The next day, Tyler came over with a bunch of DVD's in a bag.
He tipped them out onto the floor and we all selected one that we wanted to watch.
Erica started to act weird after Tyler arrived, she was cleaning her house inside and out, Rachel had finished her project and hung out with me for most of the day, we went to the local store and got microwave popcorn for the night.
I was beginning to feel 'weird' around lunch time, a cramp in my stomach was beginning. I quickly went to the bathroom at the store and did a pregnancy test.
It came up negative thankfully.
I wondered what that was about, it really threw me off.
Was my heat beginning today? Since we had come back from Ontriovik, I wasn't terribly sure when my heat would start, I was hoping it wouldn't be soon.
Especially not tonight, not with Tyler there, it'd be embarrassing and I'd be worried for Erica's wellbeing.
If Tyler went on his rut cycle, Erica might too.
Then there'd be two alpha's who were fighting each other for dominance over Rachel and I.
I imagined Tyler wasn't the type of person to care about a marking, I think he'd be too horny to care.
Considering that Rachel didn't even mind.
I shook my head, no there's no way that would happen.
Rachel and I returned home, Tyler had joined Erica in cleaning the outside of the house, he was helping her wipe the windows clean.
"That's nice of you to help Tyler." Rachel said to him as Rachel and I stepped out of her Car.
"Anytime." Tyler said as he focused on cleaning.
"He's being weird." Rachel said to me.
"Erica's being weird too." I said to her.
"Really? How so?" She asked.
"She's been unusual all morning, she never cleans the house fully, she has her robot vacuums do it." I said.
"I guess you're right." Rachel replied as she looked up at Erica on the second floor, cleaning the window.
I left Rachel in the kitchen and went upstairs to see Erica.
I could see her still cleaning the glass pane barrier that went around the outside of the house.
I walked up behind her and hugged her from behind.
I saw her react and felt a shiver go down her spine.
"Jesus, Jessica." Erica said as she stopped cleaning while I wrapped my arms around her waist.
"Are you okay?" I asked her.
"Yes baby, I'm all good." Erica said as she tried to break free.
"You've got your necklace on I see." I said to her.
"Are you?" I paused and moved my head around and looked at her front side. I laughed. "Someone's on heat."
"Shhhh!" Erica told me as she separated us.
"I'm trying not to think about it." Erica whispered with frustration to me.
"Oh? Because Rachel and Tyler are here?" I asked her.
"Exactly, I'm very embarrassed!" She whispered loudly to me.
"What why? Doesn't seem like you." I said to her with a confused look on my face.
"Tyler is on heat, When I greeted him this morning I accidentally caught a whiff of his neck when we hugged and it activated my own heat shortly after." Erica told me.
I laughed loudly, then had my mouth covered by Erica's Hand.
She released me. "I didn't know you could go on heat smelling another Alpha's." I said with a bit of jealousy on my tongue, then again, I couldn't really control nature, so I didn't let myself get caught up in it.
"I can, it only happens rarely, considering I have to be in pretty close range of an Alpha to smell it." Erica said to me.
"Is that why you've been up here cleaning all morning?" I said to her. "To mask your own scent with the cleaning smell?" I asked.
"Precisely." Erica said to me.
"You want to go and release yourself?" I asked her playfully.
I was suddenly picked up, she put me inside the house and dropped me on my feet and slid the sliding door across, locking it from the outside.
"I guess not?" I said through the glass.
She just faked that she couldn't hear me, motioning to her ear like she was deaf.
I went downstairs to the kitchen, Rachel and Tyler were sorting the food out, I saw Rachel take one look at me with concern on her face. I wondered what was happening.
As I got closer, I smelt Rachel. I paused, I hadn't smelt her since she had been marked by Tyler, but the sweet strawberry smell she usually had, had been replaced by a new one. It smelt more like an apple kinda smell.
It was an odd one.
Is that what I smelt like? It wasn't an overly inviting or attractive smell, still nice enough to live with but it didn't draw me to her like it did before.
Tyler was being VERY hands on with Rachel while they were in the kitchen. I could see both of them were having a hard time keeping themselves sane.
I was the only one so far not to be infected with the heat that had obviously started today, I went to the bedroom, ran the shower and stood in there for awhile, letting the water stream over my body.
Erica came in as I was in here, she looked embarrassed.
"Rachel and Tyler!" Erica said as she ran the water in the bathroom sink.
The sudden drop in temperature on my end made me jump.