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CHAPTER 13

Cole and I are a couple!

Well, I mean, I'm pretty sure we are. At school on Wednesday he broke up with his girlfriend, claiming he was interested in someone else.

And...

It's me!

It has to be me.

After what happened, how can it not? He said he might be in LOVE with me... And there is no doubt that I am in love with him.

Sure, he has hurt me. But there is this undeniable connection between us and it's obvious that I'm not the only one who feels it.

I skipped through the hallways of school, a smile was plastered on my face.

"Christina? You seem a little happy today." Julia said, leaning on a locker a couple feet away from me.

"JULIA!" I screamed, dancing my way to her.

She raised an eyebrow, questioning my mood. I quickly informed her on everything that had happened. As the story went on, her eyes got wider and wider.

"I am so... happy... for you." She said awkwardly, giving me an attempt at a smile.

"Thanks! Anyways I've got to go... See you at lunch?" I asked hopefully

"Yeah..." Julia trailed off. She was obviously thinking about something else at the moment, so I went off to class.

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Julia's POV

I am pissed off.

Christina was Cole's mate.

And he told her he loved her, yet he was screwing some girl last night.

That's just not right.

I wondered if Mandy knew yet. But I'm not going to bother her with this yet, she just found her MATE! That girl deserves to have some lovey dovey time.

I sniffed around, trying to locate Cole.

After a couple minutes, I caught his scent and followed it, which led me to the courtyard.

"Cole. We need to talk." I said, trying to suppress the anger.

"So? Talk." He said, obviously annoyed.

"Alone." This time I didn't bother hiding the anger and annoyance.

No one moved.

Cole looked at me impatiently, while Tucker was amused, and Tyler just stared at me- with lust?

Oh hell no.

"Mate." I whispered involuntary.

So yeah, no yelling at Cole.

Well, how could I yell when I was too busy passionately kissing Tyler. Sure, I tried to resist him for about 10 seconds, then I caved.

I only pulled away when I heard Tucker and Cole leaving.

"Wait Cole! We still need to talk." I said breathlessly.

At that moment, Tyler began sucking and nibbling my neck and I couldn't help but let out a soft moan. A soft moan that unfortunately didn't go unnoticed by Cole or Tucker. Tyler just shook his head, chuckling, and walked back inside, followed shortly by a smirking Cole.

After they left Tyler pulled away.

"Where we're we?" He asked smiling a bit.

I couldn't help but smile back. Quickly, I pulled him close, enjoying the feel of his lips on mine.

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Christina's POV

The bell finally rung.

LUNCHTIME!

I practically sprinted to my locker and then to the lunchroom. Right before I entered, I remembered what I saw last time.

Cole making out with some random girl aka his new girlfriend.

I winced a bit at the memory, which was quickly forgotten when I remembered what he had said to me.

Nothing bad is going to happen, I thought to myself.

I entered the lunchroom looking for Julia and Mandy. Unfortunately, I couldn't find them. So there I was standing awkwardly with no where to go.

"Christina! Come sit over here!" A voice called

I looked around, only to see a smiling Tucker. I hurriedly made my way over to him and internally cheered and danced when I saw that Cole was with him too.

"Hi guys," I greeted them shyly, taking the seat next to Tucker.

When I did though, I thought I heard a- growl?

I glanced up at Cole, only to find him having some telepathic debate with Tucker. After a little bit, Tucker turned to me and mumbled something.

"What did you say?" I asked, confused.

"This seat is taken, why don't you sit with Cole." He grumbled staring at his almost empty tray.

"Uh sure." I said.

I stood up and made my way around the booth and sat next to Cole. I glanced at him through my hair, and saw that he looked pleased.

End of school

I was holding hands with Cole.

I WAS FUCKING HOLDING HANDS WITH COLE MATHEWS AND THERE WAS NO DENYING THE ELECTRICITY COURSING THROUGH US!!

Yeah, I'm a little happy.

"Are you sure you don't want me to give you a ride home?" He asked again, nearly pleading.

"No it's okay, I'd rather bike."

Cole didn't respond, but a look of hurt did cross his face.

"I didn't mean-" I started

"It's fine Christina. See you tomorrow?" He asked, letting go of my hand.

"Yeah..." I said, confused with his mood change.

Without another word, he turned and made his way to his car, and pretty much floored it all the way out of the parking lot.

Did I say something?

Just as I was about to get on my bike, I noticed that he had dropped his cellphone. I grinned and picked it up, putting it in my back pocket. This would be my excuse to come visit him.

I biked home first, just so that I wouldn't freak out my mom if I was a little late coming home.

"Hey mom I need to go drop off something at a friend's house!" I called out

"Use protection!" She yelled back

Oh mom... You are such a weird lady.

I decided to walk to his mansion/house, it wasn't that far away. I mentally cursed myself when I approached the gate. Thankfully, a girl walked by me and opened the gate before I get there. I slipped by it just before it closed, and walked behind the girl.

Why was she going to Cole's house?

A feeling started to take over me.

Jealousy.

As if the girl knew I was mentally plotting ways to destroy her, she turned around.

"Hi! I'm Emma!" She said cheerfully, holding out her hand to shake.

"Christina." I mumbled, and gave her a weak shake.

Damn it.

She was gorgeous. Emma is one of those girls with black hair and crystal blue eyes. AND she was nice to me.

"Christina Fellows? It's so nice to meet you!" She said before turning back around and entering the house.

Woah, how long have I been outside of the house?

I walked up to the door, taking deep breaths along the way. Then it hit me.

What am I gonna do?!

Calm down Christina, I scolded myself, just tell him you're here to return his phone, then see what happens from there.

I gently opened the door and was welcomed by silence.

Where did Emma go?

Who cares.

I began walking up the stairs to Cole's room when I saw Tucker. He was passing by me, when he froze and looked up for the first time.

"Uh... Christina... What are you um doing here?" He stammered

"I just wanted to return Cole's phone. He left it by accident at school." I explained, holding out the phone as evidence.

"I can give it to him," Tucker said, reaching for the phone.

I pulled it away from him.

"No it's okay."

I continued walking up the stairs, ignoring Tucker's footsteps behind me. Right when I reached Cole's door, Tucker grabbed my arm.

"Don't." He pleaded.

Then I heard it-

moaning.

Although I knew what was going on, I couldn't help myself but to pull away and fling open the door. Sure enough, Cole was on top of a girl- both of them naked.

Silence.

"Here's your phone." I choked out, placing his phone on the nearby table.

I turned to leave.

"Oh and it was nice meeting you Emma." I said dryly with a fake smile.

Hurt.

Angry.

Used.

Betrayed.

This was Cole's doing.

But deep inside, I knew that this had been self inflicted. I had let my guard down.

Yeah well, that won't happen again.

The bitch is back.

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