Unfortunately Fated

Chapter 16

Jonathan

      I woke up on a hard surface, a sound pounding in my ears. I opened my eyes slowly, as they adjusted to the light coming in the window. I slowly moved my hand and up and down, realizing I was laying on Maxwell's chest. I looked at the clock and it said 6 am. I slowly sat up, instantly regretting it because I couldn't feel his warmth. Suddenly his phone started ringing and wouldn't stop. I guess Maxwell was a heavy sleeper because he didn't wake up at all. I grabbed the phone and answered it. "Hello?" I asked. "Jonathan? Why do you have Maxwell's phone?" River spoke with confusion but urgency. Something serious must be going on. "Long story, what's going on?" I said sitting up, trying to wake Maxwell up with a shake. "I need Maxwell." River said with his voice filled with irritation. "I am trying to wake him up okay." I set the phone down and shoved Maxwell hard. He immediately sat up and looked around. His eyes landed on me and were squinted from the sun coming in. I handed him the phone and he looked down trying to read the name of who called

'River, why the wake up call?' I focused my hearing to hear what River was saying on the other side of the phone.

'You need to get over here now. There's a problem.'

'What kind of problem?' Maxwell's face was covered in concern.

'I just need you here. I need everyone.'

        River hung up the phone and Maxwell ran his hands through his hair. "So, no school today?" I say trying to lighten the mood. River is never that serious. "I guess not baby. Come with me, you can wear something of mine." He grabbed my hand and I follow him to the closet, which was perfectly organized and color-coded. "Wear whatever you want. I'm going to shower and then we gotta get out of here. River is rarely ever serious, so this is a big deal." He walked out of the closet, leaving me standing there. I don't know why but I had a feeling that there weren't going to be nights like this for a while.

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       I made through the school day, but barely. If it wasn't for the fact that I was wearing some of Maxwells I wouldn't have made it. I could feel myself start to cling to him more, wanting to be with him more. The longer I'm away the harder it is to focus on anything. All of these feelings are brand new to me, I never felt so strongly for someone. It was just Taylor and I at lunch. Then was starting to show and Jedidiah didn't want her walking around at school. Bellamy was of course not up to being around people. Dealing with being away from her mate and leaving. "I wonder where Kailani is." Taylor asked looking around. We weren't really that close to her but she was nice to bed around. "Have you and Augusta like mated? Or mark each other?" I blurted our. Taylor just started laughing at my abruptness. "Uh, well. No to the mating, but yes to marking." She blushed slightly, and I started to become jealous.

       "Have you and Jonathan?" She asked me. "No!" I yelled a little bit too loud. The surrounding tables looked over at me in confusion. "He keeps being called to the castle to deal with the pack that abused Adam. I need something more you know what I mean?" I let out a deep breath and ran my fingers through my hair. "You just need to take it." I looked at her confused. "What do you mean?" She looked so impatient. "As in tease him, pull him in. Play with him." She raised an eyebrow at me. "Teasing doesn't really go well for me. Maxwell has let me know that he doesn't like it." I started playing around with my salad not in the mood to eat anymore. "That's perfect! Are you so slow that you don't see how great that is? All you need to do is get him mad enough then he'll just attack you. You know?"

Listen to her

Antonius...

Oh come on, let's do it this one time...I'm sure it will end up the way we want it.

        "What should I do?" I asked Taylor, ignoring Antonius. "Something...spicy. You know to give him a handjob while in the same room with his parents. Something spicy..." My eyes popped out of my head when she said that. "Taylor! In front of his parents!?" She rolled her eyes at me. "Well, not I front but like under a blanket. Or maybe even in class you know?" I scoffed at her and everything she was saying. "I'll... think about it." "Well, you better think fast, days almost over.

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      I was back at Maxwell's house, waiting for him to get home. I was nervous about what Taylor and I talked about. I wanted to mate with him, but I didn't want to initiate it you know? Which kind of contradicts what happened last night. I was laying in the trying to get some homework done, it was soothing being in here because it smelled just like him. The door opened and in he walked in. I immediately jumped to my feet and ran to him. But when I got to him, he smelled different. I pulled away and stood there watching him. "What's wrong baby?" He asked he looked disappointed that I need to hug him. "Your smell is off." I took another step back, not liking how he was smelling. "Who were you with." I went back to the bed and sat down. "I'm sorry baby. I had to watch Adam...make sure he was okay."

      "You were with Adam. Again." I could feel the jealousy rise in me. "All day I was alone, and you were cuddled up next to someone else." I went back to doing my homework, I guess I'll just throw my plan out the window. "Baby, don't do that." He walked to me and grabbed the pencil out of my hand. And lifted my face to make eye contact with him. "They needed someone to watch him. They picked me because of our past relationship. That's it. I wasn't cuddling him I was just in his room. Believe me when I say I kept my distance." He ran his thumb over my cheek and pulled me to him. "I thought about you all day. I promise you I did." I looked into his eyes and could see he was being sincere. But it didn't make me feel any better. Knowing that my mate was spending so much time with someone else, was breaking my heart. "Talk to me love, what's wrong?"

      "I just want to spend some time with you." I shrugged. "Come on." Maxwell put his hand out and I looked at him confused. "Come on. Let's go." I hesitantly grabbed it and followed him out of the room. "Where are we going?" I asked him. "To spend time together." He put me into his car and started driving. "We are going to the movies." Oh yeah, plan back on.

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