Alpha Zander
Chapter 32

“Turn the damn thing off” Chloe g*****d, hitting me on the side as alarm sounds rang through the early morning.

The sun shone through the window shutters, landing on the king-sized bed with the three of us sprawled across it.

Chloe’s room was cream, mint green, and a few gold highlights. She had mint green covers and pillows, and her chair in the corner next to her massive walk-in wardrobe was also mint green with cream and gold pillows.

It was well and truly the next morning when we fell asleep. It was nice to catch up with the girls. I felt like I hadn’t in ages since everything had moved quickly with Zander.

Yes, we see each other at school, but that talk is usually about school and other bits and bobs since there are so many unwanted ears around. It’s hard to have meaningful conversations without people listening.

It was so hard trying to keep Zander a secret last night. I nearly slipped up once or twice. Chloe was too engrossed in babbling about her and Bobby to notice.

I’m not sure about Skyla. That girl is still a mystery to me sometimes. She just sat silently, listening to our conversation. I hoped everything at home was OK. We didn’t know much, but we tried to include her in many things, like last night.

I looked at the clock and saw it was 7.15 am, gr0aning internally. We didn’t have enough time to go home and grab some clothes for school.

Chloe and I were similar in height and build. She had a bit more of a bust area and beautiful blond shoulder-length hair, thank goodness we had similar taste in style, although she had more dresses than I did.

Skyla was a bit shorter with darker hair. I hoped Chloe had some clothes we could borrow.

By 7.30, Skyla and I had already gotten up, washed our faces, and tried to prepare for school. While Chloe slept through the alarms and us getting ready, she was not a morning person.

“Come on, babe, or we will be late. Skyla and I still need to borrow some clothes for today”. I shook her for the third time this morning.

Chloe g*****d again and slowly tried to get up. We weren’t drinking last night. We just had a late-night chat, did our nails, went through magazines, and chatted about our future possibilities. But we all need our sleep.

Chloe more so than Skyla and I.

“You guys need clothes?” She asked, running her eyes over us with a questioning look. Both of us nodde in confirmation.

“Ohh, I know, we can all dress up super nicely! We did our nails last night. Let’s replace something to wear with them.”

Chloe clapped her hands happily, doing a little dance in bed.

Skyla and I rolled our eyes in annoyance, “Ohh pleaseeeee, just this once, I promise. It’ll be fun.”

“We are only going to school..” Skyla mumbled.

Chloe jumped out of bed and ran to her walk in the closet. The closet was beautiful. It was cream with beautiful markings on the ceiling. I am always in awe when I see her wardrobe. It’s nearly as big as my bedroom.

She ran to one of the sides that was full of her dresses. On the left of her dress was a full floor-to-ceiling shoe rack with heals, flats, and vans that she always wore. Her handbags with all the different accessories in the drawers were on the back wall behind.

Most of the items had some gold or mint, her signature color, but it all worked well together.

Her father was a partner in a well-known law firm in the city, and her mother was a surgeon, so they were swimming in cash.

They had busy lives, so one child was enough.

Fortunately, that child is the sweetest girl and my best friend.

Chloe pulled out two dresses. One was light pink with puffy arms reaching just above the knees, and the second was an ocean blue spaghetti strap pencil dress similar in length.

“Chloe, we are going to school! Not the strip club.”

Skyla said, folding her arms in annoyance. I somewhat agreed with her but was also curious about what Zander would do if I wore that dress to school.

“It might not be a bad idea?” I mumbled. Both sets of eyes snapped up to mine. Surprised, I commented.

“Really?” Skyla asked, tilting her head curiously.

I shrugged, trying to hide the blush that was creeping up. “Could be fun.”

Chloe grinned triumphantly when Skyla gr0aned and snatched the blue dress out of her hands. I grabbed the pink dress, quickly str!pped, and got into it.

We headed off to school. I knew we were going to run a little late, by about 5 minutes, but with Chloe’s driving, we might make it on normal time.

We soon pulled into the school parking lot just as most students were. I took a deep breath before opening the car door. I didn’t know what reactions to expect. I hoped I at least got one reaction from the one person I wanted.

Kia was all excited about being at school, bouncing around happily. She was excited to see Zander’s reaction. She wanted to jump him every time l caught his scent. I was nearly ready. I felt comfortable being around him now. I didn’t know how to tell him or our family members about our situation.

As we got out of the car, a few whistles went our way. One person called out, “Danm, you look fine.”

Chloe let out a little squeal behind Skyla and me as we made our way toward the lockers. We both spun around to see what was wrong, only to replace Bobby Enderson wrapping his hands around her, bringing her into a deep k!ss.

‘I want that with our mate,’Kia whined.

“We will soon, I promise.

Skyla rolled her eyes and continued to walk into the school gates. I went to follow and caught his scent in the breeze. My eyes darted around to try and replace where he was, standing next to his car with Danni and his other friends. His eyes snapped up to mine. They turned dark and feral, flicks of gold flashing through as Jace showed himself known.

Kia was still bouncing around all excited; now she had seen Zander.

‘Mate, Mate, Mate’ she chanted.

Skyla turned around, giving me a questioning look, “are you all good?” she asked, snapping me out of my daze.

“Perfect,” I breathed, smiling at her and following her into the school gates.