My Forbidden Mate

Chapter 10

Monday passes by in a blur. Tana and josh corner me at my locker, pushing for details on the Sabrinas sexy alpha mate (Their words not mine) and I tell them his name. And then I lie. A lot. I tell them he's boring and has the personality and humor of a stale Olive Garden breadstick. They leave it alone after that.

Jackson never mentioned lessons after school so I don't go. In fact I don't even see him that day and instead spend the afternoon watching Gilmore girl reruns with Sabrina. She's been surprisingly sweet sense she got back. Which of course make me feel even worse.

Tuesday, my last day of high school is emotional. Luckily Tana brought tissues. We laugh, we cry, and we hug. We walk around the school saying goodbye to our teachers one last time. And when it's time to go, for once in the whole history of our high school career... none of us are rushing out the door. Again Jackson doesn't say anything so I don't go to our spot for lessons. Instead I go over to joshes place, where Tana and I bother him about his new boyfriend asking for details. I then tell them that after graduation I have to leave. That it will hopefully only be for about a month and a half. I tell them to visit and that I will miss them.

Then comes Wednesday. I flatten my dress against my body looking in the mirror. It's royal blue and has a halter neck with a skirt at the bottom type thing. I straighten my hair and do my makeup to look more natural. I hear someone cough behind me and look up into the mirror. My eyes connect with Jackson as he watches me watch him through the mirror. I turn to look at him directly. He scratches the back of his head and avoids looking at me.

"I uh just wanted to make sure you are all packed for later tonight?"

I nod. "Ok. Well that uh is all I came to ask. Me and Sabrina will meet you at the ceremony."

Again I nod. He walks away and I have the nagging feeling that there was more he wanted to say. But knowing how things with us seem to go, either kissing or fighting it's probably best that he doesn't.

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The lady announcing names to walk up into stage calls my name finally. I stand, walk down the isle way, shake my principles hand, and he hands me my diploma. And that's it. No big thing. Just like that my high school years are behind me now.

After the ceremony is over everyone stands outside waiting for their family to come and hug them and tell them how proud they are. I watch a girl I've seen in the hallways squeal as her father hands her a bouquet of pink roses. I watch him hug her and tell her how much he loves her.

I look away. That's when I see Sabrina and Jackson looking for me and I wave them over. Sabrina hugs me. "I'm so proud of you," she tells me as she steps back. I smile and my heart races when Jackson crosses the distance between us and wraps one arm around me. It's awkward and weird and he makes it as platonic as possible. But we both feel the sparks when our skin touches. Then to make things even more horrible he ruffles my hair. As if I'm a little sister and not the girl he's secretly mated too.

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Later that night we all get into our cars, me in my Jeep, and Jackson and Sabrina in his Camaro. 10 hours later we finally make it to South Carolina. 2 more hours later and Jackson pulls to the side next to a large gated area. Typing in some sort of code he unlocks the gate which opens on its own. We drive through and as I look around I notice dark figures everywhere. Patrol wolves. And when I say everywhere I mean everywhere. They all have guns although being werewolves I'm sure they don't really need them.

We pull up to a huge vintage hotel looking place. I get out of the car and am instantly surrounded by people. I pop my trunk and before I even have a chance to grab them myself a middle aged man already is. He smiles. " I will take these to your room miss."