● never grow up ●

chapter two

greyson's pov

I stared down at the little boy in front of me with tears in my eyes. It's not my fault, Audrey just looks so cute curled up on the small couch in my classroom. I swear, omega hormones are to blame here.

He'd fallen asleep about an hour and a half ago, right after he sat his bottom down on the couch. I knew it would happen, he just looked so exhausted and unfocused during our lesson. Little ones like him should never be up doing things when they looked like that.

It was worrying how he'd tried to cover it up, as if he'd be in trouble for needing a little break today. The poor thing truly thought I'd punish him for it. It brought peace to my mind seeing him asleep, though. Knowing that Audrey was safe and okay seemed to make my omega happy.

Most of the time I just chalk my feelings up for the boy as me being his teacher. I'm caring for my students, that's it. But, if I'm honest with myself, I know there's more to it.

*ring ring*

I startle out of my thoughts at the sound of my phone going off.

I grab it as quick as I can and answer the call without even seeing who it is, not wanting the loud noise to disturb Audrey's sleep. 

"Hello?" I ask, not expecting to here my husbands deep chuckle coming from the other end of the line. "Shoot, sorry Dom. I didn't know it was you." I should have, though. Anytime Dominic's out of town on business he calls me at my lunch break and before I go to bed. It's sweet, one of the many reasons why I'm glad he's my mate, my alpha; the love of my life. 

My husband owns a large software company that was passed down from his father, along with a large chunk of inheritance that he received when his parents passed in a car crash about ten years back. He likes the work so he's a pretty hands on boss but he's only out of town a few days of the month. We hate it, being separated, but we manage.

With how much Dominic makes and with his inheritance I don't need to work. I really just teach because I like working with kids and most of the time I need the distraction school offers. 

"It's alright, baby. I just wanted to call and check in, figured you had your lunch break by now." He was right, it was my lunch break but I was so busy keeping an eye on Audrey that I'd completely forgotten to eat.

"Yeah, yeah, it is." I said, running a hand through my mid-length blonde hair.

"What's wrong, Grey? You sound off." He comments and I can feel his worry seeping through our bond. It doesn't matter how far away he is, he always knows when something is up or when I'm distraught.

"It's nothing, really. It's just that student I was telling you about." I keep my voice to a hushed whisper as I move to the door of my classroom, seeing myself out to the hallway just in case I get too loud.

"Oh. Audrey, was it?" He asks in understanding.

"Yeah, I just don't know what it is about the kid. The poor thing's just so small and quiet. I don't know what's going on." I say, my worry from earlier returning.

"Do you know his classification?" I shake my head at that, the result still not making much sense to me.

"I checked with the office, his records say he was tested a few years back and he classified as a beta. It just doesn't seem right, Dom. I mean sure, he's nine years old but he looks like he could pass for a kindergartner, if that. He's practically skin and bones and today he came into class looking like he was barely holding on." The tears started welling up once again and this time I couldn't stop them from falling. My omega needed to help Audrey, we couldn't sit back knowing something was wrong.

"Oh, baby, please don't cry. It's okay, he'll be okay." Dominic said in his soothingly deep voice. I wanted him with me, I wanted to crawl into his arms and stay curled up there until I thought of a way to help the sleeping boy in my classroom. "Do you think he could be a pup?" The second he mentioned the word my breathing stopped. It couldn't be, they're so rare. Even rarer then male omegas.

Pups are the subspecies right underneath omegas. They're essentially just child omegas that don't age past a certain point, staying young forever with a mindset ranging from that of a newborn to a toddler when deep in their pup space. They're dependent creatures that require a lot of attention and care, usually finding that from omegas and alphas that take them in, playing the rule of their 'parents'.

It's a beautiful connection, one my omega and I yearn for as we can't have our own children. All I want is a pup of my own to take care of and fill with love. Audrey being a pup would be a dream come true but that's so unlikely. I can't get my hopes up. It will only lead to disappointment when I inevitably end up being wrong. 

I hear a deep breath from Dominic's end, he knows exactly what I'm thinking. "Why don't I reach out to some of my contacts and I'll see if they can find anything on him, alright?"

I sniffled quietly before replying with a small, 'okay'.

"Grey, honey, it's gonna be okay. He's gonna be fine. I'll be home tomorrow and we'll talk about it some more." His words are nice and I try to believe them, I really do. But my omega won't settle until our alpha is here with us. "You only have a few hours left of school. When you get home I want you make yourself a nice bath, throw in some bath salts, make yourself some tea, and bring one of your romance books too. Sit in the bath for as long as it takes to calm some of those nerves down. Afterwards I want you to be in your softest pajamas and I want you to take a nice, long nap. Can you do that for me? Can you do that for your alpha?" He asks, his voice getting deeper as he goes along, helping to ground me just a bit.

"Y-yes alpha." I say with a whimper as another tear falls.

"I'm so sorry I'm not there, baby. I'll be home so soon, I promise." Just as he finishes I hear rustling coming from the inside of my classroom; Audreys up.

"I-I have to go. He's awake, I think." I say, trying to recompose myself as I wipe my tears away, hoping more wont follow.

"Okay, sweetheart. Call me when you get out of work so I know you're okay and don't forget to eat some lunch. I know you're worried but I want my omega fed." He makes the demand lightly but I know he's serious. I've been known to get caught up and forget about food.

"Thank you, I don't know what I would do without you." I tell him, meaning the words with everything I am.

"You'll never have to find out. I love you, Grey. Call me if you need me." I listen to Dominic's breathing for one more minute, matching my breaths to his in order to calm down, before exchanging goodbye's and hanging up the phone.

It hurt to say bye. I wan't my alpha but I want to make sure Audrey is okay more in this moment. That's the only thought on my mind as I push through my classroom door, putting on a brave face so that I could be there for Audrey.

Goodness knows he needs it, we both do.

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authors note

hi lovelies!! not gonna lie, i kinda completely forgot about this book for the past couple of days but it's okay cuz i remembered tonight :) i wrote the chapter in like an hour (which is a lot quicker than i usually write) and i'm editing this at like two in the morning so sorry for any and all mistakes.

anyways, i hope you liked the chapter!! not sure how i feel about it but i do like the relationship between dominic and greyson so far and i liked some of those moments.

what did you guys think about some of the new stuff introduced in the chapter??

did the chapter come together smoothly???

thank you so much for reading, hopefully i have the next chapter up within the week :) don't forget to vote and i hope you all have a lovely day/night!!