Alpha’s Plus-Size Sweetheart

Summer’s POV The most amazing part of my life is being able to have someone by my side who genuinely loves me. I hummed a song as I slung my worn-out bag across my shoulders as I walked into the house filled with large teenage bodies and smelly breaths. The halls blasted with loud music. I hated loud music. However, I didn’t mind because I would see Derek today. And that was all that mattered. Especially since he would be introducing me to his friends and everyone including my stepsister, Trina who always thought I was a waste of space. I sighed when I clashed eyes with Xena. We fell off last week Saturday when she tried to break me off with Derek. I knew we would come back together. We always do. However, this time I would be the right one. Derek loves me. If not, he wouldn't have asked me to be his girlfriend two months ago. I rounded the corner, avoiding bumping into anyone that would ruin the makeup I had painstakingly put on for two hours. However, I stopped short. Derek was in a dark corner. I would recognize him anywhere; dark hair that fell like overgrown bangs on his shoulders with a very tall frame. But what made me stop was because I thought I saw someone with him. His back was turned to me. So I walked up to him. But two feet away, I stopped again because I realized my eyes weren’t playing tricks on me. Derek was indeed with a girl and they were kissing. It took me three seconds to process what was going on. The girl just wasn’t just any girl. But Trina, my stepsister! Tears welled up in my eyes. Maybe he’s drunk, right? I hoped as I took a deep breath and called. “Derek,” but my voice came out shaky and weak. Suddenly I knew why he wasn’t with me - I was ugly, fat, and worthless. Biting my lips so hard that I tasted blood, Derek turned to me still holding Trina with an angry expression on his face. Isn’t he supposed to be shocked? I caught him. I f*****g caught him cheating on me! Yet all he could do was show anger. “Get out. Don’t ruin my mood,” he turned back to Trina and continued kissing her. At that moment, I could not think. All I heard were the lewd sounds of their kissing. “Derek, what is going on here?” I finally found my voice about ten seconds later. Trina grunted, displeased, and ended the kiss. She came in front of Derek and glared hard at me as I shrunk back into myself. I couldn’t deny it. Trina was beautiful. The most beautiful girl in school. And I was just a bag of sack, dirty and fat like a pig. How could I be so delusional that Derek the alpha’s son really loved me? “Can’t you tell? Derek and I are having the best life until a pest like you shows your ugly fat face!” Trina spat and I moved a step back but bumped into someone. “She’s so foolish she fell right into our plans of dating and falling for our beloved Derek,” a voice said behind me and a roar of laughter rang out. I realized we were surrounded. Not only by Derek’s friends but also by some of our schoolmates. “You were just a bet darling, a game I spent my time on. The bet ended yesterday. So…” Derek shrugged, not an ounce of remorse on his face. And I felt my world crumble down. Xena was right. Again. I couldn’t speak, I couldn’t look into his eyes or anyone around me. I deserved this. All of it. A fat ugly girl like me can never find love. Ever. My legs moved on their own as I tried to hide my tears but they were of no use. They came out like torrents of water as the laughter faded out while I ran out of the party. My feet took me to my compound but I thought better of it. The last thing I wanted was questions from father. He would mock me like always. I was never good in his eyes. Trina was always the star child, beautiful, brave, and lovely. I wished my mother were alive. I wished I wasn’t cursed. Maybe she would have still been alive if I hadn’t killed her while coming out from her womb. The pain and embarrassment were too much. I wanted to end it all. My chest hurt so much I could barely breathe as I ran toward the woods. I turned into my wolf, I ran for hours in the woods, trying to quell the hurt and betrayal. I was just a bet. A game to pass the time with. Getting to a tree, I turned back to my human self thankful that the new material doesn’t shed when we turn into wolves. I cried. Hard. Wishing for the ground to open up and swallow me so my miserable life would be over. I cried for minutes. And minutes turned into hours. After the exhausting tears, I stayed on the grassy and rough ground and watched a tree. Being a tree or something else would have been better than being… me. Plain, boring, ugly me. The chirping of birds rose me from my sleep. When did I fall asleep? I groggily woke up, so tired after I exhausted myself from crying buckets yesterday. I stopped with shock when I realized it was a new day. And judging from how high up the sun is in the sky, I guessed it was noon. Father would kill me. I would finally die the death I wished for last night as I turned back into my wolf form and ran to the house. “So you now have the guts to sleep outside the house, huh?” My father's voice stopped me as soon as I stepped foot in the living room. Daring to take a peek at him, he was livid and I knew I was a dead meat when I saw the whip in his right hand. I will never be enough no matter how hard I try. “Lock the door, Tri. And you foolish girl, take off your clothes and lie on the table,” he spat. And I swallowed. I looked just in time to see some glee on Trina’s face. She was always so happy when father beat me up. And my stepmother, she just watches by the corner not saying a word. Sometimes, I believe she loves to watch because I look so pathetic at hiding my pains and how much I wanted to change who I was, hating myself for something I couldn’t control. The next few days were spent in my room because the pains all over my body were so much. I am a weak werewolf but that didn’t mean I couldn’t heal. Father had put some wolfsbane on the whip to make sure I healed slowly and painfully. Getting up from my bed with so much pain, I bit my lips to stop the tears from falling, I picked up my phone I charged about five hours ago to see a lot of messages from Xena. I did her bad. I know. But I just couldn’t speak to her right now. To speak about Derek or what he is. I just wasn’t ready to talk about the betrayal and hurt I still feel. After watching the phone ring in my hand, I let it drop to my bed. And got out of bed to make breakfast for the family. Luckily, it was the summer holidays, so I could hide as much I as wanted in my room without bumping into Xena or any other person in school. Apart from Trina. “Think you can hide from me,” Xena’s voice startled me so much that I almost dropped the dirty plate in my hand on the floor. I couldn’t look into her eyes. I failed yet again. “Talk to me, Summer. Hiding in your room all day won’t change anything,” her tone softened. I wondered how she had gotten into the house. Xena was already like a member of the family. Father wouldn’t dare reject her presence in the house solely because Xena’s father was a member of the court. And one thing my father was, he liked sucking up to people who were higher in status than him. “I’m fine,” I said slowly, my back still turned to her. I heard shuffling of her clothes which meant she was closer to me. And any moment, she would turn me around and see the bruises on my face, then rage, which ultimately turns into pity and advises me how to stand up to Trina even if I couldn’t stand up to my father. I heard her come closer. Behind me. After which she came beside me and filled the other sink with water to rinse off the plates. “You can lie to everyone else. But not me. Derek is a big ass jerk. And he deserves to pay for what he did,” she fumed, her pitch higher. “I mean, how could he break your heart and let it out for the world to see?” I stilled in confusion. For the world to see? What was she talking about?