Stiles shut the door to the dark, empty classroom and turned back around to Cora, who stood against the desk with her arms crossed.
"So..." He rubbed his hands together awkwardly. "How does this work?"
Cora raised her eyebrows. This wasn't happening.
"Is there some sort of werewolf thing you have to do?" he continued.
"Like what?" Cora questioned.
Stiles shrugged. "Like, meditating for a while so you keep control and don't accidentally kill me?"
She rolled her eyes. "I don't know. Does it matter?"
"Um, yes, actually. What if we do it and it turns out that all we were doing was getting groovy because you didn't do the thing that makes it official werewolf mating business?"
Cora winced. "The fact that you referred to it as 'getting groovy' makes this whole situation worse."
"What do you want me to call it?"
"Having sex?"
"That's a bit more awkward-inducing."
"But 'getting our groove on' turns you on?"
"Okay!" Stiles exclaimed, holding his hand up. "Alright, it doesn't matter. What does matter is what Derek said needs to happen."
"What?" Cora hissed and stood up from the desk. "When did you talk to Derek about this?"
"I didn't," he corrected, then pointed an anticipating finger at her. "You did."
"No, I didn't," she scoffed.
Stiles opened his hands. "I told you to!"
"I'm not talking to my brother about the mating process. And I especially wasn't going to tell him that you were my partner."
Stiles opened his mouth to argue, but after not finding words for a few moments, he gave up and dropped his head back, hands on his face. "So what do we do now?" He gestured to her body. "What if you turn into a werewolf half way through and devour me?"
Cora shook her head. "What is wrong with you?"
"Nothing's wrong with me! You're the werewolf! If we were both human, this would be safe and easy."
"If we were both human, I wouldn't be doing this mating thing with you at all."
Stiles exhaled in exasperation. "Oh yeah, that's the way to get a guy in the mood. 'I wouldn't be here with you if I could help it.'"
"You think I actually want to screw you? You're the last person on earth I would want to get groovy with!"
"Fantastic. Feeling's mutual."
"Then let's just get this over with."
"Fine by me," Stiles mumbled in a low voice, then advanced on her.
