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Hide And Seek – Confusion Part 1
After three days of relaxing from their fight with Jennifer and having their parents kidnapped from them, the teens of Beacon Hills all seemed to be getting back into the flow of things again. While in their classes, all of the teens receive a text from Lydia reading: "Meet me in the gym. We need to talk." Immediately after reading the seemingly urgent text from Lydia, Scott and Stiles looked at each other.
A worried look came across Stiles' face as he spoke to Scott. "You think everything is okay?"
"I hope so." Scott said.
As the bell rang to signal the end of class, the two boys made their way to gymnasium. Upon entering they were greeted by an also very worried group of their friends: Allison, Isaac, and Ethan.
"You guys got Lydia's text too?" Scott said to the group of his friends standing in a circle.
"Yeah, any idea what it's about?" Isaac wondered.
"No, we just showed up like the message said to." said Stiles.
"I hope everything is okay," Allison said with concern. "I don't think I can handle any more drama for a while."
Just then Lydia and Aiden appeared in the gymnasium. There was a serious look on Lydia's face as she came through and smile gracing Aiden's features. The group of friends could instantly tell why they arrived after the rest of them.
"Alright, looks like everyone is here so we can get down to business," Lydia said in a firm, strong voice. "It's no surprise that we were all a little stressed from the whole lists of events that just happened, which is why I want to have a party."
"A party?" Scott said in a disbelief
"You worried all of us... for a freaking party?!" Stiles shouted at Lydia
"Yes," Lydia said in a confident voice, sighs coming from the group of friends in front of her. "Think about it, we all need some way to relax and let loose, this is a perfect way to do it. Plus, we won the fight! I think that is more than a good enough reason to throw a party. What do you guys say?"
"A party sounds great!" Aiden shouted, obviously trying to support Lydia in her idea to help her friends relax.
"It actually sounds like a pretty good idea to me." Isaac agreed.
"Yeah, it sounds like it could be fun." said Ethan.
A party doesn't sound too bad, Stiles thought to himself.
"That's the spirit! The party will be tomorrow night at eight, and you guys are helping me set up so come by early," Lydia said, turning her back to her friends just before starting to walk off holding hands with Aiden.
"Wait! Who are we inviting to this?" Scott shouted to the girl walking away.
"Everyone!" And with that Lydia and Aiden exited the gym, leaving the others.
Just then the group of teens all looked at each other and wondered who they would invite and who could get the word around school.
"I'll tell Danny about it, I'm sure he can find some people that will wanna go." Said Ethan.
"And I can get the lacrosse team to come." Said Scott.
"I can call the drag queens we met at the club." Stiles said with a grin.
"No!" The rest of the group said in unison.
"Alright, alright," Though he secretly knew that he was just going to invite Derek so he could see him again now that all the fights were done with.
On that note, the group of friends broke up to start to spread the word around school. Scott and Isaac went to the lacrosse team to ask the players, Allison went and asked some girls around school, and Ethan went to tell Danny about it to see if Danny could help them spread the word. Stiles thought this would be the perfect time to slip away from others and try to call Derek.
After a few rings the phone went to voicemail, "Hey Derek... it's me, Stiles, Lydia is having a party tomorrow and you should come. Gimme a call back when you get this."
After pressing the end button Stiles held his phone against his chest hoping that Derek would get the call soon so that he could hear his voice and give him a formal invitation to Lydia's party.
That night while he was at home, Stiles looked down at his phone and noticed that Derek never called back.
'Why hasn't he answered me? It's not like that sour wolf has anything better to do with his time. And I know he looked at his phone by now. Maybe I should try calling him again.' And he did just that.
Stiles had dialed the number he had memorized so easily because it was the number of the guy he loved so much but never told anyone about. He didn't want to think of what would happen if everyone knew that Stiles liked Derek. They would make fun of him. However, that still didn't stop him from making the picture of him and Derek his background on his phone and staring at it when he gets down.
Stiles snapped out of his Derek thoughts and pressed call. Once again, the call was for nothing as Stiles got his voicemail. Instead of leaving a voicemail, Stiles hung up and texted the werewolf: "Hey call me back as soon as you can. I need to talk to you."
Finally after an hour of trying to reach Derek, Stiles had gotten annoyed that the guy still had not responded to any of his calls or texts and had decided to call Cora. Maybe she knew a reason why Derek hadn't been answering his phone. After three rings, Cora picked up.
"Hello?"
"Hey!" Stiles tried not to sound too enthusiastic that he had just gotten through to a Hale, even though it was the wrong one. "Cora, its Stiles. I have a question for you."
"No, Stiles, I won't tell you where we are." Cora said in a firm voice
"Wait, what are you talking about? I was calling to ask you if you knew why Derek wasn't answering his phone. Where did you go?" Stiles felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up.
"You don't know yet?" Cora's voice lost its firmness. "Derek and I left town to find somewhere safe to live from now on. I was sure that one of your friends would have told you that by now."
"You left town?!" Stiles roared. "And my friends know about it?!"
Cora's voice was even as she answered, "Yeah... Derek told Scott right before we left."
Why wouldn't Scott tell me that Derek left? I never asked him but he should tell us if one of our friends leaves... if it is Derek. "I'll call you back later. I need to talk to Scott."
"Hey, Stiles." Cora said just as Stiles was about to hang up. "It's probably best if you just forget about Derek and I. Derek seems very set on not returning to Beacon Hills."
And with that Cora ended the call.
Stiles tried to call her back, but the stubborn Hale just ignored every call and every text he sent her. What does she mean I should forget about her and Derek? Did I do something wrong? Was there a reason Scott could know about Derek, but I couldn't? Stiles furiously dialed his best friend's number.
"Hey man! What's up? I was just about to call-"
Stiles interrupted his friend, "Why didn't you tell me that Derek and Cora moved away?!"
There was a pause on Scott's end. "How did you find out?"
"Cora just told me! She said that Derek told you that they were leaving. I guess she was under the assumption that you would tell your best friend at one point or another! So why didn't you tell me?"
"I wasn't allowed." Scott said in a pleading voice.
"What do you mean you weren't allowed? You're my best friend and Derek is my friend too! How were you gonna keep that a secret from me and the rest of the group?" Stiles continued to shout.
"Stiles, the rest of the group knows. And they know that they weren't allowed to tell you."
Stiles could feel his blood boil. "How is it that all of our closest friends got this memo-"
"It's because..." Scott took a deep breath. "Because he told us not to tell you"
"What?" His voice suddenly dropped.
"Stiles, it's no surprise that you like Derek, even he can tell," Stiles began to feel numb. "He didn't want us to tell you so that you wouldn't be upset. Or follow him."
"Where did he go?" Stiles asked softly.
"I don't know." Scott replied sadly.
"Scott, I know you know where he is so where did he go?!" The fury returned to Stiles' voice instantly.
"I'm not lying, Stiles! It's the truth! None of us know where Derek went. You think he would tell me? We all want you to be happy... but Derek is gone and he said he's not coming back."
And just like that Stiles hung up and threw his phone across the room with a bang!
A knock came at the door. "Stiles, everything okay?"
Stiles, trying to hold back the angry tears long enough to answer his dad, said "Yeah, I'm fine. Just fell and my phone hit the wall."
Seeming satisfied with the answer his clumsy son gave, the sheriff answered, "Okay, they just called me in so I might not be back for a while, okay?"
"That's fine. Be careful." Stiles soon heard the sound of the front door open and close as his dad left. He was alone and had no one to talk to. All he wanted to do was talk to Derek, to be near him, to have a good time with him; now all of that was gone. Derek was gone and with that the tears started to slowly make their way out of his eyes and onto his cheeks.
After an hour, Stiles got an idea. Fine, you can leave everything and go hide to a safe place with Cora, but I will find you, Derek. I will do whatever it takes to find you. Just like that, Stiles had hopped back into himself, grabbed his red hoodie and made his way to his Jeep.
I will find you, Derek Hale.
Author's Notes: Okay so this was my first fanfiction ever so hopefully I did a good job on it. I would really appreciate comments and reviews to help me write better. There will be a part two and possibly more to this it's just that this was really long already and I didn't want to make it even longer in just one chapter. The next chapter(s) will get better and more dramatic so please stick around to find out what will happen. Thanks for reading my first fanfiction and please continue to do so if you liked it :D