walk up them and find out what the girls were doing. Sometimes he didn’t trust them when they were together, they have often gotten into trouble when they were left alone.

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Grace nodded her head softly, “I know.” She looked at Molly and sent her a smile before she laughed, “He has tear ducts. If he doesn’t cry, then he’ll still get emotional. Not that he’ll show it,” She knew how Brian was, how he never allowed anyone to see his emotions. He hardly ever talked about his feelings or how he was feeling about anything, but he had always been that way. “You have to decide on what shoes you’ll wear with your new dress,” She couldn’t wait until Molly’s party, she couldn’t wait until her best friend begun the next chapter of her life.

“And we have to work out how we’ll do your hair and makeup,” Grace smiled as she would make sure that Molly looked gorgeous on her big day, not that her friend never looked any less than beautiful. But it was going to be a big deal, she was turning eighteen and she was becoming a woman and a werewolf.

Molly just laughed, shaking her head. "Whatever you say, Gracie," she said with a smirk as she continued to put things away. Her dad might get emotional, he might not. She wasn't even really sure that he wasn't going to cry. She's just never seen it and honestly she didn't want to.

Molly came across one of Grace's bags, smirking as she found the sexy set she had gotten at the store. She looked up at her friend with a sly look on her face before taking off with it in her hands, booking it down the stairs and to the kitchen where her father and Matt were. "Hey, dad!" She said, dangling the set in front of his face. "Grace got this to wear at my party. She's not wearing granny panties anymore, can you believe it?" She said with wide eyes, wanting to laugh hysterically at the look on her fathers face. He couldn't even utter a word, his mouth opening and closing like a fish as he kept looking at the thing dangling from her fingers. Once Grace entered the kitchen, he was looking between the thing dangling from her fingers and Grace. Molly snickered, totally satisfied with his reaction.

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Brian nodded at Matt, stretching a bitch and making a face as some bones cracked. That made him feel so old. "I rather her shop than be in the park drinking and smoking weed or having unprotected sex and ending up like her mother," he said pointedly, shaking his head. As much as he adored his daughter, he wished he hadn't had her so young. That was his fault of course for not using protection even though her mother had promised him that she was on the pill and not to worry about it that night in the park. He was so damn stupid.

Brian had no idea what was going on for a minute as Molly ran into the kitchen, some sort of purple Lacey undergarment set dangling from her fingers. The only thing he could thing of was that it better not be for her. When she said if was for Grace, he sighed in relieve and then his eyes widened. That was Grace's? What was she wearing that for? Brian kept staring at the thing in front of him, trying to picture it on Grace. Then when the women walked into the room it made it even easier to picture it on her. She would look so incredible sexy in it, especially since it was purple and his favorite color. "This is yours?" He asked, raising a brow.

Matt glanced over at Brian and shook his head, “You know no one in this pack would allow her to drink or smoke weed in a park.” The whole pack had been protecting Molly since before she was born, they always kept the pups safe but any pup from the Alpha were protected slightly more. Suddenly Molly was in the kitchen with them, a purple lacy lingerie set hanging from her fingers, he knew it wouldn’t be for her as she wouldn’t dare show her father something like that. Plus Brian’s favourite colour was purple, to him it was obvious who owed the lingerie set.

He chuckled softly when he watched a flushed Grace race after Molly, “Gracie. You better never wear that,” He grinned as she would only be able to wear it for the Alpha who looked shocked, but Matt could tell by the look in Brian’s eyes that he was imagining the blonde wearing the lingerie. Looking over at Molly, he knew what she was trying to do. Either get her father and best friend together, or just embarrass her best friend. It made him wonder if Molly had brought anything in the way of lingerie for the night of her birthday, however he shook that thought from his head.

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Grace’s heart stopped when she watched Molly rush from her bedroom, a flash of purple following her through the door frame. A blush quickly tinted her cheeks as she chased after her best friend, “Molly.” She hissed as she noticed the direction that Molly was taking, right to her father! All Grace wanted to do was curl up and hide from everyone, both Brian and Matt saw the lingerie set that she had gotten for herself. She quickly took her lingerie piece from Molly’s hand and folded it before she tried to hide it under her arms, she didn’t even want to look at Brian as she wasn’t sure how he’d take it knowing she had sexy lingerie.

“Yes,” She mumbled to his question before she quickly turned around and rushed back upstairs, she headed into her new bedroom and shoved her new lingerie into a drawer in the dresser. She turned around only to find that Brian had followed her and was now standing at her door, “Just forget about that. Molly made me buy it, I’ll never wear it.” She spoke even though she did want to wear it for Brian, but he didn’t need to know that.

Brian eventually tore his gaze away from the lingerie when Grace came into the kitchen, looking adorable with how embarsssed she was. Brian couldn't help but chuckle a bit even though he knew that wasn't going to help the situation at all. "Molly, you know that isn't very nice. You shouldn't take other people's undergarments and fling them around in people's faces," he lightly scolded her, just trying to do his fatherly duties, even though he most certainly hadn't minded it. Brian actually was glad she had done it, now he had some sort of vision of what Grace was wearing st some point.

When Grace left the kitchen, Brian followed, wanting to make sure she was okay and not to upset. He stood in the door way of her new bedroom, watching her. "Why not wear it?" He asked as he walked over to her dresser, pulling it back out. "I think you'd look pretty good in it myself. It's rather sexy," he said with a smirk. "I hope you know Molly was just having some fun, so don't go to hard on her. Don't be so embarsssed either, it's not like I haven't seen your sexy lingerie in the laundry before anyways," he said with a snort, trying to make her feel at least a little better.

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Molly felt pretty bad for embarsssing Grace like that, but she smirked when her Dad followed the blonde back up to her room. "Mission accomplished," she said with a nod, walking over to the fridge and getting a water out. She opened it, taking a few sips before screwing the cap back on and sighing softly. She looked over at Matt, chewing on the inside of her cheek. "I bought a really pretty dress today," she said softly, rocking on the back of her heels. "With some shoes and matching lingerie. All of the good stuff," she told him, tapping her nail on the cap of her water bottle.

Molly was having so many mixed emotions being along right now with Matt. It was really over whelming. She wants to be god awful to him and pick on him but at the same time she wanted to jump his bones. Molly huffed, running her fingers through her hair and going into the living room. She plopped down onto the couch, running her fingers through her hair as she stared at the blank TV. She just couldn't wait until her birthday. Then everything in her head wouldn't be driving her absolutely nuts anymore.