Alpha and Omega

9. Ióta (Ι,ι)

Konstantin didn't wait for me the next day or the day after. When it lasted a week, I texted him. He didn't answer. I sent him a second message. A third. A fourth. Nothing, no reply. I called him. He didn't pick up.

I was so angry with him, but at the same time I felt like crying when I realized it was probably over.

Of course, Christian sensed an opportunity, and although he had backed off the last few days, once he found out Konstantin hadn't been waiting for me outside the school all week, he renewed his efforts to the maximum. Besides, I couldn't lie to him and tell him I was still seeing Konstantin, because he'd know I was lying.

So I tried to avoid Chris as much as possible, I didn't even go to lunch and stayed away from the library. And because of him, I was even late for class.

Schwartz, who was our Physics teacher, gave me a note for being late. We also had a test, which I completely forgot about.

As a result, not only did I get a note for being late, but I also got an F.

To make matters worse, my efforts were completely wasted. I didn't manage to avoid Christian anyway. He caught up with me after school.

"Looks like it's come down to my words, huh?" he grinned mischievously as he blocked my path as soon as I got out of school. "Your big alpha ditched you."

I was so exhausted and beaten from everything that I didn't have the strength to snap back at him.

"Leave me alone," I managed to say, but my voice was devoid of any determination, sounding instead like a whiny plea.

He immediately changed his attitude, his expression changing from gloating to something that almost resembled sympathy.

"Forget him, Adrian," he said, this time in a much gentler tone. "He doesn't deserve you. If he dumped you, he's a total prick. You can have any alpha here."

Well, that didn't really help. Not only had I lost Kon, but at the same time I was afraid that if the others found out I was available, they would start hitting on me again.

"I don't want to talk about him," I said, and headed home, hoping Christian would leave me alone.

But he stuck to me and I didn't know how to shake him. He walked beside me in silence for a while and then spoke again:

"Hey, don't worry about the F. Schwartz has always been an idiot. And if you want, I can tutor you."

"How do you know about that?" I glared at him. "You can even sniff out the fact that I got the F in Physics today?"

"No," he grinned. "Patrick told me."

Right, Patrick, Chris's friend and another alpha.

"Look, Christian, I really appreciate you trying to help me, but let's get one thing straight. I don't want an alpha. Not you, not Patrick, not Alex, no one. Then give it up. And do me a favour, tell your friends that too."

He looked at me angrily for a few seconds and then grinned, "You don't get it. Every omega needs an alpha, without one..."

"Without one... what? I'm nothing?" I snapped.

"It's pointless," he snarled, "I don't see why I'm wasting my time with you."

With that he left me standing in the street and walked away angrily.

~~~

For the next week Chris paid no attention to me, I must have really offended him. But it was black-haired Patrick who made all the more effort.

Unfortunately, unlike Christian, he showed his affection in less sophisticated ways. So I had to put up with his heckling, his supposedly funny remarks, and once he even slapped my ass in the locker room. He took another punch from me, this time to the face. But I didn't expect it to stop him.