*Taylor's POV*
I still can't believe that Nikki invited me over even though I'm weary of her. I'm hoping we can become friends since her best friend is my best friend's mate, I would never make Stacey choose between Nikki or myself because that wouldn't be fair to her at all and besides I don't want to be the cause of any problems between the two friends.
After getting home after school as usual we went to our rooms to do our homework, I was almost finished when I heard a knock on my door & knew it was Xavier by his scent so I yelled come in. He sat down on the bed with a serious look on his face so I knew it was something important, I stopped what I was doing to give him my undivided attention. He didn't say anything at first then he took a deep breath and said "I'm glad that Nikki invited you over but please just be careful", I looked at him confused & asked what he meant.
Again taking a deep breath he told me "what I'm about to tell you may make you mad but please just remember this was in the past alright" I told him ok then he proceeded to tell me about him being with Nikki for a while last year before he broke it off with her. To say I was shocked was an understatement, he just kept looking at me then asked if I was upset although to both our surprise I wasn't mad at all and I told him that even though it did hurt a little bit I couldn't really be mad because like he said it was in the past in which he told me that he hasn't had sex with anyone else since then so I didn't have anything to worry about it.
I noticed he visibly relaxed before giving me a hug & kissed my forehead thanking me for being so understanding although he's still worried about Nikki, I told him what she said about there being a few other people there with us as well which didn't seem to calm him down much at all but I told him that I will be careful and if anything happens I'll call him right away. After our talk his mom called us down for supper & asked us how our day went which we told her it went well then once we were done we headed back to our rooms he asked if I wanted to watch a movie and which room after we finished our homework so we decided on my room this time, now we just had to figure out what movie to watch before settling on "Taken" well at least the first one promising we'll watch the others over the weekend.
I started dozing off just when the movie was ending so he picked me up bridal style and gently placed me on my bed before kissing my forehead saying goodnight then heading off to bed himself where I had a nice peaceful dreamless sleep which I was thankful for.
*Xavier's POV*
Today was one hell of a day although most of it was good until lunch when Kyle mindlinked me saying he had some information but wanted to talk to me in person so when I met up with him in the office which is soundproof everyone was there. We all looked at Kyle who did not look happy at all & asked him what was going on, he stayed silent for another couple minutes that told me that he was trying to calm his wolf down so I knew it was not going to be anything good.
He stayed like that for another couple minutes before saying "I heard from a few of the kids at the school that..."BASTARD" might already be here and possibly planning something". That's not what I expected him to say so I yelled out "WHAT!" then he told me the entire story that earlier this week that there was a guy hanging around the school looking through windows that later approached Nikki & Stacey although when I showed them his picture they couldn't tell me with certainty that it was the same guys since they didn't really get a good look at his face.
The only thing I could say was "F**K" but then I thought about it and said well it is a possibility although how would he know or even find out she's here since there's only a select few that actually know where she is besides I know for a fact that Sam wouldn't let anything like that slip but regardless we have to take this seriously even if we find out it isn't him just to be on the safe side. At that moment the rest of what he said finally sunk in before they heard me mutter "S**T" before looking at me at which point I told them that we have to keep a close eye on Nikki as well as Stacey although I told them that I didn't believe that she would help Nick since she's Sam's mate but we most definitely need to be on our guard at all times at least until we know for sure if he's actually here or not.
Once we all agreed on the game plan we all headed to class, as soon as I walked in I looked over to see Taylor had a big beautiful smile on her face when she looked at me that made me relax at little while giving her one of my own before I sat down & asked why she was so happy then she told me that Nikki apologized about her attitude then invited her to hang out at her house along with a few other people on Friday which she accepted. As soon as she finished telling me I tensed up just praying that Nikki wasn't helping Nick out so I tried covering it up by telling her that's great but I think she caught on to it although she didn't say anything which made me realize that I do need to tell her what's going on, I don't want her to be blindsided if he is truly here to get his hands on her again.
When school was done we went home and headed straight to our rooms to do homework once I was finished I walked over to her room, I knocked on the door & after a few seconds I could hear her call out come in so I walked in then sat down on her bed all the while trying to think of what to say to her but when I looked into her eyes I just couldn't tell her about the possible Nick situation. As she was looking at me giving me all of her attention I just told her about being cautious with Nikki and told her that what I'm about to tell her was in the past then continued to tell her about Nikki & my relationship last year but that I broke it off while assuring her that I haven't had any sex with anyone since before closing my eyes to wait for yelling.
After a few minutes of silence I opened my eyes to see that she didn't look mad at all, I would've figured she'd be pissed that I didn't wait for her but she wasn't. She just looked at me and said that it did hurt a little but how can she be mad when it happened in the past, at that moment I realized how lucky I was to have such a beautiful, warm, understanding & kind person as my mate because she wasn't just beautiful on the outside she was beautiful on the inside as well even after what she went through.
I asked her if she wanted to watch a movie with me that she happily accepted before trying to decide who's room which I just figured it would be her room this time so after she finished the rest of her homework we picked out the movie which we chose "Taken" but I told her that we'll watch the other two movies over the weekend but I was pretty sure she'll like them then settled down and I had to remind myself that I have to talk to Sam about the situation the following day.