Hi! I know it had been a long time since I last updated. I had been very busy these past few months. But I promise I will finish this story.

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Owen decided to shave after taking a shower. He didn't want his stubble to accidentally chafe Zach, as they would definitely have a few rounds to go before Zach's heat would completely end.

In the kitchen, Zach was in front of the stove, cooking pancakes. The smell had his stomach growled from hunger; his body needed a lot of energy after such frenzy mating.

"They look delicious." He said his thought out loud, watching Zach turn back to him. The omega was smiling.

"Thanks." Zach replied, putting pancakes on the plates before placing them on the counter and turned off the stove. The omega was about to set up the table but Owen got there first.

"I will take care of it." The alpha smiled, taking the plates and went with his work before Zach had a chance to protest.

"Owen, I can do it, really." Zach said, shaking his head with a smile. "You don't have to be so provide-tive."

Owen just shrugged and grinned. He wanted to tell Zach how happy he was to have such a normal morning like this. When he was in the Navy he barely had time to think about normal life. Even when he was out of the military, Owen still felt like he had missed a lot of things in his life. He still missed his mother, wishing that she was still here.

Owen's parents had divorced after his six months in the Navy. He chose to stay with his mother while his younger brother, Josh, went with his father. His brother was an alpha, but with less humor and less talkativeness. Owen wasn't surprised when Josh told him he had graduated from a medical school with such flying scores. His brother was truly a genius.

Thinking of Josh, Owen then remembered that his brother had just engaged with a male omega whom he met at a park. If he remembered the name right, it's Noah. They met because Josh's Siberian husky suddenly wanted to know Noah's Siberian husky. That's one of the most romantic-first-meets Owen had ever heard. He hoped they would get marry soon.

Then Owen was thinking about himself and what he could have been. The man his age mostly already had a family. Some of his childhood friends already had three kids.

"Why are you frowning?" Zach's voice snapped him out of his thought. Owen turned to see the omega standing beside him with two plates full with bacons and sausages.

"Nothing." Owen shook his head. "I was just preoccupied."

"Well, let's eat then." Zach replied and Owen was glad Zach did let it slide. They sat down and ate in silent. Owen had to say that Zach was a very good cooker.

"These are very good." Owen said when they almost finished their meal. His words had Zach perked up with interest. He could tell that the omega was trying hard not to smile.

"I have been cooking for myself, and sometimes for everyone in the house, since I was thirteen." Zach replied. "My mom was… usually busy." The omega gulped after that, clearly regretting about what he had said. Owen frowned. He had heard Claire talking about why her older sibling wanted a divorce.

"Me too." Owen replied, he kind of understand what Zach felt. His parents started to fight in the last year he was in high school. They waited until Owen had graduated before separating their bedrooms.

His words had Zach interested, so Owen continued. He hoped his story would make Zach felt better, to know that he wasn't the only one experiencing conflicts in a family.

"My parents divorced six months after I joined the Navy." Owen said. He had told Zach's about his childhood and his brother, but he had never told Zach about his parents. "Josh went with Dad, so I stayed with mom. Well, actually I just stayed at mom's house whenever I had a break. After she passed away I sold the house and stayed at my brother's place, not like I would be home that often though. My dad was there until he passed away two years ago."

Zach looked surprised, but Owen could see that the omega was comparing his story with his life. He knew that what Zach needed in his situation was an encouragement – someone to support him. Experiencing his parents divorcing when he is so young was hard to deal with. Owen wanted to give as much support as possible.

"It was hard, at first." Owen continued. "Dad had been a dick to mom, and she had been too bossy toward him. They did not love each other anymore, but both didn't want to admit it. They blamed each other that one of them must had stopped 'loving' first." The alpha chuckled. When he was younger, it sounded painful, but right now Owen only had a neutral feeling toward this memories. "After months of arguing, fighting, throwing their anger at me and Josh, they finally divorced." He added and shrugged, smiling at his past. At first it hurt, but Owen got over it shortly. Beside, when he was aiming to be a SEAL, there was less to no times to think about other stuffs.

"I…" Zach gulped, inhaling sharply. Owen knew that Zach was hesitated to talk about his parents, so he just nodded and waited for Zach to continue. "My parents are getting a divorce too. I don't know when they will… probably after Gray and I get back." Zach sighed, looking at Owen. The alpha could see distress in Zach's eyes.

"I'm not worried about living with just one parent." Zach continued. "I'm worried about Gray. He is too young. He… he knows our parents are going to divorce, and I was too paranoid with my own problems to notice. I've been a dick to him since they started seriously fighting. I…." Zach trailed off, losing the confidence for seconds, before finishing what he wanted to say. "I don't know what to do."

"Zach, listen to me." Owen said softly, keeping his voice warm and supportive. Zach had turned to look at him; that's good. "Listen to me." He repeated, and the omega nodded, so Owen continued. "Talk to your brother, be honest to him in everything. Gray will understand. He is a smart kid. Be honest with him, trust him. And whatever happens, always come back to him if he needs you." Owen made sure to keep Zach's eyes on him all the time. "That's what Josh and I always do." He finished his sentence with a reassured smile.

"Thank you." Zach nodded at him, seeming to be less stressed. He smiled and Owen smiled back. He liked to see Zach happy more than when the omega was sad.

They washed the dishes together, and Zach didn't flinch whenever their hands touched. The omega talked about songs he liked and movies he loved. Owen talked about his favourite football team and Zach smiled, saying that his favourite team was the same as Owen's.

They moved to the living room after that, still talking about the latest football matches, and continued to talk until the wave hit. Zach immediately tackled the alpha down on the floor before straddling his lap. Owen let Zach did it, smiling at a nice view he was having.

Owen let Zach rode him until the omega reached his peak. After that he held Zach up and moved them to the bedroom. Zach protested he was bored of a position in a horizontal line, so Owen fucked him against the wall, and slipping out before he would knot the boy. He knew that being knotted in that position was going to be very uncomfortable.

Of course Zach protested again, so Owen let Zach rode him on the bed before he finally knotted the omega.

As Zach sighed with a satisfied smile and laid down, Owen wondered that would he really have a family. He could not still imaging himself actually having one, but the alpha could imagine himself watching a football match with Zach someday.

Owen knew he was secretly hoping that it would not be just an imagination.

The heat had continued for three days before it finally faded. And as Owen slammed himself into Zach, he knew this was going to be the last time they were locked together before the heat would fully disappear.

"Damn…" Zach groaned, resting his back against Owen as he closed his eyes. "…that's intense." He murmured, still in Owen's lap with his back rested against the alpha's chest. The sun had already set and exhaustion had already caught up with Owen.

"Good news, I think your heat will completely gone by tomorrow." Owen said, deciding to share the news while slowly resting against the pillows behind him. His heart felt hollowed the minute the sentence left his mouth. The alpha mentally sighed, telling himself that it's better this way, for both their life and their health.

"Finally!" Zach sighed, closing his eyes. "I'm finally free! Finally!" The boy squirmed a bit and moaned as Owen's knot gridded against his prostate.

"Not yet kid," Owen chuckled, shaking his head. "You still have to wait for a few more minutes." He pointed it out with a friendly grin, and Zach's face reddened.

"Sorry," The omega replied, settling back down with a still reddened face. "I just… wow, I'm finally free from the heat. Damn, I feel so sore." He groaned, before yawning. "And sleepy." The boy added, closing his eyes.

"Then rest," Owen replied and moved to settle them both on the mattress. "I will contact the doctors after I'm able to pull out. After that it's time to clean up."

Zach was tensed the moment Owen mentioned about them calling the doctor. Shit, he should realize that Zach might not be comfortable with others yet. The heat had ended, but the wrecking hormones hadn't completely settled down. The omega's instinct would still be screaming for Zach to be closed to him and stayed away from others for a while.

"Right…" The omega replied quietly before he grew silent. And from his voice, Owen knew the boy's good mood was ruined. Damn him, he was such an idiot.

"Zach, hey," he called, touching the boy's shoulder lightly. "It's going to be okay, alright? It's just the hormones' doing. You won't feel so weird again after you wake up. I promise."

"Okay," Zach replied after a moment with his body relaxed more. "Goodnight Owen." The boy said, snuggled close to him.

"Goodnight," Owen replied, closing his eyes and finally let himself drifted off to sleep.

Owen woke up before Zach. He pulled out of the boy, stretching on the bed like a giant cat before getting up. He still felt tired, but forcing his legs to take him to the bathroom anyway. Owen grabbed fresh clothes on his way toward the bathroom, telling himself that now Zach's heat had ended; he should dressed up properly.

Speaking of which; it made Owen realized that a few nights ago, after pulling himself off the exhausted boy, he was lucid enough to throw his own clothes into the washer. All of them, his shirt, jacket, underwear, and pants. It was probably somewhere in the house now. He remembered getting them out of the dryer before Zach called for him.

Owen groaned and decided to grab them later. He took the shower and started to think of what he should cook as their breakfast, their probably last breakfast together. This realization stung him badly but Owen brushed it off, telling himself that this was for the better for both Zach and him.

Zach was still asleep when he finished showering. Owen decided to go find the boy's clothes and throw them into the washer as well. Then he started cooking breakfast. He wasn't ready to contact the medic yet, not until he had a chance to tell Zach that they had to say goodbye.

Owen was halfway through cooking when he remembered that his cell phone had ran out of power a few nights ago. At that time he was too busy with knotting Zach, so he let the device went dead somewhere in the house. The alpha grunted before walking off to find it and plugging it to the charger. He guessed that he should be expecting tons of message when he could turn it on again. By the way, Owen still had no idea how were his girls. He hoped Barry had taken a good care of them.

Owen placed two plate of food on the table before he went to the bedroom. Zach was still sleeping and Owen felt bad to wake him up, so he went to find his mobile phone instead.

"Let's see how the world is doing," he murmured, turning the fragile device up. He waited for a few seconds before the phone showed numerous messages and missed calls. Most of them were missed calls from Barry and Lowery.

The alpha decided to open messages from Admiral Hess first. He didn't know how he still have his former boss' number on his phone, but he did.

Admiral Hess: Owen, I hope you haven't marked the boy. I told his family that he was in good hands, an experienced medic to help him through his heat.

The 'Cleaning job' is almost done. Call me after the boy's heat ends, we have a lot to discuss.

"Sounds bad," Owen frowned. He didn't worry about Isla Nublar and the park, but 'we have a lot to discuss' part concerned him. When his former boss said the word 'discuss', it always about serious things. Normally Hess would use that phrase when he was sending them a meeting schedule or a mission briefing. Nevertheless, Owen was glad that Hess decided to lie. He wouldn't know what expression should he put on when he met Claire again.

"What does the Navy have in mind?" Owen wondered, still frowning as he opened the first message from Lowery.

Lowery: Miss Dearing's operation was successful, she is resting now. Her nephew and Zara are here. I told him his brother had serious injuries and was sent to another hospital under the care of the US army. I hope this sound believable. Admiral Hess told me and Miss Dearing that Zach and you are with the medics. You are doing well, right?

The second one was sent a few days after the first one.

Lowery: Miss Dearing is waking up!

The third message was sent two days after the second message.

Lowery: I hope you didn't have a serious injury. You didn't reply any of my messages. By the way, Admiral Hess told the boys' parents about his true biology, and that he's spending his heat with a trained staff. They didn't take it well. They were very worried about his safety.

Owen kept reading. Lowery had reported to him about Claire's condition getting better and better, and that Zach's parents would be flying back to USA with Gray. They were expecting Zach to fly back to America after his heat had ended. Claire was also transferred back to continue her treatment in USA, Lowery and Zara went with her.

After finished reading messages from Lowery, Owen started with messages from Barry. His friends sent him tons of messages, updating on each raptors. Blue and Delta were doing well. Charlie was recovering, and Echo could walk around now. The veterinarians expected Echo to be able to run within two weeks. They hoped that her injured leg would make a fully recover, yet there was still chances that it wouldn't. They still had to wait and see.

Barry also informed him that right now his girls were in their temporary home at some military base. He was suspecting that the army was planning on using the raptors, which was what Owen feared. He hoped Barry's suspicion was wrong, but there was a message from Admiral Hess mentioning that he had something to discuss with Owen.

Owen groaned and tossed his mobile phone away after finished reading all of the messages. Right now he was worried about his velociraptors. They must not be turned into weapons. If they were, there was going to be a disaster.

"Owen?"

Zach's voice interrupted his train of thought. Owen quickly got up. He would think about the raptors later, right now he had to make sure Zach was okay.

"Hi," Owen walked in the bedroom to find the boy sitting on the bed. Zach's scent told him that the heat had gone, and the boy's hormones would turn back to normal soon. "How are you feeling?" He asked, didn't move to get closer. The heat had ended, there was no need for him to be close to the boy anymore. This truth was kind of making Owen felt slightly sad, but he brushed it off anyway.

Zach turned to look at him. A tired smile appeared on the boy's face. "Better, but still tired and sore." Zach said, yawning. "Well, um… I should take a shower."

"That should help," Owen nodded, "your clothes are on top of the dryer." He stepped back, giving Zach his space. "I will be in the kitchen." The alpha added, before walking away. He honestly wanted to spend more time with Zach, but his job here was done. Zach would be back with his family soon, and he had velociraptors to protect from those crazy men in the military.

Zach showered slowly, carefully not to hurt his sore muscles. The heat had ended, which he was grateful. However, that meant his time with Owen would be over soon. Zach would be lying if he said he wouldn't miss Owen. He liked this alpha already, and not from the hormones and instinct which were controlling him when he was in heat, but because Owen was an interesting man. Zach just found out he and Owen had a lot of things in common. Maybe he would be able to ask for Owen's number or something, to keep in touch.

He exited the bathroom and found his clothes placed neatly where Owen had told him. Zach smiled before putting them on. It felt good to be able to wear his clothes again.

Owen was in the kitchen, busy checking something on his cell phone. Zach linger at the doorway, not sure should he walked in or not. However, as he was about to step back, Owen looked up from his cell phone and smiled.

"Feeling better?"

"A lot better," Zach nodded, walking in. Owen immediately gestured for him to sit, and together they ate their breakfast. It was as excellent as always, and Zach had a feeling that he was going to miss Owen's cooking.

"I haven't told them the heat has ended yet," Owen said, leaning back after they both had finished. "I want your hormones to settle down first, having medics and strangers roaming this house after your heat just ended isn't good for your health."

Zach nodded, appreciated Owen for taking care of small details. By nature, most of the omegas would get slightly distressed if there were strangers in their territories right after the heat just end. It made them felt insecure, and that would drive the alphas to fend off any visitors.

"Thank you," Zach nodded. "Any word from Aunt Claire and Gray?" He asked, noticing Owen checking messages on his mobile phone.

"Your aunt's operation was successful. She is recovering." Owen said, the alpha looked a bit concerned as he continued. "Your parents had arrived here days ago. Right now they were back to USA with your brother after Admiral Hess promised he would send you back after your heat had ended." Owen said, and Zach turned pale. So his parents knew about his biology now.

Just let it go Zach, they will know it someday. At least you don't have to tell them yourself now. Zach gulped, feeling Owen's gaze on him. The alpha was waiting for his reaction, wanting to know if he was okay. It made Zach's heart flattered, knowing that Owen deeply cared for him and his well-being.

"I guess it's better than telling them myself," Zach replied, leaning back. "I wouldn't know where to start." He added, grinning. "And how will they send Aunt Claire back? Is she already back to USA?"

"Yes," Owen nodded, "she was transferred back to USA. Lowery and Zara went with her."

"Good…that's good." Zach nodded, sighing. "Okay… I um… what next? I mean… what should we do?"

"It depends on you." Owen replied. Zach had a feeling that the alpha was choosing his words carefully. "I mean, when you feel that you're ready to… to go, when your hormones have settled down, I will call them."

"Oh, um…" Zach tried to smile. He tried to think if he wanted to leave now, and was half surprised to know that he was half reluctant to do so. He wasn't ready to meet others yet. "…maybe not now." He gulped, pulling one leg up on the chair. "I might… might be fully back to normal in an hour or two."

"It's okay Zach, take your time." Owen gave him a reassuring smile. Zach tried to smile back, before deciding that he wanted to know more about Owen.

"So…" he trailed off, trying to see if he could get the alpha's attention, which he did. Owen turned to look at him, completely ignoring the cell phone in his hand. "…am I the first omega you've been with?" He felt his cheeks slightly reddened from the question.

"Umm…" Owen inhaled deeply. Zach had a feeling like he was, somehow, interrogating Owen. "Not very, I mean, you're the first omega I've helped with the heat. I've been with some omegas before, but it'd never worked out." The alpha sighed. "Danger was a common thing in my line of work. They all knew, some of them understood, but I didn't want them to wait since there was a chance I might not be able to return in one piece."

"That sounds kinda… sad." Zach said, feeling bad already. He had a feeling that Owen wasn't an alpha who just keep dating someone without a future plan for their live.

"It's okay, I know the risk." Owen smiled, reaching over to ruffle Zach's hair playfully. "It's the truth I had accepted long ago. By the way, even now I still work with danger, you know." He grinned and Zach chuckled, knowing what Owen was talking about.

"Yeah, but at least you and them are on the same side." Zach shrugged. Talking about the raptors made Zach thought of Charlie, so he added. "Charlie seemed to act like she was my mother." He said, smiling as he thought of how caring Charlie had been toward him. "And I was on Blue's back! That's amazing, unbelievable."

"Yeah, it amazed me too." Owen replied, his eyes were bright with excitement. "I think they understand us more than we thought they could. Their intelligence is really beyond our assumption."

They talked more about what had happened when they were in the forest with Blue and Charlie, but cutting the part which contained Zach's heat off. The conversation was pleasant and it made Zach smiled when he thought of how caring Charlie was, and he was hoping that he would have a chance to see her again one day.

It was an hour later that they decided to wash the dishes. Silence settled in as they work. Zach wasn't sure how he should feel. Of course he was grateful that the heat had ended, and he had survived it without a bite mark. However, he would be lying if he said he would not miss Owen. Should he ask for Owen's number?

Well, I do want to be his friend; I'm sure Owen and I can hang out together since we have many things in common. Zach thought and smiled, finishing the last dish and heard Owen's cell phone buzzed. The alpha turned to pick it up, and then frowned; Zach had a feeling that whatever made Owen suddenly upset was definitely not a good thing.

"Barry just sent me a message, about the raptors." Owen said, voice strained with emotion before he sighed, sitting down on the chair nearby. The alpha looked really frustrated. "The raptors were sent to a permanent 'workplace' for 'experiment'." As Owen spoke, Zach had a feeling that the alpha was suppressing an urge to growl. "They gave me 24 hours to decide if I want to be a part of this 'project', damn it." Owen grunted, gritting his teeth.

"That's bullshit." Zach heard himself said. "You cannot let that happen." He know his omega side wouldn't be happy to see Owen leaving so soon. But he wasn't an idiot either. Zach knew what is more important. Don't be stupid, my heat had ended – there is no need for him to be here. By the way, someone is going to fucking use velociraptors in a God-knows-what project! If there is someone who is able to stop their insanity from ruining the world, it's Owen.

"The hell I will." Owen growled, standing, before he paused and turned to look at Zach. The omega knew what Owen was about to say, and he spoke up before Owen had a chance to.

"I will be okay." Zach said, giving Owen a genuine smile. "Go stop them. You can't let them use the raptors."

"Are you sure?" The alpha asked, frowning. Zach had a feeling that Owen was about to step closer to him but decided against it. The heat had ended; there was no reason for them to be touching each other. However, Zach wouldn't mind if Owen touched him, as long as the touch was nothing else but to show that the alpha care for him.

"I'm sure." Zach nodded, using his firmest and most confident voice. "I'm old enough to take care of myself. You should go, it sounds serious. The raptors need you." He added, knowing that this was an urgent. If someone was going to do a project with velociraptors, they damn needed Owen to be there.

"Alright, I will send for the medic. They will be here to pick you up in a blink of an eye." Owen finally replied, before he stepped closer. Zach didn't back up and wait to see what Owen was going to do.

The alpha put one hand on Zach's shoulder and squeezed Zach's shoulder lightly. His green eyes looked at Zach, and the omega see how deep Owen really care for him. "Take care of yourself, promise?" The alpha said quietly, and it's not an order – but a request.

"I promise." Zach replied, nodding. Owen squeezed his shoulder again and let go. Zach watched him turned to grab his jacket before going out to the car.

Zach watched Owen drove away with a feeling of his heart tightening. It didn't hurt much, as he wasn't totally in control of the omega instinct just liked when he was in heat. He was sad to see Owen go without knowing when he would be able to see him again. Moreover, the raptors. Zach wondered what would happen to them, and hoped that this time it wouldn't end up just like the chaos on Isla Nublar.

A medical truck arrived in ten minutes after Owen left. Zach was greeted with friendly beta doctors and nurses as they took him to the hospital to perform a full check up on him. After that a kind nurse accompanied him to the airport, then he was on the plane flying back to USA.

Zach's family was waiting for him at the airport. His mom hugged him and cried, repeating over and over again that she was so scared of losing him. Zach reassured her that he was alive and well. And after his mother stopped crying; she told Zach that she didn't care what gender he turned out to be, she would love him all the same.

His father hugged him and told Zach that he would not let Zach went to a theme park liked this again. Zach smiled and told him that he was okay. Surprisingly, his dad didn't care about what his gender was either.

Gray demanded that Zach told him everything that happened after he was pulled out of the truck; luckily that his mom immediately scolded Gray - saying that it was not a pleasant memory to talk about. Zach reminded himself to thank her after this. He knew Gray just really wanted to know what happen, but Zach wasn't going to tell him – not now.

Aunt Claire was still recovering by the time Zach visited her, which was the day after he got back. They talked a bit. Claire asked him about Owen, just to make sure that the male alpha didn't take advantage of her nephew when they were together in the woods. Zach reassured her that Owen didn't, and was glad she didn't know Owen was the one helping him through his heat.

His life went on. He went back to Madison with his parents and tried to get back to normal. His friends came over to make sure he was okay. They stayed over for a night, making him played video games with them, trying to make him forget about the events on Isla Nublar in their way, which Zach was very grateful. Moreover, one of his friend told Zach that his girlfriend cheated on him after he stopped replying to her messages. Zach just shrugged and broke up with her in the next day, relieved that he hadn't had to find a reason to breakup with her.

Aunt Claire was still working for the Masrani Corporation even that their boss were dead. Jurassic World had been a great downturn, yet Masrani still had many businesses under their name – so this was just a setback for them. Right now his aunt was working at one of the theme parks the Masrani owned. Zara was with her, and both Zach and Gray had a feeling that there was something going on between their aunt and her beta assistant.

No one had heard from Owen, not even Claire. Zach lied to her that he heard some soldiers talked to Owen about transferring the raptors to the new area for 'new project'. He told her he heard this conversation before he was sent to the hospital. Claire did her best to try to contact Owen, but all she could tell him was that Owen was no longer working for Masrani corporation, and he also changed his phone number.

Half of Zach was worried about what might happen to Owen, and the other half hoped that the alpha was okay. He didn't know much, but he had a feeling that the project Owen talked about was up to no good. He hoped whoever behind this would just give up.

Zach continued his life like normal. Years passed, his parents had finally divorced. Zach and Gray choose to stay with their mother while their father will visit them every week to take Gray, or sometimes both Gray and Zach, to watch a hockey game.

Soon after the divorce, Aunt Claire finally announced that Zara was now her girlfriend. His mother insisted that they must had a celebration, so they invited Aunt Claire and her new girlfriend to dinner. They also invited Vivian and Lowery – who were surprisingly, and unsurprisingly, engaged to each other; it was a nice reunion.

Zach graduated from high school with flying scores. After that he was accepted to the university where he started his journey to become a computer engineer. Unlike Gray whose passion laid in dinosaurs, Zach was in interested in technology – software. When he was a kid, he had had a dream to become a programmer who build games, and now he had that dream with him again.

Owen stepped out of his house with a yawn. He stretched, looking around himself before stepping down the stairs that leaded to the backyard of the house. And next from the backyard, glittering under the sunlight, was a beach and the sea.

His one years old Border female Collie and two years old German shepherd trailed behind him. Owen knew they wanted to go to the beach, even that it meant they would have to take a bath later.

"Ace, Belle" Owen called. Both dogs stopped and turned to look at him. "Don't get yourselves wet, okay?"

Belle gave him an excited bark before she dashed toward the sand, with Ace chasing after her. Owen sighed, he better be prepared to bath them.

Three hours later, after a peaceful afternoon walk with his dogs and after bathing them, Owen was in his car. Usually he preferred to stay at home on weekends, but today his brother had invited him to a party; Owen knew he better not missed it.

"How do I look?" Zach asked Gray as he turned around for what felt like the hundredth time.

"You're stunning." Gray sighed, shaking his head. "Zach, you're perfect and you're going to be late if you don't get going now."

"Okay," Zach sighed, grabbing his cell phone. Well, this was his first time to Noah's party – he better not be late. "I probably be back around midnight, dinner is in the refrigerator."

"I know." Gray rolled his eyes, "have fun." His brother added, already turning back to the book in his hands as Zach exited their apartment – Claire's old apartment which was just three bus stop away from the university. Well, at first it was his apartment until Gray went to the same university as him. They decided to share the room, it was cheaper this way. Also, Zach had got a part-time job at a café near his apartment, while Gray worked in a flower shop three blocks away from their place.

Zach sighed as he hurried down stairs and got to his scooter. Noah was a really nice person. He was an omega with warm brown eyes and soft curly brown hair who greeted Zach with a bright smile on his first day at the café. Technically Noah was his boss, yet the omega preferred to be his 'co-worker' more than a boss. Zach hadn't expected to find such a wonderful friend from working part-time at the café near his apartment, so he was very happy he did.

It took him half an hour to reach Noah's place. There were several cars parked in front of the large house which also had a pool. Zach was quite stunned, and nervous, since he had never visited a house this big and beautiful before. He shook his head and made his way to the front door.

Owen's nostril flared as soon as he stepped out of his car. He scented a familiar scent of someone he knew. An omega, definitely an omega. The alpha thought as he made his way toward the front door, reminding himself to start thinking about a present he was going to give to Josh's child. Josh told him two weeks ago that his mate was pregnant; Owen better started finding the present now.

He rang the bell and was greeted by his brother. Josh was very happy and excited to see him, which gave Owen an idea that this party was probably to celebrate Noah's pregnancy. He could hear suiting music being played from somewhere deep in the house. Everything seemed to be perfect, and then a familiar scent hit him.

A scent of someone he knew. The owner of the scent probably just stepped into this house through the front door.

"Owen, what's wrong?" Josh seemed to notice that Owen was up to something. Owen just shook his head.

"I think I just scented someone familiar." He said, sniffing. "The scent is stronger in the house than the outside." He added.

"Well, there are many people in the backyard," Josh said, leading Owen deeper into the house. "Maybe you will recognize someone. I invited my friends and Noah invited his friends along with some of his employees."

As they made their way to the backyard, and Owen froze in place as the scent got real stronger – as if the owner of it was right beside him. Then he finally recognized the scent, it belonged someone he hadn't seen for six years.

"Zach." He gasped, turning around to see Zach standing just inches away from him.