My mother and I had a private number that we could always reach ourselves on if anything happened to either of us. A couple of years ago, I believed that she was crazy when she suggested this but now, I was grateful that she had suggested it. Danielle handed me her phone and I went into the bathroom, locking the door as I sat on the toilet seat and held the phone in my hand, typing the numbers with shaking fingers. My mother didn’t deserve to be on the receiving end of any of these and I was saddened that I brought shame to her after everything she’d done for me. I dialed the number and put the phone on speaker. The phone rang once before she picked it up. “Ari.” Hearing my mother’s voice after such a long time made me burst into tears. I never knew how much I needed to hear it until this moment. She has always been my backbone through everything and I’ve missed her terribly. “I’m here for you, Ari. You don’t need to cry anymore.” She said. I knew she was trying to control her
She was hurting in multiple ways and that meant this was affecting her a lot more than it was affecting me. She didn’t just leave her place of birth and where she grew up, she was also being humiliated with her daughter’s sex tape being paraded, and on top of that, she just left her marriage because of it. It was too much for her to bear and I didn’t want that for her, she deserved better than this. “I want to talk to you about something and I want you to listen to me before you say anything.” I began. “I’m not going to like this very much, am I?” She sighed. The truth was that she wasn’t but on the flip side, she needed all the help she could get. “I know how you feel about Alpha Jason but I know you’re still in love with him. You’ve experienced a turnaround ever since he came into your life and I want that to continue for you. This is my cross and I don’t want you to carry it for me, I can take care of myself.”“Did anyone get to you, Ari? I thought you’d want me to be on your
She was trying to cheer me up in her way and the thought made me smile. Friends like her were rare and I was grateful to have her in my corner.“We left some for you because I knew you’d be hungry when you’re done. It’s in the microwave so whenever you’re ready, you can have it.” Danielle said. “There’s yogurt in the fridge as well and if you girls need anything else, I’m only a call away,” Tyler said as he stood up. “Aren’t you supposed to be sleeping? I heard you’ve got trials in a few hours.” I said. “I had to stay until I was sure that you weren’t in trouble or anything of that sort. Now that I know you’re fine, I’m going to bed.” He answered. “Thank you, Tyler.” He nodded and kissed Danielle tenderly before he left the apartment, leaving my roommate and me. I handed her phone back to her and walked to the kitchen, deciding on having yogurt for breakfast. I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to eat anything and I didn’t want to take any chances. “So. . .” Danielle trailed off, waiti
Zach’s POV.The bed felt small and uncomfortable. It squeaked with every movement I made and the sound was pissing me off.Zayn and I were large men and if we had both laid down on the bed, it’d have broken just like the other one we tried lying down on. The only option was for one of us to stay on the bed while the other person made use of the couch. “We should’ve gotten an apartment outside the school’s environment and saved ourselves all this trouble,” Zayn said as he walked into the room where I wa. “It’s only for a few hours, Zayn. You need to shut up and suck it up until we get what we came here for.” I sighed. “That’s what I’m trying to do, isn’t it?” Zayn retorted. It was pointless picking a fight with him, it would lead us nowhere and if we wanted to appear as a United front, we had to be on the same page in front of Ari. “You can take the bed and I’ll use the couch,” I said, standing up from the bed. “It’s not like either of us is going to get any sleep. I don’t know a
I woke up that morning feeling reinvigorated and for the first time in a very long time, I slept without having anything to worry about. At first, I’d been worried about Zach and Zayn staying next door but as the night wore on and Danielle and I binge-watched romantic comedy, they faded into the background. It was a weekend, there were no classes and I didn’t have anything to do today but Danielle was trying to get me to come on a group date she was going to attend with Tyler. “I’m going to be jealous the whole time I’m there and I wouldn’t want to ruin the mood with snarky comments and stuff like that, it’ll be better if I stay home.” “It’s funny you think that you’re going to be the only single person there, Ari. We’re all going to be there to have fun and that’s all there is to it, you might meet a couple of people you find interested and vice versa. You can’t spend the whole day holed up in here, I don’t want that.”“Is it because you’re worried about the men next door?” I said,
“About that, we’ve decided on what we want to do,” Zach said. I frowned. What the hell was he talking about? There was only one thing they had to do and that was leave. The aim of why they traced me had been achieved. I’ve done my part in talking to my mother and getting her to go back to the pack and now, it was left for them to try and convince their father to forgive them now that his mate had returned. I had no business with them and I didn’t want to be involved with them anymore. If they thought they could get me to do anything else for them then they were mistaken. I was done doing a favor for free and otherwise for that matter. “Let me stop you there before you go any further, Zach. Whatever it is you’ve got in mind or you plan to do, I don’t want to know about it. All I care about is that you leave this premises and never return, do we have an understanding of how this works?” “You haven’t heard what we want to say, Ari,” Zayn said. “I don’t want to because I’m not inter
“Whatever you want from me, you’re not getting it,” I said, standing on my word. “We don’t mind paying the price for what we’ve done but we need to mend all burnt bridges and we’re starting with you because you’ve been on the receiving end more than anyone else and if there’s anyone’s forgiveness we need to beg for, it’s yours.” I had nothing to say to them anymore. They were interrupting my morning routine and I had a lot of things to do before I’d go out with Danielle and Tyler—not by my choosing. “That’s a cute speech but I’d need you to leave now. We’re done talking and I’ve got nothing else to say to you. I’ve done what you requested from me and I want nothing more from you.” I said. Zach and Zayn shared a look and for a moment it looked like they wanted to argue but they didn’t say anything else as they turned and walked out of the room. I quickly locked the door as they left, leaning against it as I slid to the ground, taking deep breaths to calm my racing heart. I ferven
I stared at my reflection in the mirror, falling in love with who I saw in the mirror. Trey had been grumbling about the time we were taking in dressing up but when he saw Danielle, he was going to swallow those words, I was sure of it. They were my favorite couple and they complimented each other so beautifully and it made my heart ache—in a good way. If I ever decided to fall in love, I’d want to have something along the lines of what Danielle and Trey shared. “Earth to you, Ari!” Danielle snapped her fingers in front of my face, jolting me out of my reverie. “I was taking a moment to admire the magic dust you sprinkled on me,” I said, smiling at her. “I told you to sit still and let me do my magic.” Danielle gushed. She looked equally as stunning—if not more than I was in her sundress with flower petals. It stopped just above her knees and she wore knee-high boots to match, her hair was styled perfectly and her makeup was exquisite. The best part of it all was that she dresse
There was a cheer from the crowd after Zach and Zayn left Robert and his friends in a bloodied heap and we heard the sound of security guards coming before anyone else did because of our super hearing and we left the scene before either of us would be taken in for questioning. We were in my dorm room and I was in the bedroom with Danielle, whose mouth was still hung open as I narrated everything that happened on campus today. Tyler was in the sitting room with the twins and they were discussing sports at the top of their voices. Boys would always be boys and I wondered if it was like this for every male—supernatural or not. “Do you think Robert is going to tell them that you were involved in the beating he and his friends got?” Danielle asked, she was worried about the aftermath but I wasn’t. I knew guys like Robert and I knew how they think. Zach and Zayn were literal blueprints, they taught me everything I needed to know about bullies and how their mind works. “Do you think that
“Your first mistake was thinking that you could stand up to me and your second mistake is actually allowing your intrusive thoughts to put you in this position.” Robert snarled at me. He was turning every shade of red already. His tight fitted shirt was already straining against his neck and biceps, he looked like he would burst if care wasn’t taken.“Isn’t it convenient that you’re getting mad and you believe that you have every right to be mad?” I scoffed. If he thought that he was going to scare me, he had to rethink. He wasn’t half as scary as Zach and Zayn, if I could stand up to them, he was nothing. “You dared to insult me in front of the whole class and I can’t let that slide.” Robert yelled. He was drawing attention towards us and I hated being in the center of any commotion but I wasn’t going to be able to escape this one—I could see it already. “You called me a sex worker in front of the whole class, Robert. All I did in retaliation was call you a crying little bitch.”
"Charles and Ella will be forming a group together...""Robert and Ari, you’re both up next..."Professor Robin’s voice boomed round the class as he continued to read from the note in his hands.I didn’t like Robert and working with him would be draining but for the sake of having a good grade in this course, I was willing to do this and if he didn't want to, I would do it alone without any complains. My eyes widened as I heard a familiar voice. I had been the first to arrive to class today and she felt proud of myself. My eyes had constantly flickered towards the door to know when he would come to class but I obviously missed him when he entered."Excuse me, Professor Robin." His voice was deep.Professor Robin stopped reading abruptly and looked at him, clearly unimpressed at being interrupted."Is there a problem?" He asked sourly."I believe you made a mistake, my name wasn't supposed to be called yet." Robert said. I furrowed my brows in confusion as I stared at him. What the
I stared at my reflection in the mirror, falling in love with who I saw in the mirror. Trey had been grumbling about the time we were taking in dressing up but when he saw Danielle, he was going to swallow those words, I was sure of it. They were my favorite couple and they complimented each other so beautifully and it made my heart ache—in a good way. If I ever decided to fall in love, I’d want to have something along the lines of what Danielle and Trey shared. “Earth to you, Ari!” Danielle snapped her fingers in front of my face, jolting me out of my reverie. “I was taking a moment to admire the magic dust you sprinkled on me,” I said, smiling at her. “I told you to sit still and let me do my magic.” Danielle gushed. She looked equally as stunning—if not more than I was in her sundress with flower petals. It stopped just above her knees and she wore knee-high boots to match, her hair was styled perfectly and her makeup was exquisite. The best part of it all was that she dresse
“Whatever you want from me, you’re not getting it,” I said, standing on my word. “We don’t mind paying the price for what we’ve done but we need to mend all burnt bridges and we’re starting with you because you’ve been on the receiving end more than anyone else and if there’s anyone’s forgiveness we need to beg for, it’s yours.” I had nothing to say to them anymore. They were interrupting my morning routine and I had a lot of things to do before I’d go out with Danielle and Tyler—not by my choosing. “That’s a cute speech but I’d need you to leave now. We’re done talking and I’ve got nothing else to say to you. I’ve done what you requested from me and I want nothing more from you.” I said. Zach and Zayn shared a look and for a moment it looked like they wanted to argue but they didn’t say anything else as they turned and walked out of the room. I quickly locked the door as they left, leaning against it as I slid to the ground, taking deep breaths to calm my racing heart. I ferven
“About that, we’ve decided on what we want to do,” Zach said. I frowned. What the hell was he talking about? There was only one thing they had to do and that was leave. The aim of why they traced me had been achieved. I’ve done my part in talking to my mother and getting her to go back to the pack and now, it was left for them to try and convince their father to forgive them now that his mate had returned. I had no business with them and I didn’t want to be involved with them anymore. If they thought they could get me to do anything else for them then they were mistaken. I was done doing a favor for free and otherwise for that matter. “Let me stop you there before you go any further, Zach. Whatever it is you’ve got in mind or you plan to do, I don’t want to know about it. All I care about is that you leave this premises and never return, do we have an understanding of how this works?” “You haven’t heard what we want to say, Ari,” Zayn said. “I don’t want to because I’m not inter
I woke up that morning feeling reinvigorated and for the first time in a very long time, I slept without having anything to worry about. At first, I’d been worried about Zach and Zayn staying next door but as the night wore on and Danielle and I binge-watched romantic comedy, they faded into the background. It was a weekend, there were no classes and I didn’t have anything to do today but Danielle was trying to get me to come on a group date she was going to attend with Tyler. “I’m going to be jealous the whole time I’m there and I wouldn’t want to ruin the mood with snarky comments and stuff like that, it’ll be better if I stay home.” “It’s funny you think that you’re going to be the only single person there, Ari. We’re all going to be there to have fun and that’s all there is to it, you might meet a couple of people you find interested and vice versa. You can’t spend the whole day holed up in here, I don’t want that.”“Is it because you’re worried about the men next door?” I said,
Zach’s POV.The bed felt small and uncomfortable. It squeaked with every movement I made and the sound was pissing me off.Zayn and I were large men and if we had both laid down on the bed, it’d have broken just like the other one we tried lying down on. The only option was for one of us to stay on the bed while the other person made use of the couch. “We should’ve gotten an apartment outside the school’s environment and saved ourselves all this trouble,” Zayn said as he walked into the room where I wa. “It’s only for a few hours, Zayn. You need to shut up and suck it up until we get what we came here for.” I sighed. “That’s what I’m trying to do, isn’t it?” Zayn retorted. It was pointless picking a fight with him, it would lead us nowhere and if we wanted to appear as a United front, we had to be on the same page in front of Ari. “You can take the bed and I’ll use the couch,” I said, standing up from the bed. “It’s not like either of us is going to get any sleep. I don’t know a
She was trying to cheer me up in her way and the thought made me smile. Friends like her were rare and I was grateful to have her in my corner.“We left some for you because I knew you’d be hungry when you’re done. It’s in the microwave so whenever you’re ready, you can have it.” Danielle said. “There’s yogurt in the fridge as well and if you girls need anything else, I’m only a call away,” Tyler said as he stood up. “Aren’t you supposed to be sleeping? I heard you’ve got trials in a few hours.” I said. “I had to stay until I was sure that you weren’t in trouble or anything of that sort. Now that I know you’re fine, I’m going to bed.” He answered. “Thank you, Tyler.” He nodded and kissed Danielle tenderly before he left the apartment, leaving my roommate and me. I handed her phone back to her and walked to the kitchen, deciding on having yogurt for breakfast. I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to eat anything and I didn’t want to take any chances. “So. . .” Danielle trailed off, waiti