Not Ready For My Mate novel Chapter 79

"What?" We say stupidly, which therefore makes her hit her head on the lockers next to us.

"Okay I'm going to explain this very slowly. When you and Izzy came here this morning I could already see that you liked her. Problem is that she's oblivious, and is to scared to see it. We both know she is, don't deny it. So, the plan is simple. We'll pretend to date, making her realise that she lost you. She'll become jealous and she'll try to get you back. Simple. Oh and I have to be a jerk to her." She says as if it's the simplest thing in the world.

"Wait. Izzy would never do that. First of all, she has a mate out there, and I'm pretty sure that she won't leave him for me. Secondly, what makes you think she'd want me? Thirdly, what makes you think that by just me dating someone else, she'd become confident? Fourthly, why the hell do you need to be a jerk to her?" The last point we may have shouted at her for but she deserves it.

"Do I need to come up with everything?" She says and rubs her temples. Dramatic much? We glare at her and nod.

"Why?" She whines, stomping her foot like a toddler.

"Because it's your ridiculous idea. So you come up with everything."

"So you're in?"

"...Fine."

She claps her hands in excitement and bounces up and down. She grabs our arm again and pulls us to the cafeteria again. We enter quickly and sit down by the table with everyone else. We see Eric and Izzy have returned, and were sitting next too each other. Emma expects Izzy to be jealous, but it's us, who's the jealous ones. Just the way that she's sitting so close to Eric, as if he can save her at any moment. That's supposed to be us. Not him!

"Hey Izzy." We greet her, wanting her beautiful eyes to be on us. She waves her hands shyly over at us but doesn't look over. We frown sadly in our head, feeling the sting of rejection from that small act. Emma's plan is never gonna work. She doesn't even like us. She only thinks of us as the guy who saved her.

"You still didn't answer my question Theo." Callie says abruptly, making us look over at her. She's now glaring at us, getting frustrated that we won't answer. We look over at Emma but she only nods her head in encouragement.

We walk into the class but the teacher makes the both of us stand at the front of the class. We stand perfectly fine but when we look over at Izzy, we can see her shifting uncomfortably.

"Calm down, it's going to be okay." We whisper in her ear, trying to help. Her breath hitches but immediately calms down. She takes deep breaths and begins to stop shifting. The teacher then orders us to introduce and add an interesting fact about ourselves.

"My names Theo Black. I love sunlight." We're not lying about that. After not having the heat of the suns rays and the light of it across our skin for long periods of time, that became the most precious thing to us. We still cannot sleep in the dark. It always brings back the worst memories of our lives.

"M-My n-names I-Izzy. I-I like-"

"She likes reading, classic movies and animals." We hear someone utter from the doorway.