It was Monday morning and Louis waltzed into class on Jason's arm; giggling and groping his biceps. The teacher rolled his eyes, "That's enough of that. Take a seat." He groans and Louis was beginning to think the teacher didn't like him. There were two seats and Jason took the one Louis was going for, leaving him next to Zayn. Louis sighed, 'great.' he thought. Not that he'd ever say that aloud. He's too afraid Zayn would murder him. Literally. Murder. Him.

As soon as Louis took his seat, Zayn slid his closer. "Not too keen on sitting with me, hey?" Zayn asked and Louis looked up at him with his 'are you kidding me' face. "Well, you may find this hard to believe, but you're not exactly the most welcoming person around," Louis spoke a little quieter than he intended. Even though he was being sassy, and had the right to do so, Zayn was still a scary alpha and that was all too clear at this moment.

"Well. Louis. Maybe if you got to know me you wouldn't think I was so scary?" Zayn's statement shocked Louis. Since when did he care what people thought about him? "I thought you'd be the kind of guy who doesn't care about what people think. Does this have something to do with what happened at the party?" Louis thought aloud, he instantly regretted it, it was too intrusive, they know nothing about each other.

"You could say that. I love being the pack alpha, don't get me wrong. But in all honesty, we don't do half of the things people say we do. It's all rumours. And it affects our social lives. We're still teenagers for fucks sake! We need social lives and we can't have that if everyone is scared shitless whenever we enter the room. And I don't care what people think." He finished his rant and Louis wondered why the alpha was opening up to him at all let alone talking to him.

"Well, for starters. You do care. You just made that quite clear. Plus, the dick heads that go to this school aren't worth it anyway. You've made yourself a real family, that's a thousand times better than anything you'd get here at school." Louis was looking into Zayn's eyes, you could tell he was taking in every word Louis was saying. He'd never realised Zayn had such kind eyes.

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The two had a conversation about school and their families for a while and the both of them left the class with a smile, feeling like their conversation had made a change in the others life. In a good way.

Louis met up with Niall for lunch in the senior area and talked about his conversation with Zayn.

"So wait, you actually talked with Zayn Malik?! Like, an actual conversation?!" He badgered, and Louis rolled his eyes.

"Um, yes, you twat! That's what I just said! I talked with Zayn in art and I got to know I'm a little better. He's not as aggressive as I thought he was. He seems misunderstood." Louis uttered and Niall just watched him intently as he spoke.

The two dropped the subject and talked about other things, though Louis couldn't help but feel like maybe he had misjudged Zayn. It was so weird that the alpha approached him so unexpectedly and was so open with him. While part of him didn't know what was happening, the other enjoyed Zayn' company.

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Zayn made his way over to Harry's car, where his friends were waiting for him. The alpha was deep in thought and wasn't sure about his plans, and whether or not he should share them just yet. "Took you long enough" Harry teased. "Aw. Worried about me were you?" Zayn smirked with a wink. "Sure was." Harry blew him a kiss and Zayn just rolled his eyes.

As Harry pulled up outside Zayn's house, they said their final goodbyes and Zayn went straight to his room, grabbing out his laptop and starting to brainstorm and plan. Zayn wasn't a stranger to stress, which is probably why he smoked so much. Though he never usually stressed about his pack, which seems to be whats happening lately.

They're an amazing pack, don't get him wrong. They all care deeply for the community and fight for it. The problem is, they're losing their family bond, all becoming too selfish. And if they don't have trust and love for one another, not only is it upsetting, but more importantly it could become dangerous. What are they really fighting for if not for each other?

Zayn thought about what Louis said today, about having made himself a real family. And in the beginning, that's what they had. But somewhere along the way, they've slowly lost that. Zayn cares for them all so much, he wanted to mend what they had broken. As the pack alpha, each mishap was his responsibility, no matter who caused it.

"Louis Tomlinson..." Zayn uttered, biting on his thumbnail. Zayn was thinking about the boy all afternoon. Before his talk with Louis today, Zayn thought Louis was just an omega that would put out for anyone, but he learnt other things, like the way he adores his little sisters, and is caring and sweet. He was just what Zayn needed.

Louis would help bring the pack together, he knew it. But he also wouldn't let the other alphas in the pack take advantage of him, he seemed very independent that way. Zayn stood from his desk chair and instead threw himself onto his bed. He needed to have a quick nap before he had to get ready for the pack meeting.

PUBLISHED~30/MAY/2018