Is he being serious?

I think I must've blacked out for a moment there because I could've sworn Headmaster Lockwood just told me that Alpha Stronghold sent him an email informing him that I had been approved as Skylar's prospect.

"What? Are you serious?" Skylar was baffled in shock at that announcement, we all were. I could hear all the students in the auditorium gasp at the same time after that bomb was dropped.

"What do you think, Mr. Stronghold? I'll let you contemplate that for a moment." Lockwood replied to him in a snarky tone.

"Oh, my Goddess!" Seth gasped in shock, staring at me by my side in the aisle of seats.

"How could that happen? I thought he would never allow that!" I am beyond shocked right now.

Skylar moved in my direction but Jayden expertly pulled him back from it, which got the two Alphas staring at each other. Jayden kept Skylar in place next to him in the aisle.

"It doesn't change anything! It does not mean that Jake is yours. He still has to decide!" Jayden warns him with a ferocious glare.

"What did you think I was going to do? Mate with him right here in the auditorium? Can you let go of me, please?" Skylar called him out while he was still holding him back. He grunted in annoyance but dropped his hold of his roommate.

In a moment, Skylar was hugging me in the corridor to the front door. It was impossible not to feel his love and how much he wanted that to happen. It was very touching to me.

After that, we left the auditorium while the news was buzzing through the corridor by all the students who never thought that this could ever come to pass.

"Did someone threaten your father or something? Because I cannot understand how the hell he gave ME his permission." I asked Seth, perplexed, as we walked back to our dorm room.

"My father is not the type to be threatened. Usually, he does the threatening. The only person who could have that kind of leverage on him is my mother." Seth replied, still shocked about it.

"You must have made some very big promises if your mom texted you that 'an Alpha must always keep their word'." Kyle reminded Skylar of his promise to his parents. Though none of us knew what kind of promises those were.

"Oh right. That's what that text from my mom meant! Oh my Goddess! My dad owns me now!" Skylar was baffled at the realization. I am sure he pledged the world for his father to have agreed with this.

"Your father has always owned you, but now Jake has the option of choosing you as his prospect. That's historical." Kyle cheered, walking ahead with him and the other Alphas. Skylar smiled at that sentence.

"I am still grappling with that fact, really. I don't know how my mother got through to him. But I absolutely love her for it! She is remarkable!" His jaw had dropped to the floor.

"I am not going to lie, I have been texting my mom, telling her how worried I was about my brother. Not saying that was enough, but I never saw him acting this way about anyone before. Skylar once had Santos stay up all night, trying to buy him concert tickets for a Beyoncé show in Houston. He is not the type to spend an hour in a van only to buy flowers for a boy he can't even kiss. That's not my brother!" Seth blurted, shocked by his behavior.

Skylar turned around to face me in the long corridor.

"I can kiss him. I could've always kissed him. But I was waiting for him to want me to." He declared, boldly. I got flustered by the intensity of his gaze on me.

"I swear to Goddess, if you don't shut up I'll murder you!" Jayden threatened him, glaring so many daggers at Skylar that a lesser person would lower their head in fear.

"Calm down, roomie. We have a long journey ahead of us. The fight for Jake has barely begun." He declared with a mischievous grin.

Oh boy. It's about to be a bumpy ride.

I crawled into my bed for a while, still reeling from that shocking announcement. Never for one moment, I thought this would be possible. I dared not to dream. I knew from the beginning it would be impossible for us to be together. It was already a battle for Jay and I to be prospected to each other, imagine a Stronghold! It was unthinkable.

Seth gave me the space I needed to process what just happened, no doubt he needed time to understand it too.

I am so confused right now.

Half an hour later, we were back to the cafeteria for dinner where now more than ever before, I was the talk of the town. The boy with two prospects. Most people struggle to get one, I had two. Me.

"Are you okay? I know that must've been daunting to you." Jayden checked in with me as I stood in the line for food.

"I am fine, just trying to process the information. I am not entirely sure how that happened, but that is less important now. Are you okay?" I questioned him, sensing his apprehension.

"Well, I was better when you didn't have a guy more handsome and richer than me vying to be your prospect, but I am alright." He snickered.

"He is not more handsome than you, my love. Nobody here is." I reassured him, pecking his lips.

"Okay, now I am on top of the world." He smiled at me, then walked back to his line.

Skylar did not take his eyes off me. I am not so sure what he thinks is going to happen now.

Minutes later...

"Do you want me to leave the room so you can be with your new prospect?" Seth offered me with a naughty grin as we sat down to eat at the Omega section.

"No, I don't. I thought you were 'Team Jayden'?" I gasped in shock at the bold offering.

"I was, but that was before my brother, who never cared about anyone who doesn't have our last name, has moved Heaven and Earth to be with you." He replied, incisively.

I stared at Seth for a while, baffled by that statement.

"I am sorry, but that doesn't change anything for me. Jayden is still the one for me." I stated, mildly annoyed at him.

"Really? Him? The guy who didn't act for a month?" Seth argued, dismissively.

"Yes, the guy who saw me from the beginning. The only Alpha who told me I was worth being prospected by someone like him. That I didn't have to diminish myself all the while I was being called a charity case." I snapped back at him, irritated. Skylar gulped at the embarrassing [for him] memory.

"Jayden saw me when I was invisible to everybody else. He didn't need me to prove to him why I was great. He didn't need to see past my background or learn how to respect me. He just did. He is a great man. That's why it's him. It has always been him for me. I don't know why you are so surprised!" I ranted, aggravated.

Seth kept staring at me for a while after that rant, then he apologized for misspeaking. He is just very surprised by his brother's actions recently.

"I don't deny that Skylar took a turn after he had that epiphany. I will stipulate that he has been very sweet to me lately. But there's something to be said about the boy who never wavered. It's not like Jayden broke up with me and was seen in the arms of another boy. I believe it when he said he fought for me in Georgia. He might have acted desperately when he proposed to me, but his heart was in the right place." I declared, sounding convinced.

Meanwhile, at the Alpha Section...

The boys are quietly eating their dinner while they listen to this conversation taking place. Jayden, outside of my view, was low key having the time of his life hearing me defend him.

Skylar, on the other hand, didn't seem too bothered by it.

"It doesn't sound like you have this in the bag like you thought you had." Kyle teased him, sitting across from him like always.

"I never thought I had anything anywhere. Of course Jake feels loyalty for Jayden. I understand where he's coming from. I respect him as an individual." He declared, rather diplomatically.

"So, you give up on Jake?" He asked, perplexed. Skylar laughed at his question.

"Oh my dear Kyle, you're so innocent! No, I am not giving up. I will never give up on Jake. In fact, I didn't even begin to fight for him." He scoffed with a patronizing tone.

"Wait. You did all this and that was not you fighting for him?" He gasped in shock at that statement.

"Of course not! The fight begins now. And I am not going to stop until I prove to him why he should be with me instead. I have all the time in the world until April." He spoke, gearing up for a brawl.

Oh boy...

Later that evening, I took Seth on his offer to leave our dorm room for me to be with his brother. But I invited Jayden instead.

The ebony god was happy to be with me alone once again. I was happy to be in his arms, surrendering myself to our love. Now with his mother's approval, there is nothing stopping us now.

Jayden kisses me with his loving arms wrapped around me in bed. I am loving this, being so close to him. We kiss for a while and I make the most of our time together.

I wish we could sleep together - emphasis on sleeping - but it's against the rules for students to sleep outside of their dorms.

"Thank you for inviting me here tonight. It means a lot. And what you said back at the cafeteria." He told me after a long makeout session.

"You are welcome. I only told the truth. You are still the one for me. Nothing has changed." I said and then he kissed me some more. Oh how sweet it is to be loved by Jayden. It feels natural and pleasant. I am comfortable in his arms like I belong there. It's amazing!

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A|N: You didn't think it would change anything, did you?

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