Going back into the city in years was a rude awakening for Lacy. It was to be expected that so much would change within the time span she had been gone. The other Omegas probably felt just as overwhelmed.
The car Salmona was driving was a BMW Z7, a sports car with a four seater in the color black. Salmona had laughed when Lacy got into the car. She bounced around in her seat like a kid at a theme park.
She parked the car in front of a grocery store Lacy had never heard of before.
"WinnIke's," she mouthed off as Lacy opened the door for her on the other side.
"It's a new store that came about six or so years ago. Here, I'll go get a cart."
The grocery store was like any other store that Lacy hadn't been to in a while. Samona showed Lacy the list and the items she was going to buy. She knew she was going to go shopping once she got her Omega but really wanted to make sure she got what the Omega wanted as well; after all, this was the start of their new life together.
They walked throughout the aisles with both of their hands on the cart. They took their time slowly going down each aisle so Salmona could ask Lacy if she liked anything. For the most part, Lacy shrugged her shoulders. The school she stayed at had a rigid diet they followed so she wasn't able to eat a lot of things. Basically she had no freedom until now and even then one could debate if she was free now.
"Hey, Imma go check out the fruit section."
"Um," Salmona started. "How about you stay close to me?"
"Why? It's just the fruit section." She walked off in that direction without waiting for a response from Salmona.
She took a green plastic bag from one of the dispensers and walked to the peaches and plums section. Lacy began to assess which ones she wanted when she smelt the pheromones of an Alpha in rut. Lacy had to practically cover her nose.
When she stepped away from the Alpha, the Alpha stepped closer to her. At the corner of her eye, she tried to get a look at the Alpha. He was muscular and thick with a shaved buzz cut. His outfit was nothing spectacular. He saw her looking at him and he took that as an invitation to converse.
"I have a place near by if you down," he asked so bluntly.
Lacy was disgusted and put some distance between them. "I have an Alpha."
He laughed and looked around. "Where? What Alpha leaves their Omega unattended?"
Lacy looked around and she noticed all the Omegas were in fact staying at their Alpha's side. She went back to picking fruit. She'd be damned if she left one prison for another.
"Come on," he grabbed at her arm.
She backed away from him. "Don't touch me!"
This time he grabbed her arm forcefully. "Who the fuck you yelling at?"
The male Alpha soon found himself on the ground of the grocery store holding his jaw.
"I'm her Alpha, bitch." Salmona took Lacy by the hand and pulled her over to their cart. "I told you to stay by me," she scolded her new lover.
"You shouldn't be scolding me. You should be scolding him for not being able to control his urges."
Salmona pulled Lacy into her closely. "Listen, this is the world we live in, ok. Maybe in the fantasy world you live in, Omegas are equal but in the real world, y'all are lesser than."
"You're hurting me," Lacy whispered. Salmona looked down and saw how tightly she was holding onto Lacy. She let go and took the fruit from Lacy, putting them in the cart.
They continued to shop with Salmona asking Lacy questions here or there, and with Lacy responding with short answers. Some time ago, someone once told her the grass was much greener on the other side. She was starting to think it was different yet exactly the same.