Page 44 of A Second Chance for the Beta

“He is rather worried.”

Her words make me roll my eyes. “Now that’s a surprise.”

“Charlie.” Ella looks at me. “Don’t be like that to him. That’s not fair. He really likes you and tries to do everything for you.”

“Whatever,” I grumble, before opening the door and stumbling out of the door. Ella calls my name, but I ignore her and storm off. Fuck them, fuck everyone. I don’t want anyone to be nice to me, and I don’t want to be nice to anyone.

Why do they all even care!?

Why can’t they just fucking yell at me and ground me or forget I exist. By the attitude I give Dante, he should have already hit me! But he never even raises his voice at me.

I stroll around aimlessly on the pack grounds, noticing how some of the guards are staying close by. I should have known Ella wouldn’t let me storm off like that.

“Charlie!” I turn around to look at Austen, who comes running towards me. “Good to see that you are fine. When you punched Bobby, it was everything.”

“He is an idiot,” I mutter, though Ella’s words are eating at me. I just don’t know where to go with my anger.

“You are a legend now,” Austen says. “Gisela says the girls think you are so cool, and the boys are scared.”

“Never planned on being scary,” I admit.

“I’m not scared,” Austen says.

He is cute, and I think he likes me, but he isn’t like super-cool.

“Do you wanna come and skate with Gisela, Ty, and me?”

I nod. “But I have the watchdogs behind me.”

“Beta Ella sent the guards,” Austen muses. “Doesn’t matter. We are staying on pack grounds anyway.”

“Good.” I feel relieved. I don’t want to piss Ella off even more.

I follow Austen to meet with Gisela and Ty at one of the less popular parks on pack grounds. Gisela is excited to see me and keeps telling me how awesome the girls in my class think I am. Ty is a bit more annoyed, though.

“What’s the matter with you?” Austen asks him.

“Nothing, just that now some of my friends are interested in Charlie,” he groans.

“Which friends?” Gisela asks.

“Rob,” he says.

Rob is one or two years older than I am and one of the teens Ty hangs out with sometimes. He is a pretty cool guy and quite popular with the girls. I’m shocked, to say the least, that he is interested in me.

“Rob? What does he want?” Austen asks. He sounds cautious, but I decide to ignore him, instead listening to Gisela and Ty bickering, until Ty admits that Rob asked him to give me his number.

“What’s your problem?” Gisela grins, elbowing Ty a bit. “Are you into Charlie, or is there another reason you want to prevent Rob from dating her?”

“No!” Ty exclaims. “I’m not into Charlie. But if they date, he will be too busy to hang out with me and the other guys.”

Gisela rolls her eyes. “Rob is not the brightest bulb,” she tells me. “But he is kind of hot.” She starts telling me all she knows about the guy. It’s funny because she is so cute and sweet with her blonde hair and her angel-like look, but she is confident and strong-willed. I really like her more and more every day. She is honest, and I appreciate that so much about her.

“You think I should go on a date with him?” I ask.

She shrugs. “Maybe a harmless coffee date to check him out.” She grins. “Meanwhile, Austen can tell us all about his hot cousin who is visiting soon.”

“A hot cousin?” I ask curiously.