Mated to my best friends crush

"Isn't he just so fucking sexy?!" My best friend Carlie squealed from beside me. 

I looked over and saw Daniel Benson standing at the end of the hall with two of his friends. Jeremy, who was to his left, and Lucas, who was to his right. 

She's been crushing on him since 10th grade, making it two years in a row now. 

"Why don't you go and tell him that?" I say as I look at her unamused, this being the millionth time we've had this conversation. 

She yelled back, "Don't be an idiot, Lauren! I can't just tell him that!" 

I smirked as I said, "Besides, don't you think Jeremy's way hotter?" 

She gasped exaggeratedly before saying, "How dare you compare that Godly being to that hideous rat!" 

I sighed and said disappointedly, "What did I tell you about calling people rats?" 

"..Not to do it," she said, sounding like a child who just got scolded by their parents, which is kind of what's going on right now. 

Carlie began crushing on him after he helped her pick up her books when she tripped on her own feet. It was like a scene out of a cheesy Romance movie, but they haven't had any other interaction since. She's just been watching him from a distance. But maybe that's for the best. He's a werewolf, so he's going to find his mate soon enough. It'll be hard on Carlie, but that's the way things are. All werewolves can find their mates after they turn 18. 

Speaking of mates, it's almost my turn to find mine. When I was little, I dreamed about finding my mate. I used to think that having a mate was the best thing in the world. I thought it was going to be like those princess movies where the prince saves the princess and they end up living happily ever after. Now that I think about it, I feel like cringing. I was so naive back then. 

"Lauren! Did you not hear the bell ring? Let's go to class!" Carlie yelled as she pulled my arm, dragging me to our first period. 

When we entered the class, I took my seat next to Carlie. We had English, which was one of the only subjects I liked. The main reason I like this class is because we basically just read the whole period. Afterwards, we do have to write an essay about the book, but since I enjoy the books it's not so hard. 

Our teacher Mr. Castel began speaking. He gave us our instructions, then went to sit at his desk to use his computer. I doubt he was doing any work. He was either playing games or watching porn. 

I opened my copy of Animal Farm, which was the book we were currently reading. We were to finish it by next week and have our essay turned in. I continued where I last left off, on chapter 8. I hardly got any reading done before Carlie started bugging me.