One Week 'Til Prom

"Phemie, over here!" Evelyn waved as she held onto Jesse's arm as they stood by the doors to the school. I made my way over to my best friends when I feel an arm draped over my shoulders.

"Hey, you!" Came the sultry voice of my long-time crush. We did get a little closer over the weekend, after he took me dress shopping we stopped for ice cream. Saturday morning he showed up at my door with coffee and donuts, and we spent the entire day together. Sunday he came over that afternoon and took me out for lunch and we spent most of the day at the park. It was amazing, the most fun I had in a long time, and to think it was all spent with Karter Jenkins! "I had a great time over the weekend," He whispered close to my ear.

"Well, you two look cozy," Cami eyed us both before winking. She quickly turned around and sashayed into the overly crowded hallway. The stares kept coming like they had when Karter first asked me to walk into the school with him, but I didn't care anymore. Okay, well, maybe a little, but this was everything I had ever dreamed of.

"I'll see you for lunch," Karter broke my daydream and I smiled as he kissed my hand before heading down the hallway.

"Are you two an item?" Evelyn squealed as she rocked back and forth on her heels. She quickly kissed Jesse before dismissing him in fear she might miss my juicy gossip.

"No, at least I don't think so. He never asked, but we did spend the weekend together," I said proudly, shoving books into my locker.

"The weekend, huh?" Camilla motioned her eyebrows up and down while sucking her teeth.

"Yes, wait, no, oh, come on you guys. He came over on Saturday and Sunday, it was nice," I fumbled my words making my way to class.

"Ladies the bell rings in 3...2...1..." The all too familiar voice of Mr. Cuttingham's rang out as we quickly made our way to our seats.

"Euphemia Winters!" Shouted Jayla as the sound of her pink high heels clicked on the floor of the long corridor. "I saw you and Karter over the weekend," She paused putting one hand on her hip as she waited for the remaining students to find their way out of earshot.

"You guys looked great!"  Lina spoke up with a big smile before realizing her remark.

"No, they didn't!" Jayla hissed. "Don't think your little charade will change the fact that I will be this pack's future Luna, whether you like it or not. Even though I'm going to prom with someone else, it will be me that Karter leaves with." I scrunched my eyebrows and looked at her in disbelief. "Oh, didn't you hear? Karter's parents, Alpha Kiefer and Luna Ashlyn will be signing a new law. The Chosen Mate Law, states that any persons willing to be together may bite one another's neck to then be chosen mates. Those also of the parents' choosing, what does that mean? It means the parents can choose their children's mates!" She taunted. She pushed past me after I didn't react, I just stood there, silently. Forcing myself to put one foot in front of the other, I finally reached the cafeteria.

"Phemie, are you okay? I was looking everywhere for you," Karter asked as he came running up to me, grabbing me by the arm, and helping me to my seat.

"Phemie, is everything alright?" Camilla touched my hand and I couldn't stop myself, I blurted it out like lava, the taste was horrible as it was leaving my tongue. The utter shock and disbelief in their eyes as I spewed this unlucky news was awful.

"That can't be right, I mean I know my parents wanted me to get with Jayla Stewert, they are the wealthiest family in the tri-state pack. The Moon Light Pack, The Twilight Pack, and The Shadow Pack, but they wouldn't go this far, they wouldn't make it into law," Karter raised his thick black eyebrow as he got up and started to pace the floor. "That chosen mate deal happened over a hundred years ago because two werewolves were deeply in love and hadn't found their mates. They had to get an agreement from the council, no I'll go see Mr. Song he's on the council he'll know. Don't worry Phemie, they can't force me to be her mate," He grabbed my hand and kissed it before jogging out of the cafeteria. 

"Yeah, I wouldn't worry too much Phemie, I'm pretty sure Karter likes you," Cami winked as she got up to get me a plate of food.

"I say he might even make you his mate at prom," Evelyn giggled leaning into Jesse as he held her closer, just as she turned her head inward, I noticed the fresh bite on her neck.

"Looks like it's official now," I raised my bottle of water and toasted Evelyn and Jesse as Camilla placed my tray in front of me.

At the ringing of the last bell, I looked for Karter but couldn't find him or his truck, which I had gotten used to. "Cami, do you know where Karter is?" I asked as she slipped into my Jeep.

"No, I haven't seen him since lunch," She stated retrieving her cell phone from her bag. 

"We hadn't seen him either Euphemia," Evelyn remarked as she waved us off heading toward Jesse's truck.

"It's okay, he's probably off with the council, we'll see him tomorrow at school. Now, come on, I want to get my scary movie on," Camilla giggled as I shot her a smile getting into my Jeep and taking one last look around.

"So, shall I invite Evelyn over so we can have a girl's night?" She asked as we made a sharp turn heading toward my apartment.

"If you think you can pull her away from Jesse, you know they finally made it official?" I asked as I parked and headed into the apartment. 

"Meh, I'll call her anyway!" She squealed as she headed for the sofa.