Chapter 12
Lia
The guys walked me to school. None of them could agree on who would drive me so they left their cars at the house, walking me. I could feel people’s eyes
on me. How did it look to see four large rugby players trailing behind this tiny omega? It was going to cause a scene no matter what.
I was relieved to see the school in the distance.
“You guys have to get to school, don’t you?”
Matt huffed. “Yeah, and they have medicine waiting for us there guys so we can get through the days, remember?”
“Oh yeah, I forgot about that,” Rain lamented.
Colby shrugged. “We’ll be back in the afternoon then.”
“1-great. I can’t wait.”
Throughout all of this, Jesse was his usual stoic and quiet self, But one look in his eyes told me he wasn’t happy with the idea of leaving me. I felt a burning in my cheeks, forcing myself to look away.
Once in school, I thought I was safe. Here I could forget about the fact that I had four mates now surrounding me at every moment of the day.
But again, I was wrong.
During my walk to the nurse’s office, I realized everyone was staring at me. They followed my every move, whispering to themselves. Some looked horrified while others broke out into a fit of giggles.
“Shut up!” Simone shouted, appearing seemingly out of thin air. “You guys are such immature jerks. So what if she has four mates? I think it’s amazing because now she has an instant pack while you people are all alone!”
With a sneer, Simone marched up to me, throwing her arm around my shoulder as she always did.
“Simone, I think you made it worse…” I whispered, swearing that even more people were looking at me.
“At least they’ll think twice before gossiping about you.”
I sighed. “I think they’ll just make sure they are gossiping about me once I’m gone.”
“See? That’s even better!”
While I was with the nurse, Simone waited outside. I got some medication that would dull the effects while I was away from my mates. No, future mates. They weren’t my mates yet and I had no intention of mating with any of them anytime soon!
“How do you feel?” Simone asked as I emerged from the nurse’s office. “You look a little pale.”
“I’m always pale…”
The joke was always that my brother and I were vampires or something because of how pale we were. I wondered how I looked yesterday. Bet I looked terrible before those four showed up.
“Okay, true but you look more pale than normal.”
“I’m adjusting. The nurse said the medicine would kick it soon.”
Chapter 12
“I can’t imagine how it is to have four mates. Being away from my two mates made me so sick and uncomfortable. Having four? It must feel like your body is on fire.”
I gave her a look. “You’re not helping, Simone.”
“Sorry,” she said weakly. “But I’ll be with you every step of the way, okay?”
My eyes softened. Without warning, I threw my arms around her and hugged her tightly. Simone hugged me back tightly, not even missing a beat. She was seriously the best friend one could ever have.
“Let’s get to class before I have second thoughts.”
Simone grinned. “Girl, I always have second thoughts about getting to class.”
Being away from her two mates Max and Xavier was going a lot better for Simone. I wondered if it had to do with the fact that I wasn’t willing to accept it as easily as she was. Simone had been excited about her coming-of-age ceremony for years while I was always dreading it. This had to play some part in her being able to not be around her mates all the time.
But, when Simone got home, I knew they were there. Her two mates were cousins that happened to live around the corner so she could spend time with them then. It helped that they were only a year older than her too.
The guys weren’t that much older than me, but with them being closer to graduating college they were going to be busy, meaning spending time together was going to be difficult. Wait, what?
I stopped in my tracks.
“Lia, why did you stop suddenly?”
I smiled weakly. “No reason. Let’s hurry up and get to class before we’re late.”
The school was a blur. When I checked my phone, I was relieved to see that the guys weren’t picking me up. Michael told me that Simone could take me home if I wanted, which was something I preferred.
