Chapter 3

Skylar's POV -

Once we get to the school, Olivia kisses my cheek.

"I'll take you to that amusement park someday and for that ice cream," she says.

"I'll hold you to that," I say.

We go inside the school and go our different ways. I head towards my last class before lunch which is theater and it's one of the classes I actually like. After that class, Jess and Kim came up to me and we head to the cafeteria.

"So... I heard you 'ran' away with your mate, What's that all about huh? One minute you're telling us how scared you are and the next you're leaving with her," Jess says

"We did not 'run away.' We decided to talk so we went to a park near here and hung out there."

"Sky, don't ruin your opportunity for love because you're too scared," Jess says.

"Jess is right. We know the only reason you're holding back is because of what happened with your mom and then with Grant, not to mention Chase as well," Kim says

"I-I... Oh look! We're here," I say as we walk in and then head towards our table where Jeremy, Jackson, Josh, Drake, and Dean... were sitting. I sit in my usual spot next to Jeremy and Jess and Kim sit across from me.

"Dean, what are you doing here?" I ask, annoyed.

"Oh come on, Skylar. Don't be mad." Dean is an asshole most of the time but he's family so I love him. He's my cousin and Ian's twin brother.

"Your bìtch ass gotta learn that you can't just go fûcking around all over the packhouse. Chill dude, she isn't even your mate. I can assure you, you're not gonna hear the end of it once you find her," I tell him. I found him fúcking some random girl in my fúcking room that I almost beat the shit out of him and had to change all my sheets.

"Jess told me about your mate, is she a rogue?" Jeremy mindlinks me.

"I don't think so. I would've smelled it on her, although she did have a slight scent," I reply.

"Is she the new girl? I had last class with her."

"Yeah, should—"

"Yeah, you should. Both of the things you're thinking, actually. Start with inviting her to eat with us some time though maybe tomorrow?" he says.

"Yeah I'll ask tomorrow."

"Why don't you ask her now?" he says, pushing me a bit as she walks into the cafeteria. I give him a glare before I go up and talk to her.

"Wanna join us?" I ask.

"Yeah, of course." She smiles. Jeremy tells the guys to scoot down so she can sit next to me, so now I'm in between my brother and my mate.

"Hi, I'm Jeremy, Skylar's brother," he says with a wide smile.

"Olivia," she says smiling too. I grunt a little because of the way too comfortable meeting.

"I'm Remy, Jeremy's mate." Remy and Jeremy met last year but it took a bit because she's a junior and we're seniors. She has turned 17 later than us, so the bond is only partly done.

"Nice to meet you." She shakes her hand, leaning on me in the process since she is sitting next to Jeremy.

"You've met Jess and Kim. That's Dean, Ian's brother, Jackson, and that is Josh, a—"

"And I—" he suddenly interrupts and I glare at him.

"I—I'm D—drake," he continues, and I can tell Olivia is holding back a laugh.

"Are your friends always this... funny?" she whispers in my ear.

"Basically, we are all dorks on the inside," I tell her, loud enough for everyone at the table to hear me.

"Even though we have hot bods," Jess says.

"Yes, she does," Drake mumbles under his breath.

I can tell Olivia is pissed by the comment through her wrinkled forehead and displeased look, but she doesn't necessarily know it's directed towards me. I see Jess with her eyes narrowed towards him, and her jaw clenched, about to beat his ass because everyone in this damn table knows who it's for. Jess stands, making sure to send Drake a death stare. I look at Jess and she looks back at me. She sighs and sits back down. Jeremy has his hands clenched and his jaw tightened before he stands up and walks towards Drake.

" Jer-" I immediately call out but Jeremy ignores me and punches Drake straight in the face, breaking his nose. He stumbles to the floor.

"What the hell, man?" Dean hisses, holding his nose.

"That's my sister you're talking about!" my brother blurts, loud and clear enough for Olivia to finally understand.

Her expression darkens, and she is about to get up, but I grab her arm and pull her down. I place my arm around her waist, keeping her there and calming her down while also liking how she feels in my arms.

"Fûcking shit man, I meant it as a compliment!" Dean shouts.

"How is t—just leave, man," my brother says, letting go of Drake's collar. Drake quietly gets up from the floor then walks away.

"See, I told you we shouldn't have invited him to the beach with us. I told you he was a creep, didn't I?" Jess says, pissed.

"Yes, you did, Jess. Yes, you did," I say, unconsciously rubbing my hand up and down Olivia's side. When I notice my hand, I quickly pull it back, but Olivia grabs it and puts it back.

Jack moves, so now he sits next to Kim and across from Josh. There are nine people in our table: Olivia, Me, Jess, Kim, Jeremy, Josh, Jack, Remy, and Dean, while not including Drake because he is a new friend from Jeremy's football team. Ian and Gabby occasionally join us for lunch but they are too busy with the student council. Vincent also normally sits with us but he is absent today, so basically, in our whole friend group, now including Olivia, there are twelve people. Of course, we have other friends but these are our tightest friends.

And after a lot of talking, the bell rings.

"What's your next class?" I ask Olivia.

"Bio, you?"

" Me too."

We walk together to Biology and sit together. I have Sports next, and I really like that class. I like sports and exercise is good for me. I'm the basketball captain and the Cheerleading captain so I work out a lot to stay in shape and keep my figure.

After this class, it turns out that Olivia has sports next too, so we head to the locker room together. Jess and Kim catch up with us. However, Olivia leaves because she needs to talk to the coaches. I change into my sports clothes.

We wait for Olivia by the door. Everyone is gone by now, so Jess and Kim has left since the coach has yelled at them. I just hide and Jess wishes me good luck, winking as she does so.

Olivia finally comes out all dressed, and God she is gorgeous. I lick my bottom lip, looking at her up and down.

"See something you like?" she says with a smirk, but her eyes are scanning me up and down as well.

My mouth unconsciously blurt something out, shocking both me and my mate...