The Strong Alpha

6. I'm Sorry Alpha. I Am Dismissing Myself To My Sleeping Quarters

"Please Father? Can I stay just this once? You know I won't let anything like that happen. I'm not like that." I say giving Father the pup eyes, to which he soon gives in. "Fine!" He booms. "But under one condition. If he does anything at all, you punch him and come home. And I mean it, anything" he growls with a scary look in his eyes. "Father, I swear. There is nothing to worry about. I can take care of myself," I say and lean up, kissing him on the cheek and sprinting up the stairs to my bedroom.

When I reach my room, I pull out my phone and call Brent. He quickly picks up with a cheery 'Hey Beautiful. What's up?'. I smile brightly and move to my closet. "Hey Brent. He said yes." I say and pull out an outfit to wear tomorrow and fold it up, laying the folded fabric in my backpack. "That's great news. When are you coming over?" He asks quickly. I then look to my shoe shelf to find a matching pair, and put them in my bag once I find them. "I'm just grabbing clothes for tomorrow and grabbing a few things and then I'll be on my way. But it'll take a little while because I'm going to drive, I don't feel like running" I say with a soft laugh into the phone. "Alright. I'll get a movie and some snacks set up in my room for when you get here" he says. "Okay. See you soon. Bye!" I say into the phone and then hang up. After getting to Brent's' house, we laid in bed watching a couple movies before falling asleep.

I wake up with a quiet yawn and roll over onto my side, opening my eyes to a soundly-sleeping Brent and smile. I lean my head forward slightly and kiss his cheek, then carefully get out of bed and go to the bathroom, shutting and locking the door behind me. I turn on the shower to a warm temperature and undress myself, stepping into the water. After finishing my shower, I step out onto the bath mat and wrap a towel around my body, drying myself off and pulling on a black bra and a pair of black underwear and spandex shorts. I grab my outfit off the counter and pull on a black mid-sleeve dress that has a pocket on both sides and falls just above my knees and clasp a necklace around my neck. After realizing that I left my makeup bag on Brent's desk, I walk out of the bathroom to be greeted by Brent's muscular arms around my waist in a tender hug. He kisses me on the cheek softly and I smile up at him before slipping out of his grip and walking to the desk, grabbing my bag, then walking back into the bathroom with him hot on my trail.

I flip my hair over and French braid front the bottom of my head to the top back of my head and tie an elastic around it and make a bun. He smiles at my reflection in the mirror before telling me to turn around so he could get in the shower. I do so and he undresses and jumps in the shower shouting an 'okay. You're good!' and I turn back around to the mirror and start doing my makeup with a natural smoky eye and mascara with some light pink lip gloss. I decide that I like the look so I go to his closet and pick out a pair of dark denim jeans with a blue button up and then I find his shoes and pull out a pair of leather-looking dress shoes and a black fedora hat and some brown socks and take them all in, setting them on the bathroom counter before telling Brent to put them on when he gets out.

Once he gets out of the shower and gets dressed, I blow dry and style his hair just right so it looks like a wave and roll up his sleeves to just under the elbow and smile at him. "You look nice" I say, looking up at his eyes. "Well you look absolutely gorgeous Juniper. Even though you aren't wearing any shoes" he says smirking at me and I look down at my feet and gasp. "How could I forget to put on shoes? No wonder I feel so short right now" I grumble and walk over to my bag, pulling out a pair of dark grey heeled boots and put them on, zipping them up the side and adjusting them just right. I stand up and move over to Brent, feeling better about the height difference and smile. Brent looks down at me with a cheeky smile and mumbles a soft 'You're so adorable' before kissing me on the cheek and grabbing my hand, towing me down the stairs.

After a short drive into town in the Lofton's car, we pull up outside the local diner and turn the car off and get out. We go in and tell them that we have four people, then they lead us to a window booth and we all sit down. Brent's Mom and Dad both order a coffee, Brent gets an orange juice, and I get a fruit smoothie. The waitress soon comes back with our drinks and Brent's Mom get a bowl of oatmeal, Brent's Dad gets French toast with banana slices and maple syrup on top, Brent gets waffles with a bunch of fruit and maple syrup on top, and I get a cheese omelet with peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, and ham in it and some cottage cheese. While we wait for our meal, we all engage in a small conversation about what they're going to do out of town. After about half an hour, our waitress comes to the table and passes out all of the food and we dig in, finishing in minutes. I pay the bill as a treat for them and we're headed on our way to the hospital.

"Ladies and gentleman, thank you for waiting. We'd now like to welcome aboard those passengers on flight 7 traveling with small children, those who need assistance boarding, and those who need assistance boarding. Uniformed members of the U.S. Armed Forces: We thank you for your service. Please board now," a flight attendant says into a microphone. "Brent, you're leaving soon," I whisper quietly, looking down at my hands before being enveloped in a hug. "Jay, Baby. It's going to be fine. I'll be back in no time. We can Skype whenever you want. You know I'm always here, even when you can't see me," he whispers into my ear. A small tear slides down my cheek and I nod my head. "Yeah, I know. I'm just going to miss you. And it just bums me out that you'll miss my birthday," I mumble as the flight attendant calls for everyone in Group 1 of 2 only. I pull away from the hug and kiss him on the cheek before smoothing out his nice shirt and smiling sadly at him. "I'll see you in five weeks," he says smiling, the smile not quite reaching his eyes. I nod my head in agreement and the flight attendant calls for Group 2. Brent leans forward and kisses me compassionately before turning around and following his parents into the small tunnel that leads to the plane door, leaving me standing alone to watch the plane depart.

I look at the dashboard in the car to check the time and see that it's an hour after the exact time that I watched Brent walk through the single door and get on the plane. An hour after the exact time I felt so broken, yet so free, as if a giant weight had been lifted off of my shoulders. An hour after the exact time that I realized I would be all alone without the one person I'll live with for the rest of my life during my first transformation. A tear slides down my cheek for the second time that day as I put the car in drive and pull out of the airport parking lot and head on my way to the Lofton household. Upon reaching their house, I pull into the driveway and lock the door, close the garage door, and head inside. I walk up the stairs to Brent's room and collect all my stuff that I had brought the night prior and put it in my backpack. I grab my bag and go back downstairs and walk out the front door, locking it behind me and getting in my car, driving home.

"Good evening Jay. Want some soup?" Father asks from the kitchen after I walk through the front door. "No thank you. I'm just going to head to bed," I mumble quietly, knowing he can hear me and walking slowly to the stairs. "Jay, you need to eat. You'll make yourself sick if you don't. Please?" He whispers in a pained voice. "Father, I am not hungry. I am going to bed. I will see you in the morning," I growl aggravated and continue walking. "Juniper Mae Don't you raise your voice at me," He commands in his alpha voice to which I freeze in my tracks. "I'm sorry Alpha. I am dismissing myself to my sleeping quarters," I mumble and go to my room, changing into a pair of spandex shorts and a t-shirt before getting into bed and falling asleep with Brent on my mind.