The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy
Chapter 0449

Jesse sighs and walks back towards the bathroom as I find my balance. "Welcome to Casa Sinclair, new roomie," he murmurs. "Good to have you here." "He's not a roomie!" Rafe calls over his shoulder, angry. "He just sleeps here!"

I squeak with joy and throw myself at Jackson next. My mate laughs and catches me, holding me to his chest as he falls back on the bed and takes me with him.

"This is the best," I whisper, a bit shrill with excitement. "When did you think of this?!"

"I didn't think of it, it's not a scheme," he murmurs, smiling up at me as he tugs my cap off and tosses it onto the desk. "It's just the way it's got to be."

"Good," I murmur, dipping my head to press a kiss to his chest. "We need to -"

"I heard a kiss! No kissing!" Rafe shouts, and then something soft hits me in the back of the head. I'm laughing even as I turn to gather up the pajamas that Rafe hurled at me. I ignore him. "Here," I say, smiling at Jacks. "These are for you."

"Thank you," he murmurs, taking the pajamas from me but immediately putting them aside as he pulls me in for a quick kiss, right on my mouth. Inside me, my wolf goes a bit jelly-legged with glee. And as I grin at my mate, I'm not sure I've ever been so excited to go to sleep.

We all take a few minutes then to get ourselves ready for bed, changing into pajamas and brushing our teeth. I even steal a quick shower, eager to get the dust of this long day off of me. By the time I get to my bed the room is already mostly dark, the only thing shining on Rafe and Jesse's side being their little reading lights as they begin to wind down their day.

I work very hard to hold back a hum of happiness as I jump into my bed, flicking my little velvet curtain off its hook as I do so that it falls shut in a soft shush of fabric. My mate is ready for me of course, snatching me out of the air in his big arms and pulling me down next to him with a soft snarl.

"Silence in there! Remember the rules!" Rafe calls, still a little mad. But Jacks and I just ignore him.

"Are you cozy?" I ask, turning on my side so that Jackson and I are laying facing each other with our stomachs touching. He has an arm around my waist, holding me tight.

"I'm fine," he murmurs, his voice a happy rumble.

"Do you..." I hesitate for a second and then sit up a little bit, peering towards the other side of the nook. "Do you even fit on this bed?"

He laughs a little and I gasp when I see that his feet do indeed hang off the end of the mattress.

"Jacks!" I hiss, appalled. "We'll have to get a new bed! But will a bigger one even fit in the nook? We have to -"

"It's fine, Ariel," he murmurs, pulling me back down to my spot with the heavy hand still on my waist. "I don't fit in any beds - I haven't since I was a kid. The first bed I've slept in in like a decade where my feet didn't hang off was the one your mother gave me." "Yeah, well," I murmur, not too happy about him potentially being uncomfortable, "she's used to accommodating giants."

Jackson laughs lightly and strokes a hand down over my still-damp hair.

"So," I say with a happy sigh, snuggling down into the mattress. "Tell me about this timeshare that you and Luca came up with."

"It's pretty simple," Jackson murmurs, and I can hear the sleep starting to sneak into his voice. "We both agreed that you've got limited free time to spend with your mates and neither of us are crazy about the idea of sharing it. So, we'll split it."

"Oh, really?" I say, my eyebrows going up and my wolf going a bit still within me, wary. "And...um. How did you decide to split up my free time, Jackson?"

"He gets dinners with the groups. I get nights."

"And did...either of you think to ask me what I think about this?" Jackson sits up a little, instantly less sleepy. "Are you...mad at us?" "Well, yeah, Jackson!" I say, casting out a frustrated hand. "Kind of!"