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The day has not started well so I'm not entirely sure why I thought it would get better. Rocky is currently away on a business trip in toronto which means i have to be a functioning adult again. Granted, the man prepared so many frozen home cooked meals because he was gonna be gone for a month it and knew Adrian had a ton of conferences to attend but didnt make it easier…and I may have started eating noodles again because the home made food reminded me of rocky and adrian.
But i was in simon and ellies apartment which made it easier….rocky and adrian pushed me to my closest friends of our pack when they had to be away for extended periods of time. The trust for me to be alone…never really came back after certain events but hey…atleast the nest smelled like simon and ellie…it was comforting, and rocky was supposed to be coming back this week so I was excited to see my fiance and adrians conferences stopped this week as well so both would be back in the nest for the first time in a month!
I groan and get up and walk to the kitchen. Unlike in the apartment i shared with adrian and rocky everything is a bit of a chaotic mess here…but it smells like home…and breakfast is already in the microwave which means ellie went to work and simon has already headed to the greenhouse.
I smiled a bit and turned on the microwave to reheat it while making coffee.i am lucky to have a pack that loves me so much…and multiple alphas that want to ensure i keep myself alive given my cooking skills. I just miss adrian and rocky a lot right now. I hear the microwave beep and grab the plate of eggs and toast from it and wolf it down.
Then the day actually started once I fed our three legged pitbull armando who was staying with me with simon and ellie…who was already feeding him too many treats by the smell of his farts
I looked up at the clock and saw it was already 7:45….i have 15 minutes to bike to school. I sprinted down the hallway like a bat out of hell, eternally thankful that simon and ellie lived close to the school as well and reached my bike…only to find it had the wheels bent out of shape and the cops talking to the other bike owners whose bikes were also bent out of shape.
I ended up leaving my number for the cops to call me when they were ready and bolting to school by the time i made it there i realized i had forgotten my lunch and my lessons plan back home on the counter and groaned. uij
Then i had to use my planing period to man lunch detentions due to a food fight, which meant most of my classes today were bill nye the science guy classes. Don't get me wrong I love those days but I like them more when planed, not to cover up my stupidity.
I make plans to help the kids understand their secondary genders next week sense we were starting a bio lesson on that and finally and mercifully the school day ended.
I headed outside with my class to help them load up and wish many kids and their parents goodbye. That's when I spotted the black suv
No….that isn't what I spotted
I spotted the two people standing in front of it and one of which giving me a small wave.
…my brothers ….
I stand there because my brain is blue screened and I can not tell my legs to run….to hide….to do something anything right now.
Colt looks terrified…not at me but almost for me. He tries giving a thumbs up as courtland walks over and suddenly my brain kicks back online and I'm running. I'm running faster then I have in years. I felt someone grab my arm tightly and i spin around.
“Ryland please….i know we have no right to talk to you but please…ten minutes” cortland begged. I look at the face of who i think was my older brother….he has scars now….he looks older and more worn down
His scent is the same
Of ash and smoke
…Of warm cider
I have to have a life of my own ryland! Don't contact me again!
Those words echo in my head like a drum and I feel myself yank myself free of his grip.
“LEAVE ME ALONE!!” i scream before taking off running in a new direction. I don't know how long i ran or how lost i got but i do recall finally making it back to the apartment only after the sun had set. I feel the door close behind me and feel sick.
My brain dosent even register i went back to my mates apartment…..it smells stale…and cold…none of us have been here in weeks duie to work.
I just sit down on the floor and cry. After all these years why?....why come back?! They made it clear I wasn't meant to be in their lives!!
I'm crying so hard I don't hear my phone ring the first time…..or the second. I barely managed to stop my crying long enough to hear the third ring and freeze. Rocky is calling.
I don't miss the calls. And now I've just missed two in thirty minutes crying. Shit….i dont want to worry rocky. I wipe my tears and force my voice to steady as I hear the ringing and pick up the phone for the third call.
“Hey rocks!..sorry I didn't hear my phone ring" i whisper and do my best to slow the hiccups and gasps for air.
".....busy day mi canción” i hear him say, his voice slow and smooth and gentle. It makes it easier to breathe.
"...ya ... .schedule got up and ended again……had to sub for two English classes …they didn't want to listen to anything" i choke a bit speaking but managed to stay calm, though i think i hear him typing?. " Really ….that's awful my song ..though it sounds like there's more to this awful day” he says and i already know what hes doing. He wants the bad part of the day im actually upset about….but no way in hell im telling him what happened, he will raise hell and ill have our entire friend group at my door then…that would bother everyone.
"....my bike broke…so I had to run…..forgot lunch ... .forgot the lesson plans” i say instead brain already thinking of ways to end the call.
“ mi amore why didn't you call Simon for a ride ..you know he wouldn't have hesitated. And honestly you're solidifying my choice to get you a car.” I hear him sing and i groan hard, rocky has been trying to buy me a car sense before we started dating and this might have just given him the perfect excuse.
" Don't! Knowing you, you will find the most idiot proof car you can and then a sign that says baby aboard with my face on it!!" i whine and i can already hear him laughing and potentially plotting.“now that you mention it…..you are precious cargo” i hear him tease and i cant help but groan again and call him an ass.
But as i was laughing i hear him speak calmly “Mi amor….what really happened today ..you clearly were crying and I haven't heard you that tense in a while…you know I'm not gonna be mad but I want to know”
I clam up again and go silent until i hear him say " mi amor….are you still there?”
" I'm here” i says automatically and decide to rip the bandaid off.
“........my twin and older brother showed up to school today and tried to pull me aside to talk” I speak fast word vomiting into the phone.
“......your brothers…..who you haven't spoken to in 5 years for one…and over a decade for the other…..show up at your school wanting to talk?” He growls, his voice sounding like it was on edge and ready to lash.
".........yes…?" I whisper holding Armando closer, which in turn he starts licking me for.
“...I'm coming home tomorrow” he says calmly and suddenly I hear the sound of a suitcase being pulled out of the closet
" No! Rocky! You can't come home a week and a half earlier because I got started!!! This engineering workshop has begged you for the last two years to show up. You can't leave now!” I panic and start to hyperventilate. I cant be the reason rocky gets in trouble!
"..mi queridísimo….I need you to follow my breathing for 3 minutes ok? Deep breath in……deep breath out…….deep breath in…...-” he continues this an actual three minutes until I calm down before continuing "mi canción getting startled means finding a snake in the garden….it means your friend dropping off a surprise sweet treat…..IT DOES NOT MEAN GETTING AMBUSHED BY TWO PEOPLE WHO LEFT YOUR LIFE IN SHAMBLES!!" rocky snarled “that is not startled my song….that is getting your shit wrecked and not by me!"
I let out a weak laugh at the joke before calming down “....ok….but….please don't come home early if it causes issues ok…? Promise me?" I try hoping he would understand only for a second later he replies “no my thousand chords …I am coming home tomorrow and that's final…until then camp in our apartment and eat the food I made you, call out of school tomorrow" he said voice sharp and no nonsense. That wasn't a rocky voice…that was an alpha command. Rocky wasn't playing and even when it wasn't anywhere near as effective over phone as it was in person I still felt my body still and submit quietly.
I'm quiet for a few minutes but rocky won't hang up until he's gotten an answer. "......I need to go to school tomorrow …but I'll have Adrian pick me up and drop me off" I whispered trying to find a way to not burden so many people…let alone a poor sub for my classes.
I hear only rocky typing stuff fast before he responds his voice staying in the tone of command “Song…i will give you two choices, you can either A) have adrian leave the conference early and come home to care and coddle you as our omega and make sure you eat and stay with you in the apartment all day tomorrow or B) adrian leave the conference early and come home to care and coddle you and makes sure you eat, i call simon to drop you off at school tomorrow morning…and i come pick you up after school tomorrow and we figure out what we do then ok?”" He speaks calmly and swiftly
It's not a choice
It's a command
“...ok…i choose B...." I whisper silently relieved that a plan has already been put into place and feeling the omega in me sigh in relief as well
Alpha will handle it
.he always does
I hear the hum of approval and rocky throwing more crap into his suitcase. “.......ok my love…tell me something good about your day now” he says gently.
Sitting on the floor holding armando and hearing that made it easier as i told him about the robotics and testing results
I was going to be ok.