His mate

Everyone is watching us

Emma's POV:

​"Why are you still here?" I ask Elijah, I mean, we've been at the same school since I entered kindergarten and that was when I was 3 and he was 4. We've had the same classes for 4 years. Does he need a new h*e?

"You kissed him to get away from Peter?" He asks while his angry face turns into a confused face. He looks so cute right now, his little pout and his eyebrows furrowed.

"I don't see what you have to do with it but yeah, I did it. Now, why are you here?" I ask

"I was talking to Andrews" He answers and just like that he starts looking at Xavi with a murderous face, if looks could kill, Xavi would be six feet under... must be some boy thing. I didn't know they were friends but it makes sense since Xavi's parents are friends with Elijah's

"About what?" I ask curiously.

"Uh... About... You know-" He starts scratching the back of his neck

"Olivia." Xavier says saving him

"Yeah... Olivia! We were talking about Olivia" Elijah confirms.

"Ok, if you say so" I say still eyeing them suspiciously

"XAVIER ANDREWS I'M GOING TO BREAK YOUR F*****G FACE" We hear a furious Eric yell while walking towards Xavi with a death glare

"Eric calm down!" I say standing in front of Xavier

" Calm down?!? You have got to be kidding me! Xavi comes home and you are already all over each other. You know how I feel about you and him!"

" Eric Walters! Let us explain." I say starting to get mad

"Yeah bro, I would never go for your little sister, you know that!" Xavi says trying to calm Eric down

"I just kissed him because a fricking playboy wouldn't stop talking to me so I didn't think about it and kissed Xavi." I explained

"So you guys aren't dating?" Eric asks after a long sighing

"Nope, single as a pringle" Xavi answers

"Plus, you know how he always talks about that soulmate b******t" I say

"Oh, yeah, I forgot about th-" He starts but then stops himself

I see all the blood drain from Eric's face when he realizes that Elijah is right behind me

"Hello Eric" Elijah says normally

"H- hi Elijah... I- I have to pee, No, I have PE" He says and starts walking away

"The locker room is the other way" I say

"Right, I knew it!" He says turning around

"I also have to go, see you later" I say and walk away

"Hey! Wait up, I also have PE" Elijah says walking towards me

"Great, another playboy" I mumble to myself

Why are you still walking normally?!? Pretend you didn't hear him and start walking faster

Ok, I'm going!

"Emma!" He calls out

I turn around a corner

Run!

I start running and I am almost reaching the girl's locker room, I turn my head and don't see him, a smile starts to form on my face.

Victory my subconscious starts to cheer but the cheering stops when I bump into a wall.

"Auch" I say as I touch my nose to see if it's bleeding or something

"Why were you running away from me?" The wall says

"What? Walls don't talk." I say to myself as I look up and see that it's Elijah. He chuckles with my mumbling to myself

"What? Running away from you? Why would I do that?" I say trying to sound casual but failing miserably

"That is why I am asking you that" He says frustrated

"I wasn't running away from you, I... I was just... I"

"You were just?" He continues

"I just didn't want to be late, you know PE is a very important subject!" I say feeling a little bad for lying but hey, he was the one that was following me!

"Oh, really?" He asks not believing me

"Yap, now look at the time, I have to go get ready!" I say looking at my bare wrist and before he can make a comment about me not having a watch I enter the locker room

I get ready and head to the field. I see the populars in a circle around Elijah, the jocks with the rest of the cheerleaders that aren't with Elijah, and the rest are just nobodies. I think I am the only one that notices them, I just like watching them. I put my earphones on and start listening to "Two birds" by Regina Spektor. I start observing everyone while we wait for the coach.

The nobodies are just talking to each other, the jocks and cheerleaders are flirting because I can see the jocks winking and the girls blushing. I look at the populars and notice that they are all looking at me, I lock eyes with Elijah and he gestures for me to go to him, I look behind me to see who he is talking to but there is no one behind me, I just ignore him and focus on my music and enjoy the warm sun with my eyes closed. After a while, a teacher comes and tells us that coach is sick so we have a free period, since after this class we have lunch I head to the canteen, grab my lunch and head to my place. I haven't been there since I found that wolf, I was kinda freaked out, I mean, it's not every day you find a wolf. Especially a domestic one.

When I get there, "California Friends" by the Regrettes starts playing and I sing while jumping

Will you come a little closer

I've got something to show ya

Look at my friend in California

She really likes the freckles on my face

I sing along but then I hear something coming from the bushes

"Hello? Is anyone here?" I ask afraid

No response. Maybe there are more wolves!

RUN!

Thanks subconscious, now I’m going to be really calm.

Note the sarcasm

I gather my things and head to school.

Since I didn't eat lunch when I was in the forest, I will eat in the canteen. I was only out for like 15 minutes so the canteen only has people that should be having PE. I sit at a table all alone, don't get me wrong, I prefer it this way, I don't know why but I get to know a lot just from watching people.

I look around and I hear the nobodies, they are always talking loudly hoping someone will hear them and start talking to them. The jocks are still flirting with cheerleaders and I notice that one of Nadya's minions is talking to my brother, why did she leave the populars to talk to my brother? I don't know, but I do know that she just went down one step in the high school hierarchy. I look away trying to not make eye contact with Xavi so he doesn't notice me because I know he would make me sit with them.

I look at the populars table to see if Nadya notices that she lost one of her friends to the jocks. I look at that table and everyone is looking at me again and Elijah gestures again for me to go to him and I ignore him again and turn my face. From the corner of my eye I can see him getting angry and some of him friends either laughing or looking afraid. I notice him getting up and walking towards me.

"Is the guy stupid? I made it obvious that I didn't want to talk to him"I say quietly to myself.

When I finish saying that, Peter, Liam and his girlfriend burst out laughing and I hear that growl again. In fact everyone heard that growl coming from Elijah and look at him

"Sorry guys, school lunch am I right" Liam says and chuckles, nervously and everyone starts laughing.

Every single popular releases a breath and Elijah continues stalking towards me and looking at me like he's a hunter and I'm his prey. I get up ready to leave the canteen and I am almost out when someone grabs my wrist.

By now everyone is silent except Nadya's minion and my brother, but soon enough, they shut up and start looking at us.

Everyone is watching us.

I get my wrist free from his grip and look at him

"What do you want?" I ask silently looking at my shoes

"Yo-" He answers

"Achoo" Liam interrupts Elijah with a sneeze. Well, it looks fake.

"What?" I ask Elijah to repeat while looking up at him furrowing my eyebrows. I start getting lost in his eyes.

"I said that I would like to talk to you." Elijah says. I snap out of it and I look at the ground again.

"I- I really have to go." I said, trying to cover up, not daring to look at him in the eyes. Right now my feet are super interesting.

"Where?" He asks not believing me while taking a step forward

"Library" I answer while taking a step backwards. I notice how his feet are so much bigger than mine.

"I can go with you" Forward

"That is not necessary, I wouldn't want to bore you" Backwards, I dare to look at him in the eyes

"I also need to go to the library now that you mentioned it" Forward

"I- I" I take another step backwards when my back hits the wall, lost in those grey eyes. I know I am about to let him talk to me and he knows it too since the end of his lips are curving up in a smirk.

"Baby! What are you doing with her babe?" I've never been more grateful to hear that high pitched voice that makes my head hurt. I let out a breath that I didn't even know I was holding

Nadya