“First let's start with that hair!” she lifts the ends of my hair looking at it with disgust, “when was the last time you cut this mop?”  

She let go of my hair and I shook my head, “I think a few months ago. It doesn’t look that bad, does it?”  

She seemed to realize she was making me self-conscious, so she took a step back to really look, “well you do pull off the messy bed head look it’s not the look you need to be a Beta’s mate.” she nods to herself in silent agreement, “yes a well put together omega.” she smiles and pinches my cheek “but don’t worry nothing will erase this cute face of yours. 

I suddenly had a great idea. I gave her my best friendliest smile, “then let's go to Candy’s shop since it’s a salon.” I would be far more comfortable if the other omega was here seeing as this ‘submissive’ female was starting to scare me. 

I expected her to agree but she shook her head with finality, “no all you need is a trim plus I work at her shop I don’t want to get roped into covering a shift for Trisha.” With that she grabbed a chair and pulled me into the bathroom sitting me down and wrapping a towel around my shoulders. We look at each other in the mirror. She looks so happy and excited that I relax a bit. “Close your eyes so you don’t get hair in them.”  

I do as I’m told knowing I had no say in the matter. Although one rank above me Sadie came off as very dominant. Or maybe she’s just very confident. In a pack like this I guess it’s not hard for low ranks like us to become confident.  

When she finished, she really did only trim my hair. I smiled at my reflection, happy with the result.  

Before I can savor my appearance, she pulls me to the couch in the living room and gets on her knees in front of me, “now your make up.” she pulls out a bag from behind her. Where did that come from? 

I shake my head, “that’s fine I don’t really wear makeup.”  

She rolls her eyes which is something that surprised me because it did not go with her usual friendly tone. “Nonsense everyone wears make up especially proper omegas.” She said the last part as if it was going to convince me that I needed make up to be a proper omega and it kind of did. I could see in her eyes as she worked on my face that she seemed distressed. She was too focused on my make up to keep the smile on her face. Made me wonder if she was doing this because she was worried about people targeting me or something. If she is a friend of Andy’s she wouldn’t want him to be embarrassed by his mate so in a way she helped him too.  

She smiled suddenly, “stop staring into my soul Emy.” Her voice wasn’t the same as before, it was calmer, more real. I diverted my eyes away from her and focused on the bag of make up to the side of me. “How are you enjoying being Andy’s mate?”  

I brought my gaze back up to her face not sure was to say. When I think about how things have been all I can think of is how kind he is, so I tell her, “He’s very kind to me.”  

She snickers, “well duh he’s nice to everyone. I mean other stuff.” she nudges me with her elbow, “you know what I mean.” she winked at me, and I honestly didn’t know what she meant.  

Nonetheless I did my best to satisfy her question, “well... he is... gentle and warm... makes me feel safe.” I didn’t know what else to say after that but that thankfully seemed to satisfy her.  

“Aww you’re so cute. I’ll have to ask Andy that question too later.” Her constant smile returned but it seemed real this time, so I did not bother myself with wondering about her.  

Sitting here I couldn’t help but think that Sadie could have been a great mate for Andy instead of me, but I banished the thoughts since I did not want to think about them. Being with Andy has taught me that it’s okay to be a little selfish sometimes and I relished the fact that he wanted me to want him in return. If that makes any sense.