Orphan Mate

Chapter 7

After a couple of minutes of no one moving, I reached into my bookbag to grab some notebook paper.

I felt like I was talking to myself the whole time, trying to remember the steps of using carbohydrates to make ATP.

"Carbohydrate. We got an easy one. So we start with Glucose a 6-carbon chain that undergoes glycolysis to get 2 3-carbon chains called..."

"So is that really your natural hair color?" The girl asked me.

Shocked at her question I stared at her a second before answering, "uh.. yeah it is."

She giggled causing me to stop my train of thought on what came next.

She laughed at my hair.
I was already use to people laughing at my hair but that didn't mean it was ok.

I pushed the paper I was writing on towards the center of the desks keeping my head low before saying, "we should take turns writing."

But no one continued the steps.

"Misty, you should really help your group with the assignment." Mrs.Fitzgerald said after walking past our group. Though many of the other group's had their notes out on the desks ours only had the single paper on it.

I reached back for the paper writing the rest down without speaking this time.

After I finished I asked, "does anyone want to double check what I wrote?"

The girl reached for it, giving it a glance over,  "you're really smart, huh?"

I didn't respond to her question. I kept my eyes on my hands that were fidgeting with the pen I had used.

After an awkward silence I had to ask, "does anyone want to write it on the board?"

Again nobody responded to what I had said. I was getting frustrated at this point. I snatched the paper back from the girls' hand and walked towards the whiteboard. I copied down what I had written then tossed the paper towards their desks.

I grabbed my bookbag and without waiting to ask for permission to leave I walked out of class. At this point I was just annoyed.

Annoyed that my group wouldn't even look or talk to me.
Annoyed that a girl I had 1st grade with asked if my hair color was my natural color.
But most of all I was annoyed at myself for being so forgettable.

I could hear Mrs.Fitzgerald call after me but I just wanted to get home. I shouldn't have even bothered coming today.

I pushed open the schools front doors and walked home, already deciding I wasn't going to come to school tomorrow.

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Gavins POV

I had gotten to school extra early Monday morning. I had to explain to my mate why I hadn't shown up at her house that Friday night. It honestly wasn't because I wanted to. It was because I was forbidden to.

That evening I was so excited to have finally found my chance to put my arms around my little mate.

She must have turned 16 over the summer because my wolf instantly took note of her that first day of school.

I thought she was perfect in every way when I finally sniffed her out. Mint. She smelled so fresh and clean. She was kneeling on the ground in front of a bottom locker trying to get it open.

I immediately wanted to go over to her to help, after her 5th failed attempt at trying to get it open. But I couldn't, we weren't exactly friends, I didn't want her to think I was a creep just suddenly going over to her.

I had to wait for my chance to be able to approach her, to let her fall in love with me because she wasn't a wolf she was human. Since she was human, she didn't have a wolf of her own to push her towards mine.

When I noticed that we had always had homeroom together I was shook. Why hadn't I ever noticed her? One good look at her you can tell she was unique. Snow white hair, ice blue eyes, beautiful bronze skin. Her body was damn sexy too, small perky chest, thin waist, a big butt and wide hips perfect for carrying my pups.

Weeks passed and I silently learned things about her.

She had a very different class schedule than me. I took basic classes, regular algebra regular English, etc. But my mate was one smart cookie, AP U.S. History, Statistics, Honors 12th grade English.

I didn't need to push myself so hard in school. Being the next alpha, college wouldn't be necessary, there wouldn't be time.

She was a quite girl often sitting alone. That was probably why I hadn't noticed her before in homeroom. She didn't mingle with other students, she didn't have friends, not in this school as far as I can tell.

She was a cheerleader too! I was glad to have joined the football team, meaning it would give me more time to stare at her jumping in that cute skirt. Though it would make my wolf go crazy, he was attracted to her and wanted to complete the mating process by marking her.

But in order to complete the mating process I had to get her attached to me first.

I had made it clear to the males  among my pack in school that she was mine. And they were to avoid looking at her at all times. I couldn't have other guys eyeing up her skirt everytime she would do a flip.

That Friday after the game, I had every intention of going to the Wayard Home to pick her up and take her to the dance.

If it wasn't for my older brother ordering me to follow him down into the packs prison to interrogate the rouges that had trespassed onto our territory I would have gone.

The alpha wolf in me wanted to challenge my brother than and there for alpha position. Who was he to order me around?

I'm not being cocky when I say I would win. The energy my alpha wolf had surpassed that of my brothers'. But if I had challenged him I would have to give up school and that would mean any contact with my mate would be even less, being alpha was a full time job.

Though it was discussed that after I turn 20 I would be the new alpha. My brother wasn't bitter at the decision he honestly didn't like being in charge of 300+ pack members. But I still needed to train and study our laws before I could run the pack.

I hoped that she would understand why I couldn't make it, I couldn't tell her the truth but I just hoped she could forgive me.

If she had a wolf in her I'm sure she would have instantly forgiven me. If she had a wolf in her I wouldn't have to explain who I am and what we were to each other.

I waited by her locker but she never showed. I figured I could talk to her in homeroom but again she didn't go.

My wolf was hurt as we both knew why she wasn't showing up. I knew she was at school, her mint scent would linger in the halls but she was obviously avoiding me.

But I came up with a plan with a few of the pack members who had biology with her. I had hoped it would work. They were supposed to get her to stay as long as possible after class and I would be waiting for her outside the class door to apologize. But...

"What do you mean she just up and left during class?" I growled, showing my full canine teeth, at my future beta Levi and my sub beta Toni who instinctively hid his mate behind him. Even though I wasn't alpha yet I still had the dominance of one.

"Well we got into groups and we tried to stall as long as possible from doing the assignment but it didn't work. She did it all on her own." Said Levi trying to explain.

*boom my fist collided with a near by locker breaking the metal door. Making my pack flinch. Damn... I would have to try again tomorrow.