Rejecting the alpha

Chapter 5

Amelia's POV

We got back to the ballroom just in time to catch the last part of the speech Sam was talking about. The headmaster looked a lot younger than I thought he would. He was a rather slim man, but his dark brown eyes made it obvious he wasn't someone to mess with. To be honest he scared me. Something about him made me nervous. His eyes drifted towards me as he was speaking. He was staring at me intently as he was addressing the students. I squirmed under his gaze and felt Oscar shuffling behind me, his arm went to my waist as if it were such a normal thing to do. Ignoring the fact that his touch was comforting me, I moved away from him and stood next to Sam.

From the corner of my eye, I saw Sam look down at me, his eyes full of questions, but he didn't ask any. It was like he knew I didn't want to talk. I'm not entirely sure why my instinct, when feeling threatened, was to go towards a guy I barely know. But something inside of me was telling me he would keep me safe.

All the students were cheering as the headmaster finished his speech. After a few very loud minutes everyone went back to dancing and talking as if nothing had happened.

"So, are you joining us?" Sam asked, after a few seconds of awkward tension.

I looked up at him confused. Had I missed something he said?

"At the school? Are you joining the school?"

I thought about it and as much as this place confused and slightly terrified me, I need to understand what's happening. I need to know if I am human and what my parents were. I need answers that I wouldn't get anywhere else.

Oscar and Sam both looked as though they were holding their breath waiting for my answer, so I decided to put them out of their misery.

"I guess so," I replied.

Waking up back in my bed, I had to remind myself that it wasn't a dream. That the winged horses and fluorescent flowers were all real. It helped that as I looked outside of my room, I realised Oscar was right. Everything looked different to me now, even the garden behind my house was more beautiful. The flowers all looked completely different than they had yesterday. They were bigger and brighter and, in every colour, you could imagine, even some colours I had never seen before. My mother had loved nature. She started her garden when I was a baby and we had spent every summer for as long as I can remember working on it together. As I look at it now, I realise why my mother adored it so much. It was beautiful.

I heard a quiet meowing behind me and turned to pick up Cammy.

"Hey, pretty girl. Come on, let's get you some breakfast before we start packing. We're moving, pretty girl." His only response was to meow in my face. Conversations with your cat are very one sided.

I made sure she was fed before grabbing a breakfast bar for myself. I have never been a fan of breakfast, I guess because I've never really been a morning person.

I decided to start packing straight away as Sam was picking me up at four o'clock and I had a lot to do. Oscar had offered to come and get me, but I asked Sam if he could. I couldn't think straight around Oscar, and I needed to remember to keep my distance. I didn't like how he made me feel. It didn't seem right to me to just fall for someone that quick. With everything that was going on right now, my entire world was changing. I don't have the time or energy to deal with a relationship on top of it all.

My experience with relationships has always been crappy anyway. Jake was a possessive dick and I stuck with him for years through high school. He lessened me, it was as if I was worthless and I didn't even notice him doing it.

When my parents died, he didn't even seem to notice. He acted as though my pain was annoying him. The first thing I did was break up with him and it was the best decision I ever made. I have slowly started to get back to being myself or as close as I can be now, but he still makes me feel weak and I hate it.