Alexis' P.O.V.
We didn't leave until nearly midnight.
Trevor was up in his room, and his picture was folded neatly in my pocket.
"I'll be back soon," I promised them, hugging my dad.
"If you aren't back within a week, I will kill you," Riley threatened.
"Dude chillax, your coming to see us like tomorrow," I reminded her.
"First of all, I'm a girl no a dude and second of all, I'm seeing Ryan not you," she scoffed.
"Wow, break my heart," I gasped, clutching my chest dramatically.
She hit my shoulder, and rolled her eyes.
"Relax, I love you too," she giggled.
"Obviously, I'm irresistible," I smiled creepily at her.
'Yes you are,' Carter thought through the mind link.
'Stop,' I exclaimed, my cheeks blushing again.
'Whatcha blushin about lil sis?' Jack thought to me.
'12 freaking minutes! And shut up,' I demanded.
"Hun, be careful driving home," my mom warned me as we started to the door.
I leaned against Carter's shoulder as we walked to the car.
"I'm sleepy," I yawned, crawling into the car.
He chuckled as he walked to the driver's side.
"I gathered love, let's get home," he suggested.
"Mmmmmkay," I sighed.
He started the car and began the way back into his territory.
The only sound that could be hear was the sound of the engine and Carter's humming.
Wait, Carter's humming?
I continued my steady breathing, but I zoned into what he was saying.
He clearly thought I was sleeping.
I could hear that he was saying something, but I couldn't pick out the words.
I strained to listen better.
"Before the cool dawn run out
I'll be giving it my bestest
And nothing's gonna stop me but divine intervention.
I reckon, it's again my turn
To win some or learn some.
But I won't hesitate
No more, no more.
It cannot wait,
I'm yours.
Well, open up your mind and see like me,
Open up your plans and damn you're free.
Look into your heart and you'll find love, love, love, love.
Listen to the music of the moment, people dance and sing, we're just one big family
And it's our God-forsaken right to be loved, loved, loved, loved, loved"
"You can sing?" I asked gently.
He jumped, and the car jerked a little.
I grabbed the door, white knuckled, with my heart racing.
"Oh my God," I gasped.
"Sorry," he apologized, "I didn't realize you were awake,"
"Ya, I wanted to hear you sing," I admitted sheepishly.
"And asking would have killed you?" He replied but I could hear the smirk in his voice.
"Would it kill you to not make fun of me?" I scowled.
"Yes, it would," he sighed overdramatically.
"Why didn't you ever tell me that you sang?" I asked, trying to change the subject.
He didn't seem to notice.
"It never really came up, I was busy chasing you across the state and convincing you I wasn't going to reject you," he argued.
"No need to be so salty," I held my hands up in surrender.
We were at home at this point, and I unbuckled as he pulled into the garage and flipped the ignition off.
I opened the door and stepped out.
He walked around the car and met up with me.
"Play truth or dare with me," he suggested, opening the door to the house for me.
"What, are we in middle school again?" I teased.
"Come on," he coaxed, as we walked upstairs.
"Fiiiine," I gave in.
"You first," he said.
"No way, it was your idea. You go first," I replied, walking into his room ahead of him.
"Ok, truth or dare?" He asked, closing the door.
"Hm, truth," I replied.
"Who'd you lose your virginity to?" He asked.
My body froze, and I turned to face him.
"What?" I asked in disbelief.
"I think you heard me," he replied.
"And I think it's none of your business," I scoffed.
"I'm your mate, and you're mine. It's my business to know who was your first, because it's supposed to be me," he growled.
"Ha, why?" I laughed dryly, "it's not like I'm your first,"
I bent over to grab some pajamas from my bag.
Standing up again, I was grabbed from behind.
Carter spun me around to face him.
"That's not that same," he growled, his eyes a few shades darker.
"And why the hell not?" I asked.
"YOUR MINE!" He growled.
"You don't think I know that?! God, you act like it's only difficult for you to see guys look at me. How do you think I feel when almost every girl tries to flirt with you?" I asked in exasperation.
"What are you talking about?" He asked, pulling away to look at me.
"How do you not notice it?! Damn it, every girl we walk past tries to flirt with you and you're too oblivious to even freaking notice," I yelled.
"Because I'm only thinking about you!" He shot back.
I stopped and looked at him.
"What?" I asked.
He rubbed his temple in frustration.
"Look, even when you annoyed the hell out of me, you were on my radar," he informed me, "and I'm not too oblivious to notice the girls trying to hook up, I just don't care,"
I stared at him blankly.
"But," I began.
"No, I want you to think about the months after I first met you," he instructed.
"Huh?" I murmured.
"Just close your eyes," he reiterated, sliding his hands down his waste, "close them and think,"
Taking a deep breath, I obeyed.
Flashback
"It feels so good to be back," Riley sighed as we pushed through the front doors.
"Dear God why? I hate this place," I grumbled.
"I don't know why. After this summer, you're downright hot," she teased.
"Yeeaaaaah," I rolled my eyes.
"Lexi, look at yourself. Blonde hair, hazel eyes, sexy clothes, and a smoking body. Any argument?" She raised an eyebrow, daring me to say more.
"Fine, you win, maybe this year will be better," I shrugged.
We walked in the general direction of our lockers then found exactly where they were.
Riley was across the hallway and a bit further down.
Opening my locker, I began to put some of my books in then shoved my backpack in as well.
As I grabbed my books for my first hour, I got a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach.
"Well look at this boys, we get the new girl right in between us," an all too familiar voice taunted.
Slamming my locker, I glared at the smirking face of Carter.
"Screw off," I growled.
He looked taken aback for a moment as he tried to recognize me.
Then a smug grin grew on his face.
"If I'm not mistaken, it's our favorite little pup," he informed the others.
"I have a name," I groaned.
"Welllll, I'm not sure I care," he shrugged, stepping in front of me and putting each one of his arms on either side of me.
I smacked my mouth like I was tasting something bad and just looked at him.
"If you don't care then why are you talking to me?" I pointed out.
He looked at me in silence.
Thinking I had gotten the best of him, I tried to push myself off the lockers he had me pressed to.
He didn't budge; however, and I bounced right off him and back to the lockers.
"God, what do you want?" I groaned.
"You," he replied simply, and I rolled my eyes.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," I shrugged, trying to duck under his arm.
He grabbed me by the waist and pulled me to him.
My breath seized in my throat.
"Carter," I warned.
"Oh, you know my name," he teased, "I feel so special,"
"Your friends said it last time we met," I rolled my eyes.
He didn't like the blatant disrespect.
"Do you have any idea who I am pup?" He asked.
"You're Carter ferran, soon to be alpha of the most powerful pack in the world," I shrugged, "your turn,"
He looked at me with a raised eyebrow.
"Huh?"
"Well I just told you who you were, now you have to tell me who I am," I replied in a sickly sweet voice.
"An annoying pup who needs to be knocked down a peg or two," he smirked, and his friends chuckled.
I just looked at him with an unamused look.
"Ok first, you're the one who needs to be knocked down a couple pegs and meh guess again," I teased.
His hands on my hips were starting to make me uncomfortable.
"Alright princess, I'll bite, I don't know who you are. Please, be kind enough to inform me," he mocked.
"My name is Alexis,and my father is the alpha of the pack you have the most powerful alliance with," I informed him, a smug look on my face.
"You're Alexis Silaret," he said, but it wasn't really a question.
"In the flesh, blood, and fabulous hair," I agreed, tossing my dirty blonde hair over my shoulder.
"How did this not come up before?" He asked.
"Well, you were a little busy assaulting me like a coward," I spat back, breaking the first rule of being an alpha.
Don't show too much emotion.
I couldn't make this so easy for him.
"Now I would greatly appreciate it if you would let me go. I need to get to class," I requested stiffly.
"Oh don't worry," he grinned, finally letting me go, "we'll be seeing each other a lot,"
And he was right.
I was psyched to find out that Riley and I had the same schedules, but that was overshadowed by the fact that we shared our schedules with Carter and his crew.
I did my best to sit across the room from him, and it wasn't hard.
Wherever he went, a flock of whores followed him.
Granted, I didn't want to sit next to them either, but they were the lesser of two evils.
I was successful with that in every class but one, my last hour.
My stupid sixth hour teacher didn't let me go to the bathroom during his class, so my bladder was about to explode.
I came into my last class with 30 seconds left and just flew to a chair without thinking.
There were a ton of empty seats around me as I began.
Two minutes after the class bell rang, Carter, Bryan, Ryan, and the others came in.
I stiffened when I realized that the only available seats were right next to me.
"Crap," I growled.
Carter smirked and made his way to the seat right in front of me.
I scowled.
"Hey there pup," he spun to face me, "looks like we're seat buddies,"
I ignored him.
I had talked to jack, and he informed me the best way to deal with him was ignoring him.
"Pup," he whispered.
Silence.
"Pup," he whispered again.
Silence.
"Awwww, are you ignoring me?" He cooed.
I was done with this guy.
Slamming my leg forward, my foot hit the back of his chair ands it snapped.
The chair, not his back, although that would have been funny.
Carter tumbled out of the desk, which was now missing a back.
I smirked at him.
The teacher looked up but said nothing.
I bit my lip to keep from laughing.
He stood up, and his towering figure terrified me, but I didn't let it show.
"Get up, now," he ground out between his teeth.
"That's sooo far away," I grumbled.
He took a deep breath.
"Now," he growled.
"I really don't waaaant to," he swooped me up over his back,"ok, I guess we're going,"
I swayed back and forth as he headed for the door.
"Thanks Ms. Smith, you're the best," I smiled sarcastically at our teacher who was just watching us.
We were then out in the hallway.
I expected him to set me down, but no such luck.
He kept on walking.
"Um, can you set me down? The blood is rushing to my head," I complained.
"Just admit you like the view, I'm enjoying mine," he chuckled.
Only then did I remember that I was wearing a skirt.
It was black with lace around it.
I was in ballet flats and sea foam colored v-neck.
With some effort, I crossed my legs.
"Awww, buzz kill," he whined.
A moment later, he smacked me in the butt.
"Oh," I yelped.
My entire body stiffened.
He set me down.
"Prude," he laughed darkly.
"Get away from me!" I yelled, shoving him off of me.
He put his arms on either side of me.
"Aw, frisky," he teased, getting so close that our noses and foreheads touched.
"Get. Off. Now," I demanded.
"Aw come on, have a little fun," he cooed, running his hands down to my waist.
He tilted his head a little and pressed his lips to mine.
Horrifying memories flooded into my head.
My arm flew out and punched him in the sternum.
He took a step back because of the impact, and I stepped to meet him.
I grabbed his arm, shifted my weight, and flipped him.
Looking at what I'd done, I turned and booked it in the opposite direction.
End of flashback
"Hey, why did you run?" He asked, breaking me from my thought.
"Huh?" I asked, "were you in my thoughts again?"
"Yeah," he shrugged.
"It doesn't matter why I ran, but it has to do with my broken face," I replied vaugly.
"Oh well, wait a sec how'd you know I knew bout that?" He asked.
"You were right outside the door, and you suck at lying," I shrugged.
"Who broke your face after I did?" He asked.
"It doesn't matter," I mumbled.
"And you still haven't told me who took you from me," he pointed out.
I stiffened.
"Please forget about it," I pleaded.
"So you ran from me when I kissed you, you were attacked, and you're not a vigrin. Any other," he stopped, his eyes connecting with mine.
I looked away from his knowing gaze.
"Alexis," he said, his voice was so low I almost couldn't hear it.
"What?" I asked.
"I want the truth, now," he sounded so calm, it was terrifying.
I looked at him again.
"Who. Did. You. Lose. Your. Virginity. To?" He said slowly.
I took a deep break.
"A week after we met," I began.
I stopped.
"Alexis...,"
"I was raped damn it," I broke out sobbing.
"I was raped,"
3 chapters for three different books in three nights.....BAM!