JACOB

What?

Did she just say she is 'his girlfriend'?

I am sorry, what the hell did I just walk into?

Am I in the twilight zone?

Does Skylar, who has been professing his love for me left and right, have a girlfriend stashed here in his pack? Really? What the actual fuck!

I knew he was a player, I have heard the stories. But I thought that was in the past.

It's Saturday evening. I am at the mall, as Seth and Skylar have taken me to all their favorite places in their pack. The three of us are in Texas for the break from Ravenwood, to which Seth invited me.

The mission was that I should spend some time with Skylar, trying to prove my mother wrong - she has a theory of me harboring feelings for him - and then I'll return to Colorado later this week for Thanksgiving with my family.

Yesterday, Skylar recited the poem he wrote for me and we ended up kissing for a long time, eventually falling asleep together in my guest room of the Stronghold manor. It was great to have that time with him and it definitely put some things into perspective for me.

Now only a day later, I have just found out he has a girlfriend here in his pack. Wasn't he supposed to have gone to the Ravenwood Academy unattached? What is the point of having a girlfriend in Texas if you are leaving Colorado with a contract partner?

I need to get to the bottom of this right now.

"I am sorry, did you just say you are his girlfriend?" I double-checked, dumbfounded in the middle of the food court while Skylar looked uncomfortable as hell. Seth didn't know where to look, avoiding my gaze, and Amanda was obliviously happy to have found her boo once again.

"She WAS my girlfriend before I left for Ravenwood, but I told her we could no longer be together." Skylar clarified quickly and awkwardly.

"A girl can dream, can't she?" She poked his arm, annoyed at him for bursting her bubble.

"You can, Mandy, but you can't go around saying that you're my girlfriend. It might give people the wrong impression about me." Skylar declared, clearly uncomfortable by her revelation of their relationship.

Well, this makes more sense. It's not unfathomable that Skylar had a previous relationship before he left for Ravenwood. In fact, I should have expected that from him. It does go along with the track record of what I know of him so far...

"What people? There's only us here. Unless you brought a prospect candidate here for your parents to meet. Where is she?" She questioned him, not understanding his narrative. I rolled my eyes at her ignorance, but I didn't want to stake my claim just yet. The truth is I don't know where I stand with Skylar, considering Jayden is still in the ring to be my prospect.

"No, I haven't brought anyone yet. Anyway, how is college life? Are you liking it so far?" Skylar tried to deflect from the awkward subject. Amanda went on to talk about her first two months at Rice University and how Houston is so different than here.

I was not a fan of hearing her speaking because she kept touching Skylar while she spoke, but I haven't earned the right to be jealous of what happens with him. At least, not while we are in limbo. There is still so much that we need to talk about. I am sure we will do so tonight if we get a chance. That is why I came here after all.

"What about you? How are you adjusting to the cold in Colorado?" She asked him, curiously. Skylar told her about the adjustment that it is taking him to cope with the different climate from Texas, but so far it has not been too cold. It's in Winter that things take a turn for the worse as far as the weather is concerned.

"I still cannot believe Seth got bunked with my brother of all people." She commemorated and I was like... what?

"Do you have another roommate that I am not aware of?" I asked Seth, confused by her statement.

"No, I don't. Leave it alone, Mandy!" Seth replied, glaring at her for the unexpected comment.

"Leave what alone? Why are you looking at me weird?" She asked him, clueless as to why he was giving her the evil eye.

"It was nice seeing you, Mandy. We have to return home now. Jake is tired and..." Skylar interjected, trying to cover something up. Both Amanda and I were confused by their sneaky attitude, but mostly me. What did she mean by me being her brother?

"But I didn't get to learn anything about my brother! I always wanted to know him!" She insisted and I had enough of this charade already.

"What are you talking about? I don't have any siblings, except for a ten year old sister! Why are you calling me your brother?" I questioned her, puzzled by her rhetoric. What the fuck is going on? And why are the twins glaring at her for this revelation?

Amanda looked at me wide-eyed, flabbergasted. She stared at me in shock, but the only person shocked here was me who had no idea what the hell was going on.

"I'm sorry, Jake. I have always wanted to have a brother, so I got carried away with myself. I apologize." She explained herself, lowering her head slightly, feeling embarrassed.

"That still doesn't explain how I would be your brother." I called her out, confused by all of this. First, Skylar has a girlfriend; now she is calling me her brother. What is going on?

"Amanda, why did you have to say anything to him?" Skylar questioned, sounding disappointed in her.

"I had no idea he didn't know about me!" She defended herself, shrugging at him.

"Can somebody please explain to me what is going on?" I stared at all three of them, who clearly knew something that I didn't. And it was really pissing me off right about now...

"I am sorry for springing this on you. When dad told me about you, I instantly got excited even though I shouldn't be." She told me in a somber tone.

"Who is your dad?" I demanded, still confused by all of this.

The three of them looked at me with pity and I immediately knew the answer to that question.

"Wait, he had another child of my age? How is that even possible?" Was he cheating on my mom on top of abandoning her as well? What the actual fuck?! *growls*

Amanda looked at me with sorrow in her eyes while the twins were pitying me for what was about to be revealed. I was already trembling with nervousness and apprehension about the truth I was going to regret asking to know.

"Shawn is not my birth father, so technically you are not my biological brother. He and my mom have been together since I was five years old, so I consider him to be my father. That's what I meant by you being my brother. I apologize for the way I spoke." She elaborated and for the first time this evening, it all started to make sense to me.

"I see. So what you're telling me is, that instead of raising his own son, his actual flesh and blood, all this time he was here raising another Omega as his child. I see what is happening now." I declared with tears in my eyes.

The pain was unbearable. All this time, I thought Shawn didn't want to be tied down or be stuck raising a child. It turns out he just didn't want to raise me, his child. He was perfectly fine raising someone else's child. How could this happen?

Skylar comforted me as the pain was completely overwhelming.

"Why did I even come here? Every time I come to Texas, all I experience is pain. Why did I ever think this time would be any different?" I cried out, as tears fell from my cheeks at a rapid speed.

"I'm sorry–"

"Don't speak!" I cut her off, raging. I know she is blameless in this situation, but right now I can't see past my own pain.

"Can we leave this place? I feel like I am going to pass out!" I told the Alpha. I was washed in pain, unlike anything I had ever felt before in my life.

All this time I thought my father was living his best bachelor life here in Texas - at first, I didn't know he was from here - and then it turns out, he is perfectly capable of being a good father, just not to me. *sobs*

Why? What did I ever do to him that he could not stick around and meet me?

Why didn't he want to be my father? Why?

I was a good boy. I bet I could've made him proud of me, had he stuck around.

Why do I always find pain here in Texas?

Couldn't I just have a freaking break?

This pain is really fucking me up worse than the first time I was here.

I am unraveling in never ending tears that I could not stop for the life of me.

I was in so much pain. Skylar carried me out of there with my head buried in his shoulders, to shield me from prying eyes, as we rushed to the parking lot of the Mall. I cannot believe that this is happening to me! I cannot believe that my father has another Omega child that he didn't even have in the first place!

He is not a bad father, he just didn't want to be MY father.

Why?

I have never been hurt like this before, it's killing me inside. I don't know how I am ever supposed to face anyone now... I am mortified by shame and embarrassment.

Half an hour later...

I was in my suite with Skylar and Seth comforting me. I am not going to lie, this is hurting me really bad. I don't know how I am ever going to surpass this. The pain is just too much for me to handle. I am in complete agony.

It was bad enough that my father had a new family, but then I found out he raised a 5-year-old child that wasn't even his? What the hell!

All this time, I thought he didn't want me. He was right here, raising another man's child.

What about me? Why don't I get a father? What could I possibly have done to deserve this? Somebody tell me what I did to deserve this because I am at a loss here. Tell me, father. What about us? *crying nonstop*

Later that night, Skylar mind-linked Seth to tell him (politely) to leave my suite and let him comfort me alone. It was late and I was about to be sick to my stomach. This is the sharpest pain I have ever experienced in my entire life. *ugly cry*

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A|N: This is so painful.

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