Two

Gigi's pov 

I was touched by his words, surprised that he actually thought that way whej I thought that all these while, he just didn't care. 

Wait…. Onix just turned 18 last week. Could It be he was acting this way because he discovered he and Jules weren't mates? 

After all, Jules was not 18 yet, but he could be able to tell whom his mate was. 

Suddenly in shock, I dropped my fork and stared at him in horror, my entire being raging and trembling aa the thought of he being my mate crossed my mind. 

After all, It could possibly explain why he has suddenly lost interest in a goddess visible like woman like Jules and had developed a sudden interest in someone like me. 

That could be the only possible explanation. 

As I watched him pick my fork, my heart doing Ariel sumersaults from holding in the excitement, I thought about asking him about It, but better still, why not wait until the D-Day which happened to be my party. 

I sat there, already picturing how everything would turn out. How we would run into each other's arms and confess pit undying love and loyalty to each other, how he would kiss me and touch me in places I have fantasized about him touching. 

I almost drooled at the thought so much that my appetite for real food was gone even as he handed me my fork. 

"Thank you… " I mumble, feeling shy now as I drew a strand of my hair behind my ear, poking around my food with my fork. 

"They didn't have lasagna on the menu today." He pointed out to my food, and I blushed slightly as I replied, still not used to the fact that I was having a casual conversation with Onix. 

"I…. Uh .. I made it." 

The expression in his eyes was priceless. 

"You made that?" 

"Uh-huh. What? You haven't someone who cooks their lunch? I do prefer It to the slop we get served here." I say, happy that all my years of hardwork on the kitchen finally paid off. 

And just when I thought my cooking skills was useless… 

"That's really impressive…. " 

"Do you want to try It?" I blurted out, and when I see the surprised look on his face, I feel I've gone too far and apologize immediately, looking so ashamed. 

He would probably burst out laughing at me now like I was some kind of a joke. 

But suddenly, right before my eyes, he grabbed the fork in my hand, took a sample of the lasagna and pushed the whole thing into his mouth without taking his eyes off me. 

I sucked in a sharp intake of breath without realizing It, aware of how his eyes never left mine the entire time he took a bite and swallowed. 

"Delicious." He growled, and I bit my lip holding it from trembling on hearing his deep voice. 

"T- thank you." I finally found myself after getting over the shock that he had used the same fork as I had. 

I snuck a look at Jules table, and much to my amazement, they weren't paying much attention to me like I had thought. 

Infact, It was like I didn't exist and whoever I was with didn't exist along with me either. 

We go to talking and I was amazed at how well I was able to hold off a conversation with him considering the fact that I wasn't used to speaking to people asides Bella. 

Lunch time was over and I felt devastated that we had to part ways. It's just that right now I considered Onix as a breath of fresh air. Someone I didn't feel insecure and scared around. 

I wished he was my mate. 

That would make me the happiest girl on earth If I'm being very honest with how my life has been going so far. 

Fortunately for me today, I didn't run into Jules or any girl who might have probably been waiting for me in the hallways or restroom to lash out at me. 

It was like they were avoiding me like the plague, and I found It really strange, but nevertheless, I was happy to have my own privacy and not having to stare around feverently like I was going to get hit with a bullet from no where. 

Once school closed for the day, k decided to go to Bella's house and check on her, but partly because I also wanted to tell her everything that happened today. 

She would find It hard to believe, but then again. She knew I would never make things up just to tell a story which was clearly a lie knowing that she went to the same school as me and one way or the other the truth was finally going to come. 

Max usually returned home In the new Toyota Corolla hatchback my aunt got for him on his eighteenth birthday, while I had to walk to school from home and to home from school everyday of my life. 

The distance between them wasn't that far, especially since I found a shortcut like two years ago after so many years of using the long route which was about a thirty minute walk. 

I normally got leg cramps and I would get nauseous and dizzy, but my aunt didn't care If I returned late at night with a missing arm of leg, I would still have to tend to my duties nevertheless. 

I couldn't even get a fare to use public transport and Max had never even considered letting me get a ride in his car despite the fact that he could let strangers in rather than his own cousin. 

But that still didn't discourage me from going to school because that was what my aunt wanted. It was one of the rules which stated that all children, teenagers must go to school and shouldn't be found home against their will. 

Since she couldn't default that order, she instead wanted me to quit of my own will. 

As I swung my back across my back, I began heading out of the school, recountering all the chores I had to do when I got back home before I even had time to do my homework and slept. 

I didn't even have time for myself unlike my aunt who had a 14 stwp skin care routine which got her looking so much more younger than me that you'd think she was my sister in college. 

While I? I looked hagard and tired with dark bags underneath my eyes and scanty greasy hair from lack of hair maintenance. 

Sometimes, I thought I was cursed. I mean, If I was been mistreated so much to the point of looking homeless, why is it that I never could loose any weight? 

I've read books and movies of how the female leads usually lost weight and looked too thin due to maltreatment from the villain(s)/antagonist (s). 

Why did I have to different. 

Like seriously, It bothered me that I was also typically a human. I didn't have a wolf. It was like when the Moon goddess was creating me, she just had to make me the ugliest, unluckiest latent. 

I was basically useless. 

As I headed down the tarred road leading to the short cut I normally used, a car pulled up next to me, and I'm stunned on seeing a shiny red sports car, engine blaring, music playing loudly inside, parked next to me. 

I assumed nothing of It and just began walking on, but it kept following me until I was certain that It was me It was following, so I stopped and turned towards the car curiously. 

However, my jaw was left to the ground when the glass winded down and I was met face to face with Onix Jackson. He was smiling at me, and suddenly patted the Passenger's seat next to him. 

"Hop in." 

"Um… " even though I felt my cheeks heat up at the thought of riding alone in the car with him, I thought about so many things that could go wrong. If Jules learns of this, she would definitely snap my head off my body. 

And I felt as though he was doing just too much for me today. He had stood up for me, had eaten with me in the cafeteria Infront of the whole school and had risked his relationship with Jules just for me. And now he wanted to give me a ride home. 

Didn't It feel like I was using him now. 

"Can you just let someone do something nice for you for once..  " he pleaded, and I didn't think he was budging until I got into his car. 

My eyes travelled down to his long tapered fingers grabbing his wheel and my breath hitched up my throat as I suddenly had a naughty idea of the things he could do to me with those fingers in his car where no one can see us. 

'No Gigi!' I cautioned myself. 'He has a girlfriend and probably thinks of you as someone he's just helping because all he feels is pity for you. There's no way he likes you like that.' 

"But you've done so much for me today already. And Jules should be in there with you… not me." I tried to decline one more than but he insisted and in minutes, I found myself sitting next to him in the car. 

As he lets the door automatically slide shut, I'm well aware that we're aline in the cramped but comfortable car, and the AC was turned on, leaving the atmosphere really awkward between us as we both knew what the other was thinking.