Cranston High

Bran • 7

"I really don't like that asshole. What gives him the right to be anywhere near our mate?" I grumble out my displeasure at seeing that asshole Denver enter into Hazes room.

"It's her choice man. Remember what Tee told us? She didn't feel any sparks when he touched her last night, maybe there's a good explanation for that. She can't be our mate if she doesn't feel anything like we do." Ark tersely grits out his dismay.

"I understand that Ark but it's really fucking strange. We feel it. We all feel it. Just because she doesn't, doesn't mean that she's not our mate. I seriously think that she's my mate and you can't convince me that she's not." I throw out at him as I continue walking down the hallway to get to our own personal arcade room. The rest of my friends and my brother finally kick it into gear behind me.

This shit with Haze is definitely messing with my head. How can she not tell that she is our mate? It doesn't make sense, not to me anyway.

I can feel the direct pull to her. I have touched her just once before but now that we are starting to have our doubts about if she is our mate or not. I am definitely going to make it my own little mission now to touch her delicate skin once again.

I need to know without a single doubt. I just need to know for certain.

Fuck that, I desperately need to know if she is or if she isn't.

Entering into the arcade room I hobble my way over to the black leather sofa located at the south side of the room.

I'm not really in any mood to play these senseless games today. My mind is just running through rampant scenarios on how I am going to be able to get close enough to Haze to touch her again. I need the reassurance.

"You guys won't believe this but guess who I caught snooping around in here?" Torq speaks up from across the room as he sets up a side pocket shot while playing pool.

"Why was she in here?" Jay questions, of course we all knew who Torq was referring to immediately. Who else could it of have been?

"I don't know man. She nearly scared my ass to death when she was in here earlier. I wasn't expecting anybody to be in here. I promptly kicked her ass out though." He says it so cheerfully that it makes me want to spear him straight through his cold dead heart with a sharp wooden stake.

"Why the fuck did you kick her ass out? It's bad enough that she is pushing us all away because she thinks that we aren't her mates but you deliberately make it your damn mission to be rude as hell to her all of the time. You may not want her but I definitely do. Will you please just stop trying to be a complete ass to her?" I bark out at him as I lean up on the sofa furrowing my brows over at his ass.

"Man chill out. I just don't like her. I think that all of you can do a whole hell of lot better than her ass. I'm just trying to look out for all of you." Torq back peddles. "That's all."