Chapter 4 Cause and Effect

Runt's POV

"So you're the only omega?" Huntly asked we had been talking while we walked.

"Yeah, my dad is an omega to though." I replied

"So you like that quiet alpha girl?" He asked I didn't think he would notice it.

"Um kind of why?" I replied

"I was just wondering and I overheard you talking to your brother." He replied I was starting to get a bit embarrassed. "Well its getting dark maybe we should stop for the night."

"Alright." Dusty said from the back we stopped on the middle of the trail not even bothering to find a den.

"You're expecting the future leader of the pack to sleep on the cold ground?" Stinky asked

"We aren't allowed to question him Stinky." I replied remembering the rules and he growled at me.

"Alright stop." Huntly said and Stinky frowned and walked off with Ed. Ed broke off from Stinky though to talk to Magril, he actually got her to laugh a little.

"Don't worry about it kid." Huntly said before laying down. I laid down near him so we could still talk.

"You really think so?"

"Yeah I saw Ed trying to win a date with your sister earlier so I wouldn't let it bug me to much." He said before letting out a loud yawn.

"So you and Dusty are mates right?" I asked I saw Dusty's ears perk up.

"Um not exactly we just live with each other and that's it." Huntly replied and Dusty's ears went back as she closed her eyes. Claudette stayed near Dusty, Magril near Ed, while Stinky and Fleet slept by themselves. In the morning we got up and the way we slept was the way we walked. Fleet looked kind of upset while Stinky looked rather angry and would occasionally look at me. Claudette was also looked sad as for Ed he and Magril were having a grand time whispering back and forth.

"Runt? Earth to Runt." Split said he pecked my head softly as though to get my attention.

"Um yeah?" I asked

"You've been dazing off at them for a while now it's kind of weird." Split said I didn't know what he was talking about. Huntly went back a bit and started talking to Fleet from what I could hear Fleet was blaming everything on Claudette which really irritated me, Huntly looked up at the sky there was a large cloud up ahead so he stopped the group.

"Why are we stopping?" Dusty asked

"Because we are about to get rained on and in order to keep dry while moving we'll need to split up into groups of two and use pieces of bark." He's plan wasn't to good but no one really wanted to object to it yet. "So Fleet with Claudette, Ed with Stinky, and Runt with Magril. I'll be with Dusty." Now I got his plan he was trying to help me out. "So everyone go get a piece of bark that can cover the two of you." We all separated.

"What are you planning?" Dusty asked

"Nothing." Huntly replied. Magril and I clawed a piece of bark off a tree it was barely big enough to fit the two of us under. We had to push in tight, I guess she could tell I was getting nervous but she didn't say anything to me.

"Stop pushing." I heard Claudette whine.

"Stop moving around then." Fleet replied. This is going to be a long walk. Sure enough Huntly was right and it started storming his idea to use bark to keep us dry also worked but we could've done it by singles.

"You know I think this was just a way fro you to get some alone time with me." I heard Dusty say.

"Well you know it could've been but it wasn't." Huntly replied and she snickered a little.

"Looks like they're enjoying themselves." Magril whispered I tried to talk but I ended up choking up.

"You know what just don't talk to me." Fleet said and my sister looked hurt. I wanted to pound Fleet into the mud, by look on Stinky's face he wanted to do the same.

"My brother thought if he won the race he could impress Claudette." Magril whispered to me.

"What?" I whispered back but she didn't respond. After we walked in the mud and the rain for the entire afternoon it finally passed and we ditched the logs.

"Alright let's get washed up." Dusty said as we came across a small stream. We took turns going done and rubbing the mud off ourselves. Something was going on between Dusty and Huntly because they seemed to be a bit more as dad says flirty towards each other. As we resumed walking however everything went back to the way it was before. Magril with Ed, Stinky and Fleet by themselves, Dusty and Claudette, and me with Split and Huntly.

"So what's going on with you and Dusty?" I asked

"Well I like her she knows I do but doesn't feel the same way." He replied.

"So why are you two still living together?" I asked

"Well we don't have any place to go and it's kind of lonely if you're by yourself." Huntly replied