You’ll Always Be My Hero - Chapter 2 ; Second Chance At First Line
Author: @harringtonstilinski
Characters: Stiles Stilinski x Emma Thomas (OC)
Word Count: 10,488 (i swear the chapters after this are not super long)
Warnings: oh, no.. here we go. emma being a scaredy cat again & kind of a bitch tbh 😂, lacrosse (should that even be a warning), some nicknames get dropped but don’t get your hopes up just yet, mentions of a dead body, i’m sure there’s others i’ve missed
A/N: Hi, friends! Well, chapter two is here! I’ll probably say something along those lines for each chapter, lol. Anyhow, I hope you like this chapter. Gif was taken from Google ‘cause I couldn’t find it on here... There’s a lot of stuff that happens, so sit back and enjoy the ride. As always, read at your own risk and enjoy 😊
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“Can't you just tell her yourself that you can't come for dinner? She'll give me hell for not reminding you,” I said. I pointed my finger at him then added, “And you know she will.”
“Emma, your mom will also give me hell if I don't come over. Just because she's my little sister, doesn't mean that I have to face her wrath. Just tell her that I'm sick or something. Make up some lie. She'll believe you,” Coach said.
I gave him a look that said I wasn't impressed. “So, you want me to lie to my mom and tell her that you're sick knowing full well she's gonna call you and try to come baby you. Then, she'll come back home and ground me until the end of time-”
“Alright. Fine. I'll go,” he gave me a look I couldn't decipher. “I just don't like what she's making.”
I started laughing so hard, I had to put my hand on his desk for support. “You don't like Chinese takeout? 'Cause that's what we're having.”
He looked relieved. “Well, then. Count me in.” He smiled a little. “Now, get to class.”
“Can I go see Scott and Stiles first?” I asked with my best smile that got me anything I wanted.
“Fine. Whatever,” he grumbled.
“Love you, Bobby!” I said, standing from my seat.
“Yeah, yeah. Ditto.”
I walked into the boys locker room from Coach's office, hearing wolf whistles coming my way.
“Enough with the whistles!” Coach hollered from his office. “She's my niece, for crying out loud,” he mumbled that last part.
I walked up just as Stiles asked Scott, “Did you apologize to Allison?”
Scott and I both replied, “Yeah.”
“So, is she giving you a second chance or...” He looked at me then back at Scott.
“Yeah,” Scott replied.
“Yeah! Alright. So everything's good,” Stiles exclaimed happily. He went to walk away, but what Scott said made him come back. I, however, didn't move.
“No,” Scott said
“No?” Stiles asked.
“Remember... the hunters. Her dad is one of 'em,” Scott said.
“Okay!” I said unhappily. “This is all new news to me. Care to explain?” I asked Stiles.
“I will later,” he said, looking back to Scott. “Her dad?”
“Shot me...” Scott started.
“Allison's father?” I then asked, confused.
“With a crossbow.” Scott finished.
“Allison's father--” Stiles and I began at the same time.
Scott apparently was getting tired of us asking the same questions over again, so he loudly said, “Yes! Her father!” He began to pant. “Oh, my God.”
As I was walked up to him, I said, “No, Scott. Snap back.” I grabbed his chin, forcing him to look at me. “You okay? Hey, alright? Maybe he didn't recognize you, right?”
“No. N-no. I don't think so,” he said.
“Does she know about him?” I asked.
“Oh, yeah. I don't know. What if she does? This is gonna kill me, man. I can't--” Scott said.
I started to giggle because Scott was being such a lovesick puppy. “Oh, Scotty.”
Stiles heard the whistle and said, “Okay, just focus on lacrosse. Okay, here, Scott.” He reached behind Scott for his gear and said, “Take this.” He pushed some of Scott's gear into his chest, causing me to take a step back. Pushing more gear into Scott's chest, he said, “Take this, and focus on lacrosse for now, okay? That's all you gotta do, yeah?”
Scott said, “Lacrosse.”
Stiles slapped Scott's arm while saying, “Here we go!” He walked away and almost tripped causing me to let out a loud laugh. I looked back at Scott and gave him a kiss on his cheek before saying, “You'll be fine. Just do what Stiles said. Focus on lacrosse. Okay?”
He nodded, and I went out to the field.
This was going to be a disaster.
~~~
Coach blew the whistle and said, “Let's go! One-on-one from up top!” He looked towards Jackson and said, “Jackson... take a long stick today.”
Jackson set his regular stick down and picked up a long stick then looked at me sitting on the bench and scoffed. Yeah? Well, screw you, too, buddy.
“Atta boy,” Coach said.
Jackson walked to the field and stood in front of the goalie net. He faced the players in line and took the first player that tried to get past him.
Practice barely even started before I heard Coach say, “Greenberg, take a lap.” He blew the whistle again and said, “Faster, Greenberg! Let's go.”
I looked up from my book and snickered as Coach walked past me. “I'm gonna take the whistle away if you blow it at Greenberg again.”
“I'll take your book away if you sass me again on my field,” he said.
“Fair game.” I went to look back at my book and saw that Scott was at the front of the line. “Oh, no.” I breathed.
“McCall, what are you waiting for? Let's go.” Coach blew his whistle and Scott took off down the field, Jackson getting ready to try and block him from reaching the goal. Jackson pushed Scott down hard. So hard, Scott flew through the air and landed on his back. I flinched, knowing that had to hurt like hell.
“Hey, McCall,” Coach said, walking to Scott. Laughing, he said, “Hey, McCall!”
As Jackson walked away, he said, “You sure you wanna be first line, McCall?” It was loud enough that I could hear it.
Coach chuckled and said, “My—my grandmother can move faster than that. And she's dead.” Coach bent over as Scott did. “You think you can move faster than the... lifeless corpse of my dead grandmother?”
“Yeah, Coach,” Scott said.
“Why did he have to bring her up?” I mumbled to myself. I saw Jackson smirking at Scott like he was about to obliterate him.
“I can't hear you,” Coach quietly said.
I didn't know what was about to happen, so I put my book away, ready to see what event was about to play out. I gripped the edge of the bench in anticipation.
“Yes, Coach,” Scott said louder.
“Then do it again,” Coach enunciated. They both stood up and Scott ran over to the front of the line while Coach repeated three times, “McCall's gonna do it again!”
Jackson, once again, got into ready position. Coach blew the whistle and said, “Let's go.”
Scott ran forward in Jackson's direction. He pressed his shoulder into Jackson's and sent him down to the ground. Scott must've hit him hard because Jackson was whimpering and holding his shoulder. Scott went down to his knees as I started running towards him. Stiles ran over, putting his right arm over Scott's back as I put my left hand on him, Stiles asking, “Scott? Scott, you okay?”
“Scotty?” I asked. I looked up as Coach put his hands up, saying, “Whoa,” over and over to the other players. Jackson must've been really hurt.
Scott's voice pulled me back as he said, “Guys, I can't control it. It's happening.”
I got a little anxious as I asked, “What? Right here? Now?”
“Come on, get up. Come on.” Stiles pulled Scott up and started walking back towards the locker rooms. “Come on, here we go.” He turned back and looked at me, panting a little. “Emma, you stay here.”
“What?!” I exclaimed, following my best friends.
“What if Scott tries to kill you?” Stiles said. “You'll be safe out here.”
“What about you?” I asked.
“I'll be fine.”
Yeah, that didn’t stop me from staying out on the field. So, I did what any sane teenage girl would do… I followed them, duh.
Stiles turned and walked into the locker room, keeping the door opened. He walked over and bent down in front of Scott asking, “You okay? Scott, you okay?”
I covered my ears as Scott yelled, “Get away from me!”
I saw Stiles back away to the lockers, but I didn't see anything after that. I walked in the locker room and stood by the door, looking everywhere I could for them. I heard banging and looked up, seeing Scott on top of a set of lockers. I wanted to holler for Stiles, but didn't, not knowing what Scott would do. I didn't want my best friend to kill my other best friend, so I looked around the room to find something to stop Scott with and bring his human side back out.
Hearing banging against the lockers again, I assumed that Stiles was moving around. That didn't stop Scott from following above him, though. He even growled at one point. I looked to my right and saw a fire extinguisher. I grabbed it as Scott was jumping from atop some of the lockers.
Stiles ran over and helped me with the fire extinguisher by putting his arms around me and “extinguishing” Scott. We back up into the hallway, panting. I laid my head against Stiles' shoulder, my hair somewhat in my face.
“Stiles. Emma.” I heard Scott say. I craned my neck back as far as I could to see Stiles already looking in the direction of the door. We maneuvered around the door frame, looking at Scott, both of us still panting.
Scott looked at us confused and asked, “What happened?”
Stiles unwrapped his arms from around me and dropped the fire extinguisher after I moved out of the way. I wrapped my arms around myself, scared. Stiles took a step into the locker room, took off a glove and threw it to his right. I stayed right where I was, too scared of Scott at the moment to even want to be near him.
“You tried to kill me,” Stiles said. He turned around and saw my state and immediately got irritated. Not at me, but at Scott. “And totally scared the hell out of Emma.” He turned back to Scott. He took off his other glove before saying, “It's like we told you before.” He sat down on the floor in front of Scott. “It's the anger. It's your pulse rising.”
Hesitantly, I said, “It's a trigger.”
“But that's lacrosse,” he told me, looking in my direction. I averted my eyes, still slightly scared of him. He looked back to Stiles and said, “It's a pretty violent game, if you hadn't noticed.”
I spoke again. “Well, it's gonna be a lot more violent if you end up killing someone on the field.”
“You can't play Saturday. You're gonna have to get out of the game,” Stiles added.
“I'm first line,” Scott said, a hint of disappointment in his voice.
“Not anymore,” Stiles said.
~~~
After practice, Stiles invited me over, but not before going to the hospital to check up on Jackson.
I was laying on my stomach with my feet in the air on his bed doing homework. I could feel him staring at me. Without looking up from my math homework, I said, “What is it, Stiles? I can feel you looking at me.”
He sighed and said, “You doing okay?”
I stopped moving my feet. “If me asking if I can stay the night indicates how I'm doing, then you've got your answer,” I sassed. I always gave people sassy comments when I wasn't feeling myself, or feeling any emotion. Come to think of it… I was just a sassy bitch.
“Of course, you can stay.” He closed the book he had in his hands and got up from his chair. He walked over and sat down on the foot of his bed where my books were. “I'm sorry Scott scared you today.”
I shrugged my shoulders. “Not your fault. He just hasn't learned control yet. But he will. Know why?” I asked while turning on my side.
“Why?”
“Because he's got us. We'll help him. I'll eventually get over being scared around him when he wolfs out and help give him the help he needs.” I looked around as I thought about what I just said. “Wait,” I looked down. “That didn't sound right. Sounded so much better in my head.”
We shared a laugh and Stiles put a hand on my cheek, silently asking me to look at him. As I looked into his eyes, I saw something. Almost like recognition. Or revelation. I couldn't decide, so I sighed and asked, “Shouldn't Scott be home by now?”
Stiles walked over to his desk and opened his laptop. Going to the video chat window, he clicked on Scott's name. “Watch this.” He told me. He grabbed a toy gun, waiting for Scott to answer the call.
When he did answer, Stiles pulled the trigger on the toy gun and “shot” Scott.
I giggled and said, “You're such a child,” before walking over and sitting down on his lap. Something I often did when we video chatted Scott when I was over. It was better than kneeling on the floor, that's for sure.
“What'd you find out?” Scott asked us.
“Well, Scotty, it's bad,” I answered. “Jackson's got a separated shoulder.”
“Because of me?” Scott asked. I wasn't waiting for an apology from him because I didn't want one, but because it's Scott, I knew he'd have one prepared.
“No, because he's a tool,” I said.
“Well, is he gonna play?” Scott asked.
Stiles answered this one. “Well, they don't know yet.” Scott's screen started to fuzz out. “Now they're just counting on you for Saturday.” Stiles leaned back a little and placed a hand on the outside of my right thigh. Well, that's a first. I felt shivers go down my spine.
Scott sighed and shook his head a little. “Before I forget. Emma, I'm sorry about today. I didn't mean to freak you out like that.”
Stiles sat up, removing his hand, as I looked down and giggled. “Scotty, it's okay. It wasn't entirely your fault. You just gotta get your wolf side under...” I looked at the corner of the screen, seeing a black figure standing in the back of Scott's room. “Control. Stiles, are you seeing this?”
“What?” Scott asked. We both looked back up at Scott, and I started typing a message to Scott.
It looks like
The screen froze, but I kept typing anyway.
Someone's behind you
“What?” Scott asked quietly. I recognized the figure as Derek Hale.
Scott was suddenly pulled from his chair and pushed against his wall.
“Uhm, should we call your dad?” I asked Stiles.
“No,” he said, replacing his hand on my thigh. “He'll be okay.” He sighed and unconsciously started rubbing his thumb against my thigh. “Let's get some sleep.”
I got up from his lap and went to his dresser, pulling out my pajama shorts and one of his t-shirts from the drawers. I walked to the bathroom and changed, brushing my teeth with the extra toothbrush I kept over here. After I was done, I walked back to Stiles' room, where he was already changed into a pair of pajama shorts and t-shirt. He walked out of his room and to the bathroom, where I heard the water running, telling me that he was brushing his teeth. I turned off the light and walked over to his bed. I texted my parents and told them I was across the street and not to worry.
After the text was sent, I crawled into bed next to him and sighed, “What a freakin' day.”
“Yeah,” he said, slinging an arm over my waist and pulling me close. I closed my eyes and sighed again, but this time in content. I felt Stiles' lips against my forehead and smiled a little.
“Good night, Em.”
“Good night, Stiles.”
~~~
The next morning, I woke up in the same position I fell asleep in; wrapped in Stiles' arms. My alarms started blaring and Stiles groaned, “Shut it off.”
I giggled and rolled over, grabbing my phone and turning off the alarm. “No.”
“No?” he asked grumpily.
“That's right. No. We have to get up. I gotta go home to shower and get ready for school. You have to do the same.”
“With you?” he said, sleep lacing his voice. I don’t think he knew what he said.
My eyes widened a bit. “No. You, here. Me, home.” I tried to get up out of his bed, but his arm tensing around my waist told me otherwise. “Stiles. I have to go home. I have to see my dad.”
“No.”
I sighed again. “Stiles.”
“Alright. Fine.” He took his arm off me, so I flipped back over and sat up, resting against my right forearm. “I won't be more than 30 minutes. You're taking me to school anyways.”
He just laid there, eyes still closed.
“I'll even text you some clothing options and you can help me today with my outfit.” We used to do that as kids, but with calling each other on our house phones.
When I heard a small snore come from him, I hung my head forward. “Figures.”
I leaned forward and kissed his cheek, getting out of his bed and walking out of his room. I walked down the stairs and to the door, but not before I walked over to Sheriff and kissed his cheek as well. “Morning.” I walked over and opened the door. “Have a great day,” I shouted as I closed the door. I ran across the street and got ready in 30 minutes as promised.
When I walked outside, Stiles was already in the street, waiting for me with the Jeep. I got in and we headed off to school.
~~~
I waited in Coach's office like I did every morning with breakfast from my mom. He opened his office door that connected to the locker room and asked, “What do you mean, you can't play the game tomorrow night?”
I noticed Scott walked in behind him, eyeing me as Coach sat on his desk as Scott said, “I mean... I can't play the game tomorrow night.”
“You can't wait to play the game tomorrow night,” Coach said, arms crossed.
“No, Coach, I can't play the game tomorrow night,” Scott said.
“I'm not following.” Coach squinted his eyes. Looks like I gotta step up.
“He's having some personal issues,” I said. Handing him the paper bag I had in my hand, I added, “Here. Breakfast from Mom.”
Coach took the bag from my hand and looked at me asking, “Is it a girl?”
“Not that I'm aware of,” I said.
“Is it a guy?” Coach asked.
I laughed and said, “Scott into guys? Nah. Scott's straighter than a ruler.”
“Our goalie Danny is gay,” Coach said.
“Awww! I love Danny,” I said cheerfully, looking at Scott. “He's so sweet. Maybe you should, Scott.”
Scott looked at me with narrowed eyes, still trying to figure out why I'm here. “Emma, no. And, yeah, I know Coach, but that's not it.”
I gasped, placing a hand over my heart. I was being extra sassy today. Maybe it was because I slept in Stiles' arms all night? Hmm. Who knows. “You don't think Danny's a good-lookin' guy?”
“I... think he's good-looking. I-- but I-- I like girls. And that's not it, anyway!” Scott said, fed up with me already.
I giggled knowing I'd won this round.
“I-I--” Scott started.
Coach couldn't help himself because he asked, “What-- is it drugs? Are you doing meth?”
“Are you?” I sassed once more. I was on a damn roll today!
Coach looked at me and said, “Your mother and I had a brother that was addicted to meth.” He was talking to both Scott and I now when he said, “You should have seen what it did to his teeth-- they were all cracked and rotted. It was-- it was disgusting.”
“My... God,” Scott and I said in unison. “What happened to him?”
“He got veneers,” Coach said.
I couldn't help the laugh that came out of me.
“Is-- is that what this is about?” Coach asked. “Are you afraid of getting hurt, McCall?”
“No... I'm... having some issues dealing with aggression,” Scott said.
Third point for me today. “Well, here's the good news, Scotty.”
Coach and I said in unison, “That's why you play lacrosse.”
“Problem solved,” Coach added.
“Coach, I can't play the game tomorrow night,” Scott said, trying to make him understand.
“Listen, McCall, part of playing first line,” Coach started walking towards Scott. “Is taking on the responsibility of being first line. Now, if you can't shoulder that responsibility, then you're back on the bench until you're ready.”
“If I don't play the game, you're taking me off first line?” Scott asked, incredulously.
“McCall, play the game,” Coach said.
~~~
I was late for my math class. I hated being late to class. It put me on edge.
As I walked in the classroom, stopping the shut the door quietly, I saw Scott and Lydia at the board solving a problem. I overheard Lydia saying, “I think you sort of are.” She looked at Scott then looked back at the board. “Especially when you brutally injured my boyfriend by ramming into him.”
Lydia was blaming something on Scott when it wasn't even his fault. Jackson hit the ground hard that day for being a damn tool.
I walked up to Scott's side and defended him. “He brutally injured himself ramming into Scott, Lydia.”
“Jackson's gonna play tomorrow. But he's not gonna be at his peak, and I prefer my boyfriend at peak performance. Something you know nothing about, Emma.” She turned back to the board, continuing with the math equation.
“Whatever, Lydia,” I snarked. I stayed by Scott's side, fighting this fight for him. I needed to get Lydia back for what she did to me.
“I date the captain of the winning lacrosse team, and if they start off the season losing, I date the captain of the losing lacrosse team. I don't date losers. Something I'm sure you definitely have experience in,” she said to me. Scott put his arm down a little, keeping me from attacking the bitchy strawberry blonde.
“Losing one game isn't gonna kill anyone. In fact, it might even save someone... like your bitch ass,” I said, trying to end the conversation I dragged myself into.
“Fine! Scott, don't play,” Lydia said, eyes dancing between me and Scott. “We'll probably win anyway. Then we'll go out after, like we were planning... and I'll introduce Allison to all the hot players on the team. And Scott McCall and Emma Thomas can stay home, surfing the net for porn.”
She finished the equation and sat back down in her seat.
“Mr. McCall, you're not even close to solving your problem,” our teacher said.
“Tell me about it,” he said.
“Ms. Thomas, to your seat, please.”
~~~
Scott and I were having a small race to see who could shut their locker that fastest. He won, obviously. Damn him and his speed. Stiles ran up to us and grabbed Scott by the shoulders. “Come here.”
He led Scott over to a set of stairs, turning back to see if I followed. “Em!”
“Oh, so now you want me to come over there?” I sassed.
“Get your sassy ass over here,” Stiles said.
I walked over as Stiles told Scott, “Tell me what they're saying.” He pointed over to our dads and a deputy talking with our Principal.
“Can you hear 'em?” Stiles asked, placing a hand on Scott's shoulder.
Scott concentrated on this conversation then turned his head back to us. “Curfew because of the body.”
Stiles tapped Scott's arm. “Unbelievable. Our dad's are out looking for a rabid animal, while the jerk-off who killed the girl is just hangin' out, doing what he wants.”
“Well, we can't exactly tell our dads the truth about Derek,” I said, as gently as I could. Oh, yes. The boys told me everything. And I mean everything.
Stiles looked at me. “I can do something.”
“Like what?” I asked.
“Find the other half of the body,” he said walking off, leaving me and Scott.
We said in unison, “Are you kidding?” I groaned and turned with Scott to our left, seeing Lydia introducing Allison to another player on the lacrosse team.
I saw red as I walked with Scott over to Allison and glared at Lydia. She gave me and Scott a look that said I-always-keep-my-promises and walked off, grabbing the guys wrist.
“So, Lydia's introducing you to everyone?” Scott asked Allison.
“She's being so unbelievably nice to me,” Allison said.
Scott looked after Lydia and said, “I wonder why.”
“I wouldn't trust her,” I said to Allison.
Allison gave me a look. “Maybe she gets how much being the new girl can suck.”
I rolled my eyes and looked at Scott. “I'm gonna go find Stiles. I'll see you later.”
~~~
Stiles must've gotten a text or something from Scott because he rushed over to my house and incisively rang my doorbell, waking me from my nap. When I didn't hurry off the couch, he opened my front door and walked over to me. He placed a hand on my shoulder, gently shaking me.
“If you don't stop, I'm gonna go in the kitchen to grab a butter knife to cut your balls off with so that it'll be more painful,” I said grumpily, while turning onto my side, digging my face into the pillow that I claimed as mine.
“I'm sorry to wake you, but you gotta come to Scott's with me. He found something and wants to check it out,” he hurried out.
“Did he say 'you and Emma' or just 'you'?” I questioned. When he was silent, I took that as my answer. “Let me know what you find.”
The next thing I knew, Stiles was slinging one of my arms over his shoulder and picking me up bridal style. “You can sleep in the Jeep.”
“Don't forget my shoes.”
~~~
When we got to Scott's, we hopped out the Jeep. Stiles burst through the front door and sprinted up the stairs, me not too far behind.
When he got up stairs, he burst through Scott's bedroom door much like he did with the front door, and asked “What did you find? How did you find it? Where did you find it? And, yes, I've had a lot of Adderall, so...”
I walked in and said, “That's how you were able to hold me and grab my shoes at the same time!”
Scott looked to me for an answer. “I was sleeping. He must've insisted I come along because he busted in my house and carried me to the Jeep, shoes in hand.”
Scott smirked and shook his head, looking back up to Stiles. “I found something of Derek Hale's.”
“Are you kidding? What?” Stiles asked.
“There's something buried there-- I could smell blood,” Scott informed.
“That's awesome! I mean, that's terrible. Who's blood?” Stiles said.
I placed my left hand on his shoulder and said, “Maybe only take the amount of Adderall you're supposed to take next time?”
Scott spoke up, “I don't know.” He stood up, both boys at eye level. “But when we do, your dads nails Derek for the murder. And then you both help me figure out how to play lacrosse without changing. Because there's no way I'm not playing that game.”
Stiles smiled this goofy smile I couldn't help but laugh at while Scott tossed his lacrosse stick onto his bed. We all walked out of the house and got into the Jeep, driving to the hospital.
~~~
I wasn't really sure what we were even at the hospital for, but as long as I was hanging out with my best friends, I didn't care what the hell we did.
We stopped by a door, and I looked around, finding a sign that had three locations on it; E.R./Admissions, Laboratory, and Morgue. I pointed to it, turning my head back to Scott and Stiles and asked, “Uhm, is this it?”
They both turned and looked at the sign.
“Okay,” Scott said. He turned his back to the door and started backing towards it.
“Good luck, I guess.” Stiles said.
“Buy me something pretty,” I smiled.
Scott faced forwards and hurried through the door, trying not to get caught.
Stiles and I turned and walked down the hallway towards a nurses station. I looked to my left and groaned, “Perfect.”
“What?” Stiles asked.
I pointed towards Lydia. “Girlfriend's here,” I sassed.
“She's not my girlfriend... yet,” he responded.
I rolled my eyes and said, “Whatever. I'm sitting down.” I blocked out everything after that. I didn't want to listen to him gush his feelings to her. I picked up a magazine instead, reading the contents of the pages. Gossip, rumor, scandal, more gossip.
I heard Stiles sit next to me with a huff.
“Date not go well?” I sassed once again.
Stiles scoffed. “Nah. She had that bluetooth thing in her ear. It was nothing worth repeating to her, though.”
“Hm. Cool.” I went back to reading my magazine.
I heard Jackson's voice followed by Lydia's and blocked that out, too. I did look over, though, when I saw Stiles look over at them. I laughed at what he had in his hands.
“What?” he asked.
“Why are you reading about the menstrual cycle?” I said.
“To better understand you and your extra sassiness once a month,” he sarcastically replied.
“Touche!” I said. Looking past Stiles with a chuckle, it was in that moment, I knew I fucked up. Jackson and Lydia were grossly making out. I scoffed. Turning my sights back around, I saw that Scott was making his way towards Stiles and I. He grabbed the pamphlet out of Stiles' hand.
“Holy... God!” Stiles exclaimed.
“The scent was the same,” Scott said.
“You sure?” we asked, standing up.
“Yes,” Scott confirmed.
Stiles sighed. “So he did bury the other half of the body on his property.”
“Which means we have proof that he killed that girl,” I said, getting a little too into playing detective. “I say we use it.” I looked up and said, “It would end up as compelling evidence in court.” The boys started walking away as I said this.
“How?” Scott asked.
Stiles turned around and said, “Tell me something first. Are you doing this because you want to stop Derek, or because you want to play in the game, and he said you couldn't?”
“There were bite marks on the legs, Stiles-- bite marks,” Scott said.
“Okay,” Stiles did a weird head move like he agreed. “Then we're gonna need a couple shovels.”
We all walked out of the hospital, Stiles putting a hand on my upper back.
~~~
It was dark when we got to Derek's. Stiles had told me that I should stay home, but I didn't want to miss this. I wanted to be there when Derek got arrested. We watched as he got into his car and drove off.
Stiles had his headlights off as were pulling up to the house, Scott was telling Stiles where to pull up at and to the Jeep. The boys got out of the Jeep and I handed them everything they needed before climbing over the driver’s seat and hopping out.
Closing the door, I grabbed the flashlight out of Stiles' hand, shining it over the house while following Scott.
“Wait. Something's different,” Scott said.
Shivering, I asked, “Different how?”
“I don't know,” Scott responded.
We walked up a small hill and Scott said, “Let's just get this over with.”
“Uhm. Yes, please,” I said.
Stiles walked over to where Scott had started digging. “Em, light.”
I pointed the light to where the boys were digging. As they kept digging and digging, I looked around, nearly jumping at every sound the nighttime animals made.
I was wearing an extra hoodie of Stiles', so his scent was helping to calm me down, but not by much. Maybe about 5%, I would say.
“This is taking way too long,” Scott panted.
“Just keep going,” Stiles said. He spared a quick glance at me and shook his head. “You shoulda stayed home, Emma.”
“What if he comes back?” I whined.
“Then we get the hell outta here,” Stiles replied.
“What if he catches us?” I whined fearfully.
“I have a plan for that,” Stiles said.
“Elaborate,” I demanded.
“Scott runs one day. You and I run the other. Whoever he catches first, too bad,” he elaborated.
I stomped my foot like a child and said, “I hate that plan.” I had a fearful look on my face as I looked around and whined.
I heard something gross thudding and Stiles say, “Oh, stop, stop, stop.” He was holding his hand out to Scott. They tossed the shovels over the edge of the hole they dug up and bent down, going to untie the knots that were tying the other half of the body.
“Hurry,” I said.
“I'm trying, babe,” Stiles said. “Did he have to tie the thing in, like, 900 knots?”
“I'll do it,” Scott wheezed.
They got the knots untied and pulled back the tarp. What was underneath it wasn't the other half of a human body, but a wolf's body. They both screamed causing me to look over and scream bloody murder. They came back over the edge and Stiles quickly stood up and wrapped me in his arms, letting me cling to him fearfully.
“What the hell is that?” Stiles yelled, causing me to flinch. He whispered in my ear, “I'm sorry, baby. I'm sorry.”
Scott took a second to reply and said, “It's a wolf.”
“Yeah, we can see that, Scotty,” I sassed.
“I thought you said you smelled blood, as in human blood,” Stiles said.
“I told you something was different,” Scott said.
Stiles looked down to me and asked, “Will you be okay?” I nodded so he let me go and walked back over to Scott. “This doesn't make sense.”
“We gotta get outta here,” Scott said. “We gotta get Emma home.”
“Yeah. Okay, help me cover this up,” Stiles said. He bent down, but something caught his eye. He looked over to a familiar purple flower. It almost looked like lavender, but it wasn't. I recognized it from somewhere, though. I just couldn't remember.
Scott noticed that Stiles wasn't moving, so he asked, “What's wrong?”
“You guys see that flower?” Stiles asked, his voice rising just a little.
Scott looked over at the flower. “What about it?”
“I think it's,” Stiles started.
“Wolfsbane,” him and I said together.
Scott looked at the both of us asking, “What's that?”
Stiles looked over to Scott, asking him, “Uh... haven't you ever seen The Wolf Man?”
“No.”
“Lon Chaney, JR? Claude Rains,” Stiles said. “The original, classic werewolf movie?”
“No! What?”
Stiles sighed. “You are so unprepared for this. Even Emma saw it.”
“Uhm, that's because you made me,” I said, my sassiness coming out in full force.
Stiles got up and walked over to the flower. He grabbed it and pulled it up out of the dirt. It was attached to a rope, and he followed the rope in what seemed like a spiral.
Once Stiles had the flower and all the rope in his hands, Scott suddenly stood up. Stiles was across the hole from Scott.
“Stiles,” Scott said solemnly.
Stiles walked back over to Scott and said, “Holy...”
“What?” I started walking over to them when Stiles turned to face me and said, “Don't look. You'll never ever come back out here again. Even during the day. I'll tell you in the morning. I promise.”
I nodded my head, trusting Stiles. He was being very protective, which at this point, I didn't mind at all.
~~~
The next morning, we were back at the Hale house. I was sitting on top of the Jeep, watching as one of Sheriff's deputies escorted a handcuffed Derek to the back of the Sheriff's squad car. Derek glanced at Scott and I, and we tried to act as if nothing was wrong.
I heard the door shut, and looked my right, seeing Stiles walking through the woods towards the squad car. He looked back at me and Scott, both us shaking our heads and whispering no as if he could hear us. He got into the front seat and I palmed my face, not believing what I was seeing. I should've been trying to not be seen by any of the other deputies considering my dad was one, but right now, I just couldn't find it in myself to care.
I looked up when I heard Stiles say “Ow” repeatedly.
Sheriff shifted him so that they were facing each other. “There. Stand.” He looked over to where I was sitting and said, “Emma Grace, get your ass over here.”
I hopped down off the Jeep and sped walked over to the Stilinski men, keeping my head down. “Emma, you should know better than to be at the scene of a crime when your dad, my best friend, is one of my deputies.”
“I know,” I said. “I'm sorry.”
“Now, you,” Sheriff said to Stiles. “What the hell do you think you're doing?”
I don't think Sheriff had any clue I was here at all last night, which was awesome. I didn't need another talking to by my parents right now. Not when they're still having marital issues.
“I'm just trying to help,” Stiles said.
“Uh-huh,” Sheriff said. “Okay, well, how 'bout you help me understand exactly how you came across this.”
Stiles sighed. “We were looking for Scott's inhaler.”
“Which he dropped when?” Sheriff asked. I knew exactly what he was doing; he was getting Stiles to cave without actually getting him to cave. Sounds weird, but hear me out.
“The other night,” Stiles shrugged.
“The other night when you two were out here for the first half of the body,” Sheriff said.
“Yes,” Stiles said.
“The night that you told me you and Emma were alone and Scott was at home,” Sheriff wondered.
“Yes,” he said. Realizing what came out of this mouth, he hung his head while I snorted out a laugh as he said, “No. Oh, crap.”
Satisfied with his performance, Sheriff said with a smirk, “So you lied to me.” before he looked to me for backup.
“That depends on how you define lying,” Stiles said, pointing his right index finger.
“Well, I think it's defined as not telling the truth. What do you define it as?” I sassed.
“Mm, reclining your body in a horizontal position?” he sassed back, moving his hands in a horizontal way.
Sheriff said to him, “Get the hell out of here. Emma, stay.”
“Absolutely,” we said.
Stiles walked away while I stayed behind. I looked to Sheriff and he asked me, point blank, “Did you stay the other night?”
“Yeah. I was spooked about that night we were out here, so I asked if I could stay. I know I'm supposed to ask, but I guess I just forgot this time,” I lied.
He looked down at the ground then back up at me. “You know you're welcome any time. Next time you stay over, you should make your famous pancakes. I miss them.”
I looked down sadly not wanting to bring her up, but I couldn't stop myself. “I got the recipe from Claudia before she passed. Said she wanted me to have to always make them for Stiles on Sunday's. Whatever that means.” Sundays were always the days when our families spent the day apart. It gave Stiles and I a really good day break from one another. I never knew what they did on Sunday’s and the same for him. We never wanted each other to know. We've still kept that little tradition alive.
“She'd be proud. Of you both,” Sheriff said.
I smiled. “Thanks, Sheriff.”
He pulled me into a gentle hug and kissed the top of my head. “Now, get out of here.”
~~~
“I can't find anything about wolfsbane being used for burial,” Scott said as we were driving down the road.
“Yeah. Me, either,” I said. I had decided I would help Scott look up stuff about wolfsbane.
“Just keep looking,” Stiles told us. “Maybe it's like a ritual or something, like maybe they bury you as a wolf.”
I notice Scott started to pant a little bit. I typed into my phone's keyboard about werewolves panting in pain and found some juicy stuff. “Hey, guys...”
“Or maybe it's like a special skill, you know?” Stiles continued, ignoring me calling for them.
“Guys,” I tried once more, but still, to no avail.
“Like something you have to learn,” Stiles still continued on.
Scott replied, “I'll put it on my to-do list, right underneath figuring out the hell I'm playing this game tonight.”
“Guys, I have something really important here,” I tried one more time.
I, obviously, went unheard again because Stiles said, “Maybe it's different for girl werewolves.”
“Okay! Stop it!” Scott exclaimed.
Stiles spared a glance at Scott then asked, “Stop what?”
I leaned forward in between the seats to do my own investigating, searching high and low for a certain item I was sure that Stiles took from Derek's house.
“Stop saying 'werewolves'!” Scott said. “Stop enjoying this so much.”
“Scotty, are you okay?” I asked.
“No! No, I'm not,” Scott said. “I'm so far from being okay, Em.”
“You know you're gonna have to accept this, Scott, sooner or later,” Stiles piped up.
Scott must've really been having an episode because he was just acting like he was in pain. “I can't,” he said.
“Well, you're gonna have to,” Stiles said.
I was still searching for my item. Well, not my item. The item in question.
“No! I can't breathe. Aah!” Scott slammed his hand up on the roof of the Jeep and I jumped a little, moving my body closer behind Stiles' seat.
Stiles kept repeating whoa while swerving on the road.
“Stiles,” I said.
“Ah,” Scott said.
“Pull over,” Scott and I said.
“Why? What's happening?” Stiles asked as I unzipped his backpack and pulled out what I was looking for. The wolfsbane flower.
“You kept it?!” I yelled at him.
“What was I supposed to do with it?” Stiles exclaimed, looking down at the flower for a second before turning his eyes back to the road.
I was getting scared again because Scott kept grunting, like he was about to change.
“Stop the car!” Scott yelled. What I feared was coming true because when I looked at Scott, his eyes were that werewolf yellow.
Stiles must've freaked out because he immediately pulled the Jeep over. He grabbed his backpack as Scott put his head in his hands, rocking back and forth. I wanted to comfort him, but I was too scared of him right now.
“Okay...” Stiles said as he jumped out of the Jeep. I didn't know what he did with his backpack because my focus was on Scott and hoping that he wouldn't tear my insides out of my body. Scott ended up jumping out of the Jeep, running back into the woods.
Stiles panted like he'd just run a marathon and turned around to face the Jeep. “Okay,” he sighed. “We're good, you can...” He noticed that Scott was missing and said his name as if he was still sitting in the passenger seat. He looked from side to side and said Scott's name again, this time with a little bit more fear. He looked over at me through the window and ran to his open door. “Hey, you okay?”
I looked at him and narrowed my eyes. “Just freaking peachy,” I sassed.
He let out a breathy chuckle and hung his head. “Get up here.”
I started climbing over, thankful I wore jeans today. I looked in between the seats and giggled. “Did you throw your bag into the woods?” I asked.
It was as if a light bulb went off in his head because his eyes widened. He turned around and went back to get his bag and came back.
“Are you taking me home?” I asked.
“Nope,” he said as he climbed back in. “We're going to look for Scott.”
I sighed and said, “Alright.”
“You'll be fine, “ he said. “You just have to get used to Scott wolfing out.”
“So do you, Stiles,” I said.
We looked at each other and shared a smile before he started to drive off. “Hey, can you dial dispatch and put it on speaker?”
“Yeah, sure.” I pulled out my phone and dialed the dispatch number for the Sheriff's station. They must've recognized my number because Officer Tracy answered with, “Emma, you know you can't call the dispatch line when I'm on duty.”
Stiles took my phone from my hand. “Stiles is here, too,” he said. “We just need to know if you've gotten any odd calls.”
“Odd how?” she asked.
“Uh, like an odd person or... a dog-like individual roaming the streets,” I explained.
“I'm hanging up on both of you now,” Officer Tracy said.
“No! Wai-wai-wai-wai-wait!” we hollered.
“Goodbye,” she said before hanging up.
Stiles got frustrated and almost tossed my phone on the dashboard.
“Hold up here, mister,” I said, reaching for my phone. “You're not destroying my phone. This thing cost a fortune. My parents would literally kill me if something happened to it.”
“Sorry. I'm just... Gah!” Stiles slammed his hand on his steering wheel.
I reached over and grabbed his hand. “It's gonna be alright! I'm worried about him and other people, too. Just calm down.”
He looked at me for a second and seemed to visibly calm down.
“You don't need to be getting worked up before the game, anyway.” I let go of his hand, but he didn't move it back to the steering wheel. Instead, he placed his hand on my thigh. I looked at his hand and just stared. Had he meant to do that?
~~~
I was back in Coach's office, eating my dinner my mom packed for me. I told her I wanted to spend some time with my uncle before he became this screaming and hollering coach.
“How are your grades?” he asked me.
I chuckled. “You're the Coach and Econ teacher. I'm pretty sure all you have to do is go to my teachers and ask for my grades.”
He gave me an unimpressed look.
I sighed and said, “They're fine, Bobby. I swear. All A's. Ever since kindergarten.”
“They're aren't any...” he paused and took a deep breath. “Boys, are there?”
I looked down at my lap and breathed a deep sigh. “He wouldn't notice me anyway.”
“Hey, look at me.” I looked up and locked eyes with Coach. “You're the most beautiful girl I know. Besides your grandma, of course,” he said, bringing a chuckle out of me. “You look just like your mother. Which makes you even more beautiful. If this--” he gestured his hand around. “Kid doesn't see what an amazing young woman you are, then he doesn't deserve your time and attention.”
I smiled at him. “Thanks, Bobby.”
“You're welcome,” he said. “Now, finish your dinner and get the hell out of my office.”
“And he's back, ladies and germs,” I said. “You're the cause my sassiness, I hope you're aware.”
“Copy that,” he said.
I smiled and got up from my seat, leaving my dishes to get later. I walked out of the office and spotted Stiles walking down an aisle. I smiled, a plan formulating in my head as I walked up to him. “Hey!” I started to laugh as Stiles jumped and grabbed at his heart.
“Don't do that,” he said.
“Sorry,” I chuckled.
He turned and found Scott sitting at his locker, so we walked up to him.
“You gonna try to convince me not to play?” Scott asked.
“I'm not. Just came to wish you good luck,” I said with a smile.
“I just hope you know what you're doing,” Stiles said.
“If I don't play, I lose first line and Allison,” Scott said.
I sat down next to Scott and put a hand on his shoulder. “Hey, Allison's not going anywhere.”
“And it's one game that you really don't need to play,” Stiles finished.
Scott turned his attention to Stiles and said, “I wanna play!”
They were about to fight like 5 year olds, so I stood up and shook my head at these boys.
“I wanna be on the team. I wanna go out with Allison. I want a semi-freaking normal life. Do you get that?” Scott said.
Stiles looked down and said, “I get it.” He took his bag off his shoulder, sat down next to Scott and sighed.
I walked up and stood in between them, putting my hand back on Scott's shoulder. “Just try not to worry too much while you're out there, okay?” I said, taking a kinder approach.
“Or get too angry,” Stiles piped up.
“I got it,” Scott told us.
“Or stressed,” I said. “You can't be too stressed, Scotty.”
“I got it, Em,” Scott said, looking up at me.
“Don't think about Allison being in the stands,” I said before Stiles could say anything.
“Or that her father's trying to kill you,” Stiles piped in. I put my head back and sighed. “Or that Derek's trying to kill you. Or the girl he killed. Or that you might kill someone.”
Scott turned his head over to Stiles with a worried look. I pinched the bridge of my nose and just stood there until Stiles was finished.
“If a hunter doesn't kill you first...” Stiles noticed Scott's look and finished with, “I'm sorry. I'll stop.”
“You just don't know when to quit, do you?” I asked while keeping my fingers on my nose. I put my hand down and looked at Scott, bending slightly. “Good luck, Scott.” I kissed his cheek and started to walk away.
“What about me?” Stiles asked, voice laced with disappointment.
I turned and looked at him with a raised brow. “I'm not sure sitting on the bench requires a good luck kiss on the cheek.”
~~~
I was standing next to Coach while he was talking to the refs when I noticed Scott and Stiles walking up. I patted Coach's shoulder and went to walk away.
“Bleachers,” he said. “But if we make any good scores, you can come sit on the bench.”
I smiled and walked up to my best friends. “Hey, boys.”
“Scott!” I heard a voice say. I rolled my eyes when I noticed it was Lydia.
I grumbled to myself, “The universe hates me this badly.” Stiles backed up and I had to move, so he wouldn't run me into while gawking at Lydia.
I didn't want to stay and listen to this pointless conversation, so I stood in front of Stiles and looked back at Scott and Lydia. I ended up telling what I said myself. “Does the universe hate me that much to have fucking Lydia Martin basically follow me around all the time?”
“Nah. Universe loves you. It's just telling you that you're a badass and not to worry about her. She may be hot and all, but...” he started.
I looked at him and rolled my eyes. “I'm gonna go sit with Melissa. Good luck sitting here all night.”
“Em!” he yelled. I glanced back at him over my shoulder and I read the words as they left his lips. “You're more beautiful.”
I got a text from Stiles and I chuckled to myself as I said, “That boy just doesn't know when to quit.”
Stiles: I know you value being called beautiful over hot than anything else.
I looked up at him and smiled. This boy.
The whistle blew and all the players, except for Stiles and a couple of others, jumped up and ran onto the field, getting into their ready positions.
I looked over at Melissa and said, “I'm sorry. I really hate to do this, but-”
Melissa interrupted me with a chuckle. “It's okay. Go. Sit with Stiles.”
I smiled gratefully at her. “Next game, I promise I'll sit here with you the entire time.” I jumped up and ran to the players bench, sitting next to Stiles. “Don't say a word. Coach might not notice I'm here.”
Sheriff walked up behind us, placing a hand on each of our upper backs. Stiles was shaking his leg up and down. It was particularly cold out tonight. “Hey, kids.”
“Hey,” Stiles greeted.
“Hey, Noah,” I said.
They were looking out at the field while I was looking at them.
“So, you think you'll see any action tonight?” Sheriff asked.
A couple of the players sitting next to Stiles snickered and said, “Maybe,” while looking in my direction. I gave them a look that said shut the hell up and shook my head. Boys.
“Action? Maybe.” Stiles looked over at me and it was like the fear of God got put into me.
I looked back out at the field and watched as the ref put the ball onto the ground. Jackson and the other teams player placed their nets in ready position.
The ref blew the whistle and Jackson scooped up the ball, running towards goal.
Scott stuck his stick in the air, letting Jackson know to pass the ball to him.
Stiles took his glove out of his mouth, which he was biting, and said, “Come on.”
Jackson passed the ball to number 26, but not to Scott who was number 11. 26 passed the ball to another player. As I watched this, I realized they were intentionally skipping over Scott. The ball ended up being dropped to the ground.
Scott spotted it and started running over to scoop it up. Unfortunately, Jackson noticed, too, and also ran toward the ball. He pushed Scott down and scooped it up, running and tossing the ball in the goalie net, scoring our first point.
The crowd behind us cheered while we just sat there.
Coach walked by us and said, “That's it, Jackson! Get fired up! Fired up!”
I got up and walked to him and said, “You saw that, right? Bobby, tell me you saw that! Jackson knocked Scott down, his own member! That's gotta be a foul or something right?”
He looked down at me and said, “Back on the bench.”
I rolled my eyes and groaned, walking back over to Stiles. “This is going to be one hell of a game,” I grumbled. I turned around to see Lydia and Allison holding up a sign that said, WE LUV U JACKSON.
“Ouch,” I said. “That's gonna leave a burn in the morning.”
Scott turned his head, noticing the sign and all I saw on his face was hurt.
Stiles turned around and noticed the sign as well. He turned back around and said, “Brutal.” before he looked at me and said, “Oh, this is not gonna be good.”
“Ya think?” I sassed.
Scott ran onto the field to get into his position. He bent down and that's when I saw the air coming from his mouth in thick waves.
“Oh, God,” I whispered.
The ref had walked up to Scott and said something because Scott nodded his head. I looked towards Jackson, who was looking at Scott. I couldn't really see his face, so I couldn't decipher what look he was giving as the ref walked further onto the field.
I was looking back at Scott when I noticed he looked over at Allison again. Turning my head, I saw that Lydia and Allison were once again holding up a sign. This side said, JACKSON IS #1!
Allison didn't look too thrilled to be doing so. I looked back over to Scott and thought I saw his eyes flash Gold for a second, so I brushed it off, chopping it down to just seeing things.
“Down! Set!” the ref called. One of our players and the opposing team's player crouched in front of the ball, nets on the ground. The whistle blew and the players at the ball struggled to scoop it up. It ended up going into the air. Scott looked up at the ball and ran forward, using one of the opposing teams player and catapult to jump off of to get the ball into his net. Stiles and I just looked at the event that was playing out. Him in watching mode to see if Scott was gonna wolf out and me in fear in case he did wolf out.
Scott dodged player after player, running towards his goal; the goalie net. He shot the ball into the net and gave us another point to bring the score 4-5.
Everyone cheered. Stiles and I stood, giving high-fives to the players next to us. We turned to each other and hugged, him spinning me around once then putting me back down. We ran alongside Coach, repeating what he was saying. “Pass to McCall!”
Jackson shook his head as two more players crouched in front of the ball. The play started and the opposing team got possession of the ball. Their player, number 43, turned around to run towards our goal, but stopped when he spotted Scott standing in front of him. I think he was hearing what we were hollering to our players because he intentionally passed the ball to Scott.
Stiles and I were sitting back down now, him chewing on his glove. Coach sat down next to me and asked, “Did the opposing team just deliberately pass us the ball?”
“Yes, I believe so, Coach,” we answered in union.
Scott was once again dodging every player.
“Interesting,” Coach said. He looked down at me for a split second. “Why are you over here?”
“Better view,” I sassed.
Scott tossed the ball into the net, only it also went through the goalies net, evening out the score 5-5.
“Goal!”
All three of us stood up off the bench, yelling, “Yes! Yes!”
“There you go!” Coach yelled. He clapped and said, “Way to go, McCall!”
Stiles and I looked over at the ref, who had come and stood beside Coach.
“What? The ball's in the net,” Coach tried to reason.
Stiles repeated, “Ball's in the net” like that would make the ref see it any differently.
I piped in with, “That's the goal of the game is to get the ball in the net! We got it.”
Coach blew his whistle. I looked up at Stiles and laughed at the look on his face. He looked like he killed the ref about 100 different times in his head before we walked back to the bench and sat down.
There was 39 seconds left on the clock as the ref put the ball on the ground. “Down!”
Jackson and the opposing team member were having a conversation. I couldn't hear what they were saying, just focusing on seeing if Scott was about to wolf out.
The whistle blew, Jackson and the opposing player trying to get the ball. I couldn't see what happened. All I know is that Scott had the ball and he started running towards the goal before he stopped and looked at the other players.
I wasn't sure what was going on, but I think Stiles had a pretty good idea because he stood up.
“Scott, no, no,” he said.
Scott quickly looked at a player to his right. It seems like he heard something because he looked at both players on either side of him as they ran towards him. He shot the ball into the net, giving us the winning score, 6-5.
Everyone, including me, stood up and cheered for Scott. Stiles shot his arms straight into the air and yelled, “Yes!” He laughed and lowered his arms, looking at me. “Oh, my God.”
“Well, we won! He didn't wolf out on the field! That was good!” I exclaimed. Everyone was running out of the bleachers and onto the field. I saw Allison run by, probably looking for Scott.
Stiles and I had sat back down after I spotted Allison. Sheriff was on the phone with someone as I heard him say, “Uh-huh.”
Stiles and I looked over, and he asked, “Dad, what's wrong?”
He pointed a finger at us, telling us to hold on a moment.
“I wonder what that's about,” I said.
He shrugged and looked back to his dad. I looked around the field looking for Scott. “Hey, where did Scott go?”
~~~
Stiles and I walked into the locker room after receiving information from his dad. I wasn't expecting what I saw and smiled a little. We had walked in on Scott and Allison kissing. Stiles looked away while I stood there, watching like a creeper. He went to pull me back by arm, but instead he stood behind me and looked over at the couple kissing.
When they pulled apart, Allison laughed. She turned her head to the side and said, “I gotta get back to my dad.”
Scott had the biggest smile on his face before they shared a quick kiss, and Allison started walking towards us. She looked up and waved quickly at us. “Stiles. Emma.”
“Hey, yeah,” Stiles said, waving back with a chuckle. We both started walking, meeting Scott in the middle of the showers and the lockers, that goofy smile on his face that I couldn't help but smile at myself. It felt really good to see him happy.
“I kissed her,” he said.
“We saw,” Stiles and I said.
“She kissed me,” he smiled.
“Saw that, too, Scotty,” I smiled.
“That's pretty good, huh?” Stiles asked.
Scott sighed, still happy about the events that played out not moments ago. “I-I-I don't know how,” Scott started. He looked down at me, since I was little shorter than him and Stiles, and finished what he was saying. “But I controlled it. I pulled it back.” He looked back up at Stiles. “Maybe I can do this. Maybe it's not that bad.”
“Yeah, heh,” Stiles said. “We'll talk later, then.” I tapped Scott's shoulder as Stiles lightly grabbed my wrist. As he did this, Scott tapped his chest and asked, “What?”
Stiles turned back around to face Scott. He sighed and looked to me, gearing himself up to tell Scott what his father told us.
“The, uh, medical examiner looked at the other half of the body we found.” He sounded like he didn't want to tell Scott.
“And...” Scott asked.
“Well, I'll keep it simple,” Stiles said. “Medical examiner determines killer of girl to be animal, not human. Derek's human, not animal. Derek not killer. Derek let out of jail.”
“Are you kidding?” Scott asked.
“No, and here's a bigger kick in the ass,” I said. “Sheriff I.D'd the dead girl. Both halves. Her name was Laura Hale.”
“Hale?” Scott exclaimed.
Nodding, I said, “Derek's sister.”
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