My house is pretty clean but that doesn’t stop me from fussing over the state of my house. I didn’t want to give Alpha Carter any reason to be mad at me. Once I was satisfied with the state of the house, I set about tackling the spare room.  

I cringed when I opened the door at the smell of sweat. Before I started going to the pack house to work out I did it in my spare room. “Shit” I say looking at the scattered equipment. I would deal with the smell later but first I needed to hide this stuff.  

I ended up putting a lot of it in the closest and under the bed, thankful that it was mostly just weights that could be hidden. Now to deal with the overwhelming smell of an alpha. 

Dad said this omega had been through a lot, so I don’t want to scare them with the smell of an Alpha in their room this was their room and even though I wasn’t happy with this surprise roommate I wasn’t going to be a dick about it. I pushed the bed against the wall so you could sit on the bed and look out the window then I added more pillows and blankets. I heard from Candy that omegas like to make nests with them so I hope they would like this. Once I was satisfied with the mostly baren room except for the bed I with some left-over perfume from Candy. I sniff to make sure it’s okay and shut my eyes at the pleasant smell of citrus. 

Leaving the room, I think of other things I might need to prepare for the omega like maybe I should get a movie for us to watch or a boring game, you know something to break the ice or be a distraction from the stress of moving to a new country. All of this made me realize that this would be very scary for the omega, so he decided to focus on making everything look as welcoming as possible. Since I’m already a very friendly person I didn’t have to do much. I just fluffed some pillows and put some fruit on the kitchen Island. 

*** 

It was the day before the omega was going to arrive and I was talking to Candy about it while she was working on one of her projects to really, I was just talking to myself, and she kept nodding and going “uh huh...” or “yep” whenever I asked for her approval on something. Nothing distracts this girl from her projects. Eventually I decided to leave her to her work and go work out in the pack house. 

“Hey Andy!” I was just sitting lifting weights when an old classmate of mine Finn came up to me. “Can you spot me?” he rubbed the back of his neck with a large smile like he was up to something. 

“Uh sure” I stood towering over the fellow alpha making his smile fall for a second. I honestly had no idea why Finn was talking to him. I mean there were other people to spot him they may not be in this part of the gym, but most people don’t want to ask me because I’m not the best spot. I get lost in my own mind and get distracted.  

Walking over to the bench I decided to be optimistic, maybe he wanted to be friends. We weren’t friends in high school so maybe this was a good opportunity to have more allies in the pack. But looking down at the smaller brown-haired alpha he wasn’t so sure. 

“So, I hear you are the one housing the new member of the pack. An omega, right?” he asked as if he was genuinely curious, so I decided to indulge him. 

“Yes, I’ve been preparing for a few days now” I smiled proudly thinking about my clean and organized home. 

“I hear they can be a handful. My family are alphas and betas so I wouldn’t know what it’s like.” he shrugged. What is he getting at? 

I decided I didn’t want to be played with “What are you getting at Finn?” 

“Nothing! I just think it’s not wise for Alpha to let the omega stay with you. I hear they can be promiscuous and deceitful. I never really trusted them in high school. After all that omega Candy seemed to date a new dude every week while you were wrapped around her finger.” He laughed like that was funny.  

I was growling as he sat up from the bench and he looked at me with concern “You alright Andrew?” 

“Don’t talk about her like that you don’t know her!” I was standing rigidly in front of him. 

He gasps “Oh shit sorry man I didn’t think you guys were still friends.” He stands holding up his hands probably to try to get me to back away from him. Fat chance. 

“We’ve been friends since we were babies Finn nothing will change that.” my voice was absolute and dark like a warning. One that he hoped Finn was understanding. 

He holds up his finger “So she was a slut in high school” He laughs like this was a just a friendly gossip about our enemies.  

I force myself to take a step back. Not everyone knew yet that Candy would be the future Luna. It’s a large pack Afterall and they wanted the mating to be private. But still everyone in the pack should be shown respect. Yes, Candy may have dated a lot of dudes in high school but that’s only because she loves love and fell in love with a lot of shitty dudes that broke her heart. 

Instead of going through the work of telling this man why he was wrong I fought the urge to kill him and walked away. I ignored his questions as I walked out of the pack house, he was just going to have to be confused. What an asshole.  

When I got home, I was still mad, so I decided to relax so I wasn’t angry for tomorrow.