*Nikki's POV*
When I got to school this morning I had been trying to come up with a plan or excuse in order to lure Taylor which I think I just found the answer in the form of Stacey's mate that happens to be Taylor's best friend so this be easier than I thought well except that if she tells Xavier I'll have to come up with something to convince him that I'm trying to make nice & actually change I scoffed at the idea. Ha Ha Ha that's funny...she doesn't deserve to be Luna, I do. I know I can be a better one than she can and from what Nick said along with how he was talking about her that she's just a waste of space & would only bring this pack down not build it up the way I know I can, my wolf Hailey decides to put her two cents in by asking "how do you know that she would only bring the pack down, you've just met her but haven't talked to her yet? Why would you agree to help this Nick guy when you don't know anything about him or even asked any questions of why he wants to get to her again? It makes me wonder and fear that if he's already gotten to her once, what did he do to her to make her leave her pack!" I just snapped at her yelling I don't care what he plans or what did to her, she took what's mine & I'll be damned if I'm going to allow that to happen before I completely blocked her from my mind.
I didn't get a chance to talk to her all day without someone hovering or being close to her like they're paranoid of something but when I saw her in Math with nobody around I knew this was my chance so after Stacey waved hi to her I started to walk over. I sat down which surprised her & apologized for my behavior just telling her that I'm not usually like that which I think caught her off guard but I'll try anything to get her to trust me enough. Instead of just beating around the bush I came right out to invite her over my house telling her that there would be a few kids there although it's just gonna be us hoping that this'll work which surprised me because she said yes but she still seems guarded.
I stood up just when the teacher was entering the class to sit back down with a smile on my face, happy that I'll be getting Xavier back & she'll be gone so as soon as school was done I called Nick to inform him that it was all set for Friday. All I could hear is laughing over the phone then he said in a low voice most likely not meant for me to hear "mmm now I'm gonna have her again but this time will be much different cuz this time you die" before hanging up just now realizing that I was still on the phone.
Again Hailey decides to pipe in with "can you honestly say that you're not worried about what his plans are for her after hearing THAT or feeling guilty for taking part in it...really?" I listened for a second then rolled my eyes and told her "I don't care what he does since it doesn't concern me, it's NOT my problem! I have MY end goal in sight with her being gone & me getting Xavier back so you can't tell me otherwise!" then growled before I pushed her to the back of my mind again shutting her out completely.
After hearing that and what he said over the phone got me thinking, am I doing the right thing? What DID he do to her "last time" & why does he want to kill her now? All these things have me thinking even though I'll do anything to get Xavier back now I'm not so sure although I'd never admit it to Hailey so I guess I'll have some things to think about.
*Stacey's POV*
I'm beyond happy, I still can't believe that I finally found my mate but what's more shocking is how Taylor reacted & what she said to me about getting to know him first before rejecting him even after Nikki and I glared at her so Nikki saying that Taylor was a b**ch but I'm not seeing that at all. I've been worried since that Nick guy talked to us, what he said has had me on edge wondering why he wants to get a hold of her so bad & what exactly happened the "last time" as he put it. I have a bad feeling about it so I really hope that Nikki doesn't go through with it, maybe I can try asking Sam although I'm not sure if he'll actually tell me but at least I can try since now I know that she is really nice I don't want anything to happen to her so if I can help I'll try.
So with that decided I asked Sam if he wanted to hang out after school which I was happy that he said yes. I waited for him out front of the school before heading to my house, when we walked in I grabbed us both something to drink and a snack then walked to my room so we could start doing some of our homework. After finishing with our first thing of homework I got the nerve to ask him nonchalantly about what happened with Taylor as I peeked up at him to gauge his reaction which it had him immediately stiffen up then asked what I meant.
I just told him that I overheard someone saying that something bad happened to her but since I don't really like gossip but when I didn't get a reply I told him that he didn't have to talk about it. He turned to me with a pained expression on his face & said that what he was about to tell me couldn't leave this room then he paused before telling me that she was attacked by someone she knew and that it was really bad because she almost died. All I could muster was a horrified look on my face while saying "Oh my god", he told me that "the person injected a powerful drug into her that completely paralyzed her" but didn't get into what exactly was done to her, he said that he felt absolutely horrible for not being able to do anything about it while not finding out until much later. He then asked me to please not mention it to anyone since the only people that know exactly what happened is Xavier's family, the pack doctor along with a few of their warriors and it's not something he wants completely out in the open just to relive it all over again on top of the nightmares she still has although they haven't been as bad lately.
I just looked at him and said thank you for telling me while giving him a hug, I didn't realize how much it affected him until I felt my shoulder become wet with his tears so I changed the subject which I think he was thankful for to just spend the rest of the time really getting to know each other. He got up to head home so I walked him to the door & I gave him a kiss on the cheek that startled him, when he looked at me I could feel my face become red then he gave me a kiss as a thank you.