Fated Marriage with the Alpha

Chapter one Hailey's POV I stood in a discreet corner watching Paxton and his friends practice at the basketball court. I always wondered why they still enjoyed playing basketball even though we are no longer in high school. Everyone else has gone home but this has been my daily routine for the longest time. I had my eyes fixed only on Paxton, I wasn't seeing anyone else. Paxton could be described in one sentence and that is as the hottest guy in school. He is my long-time crush, I know it's not a wise decision to crush on someone like him because every other girl in the school was crushing on him as well. There's a high possibility that he might never notice me but that's not a problem to me, I'm okay with crushing from a distance. Suddenly, their ball flew in my direction and fell right in front of me. Oh no! I made to turn around and run away but unfortunately, they had already seen me. Paxton was staring blankly at me. Damn! What do I do? I slowly squatted down and picked up the ball. One of his friends made to rush towards me but Paxton stopped him, he approached me instead. I felt my body tense up as I watched him walk towards me. Oh no! What do I do now? I am running out of idea and I badly need one at this moment. Maybe I should drop the ball and run away. I have never spoken to him before, what am I going to say to him now? Then, it suddenly struck me, I do not even need to say anything to him, I'll just hand over the ball to him and that's the end of it. He got to where I stood and stretched out his hands. I quickly handed him the ball and surprisingly, he flashed me a small smile. Hold on! Did that just happen? Did Almighty Paxton just smile at me? "Everyone else has gone home, what are you doing here? It's getting late," he said. It's not getting late, it's late already. And why is he speaking to me? why does he sound worried? He has the ball, Shouldn't he be running back to his guys? "Hey, you can hear me right? I'm talking to you," his voice snapped me out of my trance. "Oh...uhm... I'm..." I suddenly forgot the alphabet to form a sentence with. For goodness sake, where are my brains when I need them? "What's your name?" He asked. "Hailey," I replied. At Least, I couldn't possibly forget my name. "Hailey, it's late, what are you doing here?" He asked. "I... Uhm... I like watching you guys play," I stuttered. Okay now, why was I stuttering? Surprisingly, he smiled again. Today has to be the best day of my life because what!!! I'm standing a few feet away from Paxton my long-time crush, breathing the same air as him, speaking to him. And the biggest highlight, he smiled at me. Who would have thought? "Do you have any means of getting home? It's late and it's not safe," he said. "Of course, I'll find my way home, that's not a problem," I replied and turned around to leave. "Hey, we are actually done playing, I could drop you off," he said. I instantly halted on my spot and turned back towards him. I was practically screaming in my head out of excitement. He wants to drop me off with his car? How did we get here? "You... You will do that?" I stuttered. It was taking everything in me not to scream out right now. "Well, you are out late because of us, it's the least I could do," he replied. A wide smile broke out on my face, may all my days be as fruitful as today. "Alright, you wait right here okay? I'll just go say bye to my guys," he said and ran back to the pitch. I watched with a big smile on my face as he bade his guys goodbye and walked back toward me. "C'mon," he said leading the way to his car and I followed behind. ** "So you like watching us play huh? Does that mean you come around often?" He asked as he drove me home. "Often?" I chuckled. "I come around every single day." "But how come I've never seen you?" He said. "I'm always extra careful to avoid being caught by you guys, your ball just decided to expose me today," I joked and he laughed. "Well, maybe my ball wanted me to meet you today," he muttered and I turned away from him, I didn't want him to see my burning cheeks. I was blushing uncontrollably. Suddenly, the weather automatically changed, it became darker and scarier. "It's going to rain, thank goodness I didn't let you go home all by yourself," Paxton muttered. I just realized that he isn't only handsome but kind-hearted as well. It suddenly started raining and almost immediately, the clouds went dark. That's actually strange because the clouds aren't usually this dark when it's raining, something was different. I looked out the window and instantly noticed something scary. The dark and rumbling sky was just around us, and the rain was heavy around us too but on the other side of the street it was raining at a regular degree and the sky isn't that dark or scary. "What's happening?" I muttered to myself in fright, I was already panicking. "Don't panic okay? I'll get you home safely alright? It's just the rainy weather, it happens from time to time," Paxton tried to calm me down but I wasn't having it. It's obvious that something is definitely wrong. Almost immediately, a heavy wind swept into the car and lifted us into the air. A sharp cry left my mouth, is this how I'm going to die? What's going to happen to my dreams? Our car somersaulted severally in the air and crashed down heavily on the floor. That was the last thing I remembered before darkness enveloped me.