Bully Me

Chapter Ten

Axton Walker

I apologized with my friends earlier today, and it feels good. It feels good to take the first step in the right direction. There's many, many more steps I need to take though.

I'm making my way to the bathroom when I spot Ford and Oakley at Oakley's locker. I step back, going back around the corner to listen. Eavesdropping, whatever I'm doing.

"I told you, I'm done, Ford. One you're a coward, and two im just not interested anymore"

"Oaks, I said I was sorry. Those guys are hard to be friends with. I just wanted to prove to them that we're not doing anything. It was to protect you" Ford's voice is pleading.

"I'm not interested anymore, Ford. Back off" then a loud thud follows. I peak out, and Ford has Oakley pinned to the lockers, and his lips are on his. My heart clenches, and fury builds quickly.

But then it doubles, when i see Oakley is trying to push Ford off. That he doesn't want him. Then my instincts kick in, and I'm jogging over, pulling Ford off him and roughly shoving him away. Oakley's eyes are glossy, and Ford growls.

"Mind your own business, Axton"

"Oh it is my fucking business. What is wrong with you?" I'm in his space within a second, pushing him into the lockers. I'm slightly bigger than Ford, but he's still pretty bulk.

"Fuck off Axton" he growls again, trying to scare me off. I shove at his chest again, my voice a deep rumble.

"You fuck off. Don't fucking touch him again, Ford. I mean it "I growl, my wolf pushing forward.

"It's none of your business-"

"Leave. Him. Alone "I cut him off.

"Whatever just get off me" Ford huffs, shoving at my chest. I step back, letting him storm away. A hand is being wrapped around my arm, and Oakley is pulling me with him into a storage closet.

He shuts the door behind me. "Listen, that's not what it looked like. I would never, ever do that to you"

"I know baby" i murmur, cupping his jaw. "Are you okay?" My eyes flick over his fast, and down his body. He tenses slightly, but he already relaxed into my hands.

"A little shaken up" He nods in my hands. He doesn't step away, or move away from my hold. My thumbs brush under his eyes.

"Is that the first time he's done that?"

"Yeah" He nods, his hands circling my wrists. He holds on for a few seconds, and then he's pulling away. I miss his warmth, but I step back, giving him his space.

"Should we talk to Alpha about it?"

"No, he's harmless. Just mad about how I'm handling this. But it's fine, really" he murmurs, as he wraps his arms around himself.

"Okay, if it happens again maybe we should tell alpha"

"Yeah, if it does again" he nods.

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The next day, we're in Mrs. Lowey's class. Oakley hasn't talked to me, he's working on our shared class laptop. He's typing away on the slide show getting things setup. He's typing in the things we researched.

My eyes roam over his face, tracing the shape of his nose, to his lips. Down his throat. His adam apple bobs on a swallow. My eyes go back to his, and he looks at me out of the corner of his eye.

Then he turns to me, and raises a brow. "What?" he murmurs.

"You're just really pretty" I lean closer, my eyes dropping to his lips. His tongue pokes out, licking at his perfect lips.

"Don't say stupid shit"

"It's not stupid, it's true" I murmured, moving even closer.

"Have you ever heard of personal space?" he asks, but makes no effort to move. His green eyes have swirls of gray, that I'm addicted too. And his hair. And scent. God I could eat him up.

"Don't look at me like that" his voice is harder, and my eyebrow raises.

"Like what?"

"Like- like you want something" a blush creeps up his neck, turning his ears red.

"What do i look like i want?" I think my voice dropped a level, and my blood feels like it's boiling in my skin.

"Like you want me" he says, glancing around the room. Everyone here could easily hear our conversation, well all the wolves anyways. But honestly? A lot of us don't want to hear it. Plus I'm not worried about them hearing.

I want to eat and fuck him. I'm proud as fuck to have Oakley as my mate, and i couldnt care less who knew.

"I do want you" I move so my lips brush against his ear. "I want to taste you so fucking bad" he literally shivers, and blood rushes to my groin. Before I can say anything else, he is out of his seat and walking away.

A small smirk tugs at my lips as I watch him leave.

"You know you don't deserve him, right?" Ahh, Giana. Oakley's best friend, who obviously hates me. She has every right too, but she's a part of my plan to fix things.

"I know. But the moon goddess did this for a reason, and I'm going to fix it" i keep my voice low, and Giana narrows her eyes.

"What are you playing at? You hate Oakley"

"He's obsessed with him," Ford adds, turning towards me. He's glaring, like i give a fuck about him. "He stole him from me"

"He's not property" I add, and Giana actually agrees with me.

"Oakley is a good person, and he deserves better than both of you. But Axton's right, he's not property, so don't talk about him that way" Her voice leaves no room for argument. She'd be a good Beta, or even alpha.

"He does, but he's my mate. I'll do the best I can to prove I deserve him."

"Yeah, whatever" Giana turns back around, going back to her project. I take the laptop from Oakley's side, and I pick up where he left off.

First step was to apologize.

Second step is to put in effort. So, I add in all our research, and when Oakley comes back I work a little longer. Then he takes over, and we talk strictly about the project. It's not bad, but he is being hostile.

Which is given. Our past won't just go away. But I want to build a better future for us. So, when the bell rings, I stop him from ditching. "Can I have your number?" I ask, nudging my phone to him.

He stares at me for a moment, like he doesn't know what I asked. I worry he didnt hear me, but then he grabs my phone, enters in his stuff and leaves. Like he drops my phone on the table, and practically runs away with Giana.

I grab my phone, biting back a smile.

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I didn't think he'd give his number. Do you think putting in effort will help? I think Axton has A LOT of damage to fix. It's gonna take some time. What do you think?? 

Also Ford? Do we think he's gonna be a problem??

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