The Black Forest's Beta

Chapter 7

I felt my eyes widen as we walked into the first store. Alpha Gunter and Gamma Elias took Ozzy to the boys clothes while Beta Raphael, Keifer and Tobais took me to the women’s section. “This place is huge.” I said as I began looking at all the apparel. “There are so many clothes.”

We looked through a lot of clothing, none of which really caught my attention, that was until I saw a little black dress. I grabbed it from the rack and looked at the size, not even knowing what I was in. I twitched my nose and walked to the dressing room where I tried the form fitting lace dress on. I bit my bottom lip when I looked at my body in the mirror.

The dress fit perfectly, the lace top was in the v-neck shape, the v dipped into the valley between my breasts while the chiffon skirt went to the middle of my thighs. The sleeves on the dress went to my elbows covering my left arm tattoo. Once I had looked over myself, giggling at the shoes and how colorful they were compared to the rest of the outfit I went out and found Beta Raphael waiting for me with his arms full of clothes.

His eyes darkened when he raked them over my body. I watched as he dragged his tongue over his bottom lip. He carried the clothes into the room I came out of before spinning me around so he could see the back. “I’m going to look for more of those.” He whispered in my ear before nipping my lobe. I giggled when I turned back to him and saw him looking at my shoes which showed the overly large socks I was wearing. “It’s sad miele.” He said lightly dampening the happy mood.

“What is?” I asked worriedly.

“In a few weeks this dress won’t fit you anymore.” I was confused so I tilted my head, he smirked and pressed his lips to my forehead. “You are going to fill out Emmaline, no more tiny belly and ribs I can count, your little thighs are going to thicken and your arms are going to get more muscular. Even your small ass is going to get bigger and more plump.”

My jaw dropped when he said my ass was small. I knew it was minuscule compared to his muscular bum, but I didn’t expect him to comment on it. He chuckled and closed my mouth before kissing my head again. “I’ll go get the same dress a few sizes bigger.” He turned me around and looked at the tag before gently pushing me back into the dressing room where I tried on all the clothes, picking out the ones I liked. The rest I carried out and gave to the dressing room attendant. I had placed them back on their hangers making it easier for her. Beta Raphael finally came back with a few more outfits and set them in the room narrowing his eyes at the small amount of clothes I had chosen.

“I didn’t like the other ones.” I said with a shrug. “By the way all of these are too big.”

“That’s the point, you’re going to need to eat until you fit into them. Now, try these on while I get you some clothes for today.” I nodded and tried on the outfits. I tended to like the clothes that were black, red or pastel, not really anything else. “I’m back.” I opened the door and took the clothes before quickly closing it. I had no top on and I didn’t have any bra’s so I pulled on the black and grey plaid top that had a v-neck shape and was made from a cotton like fabric, the top had a built in bra. I smiled and pulled on the pants which were black leggings. I liked the outfit, except for the fact that it showed how tiny my thighs were.I noticed that the clothes he had given me didn’t have tags on them. I opened the door where Raphael was standing, his eyes were unfocused as he had a conversation in mind link or with his wolf.

“Do they have socks?” He looked at me, his vision cleared the moment I began speaking. He nodded after smirking at the outfit, then he went off without saying anything. I sighed and began folding the clothes we were taking so that their tags faced outwards, making it easier for a cashier. I had just finished when he came back with a small bag. I took the socks out and pulled them on my feet before slipping on my shoes.

“Where are the tags for this outfit?” I asked him as we grabbed the clothes.

“I brought them to the desk and paid for them earlier so you could wear them out.” He said with a small smile. “Now lets get these paid for before we go to the next store. I nodded and followed him to the register where he paid for everything, I wanted to choke when I heard how much it cost him for the ten outfits I liked. He acted like it was nothing as he inserted the card into the machine.

He led me out of the store where everyone else was waiting, Ozzy had the same look of bewilderment on his face as I did. “Why do you two look like that?” Tobais asked.

“Those clothes cost more money than we have ever seen.” I said looking at them. “We don’t need to go anywhere else if it’s going to be this expensive.” Beta Raphael put his arm around my shoulder before handing our bags to Tobias and Keifer.

“We’ll be at Old Navy.” We walked for a few minutes before going into the next store. “Go with Gamma Elias, I’ll be right back okay?” I nodded even though my heart thudded and my palms began to sweat. Gamma Elias and I went to the women’s section and began looking through clothes. I picked out a few things I liked including a cute pastel dress with little flowers on it. I heard snickering and I looked at a few girls who were pointing at me, while rolling their eyes and sneering. “So ugly.” I heard them whisper. I held my emotions back as Gamma Elias went on looking through clothes oblivious to their presence. I scurried to a different section, away from the women who were laughing at me. I sighed and began looking through clothes with the pastel dress still on my arm. I knew it was a little big, but I would “fill out” as Beta Raphael had put it.

I found a cute pastel blue shirt with nothing else on it. It was boring so I put it back. I found myself fawning over a dark maroon shirt, so I added it to my arm. The next thing I found was a cute cream colored sundress with two buttons on the chest. It was a loose cotton fabric with little sunflowers all over the dress. It was long enough to reach my knees which I liked. I looked behind me when I felt a presence, I smiled at Beta Raphael who looked in my arms and smirked.

“I like that one.” He said looking at the sundress. I followed him to another section of the store and I found clothes I liked, he watched me and took the clothes before pointing to a pair of socks and laughing. “Look at these.”

I found myself laughing at the dark grey socks decorated with winking pineapples on them. “I’m getting those.” I said looking at the other crazy socks and pulling a few more out. “I think I got enough.” I said, looking at the clothes he was carrying.

“One more stop.” He said as we were ringing up. Ozzy and Alpha Gunter were behind us in the line, as were the mean girls from earlier.

We were getting ready to leave when Beta Raphael stopped dead in his tracks. He turned to the girls and snarled loudly, they jumped back as Alpha Gunter glared at them along with Ozzy. “What the f**k did you just say?!” I could tell he was pissed because his eyes were darker than usual. I grabbed his arm and gently tugged on it.

“Nothing!” One of them whimpered.

“Let’s go Beta Raphael.” His body trembled quickly before his eyes turned to me. His anger dissipated as he smiled lightly.

“That’s the first time you said my name.” I nodded and tugged on his hand.

“One last store, then we get to go to Rome.” I said while I gently pulled him away.

“One more store.” He agreed before he mind linked someone. Gamma Elias came out and grabbed our bags.

“See you back at the car Emma.” I smiled and waved then went off with my mate.

“Aren’t Ozzy and Alpha Gunter coming?”

“No, miele.” He said with a small smirk. “We are going to get you bras and underwear, Alpha Gunter nor Ozzy need to be there for that.” I nodded.

“Yeah, that would be weird.” We walked into a*****e called Victoria’s secret. A woman came over and helped me find out what size I was, and she aided in predicting what size I would be when I filled out. Then she helped me choose some designs and colors to go with my skin tone.

“Here you go hun.” The nice woman said handing me the bag as Beta Raphael paid. We left and he took my hand, I smiled contently as he laced our fingers together. The walk was nice, but the other people around us seemed to be in a rush as they sped past us.

“I don’t think I like the city.” I said as the gusting wind blew my hair all over the place.

“Neither do I.” We walked into a building I didn’t recognize. I saw Ozzy sitting in a chair as a woman with scissors cut off most of his hair. “You forgot about the hair cut didn’t you?” I nodded as he led me to a woman. “12:15, under Emmaline.” She nodded as my mate took my bag. She led me to the back and set me in a chair. She put a black thing over my clothes before she felt my hair and grimaced.

“Oh honey, what products do you use?” She asked as she laid me back and turned on some water.

“Products?” I asked.

“What do you wash your hair with?”

“Oh...soap.” I said as she massaged my scalp.

“Conditioner?” She asked.

“What’s conditioner?” I replied while looking up at her. “Does it come in a bar?” She shook her head and gave me a strange look. “Sorry, this is all new to me. I lived in remote Alaska for my entire life.” She “oh’ed” and began rubbing stuff in my hair.

“Well then, Shampoo, you use to clean your hair. Do you feel my fingers in your hair?”

“Yes.”

“Good, what you want to do is take the bottle of shampoo and squirt a tiny amount, two dime size amounts on your hand before scrubbing like I am.”

“Okay. Then what?”

“Then I want you to rinse it out. Once your hair is free of soap bubbles you are going to take the conditioner and put some on your palm. Then rub your hands together before going like this.” She put something in her hand before demonstrating how to add conditioner. “For you, leave the conditioner in as long as it takes to wash the rest of your body. When you’re done rinse it all out.”

The warm water of the sink my head was in washed out the conditioner as the hair lady once again massaged my scalp. “You are going to need a few damage repair masks for your hair too hun. You can follow the directions on those.”

“Okay.” She rung out my hair and twisted the long strands in a towel before walking me a chair like Ozzy’s.

“You look strange.” I said to my brother who had his hair at his shoulders.

“I feel so light.” He said back making me giggle.

“So how much are we cutting off?” She asked.

“Right here.” I said pointing to my shoulder. “Can you make it thinner too?”

“That I can.” I smiled as she began cutting off the long mop of hair I had. “If your hair weren’t so damaged it would be great for donations.”

“Donations?”

“Kids with cancer who can’t grow their own hair.”

“Can any of it be saved?” I asked.

“Maybe.”

“If it can be I would like to donate it.” I saw her nod in the mirror with a small smile. My head felt really light as she was getting close to being done. She wrapped my hair around something with weird bumps in it making my hair kind of curly.

“You are all done Emmaline.” I smiled at myself in the mirror liking the look of my hair. I looked over at Ozzy who’s hair was on his shoulders too.

“Still long enough for me to braid.” I said with a small smile. He reached out and played with my hair while “ooo” ing.

“So pretty Emma.” I laughed and took Ozzy’s hand as we avoided the piles of hair and walked back to Beta Raphael and Alpha Gunter. I chuckled at my mate when he licked his lips and growled in approval. He grabbed me lightly and pulled my body into his, so my back was against his chest. He leaned down as he wrapped his arms around my waist.

“You look absolutely incredible miele. The sooner we get to Rome, the sooner we can leave and I can take you home and show the entire pack how f*****g gorgeous you are." He whispered in my ear. I chuckled and nodded at his words. I really couldn't wait to see Rome.