*Xavier's POV*
When I came around the corner to see I believe Andrew (the next alpha to be) with his minions harassing Taylor my wolf was telling me "go to mate, please let me come out" I held him back. As I asked "what do you think you're doing?", when he answered telling me a bunch of lies I saw Taylor with her head down with tears in her eyes which made me see red so I let Damien out then proceeded to grab him by the neck to slam him against the wall and told him "if I EVER hear of you bothering or even being NEAR her again I will shred you to pieces, do you UNDERSTAND you might also want to relay the message to your whores as well?" For a second I thought he was actually gonna piss his pants because he was that scared, if he's supposed to be the next alpha then this pack is doomed.
After I dropped him to the floor I pushed Damien back into my mind and looked over at Taylor, I asked "are you ok, did they hurt you?" by the look on her face she was shocked so she just shook her head "no". She walked into the cafeteria with me close by before she headed out the back door so I continued to follow until we got to a tree where I noticed the boy that hugged her was sitting I'm guessing waiting for her then I let out a growl that made her jump a little at which I don't think she noticed me still with her by the reaction. When she came back to reality she placed her hand on my arm that sent sparks where she touched in turn calming me down considerably then she looked over at her friend while he looked at her and when she turned back to me it hit her of what was going on.
*Taylor's POV*
As I looked back at Xavier Sam got up, cleared his throat and introduced himself as he held out his hand to Xavier, at first he hesitated but smiled while introducing himself before we sat down to talk in order to learn more about each other. We told him that Sam was my only friend and was trying to protect as well as stand up for me to well really anyone & everyone although he tried asking about my home life and didn't push sensing that I wasn't ready to talk about that yet seeing as we only met a couple days ago.
Sam looked over at him with a smile along with a slight nod of his head seemingly in acknowledgment & approval after noticing the way Xavier kept looking over at me with...was that pride? Whatever it was made me feel better, I can't explain it but I feel safe around him so we must be mates seeing for a long time the only person I've ever really felt safe with is Sam.
After lunch we went to our lockers seeing as they were actually close by to grab our things for our next classes and headed out together since we have the same classes which I was thankful for so there weren't any interruptions on the way. The rest of the day went by so fast we didn't even realize this was the end of the school day, I was happy and at peace all the way home I didn't think anything could ruin my mood, boy was I wrong.