Intoxicated With You

Chapter 6

Noah's POV

 "There has to be other family," I yell at Tyler across Blake's hospital room. The doctor says she could wake up any second, and once she is awake, she is free to go home, but she has to be released to someone.

 "She's your mate." He argues.

 "I rejected her!"

 "Don't you think I know that! I was there." Tyler yells.

 "So, let's give her to some other family."

 "She's your mate whether you reject her or not. She never accepted it, so there is still something there you feel for her." Tyler yells, crossing his arms.

 "It doesn't matter. She won't be my mate much longer. I'm going to get her to accept it, and then we can send her off with whatever other family she might have." I defend myself. I'm an Alpha, and I run a whole pack protecting many people. I don't have time to tend to the wounds of this one girl, even if she was supposed to be my mate. 

 "Guys," the doctor says to us, standing between us at the foot of Blake's bed.

 "Of course, it matters. She's the Luna, and more importantly, she's my friend!" Tyler yells.

 "Guys! Shut up! She's waking up." Dr. Alice says, breaking us out of our fight. I turn to Blake to see her start wiggling her fingers and toes just like she did last time before she woke up, according to what Tyler told me. She slowly starts opening her eyes and looking around before sitting up with a gasp.

 "Hey, Blake. Do you remember what happened?" Dr. Alice speaks up. Blake takes a second to look around at all of us before looking back at the doctor and nodding slightly. "I need you to use your words and tell me what you remember." Dr. Alice says calmly to Blake.

 Blake takes a deep breath before answering while looking at me, "I started fighting too much, so you gave me something to knock me out." 

 "You had a panic attack, so we gave you something to calm you down so you didn't hurt yourself by accident." The doctor says, making Blake look at her and nod. Then Blake sat up more and pulled her knees into her chest, pressing her face into her legs.

 "Well, now that you're awake, we've done all we can do for you here. You're free to go, but we have to release you to someone." Dr. Alice says, moving towards Blake. "Would you like me to call your mother?" The doctor asks quietly. Blake shakes her head no without even looking up at the doctor.

 "You've never mentioned your mom to me before. Where is she? Does she know about this?" Tyler asks, taking his seat next to Blake.

 "I don't know," Blake mumbles into her knees. What happened to the girl at the club dancing that I couldn't take my eyes off of? Right she was on drugs and not acting like herself. The real version of her is curled up on a bed, scared to talk while making eye contact with people. 

 "What about your dad? Your real dad, not your stepfather?" Tyler asks.

 "Gone. He left when I was a baby." Blake mumbles again.

 "Grandparents?" I ask, trying to find any family that can take her.

 "My stepfather's dad comes to visit every few years," Blake says, sitting up a little, glancing in my direction. "He smokes a lot." She says, putting her face back in her knees, mumbling.

 "Great. The chain smoker can take her." I say to Tyler while standing up.

 "Wait, those scars on your stomach," the doctor says, looking at Blake. "The little round ones. They're cigarette burns, aren't they?" Great. Is there any person in this girl's life that doesn't want to hurt her?

 "I can call Jeff. He can take me home." Blake says, sitting up.

 "You're not going home. We've been over this." Tyler says in a huff. Blake curls back up into a ball, retreating within herself. "You can come home with us," Tyler says, standing up.

 "Tyler-" I bark out.

 "I don't want to be a burden," Blake says, sitting up some looking at Tyler. Yeah, that's my girl, already on my side.

 "You're not a burden. You're coming home with me." Tyler says, leaning down and touching Blake's shoulder while talking to her but looking at me. Blake flinches away from his touch, hiding more behind her knees, and I can see the tears starting to form in her eyes.

 "I don't want to live like this anymore." She whispers into her knees to herself, but we can all still hear her just fine, thanks to werewolf hearing.

 "I already said I don't want-"I start but am so rudely interrupted.

 "Let's take it outside." Dr. Alice says to both Tyler and me before turning back to Blake, "We're going to find you a safe place to live, don't worry." Then Dr. Alice leads up both out of the room.

 Once out in the hall, it doesn't take long for Tyler and mine's argument to come back full force and goes on for a while.

 "SHE'S YOUR MATE!"

 "EXACTLY WHY I DON'T WANT HER THERE! I REJECTED HER. I DID NOT REJECT HER JUST SO I COULD HANG OUT WITH HER MORE!" I yell back.

 "What's the harm in letting her stay in a spare room while we figure out something to do with her?" Doctor Alice asks.

 "Because I don't want her there. I don't want her hanging around and seeing something she shouldn't see since I rejected her, and once she is better, she is leaving. That makes her a risk of exposing us to humans. And the longer she is there, the more chance there is of people getting attached to her, which pack members shouldn't do since she won't be sticking around." I explain, crossing my arms.

 "You don't want pack members getting attached, or you don't want to get attached?" Tyler asks with a smug look on his face while crossing his arms and leaning back some.

 "I couldn't give two shits, but you already said so yourself, Tyler; you called her the Luna, meaning your wolf recognizes her as Luna, so others will too. I can't have her walking around near the pack and thinking she is going to stay. I'm doing this for the pack." I huff, looking at Tyler in the eyes, trying to get my point across. Tyler and I have a stare down for a second in silence when I hear a slight creak, like when a door opens, and the hinges are old. The three of us look around in the hallway. Nobody is supposed to be here. I specifically ordered this hallway to be clear so no pack members stumble across Blake. Tyler and I look at each other with confused expressions before the doctor breaks us out of it.

 "Oh shit." Dr. Alice says before busting thru the door of my mate's hospital room, and her face drains of color as well as Tyler's when we see her.

 When Blake's hospital room door swings open, Dr. Alice runs in as Tyler and I look at her when she stops in her tracks. Tyler and I step into the door to see what caused Dr. Alice's face to drain of color only a few steps in the door. My stomach curls when I see my mate standing on the ledge of the now open window with her back to us.

 "Blake!" Tyler yells as I run to the window and wrap my arms around her, pulling her back in the window before she can move a muscle.

 "What were you thinking?" I yell at her turning her to look at me as Tyler runs to shut the window. Blake hides her face in her hands and sobs. 

 "I don't want to be here anymore," she says between sobs.

 "That's no reason to try to kill yourself!" Tyler yells

 "I don't want to hurt," she mumbles, and I pull her into my chest, and for once, she lets me touch her without flinching or pulling away. I didn't mean to cause her this kind of pain. I don't want my mate to be in pain..... but the fact, is I rejected her, and I don't know if I can take it back. And werewolves can be violent creatures, and I don't want to do anything that can cause her more harm. Blake pulls out of my arms and moves to Tyler, who is standing between her and the window as she continues to cry. I have to physically hold back a growl when Tyler puts an arm around her waist to keep her steady.

 "Please, Tyler." Blake cries into his chest. "I don't know what I did to make everyone hate me, but I'm sorry." She says, starting to cry harder. "I'm sorry, ok. Haven't I been punished for it enough? Please, I don't want to be here anymore." She sobs while Tyler wraps this other arm around her hugging her. We all stand in silence as she cries, and Tyler rubs her back, trying to calm her down.

 "Shhh... it's ok." Tyler says into her ear, and I can't help but feel jealous that my mate chose to go to Tyler than to come to stay in my arms.

 "She can't go home now, and I have to have her committed," Dr. Alice whispers, walking over to me.

 "Like hell you are! he's my mate," I growl back.

 "I'll lose my job if anyone finds out. She has presented herself as a threat to herself, so she has to stay." Dr. Alice says

 "She's going home with me," I growl. 

 "You didn't want her to go home with you 5 minutes ago." The doctor says with an eye roll.

 "Things change." 

 "Well, that doesn't change the fact that she will go through withdrawal soon. This," Dr. Alice motions to a still sobbing Blake, "is going to get a lot worse before it gets better."

 "I don't care. I'm not going to let you lock her up like a crazy person. She's my mate. I can take care of her." I growl out.

 "Fine. If you need me to call, I'll come to check on her, but I should warn you, it's going to be a lot of work, and she shouldn't be left alone or have access to anything that she can use to hurt herself." Alice sighs.

 "Ok. I can do that." 

 "There is no shame in her needing help. We should help her now before it's too late." Dr. Alice says, turning to look at me.

 "She's my mate. I can help her more than anyone else." I growl out.

 "Fine. But nobody can know about this." She sigh. "Come with me. I'll get you the release paperwork and can tell you what you can expect." She says, turning and walking out the door.

 I didn't want to take her home and have people getting attached, but my wolf would never let me leave her when she needs us. And right now, she needs us. Ugh. Ok, let's do this.

Chapter 7 - Intoxicated With You