The Alpha’s Curvy Cinderella - Chapter 15: Chapter 15

Grant POV
I don’t know what came over me. It was like I was possessed or something. There I am, minding my own business on the bleachers outside, watching amused while the girls run past me on the track, when something alerts me that something is wrong with Jordan. Normally I wouldn’t give a rat’s ass but something fierce shot through me when she suddenly fainted on the grass and before anybody could move, I had raced to her side and grabbed hold of her. It shocked the hell out of me. I expected her to be heavy but instead, she was light as a feather and her breasts pressed pleasantly against my chest, eliciting a reaction from down below I hadn’t quite been expecting.
This was Jordan for heaven’s sake I reminded myself, even as my arms wrapped protectively around her. I wasn’t attracted to her. She was nothing, a nobody. Hades was annoyed with me.
She isn’t a nobody. Christ, it’s like talking to a brick wall, only I suspect a brick wall would have a higher IQ he sniffed and aren’t you worried about her? She just fainted, right in front of us.
So? It’s probably because she’s so overweight and unfit. It shouldn’t be any concern of ours I argued back, even as I steadfastly refused to put her down despite her protests, carrying her towards the nurse’s office.
It doesn’t cost much to be worried about another human being Grant. Showing concern for other pack members is literally a part of the job description. I wish you would realize that Jordan is a vital component of the pack.
Her? No, she isn’t. She’s lucky she’s still in the pack. You know as well as I do, that she’s only lasted this long because Maxwell is her father and the Gamma of the pack. Part of me wonders why she doesn’t do us all a favor and runs away.
You’re heartless growled Hades so what if she is weaker than the other wolves? Since when is it a requirement that you must be strong in order to remain in a pack? The stronger ones of us are meant to look after the weaker ones and protect them. That is how a pack is meant to work. Nobody should be left behind.
Hades, you need to learn that the weak will only drag the strong down. If they can’t contribute to the safety of the pack, then what good are they? At least omegas serve the Alpha and Luna. Jordan doesn’t even do that because of her father. She has it easy I commented.
If you think she has it easy, then you are blind as well as dead he snarled you don’t see what’s happening all around you and you contribute to it. Sometimes I think the pack would be better off if you weren’t about to become its Alpha.
Whoa, Hades. Where is this coming from? We’re the strongest wolf in the pack. There’s no one to challenge us. Who else would be Alpha I said confused.
You are a complete i***t sighed Hade’s strength isn’t everything and you’re about to learn that the hard way he added cryptically as I frowned.
What did he mean by that?
I didn’t have time to ask him as I deposited Jordan on the bed inside the nurse’s office. The nurse was a pretty young thing and was flirting with me, but I ignored her, asking that she check that Jordan was okay. It stunned me that I didn’t just walk out of the room once I’d gotten her there. The nurse begrudgingly took her blood pressure and asked her a few questions. I saw Jordan go pink when she cruelly said that it was her weight that had caused her to faint. Hades was growling at the comment. I told him to calm the f**k down and then before we could get into another argument with each other, I left the room.
Screw this, I thought with a grimace, I was not in the mood to go to class right now. I headed back outside and sat on the bleachers. One of the perks of being an Alpha or soon-to-be Alpha is that the teachers didn’t object to anything you did. You received special treatment. It might not seem fair but that’s how a hierarchy works. I sat my ass down and sighed. For some reason it didn’t come as much of a surprise when Sarah came outside and approached me, climbing up the bleachers, an angry look on her face. She looked pissed. I rolled my eyes. Great. Now she was going to start the dramatics.
That’s what you get for hooking up with her. Maybe you shouldn’t have been such a man w***e and waited for your mate snapped Hades.
Don’t start Hades. We’ve been over this. Sarah is going to be my chosen mate. She’s everything I have ever wanted in a girl. So what if she can be a little high maintenance at times?
Our mate is the most beautiful girl in the world. Sarah can’t compare to her. You are being a stubborn jackass that only cares about yourself he snarled what about my feelings? What about what I want Grant? My mate is the other half of me and Sarah is just a slut who wants to be Luna.
Hades, don’t speak about Sarah like that! I do care about what you want, but in time you’ll see that this is the right thing to do. She’s a gamma’s daughter for heaven’s sake. It’s not like she’s a nobody.
You only care about status Grant. It makes you a selfish, arrogant asshole. There is more to life than comparing one another’s roles in life. Urgh he snapped I can’t talk to you anymore. You’ve pissed me off. I’m putting a block up, you big stupid lummox. Sometimes I wish the moon goddess would give me another body because this one is occupied by a dummy.
With that parting shot, he put up a block before I could protest. I grimaced. Well if he wanted to be that way, so be it. He wasn’t going to change my mind.
Sarah stood over me, her hands on her hips, her brown eyes regarding me with anger. What the hell had I done wrong now? I thought she was still pissed at me for the other night.
“Sarah,” I said calmly “do you mind telling me what the problem is now? I thought you weren’t speaking to me” I pointed out.
She gave a big huff. “Is it true” she demanded icily, her brown eyes narrowed, “did you really do it?”
Did I do what I wondered puzzled? What on earth was she blabbering about now?
“Maybe you could tell me what exactly it is I’ve done,” I said nonchalantly, as she threw her hands up in the air with frustration.
God were all girls like this or just her?
“I just heard that you were seen carrying Jordan through the hallways” Sarah hissed, her eyes darkening “and that she was cuddling into you.”
Oh. That. I forced a laugh and gave a nonchalant shrug. “She fainted while I was outside and Mrs. Roberts needed someone to carry her to the nurse’s office” I lied “Considering I’m an Alpha and the strongest one here, naturally it fell to me.”
She tightened her mouth for a moment and then relaxed. “The cuddling into you?” she asked suspiciously.
“Was merely her resting against me as we walked. You have nothing to be worried about” I said laughing “as if I would be interested in your sister! I mean come on” I joked “me with an elephant? It doesn’t make sense.”
She giggled and flipped her hair over her shoulder. “I guess you’re right,” she said exhaling and sitting beside me “I wasn’t thinking clearly.”
I raised an eyebrow. She huffed, looking apologetic. “I’m sorry about the other night” she began as I listened incredulously “I didn’t have any right to try and pressure you into doing something you didn’t want to do. I shouldn’t have made that comment about your parents either. It wasn’t fair and it wasn’t true.”
Looks like I won’t have to apologize after all I thought triumphantly, a small smile curving on my face.
“Maybe next time, think before you speak” I advised her as she gave a sheepish nod “But it’s all forgiven,” I said casually, eyeing her sideways “I’m sure I can think of a way for you to make it up to me.”
She colored but nodded eagerly. If it wasn’t for the fact we were at school, I would have been demanding a s****I favor then and there. Instead, I was having to content myself with waiting. My c**k twitched with anticipation. But I also knew that I need to make some sort of gesture towards her.
“Come to the ball with me as my date” I offered spontaneously, causing her mouth to gape wide open.
“I thought, I thought” she stammered, looking shell-shocked “that you couldn’t in case you found your mate” she whispered, putting a hand to her mouth.
“I don’t want to go the ball alone,” I said “and you’re the only one I want to take. So what is it? Will you be my date to the ball Sarah?” I teased.
Her eyes were shining. I didn’t realize it would mean this much to her.
“Oh Grant” she whispered “Of course I will” she squealed, the sound piercing my ears and causing a ringing sound.
Wow. The sound felt like it pierced my skull. I winced. She flung her arms around me. “I can’t wait” she continued to squeal as I felt my head begin to throb from the shrill tone of her voice “I’m going to make sure I’m the prettiest one there, “she told me.
“You already are,” I said, earning me big brownie points.
She plastered her lips against mine, sitting on my lap and rubbing against me. f**k. My c**k twitched. I plundered her mouth roughly, making her moan out loud. My hand gripped the back of her head and entwined itself in her hair. Hades sent me his feelings of disgust and I fought it back, before reluctantly pulling away.
Sarah was panting, her eyes sparkling. She slowly slid off my lap, a knowing smile on her face as she looked down at my erection. She gave me a wink. “I’ll take care of that later” she promised as I sucked in a breath.
Later was a damn long time away I thought glumly as she began to head down the bleachers. Wait where was she going? It’s not like she had to attend class, I would just get the school to excuse her from them.
“Where are you going?” I yelled out, as she glanced over her shoulder, a fierce expression on her face.
“To take care of something” she shouted “I’ll see you at yours” she added, waving cheerfully.
Huh, I wonder what she was going to take care of? There was a bit of an angry stride in her walk even as she’d appeared to be cheerful when she spoke. Who knows, I thought shaking my head and wondering how my mother was going to take the news when I told her I had a date to the ball. Something told me I was going to have a lot of smooth talking to do, I concluded, thoughts whirling in my mind as I thought about different ways to butter my mother up.