My Best Friend's Boyfriend Is My Mate

DIANAS POV

Morning!

I am not a morning person. In fact, I hate mornings like the vampires hate sunlight: our own Cullens from Twilight. Don't get me wrong: love the books, not a fan of the movies though, But that's a story for some other day.

As I was saying, I hate mornings, it's the waking-up part that I struggle with the most, But once that part is taken care of, things are pretty quick. I am not a 'rise and shine' person, one could tell. It's quite obvious, considering that I'm the laziest person alive on earth.

"Diana.. get up NOW!"

Oh crap, that's mom. I better get up and get going before she decides to throw her spatula at me. No, I am not joking, she very well can do that. The other day she threw a pan on Dad just before he ran for his through the front door and all that for not brushing his teeth before giving her the morning kiss. I mean who does that these days? Now that I think of it, I think I have taken after my dad in this.

I was quickly done with my morning business and went hopping towards the kitchen.

"Blueberry pancakes! AGAIN?"

"Give it back and GET OUT!" Mom said taking the pancakes back to the kitchen counter, I knew I was done for and if I didn't cover up for myself now, I would be served blueberry pancakes till my death.

"What! Oh, no mom. I love them. What I meant to say is Wow blueberry pancakes again, Guess you missed the WOW part," I said hoping she would fall for it, but I knew better. Dad was trying hard to stop his laughter by literally pasting his face on the newspaper he was reading.

On getting no response from Mom, I understood I had failed badly this time in lying. Ah, leave it, I thought. Next time maybe I would do better.

"You are never going to see the end of this Diana," Amber said As I nodded my head dejectedly.

Amber is my wolf, I am a werewolf which means that I am half human and half wolf. I love it, the whole concept of being supernatural and all. It is like having two different forms in a single body. We have a strong connection, we can read each other's thoughts and talk to each other when one of the forms is physically present and the other is not.

When I am in human form, it's almost like having a wolf movie being played in my mind. Because I can see everything that Amber is doing in addition to having a normal conversation with her.

Like right now, she is yawning.

Amber is exactly like me. She is fun, loving, carefree, reckless, and all the synonyms that you could possibly think of. One thing that I don't like about her and I guess my mum hates in me as well is that we are both stubborn like no man's business. It gets pretty difficult when my wolf and I are firm on something and both of us don't want to relent. Apart from this tiny miny situation, we get along well.

Although, I have this feeling that one day, this unwavering attitude of ours is going to cost us all a lot.

Even though we are werewolves, we don't stay far away from the city. Usually, werewolves have a 'pack house' where the whole pack stays but our pack members live amongst normal humans, our alpha and his family stay in the pack house while the rest of the wolves of the pack visit the pack house whenever there is any special occasion or during the whole pack meeting or seminars that happen twice every month.

"You sure about this Adam boy? We'll soon find our mate, Diana." I heard Amber say and that brought me out of my reverie, Like always, Amber made it a point to kill my joy by reminding me of my mate.

"Mate or not, Adam is my boyfriend and I have a feeling that he'll be my happily ever after. Why don't you understand that there is no mate for us?" I retorted.

"There is Diana, I can feel it."

"Oh yeah, then where was he when we turned 16? Let me remind you that we waited one whole year for him after that."

"Not everyone gets their mate when they turn 16 and you know that damn well. Why could you not wait for him a little longer, before jumping into this Adam boy's arms?" Amber said and I could feel her getting irritated and pacing right and left continuously. I knew what followed.

"Well, I don't want to wait. Adam is perfect, he loves me a lot and I deserve happiness like the rest of the girls out there," I said a bit harshly.

"There is no use talking to you regarding this matter." She huffed.

With that, Amber sat and placed her tail over her eyes, before curling herself into a ball.

Great. She has shut me off, AGAIN.

I reached my school and started walking toward my locker. Adam was waiting for me there, he waved when I caught his eye and smiled. I really liked this boy: he was calm, handsome, and hot, all at the same time. Even before we started dating three months back, I had always noticed how he was extremely caring and loving towards Sandra, my best friend.

Adam is Sandra's twin brother, but it was not until my seventeenth birthday that I thought of giving it a shot. I was dejected at not finding my mate even after waiting for so long. So when Adam asked me out, there were no second thoughts and since then life has been wonderful.

Adam and Sandra are human, Ours is a mixed school with humans and werewolves but Sandra and Adam are aware of the whole werewolf thing and they are pretty cool with it. Sandra has a werewolf boyfriend Ramon. He has been away for two years for some pack business, something to do with him being the beta's son. Ramon and I have always been at loggerheads with each other. We hated each other to the core but just for Sandra's sake, we had to try really hard not to tear each other's heads apart.

Adam had no issues with me being a werewolf. He has been in love with me for years now, so human or not he was happy to have me in his life, His words, not mine.

I reached my locker and hugged Adam, Inhaling his mint scent. I reached for his lips. Yes, I had to reach. He is a tall guy, 6"2 to be exact and I have to climb a ladder to reach him with my 5'4 height and since I couldn't carry a ladder everywhere, I do the next thing possible. I put my arms around his neck and pull him downwards. I could never get enough of his lips and the way he made me feel with every kiss.

Things were getting intense in an excellent way when we heard someone growl. We jumped apart in a second, I was breathing deeply when I inhaled a delicious smell of hazelnut chocolate topped with fresh strawberries, My mouth started watering and I could feel Amber suddenly jumping up and starting a funny kind of dance.

Is it? Could it be? No.. no... this is not possible. Please, not now moon goddess, I panicked.

I closed my eyes and tried to calm myself, and stupid Amber but she was uncontrollable.

"Yippee, our mate is here... Our mate is here.. la la la la la," She started singing.

"Urghh... not now Amber," I scolded.

I slowly turned and gathering all my energy, raised my eyes to look into a set of intense blue eyes that darkened with each passing second.

My heart came to a standstill. Was I dead? I hope not.

OH MY GOD!

RAMON'S POV

"Hey, dude! Glad you're back,"

Chase, my friend hugged me and gave me a high five. He was standing with some of our friends and old classmates. They all turned to me and waved when I reached the group.

It felt good to be back. Let me introduce myself, I am Ramon Bridge, the beta's son, and soon-to-be beta. Well, that's what I hoped!

So, two years back when our pack was offered this 'Intensified pack training' idea by the Alpha of the Gray pack, both me and Jonas, the next alpha were supposed to join it but that idiot best friend of mine gave god knows what reason to our current Alpha, his father and I had to leave him alone. He is lucky that his father is our Alpha, or else I would have dragged him with me to the end of the world. Things had been tough in training, that was obvious considering the name was 'INTENSIFIED'. There was no time left after the training every single day, not even for my love, Sandra.

Sandra was heartbroken when I told her about leaving. Speaking of her, she has not spoken to me for the past five or six months. Initially, she was sad and angry that I left her but later she understood that it was vital for werewolves. I tried to keep in touch with her through texts, emails, and Facetime whichever was possible but with the pack training schedule, it was becoming impossible to remain connected. Somehow, we managed these years apart and I am sure she'll be surprised to see me back. I had not informed her or anyone for that matter about my return.

A deep, long kiss and my baby would melt in my arms, I hope that will take care of her anger. A man can only hope.

"Where is Jonas?" I asked as we started walking slowly in the hallway.

"Don't know bro, he has been acting pretty strange for the past few months, "Chase shrugged his shoulders, scratching his imaginary beard. He was still the same and didn't change a bit over the two years.

"You mean stranger than his usual strange," I asked raising one of my eyebrows before we both started laughing.

"Yeah.. you can say that," Chase replied in between the laughter.

"You can say what?" Someone asked loudly. We stopped laughing and turned to find Mr. Strange, 'The great to be alpha' , Jonas standing right behind us.

"Ramon! When did you... " Jonas jumped on me before smiling wide and he is our next alpha! God save the pack.

"Surprise Alpha!" I said trying to push him off me. He made funny faces before letting me go.

Jonas finally relaxed, "What were you guys talking about?" He asked while running his fingers through his hair. I could see he needed a haircut immediately. I wonder how his mother, our Luna, didn't do that already.

"Uh, that.." I was thinking about what to say when Chase replied.

"We were talking about the school and stuff... you know." Chase said, animatedly waving his arms around.

My best friends, the werewolves, are at their weirdest best. I rolled my eyes again, I had done that twice in the last hour or so, that was normal when I am around these guys.

I looked around, but he was nowhere to be seen, "So, our human is not anywhere around. Did he not come to school today? What happened?"

Jonas had a smile on his face, "Adam boy must be with his lady love,"

"Excuse me, what?" I asked, taking a double take."You're telling me Adam is dating and none of you cared to tell me about it, till now?"

I was furious, we never kept secrets from each other even though we were wolves and Adam was human, he knew everything about us and to think that they kept such a big thing from me.

Chase put his arms around my shoulder.

"We wanted to surprise you and I have a strong feeling you are going to loooovveee this surprise," He completed with a smirk and an extra emphasis on the word love, I wondered what was going on in that devil's mind.

I shrugged and took my phone out. Strangely, Sandra hadn't replied to my text.

"Guys, do you have any idea where Sandra is? I tried calling and texting her but she could not be reached, "I looked, "and she is not anywhere here,"

Chase left my shoulders and bent down to look at something, wondering what was so interesting on the floor. Jonas looked here and there rubbing his neck before mumbling.

"Um.. she might be... um... somewhere, I gotta go. See you during lunch break." And with that, he sprinted off in the opposite direction. Puzzled, I looked at Chase, he stood up leaving whatever he was looking for on the floor, and pulled me with him.

"Come on let's go. You'll be late for your first lesson after two years,"

I was still confused, but I let him pull me towards our class. We had reached the lockers when out of nowhere a citrus scent hit me strongly. My eyes widened and my heart started beating rapidly, A soothing yet calm wave passed through my whole body and I found myself going in the direction of the delectable fragrance. This only meant one thing, my mate was here. I knew Sandra was around here somewhere, I have always felt that she would be my mate and today it was going to be true.

"She is here," Devon, my wolf said excitedly.

After pushing through the students, I looked around and followed the scent. I could see a couple kissing in front of one of the lockers but why was I being led there? As I got closer to them, Devon, my wolf started getting angry seeing the scene in front of us. I couldn't help the growl that escaped my throat. My eyes started flickering between blue and black, which meant only one thing that Devon was trying to take charge of my body. He was getting impatient with every passing second.

I stood rooted in that place when the couple jumped apart. I couldn't see her face as she was facing the locker. She slowly turned and looked into my eyes. I could hear my heart beating loudly and my mouth just fell open.

"What the... YOU?"

DIANA'S POV

Of all the werewolves around... HIM? REALLY NOW? DAMN! FUCK MY LIFE!

That's who you have selected for me? Oh moon goddess, why do you hate me so much?

I stood there stamping my feet like a five-year-old, completely forgetting where I was. In my defense, I was having an argument with the goddess and I was kind of losing there. I could not think of anything else at that moment. Suddenly the goddess started chuckling, yeah right put me on fire and make fun of me. Wait, but why did she sound like a man? I was trying to get figure that out when someone pinched me really hard.

I looked around and saw three sets of eyes looking at me with three different expressions, Just great! Did I zone out in the middle of the school hallway, with three hot boys standing there? Trust me, that was a new one, even for someone like me.

I smiled sheepishly while turning to face Adam.

"Babe, are you okay?"He asked while rubbing my arm where he had pinched me. I swear I heard a low growl, but then whatever.

"I'm fine, Adam. I was just..."I stopped in between, having no idea what to say.

Chase sniggered and that's when it occurred to me, I had heard him chuckling earlier, not the moon goddess, That did make sense, why else would the goddess chuckle or argue with me for that matter?

Just then Ramon cleared his throat and I was foolish enough to look into his eyes. His deep blue eyes had an amused look. I made a fool of myself in front of him, not my idea of a good impression and that arrogant, egotistic, stupid...

"Mate."Amber cut me off there.

"What?" I was confused at her sudden interruption.

"He is our mate, Diana, mate. M.A.T.E."

"I get it okay... you don't have to spell it out to me." I yelled at her.

Amber gave me a bored look before sitting down with her ears perked up.

"Ramon, when did you come? What a surprise bro!"Adam said as he hugged Ramon but that arrogant friend of Adam had a neutral expression on his face.

"Well, I wouldn't say my surprise was good enough." Raising his eyebrows Ramon looked at Adam and then towards me with his intense eyes, those deep blue eyes.

Adam must have replied to him but I had already zoned out and this time, it was my mate who had all of my attention. Two years of training had done him good. If he was not good enough earlier, now he looked absolutely freaking hot. His hair was disheveled as always. His chiseled jawline was making his face more arrogant and rough. My eyes were following a path of their own on his body from his eyes to his luscious lips to his chest, They had just started reaching his forbidden area when Adam pulled my arm.

Following him in confusion, I turned and saw Ramon's heated gaze on me, A hue of red started spreading from my neck to the face. I touched my cheeks to find it burning, Damn it, Ramon was making me blush.

"Of course darling, now imagine him ravishing us."

"Stop it... Just stop it."

Amber clucked her tongue and walked away.

This was a mess.

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RAMON'S POV

"What the....YOU?"

To say that I was shocked would be an understatement. How was this even possible? Diana and I have never been able to get along with each other since we were like toddlers. She had a big, big mouth to be honest.

"Wow, I wonder how it would feel if..." Devon started.

"NOT NOW, DEVON!" I cut him off. He started sulking, but that was not the issue here.

So, Diana. We had been fighting all our lives. Sometimes she would start arguing, making nasty comments even before I opened my mouth to say something. I had always tried to hate her, but she was not that bad. It was just due to reasons unknown to both of us, that we never got along well. We had the same set of friends, so being out of each other's way was impossible. Also, she being Sandra's best friend was an integral part of our life. We tried hard to avoid any clash when Sandra was around, believe me, we tried hard to avoid any clash when Sandra was around, and trust me we never completely succeeded in that, and here I am discovering that she is my mate. Like really now? Things were getting complicated.

Suddenly, she started stomping her feet and pouting, blood started flowing vigorously through my veins on seeing that cute pout of hers. My arms were twitching to pull her and kiss her senseless till she... woah.. hold the fuck up... Where did that come from?

She scrunched her eyebrows in between as if in deep thought. Finally, after some time, we finally got her attention, and she smiled. It was cute, everything about her was beautiful. Her shoulder-length hair was silky now, it was always a mess before I left. If only I could touch them. Her hazel eyes, smooth skin, those pink plump lips. Looking at them, I again had the urge to kiss her. Why did I have to notice all these now?

"Since she is your mate now, duh!" Devon said as he chuckled.

"It was more of a personal conversation that I was having with myself, I was NOT speaking to you," I had to inform him that even though I knew he had no idea about it.

Adam started rubbing her arms, It took everything in me not to lash out at him. From what I had seen and heard, I had no doubt that she was his girlfriend! Despite my best efforts to stay calm, a growl escaped my throat and I noticed Diana stiffening in response to that.

It took a few more seconds for Adam to finally notice my presence. Thanks to Diana and her antics, my sudden outburst on seeing her went out of everyone's minds. We were catching up when I saw her checking me out with an intense look. My breath hitched, nothing till today had made me feel so hot. Her citrus scent was playing with my senses, Unable to take my eyes off her, I started walking with the group. She turned to my side and our eyes met. I felt my control breaking when a beautiful red spread across her face.

"Dude, where are you lost?" I snapped out of my thoughts when Chase shouted in my ears.

Tackling him, I again looked in her direction and found myself drowning in her citrus scent.

Stupid. Stupid mate bond.

This was going to be a huge mess.