I giggle with her and take a sip of water, which draws the attention of Cameron and Dakota. “She is right, it was definitely worth the wait.” Dakota says not taking his eyes off of me and I’m not sure what to make of that, so I break eye contact only to lock eyes with Cameron who is nodding and then Oliver who is hiding a smile behind his beer bottle. I don’t know if I have ever seen him smile, but I don’t have time to ponder that as Cameron draws my attention again.
“I don’t know if I have ever seen your hair up like that, it looks nice Sky.” He says looking puzzeled, like he’s trying to figure something out.
“Yeah, Tiny, who’d you get all dressed up for?” Dakota winks at me.
“Who are you calling Tiny?” I scoffed at him “I had no control over what I look like, my look is that of a hostage situation by a very demanding friend.” I smile over at Sierra who is laughing at something Sam was saying. Before Dakota could reply to me, Sierra jumped in.
“It was not a hostage situation, I was just being a good friend and highlighting all of your amazing assets.” I rolled my eyes at her. She wasn’t wrong though. She found this amazing blue coat that accentuated the grey of my eyes and the eye make-up she did made my eyes glow almost silver. She then pulled my blonde hair into a high ponytail and added soft curls to it making me look taller and more confident. I still had my jeans, t-shirt and black combat boots on from school today. She didn’t do a lot, but what she did made me look like a different person.
I don’t know how long we stood there talking to the guys, but we seemed to have their undivided attention. My brother and even Oliver joined in the conversation after a while. I found out Oliver was actually really smart and took a ton of extra math classes. He and I had a long discussion that went over the heads of everyone else, at least one of them likes school, it makes me feel less weird. Cameron and Dakota were talking about a few of the things their dad wants them to consider since they are becoming co-Alphas and some of the other pressures they had to think about. My brother even talked about the pressure dad put on him to be the best beta. We found out all five of them were into sports and training. They have all tried almost every outdoor sport there is to try, several I would love to join them on. I think Sierra just has that charm about her, it draws you in and if she chooses to pull you in you can’t resist. These guys have never had these kinds of conversations around me let alone with me.
Dakota walked by me after getting another beer, stopped right next to me and looked straight down into my face. “You really are tiny, Tiny. What happened? Was Mateo given all the height and nothing was left over for you?” He stood towering over me, his six foot and growing frame required me to tilt my head all the way back to look at his face. It should have intimidated or frightened me to have him this close, but I didn’t feel anything but safe around any of these guys.
“I guess I never realized how small you are, Smalls.” Cameron added. My head was so far back, I only had to shift my gaze slightly to notice he was right behind me. Not touching, like Dakota, but close enough to feel the body heat radiating off of them.
Still not intimidated, I responded the only way I could think of, like Sierra. “I guess some of us needed less time to reach perfection. Some of you are still working out the rough edges.” They both smiled at me.
“Like a fine wine, Little Bit, we are only getting better with age.” Sam chimes in, his arm firmly grasped around Sierra where it’s been for the last hour or so since she switched to beer. We all laughed at him.
