Everyday was going smoothly for both Alan and Rui. While Rui felt a little more reassured with Ben sitting beside her through lectures, Alan was annoyed by the constant poking of certain someone who sat behind him in every class. Even though he tried to ignore that certain someone, he still tried to strike up conversation several times. Day by day, Alan was becoming habitual of being poked, nudged and commented on, by that certain someone.
On one hand, Mark was determined to crawl in Alan's life and on the other hand, Alan was desperately trying to keep up the boundary.
After the lecture for criminal psychology was over, Alan turned around and confronted his rotten classmate. " What do you want?"
" Isn't that obvious? I want to be your friend, dear classmate." Mark replied and winked at Alan. " I want you from the bottom of my heart."
" Ugh…you are making me nauseous. How I wish to beat that smile off your face." Alan was gritting his teeth,trying hard to control himself. He continued, " God, give me the power to resist that temptation. Bless your child, god." Alan mumbled looking towards the roof.
" Hey, is there someone on the terrace?" Mark made fun of Alan, " How could you look another way when I am sitting right in front you. Am I not handsome enough?"
" What! Why are you being so cheeky? Oh god, I need to puke. Excuse me." Alan tried to get rid of this headache and prepared to leave the class to find Rui. Before he could walk out, around ten people entered the class and stopped everyone from leaving.
" Hey! You, get back in the class. Everyone, get back in." One of them, who was bulky muscular alpha spoke in loud voice. " We need to talk you. So, wait."
All of these ten people were seniors and evidently, from wealthy background. There were 4 alphas, 3 omegas and 3 betas. All of them stood in the front, in a horizontal file. In the middle stood, two figures that Alan had seen before. The alpha and omega he saw in the canteen that day. The one named Chris Rhodens and the other named Shaziya Rhodens.
" Hello young ones. I am your senior and so are the rest of my classmates standing here. We are student council representative and we need a little of your time to discuss some important matters." Chris was the one who spoke first. His voice was gentle yet had a certain weight, which made people listen to him. He was smiling like a monk and his serene stance made him look like a spokesperson.
After capturing the mind of every single person in the room he continued, " I am Chris Rhodens, president of student council. We are here to discuss the matter of utter importance. Our university will be celebrating it's 50th foundation day this month on 28th of June. We have planned out various performances and activities, in which we need cooperation from our juniors. My colleague Shaziya here, is the vice president and will be in charge of the performances by the omegas. My colleague Laila will take care of the alphas and Emily will be coordinating the betas. So, you guys are supposed to follow these three in Hall 1, Hall 2 and Hall 3, respectively. Your seniors will explain you further about your tasks." Chris took a breath and continued, " Now, let's move. First, all the omegas to hall 1, after Shazia."
Alan stood up with all the other omegas and left the classroom. Whether they like his scent or not, he was omega after all. More or less, he had to behave like one.
" Now, all the betas, stand up. You all will move to hall no. 2 after Emily." Chris commanded. All the betas left the room. Now, only alphas were left inside the classroom.
" Fellas, you must make sure that you attend the foundation day. Now, you are dismissed." Chris dismissed the alphas and was about to leave the classroom, when one of the students called from behind.
" Excuse me, what is our task? Don't we need to participate in the event?"
Chris smiled and replied, " I told you about your task. Just be there and enjoy the entertainment your fellow omegas and betas have prepared for you."
The one named Laila, who was a female alpha explained further, " You are alphas, you don't need to do anything. We will give you a chance to enjoy this event. You are the alphas, the one who will lead these betas and omegas. You are a crucial part of society. So, relax and watch the inferior ones do their jobs."
Mark, who was still sitting on his seat, could not help but smile. He mumbled to himself, " I bet you wouldn't have said that if you had met Alan. He would have fucked all your alpha asses into a mess. Looking down on these people and underestimating their potential is the biggest mistake of your life."
Meanwhile, Alan entered Hall 1 and saw several other omegas from different departments gathered there. Among them, stood a female omega with a strong built and lousy clothes, Rui.
" Hey, you are here. I was looking for you." As soon as she noticed Alan, she waved and shouted out loud.
Alan smiled at this stupid friend of his. " I can notice you from afar with all this silliness. By the way, What's going on?"
" I don't know. We just arrived here as well." Rui replied.
" Oh. Look there is someone on the stage." Alan saw a figure standing at the stage holding a mic. As soon as he pointed in that direction, everyone turned to the stage. A scent of lemon zest diffused in the air. It covered the scent of all the omegas standing in that hall. Only a single scent prevailed and dominated on all the omegas. It was definitely a warning from the one present on stage, a show of power and dominance. It was an announcement, that no one can let lose their pheromones, in presence of the dominating one. The one standing on stage was the omega vice president, Shaziya.
Rui noticed this behavior and so did Alan. They were far more sensitive than the others. Also they were far more powerful than all of them combined. How could they accept defeat without giving a fight. However, there was a catch. Alan knew very well, if he fought with that Shaziya, every omega in this room will die of suffocation. And Rui was well aware of Alan's condition. If she used pheromones, Alan might undergo some reaction. So, she refrained from using pheromones, in order to save Alan from going through a dysfunction.
" Hey! Stop spreading those digusting pheromones." Rui yelled among the crowd. As soon as she commented, the whole hall went silent. A pin drop silence covered the hall.
" Who was that?" Shaziya shouted out from the dais.
Everyone started looking around. After no one said a word, a person raised his hand. It was Alan." It was her." Alan pointed at Rui. " I heard it, she said the bitch on the stage smells like gutter. She also said that, the slut is acting like a lion when she looks like a hyena. She said, her pig smells better than you. She said,...."
" Stop! Stop! I get it. So, shut up. The girl next to him....you dare to offend me." Shaziya pointed at Rui and was quite enraged.
Rui glared at Alan, who dragged her into this shit. She saluted Alan with her middle finger and whispered, " I hope you get constipation for next six months."
Then, she turned to the stage and shouted out. " No, it wasn't me."
With the sudden denial, Shaziya was taken aback. This was not what she expected. "But the guy next to you said it was you. Are you lying now?"
Rui made a super innocent face and replied," No. It wasn't me. And this guy right here, he is mentally retarded." She pointed at Alan and continued, " I know him since childhood. He was possessed by an evil spirit when he was young. Since then, he hallucinates. He sees and hears things that aren't there."
Rui was talking but then, her voice choked. And then, two streak of tear fell off her cheek. " How can I say such things. I...I would never...I would never..." Soon she started sobbing.
Alan watched from the sideline in total shock. He was retarded? Possessed? How did she come up with such bullshit?
A senior who was watching this whole thing unfold, walked towards Rui and patted her back with sympathy. " Don't cry. It's alright. No one is blaming you." Then he glared at Alan, " Hey, why are you framing her?"
Alan was witty one. The whole scene was a mess. What can he do? He replied, " I never said it was her. It's that woman. It's the woman standing between you two. You don't see her? She is wearing a white gown and her black hair are scattered in the air. She is whispering something..."
Alan pointed at the empty space between them and started acting like maniac. " She is whispering so something... She is saying the smell is disgusting."
It was so realistic that everyone was creeped out. The chills spread in the air and it all turned spooky. Alan's acting was spot on and everyone started to feel an unknown presence. Alan continued, " She said, she will kill the one with the disgusting lemon smell."
As soon as Alan said these words, Shaziya quickly suppressed her pheromone secretion. She was frightened to the core.
Soon, the lemon zest smell was gone and so was Alan's reputation. Now he was the retarded, possessed omega, who could see people from the other side. Rui smirked at Alan. That's what you get for messing with her. Never in a million year Alan would have expected Rui to fake cry, for the sake of getting back at him.
Why? Why are women's tears so strong? One drop and she was proved innocent. And now he was the retarded one. It was just a joke but look how it ended. He has to admit, Karma is a bitch and so is Rui.