Garret's P.O.V

I've been waiting to see Emily all day. We sit together at lunch with Dylan and Alice, but I only pay attention to her.

It's been 10 minutes since lunch started and Emily hasn't shown up yet. I'm starting to get worried and I think it's showing. Pack members start to look at me weirdly but I don't care.

I finally get up and go search for her.

I hear a scream and the smell of blood. As I get closer I start to smell..... Emily!

My feet move faster as I run through the hallways searching for her.

As I turn the corner I see Emily laying on the ground getting kicked in the stomach. Isabella and her friends standing there laughing. I run up to them and rip Isabella from my mate.

"What the fuck are you doing?!" Me and my wolf roar.

"Garret it's so horrible! She- she started saying these bad things about me and then she punched me!" Isabella fake sobs. She was never good at lying.

"Get the hell away from my mate you bitch! Get out, your out of this pack. By the time I get back to the pack house your stuff better be gone or I SWEAR I'll kill you myself!" I yell. Isabella and her friends cower in terror and run away.

I look down to see Emily. Her eyes closed and her face was all bloody. I pick her up and run out of the school. I have to get her to a hospital.

Emily's P.O.V

Pain.

Pain is all I feel when I wake up. Everything around me is white. Am I dead? I feel a hand intertwined with mine and look over to see Garret. His head nuzzled into my side. His hands are warm but it looks like he's shivering. Or maybe even more like purring.

As if feeling my stare his head lifts up and his eyes meet mine. He lets out a heavy sigh and quickly gets up. His arms wrap around my body. I wince in pain when he gives a small squeeze and he instantly pulls away. Regret and sadness in his eyes.

"I-I'm sorry kitten"

"Oh I'm glad you're awake" the door swings open and a doctor comes in.

"What happened?" I ask softly.

"You have a few stitches in the back of your head, multiple bruises on your stomach and a broken nose" he says calmly. Almost like he could care less.

I just nod my head and he leaves after giving me a small container filled with what I'm guessing is pain medication.

"Kitten I'm so sorry"

"Why are you apologizing?"

"If I was there then I could've protected you-"

"But you didn't even know" I reassure him and he gives me a sad smile.

"Those girls won't be bothering you ever again" he said. How can he determine that?

"It's fine. It's not like it's not happened before-" I was cut off. Garret's face looked angered, almost like him hearing about me having people pick on me before is the worst thing in the world.

"What?" He asks. He tried to hide his anger.

"Before I moved here I was always bullied. It was always so typical. Quiet girl with no friends, gets shoved into lockers and punched by the 'jocks' or the 'cheerleaders'. The guys were worse than the girls. The girls just pushed me down and called me names. The guys.... the guys were much worse" my eyes were soaked by tears. Flashbacks were flowing throughout my mind.

I can't tell him what they did to me. He would be disgusted in me. He would leave me.

"What did they do?" He asks. I just shake my head. My tears beginning to fade as my breathing slows down.

Garret's arms wrap around my body once again. Holding me tight. Like if he were to let go I would vanish.

His body was shaking in anger. His face was nuzzled into my neck.

"I know that I don't know what happened to you and what those people did to you but... nothing will ever happen to you again. I promise"

How can someone promise so much?

"Emily? It might be bad timing but it's been running through my head all day. Would you want to possibly go out on another movie date with me?"

I was about to answer before getting cut off.... again.

"I mean you don't have to if you don't want. I just thought that it would be-"

"Yes I will go out on another movie date with you" I say

His smile grows wide and he pecks my cheek gently.

"You worry too much" I tell him and he lets out a small laugh.

He takes my chin and pulls me into a soft, slow kiss.

"The doctor said that it won't take that long for you to heal but to still be very careful." He says and I nod my head.

"The only thing that sucks is that my dad isn't even here. Who doesn't even visit their own daughter when she's in the hospital" I say. Honestly he doesn't care. As long as I come home he could care less about what happens to me.

Garret's P.O.V

I was furious.

I wasn't there for her when she was bullied.

She was hurt. All because of one person.

I've failed her.

I'm going to protect her from now on. No one will EVER touch her ever again.

I will be the perfect mate.