The Headmaster Alpha's Mate

Chapter Three

Chapter Three .

Chloe and Nicola walked out of their room. In the corridor were around 10 other students all part of the Eclipse house, one girl, the rest boys. Each greeted her with a broad smile, a younger boy of around 16 years old shook Chloe’s hand.

“Hey, I am Ethan, and I love your hair.” Ethan smiled at Chloe.

“Thanks, so where are you from?” Chloe asked.

“The village, but I am boarding in Eclipse, as I haven’t gotten my….. well, I haven’t reached my full potential yet” Ethan stated, with a shrug.

The group of Eclipse students walked into the dining hall, but as they entered, the chatter stopped instantly, and Chloe felt hundreds of eyes looking at her intently, and a shiver washed over her, as she saw the scowls on the faces of the girls sat at the Full Moon house table.

“Guess not everyone is pleased to see me” Chole giggled, not at all bothered by their stares.

“Ignore them, come on, let's go to our table.” Nicola sighed out, heading for a long table at the bottom of the room, furthest away from the food counter.

“Nicola, bring yourself and Chloe over here, you both should sit with us” A tall guy with muscles to rival Mr Universe stated, his hair was long, dark brown and hung in waves down to his shoulders.

Chloe looked at him, he seemed vaguely familiar, but she could not think where from.

“Oh, thank you Joshua, but we are with the members of our house,” Nicola answered, her face turning a deep red.

“Yeah Josh, we don’t want Eclipse scum sitting with us” Ursula shouted, placing a hand on Joshua’s bicep and narrowing her eyes at Nicole.

Joshua quickly removed his arm from Ursula’s hand, his face frowning, as he continued to look at Nicola.

“Okay, but are you going to introduce me to the new girl?” Josh asked Nicola.

“Oh yeah, sorry, this is Chloe Hancock. She arrived today, and is my roommate.” Nicola stated

“Your roommate? Interesting.” Josh muttered, turning and extending his hand towards Chloe.

“Nice to meet you Chloe, and welcome to Crescent Moon Academy. I am Joshua Colton, head boy. If you need anything, just give me a shout and I will be happy to help.” Josh smiled.

For all he was extremely attractive, Chloe did not feel any attraction, other than this boy seemed to be genuinely nice, and her gut was telling her to trust him, and over the years, Chloe had learnt to always trust her gut, it had never let her down.

“Well, as Uptight Ursula is scared, the Eclipse house taint her by association. Why don’t you join our table, there is a spare seat?” Chloe smiled up at Josh.

Ursula grimaced, then flicking her hair she turned towards Chloe.

“He doesn’t sit with low life” she announced.

“Actually, these guys are not low life, but valued students. I would count it an honour to sit at their table.” Josh announced, then headed back to where he had been sitting, and grabbing a plate piled high with food, he walked over to where the Eclipse house sat and took a seat.

Seeing this, the rest of the dining hall all looked over, wondering what was happening, and the guys from the Eclipse house all looked slightly stunned by his action.

With a shrug, and a small smile to Nicola, Chloe took a seat, leaving a spare one between her and Joshua.

“Nicola, please sit here” Chloe grinned, as Nicola began to shift slightly, her blush even more profound as she took the seat between Chloe and Josh.

“Hey Nicki, I saw this in the village gift shop and thought you would like it.”, Josh smiled, handing a small paper bag over to her.

Chloe rolled her lips, it was as clear as day that Josh liked Nicola as much as she liked him, but for some reason Nicola was too timid to make the move, and Josh was treating her with kid gloves.

“Oh, thank you Josh.” Nicola smiled, taking the bag, and opening it.

Inside was a frog sitting on a lily pad, its eyes wide, and a big grin on its face. Chloe could not see the attraction, however, Nicola’s face lit up, she absolutely loved the thing.

“Oh wow, it is perfect!” Nicola smiled up at Josh.

Chloe supressed a triumphant giggle when her tummy began to rumble.

“Someone is hungry, you stand in line for the food, there is always plenty to go round” Josh smiled at Chloe, pointing to the end of the queue of students serving themselves at the large buffet.

Chloe nodded, then picked up her plate, and turned to Nicola to see if she was going to get food, only to find Josh piling some of his own food onto her plate, his eyes bright as he encouraged her to eat. Walking over to the back of the line, Chloe passed Uptight Ursula and one of her minions, then stood behind a 6 foot-2 boy who again looked like he belonged on the cover of GQ magazine. As she waited patiently, she could hear Ursula complaining to her friend.

“Seriously, he is supposed to be my mate, everyone thinks so, but since that little human tramp turned up, he hardly gives me the time of day.” Ursula complained.

“Oh Ursula, just wait and see,. He is just being polite. Once you hit your 18h birthday you will both feel the mate bond, I am sure." The minion reassured her.

Chloe stood listening, this was weird as anything. Why call Nicola human as if it were a curse word? Did Uptight Ursula have such a God complex that she believed herself to be above humans? And what is it about mate, and mate bond? This place really was cultish, Chloe thought to herself.

“Hey Chloe, what do you fancy eating?” Ethan asked behind her.

“Oh, it all looks good, I am not sure.” Chloe smiled at the younger boy.

“I recommend the haggis with tatties, it is really good.” Ethan grinned at her.

“What stuffed sheep’s lungs and potatoes, I think I will pass. Thank you.” Chloe shuddered.

“Seriously, it is amazing, you are missing out.” Ethan shrugged.

“No, I think I will go for a good old portion of lasagne, with a salad, and leave you to your wired ass, Scottish food” Chloe laughed out playfully.

“Bet you would like the deep fried mars bar though.” Ethan nudged Chloe’s arm.

“Hum, not too sure, however, I am willing to try anything that includes chocolate” Chloe laughed.

She then grabbed the battered, deep fried Mars bar, placing it on a side plate to eat after. Grabbing a bottle of Irn bru at the end of the counter, to embrace the fact she was in Scotland, Chloe walked back to the table, where she found Josh side eyeing Nicola, as she side eyed him, but neither of them speaking to each other. Damn they had it bad for each other.

Taking her seat next to Nicola, Chloe decided to get them to converse a little, and with a smile she turned to Josh and asked him.

“So how old are you, Josh?” she asked.

“I turned 18 four months ago.” Josh smiled

“So I hear you are the headmaster's younger brother,” Chloe continued.

“Yes, but trust me, it doesn’t grant me any favours. If anything, I am expected to achieve a lot higher standard than anyone else.” Josh shrugged.

“So do you live in the school or the village?” Chloe pressed on.

“Both, I stay at the school or the Village. Actually, we are having a little get-together tonight, just pizza and films, at my brother’s house, making the most of it before he comes back. Why don’t you come, Nicola, and bring Chloe, I can make sure you are back for curfew.” Josh asked, staring at Nicola, who looked too embarrassed to answer.

“Yeah, that is a cool idea, how do we get there?” Chloe answered for her new friend.

“Oh, well, I have after-school training till 6pm, you can get changed and I will take you, meet you both at the entrance to Full Moon block. Say 6:30?” Josh grinned.

“Okay.” Nicola answered in a small voice.

After they finished the food, Chloe and Nicola headed back to their dorm. Once through the door, Nicola started to jump up and down and squeal manically.

“s**t Chloe, Ursula is going to be pissed off” Nicola said.

“Good, nothing I enjoy more than pissing off Queen Bee’s” Chloe shrugged, not caring one little bit.

“What am I going to wear? This is at the headmaster's house, apparently it is like a mansion”. Nicola ran to her wardrobe, grabbing out her clothes.

“Well, I am not the normal fashion type of girl, as you can see, but it is still summer, and the evening is hot, so how about this red sundress? It is sexy without looking like you are trying too hard.” Chloe grinned at Nicola.

“Okay, s**t, I need to shower and wash my hair” Nicola stated, clearly beginning to panic.

Chloe chuckled, as her friend ran to the bathroom, then turned to her own wardrobe and picked out a pair of skin-tight black ripped jeans, a purple tank top, and a pair of mesh ankle boots. Chloe waited for Nicola to finish her shower, before heading in herself. Tonight, Chloe was on a mission, to get Nicola and Josh together, come hell or high and mighty Ursula.