Chapter 24

It will hurt if you do

*************Blake POV*********

The thought of skipping a class wasn't something I thought to be doing. But the less of Nero that I see, the more quickly I could forget about him.

Last night was the worst, and this morning was even more terrible. Jason had not spoken a word to me, and I did the same because I felt ashamed that I used him at the party.

Also, he and Nero weren't speaking to each other either, and I feel like it has something to do with me. But then again, it could be more than that.

"Blake!" I heard the instructor call out my name, and I slowly raised my eyelid.

Ignoring his call, I kept my head on the desk and shut my eyes, feeling tired to go through this with him since this wasn't my first class under him.

"What are you doing?! Wake her up?!" Mr. Graham shouted.

Then I heard the omega seated beside me mumble, "Hey, you!"

Now, I was even more pissed and decided to act on my anger by being stubborn and not raising my head.

Whispering arose in the room, but I didn't care because their stupid remarks were only making me bitter.

But suddenly, I felt a manly hand rest on my neck and heard Jason's voice, "Blake,"

Now, I had to fake asleep because I felt a bit embarrassed to let him figure out that I was faking it.

"Wake up," Jason mumbled, rubbing my neck which felt ticklish and a bit different that made me feel a bit weird.

"Mmm" I whispered, raising my eyelids to see him staring at me.

It was all his fault that I had my head bent in the first place because he chose to sit right beside me today instead of waiting in the hallway.

Annoyed, I raised my head and stared at him, feeling emotionally drained, and my brain became blank from all thoughts.

"Do you want to share with us the work you did last night that kept you up and is causing you to sleep in my class?" Mr. Graham asked, scowling at me.

It wasn't strange that he was behaving rudely to me. After all, Karen had him and most of the instructors in her purse.

"I was simply sleepy," I mumbled, resting back in my seat as I focused on him.

"Rig-ht, so you choose to treat my class as something irrelevant and not pay attention!" Mr. Graham uttered, raising his voice a bit.

As I was about to speak, Karen suddenly blurted out, "Maybe her mate worked her around the clock last night, and that's why she is tired. It wouldn't be strange since she was bold enough to kiss him at the party yesterday."

"The semester is still new, so how about you focus on your study, huh, Miss Hayes?"Mr. Graham said, grimacing at me. " You are not the smartest here. Just a little advice before you flunk again."

Within a second, the class grew loud with noise from all the silly giggling and mumbling.

"And how about you stop being an ass kisser to Karen and taking every trash she says literally, judging me based on her idiotic remarks!" I loudly uttered.

Immediately, it grew silent as a frown settled on Mr. Graham's face, and Karen shouted, "You, bitch!"

"Yes!" I mumbled, looking directly into her blue eyes.

"Get the hell out of my class now!" Mr. Graham yelled with his fist clenched.

As Jason was about to speak, I held his wrist, and he paused, looking at me.

"Or what?" I uttered, swaying my gaze on Mr. Graham. "You are going to do what if I don't leave? Call Loki? Do it!"

"Don't push your luck with me, Blake?" Mr. Graham calmly said, yet his eyes burned with rage.

"This is me pushing my luck! Call Loki! Tell him how you insulted me in a crowded class by calling me, 'dumb.' And let's see who will still have air in their lungs before the day end!"

A look of hesitation crossed Mr. Graham's face as he stared at me, then at Karen. Then he cleared his throat and said, "Can you at least pay attention for the rest of the lecture?"

Ignoring his words, I laid my head back on the desk and shut my eyelids as a reward for all the times he embarrassed me, called me names in class, and worst of all, made Loki come on campus so often that I was getting a beating almost every day.

"Okay, back to the topic in discussion, Werewolf Shifting, and Transformation." Mr. Graham's annoying voice echoed in my ear.

After the class time was over, I grabbed my bag and walked out of the room, leaving Jason a few steps behind me.

When we got to my locker, I angrily unlocked it while listening to the annoying whispers in the hallway.

"No one has seen her wolf yet, and she is suddenly this bold!"

"Maybe she's faking it to look tough, so she wouldn't get bullied and be worth something."

Slamming my locker door shut, I angrily mumbled beneath my breath, "You guys are so fucking dumb!"

The hallway got instantly quiet, and I felt a bit calm, even though I could feel others' eyes on me.

"Blake," Jason called from behind me.

Still enraged, I turned to look him in the eyes and mumbled, "What?!"

"Nothing," Jason said with a straight face.

My tone was harsh, and I regretted it, so I sighed and whispered, "I'm sorry for lashing out at you. It's just that between what happened now and yes"

"I know," Jason said with a faint smile.

The atmosphere between us had changed, and I knew it. But I wasn't really to have such a talk with him because I was afraid of both ways our conversation could go.

"I got my next class," I mumbled, darting my eyes away from him. "Maybe you should stop following to sch"

"Can we talk about it later?" Jason suddenly asked.

Looking at the calmness in his eyes, I paused for a moment before silently nodding as I mumbled, "Sure."

At that moment, a scent caught my attention, and I gaze to the right, screwing my face into a frown as I glared at Karen.

"What?" I mumbled in annoyance.

"You keep forgetting your place, and I will have to remind you of it one of these days if you keep acting daring!" Karen said in a peremptory tone.

The more she keeps showing up in my face, the harder it's getting not to hurt her and use her as an example for everyone. Yet, I couldn't do it because the Noble was powerful, and if I was to puncture my claws in Karen's face, I need a good reason to do so.

As I was about to speak, Jason suddenly laced his fingers with mine and pulled me along with him.

"What are you doing?" I whispered, following him obediently.

As we walked past Karen, he eyed me and said, "You have a class to attend. Don't use those minutes to entertain rubbish."

"Hey!!" Karen screamed.

But Jason kept walking, and I could do nothing but followed him while holding in my laugh. When we got to my class door and stopped, I looked down at his fingers against mine.

Raising my gaze, I stared at his eyes and mumbled, "About last night"

"Don't apologize," Jason cut me off. "It will hurt if you do because what happened last night meant something to me."

The kiss meant something to him? What was that supposed to mean? Yet, I couldn't ask because I fear the answer, although the words were on my tongue.

"Okay. Then I am not sorry about last night." I mumbled, smiling softly at him.

For a moment, Jason intensely stared at me. Then he let go of my hand and said, "You should go in."

Not knowing what to say next, I turned away from him and headed into the room, walking to the back of the class.

After taking my seat, I was about to rest my head on the desk when my phone buzzed, and I gazed at Nero's name blinking on it.

At first, I didn't want to answer it. But after his third call, I accepted it and mumbled, "What is it?"

The line was silent for a moment. Then he finally uttered, "You missed class today. If you keep up such behavior you are going to have to repeat the cou"

"I'm thinking about dropping your class!" I blurted out.

Although I wasn't considering it at all before this moment, after blurting those words out, I was serious about it now.

"Oh," Nero's voice flowed through my ear, sounding shocked.

"Yeah. So you don't need to worry about me and my grades. We will be just fine." I mumbled, ending the call without waiting to hear if he had something else to say.

Tossing my phone on the desk, a groan slipped from my lips, and I squeezed my fist, realizing that I was caught in the middle of an Alpha and his Beta.

But then again, Nero doesn't have feelings for me, so that just meant it is Jason who

Nope! I shouldn't be reading too much into things because that is how my heart becomes a mess. For all I know, both of them could be mad at each other over nothing related to me.

"Okay, class, move to page fifty-five." Mr. Walter said, and I opened my textbook, ignoring all thoughts about Nero and Jason.