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Now, here I was, in her room, where she was cleaning out a drawer. For me. While she rearranged her items, I took the time to look around, taking everything in. This room could have easily held the entire lower floor of my family's home, it was that big.
To my left there was a small kitchenette, a mini fridge, hot plates, microwave, and sink dominating a small section. Set up nearby was a bar table with two chairs for any meal that was eaten in the room. To my right, I saw a door that led to what looked like a large en suite bathroom. I could just make out the corner of what looked like a Jacuzzi tub.
In the main area of the room, the dominant feature was the enormous bed that took up the center of the dorm. It had to be king-sized at least, although I had never seen a bed bigger than my parents' full-size so I couldn't be sure. The comforter looked thicker than all my blankets at home combined. Softer, too. The omega had what looked like hundreds of pillows thrown on it, making it even more inviting.
Between the bathroom door and the walk-in closet was another set of wardrobe doors. They were closed so I couldn’t be sure, but if I had to guess, that led to the nest room. I wondered what it looked like. I’d never had a designated room for nesting. My heat wasn’t due for another three years—and we didn't have the space for a nest back home—so I had to make do with trying to make practice nests on my twin bed. It wasn’t ideal, but it was what I had available to me. If it could have, I thought my stare would incinerate the doors. I was so curious about what could be inside.
But then my attention broke as the omega stepped back from the lone dresser and shut the top drawer, leaving the one below it hanging open slightly.
"There you go!" she said happily.
"Um, thanks."
I cringed at my voice. Why was I so awkward? I ducked my head and let my bangs fall in front of my eyes as I moved toward the dresser. There, I unzipped my meager duffle and quickly started shoving items in. No rhyme. No reason. Just packing it in as fast as I could so she didn't see how little I really had. It barely fit half the drawer and I slammed it shut, hoping she hadn't noticed.
I turned to face her, peeking up through my lashes. Gods, she was gorgeous. Her hair hung in shiny black waves down her back. She had a natural beauty to her. She wore light makeup, a pink, shiny gloss on her lips, and her lids sparkled with glitter shadow. The clearest, kindest green eyes stared back at me and I flushed, having gotten caught checking her out.
"I'm Storm, by the way. What's your name?"
"Oh, um, I'm Riley."
"Riley." She rolled my name around like she was tasting it. "It suits you. Cute name for a cute omega."
Another blush stained my cheeks at her words. She chuckled when she saw it and winked. I couldn't figure out this omega in front of me. She was nothing like I expected. Certainly not like any other omega I had met, in fact. For starters, that she could withstand my scent, in a room that smelled so strongly of her, was astounding to me.
From what I knew from my previous school, omegas shouldn't like each other's smells. Something about our designation made us despise other omegas so we would want to be the only one in our pack. I had yet to be near an omega for any extended period of time and not hate the smell of them. How were we supposed to make this work? What if we didn't get along?
I was under no illusion on who would have to leave if that were the case.
I sniffed as discreetly as I could, trying to draw more of her into my lungs. Cinnamon and ginger wrapped around pine. Delicious.
What the hell? Delicious?What was wrong with me? She was an omega, not an alpha.
I was becoming overwhelmed again. It must have been obvious on my face because Storm's smile dropped slightly as she watched me. She took a step toward me and I involuntarily flinched. Her lips twisted to the side.
"Hey, it's okay, Riley. Everything is going to work out, I promise."
I wished I had her confidence.
"Can I give you a hug? It looks like you really need one."
My eyes shot up to meet hers. I saw no deception there. Not that it surprised me. So far, Storm had been nothing but kind and sweet toward me. I bit my lip for a moment before nodding emphatically. I really could use a hug right now.
Storm grinned and came to me, arms outstretched. She wrapped them around me, pulling me close to her. I barely reached her shoulder, and she wasn't that tall either. My head nestled into her neck, almost subconsciously. She buried her nose in my hair, and I heard her breathing deep, scenting me. Taking that as my cue that it was alright, I did the same.
My eyes fluttered shut. This omega smelled like she was mine.What the fuck?Perturbed, I released her and stepped back. Her eyes were unreadable as she searched my face. I knew I was blushing, yet again, but it was my curse. I wouldn’t be able to stop that if I tried.
"Hey, what do you say we head down for dinner?" Storm asked me. "Maybe by the time we are done, they will have had time to get your furniture up here. Then we can work on rearranging the room to suit us."
"Oh, you don't have to rearrange anything. I'm fine with however you want it!" I protested.
"Nonsense. This is your room, too, now. We both need to be comfortable in it." Her eyes darted over to the nest room and she frowned. "We'll figure that out later, too. Come on, I'm starving."
Storm tossed her arm around my shoulders and drew the empty duffle from my arms, where I had it pressed against my stomach. She threw it under the dresser, out of the way, and guided me out of the room. I heard the door's lock click behind us. Her brow furrowed.
"Remind me while we’re down there to get your fingerprint added to that pad."
I nodded lamely and stumbled along beside her as we headed to the cafeteria.
