The final bell rang, Tuesday afternoon, and Louis was quite nervous. He had received text message from Zayn during 3rd period, saying he was calling an emergency pack meeting at 3:00pm, which is when school lets out.

There was that and the fact that he hadn't heard a word from Harry since Sunday, the training session where Harry lost it. But technically, they hadn't even talked then. It was Saturday, when Harry had made him a sandwich, that they'd last spoke. And sure, Harry was scary, everyone in school knew not to mess with him. But seeing him in action, with such a fury, it really scared Louis.

He walked out of the school building, seeing Niall waiting by their "meetup tree", the beta smiling when he saw Louis. "Did you get the text from Zayn?" Louis asked, wasting no time. "Yeah. Why do you look so worried?" Niall asked, "because I am, Niall! Fuck..." Louis pulled in his hair. "Lou, it'll be fine." He out a hand on Louis shoulder. "You coming or not?" A harsh voice spat, and they both looked up to see Harry walking by, keys in hand.

Louis gulped, swallowing his emotions, seeing as Harry didn't look to be in a sympathetic mood. So he and Niall jumped in the back seat and didn't dare speak. Louis could see Harry gripping the steering wheel, knuckles turning white. He glanced up to see the alphas stone face, with concentration plastered on the road ahead.

They turned into the dirt road, and in no time they were hopping out of the car. The three of them walking into the shack, and we're surprised by the commotion inside. "Hey!" Harry shouted, successfully silencing the room. "Where's Zayn?" He added, that's when Liam stood from the sofa, "we don't know, he's not here." He spoke, looking a little worried.

"I vote we leave!" One of the alphas stood, gaining a few 'yeah's' from the crowd. "No, Zayn asked us here for a reason!" Another stood, "so he expects us to wait around for god knows how long? I think not!" the first alpha added. They all broke out into arguments once again. Louis looked to Harry who was pinching the bridge of his nose, he then made his was to the kitchen.

Louis looked around, he could tell some of his pack mates were getting into heated battles; he could smell the testosterone and pheromones coming off the alphas and betas alike. The omega began to feel panicked, before he remembered the whole reason he was in the pack.

"Hey!" He yelled, though no one paid him any attention. He looked around, being at least a head shorter than everyone wasn't helping. He stomped to the dining table, pulling out a chair to use as a step, and stood on the table. He put his fingers between his lips, and gave a loud whistle. Everyone looked up at him, some even covering their ears.

"Zayn is our pack alpha. What he says goes! So if Zayn calls a meeting, and he's late, we wait for him. And yes Toby, that's means waiting however long it takes." He directed at the alpha who created this mess in the first place. "Now. How about you all shut up, calm down and act like dignified pack members?!" He added.

He could see everyone looking at one another, before they broke off into quite chatter. A few apologies could be heard by Louis. He couldn't help but feel a sense of pride. He, Louis Tomlinson, the omega, just tamed a room of angry betas and alphas. Liam and Niall walked over to where Louis stood at on the table. "Wow, Lou! Well done!" Niall praised, making Louis smile. Liam held his hand out, and Louis took it, stepping down from the table. "You did good, Louis." He smiled.

Just then the from door opened. Zayn stepped in, and looked around the room. "Thanks everyone, you are dismissed." He spoke sternly. A few muttered curses were heard and Zayn snarled, making the room fall silent once again as everyone shuffled out the door. Zayn closed it, leaving only Niall, Liam, Louis and Harry in the the cabin with himself.

"Louis-" he began, and the boys inner omega took over, "Zayn, I'm sorry! They were all fighting and I wanted to stop it before it got chaotic and I know I have no right, but I saw no other way, and I'm sorry-"

"Louis!" Zayn spoke over the boys word vomit, "You're not in trouble. Quite the opposite actually." Zayn smiled at him, and now Louis was just genuinely confused.
"Louis-," Liam began,
"this was actually a test." He chuckled at the omegas expression.

"A test?" Louis asked.
"Yes. I wanted to test run your 'den mother' skills. You see, this one time, a year or so back, I was late for a meeting, much like today, and Liam had to settle it for me. And now we wanted to see how you'd do in the same situation." Zayn shrugged.

"And you were in on this?" Louis asked Liam, the beta hearing the offence in his tone. "Yeah Louis, sorry, but it was the bosses orders!" He threw his hands up in surrender and gestured at Zayn.

Louis was letting it all sync in. He supposed it was fair, Zayn is the pack alpha can do anything he wants, really. And, in all honesty, he was kind of glad the alpha saw his act of bravery. So maybe it wasn't so bad after all.

"Well, thanks Zayn, for this waste of time. Can I drive you all home now, so we can be done with this?" Harry asked, heading out the door. Niall and Louis sharing a glance, while Zayn sighed and Liam follows Harry out.

PUBLISHED~23/OCT/2018