My dominant alphas

chapter 5

*Jake's POV

I was pretty uncomfortable sitting near those girls and jocks with my brother, so I stood up looking for my beautiful mate.

I stood up and scanned the cafeteria and saw her and her friend sitting in a corner. I saw that she was staring and just smirked and walked in her direction. Everyone was staring at me, probably guessing where I was heading and who I was going to sit with that was so important I ditched the most popular kids in school.

I stood behind her and whispered in her ear, "Hey, can I sit here?" And suddenly everywhere grew silent because no one was expecting me to sit with her, of all people. She turned to me with her face already red. "Sure."

Damn, she was so cute and her smell was so intoxicating. I just felt like kissing her right there and then. My wolf was restless. He wanted to mark and mate his mate. I tried to keep him in check but I too was finding it difficult.

Her friend made room for me to sit while she got close to the guy that I think was her boyfriend because they held hands while winking at my cute mate, and my mate's face turned beet red. I just smiled. She just tried to stuff her face to cover up her blushing. Suddenly her friend said, "Hey Mia, aren't you going to introduce yourself?"

Wait, so her name was Mia. Wow, cute name for my extra cute mate.

"Hey, I'm Mia," she quickly introduced.

"Hi, I'm Agatha, Mia's bestie, and this is Noah, my boyfriend," she introduced and stretched her hand for a shake. I took her hand and responded, "Hey, I'm Jake and I would love to sit here with you guys from now on."

I knew the entire cafeteria's focus was pinned on us but I couldn't care less. My brother mind-linked me asking why I ditched him. I just shrugged and replied, _What's wrong with sitting with my mate, unlike you who's having your fun with those disgusting cheerleaders and pretentious jocks._

_Hey, she's my mate too, then why aren't you here with her?_ I shot back at him.

_Maybe I will,_ he responded, clearly mad before he ended the mind-link.

I saw him stand up and walk in our direction. The cafeteria, once lively again, fell into deathly silence. I could see the head cheerleader clearly displeased at all this. Her face was puffed up in anger and Agatha was clearly happy about all this. I could even see my mate smiling. That made me smile immediately.

My brother sat down next to her and I could see her cheeks getting flushed by the minute. She didn't know the effect she had on both of us. My wolf, Xavier, just wanted to mark her and claim her as mine, but I was controlling myself even though it was pretty hard.

Her friend Agatha quickly started a conversation. "If he's Jake, I guess you're Jason, right?" He just shrugged awkwardly and nodded while Agatha reintroduced themselves again. My mate was still busy, focused on her food. Before the bell rang for the next period, she already ran out of the cafeteria like her life depended on it. Silly girl.

We had AP Calculus next. While everyone was struggling, my eyes were glued to my gorgeous Mia. Same as Jason, I know. As much as he hates to admit it, he can't deny the mate bond. While she was attentive to what the teacher was saying, I was sure that she was the only one paying attention in the class. Her friend was busy chatting away while her boyfriend just stared, clearly listening to what she was saying, not paying the teacher any attention.

God, she looked so cute when she was serious, and I noticed she bites her pen when she's confused. The class quickly ended. Our last class of the day was PE and today we were playing volleyball. Everyone was heading to the lockers to go change. Every boy was dressed, actively awaiting today's game. The cheerleaders in their extra short shorts. Then I saw her — Mia hand in hand with her friend Agatha. Wait, what was she wearing? Why in the hell would she be wearing baggy joggers? I was really looking forward to the shorts. And her hair was in a bun. I kind of like it when it was in waves, dancing to the wind, but she looks cute either way. The game started and I could clearly see her having problems, but she still chose what she wore. Either she was uncomfortable and couldn't play or she clearly sucked at sports. For the girls, her team won thanks to her friend.

Then the coach signaled that it was the boys' turn. My bro removed his shirt. I knew clearly it was his way of swooning girls with his body and they were gushing, some even drooling. I could see Mia's face red too but she quickly averted her gaze. Wow, this kind of thing got her attention. I was uncomfortable with it but I saw she was clearly interested, so I took off my shirt too and all the girls were losing their minds. She just ran out into the girls' locker, her friend trailing behind. I saw she left and quickly put my shirt back on. The girls were clearly displeased but I couldn't care less. We rounded up quickly with us winning the pretty easy game because us werewolves are naturally athletic. We changed and headed out.

The bell rang, signaling school had closed for the day. As me and my bro walked to our car, we heard someone calling us. We turned around to see it was the head cheerleader. She introduced herself as Violet and invited us to her party Saturday night. Jason already agreed. I wanted to decline but I thought, what if mate was there? I accepted her invitation and headed home with my bro. He just looked at me suspiciously because I have never agreed to any party before. I usually stay at home to study. I just told him I felt that mate will be there too. He just shrugged it off as I drove home.