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Lia
The guys walked me to school. None of them could agree on who would drive me so they left their cars at the house, walking me. I could feel people’s eyes on me. How did it look to see four large rugby players trailing behind this tiny omega? It was going to cause a scene no matter what.
I was relieved to see the school in the distance.
“You guys have to get to school, don’t you?”
Matt huffed. “Yeah, and they have medicine waiting for us there guys so we can get through the days, remember?”
“Oh yeah, I forgot about that,” Rain lamented.
Colby shrugged. “We’ll be back in the afternoon then.”
“I–great. I can’t wait.
Throughout all of this, Jesse was his usual stoic and quiet self, But one look in his eyes told me he wasn’t happy with the idea of leaving me. I felt a burning in my cheeks, forcing myself to look away.
Once in school, I thought I was safe. Here I could forget about the fact that I had four mates now surrounding me at every moment of the day.
But again, I was wrong.
During my walk to the nurse’s office, I realized everyone was staring at me. They followed my every move, whispering to themselves. Some looked horrified while others broke out into a fit of giggles.
“Shut up!” Simone shouted, appearing seemingly out of thin air. “You guys are such immature jerks. So what if she has four mates? I think it’s amazing because now she has an instant pack while you people are all alone!” With a sneer, Simone marched up to me, throwing her arm around my shoulder as she always did.
“Simone, I think you made it worse…” I whispered, swearing that even more people were looking at me.
“At least they’ll think twice before gossiping about you.”
I sighed. “I think they’ll just make sure they are gossiping about me once I’m gone.”
‘See? That’s even better!”
While I was with the nurse, Simone waited outside. I got some medication that would dull the effects while I was away from my mates. No, future mates. They weren’t any mates yet and I had no intention of mating with any of them anytime soon!
“How do you feel?” Simone asked as I emerged from the nurse’s office. “You look a little pale.”
“I’m always pale…”
The joke was always that my brother and I were vampires or something because of how pale we were. I wondered how I looked yesterday. Bet I looked terrible before those four showed up.
“Okay, true but you look more pale than normal.”
“I’m adjusting. The nurse said the medicine would kick it soon.”
“I can’t imagine how it is to have four mates. Being away from my two mates made me so sick and uncomfortable.
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Having four? It must feel like your body is on fire.”
I gave her a look. “You’re not helping, Simone.”
“Sorry,” she said weakly, “But I’ll be with you every step of the way, okay?”
My eyes softened. Without warning, I threw my arms around her and hugged her tightly. Simone hugged me back tightly, not even missing a beat. She was seriously the best friend one could ever have.
“Let’s get to class before I have second thoughts.”
Simone grinned. “Girl, I always have second thoughts about getting to class.”
Being away from her two mates Luis and Gene was going a lot better for Simone. I wondered if it had to do with the fact that I wasn’t willing to accept it as easily as she was. Simone had been excited about her coming–of–age ceremony for years while I was always dreading it. This had to play some part in her being able to not be around. her mates all the time.
But, when Simone got home, I knew they were there. Her two mates were cousins that happened to live around the corner so she could spend time with them then. It helped that they were only a year older than her too,
The
guys weren’t that much older than me, but with them being closer to graduating college they were going to be busy, meaning spending time together was going to be difficult Wait, what?
1 stopped in my tracks.
“Lia, why did you stop suddenly?”
I smiled weakly. “No reason. Let’s hurry up and get to class before we’re late.”
The school was a blur. When I checked my phone, I was relieved to see that the guys weren’t picking me up. Michael told me that Simone could take me home if I wanted, which was something I preferred.
“Are you sure you don’t mind driving me home?” I asked Simone who gave me a look.
“Of course, I don’t mind driving you home.”
“But your mates are going to be missing you–
“-and they understand that my best friend is dealing with having four mates after never wanting to have gone through with the coming of age ceremony in the first place
Smiling, I slipped into the passenger seat and buckled up. Simone tended to drive very crazy and faster than most people. Getting in the car with her could be a bit of a life–changing experience in some ways.
“So where are the guys right now?” she asked as casually as she could muster.
“I have no idea.”
“And you’re not curious?”
“No.”
Simone huffed “Lia, this is going to go a lot better for you if you just try to accept what’s going on. Fighting it is going to help no one.”
“It just happened!” I cried. “How the hell am I supposed to accept it when I can barely wrap my mind around it?”
I wasn’t trying to sound very hysterical but it was difficult to not like this when the medicine was starting to wear
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When Simone and I pulled up to the house I noticed something alarming. There were four cars in the driveway. Each of these cars belonged to my four new mates. I had seen them enough over the past few years to match the car to the person.
If they were here then it meant something was happening.
“Do you want me to come inside?”
I nodded. “Please
Simone was right at my side as she walked me to the door. Before I could even get my key in the door, Michael opened it. He blinked.
“Oh hey, Simone.”
“Hey, Michael.”
I looked at my brother and huffed. “Simone is coming inside with me.
“That’s fine. She can support you during the talk.”
“What talk?” I blurted out. “Michael, what the hell is going on? I don’t like surprises and just got a surprise to last a lifetime after finding out I had four mates!”
Michael sighed. “Just come into the living room.”
Everyone was there, sitting and waiting. Simone and I sat together on the loveseat, her hand holding mine. Every so often she would give it a firm and reassuring squeeze.
“So what’s going on?” I asked, looking at every person in the room. “You have all come to some kind of decision which is great because it involves me.”
“Sis, don’t get too upset.”
Jesse cleared his throat. “We were all talking and Michael said it would be good if the four of us temporarily moved in.”
“Yeah you guys have more than enough room,” Colby pointed out.
Matt didn’t say anything. I guess he was still in his denial faze. It made me respect him a bit more that he could cling to that small form of denial. If only I could still be in denial then maybe I could accept all of this a lot more easily.
“So you all decided to move in without asking me?” I snapped, glaring at Michael. “And you! You’re supposed to be my brother!”
“I think it’s a good idea.”
Everyone turned to look at Simone. I gaped at her, shocked by her words.
“Simone you can’t be serious.”
“Girl, I’m dead serious. I think it will be a good way for all of you to adjust to living together. Not saying it has to be permanent but in the beginning months, it will help ease the awareness. Plus it will keep the body aches to a minimum.”
Now my best friend was against me. I couldn’t believe she was sitting here saying this when just a little while ago
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she was telling me she had my back and would be there for me throughout all of this!
“I can’t believe you’re saying this,” 1 hissed.
Simone frowned. “I’m saying this because it will be good for you, Lia. You know I only have your best interests at heart and wouldn’t suggest something if I didn’t think it was good for you in the end.”
But I had heard enough. I stormed out of the room and upstairs to the safety of my bedroom.
