Chapter 315

How?" He asks, a tad confused.

"To apologize for nearly killing me…."

"I don't think I even got close." Dream is quick to refute.

Dale just waits patiently with expectant eyes and Dream is starting to wonder how he keeps getting into these kinds of situations.

"Fine." He accepts, he's still guilty of cracking him over the head with a pan, he should own up to it. "When are we going?" He asks, mentally checking his schedule.

"Right now." Dale says seriously, stare level.

"Aren't you supposed to be on bed rest?" Dream inquires with a frown.

"Ooh, you want the date in my bedroom, that can be arranged." Dale says smoothly.

Dream just stares at him blankly, he's starting to think that perhaps the Head Beta was up to something when he said pans should be kept out of their conversation because right now - if he had a pan? Dale was getting rushed to the clinic again.

"I'll pass." He waves away. "It's not happening in my bedroom either." He adds on quickly, Dale had a way of twisting words to suit him.

"We'll go to a restaurant." He says firmly.

Dale is quick to put out a hand to take Dream's. "Deal." He shakes on it, using the same momentum to pull Dream out of his seat.

Once again Dream looks stumped. "W-wait, we're really going right now?"

"We shook on it." Dale is quick to remind him.

Dream bites back a groan and collects his hand back. "You better not be thinking up another underhanded way of getting me to go on a date with you." He warns the Alpha, making his way out. "I'll meet you in your office in ten minutes."

Dale watches him go and leans against Dream's desk for a moment, he was actually fine, Mae was a whiz at healing although it took its toll on her body so she couldn't do it so often.

His thoughts wandered back to Dream, he wasn't an asshole who would bother someone who didn't want to have anything to do with him but the thing with Dream was that you could never be really sure with the Omega, it was almost like he was more aggressive with the people he actually cared about.

He couldn't sit here for too long though, it wasn't that he was terrified of Dream, that wouldn't be the start of a healthy relationship, he respected the Omega who easily stood up to him with defiance to spare. He would have been bored with anyone else and that was the plain truth.

He pushes off from Dream's desk to make his way over to his office, making sure to lock up for Dream. He notices that the bruises are mostly gone and the ones left are properly concealed and if that didn't make him want to pronounce the old laws on the girls that had tried to mess with the Omega.

He might have if Kieran hadn't updated on the fact that all the girls had to be rushed to the hospital, if he didn't know better he would have said that the Head Beta was gloating about it, he could totally relate.

Sure most Alphas' might be put off by strong counterparts but not him, it helped put his raging worries to rest some at the thought that Dream could take care of himself, he just wishes he would reach out sometimes.

There's a knock on his door and just as he expects, Dream pushes the door open, he hadn't gone to change his clothes or anything extravagant, most likely to make sure his bruises were still covered up.

"You should have gone to the clinic."He says in a tight voice when Dream comes in.

Dream just waves the Alpha's worries away. "I'm fine."

Dale's lips tighten at this, he always had Dream worrying over him but Dream never let him return the favor - he wasn't about to say that though so he tried another way.

"I'll tell Hayden." He says sternly, his mood brightening at how much this shakes Dream.

"Please don't, I'll go down to the clinic later." He's quick to say, he didn't like Hayden being worried over him.

Dale notes this reaction - interesting, he might have just found a trump card -and if it stung somewhere around his chest that he wasn't even that important to Dream, he was going to ignore it.

"Ready for our date, babe?" He asks with enthusiasm.

"Don't push it." Dream grouches, letting him lead the way out.

He couldn't keep doing things like this - it would only keep coming to bite him in the butt.

What if he fell for the Alpha?

All his aversion for them, where would he put it then, although the ones he knew broke out of the stereotype at least after he got to know them better….

Or maybe he's just making excuses for Dale, because his walls that he had put up against the Alpha were no stronger than a butterfly's wings at this point.

One more push, one more tug, one more coerced date… and it was going to fall as hard as he had already started to.

They make their way down and Dream notes that the members of Dale's Pack are stunned to see them - he's not sure if it's because the news about them this morning had already spread like wildfire or the fact that Dale never came down often or even better the fact that they're together - he's going to go with with a little of the three.

They cheerfully greet them both though and Dream doesn't have to be watching his back after Kieran told him the girls were sent to jail, it also meant though that Dale was aware now as well and naturally the Alpha wasn't pleased with his findings.

He could only hope that Dale would let the matter go now that everything turned out fine because their lives had gotten so entwined that everything seemed complex.

"Smile a bit." Dale leans over to him to whisper in his ear when they get to the first floor. "You look like I'm kidnapping you."

This actually makes Dream crack up, peals of laughter leaving him even as his shoulder shook.

Dale beams at this, he had expected another harsh remark and perhaps an eyeroll or two but this… this was like looking for metal and finding gold.