I woke up in the morning with the sun in my face and Jack's body pressed against mine. I nuzzled my face into his neck, then I heard his chuckle. He must've already been awake.

"Good morning." He whispered.

I groaned and he chuckled. He turned in my arms, so he was facing me. He tried to kiss me, but I turned my head. He chuckled again.

"Wake up." He complained.

"I can't... words."

He laughed. "Shut up. We have to get ready for school."

"Shit, we have school."

"Yep, we do. You gotta go home and get dressed."

I groaned, hiding my face in his hair. "Let's not go."

"I have my chapter test today, I can't skip."

"Ugh, that's right. Just come over when you're ready to go."

He nodded, then I went back to my house. I changed into dark green skinny jeans, a red, orange, and white flannel, a blue sweater over it, then straight black Converse.

I did my hair with my gel, then got my stuff and went downstairs. Jack was on the couch with his phone and he looked up when I walked down.

He had on blue skinny jeans, white t-shirt, red and black flannel, light brown cardigan over it, and black shoes. He stood up with a smile, giving me a kiss.

"Ready to go?"

He nodded. We got into my car and I started driving to school. He took my hand in his, running his thumb up my hand. I looked over at him, quickly, and he was staring at our hands playing together.

"So..." Jack started.

"So what?"

"We're not telling anyone?"

I gripped his hand a little bit. "I just feel like our friends would feel left out."

"I don't like PDA anyways, Matthew. The most we would do is hold hands. They wouldn't feel left out."

I looked over at him again and I nodded. "Okay, we can tell them."

He smiled, leaning over and kissing my cheek. I parked the car at the school and got out. We got our bags, then we linked hands.

"Oh, yeah. There's a pack meeting tonight." I told him.

"About what?"

I chuckled. "You know I can't tell you."

"Hey, I'm gonna be alpha alongside you, so I kinda deserve to know."

"Oh, shit. That's right. I haven't even thought that far."

"Well-"

"Woah, what the hell is going on?" Parker asked when we stepped up to his locker with Forest right behind him.

I looked down at Jack, who was blushing a bit. I knew he wasn't going to say anything, so I did. "We're mates."

"How do you know? You aren't 18 yet?" Forest asked.

"There's an elder that can, like, put you through this quest to see if you're mates with someone. Even though we're not completely matured yet, we can still somewhat feel the pull of the mate."

"Well, we're happy for you two." Parker said, closing his locker.

"That's it? No jokes?" I asked, squeezing Jack's hand.

"Mates aren't a joke, Matthew." Forest said.

I smiled. "Good. I'm glad you two think that way."

"So you're gonna be alpha too?" Parker asked, looking at Jack. Jack was blushing super hard now and I thought it was super adorable.

"Yeah, he is." I answered for Jack.

"Well, that's gonna be weird." Forest said, chuckling a little. We walked into our classroom since we all had the same first block. We sat at the same table since we had art. Jack was an amazing artist. He always sketches random things and it's always amazing.

I watched as he opened up his sketchbook and started to sketch. I watched his motions closely to memorize every little thing he does.

"I always hoped you two would be mates." Parker said.

I chuckled. Forest cleared his throat. "So you two wanna come over tonight? Anthony gave me a discount on the weed he just got."

I looked at Jack, who was only focused on his sketch. "Yeah, Jack and I will go home with you."

Jack looked up at me, quickly, and nodded. He went back to sketching and I stared at him again. He looked like he was sketching eyes. I watched him until the teacher walked in.

He finally looked up as we got our assignment for the week. Jack turned to a fresh page and started sketching ideas. Parker and Forest got up to get supplies.

"Hey, Jack?"

He looked up at me with a small smile. "Hm?"

"You're beautiful." I whispered.

His smile widened and he chuckled. "Matthew.."

"I'm being serious."

"I can tell."

The twins came back to the table and Jack started blushing.

Jack and I walked into my house at around eight that night. We went to the twins' house, got a little high, then hung out until we knew we had to leave. My dads looked up at us. Father stepped forward.

"What happened to you texting us when you don't come home after school?"

"Sorry, I forgot." I said, setting my bag down next to Jack's.

"Where were you, Matthew?" Dad asked, crossing his arms. They stood in front of us, looking pretty upset.

"We went to Forest and Parker's house after school. I'm sorry that I didn't tell you."

"You were high!" Father said, his eyes blazing.

"No, we weren't!" I yelled back.

"I can smell it on you two. Don't you dare lie to me." Father said, anger clear in his voice.

"Jack, you should go home." Dad said.

"No!" I yelled, gripping Jack's hand tighter. He moved closer to me to whisper in my ear.

"I'll go home tonight, Matthew. It's fine."

"No, don't leave." I said, looking him in the eyes.

"You're out of control, Matthew. You need to-" Father started.

"No! You're not allowed to tell me what to do!" I yelled. Jack gripped my hand tighter and hid behind me.

"I'm your father and your alpha. I have every right to tell you what to do. I'm telling you that you're out of control and you need to think about what you're doing and how you're doing it."

"Fuck you." I whispered and pulled Jack up to my room. I slammed my door shut and set my forehead on it. Jack ran his hands up-and-down my back to calm me down.

"It's okay." He whispered to me.

"No, it's not. They can't just tell me what to do anymore. It's not fair."

"They're your parents, Matthew. They just want to protect you. Your safety is their top priority."

"I'm not a child."

"You're not 18 yet. You're not the alpha yet. So yeah. You still technically are their child."

I lifted my head, looking at Jack with wide eyes. He gave me a confused look. "I'm gonna be alpha."

"Yeah, you are. Is that a surprise?"

"I'm gonna be alpha and I'm getting high."

"Matthew?"

"I'm so fucking immature. I understand what they're saying now." I whispered, turning to face him.

"Should you go apologize?"

I nodded. "But I don't want too."

He kissed the top of my head, pulling me to my bed. He laid us down and pulled me into his arms. "You're going to be an amazing alpha, no matter what."

I smiled, kissing him, softly. "You're going to be an amazing alpha too."