People glance over as they pass us to leave and I feel my face grow hotter.
“I cannot believe you just did that Ajax Stone! I will get you back for that!”
He throws his hands up quickly, “no, no, no retaliation needed. I’ll be good, I promise!”
I finally have my bag packed up so I stand up and lean in close to him. I give him a sweet kiss on the cheek before saying, “not too good I hope.”
He turns bright red and looks around the room and my revenge is complete. But I also kind of mean it, I want to move at his pace but I’m excited to see what things are like with Ajax at the next level.
I grab his hand and we head out the door on our way to the next class we share with everyone. I’m so glad I get this extra time with the guys in our classes. Between the actual classes and studying together, it’s a decent amount.
As we make our way across campus, I see lots of people wave or give bro nods to Jax, which is shocking since the guys seem to really stick together and Ajax is so shy. Now that I think about it, they all seem to get lots of hellos and friendly waves.
“How do you know all these people?” I ask him after like the tenth one.
“Oh I don’t, not really. I maybe have a class with them or something but they are all drawn in by what we are. All of us,” he answers.
When I give him a confused look, his face turns less sure, “does that not happen to you?”
“No, I’ve always had a harder time making friends or getting people to like me,” I answer.
He thinks on it for a minute before giving my hand a reassuring squeeze, “just another piece to the puzzle. We will figure it out!”
I nod but I don’t feel so sure. Why can’t I just be a normal supernatural who lines up with one of the guys? They have no idea what I could be and more things keep pointing to me being strange.
Not that the guys say that, they’re always staying positive no matter how much time we spend finding nothing.
Jax must notice my mood drop because he squeezes my hand before changing the subject.
“So, you have your date coming up with Jeremy, are you excited?” He asks.
I love that I can talk about this with him without it being weird. Who knew having five boyfriends wouldn’t be completely strange.
“Ya, I’m excited but I have no idea what we are doing,” I say before fishing by asking, “do you?”
“Oh no, even if I did, I wouldn’t tell you. If Jeremy wants it to be a surprise then you’ll just have to live with that,” he responds.
“If you knew, I bet you’d tell me,” I respond.
He blushes, “I probably would which is probably why Jeremy didn’t tell me, or any of us.”
“Hmm, fair enough,” I say.
“It seems like things between you two have been better,” he points out.
They really have, since we both decided to try, we have fallen into a natural relationship. I’m hoping this date validates all of that.
“Ya, we really have, it’s a lot better than when he hated me,” I say.
Jax snorts a laugh, “he never hated you and you know it.”
And he’s right, now I do know that. Before we were mates I would have never believed that boy didn’t completely hate me but now I know what was really wrong and we are moving past things. He’s still a grumpy demon but at least now he’s mine.
* * *
Jeremy and I have our date tonight and I’m incredibly nervous. I feel like I’m going on my first date ever which is crazy.
I can feel his nerves through the bond, though, so I know it’s not just me.
