Chapter 22

Stef's POV

"Welcome back miss Moore, it surely has been a while. And you must be Dom wright, our new student?" Mrs. Riviera, the French teacher, addresses Dom and I as we enter her class right before the bell rings.

Mrs. Riviera reminds me of my grandma, old, short, grey hair, and always happy.

Dom gives her a small nod and smile before pulling me to the back of the classroom to sit in two empty seats.

"What's wrong?" I ask feeling a sense of anger radiating off of him.

"You didn't notice every single one of these guys staring at you?" His words make me feel self-conscious.

"No. Why, is there something on my face?" I feel around my face for anything that's not supposed to be there.

Dom laughs at me earning a few shushes from people who are trying to listen to the lesson that just begun.

Dom shoots the boy in front of me a glare before looking back to me.

"There's nothing on your face. Their staring at your body, and your face."

So is there something wrong with me?

"Why?" I wrap my arms around my body. Giving into my subconscious.

I begin to sink in my seat as the heat rises to my face.

"Because your...your sexy as hell, and you've probably given every male in this room a boner." Dom's voice is low and raspy but I still hear his answer. Which wasn't at all what I expected.

I look up at Dom questioningly.

When I think about it I've never received this kind of attention before. And I don't know how I feel about it. I do know that Dom is fuming because of all of this attention. Especially because the guy that is sitting in front of me keeps trying to get my attention.

Dom watches intently as the boy writes something done on a piece of paper then folds it in to I small rectangle.

"I swear to god if he..." As dom whispers/yells the boys arm slips underneath our table. The small rectangle in hand.

I'm about to take the note but Dom snatches it from his hand before I can even sit up.

I follow Dom's eyes as he reads the note.

"Justin, is it?" He reads aloud. The boy turns around at the sound of his name.

"So, Justin you think you and my girlfriend should hangout sometime."

Justin's face pales instantly.

"Sorry man, I thought you were like her gay best friend or something." Justin smiles and I can't hold in my laughter.

Dom looks at me. Anger clear in his eyes. My laughter stops.

When he looks back at Justin he's ready to pounce.

"Hey, how about we go to the bathroom." I say squeezing Dom's shoulder.

I stand up pulling him up with me.

Ignoring all the stares from the class and Mrs. Riviera, Dom and I exit the room.

...

"What the hell was that Dom?" I whisper/yell as we enter the library.

"What do you mean what the hell was that? Justin, was clearly hitting in you!" Dom's words are loud, and for the second time today he's being shushed.

"Ok but that's no reason to rip him to pieces."

"That is a perfectly good reason to rip him to pieces, the lil shit needs to be taught a lesson." He crossed his arms as he speaks.

"Well we obviously we can't go back to class, so what do we do now?"

"We can go hangout in Kevin's office."

Before I can ask who Kevin is Dom grabs my wrist and pulls me out of the library.

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Dom's POV

"Wait. Hold on this is the principals office!" Stef says yanking my arm back as I me about to open the door to Kevin's office.

"Yeah so?"

"So, I've never been to the principals office." It figures, my smart and beautiful mate has never been to the principals office. She's too sweet.

"Why doesn't that surprise me?" Before she can protest anymore I open the door and step in pulling her with me.

"Dom, good to see you. It's been a while."

"Yeah well if you'd quite working in this hell hole you would see a lot more of me." Because of Kevin's high position in this school we don't see each other as much as we did when I was younger. Kevin was my trainer and also a close friend when I was growing up as a young pup.

"I used to see you here twice a week, but that's when you were just a piss off to all your teachers," I sit in one of the chairs in front of Kevin's desk and sit Stef on my lap.

"It seems like miss Moore here is keeping you out of trouble nowadays."

Stef smiles down at her hand.

"Yeah, she has." It's only been a short period of time but she's managed to help me forget all of my bad habits and focus on more important things.

"It's nice to finally meet you Stefanie, I'm Kevin Burnett, Scott's beta. Like Dom said If I wasn't so busy here at the school I would have been able to meet you properly."

Kevin and Stef shake hands.

"So what brings you two here today? You not causing any trouble are you?"

He always thinks I'm starting trouble somewhere.

"Well actually we here because Dom doesn't know how to control his jealousy." Stef spites out.

I send her a small glare.

"I see. It might be time for you and I to have another a man to man." I throw my head back and groan. I do not want to have another talk with Kevin, the last time we talked I swore I would never get a girlfriend.

"I think that's a terrible idea."

"I think it's a great idea, and look I've got some time." Kevin checks his watch then smiles at me.

"She's not leaving this room." There's no way in hell I'm sending Stef back out there with all of those horny pricks.

"She doesn't have to, just come with me." I guess keeping her in here and away from the male spices is better than anything.

I stand up a place Stef back down into the chair.

"This won't take long." I promise her before setting a lingering soft kiss on her lips.

Once Kevin and I leave the office I force him to lock the door so no one would bother Stef.

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"How do I put this, Stef is a very attractive girl," A growl escapes my lips instinctively as we walk around this rather large school.

"Just listen. Every guy, and I mean every guy that is human or isn't mated yet is going to want her. You just have to know that she belongs to you. Not as a pawn or some Barbie doll, but as your mate. She was placed on this earth for you and only you, as you were placed on this earth for her and only her. She is your other half. Mates are created to fit each other equally and perfectly in every physical and metal way possible. You just have to know it. And treat her like you know it,"

Everything that Kevin is saying is 100 percent true. Stef is and will always be my other half. And I will always be her's.

"I'm not saying don't look after her or stop being too protective, both of those things run in your blood, but show all these other guys that she belongs with you and that you belong with her. Don't make it a game or a show, just get back to the basics and enjoy a teenage romance that won't live forever."

As he finishes his 'speech' I think about how not all young love lasts forever. And that I want me and Stef to enjoy our love while we're still at this stage in life. Just by doing the little things that normal teenage couples do can be the stepping stones to a great ending.

"You should really start an advice column or something." We both laugh at my comment.

"I know." He says before patting me on the back.

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Stef's POV

It's only been a few minutes since Dom and Kevin left but I can't help but take it upon myself to see what it feels like to be a principal.

I tiptoe my way around the desk and take a seat in the thick black leather chair.

'This feels good.' I think as my eyes scan across the desk.

My wandering eyes land on a framed photo in the corner of the desk. All of the faces in the photo but one look very familiar.

There's Mr. And Mrs. Wright, Kevin and what looks like his wife, and a very young looking Dom with a smile so bright tears brim at my eyes.

Dom has changed drastically since this picture was taken. His hair is a curly dirty blonde color, his lips are thin and chapped. And his body has grown tremendously between now and then.

I jump when the door swings open a Dom stands in the doorway.

"Hey." He says closing the door behind him and walking over to me.

"Hey, where's Kevin?"

"Oh um, he had a meeting to go to...but listen how about we get out of here?" His hand guides some if my hair behind my ear.

"And go where?"

"Wherever you want to go." His voice and touch are gentle.

"Ok, let's go."

Within minutes we're out of the school and into the car.

"Where too?" He asks as the engine purrs to life.

"Home first, I need to change."

"What's wrong with what you have on?" He asks pulling out of the parking lot.

"It's to cold outside to be out and about with a shirt like this on." I lift up my arms exposing most of my stomach.

Had I known that we would be leaving school I would have worn something a little warmer.

"You have the cutest belly button." Dom says shaking his head.

"Um, thank you?" I laugh.

"No, really like my belly button sticks out like a fucking boner but everyone else in the world has a smooth stomach."

"You have an outty!?" As many times as I have seen Dom shirtless I've never noticed his belly button.

He lifts up his shirt so I could see.

We're stopped at a red light.

"Oh my god Dom, it's so cute." I rub my fingers across his hard abs and squishy belly button.

"You can put this on." Reaching to the back seat Dom pulls up a grey Seattle Seahawks hoodie with the number 12 printed on the back.

Thanks to the tented windows I remove the white shirt then pull the hoodie over my head.

I look down at the print on the hoodie and a question comes to mind.

"Do you play any sports?" He looks at me then smiles as he looks back at the road.

"I use too."

"What happened?" I turn my body to face him.

"Well when I was younger my trigger for shifting would be anger. Anything that could set me off was just another risk of exposing our kind, and in any and every sport I played I would always get angry someway somehow, so before anyone saw what I could become my dad took me out of sports,"

It makes me sad that Dom was basically forbidden to participate in sports just because something inside of him was different.

"But I still played around with some of the guys, like max and I trained like hell. So things turned out ok." I don't know what to say so I don't say anything. I just nod my head.

"You know I still don't know where I'm going?"

That explains why we've been going straight this entire time.

"Can we go to my parents house, I feel like I feel like I haven't seen them in a while." It really does feel like I haven't see my parents in ages. And it's wired saying 'my parents house' instead of 'my house'.

"Yeah." He makes a left then turns down a narrow alley.

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Dom's POV

"How are you Karen?" I ask as I hug Stef's mom.

"I'm fine Dom, thank you. I'm just so happy to see you two." Water brims at Karens eyes as she looks at Stef and I.

A load of guilt hits me when Stef and her mom embrace. It really has been a while since Stef has seen her parents, and I'm the cause of it. I feel like I've taken her away from her family.

"Is that my little girl?" Mr. Moore says as he descends the staircase.

"Dad!" Stef rushes to him and leaps into his arms.

I hope one day if I have a little girl she'll hug me like that.

"Dom, how are you?" Mr. Moore and I shake hands.

"Oh, cupcake there's some mail for you and Sasha called, she says that she misses you."

"What really? I have to call her." Stef squeals.

The happiness radiating off of her brings a warm feeling to my body but I also feel like I've taken Stef away from this type of happiness, the type of happiness that only family can bring.

All sorts of questions come to mind at the thought of this,

Did I take Stef away from her family all too quickly?

Does she wish that she was still in there care instead if mine?

Is she happy with me?

All if these questions weigh on my mind throughout the rest of the day.

...

"Bye! I'll call you tomorrow." Stef calls to her mother through the window of the car.

After a final wave I pull onto the road and Stef's childhood home disappears behind us.

"Are you happy? Like with me...and um us." My eyes never leave the road in case it don't get the answer I'm praying for.

"Of course I'm happy, I'm more than happy with you and us! Why wouldn't I be?" I can feel her chocolate eyes burning a hole in my cheek.

"I don't know, it just feels like I've taken you away from something I can't give you yet."

"Like what?" The air in this car is heavy and thick.

"Family."

"Dom you are my family. Yes my mom and dad are important to me but their only a phone call away. And until we're ready your all the family I need." It wouldn't have sounded better coming from anyone else.

The guilt inside my somewhat washes away.

"Do you think we're going too fast, like do you regret..." I cut her off.

"No....no not at all." I reach across the small space in between us and take her small hand in my big one.

A smile erupts on my lips.

"I have another question for you." I say as I pull into our dive and park the car.

"What is it?"

"Do I look gay to you?"

The car fills with laughter.

Stef gets out if the car, leaving me without an answer.

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Authors note

Hii! So I know it's been FOREVER since I've posted a chapter but someone very close to me was admitted into the hospital some I was going through a tough time. But everything is fine now and things can go back to normal. Anyways, February has started off as a great month! Harry turned 20, Seattle Seahawks won the Super Bowl, and o2l has their first tour show in Hawaii pretty soon. So I think that wraps it up follow me on twitter to keep updated, I'm going to start tweeting about when I'm uploading...yay! So yeah bye XD

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