Elijah P. O. V.
“Why are you doing here?” She asked us. Jake gives her a smile and I can’t stand to lie to both. I feel like shit. But then I open my mouth to say something, but nothing comes out. I am standing there with a blank look on my face. I need to tell her or she going to be found out by someone else and I can’t let that happen. I can’t hurt her. I could never live with myself. So, I look over at Jake and he is looking at me with a concerned and worried expression on his face. I am trying not to show him and her the guilty expression on my face. I know what I did was so wrong. At the time I just wanted to be around her and when my football buddies made that bet, I took the chance to be with her. Oh, okay I know it was wrong, but I do anything to be with her. I didn’t need this stupid bet to be around Avery my mate I knew for a year. I was so stupid to worry about being a strong alpha and not worried what everybody said if they found out the wallflower, nobody, bookworm, is my mate.
I wish I can go back on that awful day I made that bet with my loser’s football buddies. If I would have paid attention none of this would ever happen. I won’t be in this awful situation I was in that day. I wished I could go back that day, but I can’t, so I know what I need to do now.
Hey, man, you are, okay?” I heard Jake say inside my mind. I didn’t say anything, and I wasn’t paying attention to him because I was too busy thinking about what am going to tell her. I need to tell her the truth before someone tells her and I can’t let that happen. I need her, she is my life, and I can’t lose her.
So, I chuckled and lied.
“Oh, nothing except I am here to see if you’re okay”, I tell her. I am not lying but I know I need to tell her. She does deserve the truth I do know.
“Isn’t that right Jake?” I looked over at him and he nodded his head at her.
“Yeah, that’s true.” and he smiled at her.
“Oh Okay…” She said with a confused look on her beautiful face. She didn’t believe us because well we did bully and never treated her nice. So, I don’t blame her to be confused and, on my toes, if I knew someone treated like shit and never treated me nice, I will be watching and not believe them they want to talk to me and be nice too.
“Anything else? You want.” She asked us. But we just standing there staring over at her with want and desire in our eyes.
Fuck! I want her” I heard Jake say in his mind. I guess he forgot we were still linked. But I didn’t say anything, but I agree with him, but I can’t I thought not before everything is okay and she knows the truth about the bet.
“What bet?” I heard Jake say.
Oh, fuck! I should have shut my mind link before he heard me. I always make sure to close the link between me and him when I think and say my secret inside my mind. But I was too much into my thoughts and I forgot I left it open. I hope the other pack members didn’t hear me. Now, Jake staring at me with a confused and wondering expression. So, after we tell our mate goodnight and tell her we are picking up her early for school tomorrow. But right now, we are still inside her room by the door.
She is already over by her bed with a towel on wrapped her gorgeous body I want to lick and suck and kiss all over but right now is not the time. I need to tell her what I wanted to say and leave and take care of my raging hard-on I had all night since we were earlier in her bedroom before she took off and ran away from me and Jake.
“Well, that’s all you wanted will you both please leave now?” She tells us not to ask us. She didn’t want to be around us, and she doesn’t trust us. I understand so I tell her.
“Well, goodnight princess,” I said with a bow. I started turning around and going to walk out. By the time we got to the door, I turned around.
“Oh, by the way, we be picking you up early in the morning for school, so get ready,” I tell her and she nodded at me and blushed to try to cover her body move with the towel. Oh, she doesn’t have to worry because I am leaving, and I am not going to try anything tonight with her. So, I walked out the door and started walking down the hallway and when I hit the stairs, I heard Jake behind me.
“Okay, what is going on and what were you mumbling inside your mind about a freaking bet?” He asked me.
“Not here, I tell him.” We will talk later.” I tell him looking around I didn’t want someone to hear us if I start telling Jake anything about the bet.
So, we started walking down the stairs and I saw people and Avery’s parents I told tell goodnight and see them later tomorrow in the morning because am and Jake picking their daughter up for school. I walked out the door I saw Jayson and that blonde chick friend with Avery making out by his truck and I rolled my eyes I knew they were messing around. I didn’t see Eli mine and Jake another best friend anywhere. He probably fucking some slut who doesn’t even know her name later. He the manhole now, because me and Jake and the look of it even Jayson.
“Oh, okay tell me now.” I heard Jake say behind me I wasn’t paying attention I was chatting to myself inside my head. So, I licked my lips and looked around to make sure if I tell him and I should make sure to turn off my mind linked to my packhouse, so they don’t know what I am going to tell Jake.
Okay, you have to promise not to hit me.” I asked him. He gives me a weird look on his face.
Yeah, sure man I promise.” He tells me. So, I open my mouth again and asked him. Also, make sure he promises not to kill me either that important question to.
“Jake, you have to promise you won’t kill me too,” I told him.
“Dude, stop or I am going to beat your ass. So, just tell me, your fucking annoying me.” He said with a chuckle escaping his mouth. I wasn’t laughing. So, I took a deep breath and open my mouth, and spoke the words.
“Well, the thing is that I made a bet and I regret it now.”
“What you mean a bet, and regret it now?” He asked me.
“It was a bet about Avery,” I tell him. I stared at him and saw what the expression on his face is going to be. I know if it was me on the other foot, I will be beating his fucking ass for doing that to our mate. But it’s not him it’s me. I don’t blame him to beat my ass.
“What about Avery! He said with a growl in said his throat.
“Well, I made a bet that I could get Avery to fall in love with me by the dance when that happened, I would tell her in front of the whole dance that it was just a bet and why would I fall in love with a loser like her,” I tell him that and I am waiting for the hit that comes. I stand my ground waiting for his fist to connect to my jaw, but it never happens. But what he did was something different. He stared at me with sadness in his eyes.
“Oh, Elijah, what have you done.” He tells me shakes his head and he walked away from me, and I can tell I hurt him, and our friendship could be broken what I did. Now, I don’t have my best friend I might not have my girl after tonight.
“Oh, God! I am such an idiot!” I yelled out and I hit my knees and I started crying I didn’t do sent I was younger when my uncle and aunt died that awful war when I was ten years old. That was when I found Avery at the wallflower crying. That was when I started making fun of her and teasing her since that day. I guess I started liking her and I was going to tell her but instead, I started calling her names and I got scared.
I know when I made her cry and hurt her. I would feel ashamed and feel like shit for hurting her. I apologize to her she would smile and forgive me but this time I am afraid she not going to forgive me not this time.
“I am so sorry sweetheart, please forgive me,” I said under my breath. But at the time I didn’t know someone was listening to what I said. So, they heard what I said.
I looked up at her window I saw the lights went off and I watched a little longer, and I turned away from her house and went to my truck and got in and shut the door and started up the engine and drove off towards down the road away from my world that is going to fall apart now.