Chris

Payton PoV

For the past two weeks Chloe has been training with Chris due to me being pregnant, and I've been home schooling her due to her having to go between packs every two weeks. She has been doing amazingly well with her school work and I couldn't be more prouder. Today I'm going to go see what she has learnt with Chris due to us leaving tomorrow, we're going back to the crescent moon pack for two weeks so Jamie can see how our pack is dealing with this arrangement. Hopefully it has been going well and Jamie's beta has been running things smoothly, so far we've received no calls so we're taking that as good news.

I pull up to Chris home and exit my car. As I go round to the garden I can hear Chloe laughing, 'she sounds so happy.' I think happily to myself. 'She's loved that's why.' Lily answers me back. I nod at her agreeing with her so happy that my little girl is happy. As I enter the garden she instantly sees me and runs up to me. She's gotten a lot faster as she is in front of me in a blink of an eye. "Mom you ready to see what I learnt." She says making me smile even more, a tear escapes my eyes causing Chloe to frown "Mom why are you crying? Are you hurt?" She begins to frantically ask questions. "No." I begin to say cutting her off "that's the first time you called me mom." I say staring at her with nothing but love. She realises what she has said and a blush begins to creep across her face. "Well you are." She quietly says making me pull her into my chest giving her a big hug. "I love you Chloe." I whisper as another tear escapes my eyes. " I love you to mom." She replies and pulls slightly away. "No more tears now ok mom, come see what I've learnt." She says as she begins to pull me closer to where she was with Chris.

As we reach Chris he bows to me and looks over at Chloe. "Ready" he says giving her a smirk. "Ready" she says smirking back at him as she moves closer to him and away from me. 'Did Chris just smirk' I curiously ask my wolf. 'Yes he did and his wolf is smiling.' She says moving her head to the side a little confused. 'You don't think?' I ask her curiously. 'Can't be can it' she says a little shocked making me shrug. I continue to watch them Chris throws punch after punch and Chloe easily dodges each one. 'It's almost like there dancing together' I say to lily. Chris goes low to the ground taking Chloe's legs out making her floor to the floor. Chris gets on top of her and smirks in victory. "Tap out." He says pinning her to the floor. Chloe just lies there grinning at him causing him to grin back. "Tap out," he softly says as pins her hands above her head. Chloe taps out making Chris get off of her. 'They definitely could be' lily says after watching that interaction causing me to smile. Chloe gets up off the floor and walks over to me. "So what do you think ?" She asks me hope in her eyes. "Actually you did pretty amazing Chloe you didn't allow him to land one single punch, I'm proud of you." I say giving her a quick hug. She begins to blush hard. "Th..Thank-you mom." She says looking at the ground causing me to smile. "Go get your stuff packed my darling we're leaving tomorrow il be with you in a minute." I say dismissing my daughter to go pack.

She nods and runs off as I walk up to Chris giving him a knowing smirk. Chris looks at me confused. "So how are you feeling Chris?" I ask nudging him with my elbow. He shrugs his shoulders, his smile beginning to fade from his face. "Thank you for training Chloe these last two weeks." I say looking at him for a reaction to confirm what I was thinking. Just by the mention of her name he began to smile, "no problem Payton she's an excellent student." He replies smiling at me. 'Bingo' I thought and me and my wolf began to giggle to ourself 'definitely is.' I say to lily full of hope she smiles back at me. I nod at Chris. " I have to go my friend I guess I will see you in two weeks." I say giving him a sad smile, he smile fades from his face and he just nods accepting what I have just said. Placing my hand on his shoulder I give him a small smile "see you soon Chris" I say and begin to walk away from him. As I walk back to my car I finally felt a new wave of hope for my friend, placing my hand over my belly I smiled to myself. 'Everything' is falling into place.' I think to myself as I get in my car and drive away.

I get home about half hour after Chloe did and decide to start dinner. After a while food is cooking and I'm dishing it out at the dining table. 'Foods ready' I mindlink the pack. All of a sudden a lot of wolves come running into the dining room grabbing bowls as quick as they can, this cause me to chuckle. I clear my throat grabbing everyone's attention they all lower there head and bow to me which causes me to smile. "Ladies first now gentleman." I giggle out as Chloe grabs a bowl of food and smiles up at me.

Everyone else begins to dig in after that. As I'm about to put all the bowls away after everyone has washed up I notice Chris walk into the house. Not saying a word I watch him walk over and grab a bowl filling it with food, 'OMG lily he's here, first time in two years and he's here.' Lily just stares at Chris in shock I quickly mind link Nathan, he needs to see this. Nathan comes running into the kitchen his mouth agape in a shocked expression. "C..Chris your here?" He manages to say to shocked to say anything else. Chris just looks at him and smiles then sits down at the table. Me and Nathan both look at each other and I give a quick glance at Chloe. 'I think Chloe maybe his second chance but I'm unsure because of how young she is.' I mind link my mate he nods at me still shocked that Chris in the house.

Chloe comes bouncing into the kitchen and squeals "Chris your here, I didn't think you would come." She quickly says smiling widely. Me and Nathan both look at Chloe confused as she blushes. "Of course you did ask after all." He replies back to her giving her a small smile as he looks at his bowl. Me and Nathan both look at Chris shocked at his response we've been asking him everyday for the past two years, Chloe asks him once and he comes. "Well thank you for coming." She says giving him a small smile back. She looks over at me and gives me a small smile snapping me back to reality. "I'm going to go finish packing." She says as her smile begins to fade. 'What the hell is going on' Nathan screams in my head through mind link 'shush' I say back as I give him a glare. "Ok sweetie I will be up in a minute." I say with a smile on my face. Chloe smiles, turns on her heel and runs up the stairs. I turn my attention back to Chris as Nathan moves closer to me. "How are you Chris, it's nice to see you joining us for dinner." I calmly say hope brewing in my heart for my friend. "I'm fine Payton how are you?" He asks casually as if he didn't have a care in the world. I begin to tap Nathan on the shoulder to make sure he is seeing this excitement brewing in my belly. "I'm fine thank you Chris," I reply a little to excited causing Chris to look at me and frown. "What's going on ?" He asks looking straight at me. "Nothing pal, we're just surprised to see you here." Nathan quickly replies. "Anyway we need to get upstairs Jamie's is packing everything up for our trip." He casually says as he grabs my hand. Pulling me up the stairs and into my room.

Later that night I had a weird dream about Chloe she was with Nathan's beta and Jamie's beta and she was holding both there hands. I woke up feeling a little shocked, could Chloe be in the same situation as me I wondered as I drifted back to sleep