Page 1 of A Baby for the Firefighter
Prologue
GRIFFIN
The first timeI kissed an alpha, I was in my last year of high school.
He came on to me after class, asked me to go to prom with him. I’d never really talked to the guy before. I only knew that his name was Thomas Dayson and he sat in most of my classes. He was kind of hot though, and no one had ever asked me out before. I was sort of giddy about it, really.
What I didn’t know at the time was that Thomas was a dick.
We only spent a few minutes at prom, and he didn’t even want to dance.
“Let’s go someplace else,” he said after we’d barely arrived, and then he dragged me outside and round the back to his car.
“Where are we going?” I asked, because I hadn’t put on a tuxedo to hide away from all the fun.
“Thought we could have a little party of our own,” he said.
I shot him a questioning look, brow furrowing. “What are you talking about?”
He laughed. “It’s a good thing you’re pretty, because you’re not very smart, are you?”
I bristled, but couldn’t get any words out before he shoved me back against the car and kissed me as if it was his right.
I’d always imagined my first kiss to be a bit more romantic than that, honestly.
But that wasn’t the worst of it. The worst of it was the way his scent drifted into my nose. Not the layers and layers of cheap cologne he’d sprayed on, but his alpha scent. It went straight to some primal part of my brain, awakening some sort of base instinct inside myself thatvery much likedwhat was happening.
Even as I was starting tohatethis guy.
“What the fuck are you doing?” I demanded, shoving him off.
“Oh, don’t be like that. You said yes.”
“Yes to what?”
“Being my prom date. Everyone knows that means sex.”
“What?” I blinked. If I’d known that, I would never have agreed to it.
“C’mon,” he said, crowding me. “Don’t pretend like you’re a virgin. Everyone knows you and Dean had something going on before he moved.”
I was sure my face was full of question marks by this point. “Dean was my friend.” And I missed him, but we’d never… I’d never…
Thomas snorted. “Please, alphas and omegas are meant to fuck. So let’s do what nature demands of us.” He smashed his lips to mine again as if I’d already given my okay. It wasn’t okay, though. This guy was nuts! Didn’t matter that he was hot when he couldn’t listen. I tried to get away, but he held on, digging his fingers into my hair. And then something came over me. I could feel that part of my brain that had woken up earlier respond to him. My whole body grew hot as if agreeing with Thomas that we should get it on just because he was an alpha and I was an omega. The urge was almost irresistible, like an itch that demanded to be scratched right the fuck now.
“See,” Thomas said, finally releasing my lips only to slide a hand down the front of my pants. “I knew you’d come around.”
My head swam, doused in hormones. I felt like I had some sort of fever and I had no idea what was happening. This wasn’t me. I didn’t want this. But it wasn’t easy to think while one half of my brain screamed at me to turn around and let the alpha make me happy.
The other half of my brain had a much better idea, though; I pushed Thomas away and ran all the way home. And then I threw up in the bushes outside the house.
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Griffin
“You're not lonely livingall by yourself in this house, are you?”
I sighed and looked at my brother over the rim of my coffee mug. He'd 'dropped by for coffee', and I didn't mind his presence, but I did mind the questions. “You keep asking that.”
