Filed To Story: Falling for the Alpha As a Student Novel
I told him honestly. “Besides the other members would hate that idea. Not to mention the school. She traumatized a lot of people.”
“And she feels bad about it,”
he said; I could see that he was pleading with me using his eyes.
“She feels bad?”
I asked; I wanted to laugh. “She didn’t even apologize.”
“If I get her to apologize to the entire school, will you consider it?”
He asked.
“Why does this mean so much to you?”
I asked, meeting his pleading eyes.
“Because she’s my mate and I think it could benefit her. I think she needs this. She just wants to feel like she belongs,”
he answered.
I was finding this very hard to believe, but I already told Brody that I trusted him. I wasn’t going to go back on that now, so I just sighed.
“If she gives a heartfelt apology to the entire school, then yes I’ll consider it,”
I told him, keeping my eyes locked on his. “But there’s no guarantees.”
“Thank you so much, Lila,”
he said, giving me a quick side hug before handing me the rest of the fliers that he didn’t put up and then ran off in the direction of the dorms. Probably to tell Sarah the news.
I only sighed and shook my head as I stared after him.
I knew for certain I was going to regret this.
….
“How long have we been sitting here?”
Becca asked, slouching in her seat, and staring up at the clock that ticked on the wall.
Brody, Becca, and I sat in the student lounge with a bunch of signup sheets for the student committee. On the fliers we posted this morning it read that we were going to be in the student lounge after dinner and if anyone wanted to join the committee to come see us.
But nobody even approached our table.
“An hour,”
Brody said, yawning.
“Has anyone seen Rachel?”
I asked.
I had hardly seen her at all today; she told me she would be here to help us, but she hadn’t shown up.
“Not since this morning’s class,”
Brody said, shrugging.
“I saw her in the dining hall around lunchtime,”
Becca said, frowning. “But we didn’t really talk. She looked busy with a couple of girls I hadn’t seen before.”
Rachel didn’t make new friends easily; I found that strange, but nothing to worry too much about. At least I hoped not.
My attention was instantly drawn to the front door of the lounge and my breathing instantly got caught in my throat.
A slender woman with long black hair and bright green eyes walked into the lounge, turning everybody’s attention to her. She was stunningly beautiful, and I felt Becca tensing from beside me as her emerald, green eyes scanned the room until they landed on me.
“She’s a vampire…”
Becca breathed.
I nodded, unable to find my words.
It was often that we encountered vampires around campus because there weren’t that many of them. They also went to school at night so we didn’t often see them; but sometimes when the sun went down, we would encounter one or two.
For centuries, vampires and other species did not get along. Vampires and werewolves in particular are known enemies. But in today’s world, there’s been a long truce between our kind. Not that it automatically made us allies or anything, but we are no longer enemies. All species are allowed at this school and typically vampires would keep to themselves.
She walked toward our table, and I got an icy chill from her vibe alone, making me shudder as she approached our table in the back of the room.
“Are you Lila?”
She asked, raising one perfectly trimmed brow.
I managed to nod.
She glanced at Becca and then Brody before fixing her eyes back on me.
“Is this the whole committee?”
She asked.
“Um… no,”
I said, finally finding my voice. “It’s only a couple of us. There are others.”
Vampires are known to be incredibly good-looking as well; so her looks alone were intimidating. She folded her arms across her busty chest and tilted her head to the side as she took me in; I suddenly felt self-conscious, wanting to avert my eyes, but unable to do so.
I had seen her around campus before, but I never actually approached her or spoken to her. Vampires around campus were known to hate anything that had to do with other students and school events, so we never bothered them.
I certainly never saw one in the student lounge before. A tight knot had formed in the pit of my stomach, making me feel ill.
“C…can I do something for you?”
I asked, chewing on the inside of my cheek. I hated how weak and soft my voice sounded.
I knew she could sense my unease.
“Yes,”
she answered after a long pause. “I’m here because I want to join your stupid little committee.”
Lila’s POV
“You want to become a committee member?”
I asked, staring up at the gorgeous-looking vampire with what must have been disbelief written all over my face.
I’m sure Becca and Brody both looked about the same.
“Does it look like I’m joking?”
She asked, rolling her eyes.
“I suppose not,”
I said, chuckling nervously. “What is your name?”
“Skylar Barnett,”
she muttered.
My heart nearly jumped out of my chest; she was a Barnett? As in Albert Barnett and Claudette Barnett?
Albert and Claudette basically owned the fashion industry. They were definitely vampires, but they were the most popular vampires to ever exist when it came to fashion, design, and modeling.
That’s why Skylar looked familiar to me; I had seen her in magazines before. That also explains the high-end boots and black cashmere jacket she wore.
I glanced sideways at Becca whose mouth was practically on the ground; Brody, of course, was clueless. He didn’t know much of anything about fashion; but I knew the Barnett’s were huge, which made Skylar huge.
“If you’re done gawking at me, can I fill out the form or not?”
Skylar asked, rolling her eyes at us.
“Oh yes,”
I said a little too quickly, sliding it over to her.