The Way I Love You

Chapter:17

*Paisley's POV*

I sigh nervously as I take one last look at myself in the mirror. My hair is swept up into a beautiful bun on the top of my head and my makeup is done to perfection. I look completely normal, except for the fact that I now have a white crescent moon shaped mark on the right side of my neck.

It is a beautiful mark and I am incredibly proud to be wearing it but I'm nervous. I'm nervous about everybody's reaction. I don't know if the packs are going to agree to the joining that is going to happen and I just don't know what to expect.

I straightened out the wrinkles that had formed on my dark shirt before switching my bedroom light off and walking down the hall. When I reached the kitchen I wasn't surprise to see my parents seated at the counter laughing and talking together.

When I entered the room they both glance up at me. I watched as there eyes scanned over me and landed on the new mark that proudly stood out against my tanned skin. A large smile appeared on my moms face while my dad simply sighed. I smiled and walked over to them.

"Good morning." I greeted in a cheery voice as I took out the items needed to make cereal.

"Good morning sweetheart. I see that your showing off your mark." Mom spoke in a happy voice. I giggled and nodded my head. I took my food and sat down in the chair next to my dad. There was a peaceful silence all throughout breakfast and when I heard the familiar sound of Seth's car horn I stood up to leave.

"Have a good day honey!" My mom wished as I placed my bowl in the sink.

"We love you." Dad added. I kissed them both on the cheek before heading out. There was a small smile on my face as I made my way outside. I saw Seth and Lela both sitting in the car, chatting away like usual. I took a deep breath before slowly opening the door and sliding in.

The couple continued their conversation for a few more seconds before suddenly they both stopped talking and there heads snapped to me. They were both talking deep breaths of the air and there eyes simultaneously snapped to my neck.

Lela's eyes widened before she let out a loud squeal.

"No way! He marked you!" She cried. I laughed and nodded my head. Lela looked like she was about to explode of excitement and I found it very funny.

"Congratulations." Seth said with a smile. I nodded my head in thanks. For the rest of the ride to school Seth and Lela pounded me with questions about my date and the marking, I answered best I could without embarrassing myself. When we finally arrived at the school my nerves were starting to act up again.

"Hey relax, everything's going to be fine." Lela reassured me. I nodded my head before stepping out of the car. At first nobody even looked my way but as the three of us got half way to the shook entrance every eye in the parking lot was on me.

People stared at my neck in disbelief. There was a different range of emotions, surprised, happy, excitement, jealously, that last one being mostly from Xander's fan girls.

"Hey guys!" I suddenly heard a bright voice come from behind me. I turned my head to see Perrie standing there. She looked beautiful as always.

"Hey it seems like everybody is staring at you again but I'm probably just imagining it because people have to be over that already and- wow you reak of Xander." Perrie began but got off track towards the end. I laughed and nod my head before pointing to my neck.

Perrie frowned in confusion but followed my finger and when she saw my mark her entire face lit up.

"Oh my gosh! That's great!" Perrie yelled. I giggled at her excitement and shrugged.

"Yeah it is pretty awesome." I said earning a laugh from the group. The four of us started making our way to the school but we were soon stopped by a large group. The people standing in front of us were all different, people from my pack and Xander's stood there, some older then me and some younger.

"Congratulations!" A girl who I didn't recognize stepped forward. A large smile made its way onto my face as people approached me and congratulated me. Happiness filled and I was so incredibly relieved that people were taking the news well. I thanked all of them and when we finally escaped and made it into the school the warning bell had already rung.

My eyes flitted around the hall as I looked for my mate but he was nowhere to be seen. I sighed before slowly making my way towards my first period. I had just reached the door to my classroom when a pair of arms circled my waist and pulled me back.

Sparks shot all throughout my body and I nearly sighed in pleasure. I placed my hands on top of Xander's and leaned back against him. He tightened his grip on me before dipping his head down.

"Good morning angle." His hot breath fanned my ear as he spoke into it, causing a shudder to rip through me. Xander let out a low chuckle before he softly skidded his lips across my mark. A gasp escaped my mouth and my legs weakened because of the incredible feeling. Xander continued to lay feather soft kisses on my mark and I went somewhat limp in his arms, tilting my head to the side to allow him better access.

It was like I was lost in my own world of pleasure as Xander continued with his kisses but it was soon shattered when somebody loudly cleared there throat. My eyes snapped open and towards the sound. My English teacher stood a few feet away from us, looking slightly amused but he kept it well hidden.

A scorching red hot blush made its way onto my face and I quickly tried to jump away from Xander but he wasn't having any of that, he simply tightened his arms around me and let out a low growl.

"What do you want?" Xander hissed at Mr. Brown. The young teacher raised his eyebrows and pursed his lips. I silently groaned before trying to sink back into Xander.

"We'll this is school, you are expected to go to class and it seems that the both of you are five minutes late to your first period." Mr. Brown stated. He is my first period teacher and I was not looking forward to the embarrassment that was sure to come.

Xander sighed heavily before slowly releasing me from his arms. I had just began to walk away when he grabbed my wrist and tugged me back to him. I stumbled into his chest and looked up at him confused. He slightly smirked down at me before wrapping his arms around me and bringing me close to him.

"Are dads set up a joined pack meeting later today, there going to announce us as mates so don't leave without me." He told me. I nodded my head and tried to pull away from him but he held me tighter before swooping down and pecking me on the lips.

I felt my face get extremely hot because I was aware that my English teacher was watching us right now. I quickly pulled away and looked up at him horrified.

"Xander." I hissed lowly. He looked down at me innocently.

"What?" He questioned. I sighed and went to turn around but he again tugged me to him. With lightning fast speed he leaned down pecked my lips and my mark, then turned to walk away.

"See you later angel." He called over his shoulder. A shudder passed through my body and I felt my mark tingling. A small smile was on my face and with a sigh I turned around. When my eyes met Mr. Browns I blushed once again before quickly scurrying into the classroom hearing his chuckles behind me.


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I dodged the oncoming student traffic as I made my way towards my locker at the end of the day. I felt extremely happy because all day I was hearing nothing but good things about mine and Xander's mating. It seemed that everybody was happy but then again mostly only people our age knew, we still needed to tell the majority of the packs adults.

I felt slightly nervous thinking about that as I opened my locker. I stuffed my text books into the locker before closing it and quickly turning around only to ram into a hard chest. I shot backwards on impact and almost fell over but a pair of hands quickly gripped my arms.

I groaned and rubbed my sore nose before looking up at the wall I had run into. I was surprised to see Cole sanding in front of me with a smirk on his face. I slightly smiled up at him before stepping out of his arms.

"Hey Cole." I greeted as I adjusted my backpack straps. Cole smiled at me and shoved his hands into his pockets.

"Hey Paisley. I see that he finally manned up." He said motioning towards my mark. A tender smile made its way into my face and I nodded my head.

"Yeah he did." I stated the obvious. Cole laughed and shook his head.

"I was afraid that he wasn't going to do it and mess up the date that we planned." Cole said with a smirk. I frowned and looked at him questioningly.

"We planned?" I questioned. Cole nodded his head.

"Yeah me, Dylan and Blake practically planned the whole thing." He added with a proud smirk. I rolled my eyes and laughed.

"Course you did." I said. Cole laughed before becoming serious.

"But really though I'm so happy for you guys." He said truthfully before pulling me into a tight hug. I laughed and wrapped my arms around him. We had only been hugging for a few seconds when I heard a loud growl and I was torn away from Cole.

I gasped in shock and tried to look up but I was tightly smashed against my mates chest. My arms were pinned in between my body and Xander's and I couldn't move them because he was holding me to tightly.

"Mine." He growled out lowly. I could hear the power in his voice and I'm sure that Cole could feel it because I heard him gasp.

"Look man I wasn't trying anything, we were just hugging." Cole defended himself.

"Don't touch my mate." Xander growled out sounding even more angry then before.

"I just said that I wasn't trying anything! Calm down!" Cole yelled. I winced. He should know better then to yell at a protective and angry alpha male. Xander started shaking violently and I knew that it was because his wolf was feeling threatened.

"Stay away!" He boomed. I jumped, not expecting that, before sighing. I rested my head on Xander's chest and tried my hardest to wiggled my arms out but it was no use. Xander must have felt me wiggling around because he sharply looked down at me.

His face softened immediately as I stared up at him and the next thing I knew he had lifted me off the ground and was holding me to him. I sighed once again and wrapped my legs around his waist to keep myself up. I rested my chin on my shoulder and as he turned around I looked back at Cole.

Cole looked angry, hurt and regretful. I frowned but when he looked at me I gave him a reassuring smile. He smiled back before walking away. I stayed silent as Xander walked the two of us outside. Thanks to the new mark that rested on my neck I could faintly feel some of Xander's emotions and he was still very angry.

As we made our way out the door I could feel everybody's stares on us and my eyes soon connected with Seth, Lela's and Perries. They all looked confused but I simply smiled at them. Xander walked to what I assumed was his car and opened the passenger door, he gently pried me away from him before setting me inside.

I buckled my seatbelt and stayed silent as Xander got in and started up the car. We drove in silence for about ten minutes before I felt Xander's emotions flip from angry to regretful. I glanced over at him to see that he had a frown on his face.

"I'm sorry." He murmured quietly. I blinked before a small smile slipped onto my face.

"It's alright." I answered as I took his free hand in mine. He smiled over at me before turning his attention back to the rode. We drove for another twenty minutes before he turned off onto a small dirt rode that led into the woods. There was hundreds of cars already parked in the large clearing and even more people gathered a few feet away.

It was quit strange seeing the two packs mixed together. I mean its not like the packs didn't get along but we have never had any joined meetings or get togethers. Xander quickly climbed out of the car before opening my door and helping me out. He clasped my small hand in his larger one before tugging me towards the large group.

From the looks of it all members of both packs were present and I spotted both mine and Xander's parents stood towards the front of the clearing. They were with quit a few other people who I soon recognized as Uncle Josh and aunt Lilly, Seth's parents. Alice, Lela's mom. Justin and Nina, Coles parents and Jace and Julie, Dylan and Blake's parents.

Nobody seemed to notice that we had arrived which was strange because our scents were very strong seeing as we were both alphas and mates. I spotted my trio of friends a few feet away but they didn't see me. Xander led me towards the group of adults that were surrounding our parents and pulled me to a stop when we were right in front of me.

They all turned to look at us. Our parents had proud smiles on there faces but all of the other adults that I had grown up close to looked absolutely shocked. I guess that nobody knew what this meeting was about. There mouths were hanging open as there eyes darted back and forth between us.

A blush started to crawl up my neck before I attempted to sink into Xander. Obviously sensing my embarrassment Xander chuckled before wrapping an arm around my small frame and tightly squeezing me to his side. I sighed and tried to hide my face in his chest but it really wasn't working.

"Wow, I never saw that one coming." Aunt Lilly giggled as she looked affectionately at Xander and I.

"I did." My mom and Emily, Xander's mom, spoke at the same time. They both burst into laughter and I almost rolled my eyes, sometimes they act more like children then we do.

The adults, finally over there shock, went back to there conversation leaving us alone. Xander turned to me and brought my body in front of his, wrapping his arms around me. I smiled and placed my hands on his chest. We stood in silence, lost in our thoughts.

Suddenly I felt myself staggering forward. I looked up at Xander to see that he looked as surprised as I did. I left a body crash into me from the side and then another.

"Hey guys!" A boys voice yelled. I turned my head the best I could and saw that Xander and I were currently being sandwiched in the middle of a group hug that consisted of Lela, Seth, Perrie, Cole, Dylan and Blake. I groaned and tired to push them off of us.

"Guys come on!" I cried. Everybody chuckled before slowly pealing themselves off of us. I was still pressed tightly to Xander so I pulled away and simply entwined my fingers with his. Our friends were standing around us with goofy grins on there faces and I couldn't help but to laugh.

We all chatted for a little while longer before my dads voice rang out in the clearing.

"We're going to start this pack meeting now everybody so please give us your attention." He spoke clearly. Everybody immediately stopped talking and looked towards the front of the clearing where my dad was standing. My mom was to his right side and uncle Josh, the beta, was standing to his other. Reed, Emily and Justin were standing up there as well.

"As most of you know my son, Xander was due to take over the pack on his eighteenth birthday but he didn't because he hadn't found his mate yet but I am very happy to announce that he has now found his mate!" Reed spoke out. Every member from his pack cheered and clapped happily while my members smiled and congratulated them.

"I'm not sure how many of you know this already but Paisley has also found her mate." My dad began but was cut off by the cheers of our pack. He smiled before shushing them again.

"This is a very special mating though seeing as Xander and Paisley are mates." My dad spoke to the crowd. I glanced around to see people with shocked looks on there faces.

"Xander and Paisley can you please join us up here?" My dad questioned. I nodded my head and Xander and I walked up to where our parents were stood. I looked out at the large crowd of seven hundred people and analyzed there reactions. Some people looked shocked while others didn't look surprised. Thankfully though I didn't see one angry face.

"Does this mean that our packs are gonna to be joined alpha?" A man called out, I didn't recognize him so I assumed that he was from Xander's pack.

"Yes our packs are going to be joined once Xander and Paisley complete the mating process." Reed answered.

"When is that going to be?" Another person called out. Reed smothered a laugh and glanced over to us. I stared horrified at the crowd and tried to keep down the blush that was making its way up. I glanced over and saw that Xander was smirking.

"Soon." Xander answered. My eyes widened to the size of golf balls and I couldn't even attempt to keep down the red hot blush that appeared on my cheeks. There was chuckles and loud laughter that came from the crowd because they obviously found my embarrassment entertaining.

I furrowed my eyes brows and gently elbowed Xander. He chuckled in reply. The meeting went on with my dad and Reed answering any questions there were before they called it to a close. Members of both packs took there turn congratulating us and by the time we finally escaped them the sun was already setting.

Instead of going to the car like I assumed we would Xander lead me in the direction of the woods. I raised my eyebrows but didn't question him. We stopped about five minutes later and I noticed that we were on the cliff that he had taken me to last night.

A small smile made its way onto my face as Xander tucked me into his side. We stood there in complete silence, watching the sun disappear behind the mountains and I have never felt more happy then I did in that moment.

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Hey guys! So here's the next chapter! I tried to make it a bit longer and I brought in the characters from the first book! Hope you enjoyed and thanks for reading!(: