The Beautiful & the Beastly {L.S} (ON HOLD)

1. The first day.

What's a day in the life at Fortwood High? Well, it was pretty average for a high school, with a twist, of course.

You see, this high school was made up of wolves. The alphas; the dominant leaders. The betas; the neutral party. And the omegas; the submissives. Alphas were usually male, and omegas usually female. Either consisting of the opposite gender was rare.

So Louis Tomlinson, the male Omega, was well known around the school. But let's be honest; it wasn't only because he was an Omega. Louis was bright and bubbly and most people loved him. His outgoing nature meant he was easy to get along with, though he was also just a genuinely nice guy.

He was currently walking to his locker, getting ready to swap over his books for his next class. As he closely approached the locker, he noticed a blonde standing against it, leaning with his back on the metal container with one foot propped up underneath him. "Niall!" He smiled and the boy looked up at the call of his name, smiling back at his friend. "Hey, Lou." He stepped off the locker, giving Louis access.

"Have you been waiting very long?" Louis asked half-heartedly, putting in his combination and opening the door, sorting through his books. "Nah, not really. Just wanted to see you... The weekend seemed so slow without you" Niall had his gaze on the floor and Louis pulled his head out of the locker for only a second to give Niall a cute smile and a friendly punch to the arm.

"Oh Nialler, you big old sap!" He chuckled returning to his locker. "Yeah..." Niall chuckled awkwardly scratching the back of his neck. Once Louis was done with his locker (taking longer than needed, in true Louis style) he linked arms with his best friend and they made their way to the senior area.

With a slight skip in his step, Louis walked down the halls, seeing the way the majority of the students were looking at him; he was gifted, he'd admit that much. And sure he'd blossomed over the holidays, but he'd always been good looking. He had a short frame, with his curvy hips and a plump behind. He had bright blue squinty eyes that crinkled when he smiled. His hair was brown and feathery, swept over his forehead. And his lips were thin, but he sure knew how to make them look irresistibly seductive when he wanted to.

Louis continued to listen to Niall going on about his trip back to Dublin over the holidays as they began closing the distance towards their destination.

The secluded outdoor shelter, otherwise known as the 'senior area' was already beginning to fill up with students who looked like they'd rather be anywhere else. Louis smiled, he looked around at the people who he'd been through almost thirteen years of schooling with, and how they've all grown, and felt a sense of pride. He grabbed Niall's wrist and dragged him over to one of the only spare picnic tables, and sat down right away.

He was in the middle of making small talk with his friend when he began choking on what smelt like cigarette smoke. He raised his head and looked behind him, seeing that just outside was the senior shelter, standing on the grass near the trees, was Zayn Malik and his gang. Well, the term 'gang' might make it seem like there are many other people with Zayn, but there was only two; Liam Payne and Harry Styles.

And as if he heard Louis' thoughts, Harry looked up and made eye contact with the smaller boy. Chills ran down Louis' spine, as the tall boys emerald green eyes stared into his ocean blues. Louis was quick to turn his head. Holding himself back from coughing any further. Though that meant Louis missed the way Harry dropped his cigarette to the floor, putting it out with the thick sole of his combat boot.

You see, Louis wasn't the only one intimidated by Zayn and his gang. And that's the way they liked it; to be feared and left alone. And not only was it because of the tattoos that scattered their large muscular bodies, or the dark clothes they wore, or even the piercings they wore on their faces. But it was the rumours of the things they did, that really made the people steer clear of the three.

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The bell rang and Louis looked down at his timetable at the subjects he'd chosen for the year; art, English, cooking, lunch, maths, music, gym. A few of them mandatory of course, but overall Louis was pleased.

Louis walked at a fast pace to art, knowing he was going to get in trouble for being late to his first class on the first day back, but he'd really had to wee! The teacher gave him a glare and pointed to the only seat left, the one next to Zayn Malik.

Louis gulped and made his way over to the tatted boy, Zayn wore a beanie most days, even in summer. He had an eyebrow and lip piercing and tattoos up his arms, visible under his tank top. Louis sat in his chair and the class began.

Zayn leant closer to Louis, and he smelt of cigarette; Louis tried to not cringe. "Louis, is it?" Zayn spoke surprisingly slower than Louis had imagined, "uh, yeah." Louis nodded and smiled awkwardly, wondering why Zayn was talking to him at all. "I saw you before class, sitting with the blond boy." He continued, looking straight ahead as if he were paying attention.

"Niall, yeah." Louis began doodling in his art book, growing more nervous as time went on. "Is he an omega too?" Zayn asked casually and Louis' eyes bulged. He turned his whole body towards the taller guy, "What is it to you? I'm not that kind of guy, pal-" he began but was immediately cut off, as if Zayn had already anticipated he going to say that. "Jesus, calm down bro. I don't want to fuck you. I can just smell it, that's all." he shrugged. Louis' brow knitted he wasn't sure what was more surprising; that Louis was apparently obvious, or that Zayn actually seemed calm.

It's not that Louis was trying to hide that he was an omega; because that just wasn't going to happen. His shape, his voice, his mannerisms, his smell; it was all obvious that he was an omega. He just didn't want a self-righteous alpha like Zayn thinking he had any sort of hold on Louis for being an omega.

"So you're an alpha then...?" Louis asked cautiously. And Zayn let out a scoff, "Please. As if it wasn't obvious!" And with that Louis rolled his eyes.

SideNote:
Hi guys, new story, sort of, I explained in the disclaimer. Anyway, I hope that this story won't turn out too much like "beautiful soul", but the characters are all a little different so I'm sure it'll be fine. Hope you guys enjoy, I'm excited to see where this goes.

PUBLISHED~14/APR/2018