My One and Only Alpha

Chapter 24

"New Mothers are rarely awake," Zayn chimed, pressing his lips to his mate and puppy. "Harry,you're going to have to tend to your pups when Louis passes out. Because he will. And he'll beout for long periods of time after this.""I got this," Harry said confidently. "He'll deserve every nap he is able to catch.""Are you nervous?" asked Parsel curiously."No, not at all. I'm just impatient and excited. I'm so proud of him, he's gonna be great. I can'twait," Harry said joyfully."Take care of him, Harry," said Norman, sharing a long look with his son's mate."Always," Harry swore to both of his Omega's parents.---Around what would have been sunset if the clouds weren't so thick, Louis woke up and graspedHarry's hand in an instant, squeezing it painfully strongly. "Harry," he whimpered, looking upand meeting his mate's vigilant eyes. "Harry, I think-"The Omega gasped as he felt his water break and completely soak his lower half. "Yeah," heheaved. "It's time. Make them leave, please."Harry's eyes widened and he addressed their company in a rush. "Alright, everyone out! Thanksfor coming guys, see you later. It's been great, we've got shit to do, out, out, out," he commanded as the wolves began dispersing, voicing their support and 'good luck's to the Omega who was barely listening.

His limited attention was on his brother Niall, who had woken up from the commotion and was regarding Louis with utter glee in his eyes. "Nini. What do I do?" he asked fearfully.

"Oh hush, you. You already know what to do. You're gonna do amazingly, I'll see you in a fewweeks, okay? I love you," he said as he was lifted in his Alpha's arms and carried out of theteepee after Harry and Zayn shared a loving kiss."Love you too," he whined as the pair left his home, fixing his nervous gaze on Harry as theAlpha sat down in front of him and reached out to hold the Omega's hands."What do you need, mama?" he asked helpfully.Louis thought it over and looked around, seeing the nonexistent walls of the nest and becominguncomfortable with it. "Fix the walls back to how they were, please. I need to be closed in," herequested, Harry jumping to do that very thing.

"Of course, my love. Give me one second, okay? I'll be done shortly."

"Mmhm," Louis hummed as the first big contraction he would have ripped through his body like a tsunami wave. It was like his insides were being crushed together and he curled in on himself in dread, and then it rolled over into the shooting pain he'd anticipated that had him crying outhelplessly. It was far worse than he'd expected."I'll be right there, baby. Just hold on," said Harry as he rapidly fixed the barriers, finishinghaphazardly and rushing back to his whimpering mate. He took him into his arms and pressedkisses to his bond mark, shushing him with his whispers of encouragement."I know it's scary, mama. But you've gotta be strong, okay?"Louis scoffed and grumbled at the seemingly simple solution. "Easy for you to say."---For the next hour, Louis suffered from his gradually intensifying contractions, crying every timethey started and screeching every time they were ending. Harry remained dedicated to shovinglove to his mate through their bond each time he felt him tense. He was kept busy by washing and massaging Louis' whole body, now that the blanket covering him was off.

His poor Omega was inconsolable, covered in sweat, and panting heavily, shifting his legs every few minutes because they hurt no matter where he put them. Harry helped him switch positions every time the Omega asked and sang to his pups as he rubbed his mate's hurting hips until Louis barked at him to stop.

He was never offended when Louis got short and snappy with him, and gladly met his mate'severy desperate demand. At one point, Harry independently fetched some twine to tie Louis' hair into a high ponytail with so it would stay off his face, and the angle made it resemble a carrot top on the Omega's head, but he suppressed his laughter and convinced him that it looked good. The Alpha kept applying damp cloths to Louis' forehead and after a while of silence, the Omega huffed in annoyance and tossed the rag off his head, meeting Harry's eyes expectantly."This is taking forever," he whined to his Alpha.Harry frowned in sympathy and shimmied down to Louis' lower half, lifting his leg and puttinghis face in front of the Omega's entrance. Louis stared at Harry's curved spine until he couldn'ttake it anymore, "Harry, what are you doing?" he exasperated.Harry reemerged and put Louis' leg back down, crawling up to eye level. "Sorry," he said plainly."They're not ready yet.""Wha- were you smelling me?""Yeah," Harry replied."... And you know they're not ready yet?" the Omega asked dubiously."Uh-huh," Harry slowly responded, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.Louis just scrunched his brows and blinked sluggishly at his mate. "Alpha things?" he guessed."Alpha things," Harry verified.Louis took a deep breath and pressed his palms to his eyelids, rubbing them tiredly. "Well, howmuch longer?" he asked impatiently.Harry hummed curiously and made to go back and sniff out the answer, but Louis stopped himbefore he could. "No, no, no, stop that. Just guess.""Uh... an hour?" the Alpha supplied."A WHAT!" Louis shouted. "Gods, but I'm already so tired."Harry hated hearing his Omega whine, and wrapped his arms around what he could reach. "Then you should get some sleep, Louis. This is your body telling you to relax while the pups are getting ready," he softly suggested.Louis scoffed and laughed humorlessly. "Sleep. Right. Yeah, I'll just take a nap now, shall I?" hesaid with sarcasm lacing his tone, but to Harry's amusement, as soon as Louis closed his eyes, the Omega appeared to have zonked out.There we go , Harry thought to his irritable and luckily sleeping mate. You'll need it .---Harry spent the last episode of calm fluffing up the blankets, refilling the water bowls, andwhispering excitedly to Wewe. As time went on, he could smell the time was closer approachingand to confirm this, Louis shot awake and sunk his nails into Harry's arms."Harry! Harry... yeah, they're coming. This is happening. Oh gods, what do I do? I don't wannado it-""Louis, you need to focus now, okay? When you have to push, do it, otherwise just let your bodydo the rest. You don't need to know what to do, you'll feel it, alright?" he reasoned, gently rollingLouis onto his back and taking a seat in-between his legs.Louis groaned but nodded his head in reluctant acceptance. "Okay, fine, " he snapped. "I'll do it.But only 'cuz you asked me to."