Page 86 of Small Town Shy Omega
The fruit cup vendor was sitting under a tree, her fruit cups decorated with pretty blossoms.
Even the blue Applewood Falls Lake was brimming with cherry blossoms, quaint and small town-y and beautiful.
I left my Alphas… and feeling like a girl again, I twirled in the cherry blossoms.
I just… twirled and spun.
Pale pink sunlight trickled through the branches, splaying radiant pastels across my cheeks. My purple hair tumbled to my shoulders as bluebirds flew overhead, swooping and diving as their song twittered out.
I was so glad I’d come to the blossom fest today, and a pink petal drifted against my cheek.
“Come on,” I shouted to my Alphas, tears dotting my eyes. “It’s the blossom fest, guys. We have to dance!”
The day passed wonderfully, and we danced near the small band of lively musicians, walked through a snowstorm of flowerpetals, and Blake even cut us some peaches for a snack. I feel like a very happy creature, just an Omega in her natural habitat.
Dreydon sat me on his lap, and he fed me bites of a big donut brimming with blossom syrup.
“Mmmm,” I muttered as delicious filling poured out.
Dreydon rubbed my shoulder. “Is it good, little Omega?”
“Yesssss,” I growled greedily, taking the donut in both hands and biting into it.Chomp.
Blake looked on, trying not to snort.
“You remind me of a squirrel sometimes, Layla.”
“Try chipmunk,” I drawled.
We floated on the cherry blossom boat next. It was a raft whose base was an oversized cherry petal. Wind blew us around the lake, and a twirl of blossom flowed through my hair.
Honeybees circled us, interesting in the blossoms. We threw petals their way, and they clung to the petals, drifting to the lake with their mini parachutes.
“Beautiful,” Blake muttered, and I thought he was talking about the pretty bees. “Just beautiful.”
It hit me all at once he was repeating what he’d said when we first got together, and if I’d worried that he hadn’t me beautiful in a while, now I knew: he was sure thinking it.
Even if he didn't say it out loud, and even if I got fearful that my bonded Alpha didn't compliment me every second of the day, I just had to replay thatJust beautifulin my mind and I’d know.
I’d know he was thinking of me… know he considered me his beautiful Omega.
On the blossom raft, I hugged Blake.
“Thank you for being in my life, Blake. Thank you for complimenting me… letting know I’m the most beautiful Omega in Applewood Falls.”
“Not only Applewood Falls, Layla,” Blake murmured. “All of the world.”
My pack led me to get a cherry blossom sundae next. I smiled, wishing my grandpa was here to see me.
“Poor Grandpa,” I snorted, cherry sauce on my face. “He loved his ice cream.”
“What was his favorite flavor?”
“Toward the end of his life, he preferred pecan pie,” I mused.
“I like brownie,” Dreydon drawled, rubbing his belly. “I like the Halo brand.”
“Halo Top?” I ticked my head his way.
