Myths & Rejections

Chapter 4 - The Truth Comes Out

Word Count : 3452

Reese

When they were back in the game room there was absolute silence for a few minutes before Drew spoke.

"What did the letter say?" Drew asked Reese. "I didn't get to read it, what did Celie say in the letter?"

"She said they were being bullied and that Harper was the school punching bag. She told him Harper was rejected and humiliated by her mate in front of the whole school, and then that Celie was rejected too. She said they were leaving and getting as far away from this pack as possible and for us not to look for them." Reese said slowly.

"Did the letter say who was doing it?" Ben asked nervously, he'd been one of the main bullies, harassing the girls daily.

"No, she didn't name any names." Reese answered. "Do any of you know who rejected Celie? I didn't see or hear about her getting rejected. She said he did it after school, away from everyone else because he was embarrassed by anyone knowing she was his mate."

"I did it, it was me." Adam said, his voice barely above a whisper, tears had started sliding slowly down his cheeks. "After you rejected Harper, I thought....I thought, you would laugh at me, and get mad if I was mated to Celie so I rejected her. I didn't want to. I didn't want to reject her, I always liked her."

"Then why did you?" Zach snapped. "Just because Reese rejected his mate you did too? That's a stupid fucking reason to reject your mate!"

"Don't you think I know that?!" Adam yelled. "I didn't think they'd leave. I thought, maybe I could say she was cool, and get you guys to like her, and make it up to her later."

"What the hell is wrong with you guys?" Zach said. "Seriously, what is wrong with you? You don't just fucking reject your mate. Just for no fucking reason. Adam was right earlier, you are losers, you all are."

"You're no better!" Ben snapped. "I didn't see you riding your white horse in to save them from the bullies."

"No, I didn't help them. I should have, but I didn't." Zach said, shame on his face. "But at least I wasn't mean to them, and I didn't bully them, which is more than any of you assholes can say. And there's no way in fucking hell I'm ever going to reject my mate. Ever. No matter what you guys, or anyone else thinks of her, I will think she's beautiful and perfect, and none of your opinions matter."

And with that Zach turned and stomped out of the room, as he slammed the door open they noticed Charla standing outside, she'd probably been trying to listen at the door, so it was a good thing all the rooms in the pack house were sound proofed.

"Baby?" Charla said, in her high pitched baby voice. "What's going on, where are all the warriors going? Everyone is outside running around."

"They're looking for Harper and Celie, they're missing." Drew said, and Charla started giggling.

"Oh no." Charla said rolling her eyes, still giggling. "What a tragedy. It's about time she finally took the hint." Not even trying to hide her glee at the disappearance of Reese's mate.

But she was surprised to see every guy in the room turn and glare at her hatefully. She was used to them going along with everything she said, having their angry eyes glaring at her stunned her for a second before she smirked and started giggling again.

"Shut the fuck up and get out!" Adam yelled at her, shoving her roughly out the door and slamming it in her shocked face.

Reese

It was getting late, Reese was pacing his room, but his parents still weren't home, he'd been waiting for them to call him, or say anything to him but they hadn't, they must still be working on finding Harper. He couldn't believe she'd run away. His mate was gone, she was really gone, because of him. When he'd realized she was his mate he'd looked around and seen people looking at her, the way they always looked at her and he'd immediately felt self-conscious being near her, being caught looking at her. So he'd decided right then to reject her and save some face. To insult and reject her to make himself look cool. He hadn't stopped for a second to think about the repercussions of rejecting her, about what it would do, to either of them. He'd been telling himself he would reject his mate for Charla, he'd turned 18 two months ago and finding his mate had stopped being something he thought about after a few weeks of not finding her, but he hadn't actually sat down and thought about what would happen when he did, regardless of who his mate had been. He hadn't expected the pain, that's for sure. It had felt like being hit in the chest with a sledgehammer that was on fire. He'd never known it could hurt so much to lose your mate, he felt like shit, he felt like the world was falling apart around him, it felt like sorrow, grief, and death.