Red: Peanut Butter and Jelly

"Are all the wolves here from your pack?" Aries asked. We were now at my old man's office and Aries was looking down at the people down at the front lawn from the office window.

"Not all of them. Some are from the pack that my old man made some, uhm, connections with." I reply as I looked at him. His eyes distant while observing the people below. I took another sip from the can of beer on my hand and drown down its contents. The bitter taste reminded me of the pained expression of my mate when I denied him right here. What made me do that? I crushed the now empty can and tossed it at the near by the trash bin.

"How many?" He asked, not taking his eyes off the window. I shot him a glare and he shifted. "Non-pack wolves. How many are they?"

"About 60." I sighed and ran my hand at the back of my head down to my nape, feeling the length of my hair. They have gotten longer since my capture by that wolf. "Don't know if the old man allowed more in." I added and Aries just nods. "Alright, spill."

"Spill what?" He lowers the curtain to look at me. I rolled my eyes.

"You're acting suspicious. I can tell when you have this feeling of uncertainty." I explain while walking towards him, stopping just a few inches away from his leaning body. "Don't try to deny it, Aye. I know you are." I let out a low growl just to tell him not to argue. He glares back at me before giving a defeated sigh.

"I've read your mind..." He started, looking down at his crossed arms. "...back in the forest about two or three nights ago."

"The night we reunited Lucian and Rex." I state.

"Yeah." He paused for a brief second before taking a breath in. "Sorry about that. I know you told me not to do it without your consent...but I felt the need to know. I was hurt."

I crushed my body into his with a hug and buried my head over his shoulder. "I'm sorry for hurting you."

"I know you didn't mean it." Aries moaned as I pressed a kiss over the exposed skin of his neck. He returns my embrace as I felt his hand wrap around my waist. "But I did. And it made me think that I wasn't a good mate for you. It was my lack of conviction in this relationship that made me lose sight of what's important." He raises his head to look at me. "You."

I grinned at him as I grasp his shoulders. "Just promise me..." I pull back as to look at him. "...that we won't lose sight of what's important to us." I state as I gaze into his green eyes. "Fuck! I sound like some cheesy teenager." I groaned once I hear the things I'm saying.

"I swear." Aries replies with a smile making me look at him quite surprised. Slowly my features started to soften and a smile laced my lips.

"Good." I grinned as I gave a sigh of relief once we pull apart. "So you were saying."

"I traced your memories back to when you were with your..." Aries pursed his lips before looking at the corner of his eyes. "... Jessica." I look at him confused. What has Jessica have to do with this?

"What do you mean?" I asked, cupping his chin to look at me.

"It just felt odd. That's all." Aries groans as he held my hand in his and pressed a lingering kiss on my fingers. The simple gesture made my heart flutter. "They went all jumbled. Your memories. Once she was around you during that time."

"Oh." I state as I absorb what he was saying. "Do you think she might have done something on me? Magical perhaps like a potion or maybe hexing."

"It's hard to tell but she also might have drugged you." Aries groans as he sink his fingers into his hair. "There maybe some other factors involved as well that I'm not seeing."

"We'll figure things out eventually." I smile at him while I grabbed his hand off his hair and intertwined it with mine.

"I don't know, Blake. I'm afraid that it might be too late when the time comes." He clasped his hand between our joined hands and pressed his head over my shoulder. "And I don't want that time to come."

"Don't worry." I comforted him. "No one's ever going to break this thing we're having now." He pulls his head up to glare.

"This thing?" He growls.

"This." I smirked and pressed my lips into his lightly before jumping up as the door flung open, making us snap our heads to the direction of the door. There stood my old man with a stoic look over his face. His eyes looking at our direction, maybe more at Aries I assumed. "Do you ever knock?!" I spat, pulling out of Aries but standing in between my old man's field of vision.

"This is my office. I'll do whatever I want in it." He growls not leaving his glare at my direction. "So shut the fuck, pup!"

"Make me." I growl and was about to confront my old man when Aries held my right shoulder and walk to my side.

"Lance." Aries spoke and looked at my old man. It took forever for them to speak within the defeaning silence. "I want to confirm if your mate is Stephen Storm."

My old man's body tensed for a moment before looking at Aries with a nod. "Yes." He states clearly.

"Did you knew I was his son?" Aries was looking at him without any hint of emotion now but I could tell he was nervous. "Even back then."

"I had my suspicions." My old man states. "After all, you looked liked him. A lot like him." He had that longing look in his eyes right now. His oddly dead red eyes were somehow showing some emotions right now.

"And you didn't even brought it up once?" Aries scowls. "Is that why you allowed all my commands back then?! Because you thought I look like my father."

My old man gave a humorless laugh.

"Why would I." He groans as he walked a few steps away from the closed door. "I thought I was going crazy back then. One night you showed up and I saw you!" He slammed his hand on the right side of his face in clear frustration. "Do you fucking know, that your fucking wolf, looks also like his!"

Aries was not standing still. Drowning in all the information my old man was pouring out. I grasped his shoulder firmly as to tell him I'm here.

"So is that it?!" Aries started to speak again. "You took me for my father and lashed on your own son's mate!" Aries lashed his other arm outwards. "And for what?! Are you that cold hearted that you want your own son to suffer like you."

"Blake doesn't know better." My old man spat and instantly my blood started to boil.

"Fuck you! You're maybe my father but doesn't give you the right to choose what I should know or not!" I growledat him as it was now Aries' turn to hold me. I don't know what have I done there and then if he hadn't held my waist firmly. "You don't even know that I loved him!" I heard both of them gasped.

"You don't know a fucking thing about love!" My old man strides towards me with a glare. "It's only good for nothing! This fucking mate shit is absolutely bull!" My old man gritted his teeth before holding his head and clutching his chest with another. He dances backwards just to hold himself firmly by grabbing the edge of the table. "Fuck."

"You're entitled to your opinion, Lance." Aries states as he looks at my old man with concern for some reason. "But know this. I love your son." He held me possessively while looking at my glaring father. "And he's stuck with me whether you like it or not."

"You said it, Aye."

"I know you liked my father." Aries states the obvious but my old man just glares at him. "You can try to deny it but I know you do. Gah! Why are you as stubborn as your son!" Aries groans as I looked at him with a pissed off expression mixed with confusion before turning to look at my father.

"Yeah, old man. You wouldn't be jumping in your boots right now trying to look for him if you don't like Aries' dad." I grinned before glancing at Aries who shot me a knowing smirk. "So quit acting like a fucking board and just admit it! And if Aries has something to be proud of then I know your mate's not half bad looking." I saw my old man's eyes shot wide at what I said and I can't help but smirk proudly at that.

"Fuck you, damn pup!" My old man growled.

"Fuck you, old man!" I cussed back with a triumphant smirk.

"Why are you even here?!" He growled as he crosses his arms trying to look intimidating. "I've want to talk to him..." He glares at Aries then returns back at me with a deepened scowl. "...not you."

"Well, too bad old man. You can fucking deal with it 'cause I'm not leaving." I glared back at him as I crossed my arms and puffed my chest. "What you have to say to Aries, you have to say it with me as well." I growled at him as he growled louder. Glaring down at each other as none of us wanted to back down.

"Fucking faggot of a son." He cussed.

"Fucking faggot of a father." I cussed back.

"Will you two shut up?" Aries groans in his hand while shaking his head. "It's like dealing with two misbehaving kids! Can we all be civilized men and talk like well-mannered adults?" He looks at me with a raised eyebrow then turned his head to look at my old man. "Lance, I agree with Blake. What you have to say to me, you can say to the both of us as well. Unless you still have a problem with me having a dick then we can forget about this all together." Aries spoke a hint of a challenge in his tone. I look oddly proud at him at that simple action causing my heart to melt at his words.

"Fucking fine!" My old man groans. "That damn brat can stay and listen."

"I'm no fucking brat you damn..." I growled but Aries smacked my chest with the back of his hand. It literally caused me to choke back and grasp my chest. I glared at him after doing that but felt a pang of fear when he glares back at me from the corner of his eyes. I just deepen my scowl but remain silent. I don't want to know what he'll do next after that warning glare.

"So, first things first." Aries started. "Why did you call me here?"

"It's about your father." My old man replied much calmer for some reason. "I just want to know if Stephen is still alive..." He paused to compose himself before continuing. "...or at least you have any idea of his whereabouts?"

"As far as I know my father's dead. Blake can attest to that." Aries states making my old man look at me with suspicion.

"And how is that?" He asked as I knew that question was directed at me.

"I've been to his place a couple of times..." I replied, tucking my hands in my pockets and kicking the carpet for some reason while looking pass my old man's shoulder. "Just hanging out... Doing stuff..."

"Stuff?" He narrows his eyes at me as if judging me already. "What exactly did the two of you do while at his pack?"

"Just hanging out..." I groan. "Fuck you, old man. What has this even have to do with Stephen?!"

"Don't fucking evade the question, damn fuck!" He growled. All the while Aries was shaking his head.

"Fine! If your fucking asking if we already fucked!" I growled. "Then yes! There fucking happy?!"

"Fuck no!" I heard Aries gasped, smacking my chest again. He looked at my old man apologetically before continuing on what he was saying. "We didn't do such a thing. So please don't believe this dufuses over here. " He points at me while I scowled at him. He bares his neck at my old man and I instantly got hard from looking at his skin. "We haven't marked each other yet so you can rest assured that we haven't had sex with each other."

"Yet." I added and I heard Aries groan. "But I do intend to leave my mark on that neck of yours." I husked.

"You two haven't mated yet?" My old man asked surprised. "You've been meeting with each other for a couple of months now. And yet you two didn't fuck each other yet?"

"What's wrong with that?" I asked quite annoyed.

"What Blake means is that we decided to take things slow." Aries states. "We're still young and have all the time in the world to know each other before we decided to actually mate." He explains. "And besides. We don't know exactly know what to do when..." It was my turn to smack Aries' chest. He eyed me after holding his chest as I glared back at him. We don't need the world to know that we have no fucking idea what gay sex is or what to do when we're going to do it!

"Just shut the fuck up, Aye." I growled warningly at him. My old man looked at us like something grew weird out off our heads.

"Fuck you're slow." I heard my old man chuckle. Its been weird hearing your own father laugh for too long. I can't remember when he actually laugher around me when I'm growing up. "Damn, you're putting the Fang name to shame. I can't believe my own pup grew up to be a fucking pussy." He grinned tauntingly at me as I let out a growl.

"I'm no fucking pussy! Take that back, old man!" I growled as I point a finger at him, feeling my anger raising to the roof. The old man just chuckled triumphantly at me with a knowing smirk.

"Make me, pussy." He sneered.

I clenched my fists and started to stride towards my old man when Aries grabbed my shoulder and held it firmly. I grunted disapprovingly but let out a deep sigh before glaring at my old man.

"Fuck you." I cussed before walking besides Aries and crossing my arms.

"I don't see what my dad saw in you, Lance." Aries mused as my old man look at him flabbergasted. "With all this testosterone going on with the two of you..." He states as he looks at both at me and my old man. "... It's hard to believe he saw anything redeeming in you." He smiles playfully at my father as he shot me a knowing look making raise a brow in confusion.

"He's my mate. He doesn't need to be impressed by anything!" My old man growled.

"I'm sure he doesn't." Aries agrees making my old man look at him with surprise. "As I am with Blake." He walks over my old man and I tensed. My old man looked at him as he strode confidently towards him. Looking at Aries' back, I can't help but feel warmth and secure. I noticed he trimmed his hair a bit shorter now. Exposing that succulent flesh at me. I shook my head as I try to remove this unnecessary thoughts in my mind. Fuck! I'm getting horny in my old man's office.

"What the-" I heard my old man gasp. I snap out off my thoughts and look at him. Aries was pressed against him and hugging him. I don't know if I should be happy or angry at that. I guess a healthy mixture of both.

"What the fuck are you doing?!" I asked, a bit louder than usual.

"Giving your father a hug." Aries replied. He pulls out shortly and looked at my gaping father. "I thought since you're dad's mate and all, I should be happy. And besides, you're Blake's father, I should at least be in good terms with my mate's old man." He flicked his fingers to make air quotes. He looked at my old man with a smirk.

"I didn't say I approved your relationship w-" My old man spoke, bit quieter for some reason. His cheeks tinted a bit pink. "-ith Blake yet." He bit his lip and groans. "Fuck it!" He grabs Aries and wrapped him in a crushing hug.

"The fuck old man! Are you trying to kill my mate!" I growl as I strode towards him and try to pry his arms off my mate. "Let him go! Damn it!"

He releases Aries from his hold and clasped my shoulder, making me glare at him. He grinned at me as he pats my shoulder firmly. It took me few minutes to realize but when I do I smirked back at him. I guess this will be smooth sailing from then on.

"Stephen would wanted this to happen anyways." My old man grinned. "How fucked up is this! Our sons ending up being mate's as well." He shakes his head before looking at us.

"We can't question the moon goddess' judgment." Aries states. "She knows best I guess."

"Well, she's one fucked up bitch." My old man growls.

"What do you mean, old man? If your given a choice, you'd rather shag up with a bitch." I scowled as I grabbed Aries possessively by the waist. My old man raises a brow at him while Aries tried to pry my hand of him but I was not going to let him go that easily.

"I never said that." He growls.

"And have some respect for your mother, Blake." Aries growls. "She's still the one who gave birth to you and cared for your father all this time. She doesn't need to hear that from you."

"Fuck, alright!" I groan. "You're right. I'm fucking sorry for dissing something as childish as that."

"Good." Aries smiles proudly. "We should get things settled here and now so I could go back home. Zephyr also needs to inform the pack that he and Frank are together now."

"Fred's son?" My old man asked making us look at him. "Frank Hunter. That's the Frank you're talking about right?" We nod and he raised a confused brow. "Who's this Zephyr he's together now?"

"Oh fuck! You don't know yet." I gasped then I chuckled between my pursed lips. "Oh fuck! This is friggin' hilarious."

"What's so funny, Blake?" My old man asked with a hint of anger in his tone.

"I don't know if it's my place to tell but..." Aries glares at me but I smirked at him. "...Zephyr is my Beta. And..."

"Fucking Shit!" My old man groans as the realization hit him. "Does Fred knows about this?" He walks towards his desk and pulls out a bottle of whiskey I presume and poured a generous amount on his glass.

"They're talking with him right now." Aries answered the question.

"Hear this." I start as I can't help but be sinister and happy about the situation as Aries looks at me suspiciously. "Frank's pitching." I blurt out.

"Oh, really." My old man looked somehow surprised at what I just said but soon changed as he was now grinning with me. "For someone as short as him to ..." My old man chuckles as he imagines. "Fuck! That Beta of yours is at least a foot taller than Frank! It's hard to believe he's the one catching." He eyed Aries with mischief in his eyes.

"Well, I for one doesn't mind. If that what they want and are happy with it then I don't care if they want to pitch and catch with each other." Aries states. "I'm not worried with that. And as their friend, I care much for them to care about their sexual preference."

"Fuck! You even think like him." My old man stopped to look at Aries with awe.

"Like who?" I can't help but ask.

"Stephen." My old man answered without skipping a beat. "He even .... Fuck! Heh, I can't believe I'm saying this but damn. Grow your hair a bit longer and a slight change here and there, you could easily be your own father." My old man exaggerates with a knowing smirk. It's kind of odd seeing him all hypes and giddy about something. Growing up here, I never seen him this excited talking to someone about someone. He let's out a hearty laugh before shaking his head. I do admit the old guy looks attractive when he smiles. I guess that's where my good looks come from. I mean. My dashing good looks and charisma should come out off someone.

"It's like you're talking about your crush, old man." I grinned but Aries was the one who shot me a warning glare. "And I won't admit it but let's be clear. Aries is hot. Who doesn't want to be around him all the time." I snaked my right arm around my mate's waist and rests my chin over his left shoulder. "But bejeezas man! Hands off my man. Go look for another fucking ass to oogle with."

"I'm not even barely touching him." My old man looks at me. He ran his hand over his black locks and looked the other side. "Alphas." He scoffs.

"May I remind you that you're a fucking Alpha yourself." I point out as Aries pushed my hands off him. He sent me a mental note that I might make my old man feel uneasy with me getting all touchy with him. I roll my eyes at that thought but agreed to be less touchy around him. "Fuck, I'm sorry alright!" I growled as I glared at Aries. "Let's get this damn thing over with so I could lock you in a room somewhere!" I looked at Aries before turning at my old man with a scowl.

"Bitching at 18." My old man grinned before he looked at Aries with seriousness. "Anyways. If Stephen's not with your pack, I'm certain he's still alive somewhere. I felt him. " He states. "You must think I'm going crazy but I know when my mate is alive."

"I don't your crazy, Lance." Aries states as he looked at my old man. "It's just hard to believe, you know, if my father is still alive all this years hen why'd he haven't shown himself to us, to me."

"I guess it has to do with me." My old man replied. He looked down for a moment before looking back at my mate. "After we found out that Ethel was pregnant with Blake, we uhm, had this argument about things and ended up in a sour note." He grimaced as he crossed. "And then .... You know what happened."

"I clearly don't." Aries state. "One thing is that I was told that my father died due to some unknown disease which is clearly not the case since you ..." Aries paused. "How did my father died, Lance?"

"Even I don't know exactly how. It must be so traumatic that I didn't care to know how he died. I just felt rage that time." He growls. "For a long time, I just felt angry at everyone. I felt angry..." He groans before pausing for a few minutes. "... But most of the time I blame myself. I felt so angry at the world that I'm ..." He gritted his teeth as I can practically feel his hostility he was giving off.

"Control yourself, Lance." Aries growled which made me jump. His tone and posture was strong, his Alpha is showing off. He was looking at my old man intently with such command in him for someone our age to someone who is twice our age. "It's not the time to let your wolf out. I know you're having a lot of things going within yourself right now but believe me, it doesn't need to end up beating yourself up for it." Aries reaches out and grab my old man's arm with his right hand and my father actually calmed down.

"Fuck. Sorry about that." My old man apologized as Aries let's go of his hold on my old man's arm. "Got a bit carried away with that."

"I know your strong. You've been able to control this long. Now not is the time to slip." Aries mused as my old man looked at him. I narrowed my eyes at my old man warningly as I unconsciously let out a threatening low growl. "Why don't I call my mom... I know this will be a shock for her but I know she'll understand. We need answers and I can't deny your mate's information can I?" He grins.

"Very well." My old man agreed. "Just let your mother know I'm still annoyed at her."

"If that's what you want." Aries chuckles as he fished his phone out his pocket and started dialing. "Hello? Canis.... It's Aries. Can I speak with mom for a moment? Thanks." He spoke as he walks towards the adjoining room.

I looked at my mate with a smirk before turning to look at my old man who was now busy reading one of the papers on his desk. I bet one of the pack's monthly bills or individual requests.

"Will you fucking stop your damn staring." He growls without turning to look at me. "It's damn annoying."

"Fuck you." I scoff. Turning my heels towards his table and glance at the picture of us, me, mom and my old man. I took it in my hand and grimaced at the emotionless expression of his eyes on the photo. "You're not supposed to beat yourself from having me." I start as I felt my old man's gaze was now at me. "You know it's not your fault if you knocked up mom. Well, some of it was your fault. You drove your dick up her anyways. But it's not a reason to put yourself down. I don't blame you about it. Your still a lousy father still but..."

"Fuck off." I heard my old man growl as he gripped my shirt to force me to look at him. "You know nothing, Blake. I may have regretted that I got Ethel pregnant. I may have regretted I pushed my own mate to his death... But I didn't regret having a kid." he pushed me back. "I've always wanted a kid but having Stephen as my mate made me decide to push that possibility down the drain. But you came. It maybe a mistake but I didn't regret it. I know Ethel didn't."

I was surprised to say the least. My old man just poured out his heart at me. All this time I thought he hated me and knowing that I was the result of a one night stand he didn't want made me think he actually despised me. But...

"This doesn't mean you could eye fuck my mate when he's around." I spat. My old man just grinned at me.

"Why? Are you jealous, pup?" He glared at me.

"I'm not jealous." I growled.

"I don't see a mark on that neck." He smirk. "It's all fair in love and war."

"You don't dare." I gritted as I glare daggers at him.

"I don't know." He returned a gaze as vicious as mine. "Frank's already done it with his mate and you're here all unmarked." I let out a growl.

"Fuck off, old man." I gripped the cloth of his shirt and exposed my canines. I know my eyes are blazing crimson now.

"You need to get laid, pup." He scoffs as he pushed me back effortlessly. "You've gone mad if I ever do that to Stephen's son. Jealousy is a nasty thing..."

"Fuck you." I snapped as I stormed at the adjoining room and looked for Aries. I found him talking over the phone and started to doubt myself for a minute before shaking my head. I strode towards him and grabbed his hand which made him jump and glare at me. Before he could speak, I grab the back of his head and slammed my lips over his. He fought back for awhile before surrendering to my assault. I pull out for a breather and glared at him.

"What was that, Blake?" I heard him gasped, out of breath.

"Never go near my old man ever again." I growled.

"What?" He looked at me confused. "What has your father have to -"

"Just fucking do it!" I snapped and looked at the phone that Aries was still holding. I could hear his mom calling him out from the speaker. I let him go and groaned. "Just fucking forget it."

"Blake." He frowns and placed the phone over his ear. "Call you back mom. It's alright, it was just Blake. Yep, I know. Please, if you could... Just... Yes. Okay. Bye." He pressed the end button and placed it in his pocket and before I could fully exit the room, I felt him pull my arm causing my body to collide with his chest. His strong arms wrapped around my back and I felt him press his head over my shoulder. I immediately stiffen at the sudden contact.

"Aye." I groaned.

"Shhhh.... Zip it." Aries spoke. "You know I love you too much to do something as silly as to hook up with your dad." I frowned and looked down as he pressed a kiss over the exposed skin between my neck and shoulder.

"Just promise me not to get drunk." I whisper. I slowly held his hips, feeling the odd familiar touch.

"You know I don't drink." He chuckles.

"I know, you wuss." I grinned, snaking my arms around his waist. "Alright, let's go before my old man notices that we're grinding dicks in his study."

"Five more minutes." He smiles as he presses his hips at mine. Adding more pressure to my already aching groin.

"One minute." I can't help but moan.

"Three."

"Thirty seconds with a kiss." I bit my lower lip. He immediately pulls back with a knowing smirk. "Fuck!"

"Will you two get a room!" I heard my old man growl from the other side. "No one fucks in my study! Get the fuck out now!"

"Fuck you!" I shout back.

"You know your dad's being considerate not storming in." Aries grins. I roll my eyes at him and quickly gave him a peck in the lips. He was so stunned that he stood on the same position for a short while.

"Still that wolf caught in the headlights." I smirked as he blinked his eyes at me before turning his stunned expression into those of mischief. "Fuck."