Hearing His Words

Chapter 4

The week seemed to pass at a rate that seemed to be impossibly slow. It also felt extremely lonely, not because I was alone, but because I didn't have my mate.

Everyone was tiptoeing around me, being extra careful to include me in activities, never mentioning mates. Not that it helped, they were all over their own mates, and I could feel the mate bond I share with my mate in the back of my head. I wasn't feeling pain through the bond anymore, at least not anymore than normal for any given day.

There was less to distract me from my mate and the bond we share. Lisa used to be my constant distraction, not that she knew it. She helped keep me busy. We would constantly do things together and she never asked why I needed to keep busy and for that I was thankfully. She still served as somewhat of a distraction, but she was off in La-La land with Eric half the time, and honestly don't mind. She deserves it. She dose so much for the rest of us and she needs someone to pamper her.

Still, I've been feeling more and more lonely.

Every time I see someone else find his or her mate it hurts a little. I watch them talk and kiss, getting to know each other and I wish it were me.

By the time Friday came around I was depressed and tired. I was done with school. All I wanted was to go home and sleep; instead I had government with Mr. Bon.

How I hated Mr. Bon.

Grumbling to myself I made my way to class. Walking into the room I noticed a very tall lanky man in his sixties at the front of the room and did a double take.

We had a substitute. Actually we had the best substitute in the world; Alexander. That's his full name. He's been at the school forever and knows everyone. He knows your older siblings and your parents from when they were in high school.

Smiling I slid into the seat next to Lisa, giving her a high-five.

"I can't believe we have a sub today," I whisper excitedly to my friend. Turning to me she smiled back laughing "Yeah, Peanut. It's nice, but it means we have to watch Super Size Me again."

Laughing together we continued our conversation through role, until Alexander called me to the front of the room.

"Ms. Quirke will you take the attendance to the office? I trust it won't take you as long as it always took your brother," He says handing me the attendance sheet.

Nodding I quickly made my way down to the office where I was greeted by the secretary. Waving I handed over the attendance sheet, before going back towards the classroom.

I looked down examining the scuffmarks on the linoleum to stop myself from thinking too much about my mate. Not paying attention I ran into someone wearing black sneakers and felt a faint tingling run through my body.

I took a step back in shock. It couldn't be my mate. Maybe I was imagining things because I felt so lonely, and had thought about him so much lately. Preparing myself for disappointment I looked up to find a pair of stormy grey eyes looking at me from my mate's face.

His long dark hair was partly pulled back from his face allowing me to see it's flat plains. Small locks of hair hung down framing his face as they were held together with silver colored bands making him look like a medieval warrior.

"What is your name?" I whisper, afraid of his possible reaction, but in desperate need of a further connection.

Watching him I see him smile at me slightly as he says, "My name is Ceallach O Maolmhuaidh. Please call me Kìli." Reaching forward he grabs my hand, almost as if reassuring himself I am real.