Never too late: a lesson learns from a rejection.

Chapter 03: My mate

Lucy’s P.O.V

It was another usual day. When my sister came home from school, I got ready and went to the gas station to start my evening shift. Our small town was not very crowded, and there were not so many people coming to the gas station, which gave me plenty of time to think. I wondered who my mate was, how he looked like. I really wished that I would have an ever-loving mate, as my father was to my mother, and vise versa. I also wished I would get to know him very soon.

After I finished my shift in the gas station, I went to the club to start my usual night shift. I really didn’t like working in a club, but I also did not want to take night shifts in the station. The surrounding near the station got scary at night and it was far more from home than I would like to have. If I were to take night shifts in the station, most of the time I would be alone there, which would make it scarier and more dangerous. At least in the club, I was protected against both humans and other elements. I worked at the liquor store. From time to time, I came into the bar to refill and helped the bartender Michel when he was getting a lot of customers, usually Friday nights and weekends. The staff in the club were all human and really kind. I got on with them very well. When it got super late, they always dropped me home.

I am a short girl, only 5 feet tall, but I always get unwanted attention from the opposite and from the same s*x, due to my curvy body. I have coffee-colored hair and blue-green eyes. As I heard and read from books when a werewolf turns 18 years old. the color of the eyes should be changed to darker colors, usually black or coffee color, but mine remain as same as before. I asked my wolf.

“It is for your own safety. You will figure it out by yourself later”. It was her answer. 

I did not want to ask her more and I just replied to her in my mind with “Okay” as I was taking a deep breath out.

It was past 10 PM. We did not have a lot of customers today. I came to the bar to chat with Micheal. He was one of my best friends. He went to the same high school as me. Sometimes, we used to play basketball together, after school. I really enjoyed spending time together with him. A part of me wished that he would be my mate. When I saw him in the club that day, it was obvious that he was not the one. He is two years elder than me. We sometimes flirted with each other, made some casual conversation about our day-to-day life and what was happening in news. We both enjoyed giving our perspectives for major news, spreading on the television. It was really fun. I did not know anything about him or his background. I always mind my own business and personally did not enjoy gossiping around with others and their lives. Almost every day, he told me to go out there and use my feminine charms to find a boyfriend. I always replied to him the same thing in reverse. It seemed that he had forgotten my birthday and I did not have any intention to remind him of that.

Micheal got a bit busier with some customers and I stared at the door. without any intentions. At that point, Jack entered the club. He is the youngest son of the beta of Moon Diamond Pack. He was a well-known playboy, lived a totally carefree life. In short, his figure is like a living Greek god. He is very tall, I thought might be around 7 feet, and has a lean muscular body, equipped with dark wavy hair and a pair of black gem eyes. He did not have to waste any effort and naturally became the center of attention whenever he was around. Not only girls but also guys were all over him. Compared to those girls, who put a thousand efforts into their beauty, I felt actually like a piece of trash. I never paid any attention when came to beauty. I occasionally applied some markup especially when I had to go out.  

Jack was in the same class with Micheal in school. He had the hottest smile I had ever seen, which gave girls o****m on the spot. I used to watch him sometimes when I was in school. He never smiled at him, but always behaved like I never existed whenever I confronted him face to face. He always came to the club very late, usually near its closing times, took some drinks, and went out with some random girls, every day with different girls. I sometimes admired how things came so easily to him, where most of us have to work our ass out.

When he saw me, he stopped and looked at me like how a tiger looks at a deer as its long-waited prey. He never paid any special attention to me before. When I saw those focused, shining eyes of him on me, I felt something different. I felt like someone was tingling me with a feather, meantime a heatwave generated in my heart and traveled through my body. It felt different but was really good. When he was coming closer to me, I saw that his eyes were filled with lust.

“Mate”, Chandra told in my head as she was enjoying the view. She started to jump in my head. It increased my heart rate like a rocket and I was sure that I could have heard my own heartbeats.

“f**k, f**k, fuck...” “Why does it have to be him?” I told to myself.

“This really cannot be true. He will never accept us as his mate. I am sure he is going to reject me on this spot”.

He started to work toward us, never leaving his eyes that had already focused on me.

“Do not get over-excited Chandra. He is a playboy. I do not think he is going to accept us as his meal”. I warned Chandra, but she paid no attention and continued to stir my brain, driving me crazy.

“He will do no such things. He needs his mate. He must accept us”. Chandra told me. I hoped what Chandra said would come true. I was more than willing to give a try and be his mate, than accepting the rejection. I would take good care of him. I would definitely keep him happy, but I knew, for my own good, I have to put my guards up.

Once he was there at the bar, he broke his deep stair toward me and ask Michel a shot of Emperador. He looked at me and asked.

“Care to join with me for a shot”

“No thank you. I am not taking hard liquors and I am working” I said politely

“WOW, that is something I never expect to hear from someone who working at a club”. He teased me and gave me a flirtatious smile. It was really a smile worth risk for. Chandra was really trying to come out, and I had to pay a lot of energy to put her back in the head.

I just replied to him with a small smile.

“So, you really are my mate, fascinating”. He just told me while taking a sip from his drink. His eyes were filled with a lot of emotions. I could not figure out what he was feeling, but lust was obvious. I felt that I was getting wet down there. I also felt a hint of anger in his tone. I just thought that I was just overthinking. After all, he took the initiative to come to me. I felt like it was a good beginning.

“I am still completely lost for this mate thingy”. I should not have said that. It just flipped through my lips. I could not control of own thoughts. I thought to myself, It was better I keep the conversion as minimum as possible, not making myself stupid anymore. 

He just smiled and took another sip.

“Do you want to figure it out together?” he asked

“Yeah, sure”

“How about we just leave this place and go somewhere quiet”

“I am still working. Do you think you can wait a bit? My shift will be finished in 30 minutes". I really did not know what to expect.

“Meet me at the door”. He took the drink and disappeared into the crowd.

When I look aside, I saw that Michel was observing us, putting his shining eyes on me. I didn't know why I smiled very shyly and took my leave from the bar to the store.

I texted my sister saying that I will come home late. We never used to ask questions back. 

“Have fun”. Lily just replied. She might have thought that I was planning to go out with my friends to celebrate my birthday. 

Once I finished my shift, I quickly grabbed my things and went to the front door. He was waiting for me there. I felt happy about that. Without saying a single word, he took my hand and led me toward his car. Surprisingly, my body automatically followed him, showing no reluctance. I had never gone with anyone like this before. It felt really good holding his hands. I was sure that I was blushing. I was covered with goosebumps. My heart was speeding fast. Besides all of them, Chandra was howling happily in my head. It was nice to see how she got excited around him. He opened the door for me, and I got into the car blushing, without nattering a word. He got into the car from the other side. Once he was inside, I looked at him said “thank you”

No word left his mouth as he was just staring at me, mostly focusing on my lips.