Chapter 12 Another Day
The sun peeked its way over the trees shining brightly on Kate's eyelids waking her up first. Kate stirred awake yawning with her long dry tongue hanging out her mouth. She yoga stretched her stiff muscles and shook the dirty that collected on her firm tan fur. Kate fluttered her eyes open and took a few steps out the den sitting near the entrance swaying her tail. The trees were dancing side to side with the help of the cool refreshing wind. Birds were chirping their morning songs as the moose in the distance were grazing the wet tall grass. All Kate can think about is the dream she recently woke up from. In the dream she couldn't find Humphrey after months of searching. When she finally found him, he was already deceived. That's the big question she asks herself everyday, will she ever find him. Kate ears twitched from the sound of laughter and was aware of two scents coming near the den. The scents was familiar and just as thought, it was Emilia and Hutch walking to the temporary den. Kate stopped sitting and slowly rose up on all fours waiting for their arrival. They stopped in front of Kate with a small smile and greeted her.
"Morning Kate" Emmy said smirking in return Kate did the same.
"Morning you two...what were you guys doing?" Kate asked in a soft raspy voice.
"We were hunting breakfast sorry I should have told you...but...are you okay you don't sound to tame" Emmy questioned, Kate cleared her throat and said.
"I'm fine...so are we ready to go?" Kate asked inpatient.
"Aren't you going to eat?" Hutch asked.
"No..not really in the mood" Kate said softly saddened.
"Come on it's the most important meal of the day" Hutch said playfully.
"I'll be fine don't worry about me" Kate said walking past them swaying her tail.
"What's wrong with your friend?" Emmy asked Hutch once she was far ahead.
"Humphrey...that's what's wrong with her" Hutch said watching her walk away.
"What about him?" Emmy asked.
"She has feelings for him and he ran away when Kate was forced to marry someone else" Hutch explained.
"Poor thing" Emmy said sadly shaking her head.
"Yeah..she hasn't been happy since then" Hutch said feeling bad for Kate.
"Not Kate..Humphrey...he's probably heartbroken and alone right now poor guy" Emmy said sounding heartbroken herself and Hutch gave her a 'really' face.
"What?" Emmy asked innocently. Hutch rolled his eyes and ran to catch up with Kate at the creek.
Kate was lapping up a few rounds of water and stared at her reflection when she was finished. She noticed there were bags underneath her eyes and her face was turning pale. Kate stared so long at her reflection that Humphrey appeared next to her. He was hugging Kate in the waters reflection and this brought a wide smile to Kate's face. The Humphrey hallucinations soon started talking to Kate, driving her crazy.
"Kate how could you let me go?...I thought you loved me?" The reflection said.
"Humphrey I do love you I just made a stupid mistake I'm sorry I never meant to hurt you" Kate said starting to tear up.
"Cut the lies Kate...both me and you know you used me to get back to the pack...you're not the same Kate I used to love since a pup...alpha school turned you into a heartless bitch all you care about is your dumb responsibilities" He said.
"Humphrey please I'm sorry don't feel that way...it's not like what it seems I swear" Kate said with tears streaming down her face.
"I don't believe a word you're saying you deserve to be alone for the rest of your rotting life...bye Kate" He said starting to disappear.
"Humphrey please don't go I need you…" Kate said crying softly.
"Kate" Hutch called out behind her and she quickly wiped her face dry. Hutch walked beside her and sat down watching over the creek.
"How are you holding up?" Hutch asked knowing something obviously wrong.
"As long as he's out there alone I don't know how long I'll be holding up" Kate said in almost a whisper.
"Oh cheer up...we're going to find him so stop groping around and feeling sorry for yourself all the time you're just making things harder" Hutch said.
"But...this is my fault...if I wasn't caught up in my duties as an alpha and just told everyone the truth none of this would have happened" Kate said looking back at her reflection in the water.
"You can't predict the future and that's alright but Humphrey needs you to stay strong for him right now" Hutch said.
"I'm not sure if he would even want me anymore...everytime I feel like we're near he moves ten feet away and I can't reach him even though we're in the same place" Kate said sadly.
"Kate why on earth would you feel that way?...me and you both know Humphrey loves you dearly" Hutch said confused at Kate's sudden change.
"I-I just don't know anymore" Kate said sounding devastated. It was a small level of silence as if the only noise there was is the creek's water flow.
"Humphrey told me to never tell you this..but I think it's a good time to tell you now…" Hutch started, catching Kate's full attention.
"Back when we were in alpha school...10 miles away from the pack...I used to get homesick and run back home...almost every time I did Humphrey was always in his den crying his eyes out calling your name sometimes...he told me the day we left for alpha school he was going to ask you out that day but Winston stopped him before he could...he knew you would forget about him and wouldn't feel nearly the same way once you were older" Hutch said and a small smile was placed on her face.
"That's so sweet...he cried for me" Kate said smiling to herself.
"My point is...you're in the same position Humphrey was in a year ago and he didn't give up on you...so you better not give up on him" Hutch said and Kate nodded her head with more confidence in herself.
"Now get yourself something to eat before we go...it's gonna be a long day of searching and food isn't promised" Hutch said before standing up on all fours walking away. Kate looked back at her reflection and it turned into her and Humphrey's wedding day.
"I'm going to make things right no matter how long it takes" Kate said with dedication in her voice.
2 weeks later…
Humphrey been training with Alex on the move and been getting a little bigger. He's way more muscular than before and can now hunt animals such as rabbits and squirrels. Humphrey still can't quite defeat Alex in play fights yet but gets close many times. The more she teases him about it the more determined he'll be to win someday. Their relationship has been getting closer and closer the more the two hung out with each other. For the last two weeks they've really enjoyed each other's presents, and since they're both omegas, that makes things even better between them. They played a lot of games, made tons of jokes, and was getting fit all at the same time. One day they even went log sledding again after another intense workout just for the hell of it. After the last incident Humphrey and Alex faced in the train they haven't seen or heard another one since. Not even the latest sign of the train tracks, they've been walking for thousands of miles, but in this case running…
"Okay...Humphrey s-stop...here" Alex said plumbing down next to a tree planting heavily. Humphrey trotted next to her collecting his breath, with a small smirk.
"I think I'm getting better at this now" Humphrey said laying down next to her.
"Yeah you are...just two weeks ago you were crying from only running a mile" Alex giggled slightly.
"Oh...don't make me remember the longest mile of my life" Humphrey said chuckling. After the duo caught their refreshing breath; in the distance there was a long caribou call.
"Are you hungry?...because it sounds like someone lost their baby" Alex said licking her lips in delight.
"You think I'm ready for something that big?" Humphrey asked nervous.
"You're ready I'll be right next to you…" Alex said giving him her signature smile. Humphrey nodded and they took off towards the lost calf.
It was within a few minutes before they met up with the lost calf off their sense of smell. The calf wasn't that big to split between them both but it's a good snack. Alex and Humphrey stayed low as the calf was busy in search for its mother.
"We're going to split up and ambush him stay low and pounce on my growl" Alex explained whispering.
"Got it" Humphrey whispered back before they broke up in their positions.
Alex moved on behind him as Humphrey moved in front. The calf was growing two small antlers but it wasn't big enough to do any real damage. Humphrey and Alex was well hidden in the tall grass as they inched closer ready to pounce. When they were close enough a loud growl escaped Alex mouth. Humphrey pounced on his neck biting down as hard as he could. Alex bit down on his legs to prevent him from running. The calf put on one last effort to call out for help in intense agony. It seems the call was heard as a adult male charged full speed and knocked Humphrey off the calf's neck with his antlers. Humphrey whimpered when he made contact with a tree. Alex let go off the calf's hind leg and retreated to Humphrey's aid. The calf and adult caribou took advantage of this moment and ran away to safety.
"Humphrey are you okay?" Alex asked running up to him in a worried tone. Humphrey spat out blood and was slow to get up. There was a huge bloody gash across his ribcage where the caribou scarred him with his antlers. Humphrey gave Alex a blunt look before taking off the way the caribou ran.
"Humphrey wait where are you going?!" Alex yelled running after him. Humphrey for a first, was outrunning Alex by a full mile per second. Before you can say 'damn he's fast' Humphrey vanished in the clear distance.
When Alex caught up to him he was on the back of the full grown caribou biting down on its next. Humphrey gain a few more bloody scratches as he tried to take him down. Claw marks was all around the caribous neck but he didn't give on on getting Humphrey off his back. The caribou drained himself out as he lost a lot of blood, and painted the leaves red beneath him; calling in submission to it's killer. Humphrey released his bloody jaws from his neck when the caribou stopped moving watching over his kill. Alex stood in shock that Humphrey took out a caribou twice both their sizes all by himself. He let out a long howl of a successful hunt sounding nothing like the fun-loving Humphrey Alex knows at all but she liked it.
"So how I do?" Humphrey looked down at me still standing on his fresh kill.
"Oh uhh wow...you-you did great...didn't know you had that killer instinct in you it's badass if you ask me" Alex said smiling walking up to Humphrey while he stepped down.
"Every wolf has a killer instinct" Humphrey said winking at her. Alex started licking his long bloody gash catching him off guard.
"What are you doing?" Humphrey asked whimpering a bit from the pain.
"You wouldn't want that getting infection do you?" Alex asked calmly to a blushing Humphrey.
"Uh no I guess" Humphrey said feeling himself being aroused.
"Then relax let me help you" Alex said softly with a charming smile going in for a few more licks.
"Wait...I have to tell you something about me" Humphrey flinched out the way before her tongue made contact with his open wound.
"And what is about you I don't know already?" Alex asked smirking.
"Umm sometimes..uhhh how can I put this...I uh...get easily aroused" Humphrey said blushing mad crazy.
"I didn't know you found me sexually appealing Humphrey" Alex said seductively moving closer, making Humphrey move backwards a bit. Alex leaned in and licked his face all the way back down to his open wound.
"If it makes you uncomfortable I won't look" Alex said giggling.
"O-Okay" Humphrey said shaking uncontrollably. A few minutes of licks Alex found a few leaves and used the herbs to cover his open wound with leaves.
"All done...that wasn't so hard right?" Alex teased seductively giggling as Humphrey gathered himself.
"No comment" Humphrey said jokily sharing a laugh with Alex.
They dug in Humphrey's fresh kill and left behind a few bones with a little meat on them. The caribou was so big there was no way they're eating the whole thing with just the two of them. When their bellies were full, Humphrey and Alex abandoned the carcass and continued their long journey to get back home. Day soon turned into night, but just before they was going to call it a night they came across a road. A few cars was passing by and Humphrey eyes was glued on one of them. Alex was clueless to what he was doing and spoke up.
"So what's the plan?" Alex asked.
"I need to see where we are first" Humphrey said trying to read a license plate. It was too dark and the cars were moving too fast but there was a truck that read Yellowstone Idaho.
"Well we're not out of Idaho yet just in the northern part...but at least we're heading in the right direction" Humphrey said looking at her and Alex gave him a saddened face. Alex knows it's a matter of time before Bruce finds them. She hopes Humphrey can get them home safely before he does.
"What's wrong?" Humphrey asked her.
"I'm just very tired and my paws are killing me" Alex said yawning.
"You sure that's it?" Humphrey asked.
"I'm sure..thanks for caring" Alex said smiling widely licking his cheek.
"Come on let's find a den sleepy head" Humphrey said playfully bumping her before turning around walking away.
With that the two found a den relatively quickly and spent the night cuddling up next to each other for warmth. Alex was a lot more comfortable with Humphrey and gained trust with him within the two weeks. Its been periods throughout this entire journey she been trying to tell Humphrey how she feels about him. But everytime Alex either change the subject or it'll be a distraction. Alex felt like he should know how she feels about him. After all they've been through one hell of an adventure and made it this far alive.
"Humphrey I have a confession to make…" Alex said, and Humphrey lift his head off his paws gazing in her hazel eyes.
"What's up?" Humphrey asked noticing she's nervous about something.
"The last two weeks with you has been very fun and...you mean so much to me that I feel like you're a must have in my life...I think we should take a step further in our relationship" Alex said smiling placing her paw on his. Humphrey was shocked not knowing what to say.
"What do you mean a step further?" Humphrey asked, Alex didn't respond and just leaned forward puckering her lip. Closing her eyes the more closer she got to his lips.
"Alex I don't think this a good idea" Humphrey said moving his head back a little.
"Maybe we should find that out" Alex said softly in a whisper with her eyes completely closed leaning forward. Humphrey stopped her from kissing him and said.
"Sorry...but I can't" Humphrey said and Alex gazed at him in confusion.
"Why not?...do you not feel the same way?" Alex asked with burning cheeks he rejected her.
"No it's not you at all...it's me...I'm just still not over Kate yet" Humphrey said avoiding her eye contact.
"Oh Humphrey I'm so sorry...I forgot about her I didn't mean to rush things...now it's going to be so awkward between us" Alex said upset with herself shaking her head. Humphrey kissed her nose softly and a bright smile flew across her face. It wasn't what Alex wanted but it was close enough to her lips to kinda count as a full kiss.
"Let's just get some sleep okay" Humphrey smiled before laying his head on his paws while Alex put her head on his neck as a pillow.
"Humphrey?" Alex called out gently rubbing her head against his neck.
"Yes?" Humphrey replied with his eyes closed.
"You promise this won't change anything between us because...I really really really like you...like a lot" Alex said hoping it wouldn't change their good relationships.
"No it won't I really do like you too Alex...I just need sometime...it's not you it's me with a grudge I promise" Humphrey said putting a confident smile on Alex face. She was more than happy to hear him say he felt the same way too. Alex knew she should give Humphrey some time but knew eventually she'll steal a real kiss from him soon.
"If it wasn't for Kate would you have kissed me?" Alex asked curious to what he'll say.
"Y-Yes" Humphrey said kind of shy to admit it at first. This put a huge smile on her face and she sighed happily at the gooey feeling she feel towards Humphrey inside. Even though Alex admitted she likes him, what she doesn't know is that she truly LOVES him.
"Night Humphrey" Alex said with a pleasant smile on her face, nuzzling the back of his neck.
"Goodnight Alex" Humphrey said back.
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