The Wallflower and the Alphas
Chapter 63 "The Bet"

Elijah P.O.V.

"Why are you doing here?" She asked us. Jake smiles at her, and I can't stand to lie to both. I feel like shit. But then I open my mouth to say something, but nothing comes out. I am standing there with a blank look on my face. I need to tell her, or she will be found out by someone else, and I can't let that happen. I can't hurt her. I could never live with myself. So, I look over at Jake, and he looks at me with a concerned and worried expression. I am trying not to show him and her the guilty expression on my face. I know what I did was so wrong. At the time, I just wanted to be around her, and when my football buddies made that bet, I took the chance to be with her. Oh, okay, I know it was wrong, but I do anything to be with her. I didn't need this stupid bet to be around Avery, my mate I had known for a year. I was so stupid to worry about being a strong alpha and not worried about what everybody would say if they found out the wallflower, nobody, bookworm, is my mate.

I wish I could go back to that awful day I made that bet with my loser's football buddies. If I had paid attention, none of this would ever happen. I won't be in this awful situation I was in that day. I wished I could go back that day, but I can't, so I know what to do now.

Hey, man, you are, okay?" I heard Jake say inside my mind. I didn't say anything and wasn't paying attention to him because I was too busy thinking about what I would tell her. I need to tell her the truth before someone tells her, and I can't let that happen. I need her, she is my life, and I can't lose her.

So, I chuckled and lied.

"Oh, nothing, except I am here to see if you're okay," I tell her. I am not lying, but I know what I must say to her. She does deserve the truth, I do know.

"Isn't that right, Jake?" I looked over at him, and he nodded his head at her.

"Yeah, that's true." and he smiled at her.

"Oh, Okay..." She said with a confused look on her beautiful face. She didn't believe us because we did bully and never treated her nicely. So, I don't blame her for being confused and, on my toes, if I knew someone treated me like shit and never treated me nice, I would be watching and not believe them; they want to talk to me and be nice too.

"Anything else? You want." She asked us. But we just stood there staring over at her with want and desire in our eyes.

Fuck! I want her," I heard Jake say in his mind. He forgot we were still linked. But I didn't say anything, but I agree with him and can't. I thought not before everything was okay, and she knew the truth about the bet.

"What bet?" I heard Jake say.

Oh, fuck! I should have shut my mind link before he heard me. I always close the connection between him and me when I think about and tell my secret. But I was too much into my thoughts and forgot I left it open. I hope the other pack members didn't hear me. Now, Jake was staring at me with a confused and wondering expression. So, after we tell our mate goodnight, we will pick her up early for school tomorrow. But right now, we are still inside her room by the door.

She is already over by her bed with a towel wrapped around her gorgeous body. I want to lick and suck and kiss all over, but right now is not the time. I needed to tell her what I wanted to say and leave and take care of my raging hard-on all night since we were in her bedroom before she took off and ran away from Jake and me.

"Well, that's all you wanted. Will you both please leave now?" She tells us not to ask us. She didn't want to be around us, and she didn't trust us. I understand, so I tell her.

"Well, goodnight, princess," I said with a bow. Then, I started turning around and going to walk out. By the time we got to the door, I had turned around.

"Oh, by the way, we are picking you up early in the morning for school, so get ready," I tell her, and she nods at me and blushes, trying to cover her body with the towel. But she doesn't have to worry because I am leaving, and I will not try anything tonight with her. So, I walked out the door and started walking down the hallway, and when I hit the stairs, I heard Jake behind me.

"Okay, what is going on, and what were you mumbling about a freaking bet?" He asked me.

"Not here, I tell him." We will talk later." I tell him looking around. I didn't want someone to hear us if I started telling Jake anything about the bet.

So, we started walking down the stairs, and I saw people and Avery's parents. I told them to say goodnight and visit them later tomorrow morning because am and Jake were picking their daughter up for school. I walked out the door. I saw Jayson and that blonde chick friend with Avery making out by his truck, and I rolled my eyes. I knew they were messing around. I didn't see Eli, mine, and Jake, another best friend, anywhere. He is probably fucking some slut who doesn't even know her name later. He the manwhore now because of me and Jake and the look of it, even Jayson.

"Oh, okay, tell me now." I heard Jake say behind me, and I wasn't paying attention; I was chatting inside my head. So, I licked my lips and looked around to make sure I told him, and I should turn off my mind linked to my packhouse, so they don't know what I will tell Jake.

Okay, you have to promise not to hit me." I asked him. He gives me a weird look on his face.

Yeah, sure, man, I promise." He tells me. So, I opened my mouth again and asked him. Also, make sure he promises not to kill me either that important question.

"Jake, you have to promise you won't kill me, too," I told him.

"Dude, stop, or I am going to beat your ass. So, just tell me, your fucking annoying me." He said with a chuckle escaping his mouth. I wasn't laughing. So, I took a deep breath, opened my mouth, and spoke.

"Well, the thing is that I made a bet, and I regret it now."

"What, you mean a bet and regret it now?" He asked me.

"It was a bet about Avery," I tell him. I stared at him and saw what the expression on his face was going to be. I know if it were me on the other foot, I would be beating his fucking ass for doing that to our mate. But it's not him; it's me. So, I don't blame him for beating my ass.

"What about Avery? He said with a growl in said his throat.

"Well, I made a bet that I could get Avery to fall in love with me by the dance; when that happened, I would tell her in front of the whole dance that it was just a bet and why I would fall in love with a loser like her," I tell him that and I am waiting for the hit that comes. I stand my ground waiting for his fist to connect to my jaw, but it never happens. But what he did was something different. He stared at me with sadness in his eyes.

"Oh, Elijah, what have you done." He told me, shaking his head, and he walked away from me, and I could tell I hurt him, and our friendship could be broken by what I did. So now, I don't have my best friend. I might not have my girl after tonight.

"Oh, God! I am such an idiot!" I yelled out, hit my knees, and started crying. I didn't do sent it. I was younger when my uncle and aunt died in that awful war when I was ten. That was when I found Avery at the wallflower crying. That was when I started making fun of her and teasing her since that day. I guess I started liking her, and I was going to tell her, but instead, I started calling her names, and I got scared.

I know when I made her cry and hurt her. I would feel ashamed and feel like shit for hurting her. I apologized to her she smiled and forgave me, but this time I was afraid she would not forgive me.

"I am so sorry, sweetheart; please forgive me," I said. But at the time, I didn't know someone was listening to what I said. So, they heard what I said.

I looked up at her window. I saw the lights go off, and I watched a little longer, and I turned away from her house and went to my truck and got in and shut the door and started up the engine and drove off towards down the road away from my world that is going to fall apart now.

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