Chapter 53 - All for you.

Alice

It had been a few days since Tristan had left, and I had to admit, Zayn seemed a bit on edge. Even Bryce and Haley did not know what to do, or to say.

Zayn had been training all day, every day, for the past three days in a row, and I think he was pushing himself too far. I tried telling him to take breaks, but he refused, and I was truly at a loss as I had no idea what to do to make him feel better.

“Zayn, my love... I really think it is time to take a break, even an Alpha needs rest.” I sighed as he stopped for a moment, and caught his breath.

“I cannot stop now! I need to be strong enough to beat him!” His yell echoed through the training fields, and I winced at his hard tone of voice.

“Well... if you continue on like this, then you will have no energy left to win the fight...” I sighed, as I turned my back towards him, and walked back to the pack house.

I guess today I will be spending my time with the pups of the pack, although, I think they might be growing up a little bit too fast. I turned to head towards the daycare, and made my way inside. I was instantly greeted by everyone as they all ran up to hug me.

“Hello there everyone. I am so happy to see all of you, has everyone missed me?” A smile found itself tugging at the corners of my lips as I finally felt a bit happier than I had been for the past couple of days.

They all yelled in unison about how much they had missed me, causing a giggle to slip past my lips, and I felt my heart melting at the sight of how excited each and every one of the pups were.

“I have an idea. Why don’t we do something special for the alpha? How about we do some finger painting today, but every painting has to be your favourite flower!” The classroom erupted into cheers as all of them gathered at the crafting stations, and got out the paints like I had taught them.

“Well done! Look at all of you knowing exactly what to do, I am so proud of all of you.” For context, they never used to do this, so this is a first for me as well. Maybe the time that I spent away has changed them? Whatever the case, I was always happy to see improvement.

My plan was that they painted the flowers, and I would use a black pen to draw in the details after they were done, as well as write some encouraging words for when Zayn faces off against Tristan. I also let the pups write an encouraging message on their own, and after what felt like hours of drawing, and painting later, everything was finished.

I got all of the artworks, and I put them up in Zayn’s office whilst he was still out training himself to death. I strung up some fairy lights, and waited until night fell, before turning on the lights, whilst I gathered all the pups to stand quietly in his office.

Their parents were alright with it, and I made sure not to push this event too late, as the pups still had daycare tomorrow. As if on cue, the doorknob to his office turned, and once the door swung open, everyone yelled out in unison.

“Surprise!” The pups giggled, and a look of shock found its way onto Zayn’s face. He stood there for what felt like ages before a small smile tugged at the corners of his lips, and a single stray tear streamed down his cheek.

“Now what is all his?!” He fully smiled now, and ran up to envelop me in a tight hug.

“Thank you so much baby!” He kissed my cheek, and a small blush crept up my cheeks, because all of the pups, of course, had to have a reaction.

“Luna and Alpha sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G...” they all sang in unison, causing another giggle to slip past my lips. These little devils hahaha.

“Hey, that is enough out of you all. I am sure the Luna is already as flustered as she can get.” Zayn winked, and I found myself blushing harder at his words.

“Yes Alpha.” They all said in unison, as if they had been practicing that line since birth, which honestly, they probably were.

“Thank you all so much for this, you do not know how much this means to me, and I suppose I have one person to thank for that later.” His gaze traveled to me, taking in every inch of me, and I slapped his arm, causing him to wince.

“Not in front of the pups. Okay everyone! Time to head back home, I will see all of you tomorrow.” I ordered, and they all said good night, before their parents showed up at the front of the pack house to come and collect their pups.

“Thank you all for what you have done, and thank you for making my day. I hope everyone has a lovely night, and as your Alpha, I promise all of you, that I will not lose this battle!” The pack erupted into cheers, and Bryce started clapping, which slowly caused the others to applaud Zayn as well.

He looked so happy, and it made me happy to see him like this, he made me so happy, and it was good to see that he was not so worried for once, even if it was just for a moment.

Everyone said their goodbyes, and headed home for the night, leaving me and Zayn to clean up the mess I had caused.

“Sorry about the mess, my love, I will get it cleaned u...” As I was about to finish talking, he cut me off with a deep kiss on the lips. My heart sped up its rhythm, and the kiss made me melt inside. It was a purposefully needy kiss, and I loved every second of it.

“You are so adorable when you are flustered, thank you for everything my love.” With that, we both cleaned up the office, and got ready for bed. Once we got inside, he pulled me closer by the waist, and we snuggled into each other’s embrace as darkness slowly consumed my senses.