Undiscovered Connections

Chapter 4

As all the younger school kids start to depart with teachers ushering them off the fields, the girls and boys who are over 18 and haven’t imprinted start to come together. The mingle was meant to encourage more imprinting but at this stage testosterone levels begin to decline and there are less chances of matches occurring. 

Which is a massive relief! 

I quietly stand on the fringes of the group, moving every so often so the teachers don’t notice that I am essentially avoiding the whole thing. These things can go on for a while, but I’m planning on leaving soon. I’m so tired at this stage, I can feel my legs getting heavy and my head feels like it’s filled with wool. 

I make my way towards the exit slowly, dodging to avoid some of the bigger groups that have formed with boys and girls chatting. I can hear the distant laughs, squeals and shouts of newly imprinted couples, but they aren’t very frequent. 

I take a quick glance around me and check to see that no teachers are looking my way and then half run, half walk to the exit so that I can I slip away without being noticed. As I round the corner behind the bleachers, I sigh in relief at getting away. Finally, I can return home and sleep! 

Suddenly, I’m grabbed from behind. Strong, broad arms wind their way around me and I feel hot, sticky breath down the back of my neck. 

“Where are you sneaking off to baby? Didn’t I tell you to look out for me today?” I hear the familiar voice of Peter in my ear. “I’m still jacked up on testosterone, come on baby, why not tempt me? I’m still good for imprinting, all you’ve got to do is put in a little effort and then I’ll be all yours.” 

I try twisting out of his grip but his arms around me are solid and I can’t break his hold. 

“Oh come on baby, don’t struggle… just let this connection we have do its thing, we can be imprinted and together, all you need to do is give in…” his breathing is getting heavier with each word he says as his hands wind their way up to my chest. He grabs me as I try and struggle out of his grip and I feel a distinct hardness against my back.

Panic starts to rise in my chest, there is nothing I can do and even if he doesn’t imprint, he seems like he’ll still try to go further with me. I open my mouth, preparing to scream at the top of my lungs to get someone’s attention, when all of a sudden his arms are no longer around me. 

I hear a grunting noise coming from behind me and the sounds of a scuffle. I quickly turn around, still trying to catch up with the abrupt change in events.

Behind me I see Peter struggling on the ground whilst four tall figures stand over him, two of them are pinning him in place by standing with a foot each on his chest whilst the other two are standing by his feet, raising their arms, fists ready to hit. I look in shock at them all. 

Logan, Dylan, Benny and Dante all holding Peter back from me, defending me. 

They saved me. All four of them. This felt so surreal, the shock of being groped randomly to suddenly being saved by four of the hottest guys in school was so strange. 

I couldn’t help myself, I started to giggle. 

All the stress of the day compounded by my complete lack of sleep made this whole thing seem extremely ridiculous. My only solution was to laugh, the whole thing was just so absurd, I couldn’t help the giggles that fell past my lips. 

Well, that was a big mistake. 

All of a sudden, the snarls that had been coming from all four boys directed at Peter went silent. Then they all slowly turn to face me, one by one meeting my eyes as the giggles that I had started faded from my lips. 

They all have this glazed look in their eyes, like they’re looking right at me but not really seeing me. Peter takes this opportunity of their distraction to get up and run away as fast as he can. I watch him go, wondering why situations around me keep shifting so quickly, it’s really getting hard for my brain to keep up. 

My momentary distraction from the four boys is interrupted when abruptly I am surrounded by all of them. How had they gotten to me so quickly? Why were they acting so weird? 

Then, all at the same time, they grab me. I’m quickly enclosed between four tall, hot bodies with all of them somehow touching me. Dante and Benny have grabbed an arm each whilst Dylan has his hands on my waist and Logan is holding my chin in his hands. 

As I look into the usually cold, hard blue eyes of Logan, trying to figure out what the hell was going on, I see the glazed-over look fade from his own eyes. Then, out of nowhere they all make a weird growly snarl noise at each other and glare, meeting each-others gazes above my head. 

My slow brain finally clicks, oh s**t. They’ve all just imprinted… on me.

What the hell?! How is this even possible? I’ve never heard of multiple imprints on one person, let alone four! This is literally the last thing I wanted; I can’t let this happen. This can’t possibly be happening to me. 

I feel a sudden calm start to take over me. I need to get out of here and quick. 

As they all stare over my head at each other, I quickly glance around. Well as much as I can with Logan still holding onto my chin in his soft, light touch. 

They all seem to be competing with each other, trying to demonstrate their claim over me without resorting to violence or getting physical. It’s weird, but it seems like they’re trying to communicate without even talking, without even being in their right mind after having imprinted. 

I take their distraction with each other and come up with a game plan. My adrenaline is starting to kick in and I think I can get out of this, so long as they are wrapped up with each other, I can make a break for it and get away before they can catch up. 

In that instant, I do exactly that. I swiftly yank my arms out of both Benny’s and Dante’s grip whilst pulling my body away from Dylan’s hold around my waist. I spot a gap between Dante and Logan’s body and run towards it, jerking my head away from Logan. 

Somehow, by some miracle, I manage to slip between their bodies. I do not stop to look back, running as fast as I can away from the group of boys. I sprint past the school gates and head towards my home on the other side of the city. 

It is only when I am far enough away from school that I stop running. Panting for breath and wiping sweat off my head, I pause to take in the situation. I managed to get away, thankfully, but it still seemed too easy. 

Too much was going on to process, how could I be imprinted? And not to just one guy but four? The four hottest guys in the school too, the last people I would ever imagine being with. 

What was stranger was how easy it was to get away. Usually after a guy has imprinted, he gets a spike in strength which matches his heightened testosterone levels. But I had managed to get away from four freshly imprinted guys. It just didn’t make sense. Something was strange about this whole thing. 

I wind my way through the busy city streets and finally reach my apartment block. Slipping into my building and giving one last look outside to check that I was alone, I make my way up to my room. 

Even with all the new events of the day and the confusion of what was going on, the moment I reach my bed, I plop down and immediately pass out. Falling into a deep and dreamless sleep.