Chapter 27: Chapter 27

It must have been love - Roxette

Must have been love, but it's over now.

Lay a whisper on my pillow, leave the winter on the ground

I wake up lonely, is there a silence in the bedroom

And all around. Touch me now I close my eyes and dream away.

It must have been love, but it's over now

It must have been good, but I lost it somehow

It must have been love, bit it's over now

From the moment we touched till the time had run out

Make believing we're together that I'm sheltered by your heart

But in and outside I turn to water

Like a teardrop in your palm

And it's a hard winter's day

I dream away...

It must have been love, but it's over now

It was all that I wanted, now I’m living without

It must have been love, but it's over now

It's where the water flows, it's where the wind blows

Chrystal's pov:

I must have dozed off because I woke up to my alarm playing "It must have been love by Roxette" I stood up from my bed still with my towel around my body and closed my eyes feeling the music in my soul before I head into my closet to get some clothes on.

All of a sudden I fall to my knees holding my chest where my heart is. "Am I having a heart attack Kia my chest hurts so bad, or is it my heart that hurting?"

"Hang on little one it will pass. You are in love now and feeling the pain of it right now. You took the song into your soul and some how your soul thought it was feeling heartache. You need to think of the good time you had last night running with his wolf in the woods last night. Think about that big black wolf rolled up in a ball around us protecting us. It is not over little one our journey into love has just started it gets better from here I promise you"

"What is his wolf's name did you ask him?"

"Yes and his name is Dakota. It is of Native American Indian origin meaning "forever smiling."

"Oh how so nice. Is he your mate Kia?"

"Well that's a dumb question silly of course he's my mate I knew the minute I seen him in school when we first went that he was my mate."

"Why did you not tell me before this, what if I had not liked Terry?"

"Then I would have to follow your heart. I will follow you until the day you die Chrystal. I came down to protect you because of what happened to your parents. Can I tell you another secret" she whispers to me.

I start giggling at her and tell her "yes"

"Now you cannot tell anyone"

"I promise" I say and crossed my heart.

"Dakota is my lifetime mate. He has known all along also that we are mates but like me he will not lead Terry to you. You two must come together on your own or it will not be true love. And baby girl that's what you were feeling earlier true love running through your heart. Our mate bond will be strong but you add true love to it means it will be unbreakable no matter what. You two will find each other no matter where you are."

With that revelation I head to my closet with some pep in my step. I feel like I am walking on the clouds right now. I am in love with a boy and his name is Terry. Humming to myself I look to see what I want to wear today. It is supposed to be a warm day so I just get some skinny jeans on and a black tank top. Grab some bobbie socks and my ked's and head down stairs to eat breakfast and talk to granny.

I dance all the way down stairs and into the kitchen where I find Thor, my dad I cannot get used to saying that, sitting at the island on a stool and granny over the stove fixing breakfast. I dance over to my dad and give him a big hug and kiss on the cheek and then I dance to granny and do the same thing saying good morning the whole time I am doing this. Cheezy I know but I am over the moon right now. I am in love and I really think he loves me also.

"He does not know it's you yet Chrystal. You are getting ahead of yourself" Kia say's in my head.

"Hey don't bust my bubble right now. Besides he loves the girl he comes to see at night. I can feel it."

Granny and my dad are laughing at me and the way I came into the kitchen, but that's okay I am on cloud nine and no one can bring me down. I am staying up here forever.

"So did you have a good work out last night litte princess?" my dad asks me

"Oh it was the best dad. I am ready for some more training."

"Slow down there girl you still have breakfast to eat" granny says putting a plate of two fried eggs, sausage, bacon, and hash browns in front of me. I look down at the plate and my eyes bulge out with all the food on the plate and my granny starts laughing again and says "I figured you worked up an appetite with that late night workout last night. Now eat up what you don't eat I am sure your dad will finish up."

"Heck yea, I am not one to turn down a home cooked meal especially one from you Eileen" with that we start on a race to see who can finish their meal first. It's a game we have played since I was a young girl. Of course he beats me and I whine about having too much food on my plate. He just rustles my hair, which I left down today because I figured I was not going any where special today. He grabs our plates and puts them in the sink I get up and think I am going to go outside to clean up what mess I left last night.

My dad stops me and has me sit back down that we need to have a talk. I sit down slowly and a million things run through my head. Did he see Terry? Did he see Dakota? Did he see us running into the woods and me not coming home till early this morning? Oh I am in trouble now what do I do, I will never be able to see Terry again.

He grabs three cups of coffee sits one each in front of me and granny and then puts one where he was sitting. Then he goes to the coffee pot and grabs it and brings it to the table and pours some in each of our cups the he turns around and goes back to the counter and sits it back in it cradle. Then he goes to the drawer and pulls out three spoons and then he walks over and picks up the cream and sugar and brings them to the table and sits them down. Then he hands each of us spoons.

Are you serious right now? Nothing like dragging the inevitable out. I mean if I am in trouble just get it over with so I can go off and think about the love of my life. Granny starts laughing and tells my dad to get it over with and quit dragging it out. I mean she's laughing at me and the trouble I am in. I do not see anything funny about it right now, maybe in the near future but not now.

"Okay, Chrystal you are going to be getting some company later on today" my dad say's laughing with my granny.

I sit there for a minute and slow down my heart rate, I mean I was really scared and now they are just telling me I am getting company. Hey I am getting company does that mean Terry. Is he coming to check on me are they really going to let him on this mountain. No one but me, granny and my dad has ever been up here. I start jumping up and down in my seat and begging to know who.

"You will find out later. For now drink your coffee and then go out and do what it was you was going to do" my dad says. I mean come on how can you tell me something like that and not tell me anything else.