Ariah’s POV
I run out of that gym quicker than I have ever ran in my life. I can hear Lucy screaming at Alpha Ryder but I’m not sticking around to find out what she is screaming about. I’ve got to get out of here, I need to go home. I start running to the main reception when I bump into someone that hard, it takes me off my feet. It’s Zack.
“Hey Ariah, you don’t look so good, are you okay?” He says while helping me back to my feet.
“I don’t feel well. Tell Zoey I’m going home please. I will call her later” I said as I continued to run away.
I didn’t look back, I just ran into the main office.
“Slow down dear” the receptionist, Ms Jones, says on my arrival.
“Sorry Ms Jones, I don’t feel well at all. I need to go home” I said, trying to catch my breath.
“You do look a bit pasty honey” she says, looking over her glasses. “come on sit, I’ll call your Mom to collect you”
I sat down, taking the glass of water Ms Jones passed me, trying to get my head around what the hell had just happened. He’s playing with me, he knows I’m afraid and he will now take advantage of that.
Come on Mom, hurry up I sat there thinking. It’s only a 10 minute drive to school, she should be here now. I’m clock watching, also looking at the door making sure Ryder doesn’t walk through it wanting to finish the awful conversation I just ran away from.
Before I know it, Mom rushes through the office wrapping her arms around me.
“What’s wrong sweetie” she asks.
“I wanna go home Mom, I’m in pain, I have period cramps, please take me home” I lie, hoping she will buy it.
And she did.
“Come on then let’s get you home” she replies
I feel so relieved. Mom thanks Ms Jones for taking care of me and we walk out of the school gates to the car. I’m away from him, finally!
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Ryder’s POV
“Get out” I said to Ariah as Lucy slammed through the gym door.
Ariah runs out without looking back. I’m so angry at Lucy right now, it’s unreal!
“What the f**k Lucy” I shout at her.
“I should be saying the same thing to you Ryder” she screams at me “I haven’t seen you all day, I’ve been worried, then I was told you were in the gym with her, with f*****g Ariah of all people, that skank”. She looks ready to explode.
I’m seeing red. How dare she speak about my mate with so much hate and anger towards her! How dare she call her a skank!
“You don’t speak about her like that” I paced towards her, ready to lose my s**t at any given moment.
“Why do you even care Ryder, you don’t even know..” she trails away in thought “oh my goddess, she is your mate isn’t she” I just stared at her “isn’t she” Lucy screams louder.
“I can’t believe this” she puts her hands on her head.
“This changes nothing” I tell her “I am going to reject her and choose you as my chosen mate Lucy, nothing has changed” I said, trying to calm her down.
She pushes me away “then why haven’t you done it already Ryder? It wasn’t rejection I walked in to see”
“She doesn’t even know I’m her mate yet, for goddess sake, I can’t reject her till she’s 18, you know that” I say, pulling her into a cuddle “why do you think she was in here? I wanted to find out when her birthday was” I lied.
She looks at me and takes a deep breath. She no longer looks mad, she is now looking guilty for her outburst.
“I’m sorry Ryder, I didn’t know. I shouldn’t have jumped to conclusions. Please forgive me” she begged.
I nodded my head, to be honest, I just wanted this conversation to be over. I’d say anything to shut her up.
“So, when is she 18? And when do I officially become Luna?” she’s asks with the biggest smile plastered on her face.
“Her birthday is Sunday and soon” I reply.
That was enough to shut her up. She now looked satisfied. She wrapped her arms tighter around me. I tried my hardest not to push her away. All of a sudden, her touch felt wrong. I’ve been having s*x with this woman for years, yet, now I couldn’t think of anything more repulsing. Maybe that feeling will subside when I reject Ariah?
Lucy is a pretty looking girl, your typical barbie doll if you will. She has blonde hair, blue eyes and everything has to be pink. Nothing like Ariah. Ariah is just perfect in every way.
Fuck, I’m thinking about her again! I’m in trouble!
Me and Lucy walk out of the gym hand in hand. I had best attend a lesson today. That’s the reason I’m here after all.
I see someone pacing towards me, it’s the jackass who called my mate beautiful. I can feel myself burning with anger inside.
“What the f**k did you say to her” he shouts in my face as he gets closer.
I push him back into the lockers, denting them in the process.
“Who the f**k do you think your talking to” I shouted back at him in my Alpha tone.
I could tell I scared him, he whimpered ever so slightly, but he wasn’t for giving up that easily.
“Ariah never misses a lesson, so for her to go home, you must have said something to upset her”.
“And why do you care” I say again in my Alpha tone, showing no mercy.
“Because I love her, she’s my friend” he says, making me more angry than I was before ‘nobody gets to speak to her like s**t, I won’t have it’
I’m not even sure I took the last part of that in, the words I love her made me lunge at him, grabbing him by the throat, lifting him off the floor.
“Say that again, I dare you” I challenge him.
He looked at me confused, not knowing what part of that sentence I wanted him to repeat.
“Enough!”, I heard a growl behind us, a growl that loud it made everything shake.. it was my dad.
“Alpha Patrick” I heard everyone say at once.
“Let him go, Ryder” he says with a calmer tone.
I let go. I don’t want any trouble. I was trying my best to keep my head down and it was working, until this muppet approached me.
“Everyone get to your lessons” my dad said in his Alpha tone. “Not you Ryder”
Everyone scurried off to their lessons well I followed my dad to the main office.
“What are you doing here?” I asked, looking around, wondering.
“I came to check how your first day was going. Not great by the looks of things” dad says with a chuckle.
“Just a miss understanding” I tell him.
“Okay lad, let’s just not tell your Mom. We don’t need to worry her over a miss understanding”
“Wasn’t planning on it” I say sternly “I need to get to lesson, I’ll see you at home” I shouted to him as I walked through the office doors.
I need to get today over and done with already! I can not believe Ariah has gone home. I’m angry at myself for making her feel that uncomfortable that she had to leave school. I’m more angry at the fact after today, it’s the weekend and I won’t be able to see her face, hear her voice or smell her beautiful smell until Monday. Monday, s**t! Monday is the day I will reject her.