The Runaway Alpha ~ Brayn Short Story

Chapter 5: Zayn

The following day after breakfast, I decided to call Jordan and Lilly to tell them the good news.

"Hey, bro." Jordan answered. "How's it going? When are you coming back? Being Alpha is hard work and I would really like being Beta again." Every time I call him, he is always complaining about how hard he works to run the pack and that I should come back and reclaim my position.

"Yeah about that, we have a bit of a problem." I heard a sigh and a 'go on'. "I have good news and bad news. Good news is that I found my mate." I said and he cut me off by cheering.

"Really? What's her name? What does she look like? When are you coming back?" He fired question after question.

"I was not finished. Bad news is he is the Beta of his pack and yes, you heard correctly. He." I let out a sigh and ran a hand through my hair just a the door opened to reveal Brandon, who came to sit next to me on the bed.

"Holy shit, your parents are going to freak out!" He said, making me laugh.

"Tell me about it." I replied.

"So what are you going to do?" He asked and I shrugged even though I know he can't see me.

"We have decided to talk about that when after Niall and Liam sort themselves out." I told him.

"I was thinking actually," Brandon started, making me remove my phone from my ear and put it on loud speaker. "Niall has Denise, who has proven to be a great Beta. Zayn and I can come there after they combine their packs. Zayn reclaims his position and Denise takes my place, everybody wins." That would be a great idea but I have to think of my mate.

"Will that make you happy? Letting someone else take your position?" I asked Brandon.

"Yes it will. It will give me the excuse I was looking for to leave this pack. Yes, Niall is back and the pack is better than before but I still don't like what happened. I want to start over and create happy memories where no one is going to get hurt." And my heart went out to him. He just wants a clean slate.

"It's settled then. Deal with Niall and Liam and then come back home. Your parents are still throwing a tantrum about how you left and it's seriously getting on my nerves." I can imagine him rubbing his temples.

"Will do. Say hi to Lilly." I said with a smile, knowing the name will be able to relax him.

"Will do." I can hear the smile in his voice. Mission accomplished!

"See you later man." We said our goodbyes before hanging up.

"So who's Lilly?"  Brandon asked, making me laugh at the jealousy in his voice.

"You remember the girl I was arranged to marry? Jordan's mate? That's Lillian, Lilly in short." I said with a smile on my face. "Why so jealous?" I asked with a smirk on my face.

"You are my second chance mate and I really don't want to lose you." Okay that made me curious.

"Second chance?" I asked in curiosity and jealousy. He is my first mate and I am jealous that he was someone's mate before he was mine.

"Yeah..." He said with a nervous chuckle. "This girl, Sophia, was my mate but she wanted Liam so I rejected her because she was planning to commit treason." Oh.

"Treason?" I asked.

"She was working with a witch and was gonna cast a spell to make Liam believe they were mates. I found out, told Liam and I rejected her so that Liam can find his mate and mate." Seriously? Holy shit.

"That's messed up!" I said and he just nodded.

"But that doesn't matter, I have you now." He pulled me closer to him and laid back so that we were cuddling, successfully making me blush.

"Yeah, we have each other." I hid my face in his chest so that he doesn't see the redness on my cheeks. "So, what do you see in your future?" I tried to make conversation.

"You, me and our very own football team... plus reserves." Okay so that wasn't the best topic if I wanted to get rid of the redness on my cheeks.

"Umm... Okay." I squeaked out.

"You are so cute! So much so that I want to take you out on a date." He said, making me blush even more.

"Okay." I stupidly said again.

"Great! How about tomorrow? I will wake you up and we can spend the day together." He said and I nodded. "Now that that is settled, let's go help turn this house into an Irish museum."

He pulled me up nd led me downstairs where they were decorating the house.

"Uncle Zayn, uncle Zayn!" Connor came up to me full speed, I caught him and threw him up in the air.

"What is it, buddy?" I asked as I put him on my hip.

"I need your help." He said in his little serious voice. He is so cute!

"With what, bud?" I asked.

Connor squirmed, signalling me to put him down, which I did. He took my hand and pulled me in an empty room that has a canvases and paint in it, I'm guessing some pack members like to paint.

"You need to paint mommy." Connor demanded with a cute pout.

"I can so that. How would you like me to paint him?" I asked and he shrugged.

"Uncle, you are a painter. Be creative." He said before turning around and leaving.

"Yep, definitely Niall's son." I said to a quiet Brandon.

He walked closer to me and pulled me closer by my hips. "I can't wait for us to have our own kids." He said before kissing me.

Me neither, dear mate of mine. Me neither.