Walking into school has always been my least favorite part of the day. Why, you may ask? Because during the day I can just duck my head and stay invisible, but walking into school, everyone sees me. And if everyone sees me, everyone picks on me. I've tried everything short of coming in the back entrance (I'm not looking to get in trouble), but it never works.

As I walk into school, I hear the normal insults. You know, "ugly", "stupid", "friendless". The usual ones. I look down and attempt to run toward my locker. I say attempt becauser the halls are crowded. So the fastest I can go is a fast walk. This has always worked for me, but today seems to be an exceptionally bad one because the next thing I know, I'm running into someone's chest and falling to the ground. Of course, all my stuff goes everywhere and I can't get up because Bullying 101: Never let the nerd get off the ground. Every time I attempt to get up, I get pushed down by whoever I crashed into. I've always found it better not to look up in these situations.

Because today is "let's screw over Maggie" day, that doesn't work either. Whoever it is tells me to look at him, and when I don't he grabs me by my collar and hoists me to my feet. "Look me in my face," he growls out in a husky voice.

I look up and the second I do, I regret it. The eyes staring back at me are not only the Alpha's son's but my mate's eyes. "I'm so screwed." It was supposed to be a thought, but it comes out of my mouth. "Fück! No. I didn't say that! Hi?" I was a mess. He'd dropped me the second we'd looked at each other. I knew it. He knew it. And I was screwed.

"You're my mate," he breathes out. "You? Of all people?" I am feeling so blessed right now. (Not!) I mean who wouldn't want to be his mate? He is hot and he has power. Everyone wants to be his mate, except me. He's going to reject me on my birthday in front of the whole school and I am going to hate my life even more. I didn't even realize that was possible. He spoke again, "Okay."

"No rejection?" I ask him.

"I'm not a horrible person. I would never reject my mate. Even if it is the person I have hated for pretty much my whole life. I'm willing to give us a chance," he says.

I can't believe what I am hearing. He didn't reject me. He is actually giving me a chance! I want to jump up and down and scream for joy! I wasn't screwed. I didn't hate my life! He would protect me from my parents! Have you ever heard a fangirl when they hear their favorite celebrity is in town? You know pretty much 'OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!!'. That is me right now. In my head of course. Outside of my head, I lean in and hug him, enjoying the sparks and his delicious scent. Did I mention that he smells like peanut butter? Because he does, and I'm loving it. I love peanut butter, with literally everything. "We're already late to class," he says to me, "why don't we go learn more about each other?"

When we get to the library, he finds our seats in the corner and we sit down. "So tell me about yourself," he says innocently. I looked at him incredulously.

"Are you sure you want to do that? I mean my life has pretty much been crap...and that's been partly because of you." I feel the tears start to drip down my face and he pulls me into a hug. "I hate my life. I hate it. It sucks áss and I've wanted it to be over so much but I've never let myself do that because I knew that there would be someone to pick me up. And that person is you. You smashed my life to pieces, but I believe that you're also going to pick up those pieces and put them back together."

I ducked my head down after my little speech. God! I was such an idiot. Why would I say that? He was going to think I hated him and then he would reject me! I started crying even harder. "Maggie look at me," I heard his gentle voice. I just looked at the ground. Add my horrible speech to what my face must look like right now? Yeah, I was sure to be rejected. He put his finger under my chin and pushed it up. "I am so sorry that I did this to you. I promise to do my best to never hurt you again, and I swear by the Moon Goddess I will never leave you."