The Omega's Top Choice

Life Changing

"Oh yellow knickers what am I supposed to do? He's calling back! El?"

"Answer him Lu with confidence and no crying!"

I walked into my shower room and got cleaned up while I gave her privacy. I was never really confident with people that much but if I'm working or I had to defend Luelle the one thing I'm good at is equations, or solutions to a problem. I didn't lie when I said she has lots of suitors and there is an alpha who has gone onto his knees declaring he will find a way to her in school. Not that she took any notice of him. Luelle is beautiful, her curly hair and lightly freckled face with full lips was always popular at school, she just didn't like being judged for her beauty. She preferred friends with substance and honest opinions. Well that's what she told me when she was looking at male model magazine online.

Luelle will always need lots of affirmation from her partner, she's just made that way. I give it to her by just telling her I'm there. But an actual partner needs to chase and woo her. She loves the idea of love and being in love. The boyfriends she's had over the three years has been quite disappointing to her. Once they realise she's not going to do any heavy petting or jump into bed with them then they drop her. She's cried on my shoulder every single time. Luelle has been one of the rare ones that wanted to wait till she was absolutely sure that marriage would be on its way before she dropped her yellow knickers for him. Well that's what she said and since then she has replaced omg with Oh my yellow knickers as part of our private joke on virginity.

I actually hate being a virgin. I really wanted to break my hymen so that it could be out of the way and the hurt to be over with. I don't like pain. So the idea of my first time is not a romantic notion to me. If it wasn't for Luelle I think I would have gone for the rounded boy called Sam last year when he approached me for a date. Luelle screamed that I was not available and dragged me by the lockers and told me off for trying to devirginize a boy with my virginity. I think I laughed for two hours after that. Sam was the only boy to ask me ever and even though I didn't feel the slightest bit of attraction to him, I was always kind to him afterwards while Luelle stood by my side with her arms crossed and a scowl on her face as if to ward him off. Her bodyguard pose is hilarious but I love it. I do know one thing for certain though. I do not want to be in heat when I lose it. I want to be in full control. Consent goes out the window when an Omega is in heat. I should know because if I had the strength during my heat I would of prowled the streets looking for a s*x partner. It's not fair on the other person as my pheromones would have enticed them and if it's an Alpha I could send them into a rut.

I brushed my teeth and got my pj's on ready for bed as I could hear the low hum of Luelle's voice. I had already got permission for her to sleep over from Anders and she logged it into the complex system with Luelle's information. So much red tape to go through to do anything here but it also made me feel safe. I know if I went into heat that the complex has a staff to take care of everything such as meals and drinks being brought to me by other Omegas. I don't feel like I'm a danger to anyone now.

"Yes, my parents would like to meet you so I think that's fine, no I will not go with anyone if you are going ahead with the pairing. Yes...I know...being sixteen is about fun but I do take the rules on the pairing seriously....look...MICHAEL!" I almost jumped off my bed as I could see Luelle getting angry "Do not lecture me on this...you are the one who is suffering heartbreak not me. At least you have had experience behind you and been in love. I am just a school girl that hasn't even had s*x. I won't piss about behind your back, I'm not stupid, but if you are indecisive then I'll drop you like a sack of rotten potatoes and I will get out of this pairing by recommending you for therapy with a lot of meds and a strait jacket. I don't like men who make me cry." She hung up and turned her phone off and smiled at me. I giggled as she jumped on the bed and threw a pillow at me. Best thing about Luelle, she always makes a quick emotional recovery.

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Gages Pov

"Alphas as you know from your school education used to be the top of society, now that is not so. The government's around the world are now making things far more equal. Omega's are going to be brought into the working world and discrimination will be considered a crime. Alphas have their pheromones that can attack others if they consider them a threat. That has now been outlawed all across the world because of Mrs Guinn, she was an Alpha and she was unfairly attacked by three other Alphas through their pheromones, this then made her go into a frenzy which triggered her rut. Unfortunately she attacked an Omega and almost killed her. In the court case ten years ago…."

I put my head to the desk in front of me and felt the coolness of the wood seeping into my cheek. Why did I take this class? It was supposed to be an easy extra credit class on genealogy, instead I get preached at about our society. I agreed that Alphas were assholes back then. Well, a lot are still assholes. It's really annoying I come from a family of Alpha assholes.

I sighed and blew some hair out of my face. I looked at the girl sat next to me and smelled her Omega pheromones which I'm sure she knew was driving me nuts. I didn't ask for this stupid class to be about something we knew already, I wish the government kept their noses out of our education. They changed genealogy into Understanding of ABO Society a week ago. Apparently they had made changes like this across all the subjects so that we could better understand how our future lies.

I sat back up again and shifted to change my posture. My head was still thrumming with a headache from last night's booze and my skin still smelled of the random woman I f****d. That was the third one this week. Anyone would think I was going into my rut but I know that's not due till just before Christmas. It was just my obvious greediness and selfish desire to live up being twenty and in University. Well especially now that I was to be tested and paired.

"There are clinical trials going on to make suppressants for Omegas so that they can live normal lives like Betas but that is still in the baby stages. Alpha's are watched by authorities more now to stop Omegas discrimination and crime."

I didn't know that! I perked my head up to watch the lecturer who was an elderly woman holding a pen light to mark where she was on the PowerPoint.

"It will come into effect from next month that Alphas that are in a leading position within employment will be regularly investigated if they have Omegas working for them. This law will be worldwide."

Well that will piss Dad off. I smirked at the idea of my holy than thou father going nuts at the government officials breathing down his neck. I hated being part of my elitism Alpha family, they were part of the scandals with the Omegas. I actually don't know my real mother, she was whisked away with the other Omegas to a rehabilitation center when my father's company Sheanza got raided, every warehouse and every building affiliated or owned was ransacked over twenty years ago. My biological mother apparently had given birth to at least 4 Alphas before me and had chosen to remain anonymous to all her children after she had come out of the rehabilitation centre. I only know this because my father screamed it at me when I was going through a particularly bad period of wanting to run away and find her in my early teens.

I never liked Dad, mum wasn't too bad and we were OK with each other most of the time but I could always see that look in her eyes as if I was just a tool in her arsenal against Dad when he annoyed her. Dad was a prick, he disliked most people and looked down on everyone. I never met my grandparents but I'm sure they must have raised him to be like that.

"Alpha Dominants are rare. They are a stage 1 Alpha, they will always be paired with Omega stage 1, the pheromones compliment each other and calms the Alpha. The Omega stage 1 usually would need multiple partners because of the constant heats unless a dominant is the partner, stabilisation of heat and rut would become regular. This is beneficial to everyone otherwise a dominant becomes ferocious, dangerous and not fit for society."

Huh, that's the holy grail there. My Dad loved the idea of a dominant in the family. I know my Uncles and Aunties were the same, all praying every pregnancy would bring out the beast. I think you got to be a kind of stupid moron to wish that on your child. God I wish I was born a Beta.

I turned my head to the girl sitting next to me again and smiled at her, turning up the wattage on my flirt and she rolled her eyes at me. Usually I love Omega girls mostly because my Alpha instincts lead me to them but I have noticed that I've just been willing to f**k any female out there. I'm not in rut so I don't know why but it is getting to be a problem. Dad has been calling me lately about this, he's been keeping a close eye on my studies and my activities. I've not been answering so I can just do what I want. If I could get my education on a student grant then I would but because my parents are richer than God I have to put up with them interfering with my life.

"Betas are considered the backbone and strength of our society, they balance out the Alpha and Omega, they have pheromones too but Alphas and Omegas can't sense them. Scientists say that this is crucial to maintaining the balance…"

I tuned out the lecture and smiled at the girl again. She had turned her head away to talk to her friend on the other side of her and I slumped back in my seat. I have a shift tonight in the student bar on campus so I know I'll get someone if I wanted to. My Alpha pheromones were amping up a bit lately so I'd have to try and calm down before then. s*x is the answer but I might have to try something else. A gym session would probably help. I took my phone out and saw a message from Dad.

Since you're not answering I'll have to do it this way. You are about to be paired after testing. Obviously you are an Alpha, I tested you at birth to find that out. You are to be married before you get paired. I will not let you be partnered with a nobody and produce a Beta or Omega. I will come pick you up tonight at 9pm, the wedding will take place at home and your partner is your 3rd cousin. Do not disobey me or you will lose your funding at university, your inheritance and your seat as the head of the company.

I coughed and choked at the same time. The girl next to me looked at me concerned and I gathered my bag of textbooks quickly. I got up and walked out of the lecture hall without explaining anything, I would leave a note at the student office later to apologise.

Who the hell does he think he is? My hands were clenched and I could almost feel my heart jumping out of my chest as my anger took hold of me. I tried to hold back my pheromones but it was seeping out of me anyway.

I made my way to the student admin hub and knocked on the glass barrier in front of me, a receptionist nodded to me to ask my question.

"Can I speak to the Dean?"

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"Your father has already tried to offer a large amount of money for a donation, I was going to call you in because…"

"Please! Don't take anything from him, he's trying to do this!" I showed the Dean, Mark Hachi, the message my father had sent and I could see Hachi's face go slack in shock.

"Ah…"

"I know your new sir, but just in case you didn't know, my father is…"

"I know about the scandals and elitism." Hachi sat back with a thoughtful expression and took out his laptop. I waited as he typed for a few minutes and he put his headset for a phonecall.

"Hi Carly, I've sent you some forms to push through, can you get it done today? It's pretty urgent" He talked for a few seconds and made his goodbyes while I squirmed in my seat.

Would I have to be kicked out of school? Will I have to find a job? There's no way I can go on in university after my father had blatantly broken the rules. I wouldn't get funding because my parents earned too much.

"Gage?" Hachi was sitting on the other side of the desk now instead of next to me and still typing on his laptop.

"Yes sir?"

"Did you pick your major or did your father do it?" He had a pencil behind his ear and was scratching his two day growth on his chin as he carried on typing.

"Um..my father did sir, I had no choice." I held my breath as I realised what he was asking, does this mean he's going to keep me on? Can I actually study what I want? Can I really get funding?

"OK and your actual parentage is unknown because of the Omega Scandal?"

"Yes sir, DNA tests have been done and my Omega mother and Alpha Father are unknown and not in the database, my adoptive parents took me when their other offspring had become Betas, they gave up them to adoption"

Hachi sighed as he kept typing and I knew what he was thinking. I've thought about it many times over the years. Assholes, my family is a bunch of assholes.

"Do you want to remain affiliated with your adopted mother and father?"

"Hell no! My mother is OK but she doesn't love me. My father is the worst" I didn't feel a moment of guilt, my mother isn't bad but she bought into thos elitism s**t and I was happy to walk away from her.

"OK" Hachi kept on typing for a few minutes and put his headset on again to make another call.

"Mr Kiamdra? I'm the Dean of Wendbe University. I had to refuse your donation yesterday due to rules and regulations of taking bribes in our educational establishment. The government and ourselves are very stringent on where the money goes. Also there has been some confusion on how you think you can marry your son off before he is tested and paired. Coercion and blackmail of this kind is against the law. You will find your company and your family being investigated again from now, you should have Government Security arriving now to take you into custody. Your assets will be seized and your accounts frozen. The rest of what's happening I'll leave to the government to advise you on further implications to yourself"

Hachi took his headset off and sat back still stroking his goatee. "I'm new because I'm also part of the government section that will be looking after our students best interests" He pierced me with a look "In your best interest you will be funded now because you are completely alone, separated from your family and in a way orphaned"

I let out a long breath sitting back. It was done like that? Years of him shouting at me to be the asshole Alpha that he wanted me to be. Learning to manipulate my time so that I could be myself. Not getting close to anyone because they wouldn't be able to report back to him that I was actually an easy going guy, not an aloof bastard like him. When I joined University I couldn't wait to get away from him but I still kept my personality stunted so that he didn't know.

"Gage, what did you want to study?" Hachi had gone back to typing and I looked down at the carpeted floor. I still felt slightly ashamed at my interests as it wasn't becoming of an Alpha or what an Alpha used to be perceived to be.

"Sir, I did tell father once and he beat me so bad that it was just something I never wanted to talk about"

"Best to talk about it now to me, let's see what we can make happen for you"

"I always wanted to make pottery Sir" I mumbled back at him as I realised that I was still carrying the shame.

Hachi stopped typing and I lifted my head to see a smile on his face.

"Pottery is a beautiful and skilled trade. We don't have that here in Wendbe University as part of the Arts programme but I do know where you can be taken on as an apprentice and you can qualify in two years. It's in the Valdi province so it's two hours away from here, I can ask for lodgings for you and a part time job in the pottery workshop as part of it for you"

I didn't know what to say. No more lectures? No more feeling like that I would have to live up to an expectation that everyone thought of an Alpha. I didn't want to be a leader of thousands in a building of lots of office blocks, I always felt like falling apart every time I thought of my future. Now, I can feel like I can breathe. I thought of all the obstacles and only one popped into my mind.

"Sir…what about my pairing? I would have to move anyway for my partner so is there any point…"

"Your apprenticeship will go ahead if you want it and you can take the two years to get to know your partner before making any decisions to move anywhere. I've taken the liberty of calling in the nurse to take your test now to get it over with, we have delayed the testing here mainly because of the reshuffle of staff and the update in the education stream for your lectures. So the schools and the rest of Andora are already tested. We do however have the facilities now to test immediately. I hope that's OK Gage? I know you know you're an Alpha but we have to know what stage your Alpha traits are so that I can fill in the final forms, funding should cover materials for your apprenticeship and clothes, lodging and transport. The rest will be up to you to earn."

I nodded and the nurse came within ten minutes with a laptop, swabs and needles. It took another five minutes for the result to appear and during that time I couldn't believe that I arrived half an hour into this office to find my whole life completely changed. Is this the power of the government?

"Gage? We have the result, we are going to have to talk about it"