SGAP asked, “Huh? Dad, you wanted us to learn in the basement.” Nathan snorted, “I did no such thing.” Porter groaned, “I swear to god too much happened around here without anyone telling me.” Nathan’s Gamma snorted, “Welcome to the club, Porter. No one tells a Gamma anything.” Porter groaned, “Ian, that’s simply not true.” It kind of was.
I watched as my Super Special Fun Sized Fairy Ninja Goddess’s eyes narrowed in suspicion because there was only one person who could’ve prevented the pack from telling Nathan about the Conners boys learning to sew. The Luna at the time known as mommy queenie meanie, a.k.a. Gryla the Christmas Witch.
Jackson laughed, “Yeah, we had bleeding thumbs for months.” Harold groaned, “That damn needle refused to be thread.” Darrin chimed in, “Eric only threw seventeen machines.” Fang gasped, “I can’t believe we missed that.” It was a real tragedy.
I shouted, “Pups! We need you to return the party to normal! There are games to play! Nathan, my good man who has a fun friend date later with Marjorie the complimentary, get the pups going.” Nathan sighed, “It’s not a date.” I gasped, “Date? You’re calling it a date? I said friend date, and you dropped the friend part. Clearly my long game is working.”
Nathan replied, “I’m not taking you on dates, Dylan.” I gasped, “Why do all the Conners men try such lines on me after my mate appeared in my life? I’ll be a dad thrice over soon and my mate is on that adorable, floating snowman couch.”
I lamented, “I didn’t even know you got warm for the male form, Nathan. I’ll get you another buddy. A little menage a trois action. SGAP totally got it from you! How did I not know this? I’m too behind today and I care not for it.”
Nathan chuckled, “It’s not from me. I am not warm for the male form.” I sighed in relief, “Thank goodness. Because I have a rule about how much new information can be thrown at me about my wind-up toys at once. We can’t go breaking those when so much has been thrown at me in a short period of time. I’m aghast, a flutter even. I have to order more things to bring the Christmas cheer for Alpha Theo now.”
Beta James shouted, “No!” I whispered to Nathan, “Go on sir has a date later because he dropped the friend part of my title. Get the pups playing Christmas Tag, Christmas Bingo, Christmas Twister, and more! The instructions are quite easy to follow. Bye now!”
Nathan laughed while all the other Conners men shot me looks. I tipped my invisible hat, because I didn’t let their dadspiral into the ‘what has Mommy Queenie Meanie done now’ loop he could’ve gone down. Porter and Ian raised a glass of Dr. Pepper to me.
Lucas linked, “Why would Cassandra hide that she made them learn to sew?” I admitted, “I don’t know. Honestly, it’s very progressive of her when I had her filed and categorized as a serious misogynist. There will be an ulterior motive to it. Have you no fear.”
Lucas asked, “What on earth could it possibly be?” I sighed, “If only I could search her office. I feel I could find answers.” Lucas warned, “Do not do that. They’ve locked it down.” I sighed, “A truly horrible use for the room. I’d turn into my music room or something happy. Maybe a dance area even. Mommy Queenie Meanie would have hated that. Which makes my plan superior to theirs.” Lucas snorted.
Red Run’s Beta family finally showed up with their Gamma family. Fang linked, “Why was the Alpha family here already?” I snorted, “Elise, obviously. EJ wanted her here sooner, therefore they are here because we are all saps for our daughters.” Fang conceded, “True.”
I squealed, “THE MCALISTER’S! WHERE IS THE ADORABLE DANCING PRODIGY WHO LOVES CHRISTMAS!?!” I looked around but she wasn’t with them. Fang huffed, “What could the excuse possibly be now?”
Sam said, “Melanie crossed the border so she wasn’t allowed to come.” I stared at them, waiting for the punch line. Beta Tex asked, “So, you didn’t let her come to the event every single pup is going to talk about for months? On Christmas Eve?”
I whispered, “I love how judgmental you sound right now, Beta Tex. I was thinking it, but you said it. It’s the sauce you claim you haven’t had today. I don’t care that you possibly lied to me about drinking it either. I’m with you my Texas Beta buddy.”
Beta Tex snorted, “No, sauce Dylan. Just incredulity.” Sam replied, “We can’t let people think we bend the rules for Ladybug.” I asked, “What pup is grounded on Christmas Eve or Christmas? That’s sacrilegious. OH NO! You haven’t heard about a delayed punishment. This is my fault.”
Sam frowned, “We can’t reward bad behavior.” I snorted, “Crossing the border is a rite of passage. How did a three year old get there without anyone noticing? That feels like something that should be addressed. Alpha Peter my buddy, you’ve got problems. SGAP, WE NEED A PLAN STAT!”
Sam reasoned, “Melanie is just fast.” Fang snorted, “I’d say she’s not being serious, but Sugar agrees.” What the actual hell? I yelled, “ALPHA BABY DADDY, WE NEED YOU FRONT AND CENTER! We are in crisis mode.”
The man joined us quickly which said he also knew this was bad. I said, “Please tell us again Sammikins, with Alpha Baby Daddy present, how your Warriors didn’t notice your daughter get to the border. Never mind, I just said it.”
“Alpha Baby Daddy, tell them about how when your super-fast speedy Holf pups are close to the border, your Warriors know about it. Especially since your oldest twins like to cross at light speed to see my son and Alpha Kaa’s daughter. They even going in opposite directions.”
I whispered, “Because as you know his daughter is mated to my son.” Beta Drake replied, “We do know that.” Alpha Baby Daddy said, “Someone always spots my pups well before they are close to the border.” I pointed, “His pups are obviously faster than your Christmas loving pup. OSCAR MY GOOD MAN, RED RUN NEEDS EYE DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS STAT!”
Oscar chuckled, “I’ve not finished school for that quite yet." I whispered, “Anything will help. They have problems.” Alpha Peter argued, “We do not.” SGAP urged, “Let’s discuss this over there.” He pointed to a different corner no one was occupying.
I nudged Drake, “That means he agrees, and he’s worried your pup got ALL the way to the border without anyone spotting her.” Drake’s jaw opened like he hadn't considered anything I’d just been saying. Fang replied, “Pepper hadn’t. This is weird, Dylan.” Yes, it was. Drake was a Beta wolf and all the McAlister’s looked gob smacked. The Beta blood was obviously malfunctioning.
Lacy’s couch floated over. Sam chuckled, “That couch is adorable.” I stared at her then glanced at Beta Tex who had an eyebrow raised himself. Fang said, “Yeah, Sugar moved on too.” What the hell? Was Sam ok?
Fang offered, “Maybe they know they overreacted because they have their trauma about border crossing and Sugar feels guilty about it. So, she’s not focused on it.” That actually had to be it. Or this was very weird behavior.
Sam squealed, “Lacy, this is adorable.” Lacy smiled, “I’m going to lay down now, Dylan.” I cooed, “You go see your lovely sleigh bed room fit with T.V, food, and a direct line to yours truly. Call and I SHALL hear you.”
Sam offered, “I’ll go with you.” I linked Lacy, “Maybe figure out what’s wrong with your friend. She’s acting cuckoo for coco puffs.” Lacy shot me a look. I insisted, “Even Beta Tex agrees. SGAP is off trying to find out what’s wrong too.”
Lacy was immediately alert, “What’s going on?” I replied, “Ask her and you’ll see it’s weird. Plus, I know you heard the conversation.” Lacy conceded, “A little. It did seem weird.” Valerie and Emmaline joined them with Chelsea, and they got on my mate’s couch. Most of the crowd watched as they floated to my mate’s special room.
Beta Tex said, “That was weirder than an unoiled saddle.” I told him, “I love you and the weird things you say. You must teach pup Hank the ways of the Texan.” Beta Tex tipped hiscowboy hat, “We always have our saddles oiled and our guns greased, Beta Dylan.”
I grinned, “You’re such fun.” Beta James walked over, “That was weird, right?” I snorted, “Apparently more concerning than a non-oiled saddle, my good friend.” Beta James blinked at me while Beta Tex laughed.
