A True Alpha Chapter 62

Chapter 62

“Told you we wouldn't be late!” 

“Yeah, yeah.” Clarke rolled her eyes frustrated with being wrong but taking the loss if it meant she wasn't late for yet another appointment with Nyko. 

“Well come on then.” Lexa urged already halfway out of the car. “If we don't get a move on, then we might just be late like last time. 

A thought flickered behind Clarke’s eyes. “You go ahead of me like last time, I’ll be in just a moment.” 

“You sure?” Lexa ducked her head down into where the car door would normally be. 

“Yeah, I wanna test something.” 

“Wanna fill your alpha in on your plan?” 

“Nah, not really.” Clarke smirked. 

“Ok then sweetheart, see you in a minute?” Lexa crawled halfway back inside the car to kiss Clarke on the cheek. 

“Yup.” Clarke quickly pecked Lexa back.

Lexa’s cheeks burned brightly from the simple return of her kiss before marching off with an added pep in her step. Clarke watched as her mate nearly skipped off joyful. She waited just long enough, a minute or two after Lexa had entered the building and Clarke undid her seat belt and hopped up out of the car. Clarke made her way up and into the office to see more or less exactly what she had expected. Lexa was once again halfway through a slightly embattled common conversation concerning completing Clarke’s medical forms.

“Hey! I’m here!” Clarke cheered, hopping up to the window next to Lexa. 

“Yes, Ms. Griffin, I have your paperwork here for you, and I wanted to have YOU check if it was all accurate.” 

“I could’ve done it, she was just waiting in the car.” Lexa muttered under her breath. 

“Yup, it’s all right. Lexa does know. But I appreciate your wanting to check with me.” Clarke smiled wide enough to confuse Lexa. 

“I told her that.” Lexa sang silently, but still loud enough that her mate could feel it. 

“Great, Nyko will come on out and grab you when she is ready.” The receptionist answered seemingly only to Clarke. 

“Thanks.” Clarke smiled again politely as she and Lexa began to walk off. 

“What wa-” Lexa stopped herself when she heard the woman calling out for Clarke once more. 

“Oh, Ms. Griffin! One more thing!” 

“Yes! Of course!” Clarke called back as both she and Lexa turned around and approached the window once more. 

“Just Ms. Griffin.” The receptionist’s eyes pointed irritatedly at Lexa once more. 

“Wha-” 

“Go sit down babe. I’m perfectly safe, I promise.” Clarke interrupted and kissed Lexa’s cheek. 

The alpha grumbled, but yielded. “Whatever.” She nearly threw her hands up in her alpha rut impatience. 

“Yeah, what’s up?” Clarke spun around and landed her arms on the ledge of the receptionist window. 

“You know-” She was interrupted. 

“Sorry about her, she’s had a rough morning and she is rutting, so she is a bit… you know.” Clarke trailed off and shrugged. 

“Oh. Well, umm.” The receptionist danced around continuing for a moment. “You know, we don't often encourage mated pairs going back together. And I’m not even really supposed to let your mate… Lexa? Was it? Well, you see I’m not really supposed to let her look at your files at all. I know it’s legal and all or at least it was?” She questioned herself for a moment. “But Nyko has rather strict rules against it. If you insist, she is allowed to go back with you, but I really can't go letting her fill out any files for you. Especially now; doubble especially now that it might not be legal.” 

“Completely understood. Thank you.” Clarke nodded along. 

“Thank you, that is all.” 

Clarke nodded back again and gave another soft smile before turning and heading back to her mate who had already snagged a seat for each of them. “All done.” Clarke introed before momentarily considering sitting down in Lexa’s lap but then deciding against it and ruling the idea out as a rut based mistake waiting to happen. 

“What was her problem?” Lexa in all her progressive beauty was still occasionally capable of being an alpha at the end of the day; of missing the forest for the tree just an inch too close to her mate. 

Clarke took a sharp preparatory inhale and sat down as close to Lexa as she could to comfort her alpha. “Welp.” 

“Welp what?” 

“Welp, It was about you.” 

“What about me?” Lexa nearly snarled. 

“You aren't allowed to look at my medical records anymore love.”

“What?” Lexa couldn't comprehend the issue. 

“The reason she was short with you the last two times was because you had been looking over my medical records and confirming them for her, but she wasn't sure if I am an omega or not.” 

“You are not!” Lexa snarled and stepped to get out of her chair in anger that the woman could have assumed that and potentially hurt Clarke. 

“No! No.” Clarke grabbed at Lexa’s hand and pulled her back down. “That wasn't the issue. The issue is that because I am an alpha you can't go looking through my records anymore.”

“I’m your mate, what’s the difference what dynamic you are?”  

“Oh sweetheart.” Clarke finally realized that Lexa simply might not be aware of the intricacies of alpha vs, omega HIPAA violations. 

“Just cause you are an alpha something changed? What does it matter?” 

“Sweetie, it matters a lot. It is not a privacy violation to show medical histories of an omega to their alpha mate, but it is the other way around.” 

“What the hell? What’s the difference if they are bonded?” Lexa grew angry in her confusion.

“That’s just how it is. My mom worked in a hospital, so it was just something I grew up knowing because my mom complained about it.”

“Well, at least she knew it was unjust.” 

“She only ever complained about how confusing the rules were, not that they were unjust in any way.” Clarke quickly corrected. 

“Oh.” Lexa sighed disheartened. 

“Yup.” 

“So she was just short with me because I checked your papers?” 

“You were rather gruff about it, especially today. But that is because you are in a rut, and that can understandably make you a little overprotective.” 

Lexa grumbled displeased. 

“It will be ok love.” 

“Wait, so did you know this was going on? Was that why you hung back in the car?” 

“No, I hung back because I wanted to see if she would treat me differently if she saw me in a rut. And I guess I was right?” Clarke’s voice rose questioning herself. 

“Oh?” Lexa chuckled. “Well, all that matters is that you are ok.” Lexa reached over and hugged Clarke tight enough to make a small scene and garner a glance and a glare or two. 

“Clarke!” Nyko peeked her head out from behind the door to the examination room halls and called out the name. 

“Yup.” Clarke rose from her seat and immediately noticed Lexa did as well. “Oh, babe, I’m ok. You can stay out here.”

“I! You sure?” Lexa’s face shown more than a dash of confusion like she was thinking of something Clarke wasn't, but she held it back because she wasn't sure and she just wanted to be supportive of her mate one way or another. 

“Yeah, I’m good.” Clarke kissed Lexa’s hand. “Coming, sorry!” Clarke rushed her way over to Nyko and quickly followed her back to one of the exam rooms. 

“No rush.” Nyko assured and held the door open for Clarke, glancing at Lexa with a look of confusion almost equal to that of the other alpha’s. 

“Thank you.” 

“So, How was the first week? Good?” 

“Oh, my god. It was...” Clarke fell silent momentarily as she attempted to conjure the correct words as Nyko ushered her into the third examination room. 

“Good I hope? Your scent is rather strong… I! I mean that in the best of ways!” Nyko stammered and rushed to correct herself. “Just! I mean your alpha scent is thick and all. We might actually need to adjust your dosages. Have the side effects been strong?” 

“Define strong?” Clarke winced, picking a seat on the examination table and thinking back to the roughly sixty five hours she had spent grinding against any and every surface she could just for some friction against her raging erection and her eager endeavor of throwing her mate up against a wall and sucking her off till she collapsed earlier that morning.

“Uugh, anything extreme? Interfering with your normal life?” 

“Uugh…” Clarke stalled, not really wanting to have her dosages lowered. 

“Here, arm, gotta take your vitals.” 

“Oh, yeah sure.” Clarke offered up her arm. 

“So strong side effects I take it?” 

“Not that strong. Definitely nothing compared to my old heats.” Clarke brushed off. 

“If your everyday life is anything near approaching being affected as much as it was during your heat, that is a big issue!” Nyko looked up concerned. 

“Even if it is now during a rut? I mean, sure, I was preoccupied with some... stuff related to my rut this week, but it was way less intrusive than a heat. And not much worse than Lexa’s rut either?”

“You are rutting now?” Nyko asked distractedly, her attention stolen by Clarke’s peculiar vitals.  

“Yeah. The instructions were to take a double dose during my normal cycle week, so that is what I did. I’m set to take another shot tonight.” 

“A… and you still had a rut?” Nyko almost dropped her tools along with her jaw. 

“Yeah, it was great! Lexa and I had a great time. She rutted too this week, hers started a couple days after mine, but it is great to finally be synced up again.” 

“Wait, you took a double dose the first day, and you still hit a rut?” 

“Yeah. Pretty immediately. Within half an hour or so.” 

“And Lexa went into her rut a couple days after?” 

“Yeah, I just said that.” 

“Why didn't you bring her in with?” 

“Why didn't I… Why didn't I what?” Clarke whimpered frustrated, her head beginning to hurt as she attempted to understand. 

“Why did you tell Lexa to wait outside?” 

“Well, your receptionist said bringing mates back with you was frowned upon.” 

“Yeah, cause I don't like alphas growling at me while I do a pap smear. But this is different, you two are mated, so your hormones will affect hers as well, so we do need to monitor Lexa as well. Maybe not as close, but what we do with you can affect her as well.” 

Clarke’s face landed in her palms in frustration. “I thought your receptionist was trying to tell me not to bring her back anymore.” 

“Uugh, nope. I not only need to monitor her but on topics like this, I like to have the mate’s thoughts too to make sure nothing is being left out just because it was embarrassing or something.”

“Well, I feel like an idiot. That’s great!” 

“No, no, It’s fine. I will message my assistant to send Lexa back. In the meantime.” Nyko’s eyes rose to inspect Clarke’s. 

“I take it I shouldn't have started out with the rut dosage?” 

“No, no, you shouldn't have. But that is more often than not more because a biological omega’s body needs time to accommodate to the change before it can take to a rut. But maybe your reaction was tied into the damage sustained from the loss of the child? Or because you hadn't had a heat in so long? I’m honestly not sure and we will certainly need to test your vitals again later.” Nyko explained, slowly looking Clarke with thorough detail. 

“Will everything be ok?” Clarke worried as Nyko familiarized herself with Clarke’s scent glands to a rather embarrassing and uncomfortable level of detail. 

“Yes, yes. It most certainly will be. It is just a matter of making sure everything is progressing well.” Nyko convincingly comforted. 

“Oh? That’s good.” Clarke sighed with just a little too much relief. 

"Would you like to TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF of MY MATE!?" Lexa snarled, huffing and puffing, a part of her alpha instincts clearly demanding she attack, but something more logical won out. 

"Just checking her scent glands." Nyko pulled away and raised her hands innocently.

Lexa gave a disgruntled and unpleased glare. 

"It's all ok. She was just checking how the hormones affected me love." Clarke comforted and outstretched her hand to welcome Lexa to sit next to her. "Come here." She pouted. "I am sorry I had you wait outside." 

"It's ok. This is something that mostly affects you, so I understand if you want to talk to Nyko in private." Lexa's words were understanding but the glare she shot at Nyko was much more threatening. "Just was confused because I figured my cycle would be relevant too; we are mated after all so our cycles will affect each other." Lexa explained her own logic as she moved in and sat next to her mate. Her eyes didn't leave Nyko for one moment as she wrapped her arms protectively around Clarke. 

"I realize that now. I'm sorry." Clarke sighed and rested her head on Lexa's shoulder. 

"It's ok love. You are welcome to do these appointments on your own if you want to, I just also want to talk to a professional as well about how it affects me too." 

Clarke pulled tighter at Lexa feeling guilty. "I'm sorry I didn't know it was affecting you at all really." 

Lexa softened. "It's not much, and it isn't anything huge. Just I had some questions." Lexa comforted, hugging Clarke close. 

"Yes, please fire away with any questions you might have." Nyko offered. "And in the meantime may I check your scent glands as well?" 

"Uugh yeah, sure." Lexa offered, raising her chin so her neck was better revealed. 

Clarke clung closer and growled a soft declaration of ownership over her alpha. 

Lexa softly ran a hand over Clarke's back. "So… is it weird if sometimes, if sometimes her scent gets to me more than I anticipated? Like, oh god, like the first day of Clarke's rut, she went to the door to grab the delivery from a pizza boy, and I had a small break down about her leaving me for the first omega in heat she sees. That and smaller things like me needing to submit occasionally. In a way, I am not very accustomed to. There isn't anything wrong with it, it is just something new." 

"Yes, yes. That is all entirely normal. Not much of a surprise at all. The submission accompanies your mate finally having the scent of an alpha. Just as I'm sure Clarke still has the same feelings to you on occasion?" Nyko observed and tested at Lexa's scent glands. 

"Yeah, certainly." Clarke nodded. 

"And how has your cycle been outside of that Lexa?" 

"I mean, mostly normal? A little stronger, but that might just be because I've had Clarke riling herself up all day while she tries to study."

"Riling yourself up?" Nyko's confused gaze diverted back to Clarke. 

"Well! It was a rut! I was horny and it was new! And! I! I kinda couldn't hold myself back from kinda…" 

"Fucking every surface in the apartment?" 

"That." Clarke blushed.

"Please tell me if that behavior persists, especially when your rut is over, but also when your next one starts. We want you to be an alpha, not just an aching erection." 

"Speaking of which!" 

"Yes?" Nyko raised her head to Lexa. 

"She is, bigger than I expected. Nothing-" 

"Baby!" Clarke grew embarrassed quickly at this new topic. 

"Yes, that is understandable, and for the best I presume?" She directed her question to Clarke. 

"I'm not upset!" Clarke clarified. 

"With the damage and the lack of a full heat in a long time, I am not surprised that Clarke took well to the hormones, but it is certainly something to continue monitoring." 

"That's good?" Lexa half questioned her mate. 

"Yeah." Clarke nodded, cuddling up to her mate. 

"Did either of you have any other questions? If not, I have one more matter to address before I mark you off with a clean bill of health and a script to continue the transition.” 

Lexa and Clarke exchanged quick glances, confirming that neither of them had much else to ask. 

“How is the sobriety going Clarke?” 

“I!” Clarke’s words caught on the surprise in her throat. 

“I’d say we’ve been too busy to indulge in any vices other than sex really. But, even that hasn't been in a way that was unhealthy; especially considering that we were both rutting this week.” 

“Nothing at all? No slips?” Nyko checked before clarifying. “Not that a small slip would be an issue, I just want to stay on top of the issue and do my due diligence.” 

“Nothing.” Clarke honestly answered. 

“Good to hear. Again. It isn't about never again. It is just about safety.” 

“I know. Thanks Nyko.” Clarke smiled. 

“Good, good. If that is all, then I think we are done. Make sure to schedule again for a week from now, and keep track of how much alpha stuff is interfering with everyday life now that your rut will be ending soon. Other than that, I hope you two have a wonderful week.” 

“Thanks Nyko.” Clarke hopped up and hugged the doctor. 

“Thank you for not attempting to murder me this time.” Nyko teased. 

“Hey! I didn't hug you that hard last week!” Clarke argued. 

Lexa’s high pitched “Ehh” Was more than enough to disprove Clarke’s argument. 

“Fine. See you next week Nyko.” Clarke huffed with a giggle before heading out with Lexa to schedule another appointment. This time scheduling went easier, Clarke did it on her own and received no flack nor grief as she scheduled for the same time next time the following week. Clarke and Lexa filtered out and into their car and headed off downtown. It didn't take them long to arrive at Clarke’s school. 

“Thanks for the ride love.” Clarke leaned over and kissed Lexa’s cheek. 

“No problem baby.” Lexa caught Clarke in a hug just before the alpha was about to pop up and out of the car. “I love you.” 

“I love you too.” Clarke replied back quizatively. “You ok?” 

“Yeah. I just wanted a snuggle with my mate before she had to run off.” Lexa pulled Clarke in closer and breathed her scent in deep; taking an extra special long moment like it was the first or last time she would ever really get to breathe in the scent that meant so much to her. 

Clarke looked up at Lexa and kissed her jaw. “I’m just going to class baby. Nothing crazy. I’ll see you in four hours kay?”

“I know.” Lexa held tighter anyway. 

“What are you gonna do for the next four hours anyways?” 

“Oh, this and that. Probably some shopping. If you want, I can bring you some lunch in between classes? Otherwise, I might just spend some time at the bookstore down the street. Grab a coffee and find something nice.” 

“That sounds really nice love, but I wanna head to my second class early, so I’m not sure I have time for a late lunch between classes. How about date night before we head home?” 

“Sounds perfect love.” Lexa kissed Clarke’s head before letting go of the overzealous hug. 

“Ok baby. See you later.” Clarke grabbed her bag from the back and exited the car with a wave. 

“See you sweetie.” Lexa sighed and waved back at her mate as she marched off into the school building. 

End of Chapter 62