Filed To Story: Falling for the Alpha As a Student Novel
“Once you send that payment, I’ll send a link to your email, and you can send us the pictures you’d like to use. I’ll send you a confirmation once it’s received. I’ll send another confirmation once she starts working on it. Expect it to be finished in a week and you should have it the following week. Make sure you send me your address along with that payment within the next 12 hours or your spot will be taken by someone else.”
“Thank you so much. I’ll get that payment right away.”
“Once the painting is completed, before we send it to you, we’ll send another bill for the final payment. Once that payment is received your order will be shipped.”
“I understand,”
she said happily. “Thank you again.”
Once I hung up the phone I went to Cassidy-Ann’s schedule and penciled her in for studio time to work on that painting. She already had some studio time scheduled for some other online orders, so I had to rearrange some things to make sure she had the time.
“Another custom art piece is being requested,”
I announced to her. “She’s going to send me the pictures she wants to be used.”
“Okay, thank you, Lila,”
she said to me, sounding pleased.
I was glad to be back on her good side. Not that I was ever on her bad side; but I knew she was losing hope in my ability to stay focused these last couple of days, all because of Enzo. I couldn’t let him distract me. This was my future and I needed to stay focused, even if Connie was here.
Later in the afternoon, I went with Cassidy-Ann to one of the art rooms to help her set up for the class. The art room reminded me of the art room back at the school in Higala.
There was even a small desk near the main desk that I assumed was going to be my desk. I went toward that desk and set up some stuff. I’m not entirely sure what my job here was going to consist of, but I was excited to find out.
I never really thought of myself as a teacher, but I knew how good I was at art, and I wanted to showcase my abilities to a bunch of new students.
I also wondered who was lucky enough to be in this class. I’m sure they had to pay an extra tuition fee because this was a special summer course with Cassidy-Ann.
Not before long, excited students began to pile into the classroom and find their seats.
“Oh, my goddess! Lila!! I didn’t know you were going to be here too! Are you assisting Cassidy-Ann?”
Em asked as she approached me.
“I am,”
I told her. “I’m sorry I didn’t call you back this morning. I kind of got distracted and then busy.”
“No worries. I figured as much. I was mainly worried last night. I could tell you’re not much of a drinker and you were extremely drunk. I didn’t know who else to call so I called your bodyguard.”
“I appreciate that,”
I told her with a kind smile. “That was honestly the best thing you could have done.”
“I’m glad you made it back to the resort okay,”
she said, giving me a fond smile. “I’m excited to learn from the greatest artist of our generation.”
I laughed at her eagerness as she went to take a seat; she sat right next to a familiar figure.
Matty.
Another memory surfaced in my mind upon seeing his extremely annoyed face. I remembered him telling me that he didn’t like me because I was a Volana, and we are known to be dangerous because of our powers.
A tight knot formed in my stomach; I was used to outsiders judging me because of what I am. But I didn’t like that it was someone in this friend group that I wanted to get in with. If I ever ended up going to this school, I was going to need allies and the fact that Matty hated me made me worry that he was going to turn everybody else against me.
I managed to avoid him for most of the class; I ignored the side eyes and the whispering from him, trying to act as if I wasn’t bothered by it.
Cassidy-Ann mainly spoke about her experiences as an artist and how she came into this industry. She talked about some drawing hacks she adopted in her first year of college and taught some basic skills.
I passed out some worksheets that the students were expected to complete by the end of class. These worksheets were meant to show Cassidy-Ann their current skill level, so she knows where to go from there.
By the end of class, I went around and collected each of their worksheets. By the time I got to Matty, I saw that his paper was faced down.
Without saying anything, I grabbed it from him and went towards the front of the room to place them on Cassidy-Ann’s desk while she finished her lecture. I couldn’t help but glance at Matty’s paper to see what it was he had drawn, and I froze when I saw a drawing of me and him.
He was setting me on fire.
Lila’s POV
“What is wrong with you?”
I asked as I followed Matty out of the art room.
The class had ended, and he was one of the last students to lead the room. He looked at me with an expressionless face; actually, he looked more bored than anything. This only made me angrier.
How immature could he be?
“I don’t think I know what you are talking about,”
he said, folding his arms across his chest.
“You know exactly what I am talking about,”
I said, lowering my tone as more students roamed through the halls. “You drew a picture of me on fire. That was incredibly immature of you. I didn’t do anything to you.”
“You’re existing,”
he muttered. “That’s enough for me.”
“Why do you hate me so much?”
“I already told you,”
he answered narrowing his eyes at me.
“Just because I’m a Volana doesn’t make me less than you,”
I told him in return. “I’m still me and you might enjoy getting to know me if—”
“No thanks,”
he said, interrupting me.
I pressed my lips firmly together as he turned away from me. He was about to walk away, but I would be damned if let the conversation end like this. So, I grabbed onto his arm, holding onto him firmly.
He froze, staring at me with wide eyes as he looked down at my hand.
“Let go of—”
“I’m not letting this conversation end like this,”
I said through my teeth. “You need to start treating me with respect. I gave you no reason to hate me. You don’t need to like me, but you aren’t going to treat me like this.”
He pulled his arm out of my grasp, nearly knocking me down in the process.
“Don’t touch me,”
he muttered, but he didn’t turn away again. He straightened his shirt and rubbed his arm from where I grabbed him.
“I’m sorry if I hurt you… sometimes I don’t know my own strength.”
“You didn’t hurt me,”
he shot back defensively. “Just took me by surprise. How’d you get so strong?”
“I trained my entire life with my father and gammas,”
I answered.
“Who’s your father?”
“Bastien…”
I answered.
“Wait, your father is Alpha Bastien?!”
He gasped. “The head of the Alpha Committee??”
“That’s him,”
I said with a head nod. It wasn’t surprising that even those in Monstro knew of my father.
“Holy shit… he’s a legend around here,”
Matty went on to say. “I had no idea you were his daughter.”
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