The White Wolf

Chapter 4: Liam

A week had passed since the first day of school, and I still had not had a chance to talk to Will. But, he was on my mind all of the time. Half of the time, I did not even know what was going on in history class because all I could do was stare at the back of his head.

English was even worse. Every so often, he would glance my way and catch me looking at him. And every time he would get this smile on his face that drove me wild. It made we want to attack him, touch him in every way possible, feel his lips on mine. But, I knew my dad could smell the desire dripping off of me, and that thought drowned out all the others. It was embarrassing and annoying as hell.

I let out a sigh and Alessa looked at me with a knowing smirk from across the lunch table.

“What?” I asked innocently.

“Thinking about Will again,” She said. It was more a statement than a question.

I shrugged. “So.”

She rolled her eyes. “Then do something about it. Go say hi.”

She nodded towards a table in the corner behind me. I turned to look and saw Will eating lunch alone. I felt a pang of guilt in my stomach. He had eaten by himself every day so far. No one was an ass, or picked on him, but no one had gone out of their way to include him either. I am such an ass.

I looked away from Will and back to Alessa, who was staring at me. Dylan was sitting next to her and oblivious to everything.

“Well?” She questioned me.

“What if he doesn’t even like me?” I asked weakly.

“Ugh,” she groaned, and the next thing I know, she was up and out of her seat and walking towards Will. I felt my heart start to race. What the hell was she doing? What was she going to say?

Will’s eyebrows furrowed at the sight of Alessa walking towards him and he put down the sandwich he was eating. Alessa walked up to him and leaned slightly against the table, with a huge smile no doubt plastered on her face. Even though they were across the room, I was able to pick up what they were saying.

“Hi,” she greeted him sweetly. She layered that shit on. “I’m Alessa. You’re Will, right?”

He lifted one eyebrow up questioningly, but nodded slightly in response.

“Awesome,” Alessa went on. “I know you’re new here, so my friends and I were wondering if you wanted to sit with us.”

Shit. Shit. Shit.

My heart raced faster, if that is even possible. Will looked behind Alessa and locked eyes with me. He smiled and held my eyes for a few seconds before turning back to Alessa. I did not listen in on whatever else they said. All I could thing about was Will, his tight black pants, the part of his chest that was visible through the v-neck, the way his hair bounces as he walks.

Wait. He was walking towards out table with Alessa.

Shit.

I quickly turned back to the table and acted like I was eating. Dylan gave me a weird look, but did not say anything. A few moments later, Alessa was sitting down across from me again, and I felt someone slightly nudge me as they took the seat next to me.

“Guys,” Alessa started. “This is Will. Will, this is Dylan and Liam.”

“Hey,” Dylan said and gave him a wave.

“Nice to meet you,” Will replied with a nod.

His voice was so sexy. I looked over at him to say something, but the words stuck in my throat. His leg accidentally grazed mine under the table and it sent shivers up my spine. Being this close, his leg touching mine, made my inner wolf growl. I wanted him, and I wanted him now.

I could feel heat spreading through my body, and a growl rising in my throat. Shit. My wolf wanted out, and I did not know if I could hold him in.

“Uh…I, I’m sorry. I have to go,” I blurted out. I fumbled for my bag and quickly rose from the table. “I’ll see you guys later.”

I shot out of the cafeteria and did not think about where I was going. I just needed to get out of the cafeteria, away from Will.

I ran upstairs and at the sight of my dad’s classroom, I ran in. I closed the door behind me and let out a sigh, sliding down the door and sitting on the floor. I looked up and saw my dad at the front of the room, worry etched into his face.

“Liam?” My dad asked concerned. “Liam, what’s wrong?”

He rushed over to me and knelt down, grabbing my arms in his hands. He looked me in the eyes and furrowed his brows.

“Liam,” he said again, this time more firmly, his own wolf rising to the surface. “Liam, you need to calm down and take control.”

His blue eyes intensified as he looked at me, and I could feel my wolf start to calm down in reaction to his. A few minutes later, and I had calmed down and my dad had taken a seat on the floor next to me. I knew he would bombard me with questions sooner or later, but I was holding out for him to just stay silent.

“Liam,” he started.

Here we go.

“What happened?” He asked.

I sighed, but did not answer for a while. I did not want to tell him. How was I supposed to tell my dad that the thought of Will, just being near him, made me crazy? How was I supposed to tell him that I wanted Will in every possible way, all of the time?

“I…I don’t know.” I mumbled.

“Liam,” my dad sighed. “I need you to tell me what happened.”

I pressed the back of my head against the door…and I told him.

I fumbled through the beginning, not knowing what I wanted to say, or how to say it. But, by the time I finished the story, I was talking so fast my words were starting to jumble together. After I finished telling him what happened, I waited a few seconds before opening my eyes and looking at him. And when I did, he had a huge smile on his face.

“What the hell?” I asked, outraged. “This isn’t funny, dad! What is going on with me?”

He let out a small chuckle and then turned to me. “You’ve found your mate,” he told me, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

“What?” I asked again, still confused.

He smiled. “You’re soul mate. You have found your mate, the one who makes your life complete. You’re lucky to have found yours at such a young age.”

I just stared at the floor. My mate? Lucky? Me acting this way is anything but lucky. Sure, I figured that someday I would fall in love, find someone to settle down with and share my secret with. But, I did not realize the whole soul mate thing was real, and to find him so soon…

“So, what am I supposed to do now?” I asked my dad.

He shrugged. “Get to know him. By the way he looks at you all the time in class, I’d think he would feel at least a little something for you.”

I sighed. “I ran out of the cafeteria like an idiot. He probably thinks I hate him or something.”

“The only way to find out is to talk to him.”

I sighed. I hate it when my dad is right.