"There! We can use that den! No one's living there right now!"
"Okay, just so long as we can get out of the rain!"
"The feeling is mutual... come on!
Minutes later...
"Wasn't there someone living here before?"
"Yeah, Sweets and Candy lived here, but they went North to find their old pack last week. They said they wanted to visit. They'll be gone for a few months.
"Hm... well it's better in here than it is out there."
"Couldn't have said it better myself."
"Do you think Kate and Garth will be worried?"
"Ha! Oh yeah, they will be. But when the storm dies down, we'll be able to go home, no problem.
"Good, it'll be nice to be back in my own den."
"Ditto."
Minutes later...
"Man, it sure is blowing out there, don't'cha think?"
"That feels like an understatement, really."
"Ha! Well... you should probably try to get some sleep. I'm going to wait up a while."
"Any particular reason?"
"Well... I like rain, really. I want to listen for a while."
"Alright, well... goodnight Humphrey."
"Goodnight Lilly, sleep tight."
Hours later...
"..."
"...hey."
"Hey. Couldn't sleep?
"Hm, not really. It's just not home, you know?"
"I hear that... and not being around your mate doesn't really help, either."
"Hm."
"..."
"...uh... man, it sure has been a crazy couple of weeks, huh? We're both married now, and suddenly omegas and alphas are allowed to be together, and Tony told us that a joint couple leadership could be possible, and... I mean, wow! So much is happening... and..."
"Yeah, it's... it gets pretty overwhelming sometimes, huh?"
"Yeah, no kidding! But we can handle it, right?"
"...I think so."
"What? Aw, come on, you can do better than that! Of course we can handle it! Have you seen what you and I can do?"
"I have, Humphrey... and that's what worries me."
"What do you... what do you mean?"
"..."
"..."
"Do you ever feel like... I don't know..."
"Like what?"
"Like... like things haven't changed, really..."
"What do you mean? What kind of things?"
"I don't know... I mean... with our mates, and the way that things work in the pack... the wolves we know, and the way that we do things around here... sometimes... I just feel like we've accomplished... nothing."
"I don't know about that. I mean, come on! Look at what a couple of omegas managed to do with a train, a couple of bears, a few berries and some kind words!"
"Hm... that's exactly what I mean, though. We're still just... omegas."
"What's wrong with that?"
"Everything, Humphrey! No matter what we do, no matter how hard we try to show the alphas that we are just as capable as they are... we're still just... a bunch of jokers to them.
"..."
"...maybe I'm not as strong as Garth... maybe I'm not as fast as Kate... but... that shouldn't matter, right? I'm still a wolf, just like they are! I... I don't understand..."
"Well, to me, it's just a way of knowing who has to work hard for dinner. Fine by me!"
"...the alphas don't seem to see it that way."
"What do you mean?"
"You know exactly what I'm talking about. Alphas always... they use their... title... as a way of feeling better then us, than omegas. Some of them aren't bad, but... everyone's different, and some of them... practically abuse it!" Lilly yelled as she kicked at the ground.
"..."
"Being stronger than we are... being faster, or smarter... it's like some sort of sick joke to them. Like... we don't deserve what we get, because we're just... just omegas... we're inferior to them..."
"...do you think that Garth thinks that way about you?"
"What? No, I... there's no what that... well... maybe... sometimes, when I want to go out for a walk, he'll... he'll insist that he comes with me. Sometimes I just want to go into the forest and be alone, you know? But... Garth will insist that I need someone with me. Almost like... he doesn't trust me."
"..."
"I know that that isn't enough to say that he thinks that he's superior to me... he's just being protective, but... it isn't about him, or Kate. If Garth was like any of the other typical alphas, then we wouldn't be together. I'm sure Kate is the same way, right?"
"Right. Kate could never be that way."
"But the others can, and do! They have no trouble showing us that we aren't as good as they are! To the point where... sometimes I wonder if it's true..."
"Hey... you know that that isn't true. You just spent five minutes telling me so, so I know."
"Hm... do you... do you understand what I'm trying to say?"
"Yes Lilly, I know what you're getting at. And... I can see where you're coming from, really."
"Well... that's good to hear."
"...do you plan on doing something about it? About how you feel?"
"...no."
"Why not? You're so determined, I know that someone would listen!"
"They won't Humphrey... they're all the same."
"..."
"...we're just omegas..."
Written on a whim, based on my love for Lilly and Humphrey. Leave a review for me! Thank you.