The Wallflower and the Alphas
Chapter 109 "Attraction"

Elijah P.O.V.

Hour later...

I started walking away from the lake house. I started walking up the steep stairs going up the hill to the cabin. I took two steps at a time, and once I got on the top.

I climbed more stairs to go inside the cabin.

Once I was inside, I walked over to the liquor cabinet. I got out whisky and bourbon. I started grabbing a glass up in the cabinet, and I got a shot glass down too.

I picked up the whisky and poured it into the shot glass. I tip it back, and I pour another one, and I keep making shots until there is no more whisky.

After that was gone, I started pouring bourbon into a tall glass, and I bent my arm and picked up the glass, and I started taking drinks once the bottle was gone.

I started feeling numb and good. I kept on drinking until that bottle was gone.

Now, I am trash and drunk, and numb. I feel no emotion or pain or anything right now. That is what I wanted right now.

To feel nothing for a day.

But I know tomorrow comes around. It's not going to be good because of hangovers and pain from drinking so much.

I am going to regret it tomorrow, but at least I am not feeling anything right now. I can think about Avery's disappointed expression on her face.

I hurt her; I know I hurt my mate. I am always screwing up when it comes to Avery. I can't take any more hurting my mate.

I wish I had never made that stupid bet; I know I said it so many times in my head. I don't and do regret it. Because if I didn't-didn't make that bet, I wouldn't have been able to get my time to know Avery, the real Avery Williams.

But then I regret it because once she finds out what I did and Andrew, and Matthew did. She will never forgive us, and then she is going to reject us.

I don't know what I would do if she rejected me. It will kill me, literally. I will die.

I shook my head, and I struggled over to the other side of the room. Once, I tried five times to walk over to the other side of the room.

Once I got to my destiny, I sat down on the big comfy chair by the window. I can see the sky getting darker. I guess I have been here for a while.

That was when I felt my phone buzzed, and I looked down at my hand, where I dragged my phone out of my pocket. I saw it said seven-thirty o'clock and it was the evening.

On my phone, I saw a lot of messages and missed calls on my phone.

I see my mate trying to get off holding me. I see a couple from my friends Eli, Jayson, Jake, Matthew, and Andrew, and some from my parents.

I open up to my parents first.

Mom and Dad- "Elijah, son, text or call us; okay, we love you."

Jake – "Dude, what's up with that leaving Avery like that? Not cool, man. Call or text me. I am going to take Avery home."

Andrew- "You're fucking dick!"

I love you too, Andrew, I chuckled under my breath.

Matthew-" Dude, that wasn't cool, man, leaving her. Don't worry. I am going to keep her safe, "he said with a winky emoji.

Eli- 'Are you okay, bro?"

Jayson-" Dude, if you keep doing that, I am never going to get her to like me.

So, stop hurting her cousin!"

Huh, Jayson never wrote me that before?

Jayson- "Oh, yeah, I forgot to ask. Are you okay?'

I need to tell my parents I am okay, and I am staying at the cabin we built.

I text my mom and dad.

Me-" I am fine, I am staying at the cabin, and I love you guys; talk to you tomorrow." I am crushing soon.

Mom and Dad- "Okay, son, be good, and we love you too; good night."

I wrote in a group chat with my boys.

Me- "I am fine, talk to you later tomorrow."

Jake- "Okay, talk to you tomorrow."

Eli- "Okay, see ya later, bro!"

Andrew- "You are still a dick, but okay, talk to you later."

Matthew- "Stop hurting her asshole, or I am going to beat your ass."

Jayson- "Haha, Matthew is going to beat your ass, lol. See yeah later, cuz.'

I rolled my eyes. I left the chat group, and that was when I saw another message.

Avery wrote me and called me.

First, I wanted to hear her voicemail.

"Hey, umm, Elijah. I wanted to call you and see if you're umm okay." I listened to her sweet little voice. I didn'tdidn't call her back, but I did; she texted me a lot.

I saw her texted me six times. Wow, someone wanted me, I thought with a smirk and a grin on my face.

"Avery- Where are you?"

Avery- "Please answer your text and calls?" " Call me or text me back?"

Avery- "Elijah, whatever it is, It's not that bad. Please talk to me."

I felt that pain in my heart when she was trying to be brave. Even in a text message, she was depressed because of me. See, I am good, not for her or anyone.

Avery-" Please, you're scaring me. "

Avery- "I know something is up; please talk to me."

Avery- "Okay, this is the last time I am texting and calling you. Elijah."

"Goodbye!"

After that, I smiled because she was frustrated and mad; oh, is my firecracker pissed off.

So, I wrote her back.

Me- "Hey, what's the wrong, mate?" Someone misses me and wants my attitude. I wrote her with a wink emoji I started laughing.

I waited for her to write me back. By the time I was going to text her back.

That was when I heard a ding on my phone, and I looked down.

Avery- "No, I just wanted to know if you're okay."

Me- "Ohh, really, is that all? If not, I could come over and give you a ride. "I took a pause and wrote on my face. I wrote with a smiling smirk emoji.

I can see her blushing at that. I know I am feeling hot, and I am getting a hard thing about Avery in her room. Wait a minute, she is home, right? I thought.

Avery- "No, I just wanted to know if you're okay, that's all."

I could see she was turning so red right now. I know I made her blush and turn on. But then I heard a ding again, meaning she texted me back.

Me- "Oh, so you don't want me to come over, huh?" I wrote her. But then I got one text that changed everything.

Avery- "Yes, I want you, and I want you to come over, Elijah."

I bet her face is red, and her sexy little body is burning hot.

Hot damn! I sobbed quickly.

I got off the chair and grabbed my keys, and I ran down the stairs and walked to my truck and started the engine and spilled out of the driveway and started driving to her house.