Chapter 2 - A New Beginning With A...Mate?
Christina's P.O.V.
BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.
Ugh...I'm really starting to hate this annoying alarm clock. Today was Monday, meaning first day of school. Yayyy! Not. I really didn't like schools around The Midnight Silver Pack, hell I don't even like Midnight Silver Pack itself, the girls are sluts who get way to jealous when another girl hits on or flirts with their "man", and the guys are way to cocky, and have an ego the size of Texas...if possible...bigger than Texas.
When I got out of the shower, I did my morning routine. When I finished putting on some make-up, I looked in the full length mirror. I was wearing white skinny jeans, a white tank top underneath the stripe sequin kimono sleeve sweater that I bought at Bebe the other day, and to go with all that, black ankle boots.
Everything about me was pretty much the same, lightly tanned skin, blond hair, and my figure. My brother always said I looked like my mom, the only thing missing was the happiness and joy in my eyes. All of the happiness, and joy, gone. All because of one nightmare that happened years ago that left a big impact on my life.
I was so deep in my thoughts that I hadn't realised Alex come in. As I looked up to see his gaze on me, he came up from behind me and slipped his arms around my waist and pulling me into a behind hug.
"Hey, ready for school?" he asked softly. He knows what I was thinking about. Who wouldn't? After seeing all hell break loose when I was only five, who wouldn't be haunted?! I mean common, fate, be a little more reasoning, give me a break!
I scoffed mentally of the fact of fate giving anyone a break.
I sighed and turned around to look up at him. "Not really," I replied.
"You look gorgeous, only thing missing is a happy smile," what a charmer. See what I mean? He was my best-est friend out of the group.
"I don't know Alex. I just don't feel the same anymore. I feel so lost, and lonely," I replied, looking away from his piercing gaze, knowing him, he was trying to glare at me with all the nonsense I was saying.
"Well, guess what? Your not alone in this, you have me, your brother, Jessica, and Arial. I know it was hard for you nine years ago to leave our old pack and watch them all die, but that was the past, we're in the future now, and your not alone," he said, tilting my chin up so I could look at him. His eyes showed nothing but sympathy and sadness, with a hint of pain.
"Alex is right little sis, we love you very much, and we left that all behind us. We're starting a new life now, to forget about the past and move on. No matter what you feel or say. I also know mom and dad are watching over us, protecting us, do you think they want you to give up on life? To give up on everything we've gone through so far? To give up every milestone we've made?" asked my brother.
When I looked up, he was leaning in the doorway, looking at me with a sad expression, it hurt me. I didn't want him to feel hurt because of me. I kept on thinking about what he said, the questions kept replaying in my mind over and over again. I looked back up at him and I saw Jessica and Arial behind him looking pained and hurt too. I looked up at Alex and he had the same expression as Jessica and Arial. All these people in my room right now are the only ones I care about, the only family I have right now. I knew what my answer was to my brother's question.
"No," I croaked.
As I looked at everyone, they all smiled. Alex and I walked over towards my brother, Jessica, and Arial and had a group hug.
"I really love all you guys, a-lot," I said, trying to keep my tears at bay.
"We love you too," they all said in usion.
I looked at all of them oddly and laughed as they began laughing to.
"Christina, me and Arial were going to wait for Johnny and Alex after school," said Jessica, out of the blue.
"Why?" I asked, slightly confused at the random statement.
"Johnny and Alex were going to try out for the football team after school and since we'll be riding in the same car, we are going to watch them try out, we were going to tell you since you ride that death trap of yours around everywhere, we thought you were going to ride it to and from school," said Arial.
I frowned a little. "Hey! My motorcycle is not a death trap and yes I was going to ride it but I actually wanted to come and see my brother and best friend try out and wish them good luck".
"Alright then, after try-outs we'll go out and celebrate!" exclaimed Alex.
After we all cheered, all five of us went to the garage. I grabbed the keys to my awesome 2010 R1200rt BMW motorcycle and roared it to life after putting on my helmet. I was following behind Alex's car, when I got bored of following them so I ended up on the lane next to Alex's car. When he saw me, I waved. Right when the stop light turned red, I looked over at their car and saw everyone looking at me. I smirked and waved at everyone. When the lights turned green I went ahead of them, beating them to Emerson High School.
I was leaning on my motorcycle waiting for them to pull up beside me. Every student that passed by me, looked at me in awe and began gossiping. Damn high school these days. When Alex pulled in the parking space next to me, I pulled off my helmet and stood next to their car, waiting for them to file out of the car.
"Christina, what. the. hell?!" yelled Arial.
"What?" I asked.
"I thought you got lost," said Arial.
I burst out laughing. "Are you kidding me? I know my way here, I was looking up the school last night and I knew where it was cause' it's near this place when I started racing other bikers".
Yup, you heard me. I race other biker's on the street races. It's actually really fun. Each night that I race, I probably earn a couple thousand bucks or so. Everyone who knows the streets, know me. I'm known as 'Queen Of The Streets' or 'Un-beatable Chick'. Ever since I started racing, people have been coming from all over to race me and I end up kicking their butt.
Jessica frowned. "Don't ever do that to us ever again, you scared the crap outta us, we thought something might of happened to you," said Jessica.
"Ahh, I'm sorry guys, I just got tired of riding behind slow poke over here so I decided to go ahead, sorry for worrying you guys," I replied.
Right on cue, Jessica and Arial's face lit up, like a kid waking up on Christmas morning. Shit. I knew that look. I started to back up while Jessica and Arial started walking towards me like a predator and I was their prey.
"Cough, Cough, RUN, Cough," said my brother.
I turned around and bolted into the school, running around the hallways until I ran smack into someone's rock hard chest, knocking them down.
I quickly got up and held my hand out for him to help him got up, he took the offer and got up, while Jessica and Arial started to laugh like maniacs with tears coming down their eyes.
"I am so, so sorry, It's just that these two idiots over there were chasing me like I was their prey," I said nervously.
The guy I knocked down started to chuckle. "Ah, that's alright, I guess you and those idiots over there are the new students then?" he asked, looking over at us with amusement gleaming in his eyes.
That shut Jessica and Arial up, then they started to shoot eye daggers at me then to the guy. "Haha yeah, plus my brother and my other best friend." I replied.
He wasn't really that bad looking. He had blond hair coming down to his eyebrows and blue eyes that looked like a clear ocean. He was buff and strong, I don't know how I knocked him down...
"Hi, my name is Luke, Luke Akanhai," he said.
"Ah, telling by your last name, your from Hawaii, my name is Christina, Christina Evan, The two idiots over there is Jessica Santos and Arial Vilate," I replied, pointing them out.
"Nice to meet you guys," said Luke.
"You too, but I have to go, see you around, Luke," I shouted over my shoulder, linking my arms with Jessica and Arial's arms before walking off.
I heard him chuckle but then walk away.
"What the hell Christina? Oh. My. God. Is he your mate"? asked Jessica.
I looked at her with disgust. Not that Luke was bad looking but he seems more of a friend then mate. "Ew, no." I replied.
We kept on walking till we finally found the office and got our schedules. I went to my locker and dropped off my helmet before departing away from the rest of the group.
~~Luke's P.O.V.~~
As the new girl, Christina, and her friends walked away, arm and arm together, I wondered about her. I've herd of her last name somewhere but I couldn't remember.
When she bumped into me and helped me get up, I couldn't help but stare at her. She was unbelievable gorgeous. When she was looking away at her friends, I couldn't help but let my eyes roam her body, she had a sexy figure, perfect lips, just everything about her was perfect. I'm pretty sure her friends noticed me gawking at her.
"Who was that?" asked Mason. Mason was my best friend. He was the soon to be Alpha and I'll be his Beta. We've known each other since we were in diapers. Let me tell you, we were some troublesome kids.
"A few new students, there was only three but the girl said there was two more which was her brother and other best friend," I replied.
"Eh, I don't care. We should get to class before we get detention...again," he grumbled.
I groaned. Even though Mason was soon-to-be Alpha and I was soon-to-be Beta, plus, the principle was a werewolf, we don't get any special treatment. Thanks a-lot to Mason's mom and dad and my mom and dad.
~~Christina's P.O.V.~~
All of my classes were boring. Right now it was lunch and I was waiting at my locker with Jessica. Finally the other three showed up. When we entered the cafeteria, we sat with some other friends we made throughout the classes. I looked around and noticed Luke was sitting with some other guys and also some skanky cheerleaders trying to show off their bodies at all the guys sitting around the table. When I noticed Luke was staring at me, I smiled. He waved. I waved back but then looked away. I felt uncomfortable because I felt some people staring at me but I paid attention to my friends. While I was laughing, I still felt someone staring at me but every time I look up and look around, no one was staring at me.
When the bell rang, I went to dump my trash away and noticed Luke coming towards me.
"Hey," I greeted.
"Hey, I was wondering, what do you have for last period"? Luke asked.
"Uhhh...English," I replied looking over my schedule.
"Cool, we have the same class, do you want to walk with me to class?" he asked.
"Sure, let me just grab my bag," I said.
After I grabbed my bag and walked with Luke to class, the whole way there I told him why I was running around the hallways and ended up laughing along with him. He also told me that he had a little sister, who was a year younger. When we walked into the classroom, I noticed none of my friends were in this class.
"C'mon sit with me," said Luke. He guestered over towards a table that was surrounded with guys. I didn't miss the fact that all the girls were staring at them with lust...and glaring at me as I made my way towards the table with Luke.
"Okay," I replied.
When I sat down with Luke, I noticed the other guys gawking at me while their eyes roamed my body.
"Christina, this is Gabe, Sam, and Jordan," said Luke, pointing each of them out. I noticed they were all werewolves, including Luke. The whole morning I didn't pay attention to who was werewolf or human.
"Hi," I said.
"Hi," they all said in usion.
Throughout the whole class, I laughed at Luke, Sam, Gabe, and Jordan. They were all funny in one way.
After class I went to my locker and grabbed my helmet before meeting Jessica and Arial outside to go to the field. When I went outside Arial was already standing there. After a few minutes, Jessica finally found us and we all headed to the field.
When we got there I noticed Jordan and Sam were the only ones sitting in the bleachers.
"Hey Sam, hey Jordan!" I shouted.
They both turned to look at me and smiled and waved. Jessica, Arial, and I decided to sit down on the 2nd row towards the bottom. After try-outs, Johnny and Alex made our way towards us.
"Hey, you guys were amazing, I hope you guys make the team," I said.
"Haha thanks for the support lil sis, we're just going to head to the shower and shower off," said my brother.
"Uh, I don't wanna wait here so I'll just meet you at Pizza Hut, okay"? I asked.
"Okay, be safe on that death trap, Christina," said Alex.
I groaned. "For fucks sake, It's not a death trap!" I yelled, throwing my hands in the air. Walking away, I herd their chorused laughs. I wasn't watching where I was walking and bumped into someone. This time I felt sparks go throughout my whole body. I swear, If I keep meeting people like this, I'm gonna kill myself. Especially how I keep bumping into people who are hard like ten million rocks! I was waiting to hit the ground, but I didn't. I looked up and locked eyes with my....
'Mate!' said my wolf.
'I know,' I said back.
'Kiss him! Let me taste him,' said my wolf
'NO! I'm not going to kiss a stranger!' I snapped.
'He's not a stranger, he's our MATE!' snapped my wolf.
'SHUT IT! I' yelled.
When I finally got my senses back, I got out of his hold and backed up and few steps. I tried not to look at his sexy face but my eyes betrayed me. He had soul-piercing blue eyes and dark brown hair. He was wearing the football uniform. When I looked back up at his eyes, I noticed, his eyes were still taking in every inch of my body. I shifted uncomfortably under his gaze.
"Mason, oh hey baby!" squealed a shrill voice. Her voice was so annoying, It hurt my ears. Having heightened hearing sucks at times. When that girl came up to my mate, or his name was Mason, she looked like Luke. That's when it hit me, she was Luke's sister. When she kissed him, I grabbed my helmet and ran over to my motorcycle.
Why? Why me? I thought. Why does my mate have to be a fucking player? Everyone knew Mason. I heard all about him through some girls I met in my classes. He was the Alpha's son. He was Mason Sage. Emerson High School biggest player. I'm not going to cry, I reminded myself.
I put my helmet of and roared my motorcycle to life and drove out of there and headed to Pizza Hut. Where my friends and family are.