Shades of Green

Chapter 12: Pack Ceremony

"Beep, beep, beep," Hope's alarm went off. Last night at the rehearsal, the Pack Families asked if each one of them would stay their last night before they are bitten with them. Of course, all seven of them agreed. So Hope woke up in a hotel room with her pack siblings.

"Sister wake up!! It's time to get ready!!" her youngest sister said. She was seven and loved to keep everyone on their toes. She was so excited about wearing her girly dress she had picked out for the wedding and she was going to make sure that Hope was on time, because she wanted everyone to see her dress.

"I am up." Hope said in an annoying sleepy voice and then it hit her. She was getting bit today, claimed by a pack. She flew off the bed. "WHAT TIME IS IT?"

"Calm down." Her Omega mother said as she entered the room. "You have plenty of time before the wedding. Lets go downstairs and eat breakfast." Hope opened her mouth to protest. "Before you protest, I have instructions from your Alpha to make sure you eat. Seems as if you are taking care of everyone too well and not feeding yourself like you suppose too. Seems as if your Alpha has gotten on to you one too many times for it to reach my ears." Hope hung her head down. It wasn't that she was trying to starve herself. They have just had a lot of company in the past two months. So it's been hard for the Beta to keep tabs on everyone. "Hummm, no wonder your so skinny. Here I was thinking you were trying to fit in some dress."

"Momma, it's just been hard," Hope said, and was interrupted.

"I don't want excuses. Hope I want your butt dressed and following me to the breakfast buffet. Missy, you better eat two LARGE plates and we will send a before, during and after pictures of you eating them to your Alpha," Her mom scolded her.

"TWO.." the Beta was cut off again.

"YES! TWO plates, or do I need to call your Alphas?" Her mom paused. Hope shook her head no. "Alright you have five minutes to change and come outside or I am calling." Hope knew her mom would and so she changed as quickly as she could and was dressed before the door closed well on her mom walking out. "Good girl." her Omega mom said, and Hope rolled her eyes as she put her arms around her and they walked to the elevator.

Hope: [three attached pictures]

Hope: Thanks for informing my mother of my lack of eating now I will have to be rolled down the alter.

Nicolas: That's my good Beta eating so well. I am sure that you will roll beautifully. ;)

Hope: -__-

After Hope and her mother finished breakfast, they went to get their hair and make-up done. All the Omegas and Hope would be there along side their families. When they saw each other, they all broke down in tears and hugged one another. The salon was bustling and you could hear chatter from every corner of that place. Once they were done, they went to the location where they would change into their dresses and take the ladies' pictures. Hope was so happy that she had eaten a big breakfast because she would have passed out already if she hadn't, since it was a hot summer's day.

When they arrived at the location, Katie's family had tea ready for them. They knew they wouldn't want a heavy meal, but they knew they all needed to eat something in this heat to keep their blood sugar levels up. They all thanked them and ate and drank their fill. Then each one went into their changing room and changed into their wedding dresses. As they came out they all had tears in their eyes. Hope's dress was a white A-frame dress that made her look like she had stepped out of a Jane Austen novel, with a dainty crown of flowers that sat on top of her hair. Victoria's dress was a short cream ballet dress with lace at the top, and a hat that sat on the side of her head, with her veil coving to one side of her eyes. Katie's white dress was a mermaid-style dress with the arms hanging off her shoulders, her veil was long and went past her small train in the back. Janet's dress was a white ball gown, with a long detachable train and her laced veil was long and flowed past it.

"Oh, you all look so pretty," Hope said as she placed her hand on her heart.

"So do you baby." Victoria said "You are all just so beautiful."

"I fear we will be here all day if we talk about how beautiful you all are." Said Victoria's mom "But we must get to the picture part of today." They all giggled and agreed they had all the time in the world to let each one know just how beautiful they are. The photographer finished up the Omegas and Beta's pictures and went to take pictures of the Alphas. The four of them held hands because they couldn't imagine letting go for a second. Katie's and Victoria's siblings wanted some one-on-one pictures with them so they left Janet and Hope in the large changing room.

"I can't believe this day is finally here." Janet said as she squeezed Hope's hand.

"Me too, I thought I would be well into my career before I found just one pack member." Hope chuckled. "Although this is so much better than I ever pictured." Hope said as she moved a stray hair from Janet's eye. "I love you so much."

"I love you too baby," Janet said as she touched their foreheads together. "Promise me, no matter what, you will come to me if your Beta gets overwhelmed? I know it's going to be hard on your Beta to take care of all of us, being the only one. I don't want you to bare that burden alone." Hope lifted her head.

"I promise, my Omega." Hope said and she lightly kissed her lips, trying not to mess up either of their make-up. They stayed in each other's arms until it was time to walk down the aisles.

Hope's heart raced when it was her turn to walk. There at the end stood the most beautiful Alphas one had ever seen. All three had a black fitted tux on with tears streaming down their faces. Hope couldn't have asked for a more perfect pack. Each one of them said their vowels and how it was love at first sight. Then it was time for the major event. Each pack member would get bitten on the wrist by the Head Alpha first, which was Nicolas. They had decided years ago that he was their pack leader. Then each member would bite the wrist of the head pack leader and the other members,

Nicolas started with the first one he found first, which was Sergio and Josh. Nicolas licked the spot on which he was going to bite to numb the area with his special saliva glands he had activated and then he bit down. Sergio froze and tears began to form. Nicolas proceeded to Josh and then it was her turn. She lifted her arm to the Alpha.

"My precious Beta, I love you so much." Nicolas whispered as he squeezed her hand. Nicolas licked her wrist and then she felt two sharp vain teeth puncture her wrist. Hope felt a sharp pain which was then chased by a burning sensation that caused the Beta to freeze like Sergio and Josh did. An overwhelming sense of smell took over Hope as all her senses were now connected to Nicolas. It was almost as if the world had realigned and no one else matter but the Alpha. With each new bite it was the same overwhelming connecting feeling.

After the last member had bit, the officiant pronounced them as The Smiths and they all walked down the aisle holding hands. After that, everything else seemed like a blur. The reception was wonderful. They all ate and danced until their feet hurt. When it was time to say goodbye to their Pack Families, they all line up to send them off with bubbles and sparklers. A white van awaited them to go to their hotel room they would stay in tonight.

Normally, once you have a pack, then you mate, but they all agreed they wanted to wait to mate until their business took off. Once you mate, then you become very fertile and even birth control fails in a lot of cases. It wasn't that they were against pups right now. They didn't see adding that responsibility to the pack while opening their business.

They got to their hotel room, everyone was laughing and chatting. Out of no where, Hope was grabbed by the arm and pushed against the wall.

"Hope is MINE tonight. I have endured all day trying to keep my Omega from trying to clam her on the spot." Janet said. There was something in her eyes that was almost feral the way she warned the whole pack. Nicolas, wrapped his arms around her and kissed Janet's neck. The Omega leaned into the kiss.

" OK, baby, but make sure she is at least breathing afterwards." the Alpha chuckled. It was almost as if Janet was waiting for permission because as soon as she had it, the Omega was on the Beta's lips. The kiss was bruising but passionate. Hope pulled away and presented her scent and mating gland just so she could take a breath. Janet's hands were on the back of her dress unzipping it as she sucked and nipped at her neck and jawline. The Beta was so overwhelmed by the new sensation she now felt with the pack and Janet being all over her, she came right on the spot with a yep and her body started to seize.

"Oh baby, we haven't even started and your already coming for your Omega." Janet's kisses were now soft and lingering. "Such a good Beta, so vigilant when helping anything the pack needs. Let your Omega make you feel good, ok baby?" All the Beta could do is nod yes as she was catching her breath. "Josh will you unbutton and zip me." The Omega called out to the nearest member she could find. "I don't want to take my hands off Hope until she is completely f****d out." she said with a smirk. Josh leaned in and kissed her neck.

"Such a good Omega, taking care of our beautiful Beta. I bet she will sleep all day on the plane ride to our honeymoon." Josh said as he worked and nipped at Janet's neck.

"That's the plan," The Omega said with a smirk. Once Josh had taken off the Omega's wedding dress, he picked up Hopes too and laid them neatly across a chair in the hotel room along with the rest of the wedding outfits. Hope looked around the room and saw the Omega's in their wedding lingerie and took a moment to enjoy how her pack was loving each other and how well they were all taking care of one another. "What are you looking at baby?" Janet said, looking into her eyes.

"Oh, I was enjoying the moment at how amazing we all looked in our lingerie and how well everyone was taking care of one another." Janet looked around at the sight Hope was seeing. "I am so thankful I found a pack who loves each other equally and take care of one another. This is all I could ever ask for. This is all I ever wanted." The Omega now looking into Hope's eyes as she spoke.

"Baby, we are the ones who should be thankful. If you hadn't run into Victoria or tripped into Nicolas's arms, we as a pack may not even exist. But you..." Before Janet could finish her sentence, Hope grabbed her neck and pushed their lips together. The kiss wasn't rushed but passionate. It felt like a fairy tale. In fact, the whole day was a page out of every happy ending princess movie. Cinderella finds her shoe, Bella's beast turns in to Beauty, Jasmine rides a carpet, and Snow White opens her eyes with a kiss. Hope honestly thought dreams really do come true.

The whole night was slow and steady, as they made love to one another. Even Janet let her Beta be loved by the other members after she had her fill of Hope. Waking up in each other's arms was even more rewarding than last night. Hope leaned over and kissed each member good morning. She never wanted this to end. She never wanted anything more than to feel this love and to love this much as she did now. Even though as time marched on, she knew there would be arguments, days where one doesn't want to talk to any of the members, and other challenges, things that all relationships go through, but she knew if she was with them they could face anything together and weather any storm. So she had thought.