Chosen By The Gods

Be my...friend.

DAEMON’S POINT OF VIEW

I couldn’t sleep after Apollo gave me those news. I’m still afraid about the outcome and consequences of Hunt being my mate, but I’m more concerned about him. 

Why would his mother hide that from him? Why would she make him think he’s crazy?

I picked up Elliot, and drove to school under the speed limit, to have time to explain the situation, and tell him my plan.

“ So, I will text you when to call. Ok? ” He nods as in YES, still shocked because of what I told him.

“ And if it doesn’t work? ” He asks worried, and I hear Apollo growl.

* Are all humans so pessimist? * Apollo asks in an annoyed voice.

“ Don’t jinx. It will work. ” I damn hope so. I just have to act normal, and not freak him out. Easy peasy. f**k! I’m f****d!

I park in my usual spot in the campus parkin lot, I go inside, and right before I reach my first class, I see the small girl that was glued to Hunt yesterday and the day before yesterday, and I get angry.

But this time, not because of her, but because of the i***t that hit her hands and made all her books and notebooks fall on the ground, and now he’s pushing them with his leg, mocking her.

Even though she's not my favorite person in the world, I hate bullies, and I can't just walk away. And ... she's not unbearable. She's just ... too touchy with MY mate.

“ WHAT THE f**k DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING? ” My voice echoes the hallway, making everyone stop and look in my direction. Including the i***t. The girl, who's name is Fairy, I think, looks at me with big, hazel eyes, filled with tears. She looks like a small puppy that just got kicked and abandoned in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by hyenas. 

I look away from her, because I get angrier and angrier, and I don't want to kill the fucker, I just want to hurt him a little and scare him.

“ She deserves it, Daemon. She called me names. ” The most annoying girl I've ever had the displeasure to meet, says with the most annoying voice I've ever had the displeasure to hear.

She comes in front of me, grabbing my arm, and batting her lashes at me. Yeah. Nope. 

I yank my arm from her grip, and go to the stupid f**k, that now, has a terrified expression on his face.

* And the day when Mr. Daemon rejected a female all by himself finally came, ladies, gentlemen and werewolves. * Apollo says mockingly, and I must admit that it's funny, but I can't laugh now.

* You're an i***t. Leave me alone. Can't you see that I'm busy making this shithead s**t himself? * I reply, and Apollo chuckles. 

“ Pick up the f*****g books. ” I demand through gritted teeth, and being shorter than me with about four inches, I look down at him with an angry gaze, and he up looks at me terrified, not even blinking.

“ She offended Julia. ” He says in a small voice as if that would explain his behavior, which I'm pretty sure he thinks it's normal, as if that should make me feel sorry for his ass.

He's one foot taller than Fairy, and at least twice her size, and she's a f*****g GIRL. Sue me, but I just can't feel sorry for him. So, I grab the front of his neck, and squeeze it tight, and raise him up in the air.

“ And I f*****g bet she had a damn good reason. NOW PICK THE f*****g BOOKS, AND APOLOGIZE! ” I growl as I look straight into his fearful eyes, and he opens his mouth, then close it, then open again, as he tries to answer, but all that comes out it's a low, painful groan. I decide to take that as an yes, then let him fall on the ground, and turn to Fairy.

“ Fairy was it? ” I ask, making sure that I got her name right, and she looks at me and nods, giving me a small appreciative smile. See? Not unbearable. Just touchy.

“ Thank you. ” She says as she comes next to me, looking for shelter. She really looks like a Fairy.

“ You’re welcome. ” I reply with a smile as the guy picked up all her stuff, and hand them to her.

“ A.and s.sorry. ” He stutters, not even making eye contact, then as fast as he could, walked away. 

Fairy says something, but everything it’s blocked the moment his scent fills my nostrils, making my knees go weak. The golden line forms, and after 2 seconds, I see him.

His brows are narrowed, looking confused as he sees that everyone is quiet and Fairy is almost glued to me.

“ What happened? ” He asks in his deep, sexy voice, and Fairy launches herself to him, wraps her small arms around his waist, hugging him with all her might, making me clench my teeth in order not to snap.

* Daemon… * Apollo says threateningly, and a growl escaped both our throats. f**k!

* We have to remember that she’s not his girlfriend, * I say it in order to calm both of us down, but it’s f*****g hard. The need to take her away and hug him myself is painfully big.

“ Some i***t picked on me and Daemon saved me. ” Fairy says looking up at him, and Hunt looks at me and smiles. All the anger dissipated, and I smile back. 

I feel a wave of heat hitting my body, going straight to my cheeks, but I can’t look away. His green eyes are hypnotizing me, I could lose myself in them for all eternity. 

“Thanks for watching over her.” He says in a more soothing voice, but still husky.

A felling of proudness engulfs me, as if I just saved the damn planet.  

My heart is not breaking only my rib cage, but also my eardrums. It beats so fast and hard that I think that it echoes the hallway, and the damn butterflies escaped from my stomach and started flying through all my body, making me feel all giddy and warm.

And last but not least ... I think I’m getting hard. Ok, fine. I am hard.

“ My pleasure. ” I manage to answer in an almost confident voice, then I bite my inner cheek hard to distract myself, and put my buddy to sleep.

* Don’t stare, don’t act like a creepy kid with a crush. Go away, shoooo. You have classes. * Apollo says long after looking at him turned into staring. 

* I think you're a bit too late for that. Besides, what about the invitation? * I ask, still staring at Hunt, who's looking at me with an amused smirk on his perfect face.

* Not now. When he’ll be alone, because I guess she will want to come also, and we don’t need company now, do we? * Smartass. 

“ Ok then, see you around. Bye. ” I say as normal as I can, trying to keep an even voice and not let him hear all the feelings that floods me as I think of having him all for myself for an entire weekend, but damn, it’s hard to be normal around him.

“ Bye. ” He says in the same amused voice, but also confused.

* If he doesn't think that I'm a freak, he definitely thinks that I'm retarded. * Apollo starts laughing, and I make a mental note to roll my eyes at him, scoff, growl, and tell him to f**k off.

“ Bye, and thank you. ” Fairy says with a big, grateful smile, and waves her small hand.

" My pleasure. " I reply with a small smile, then turn and go in the opposite direction.

* Basketball. Next class. * Apollo reminds me, and I quickly turn around.

“ Next class I have P.E. that means basketball. You? ” I ask, and he nods, still smilling. Ohh dear God ... I think that I'm turning into a puddle.

“ Me too. See you there. ” The smile that rocks my world is this on those pink lips that drives me insane, and I make another mental note not to shower in the locker room. Go home. I don’t want to commit rape. 

I start walking towards my class, with a smile bigger than the campus, and daydream about him.

* Kid, you know that you're walking in the opposite direction, right? * Apollo asks in an amused voice, but I can't get myself to give two flying f***s right now.

* I still don’t get it. I was never attracted by a man. And before you start with all your soulmate thing, it’s still different. I used to love t**s. And women body. Now, all I can think of, it's him, how he looks naked, how he tastes, how he kisses ... * I swallow the saliva that gathered in my mouth at the thought of having him, then bite my lip to suppress a moan. 

* Still walking in the wrong direction. But to answer your question, love is stronger than anatomy. When you fall in love, when you find your mate, you don’t love their breasts, chest,legs, ass. You love their soul, the way they think, act ,not body, but mind. I know that it’s hard for you to understand. Humans are limited, but you should stop trying to understand and start living, start loving. * I find myself sighing like an in love teenage girl, and agree with Apollo for once, still walking in the wrong direction. 

* When did you get so poetic? * I ask in a teasingly amused voice when I come out of my daze, get back my sarcasm, and he sighs in defeat.

* And when I thought ... Forget it. *  He says in an utterly defeated voice, and I start laughing, and he chuckles. The ancient bastard loves me, I know he does.

The first class felt like forever. Apollo and I are restless, checking the time every 30 seconds. And let me tell you, 30 seconds are a f*****g eternity.  

When the bell rung ,I practically ran out of the classroom, and straight to the locker room.

I change my clothes fast, then went into the gym, cause I can’t see him naked. It would end with a show. 

I see that the coach is already here, so I decide to talk to him about Hunt, to take my mind from naked Hunt..

“ Coach, I wanted to talk to you about the new guy. ” I say as I get in front of him. and he nods, and looks at me expectantly.

He is a nice guy, he's tall and young, a lean body, brown eyes and brown hair, nothing spectacular, but maybe that's also because he always frowns, because I don't think that I've ever seen him smile, and he can be scary sometimes. He has moments where he seems like he looks through you, inside your damn soul, and that s**t is scary. Not scary as in physically way scary, but in the * night in a cemetery, baby crying * type of scary.  

“ I haven’t seen him. ” He states with a cold, even, bored voice.

“ I know, he’s about to come. But the guy is as tall as I am, maybe even taller with 1 or 2 inches. I asked him if he wants to play, and he said he’ll try. I just wanted to ask you not to scare him away, because we could use him. Garry is dragging us back, and he would be the perfect replacement. ” I explain, and he nods again, and I go back in line as I hear everyone coming in. The golden line appears before he steps in the gym, and my body goes haywire.

* Wish us luck, Apollo.* Apollo chuckles nervously, and I try to keep a straight face. It's not easy, because I feel how my lips want to curl into a huge smile, my knees almost buckle under me, my heart feels like it's having a tight race with my lungs and they are about to get out of my body, and I'm pretty sure that if someone would take a closer look, they would see that my pupils turned into hearts.

But, no, I have to be calm. Hide my shaking hands and raging breathing, more or less, try not to die and don't freak him out. Well, not more than I already did.

The hour passed too quickly for my, or Apollo’s liking. It was hard, not being able to kiss and hug him, but being close to him, being able to touch him from time to time, smelling his scent, was a sweet torture in Heaven, and, at the end, I gathered all my strengths and asked him to stay behind.

“ Yes? ” He asks in his knee weakening voice, and I see that he’s looking at my lips. Is he waiting for me to answer, or he’s looking because h…

* Answer the damn question, you i***t! I told you not to act like a weird kid. * Apollo says angrily, bringing me back to Earth.

“ I was thinking that if you want, I can show you around town. I’m not really in the mood to go home after school, and I would kill for a pizza. ” I swallow hard after I finish, mentally patting myself on the back for the fact that I didn't stutter, even though my voice wasn't my usual confident, not give a f**k voice. But that's understandable. My body is malfunctioning, and the fact that it takes him forever to answer, doesn't help one bit. I forgot the last time I breathed, and I think that even Apollo stopped using his lungs, that if he has lungs, because I can't hear a sound. Does Gods have organs? I should ask him. Anyway, that, or I went deaf as well.

“ I guess we could. But I have to be home by 8. I know, it’s weird, but my mom worries a lot. ” He finallyyyyyy answers, and I finallyyyyy breath. He smiles at the end, scratching the back of his neck, clearly embarrassed.

* I bet she is. * Apollo says with an angry growl, and I force myself not to show my anger, and plaster a fake smile.

“ I totally get that, my mom is a bit controlling, so ... but I'm sure we'll both be at home by 8 and tucked in bed by 9 o'clock. ” I lie as casual as I can, and breath through my mouth not to smell his scent any longer, because being alone is harder than I thought, so, I do my best, trying to avoid a catastrophe.

* But if we touch him once it wouldn’t be a disaster. * Apollo says in a pleading voice, shocking the f**k out of me. What the Hel got into himl?

* Apollo,shut it, you know that it’s hard anyway. We need to be patient and not f**k this up. * He growls in frustration, and I force a smile.

“ Ok then, see you in the parking lot after school. ” I say in a cheery voice, trying to keep the fake smile on my face, and he nods with a charming, heart racing, knee weakening, butterflies destroying organs, mind blowing smile, turning my fake smile into a genuine one.

“ Till later. ” He replies, and we start walking to the locker room. I let him go to his, and I get out fast, run to the forest, undress, shift, then run home to take a shower, then go back to school.

Damn, it’s hard to have a mate that you can’t have.

* How many classes you have left? * Apollo asks anxious.

* I don’t know. You are the one who keeps count. * I reply, also anxious, and he growls.

* How the Hell did you survive until now? * He asks me in an exasperated tone, making me roll my eyes.

* Just fine. * I snap back annoyed, but I know that right now, we’re not angry on each other, we’re angry on the damn time.

And it was a damn torture. Neither Apollo or I talked, and that never happened to us. 

The bell rung, announcing us that the last class is fina-f*****g-lly over, and I run to the parking lot.

* As normal as possible,got it? *

* Easy for you to talk. You don’t have to talk to him.*  And my string of thoughts got cut short once I saw the golden rope forming.

* Here we go. * Both Apollo and I sigh hard, and a smile covered my face as soon as I saw him. 

His walk is so confident, the way the wind blows his hair, even if it’s short on the sides and not very long on top, still makes him look like some Greek God. 

He runs his fingers through it, and I swear that it looks like he’s moving in slow motion.

* Close your damn mouth and wipe your drools, kid. * I realize that he’s right, and my mouth is indeed open and I quickly close it. 

Well, have fun not losing it!