A/N: So this is a start to hopefully a multiple chapter story about Stiles and Lydia. I've become addicted to Teen Wolf over the past couple of weeks and I just love these two characters and have just needed to write something for them, so I gave it a shot and came out with this! Not the best I know but I needed to get it out of my system
Anyway if you like the story I'd appreciate a review so I at least I know I'm doing something right, and any suggestions or stuff on what I could do better would also be great! Enjoy
P.s This is set a couple of months after the season 2 finale (which was amazing!) and Stiles is just coming back to Beacon Hills after visiting his aunt for a couple of months.
It felt good to be home stiles thought as he pulled up in his driveway. After everything that had happened with the kanima a.k.a Jackson, and Gerard controlling him basically for his own selfish reasons, Stiles decided to go visit his aunt over the summer and get away from it all. He needed to get away, to clear his head of all wolf related thoughts, and more importantly, of all Lydia related thoughts.
Stiles wasn't sure where he stood with Lydia after how they left things before the summer, sure it was blatantly obvious that she still had feelings for Jackson, but his mind couldn't help but wonder why she came to see him that night, why she chose him above everyone else to talk to. Not to mention that moment they shared at the lacrosse game. Every dream he had since that night went back to that look, that 10 second look they shared. At first he thought it was just because she was proud of him and of how well he done, but the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't help but think whether there was something more to that look, was she finally noticing him? Was she finally realising that he was there and how he felt about her?
Stiles soon shook his head of all his wandering thoughts of Lydia and told himself what he did many a time over the summer break;
"You're over thinking things, she loves Jackson... but the 15 year plan to get her to fall in love with you is still in action." He said quietly whilst stepping out of his jeep, bags in tow and walking towards the door to his house.
He didn't even have to knock twice before his dad had swung the door open and pulled him into a tight embrace.
"There's my son! I've missed you stiles." He said
"I've missed you too dad, but seriously, if you don't loosen your grip, I'm afraid I won't be here for long" Stiles replied
Mr Stillinski laughed as he let go of his son and looked at him with a wide smile on his face. He quickly drew his attention to Stiles' hair and began ruffling it,
"And what's all this about? Going for a new look or are there just no barbers near your aunts?" He said clearly pointing out Stiles' newly longer hair.
"Well I uh thought I'd let it grow a little bit, you know change things around a bit, why? Don't you like it?"
"Well it's not really Stiles, but it's not bad either." His dad replied giving his son a smile
"Oh uh thanks dad... I think." Stiles said whilst looking around
"Listen, I gotta just put my bags upstairs and then we'll have a Stillinski father and son catch up okay?" he said
"Oh uh, I'd love to son, but uh... Scott's upstairs waiting to see you and I've been called out to work, but when I get home later we'll talk then alright?" His dad replied, patting him on the back and walking to his car.
"Uh, yeah that's cool, but don't you kind need your sheriff uniform on to go to work?" Stiles shouted to his dad but he had already drove off,
"Weird" stiles said to himself as he picked up his bags and went upstairs to his room. As he opened his bedroom door he could see Scott lying on his bed whilst playing on one of his video games.
"I've literally only just got here and you've already made yourself at home" Stiles said as a wide smile formed across his face.
"Hey man!" Scott said laughing as he got up and gave Stiles a quick hug.
"So how was your aunt's? I missed you bro, Beacon Hills just ain't the same without my partner in crime"
"What, no werewolves and horrifying reptiles on the loose? Maybe I should have stayed away." Stiles replied as they both began laughing
"It was good, much needed after all that had happened. How are things?" Stiles asked, secretly just wanting to know how Lydia was.
"Oh you know the usual, Jacksons the newly added werewolf to Derek's pack, Allison still won't speak to me, there's markings from an Alpha pack all round the woods an-"
"Wait wait wait" Stiles interrupted,
"An alpha pack? As in a pack with all alpha werewolves?"
Scott simply nodded as though it was nothing out of the ordinary. Stiles laughed in astonishment and spoke
"Okay, you need to fill me in."
Scott explained to Stiles that not long after he had left, Derek had warned him about a pack of alpha's heading their way and leaving their markings around certain places in the woods. A part of Stiles thought that all this would be over now, but the other part of him knew that it was naive of him to think that, that this was never going to end. Maybe staying in his aunts would have been a better idea after all.
After a long talk about the alpha pack that had yet to show themselves but were clearly present, Stiles and Scott decided to forget about it all for now and carried on playing some video games.
"So speak to Lydia while you were away?" Scott asked with his eyes fixated on the screen and tapping away at the buttons to the game controller.
"Uh no not at all actually, why?" Stiles said turning his head to face Scott after hearing Lydia's name
"Oh nothing, I just thought she might have texted or something" Scott replied
Stiles laughed slightly, "Even if she had my number to text me, I highly much doubt that'd happen" he said resuming his game play
"Well that's exactly my point... she asked me for it." Replied Scott
"Wait, what?" Stiles said throwing his controller to the side and turning all his attention to Scott, "Lydia asked you for my number? Lydia Martin? Strawberry blonde hair, about 5"3 with big Hazel eyes? That Lydia?"
Scott raised his eyebrows at Stiles, "Yes... that Lydia"
"And you gave her my number right, I mean you gave her it... right?"
Scott began to laugh, "Yes Stiles, I gave her your number. She didn't tell me why she wanted it though."
"Probably just wanted it you know in case Allison weren't there, must be hard you know dating a werewolf and what not" Stiles said quite bitterly as he soon realised that Lydia never actually texted him
"But she's not dating Jackson?" Scott said confused
"What?" Stiles said in disbelief, "But what happened to all the saving his life, being his anchor, and naked embracing?" Stiles couldn't believe it, they weren't dating? But he was so sure that Lydia had told Jackson she still loved him, what the hell had happened while he was away?
"Yeah, I mean they give it a go afterwards, but Jackson is taking to this being a werewolf thing hard, he couldn't control his anger and Lydia couldn't deal with the sudden outburst being aimed at her. Derek's told him not to bother going back to school because of it; he's in a pretty bad way." Scott said
"And what about Lydia? I mean is she okay?" Stiles said trying to not let the concern show too much.
"Yeah she's alright actually, I've seen her round town with Allison quite a bit and she seems happy, obviously I haven't really had the chance to speak to her properly, but she seems good." Scott said nodding his head but looking away from Stiles and towards the floor. Stiles knew Scott was hurting over Allison, he couldn't even begin to imagine what losing the love of your life must be like, luckily Stiles has never been able to have his to lose her, probably the only one positive about Lydia not seeing him that way.
Stiles smiled and placed a hand on Scott's shoulder, "She'll come back to you y'know? Eventually, she'll come back."
Scott smiled back at Stiles "I know. Hey maybe you're 15 year plan will be cut short after all, maybe you can finally get Lydia"
Stiles laughed slightly, "Ah, I don't know. What I do know though, is that however she wants me to be there for her, friend or something more, I will be" Stiles said whilst nodding his head slightly.
"Okay but dude, serious question right now" Scott said
"What?"
"What happened to your hair?" He asked whilst jokingly prodding a finger at Stiles newly grown hair
"Oh ha ha very humorous of you wolf boy" Stiles said as they both started laughing
"Well you'll get the chance to show it off to the rest of the school tomorrow, first day back an all. Maybe Lydia will like it" Scott said teasingly
Stiles' stomach turned over the thought of seeing Lydia in school tomorrow, what would they say to one another? Would they even speak? Who was he kidding; he couldn't go a whole day without speaking to her. He just knew that right now Lydia needed someone, someone who would be there no matter what, and that's what he would do, that's what he would have done for the past 8 years if she'd have noticed him sooner. If Lydia needed him, he'd be there. He'd always be there.
