Noticed By The Alpha Prince

seven: I have a mate

I woke up the next day feeling groggy. I didn't get much sleep last night cause I was awake halfway through the night, thinking of a solution to the mess I found myself in.

On one hand I was extremely attracted to Jayden and my body didn't seem to do what my mind was telling it. To make it worse, my mind kept on replaying everything that happened last night. The kiss with Jayden, getting caught by Alexandria and her followers, the nasty things she said about me, the nasty things I said about her. Argh, it was all too much for me to handle.

Of course, there's also the fact that I was about to walk into a school that I used to slip through unnoticed by all. Now, not only would I be noticed, I also had to deal with the fact that they were going to talk behind my back. Was I going to be a joke to them? Were they going to think that I was another one of Jayden's conquest, used and dumped like yesterday's trash? Was that what everyone was going to think about me? Hell, that's even what I was thinking.

I also knew that Alexandria and her minions were not going to let this go. I was now going to be her number one target on her hit list and I was not sure what she was going to do at that point.

Nonetheless, I made a promise to myself last night. I was going to walk into that school with my head held high, and not show any signs of weakness. I wasn't some victim and I didn't need anyone's protection, especially Jayden's. I had all the support I needed from my best friend and I was about to graduate and leave every one of them for good. My future was not in this pack. I wasn't sure if my future involved Jayden or not but I did know that I was brave and I was not going to let everyone get to me.

At school:

Okay, the pep talk I gave myself earlier helped me a little, but as I stood in the front steps of the school my legs started to feel a little wobbly. Maybe I should take a couple of days off and let the rumours die down.

Nope, I was going in because I was nobody's joke. I marched up those stairs and swung the doors open. I still kept my head slightly down, not wanting to look for trouble.

At first, it seemed like I wasn't being noticed just like always. People just went about their days, more focused on what was going on in their individual lives. I almost wanted to skip with joy feeling that everything was just the way it was supposed to be. However, it didn't take a second before someone's gaze fell on me and started to jab her friends to get their attention. Soon, everyone in the hallway had their eyes on me, whispering amongst themselves and pointing fingers at me. I knew they were judging me but I didn't want to care. I was full on ready to ignore their snide comments and snickering down the hall.

I walked up to my locker pretending to be deaf to the hurtful comments from everyone. I opened my locker to get the books I needed for my first class when I heard something that caught my attention.

"Poor girl doesn't even know what she's got herself into. Alexander's gonna ruin her," I heard a girl say to her friends and I knew she was talking about me.

As much as I hated to admit it, she was right. I made an enemy, a very powerful enemy to be precise. I had to watch my back from now on because I was sure she was going to make my life a living hell. At this point, I could only cling to the hope that all this drama would be forgotten soon. All I had to do was to hide myself behind my books like I always did and soon everyone was going to forget about my existence. Everything would get back to normal. I sighed exasperatedly and slammed my locker shut. I turned left and got the worst shock of my life causing me to shriek and jumped back, startled to death. I held my chest, trying to calm my heart beat and the i***t just stood there, not bothered by the fact that he almost caused me to have a heart attack. His back was leaned against the lockers but his head was turned to face me.

"What the hell Jayden?" I asked through my gritted teeth. "What are you doing here?"

"Why? I'm also a student here so this is exactly where I'm suppose to be." a sly grin formed on his face, ruining the last piece of patience I had for him.

I rolled my eyes, annoyed.

"You know exactly what I mean so don't play dumb."

He moved away from the lockers and turned his body to fully face me. My eyes went to his chest for a while but I quickly looked away. What the hell is wrong with me?

"I want to talk to you."

"Well we've talked, you've accomplished your mission, now if you would excuse me." I was going to sidestep him and walk past him but he immediately blocked my path.

"I feel bad about yesterday so I was wondering if I could take you out for coffee or movie after school? To show you how sorry I am."

Seriously dude, right here and now? My mind was now on high alert because the entire school was bustling around the hallway seeing everything that was going on, and good or bad thoughts, all eyes were on us.

"I don't think that'll be a good idea," I answered him.

"But why? It's not like we're going to do anything wrong. It's just coffee." He was pouting now.

I looked at him and the look he was giving me was super adorable that I had to force myself not to smile at his attempts. I couldn't do this, not in front of everyone here. I needed to put an end to this or else I would have him on my back till graduation.

"I have a mate."

Jayden POV

"I have a mate." she blurted.

"Come again." I must have heard wrong.

"You heard me. I have a mate so you should stop right now and stay away from me cause my mate won't like what you're doing."

What the f***? She has a mate? That couldn't be true. There was no way she had a mate. She was probably telling me that so I would leave her alone.

"You're lying,"

"Believe what ever you want, I don't care." she tried to walk away from me again but, I just grabbed her arm and pulled her back towards me.

I didn't know why but something deep inside of me was burning at the thought of her belonging to someone else. If she really had a mate, I just had to know.

"What the hell Jayden?" she glared at me as she tried to wring her hand free from my hold.

"Who is he?"

"What?"

"What's the name of your mate?"

"That's none of your business, now let go of me." she was right, it was really none of my business but I was blinded by what seemed to be jealousy which was weird cause I barely knew her.

"Tell me his name and I'll let you go for good." I told her.

"Damnit, I don't have to tell you a damn thing."

I raised a brow.

"Really? I don't see it that way though. I'm going to be your future alpha and now as your future alpha, I'm ordering you to tell me his name." I knew that I was being a complete jerk using my title to get what i wanted from her, but I just didn't care. I wanted to know if the girl who was driving me completely crazy was mated to someone else and who he was.

Her eyes anxiously darted around, highly aware of the crowd of students that flooded around us, watching us like a movie. I didn't care about them though cause I was used to being in the spotlight but Isabelle wasn't used to it however. She looked like she wanted to shrink into a corner and hide away from every one.

"Please just let me go, you've had your fun now please leave me alone and stop bringing me problems." she whispered and before I could say anything else, she yanked her hand free and strode away from me. I might have gone a little too far this time.