A/N: I do not own any of the Teen Wolf characters other than Skyler
My O/C
Name: Skyler Anne Blakesley
Age: 16
Hair Colour: Medium Brown
Eye Colour: Blue
Skye's POV
My name is Skyler Blakesley, I am sixteen years old and live in the boring town of Beacon Hills California where nothing ever happens, I live with my dad Nikolas Blakesley who was a deputy for the Beacon Hills sheriff's station under Sheriff Stilinski who was my best friend's father
My two besties in life were Stiles Stilinski who I have known since I was a little kid through our dads and Scott McCall who we met in kindergarten and we've been the three Amigo's ever since
I wasn't the most popular girl at school since I mostly hang out with Scott and Stiles but I wouldn't have it any other way, I was a straight B+ student and occasionally even managed A's if I was bothered to study properly
Most girls my age were obsessed with their hair, clothes and make-up, don't get me wrong I care about that stuff to especially considering I wasn't ugly, I had thick brown hair and blue eyes that were so bright they looked almost like sapphires but that was just what people told me and yet I couldn't get a boyfriend go figure…
I heard my phone vibrate with a text from my bed so I put my pencil down and went over and jumped down onto it before grabbing my phone from my bedside table and opened it…it was from Scott
-Hey Skye come outside, Stiles and I are just about to pull up and we got to tell you something, Scott
I smiled and threw on the first clothes I could find then tiptoed downstairs because it was late and my dad had just got home from a really long shift, I closed the door quietly then went up to Stiles' jeep that just pulled up and smiled at my two best friends
"Hey" I said then watched as Stiles smiled mischievously "What are we doing that could possibly get us in trouble" I knew that look because it hadn't changed since we were kids trying to steal cookies while my mom wasn't watching, I frowned when I remembered my mom since she died eight months ago in a car crash that had almost killed me since I was with her, I had to have three blood transfusions and was in hospital for a few months
"Two joggers found a body in the woods" I motioned for Stiles to continue when he paused and smirked "But they only found half" my eyes widened
"Are you freakin serious?"
"Are you in" Scott asked me sounding like he wanted me to say no, like that would somehow discourage Stiles to go home but hell no, nothing ever happens in this town and this was probably the most exciting thing that's ever gonna happen
"Duh, do you even have to ask me that" I replied and watched as he rolled his eyes at me when Stiles laughed then opened the door, I slid in then he took off to the preserve
We pulled up at a barrier entrance into the preserve and Scott let me out after him, I walked up to the sign which read in big bold letters: Beacon Hills Preserve NO ENTRY AFTER DARK and scoffed then gestured to it as I turned to Stiles
"I like how we always ignore the signs that tells us to stay away"
"What fun would that be if we always followed the rules" Stiles replied leading the way into the woods
"Are we seriously doing this?" Scott asked making me smile because he was always the cautious and careful one out of the three of us, he was the reason while Stiles and I were more senseless when it came to mature things
"You're the ones always bitching that nothing ever happens in this town" Stiles replied walking off ahead of us so we quickly caught up to him since he was the one with the flashlight and it was pitch black out here that without the torch I doubt we'd be able to see a foot in front of our faces
"I was trying to get a good night sleep before practice tomorrow" Scott complained as we caught up to Stiles
"Right because sitting on the bench is such a gruelling effort" Stiles retorted
"No because…I'm playing this year, in fact I'm making first line" Scott insisted making me smile and bump into him playfully because I had been his training buddy the last few months and I'll admit he was getting a bit better so I hoped he made it this year because he really did work hard for it
"Hey that's the spirit everyone should have a dream, even an incredibly unrealistic one"
"Stop being such an asshole Stiles" I told him and slapped his arm "And just out of curiosity, which half of the body are we looking for?" I asked him more seriously since I probably should have asked that before getting in the car with him and following him into the dark woods without anybody knowing we were out here
"Huh, I didn't even think about that" Stile's laughed
"And what if whoever killed the body is still out here?" Scott added just adding to my stupidity for also not thinking about that
"Also something I didn't think about" Stiles said as he started to make his way up a hill
"Comforting to know you planned this out with your usual attention to detail" Scott said as I followed Stile's
"And yet we still follow him" I laughed but then heard Scott starting to wheeze from behind us as he was trying to keep up
"You know" he started "Maybe the severe asthmatic should be the one holding the flashlight" I turned around and saw him taking a hit from his inhaler so I waited for him then when Scott caught up we fell to the ground next to Stiles and that's when we noticed the police force in front of us
"I had a feeling I was going to regret this in the end" I said shaking my head because if I got caught my dad was going to kill me, I was just lucky that he wasn't out here looking for the body
"Ok come on" Stiles said running off in the direction of the cops anyway
"STILES!" we whisper shouted after him as I pulled Scott up and chased after him, we continued calling after him until Scott hid behind a tree and pulled me with him when we heard a dog bark and Stiles falling to the ground
"Hang on, hang on" his dad called out who was also the Sherriff, my dad's boss "This little delinquent belongs to me"
"Dad how you doing" Stiles asked
"So do you listen in to all my phone calls?"
"No…not the boring ones" I held my hand over my mouth to stop myself from laughing
"And where are your usual partners in crime"
"Who Scott, Scott's home said he wanted to get a good night sleep for the first day of school tomorrow"
"And Skyler"
"The same, you know Skye she's a complete drama queen when she doesn't get her beauty sleep" I rolled my eyes as I heard the Sheriff sigh then point his flashlight towards the trees near our hiding place
"Scott, Skyler you out there" Scott and I shrunk back into the tree so that we weren't spotted by him "Well young man I'm going to walk you back to your car and you and I are going to have a conversation about something called invasion of privacy" they left and Scott and I came out from behind the tree
"Well there goes our ride" I said and Scott sighed then grabbed my arm
"Let's go" we quickly ran the direction we came from trying to get back to the jeep before Stiles could leave
"I hate this" I complained because now we were hiking through the woods in the dark with no flashlight
It was really starting to freak me out since I kept getting a really bad foreboding feeling, after walking for a little bit Scott stopped and pulled out his inhaler "You okay?" I asked, he nodded and was about to take a hit when suddenly a herd of deer literary came out of nowhere and were running straight at us
I turned and tried to run hoping Scott was right behind me but I couldn't see where I was going and tripped over tumbling down a hill before coming to a stop at the bottom hitting my head on something really hard which I guessed was a sharp rock, I groaned painfully as the sound of hooves started disappearing then looked up to make sure Scott was okay
"Scott!" I yelled when I realised he wasn't with me
"Skye are you okay?" I heard him reply from somewhere on the top of the hill, I looked around then touched my forehead where blood was starting to trickle down the side of my face out of a small cut
"Yeah…kinda" I answered just as I heard him scream and the sound of him rolling around on the ground "SCOTT!" I yelled as I heard him scream yet again so I tried to stand up but my aching legs gave out from underneath me and I fell forward but instead of hitting the ground like I expected to, it felt like I fell into someone's arms
"Need some help" the stranger said and I swear my heart skipped a beat just at the sound of his voice, I tried to look up at his face but it was too dark and my vision was really fuzzy to the point I think I was seeing three shadows "Is anything broken?" he asked me but didn't exactly sound like the concerned citizen he should have, he almost sounded angry
"No" I replied then winced when I felt a hand touch the cut on my forehead and my vision got even blurrier to the point that he was actually spinning "Your spinning" I pointed out then fell forward into his arms which still hadn't completely let go of me since he caught me the first time and the next thing I knew I was out cold against the cool feeling of a leather jacket
I woke up with a startled bolt and looked around, I was lying on my bed in my room which confused me had all of that been a dream, I looked down at my clothes and noticed I was wearing the clothes I had been wearing last night and they were all muddy so it couldn't have been a dream
I stood up carefully then walked into my ensuite bathroom looking into the mirror and saw a band aid stuck to my forehead, I peeled it back carefully and looked at the cut which looked like it had been cleaned up and taken care of by someone then I remembered the stranger, the one who caught he must have brought me home and taken care of the cut then left, I didn't even know his name to find him and thank him
"Skye come on get up you have school kiddo" my dad yelled as he knocked on my door
"Kay dad" I yelled then quickly took a shower before changing into black jean shorts with tights underneath, a white singlet and a red flannel checked top over it then pulled on my combat boots before heading downstairs to make some pop-tarts but saw dad was trying to cook eggs even though it wasn't going very well so I intervened quickly
"Thanks kiddo, I'm still getting the hang of the cooking thing" I smiled and nodded then plated up the eggs and pretended to eat them, after my mom died I got used to doing the cooking and cleaning since my dad wasn't much of a domestic house worker
"Alright I got to run, you alright to get to school?" I nodded
"Of course dad" he kissed the top of my head before leaving to get to work
When I knew he was gone I tossed the eggs into the bin then quickly made myself some pop-tarts and ate them before going out into the garage smiling when I laid eyes on my baby, my red Ducati Monster 696
My mom had spent weeks convincing my dad to buy me this bike for when I turned sixteen since he wasn't as confidant about me riding a motorcycle but my mom knew they were my favourite and that I'd appreciate this better than a car which is clearly the case since I loved this bike more than anything, I pulled on my helmet and started it up smiling then quickly headed to the high school
I pulled up just in time to see Scott and Stiles talking and walking towards the entrance of the school so I quickly jumped off and locked my helmet to the seat then quickly caught up with them but when Scott saw me his eyes widened
"Skye you're okay!" he exclaimed confusing me
"Why wouldn't I be okay?" I asked him
"We got separated last night and I tried calling you but your phone went straight to voicemail, I thought the wolf had gotten you too"
"Scott there aren't any wolves in California" I argued since that was a known fact
"I tried telling him that" Stiles cut in then looked at me "So why didn't you answer your phone?" I frowned and actually thought about that
"I don't even know where my phone is" I looked through my book bag but it wasn't in there and knew it wasn't at home otherwise I would have heard it "I must have dropped it when I fell down the hill, crap my dad's gonna kill me" I couldn't afford a new one
"Can you get a new one?" Scott asked me as we walked towards school
"No and my dad can't afford one either" I replied and he gave me a sympathetic look
"I'm sure you'll find it, it's probably at home" I nodded then watched as Stiles started shuffling around in his usual overenthusiastic way clearly growing impatient about something
"What are you so hyper about?" I asked him
"Show Skye" I was confused but Scott lifted his shirt and I saw a bandage taped to his side that had blood slowly seeping through it
"Oh my god, what the hell happened?!"
"I told you a wolf attacked me" he replied
"And I told you wolves haven't been in California for over sixty years" Stiles cut in
"He's right" I added nodding and Stiles did a triumphant dance until I hit his arm
"Well if you guys don't believe me about the wolf, then you're definitely not gonna believe me when I say I found the body"
"What?" I asked grabbing his shoulder stopping him from walking since that should have been number one thing on the list to tell us "Are freakin you kidding us?"
"I wish, I'm gonna have nightmares for a month"
"Oh God, that is freaking awesome!" Stiles exclaimed "I mean this is seriously gonna be the best thing to happen to this town since…since the birth of Lydia Martin" Stiles looked behind Scott towards Lydia who was just walking towards the school "Hey Lydia, you look…" Lydia Martin, the red headed queen bee of Beacon Hills High, walked right past Stiles without giving him even a glance "Like you're gonna ignore me" Stiles finished then turned back to us "You two are the cause of this, you know dragging me down to your nerd depths, I'm a nerd by association"
"Whatever you say Stiles" I clapped Stiles on the shoulder before towards the doors
"I've been scarlet nerded by you two" Scott and I laughed at our friends craziness as we walked into school
"Stiles, Lydia wouldn't notice you even in your wildest dreams, not unless you suddenly become rich, popular and a conceded jerk" I replied thinking about the usual guys that capture Lydia's attention
"Thank you Skye for your encouraging words" I smiled sarcastically at him
"Whatever, you guys know you love me" I smirked before walking ahead of them to get to class
But I could barely concentrate though any of them because my mind kept drifting back to the guy from last night, I knew I didn't imagine him because I'd be passed out in the woods still if it wasn't for him bringing me home and patching me up and I couldn't thank him which vexed me because I felt as if I needed to see him again even if I didn't even see him to begin with, all I could remember was his shadowed outline and the feel of leather against my skin as I fell unconscious
After class I met up with Scott and Stiles in the hallway and over the course of the day I had heard the police had a suspect in custody but what really intrigued me was that Scott was looking at a girl I had never seen before so I figured she was new and was also surprised she was talking to Lydia and Jackson already
"The new girl is here all of five seconds and she's already hanging out with Lydia's clique" I stated
"It's because she's hot" Stiles explained "Beautiful people herd together"
"That's offensive Stiles" I replied but was smiling as he realised what he said and we started arguing but stopped when we saw Scott's far off look "Scott?" I asked trying to get his attention but he wasn't listening so I waved my hand in front of his face "Yo Scotty!" he shook his head, coming out of his trance like state "You guys have practice" I pointed out
They went to the locker rooms to get changed while I waited for them then ran out with them towards the fields
"But if you play, I'll have no one to talk to on the bench are you really gonna do that to your best friend?" Stiles said as we sat on the benches and they double checked their pads
"I can't sit out anymore, my whole life is sitting on the sidelines, this season I make first line" Scott argued with him then got up to walk onto the field but coach stopped him
"McCall!" Coach yelled
"Yeah?" Scott replied
"You're on goal" he said throwing the goalie gear and stick at Scott
"I've never played" Scott stuttered
"I know, scoring some shots will give the boys a confidence boost, it's a first day back thing, get 'em energized, fired up!"
"What about me?" Scott asked nervously
"Try not to take any in the face" he slapped Scott's cheek "Let's go, come on!" Coach yelled walking away from Scott who was standing in place shocked and probably upset at his loss of chance to prove himself since we didn't train in goal
"You got it Scotty!" I yelled in encouragement and he turned to give me a small smile before walking out on the field towards the goal but then the whistle blew and Scott started holding his head and groaning just as the first player threw his shot at Scott and the ball hit him right in the face making him fall back into the goal making everyone laugh
"Way to catch with your face McCall!" a boy laughed as I winced as that had to have hurt
The next player went running at Scott after receiving the ball and I expected Scott to miss it when he threw it at him but somehow Scott had caught it and I had no idea how but then he caught the next three after that which was statistically impossible even if you were the best player ever
The next guy got set to go but Jackson pushed in front of him, got the ball then started down the field towards Scott before throwing the ball and again Scott magically caught it, I stared at him in confusion as everyone cheered because that was no way in hell possible
After school we had to go back out into the reserve because Scott had dropped his inhaler and like my phone we couldn't afford new ones so we had to find them even though it again went against all my better judgments
"I can't believe we're doing this again" I complained walking through the woods
"You said you wanted to help and you need to find your phone" Stiles said laughing at me trying to get across the creek in front of us without getting wet
"I know but I didn't think we'd be crossing a creek" Scott took pity on me and bent down so I could climb onto his back, I smiled as I jumped up and he carried me across
"Thanks Scotty, at least one of you is nice enough" Stiles glared at me so I poked my tongue at him
"I don't know what it was" Scott explained after he let me down and we continued to trek through the woods "It was like I had all the time in the world to catch the ball and that's not the only weird thing I can hear stuff I shouldn't be able to hear, smell things…"
"Smell things?" Stiles asked, stopping in his tracks "Like what?"
"Like that Mint Mojito gum in your pocket" Stiles and I stopped
"I don't even have…" Stiles started as he looked into his pocket pulling out some old gum from his pocket "Huh" he turned towards me but I couldn't explain how Scott knew that either
"So all this started with a bite?" I asked Scott and started following after him again
"What if it's like an infection, like my body's flooding with adrenaline before I go into shock or something?"
"You know what, I actually think I heard of this" I said, ready to mess with him just for the fun of it "It's a specific kind of infection"
"Are you serious?" he asked stopping
"Yeah, I think it's called lycanthropy" Stiles chuckled under his breath
"What's that, is that bad?" Scott asked worriedly making this all the more fun because he was seriously buying it
"Oh the worst but only once a month" Stiles inputted playing along with me, which made me smile
"Once a month?" Scott asked us clearly confused
"Yeah but it only happens on the full moon" I replied then Stiles and I howled before laughing as Scott pushed our shoulders "Hey, you're the one who heard a wolf howling"
"There could be something seriously wrong with me" Scott protested
"Yeah!" Stiles exclaimed "You're a werewolf!" Stiles growled making me laugh again as we fist bumped "Okay obviously we're kidding but if you see me in shop class trying to melt all the sliver I can find, it's because Friday's a full moon" Scott stopped again then looked down at the ground
"I could have sworn this was it, I saw the body, the deer came running I dropped my inhaler" he knelt down to the ground so I walked a little bit away and tried looking for my phone
"Maybe the killer moved the body" I said bending down to look because I had to find my phone and Scott's inhaler
"If he did, I hope he left my inhaler that things worth like $80 bucks" I shifted through the leaves hoping I came across my phone
"Uh Skye, don't turn around" I looked up at Stiles
"Oh ha ha Stiles very funny" I said looking at them but their expressions told me they weren't kidding so I spun around and literary came face to face with a guy who had the most piercing forest green eyes I had ever seen, black hair and was six feet of pure muscle and sexiness that should have been illegal "Oh…I…uh sorry" I took a step back when I realised I had been staring and that we were almost touching
"What are you doing here, huh this is private property" he said and my eyes widened because that voice, I recognized his voice and knew he was the guy from last night
"Uh, sorry man we didn't know" Stiles replied scratching his neck nervously
"Yeah, we were just looking for something but…uh forget it" the guy tossed something at Scott and he had caught it without even really trying then opened his palm and saw his inhaler, I turned back to the guy and saw he was holding out my phone so I smiled and took it
"Thank you" I said but he had already turned his back to us and started to walk away although I saw him pause for a second at my thanks before he started walking again, I turned back to my boys and they were both giving me a 'what the hell are you doing' look so I shrugged as I was just being polite
"Alright come on, I have to get to work" Scott said starting to walk away
"Dude that was Derek Hale" Stiles exclaimed stopping him "You remember right he is only a few years older than us"
"Remember what?" Scott asked
"His family, they all burned to death in a fire like ten years ago"
"Six" I corrected, I remembered hearing about the Hale house fire from my dad who read the paper almost every day before my mom died
"I wonder what he's doing back" Scott asked and Stile's scoffed in answer, I turned back in the direction Derek had disappeared in
"Come on" Stiles said snapping me back then the three of us started walking back to his jeep and my bike but I quickly looked back again and saw Derek standing there watching us but he wasn't watching Scott or Stiles he was watching me, I smiled and offered him a small wave before turning and caught up with them
When I got home there was a message on the house phone from Dad telling me he was working late tonight and that there was money on the fridge for dinner, I sighed throwing my keys into the bowl by the door then went up to my room but stopped when I saw my window open because I swear it had been closed before I let this morning
I walked over and looked out before I shut it and clipped the lock into place then closed my curtains, I sat on my bed and kicked off my shoes before lying down closing my eyes but knew I had to start the washing for tomorrow and clean up the kitchen from this morning even though I could not be bothered with it but nobody else would do it
I sighed then got up and quickly threw a load in the washing machine before moving into the kitchen and put the few dishes in the sink and washed them before going back upstairs to do my homework, I hadn't even bothered with dinner and made myself pop-tarts, I basically lived of these things and ate them by the dozen
I must have fallen asleep against my desk because I woke up by a loud bang, I looked around but couldn't see anything except the rain falling against the window's in my room, I shivered as the room was cold like the window had been left open but I knew it hadn't, I had a really bad feeling but I ignored it and got changed before climbing into my bed and fell asleep
When I woke up next I was aware it was still early as the sun hadn't even risen yet but I wasn't going to go back to sleep so I got changed into a sport's top, leggings and my running shoes before tying my hair into a ponytail and grabbed my armband iPod holder
I went down the hall and peeked into my dad's room but it was empty, I sighed then grabbed my keys and locked the house, I knew he was having it tough since mom died trying to provide a stable house hold for me but working all hours of the night and disappearing wasn't helping us
I had let it go hoping he'd come around to noticing I was still here but it's been almost a year already and nothing's changed, I think that's enough time to grieve especially since I was doing better than he was and I was the one in the accident with her and spent months getting myself back to a semi-normal life, of course I still grieve my mom but I didn't shut everyone out like he is doing
I didn't realise where I had ran until I pulled my headphones out when I saw a house in front of me, I walked up and stared up at the house which must have been beautiful once but now it was badly burnt and collapsing in on itself, I walked onto the porch and pushed the door open before stepping inside
The stair case was directly in front of the door then there were corridors on either side of it which led to the back on the house and an archway to my left which looked to have been the lounge room or parlour, I took another step inside then over to the archway and touched the burnt wood
"You clearly don't understand the word private property" a voice said behind me causing me to shriek and spin around quickly but unfortunately I spun too fast and lost my balance, I closed my eyes and waited for myself to hit the floor but I never did so I looked up and into the green eyes of Derek Hale as his arms tightened around my small frame and my hands gripped his sleeves
"And that's twice you've saved me" I whispered not breaking eye contact with him as he set me back on my feet then backed away
"I wouldn't have had to if you stayed away from private property"
"I'm sorry" I spat out then shook my head because I was staring into his gorgeous green eyes again, after a few seconds of silence he nodded towards the door
"You should go" he said, I breathed out and nodded
"Right sorry" I replied then started towards the door but winced when I put pressure on my right ankle, I must have twisted it when I spun around
"Your hurt" I heard Derek point out
"It's okay" I took another step towards the door to leave but staggered a bit but again felt Derek's hand wrap around my arm and keep me on my feet
"I'll take you home"
"I'll be okay" I said pulling my arm out of his grasp
"Would you just accept my help?" he insisted and when I looked back at him I knew I could trust him so I found myself nodding, so he helped me out the back to his car and I saw it was a black 2010 Chevy Camaro making me stop and stare "Are you going to stare at it all day or are you going to get in!" Derek snapped me back then helped me to the passenger side and opened the door letting me get in before going around to the driver's side
"My Dad told me not to get into cars with strangers" I said after he shut the door
"So why did you?" he asked looking at me briefly when I shrugged
"I figured if you really wanted to hurt me, you would have done it by now" I replied
"So you know?" he asked as he started driving out of the reserve
"That you saved me?" I asked looking at Derek confused but he just scoffed and shook his head
"I didn't save you Skyler, I only kept you out of trouble" I stared at him when he said my name because I had never told him my name but was quickly distracted when I noticed he'd pulled up outside my house which left me even more confused since I never gave him any directions
"That's called saving me genius and thanks for the ride" I quickly replied answering him before I got out and went inside after watching his car disappear down the road
After a long hot shower I got ready for school getting dressed into my olive green ripped jeans, a black t-shirt and my denim jacket with my usual combat boots then walked downstairs and saw my dad sitting at the kitchen table sipping at some coffee I smiled and poured myself a cup
"Where we're you this morning, I came home and you we're gone" dad said as I sat down
"Oh I went for a run, couldn't get back to sleep" he frowned
"You know I don't like you running that early in the morning, anything can happen to you Skyler" I found myself smiling a little because I was surprised he had even noticed I wasn't home
"I know dad but I kept to the streets" I lied
"Well from now on wait a little longer till it's at least light out or leave a note" I nodded as he stood up and put his cup into the sink "Alright kiddo, I'm gonna get some sleep you okay to get to school" I nodded then watched as he walked upstairs
I finished my coffee before I grabbed my bag and headed to school but when I walked in I looked over at Scott's locker as I saw him in some sort of argument with Jackson then Jackson pushed Scott against his locker so I walked up angrily
"…hell is going on with you McCall?" Jackson yelled in his face
"What's going on with me, you really want to know?" Scott yelled back "Well so would I, because I can see, hear and smell things that I shouldn't be able to see, hear and smell, I do things that should be impossible, I'm sleepwalking three miles into the middle of the woods and I'm pretty much convinced I'm totally out of my freaking mind!" Scott continued to rant then sighed in almost relief as Jackson chuckled
"You think you're funny, don't you McCall?" I rolled my eyes "I know you're hiding something, I'm gonna find out what it is, I don't care how long it takes"
"That almost sounds like you care Jackass" I cut in and walked up to them, Jackson just smiled then hit the locker beside Scott's head before walking away, Scott sighed "Don't let him get to you okay, he's just being an ass as usual because he's threatened by you" he smiled as I linked my arm into his "Now you're gonna be late Scottykins" he laughed
Scott was just about to run on the field when Stiles ran up screaming about something but of course Scott and I ignored him since he was doing it his spastic way which meant it was usually nothing to be excited about unless you're Stiles
"Stiles, I'm playing the first elimination man, can it wait?"
"Just hold on okay, I overheard my dad on the phone the fiber analysis came back from the lab in L.A, they found animal hairs on the body from the woods!" Stiles explained but it was taking too long
"Stiles I gotta go" Scott said running onto the field without hearing what he said next
"It was a wolf" Stiles mumbled as I looked at him in shock
"Let's go, gather round, bring it in, come on, come on!" Coach yelled and I saw Scott waving at Allison and was confused as to when they got friendly
Coach let them go and started the scrimmage but nobody seemed to be passing to Scott then he somehow managed to get the ball and he started down the field towards the goal only to get taken out by Jackson roughly
The whistle was blown and they crouched down to get ready for another play and stared off, the whistle blew again and Scott took off with the ball stunning Jackson so I smirked but it quickly fell as I watched Scott prance around dodging every player then made his shot and scored after jumping over three players which should have been impossible
"McCall, get over here!" Coach yelled so Scott ran up to him "What in God's name was that, this is a lacrosse field, what are you trying out for the gymnastics team?"
"No, coach" Scott replied dumbfounded
"What the hell was that?" Coach asked him
"I don't know, I…just trying to make the shot"
"Yeah, well you made the shot and guess what?" Coach paused before smiling "You're startin' buddy, you made first line, come on!" Scott was ecstatic but I looked at Stiles and knew he was having the same thought I was, what Scott just did was impossible even if you've been training since you could walk
Straight after school I headed home but saw the house was still a mess which I expected dad would have cleaned so I walked upstairs and peaked into my dad's room only to see him still in bed, I sighed because he should have been up already and I was sick in tired of being the only one to clean and cook, not that it mattered considering he wasn't ever here even when he was here
"Dad?" I opened it further then walked over to his curtains and pulled them apart blinding him with sunlight
"Skye what are you doing home?" he asked me
"It's almost four thirty dad" I replied, he looked at his alarm clock then sat up
"I'm sorry sweetheart" he apologized but I had held my tongue enough because I know how much my dad loved my mom but I really couldn't keep doing his job for him, I was supposed to be the kid not him
"Dad you know I love you but I can't keep doing all the chore work in this house" he sighed and rubbed his face "I'm not a maid or the only person living here"
"I know but I've been working double shifts just so that we can pay the mortgage on the house" I nodded
"Then I'll get a job, it's about time I start helping out but that means you need to help out with the everyday housework" I hated having to tell my dad what to do as it wasn't my job as the kid but if I didn't then he wasn't going to realize that I'm not mom, I walked out before I gave him a chance to argue and cleaned up quickly even though it wasn't my turn to "Dad I'm going to Stiles place, we have a really big test to study for" I said as dad walked down the stairs
"Sure kiddo" dad replied then looked at me before I could leave "I'm sorry I've thrown so much responsibly on you since your…I'll do better I promise" I nodded then hugged him
"Don't wait up for me okay, I'm gonna be studying with Scott and Stiles before heading to a party at Lydia's place" he knew who Lydia was since we were friends once in the third grade but that changed when we got to high school and she became queen bee
"Don't drink and ride, I don't want to hear you've killed yourself" he said
"I'm…there-" he gave me a knowing look that told me he knew what happened at high school parties "I won't" I finally said before quickly going upstairs and changed into white jeans, black sequin top, knee high boots and pulled on my leather jacket before leaving
I walked the short distance to Stiles place since I probably would have a few cups of Lydia's spiked punch and didn't want to risk riding so I'd catch a ride with Stiles, I walked up just when Scott rode up the driveway on his push bike
"Hey Scotty" I said in a baby voice and ruffled his hair then laughed when he swatted my hand away
"He call you too" he asked as we walked in and headed to Stiles bedroom
"What are you talking about, we're supposed to study?" I was confused but knocked on Stiles door, he opened it and immediately pulled us in adding to my confusion at his behavior
"Get in, you gotta see this thing I have been up all night reading, websites, books, all this information" he scrambled over to his desk, shuffling through papers as Scott and I both looked at each other with knowing smiles
"How much Adderall have you had today?" I asked Stile's laying back on his bed, Stiles had ADHD and was prone to hyperactivity he had since he was just a kid
"A lot, doesn't matter okay just listen"
"Is this about the body?" Scott asked as he threw his bag on Stile's bed next to me as I inspected my nails thinking I might really need a manicure soon "Did they find out who did it?"
"No, they're still questioning people, even Derek Hale" Stile's replied
"Derek Hale" I asked, my attention was now caught
"Oh you mean the guy we saw in the woods the other day" Scott said as he sat down on Stile's bed next to me
"Yeah" Stiles exclaimed "Yes but that's not it, okay"
"What then" I asked chuckling at his odd behaviour
"Remember the joke from the other day, the one you made" Stiles said, pointing at me "Not a joke anymore"
"What do you mean?" I asked
"The wolf, the bite in the woods I started doing all this reading, do you even know why a wolf howls?"
"It's a signal, when a wolf is alone it howls to signal its location to the rest of the pack" Stiles and Scott looked at me questioningly at my reply "I did a project on wolf behaviour last year, okay?"
"So that means if Scott heard a wolf howling, that means others could have been nearby maybe even a whole pack of them" Stiles continued adding to his theory
"A whole pack of wolves" Scott asked shocked
"No" Stiles paused "Werewolves"
"Are you seriously wasting our time with this" Scott stood up, angry "You know I'm picking up Alison in an hour" I smiled because I really couldn't believe Scott had gotten a date with Allison to Lydia's party, he grew up so fast
"I saw you on the field today, Scott" Stiles said, trying to stop Scott from leaving
"I did too, it was amazing but highly impossible" I added kind of believing Stiles theory even if it sounded really crazy to admit that
"Yeah, so I made a good shot" Scott defended
"No you made an incredible shot" Stiles emphasized "I mean the way you moved, your speed, your reflexes people can't just suddenly do that overnight and there's the vision and the senses, and don't even think I don't notice you don't need your inhaler anymore"
"Okay dude, I can't think about this now we'll talk tomorrow" Scott protested
"Tomorrow what NO, the full moon's tonight!" Stile's yelled
"Don't you get it?" I said, starting to really believe Stiles' theory
"What are you two trying to do, I just made first line, I got a date with a girl who I can't believe wants to go out with me and everything in my life is somehow perfect why are you trying to ruin it?"
"We're trying to help" Stiles replied "You're cursed Scott, you know and it's not just the moon will cause you to physically change it also just so happens to be when your blood lust will be at its peak"
"Blood lust?" Scott asked him
"Your urge to kill" I quietly said
"I'm already starting to feel an urge to kill" Scott replied glaring at us
"You gotta hear this" Stiles stated turning to his desk and picked up a book "'The change can be caused by anger of anything that raises your pulse, alright I haven't seen anyone raise your pulse like Allison does, you gotta cancel this date I'm gonna call her right now" Stiles went toward Scott's bag and began looking through it
"What are you doing?" Scott asked, starting to get angry again
"I'm cancelling the date" Stiles said, dialling Scott's phone
"No give it to me!" Scott exclaimed and pinned Stiles against the wall with his fist raised ready to hit him in the face
"What the hell Scott stop!" I exclaimed trying to tear Scott away from Stile's but he just yelled and threw Stile's desk chair to the ground before he began panting and looked like he was calming down
"I'm sorry" Scott told Stile's "I gotta go get ready for that party" Scott walked over to the bed, grabbed his bag and he was about to leave but he turned back to me and Stile's "I'm sorry" he said again then left
"Are you okay?" I asked Stiles as he banged his head back against the wall
"Yeah" he angrily mumbled then went to pick up his desk chair but when he did we were shocked by what we saw, on the back were three rips that ran through the leather like claw marks
"Oh my god" I gasped, covering my mouth in shock
"What are we gonna do" Stiles asked me, I had no idea how this was possible but it was true, Scott was a freakin werewolf
"We need to go to Lydia's party and watch him"
When Stiles and I got to Lydia's party it was already in full swing and people were already dancing, drinking and even some of the drunker people began jumping in the pool, I turned to Stile's
"I'm gonna go get a drink" I yelled over the loud bass filled music "Want one?"
"No thanks" he said so I walked off toward the drinks table and grabbed a cup but suddenly felt this need to look up so I did and I caught the eyes of Derek Hale, I smiled then walked up to him
"Hi" I said nervously
"Hi" he replied without even really looking at me
"Are you crashing a high school party?" I asked hoping to strike up a conversation
"No…I'm watching Scott" he replied still refusing to look at me
"Want a drink then?" I held out the cup and finally he looked down
"No…and you shouldn't either" I smiled and took a drink just to annoy him, he rolled his eyes making my smile widen
"Don't be such a grump" I said smirking as he glared at me "It's a party and you're supposed to have fun" I watched his lips twitch like he wanted to smile but was fighting it which only made me smile as I looked up at him
My eyes stayed locked with Derek's green eyes for what seemed like ages and it felt like I couldn't look away, like something was drawing me to him then out of nowhere he looked up breaking our eye contact, I followed his gaze and saw Scott walking away from Allison looking disoriented
"Oh no" I mumbled "Scott" I called for him but he just took off "Sorry but I have to go" I said to Derek then quickly followed after Scott running past Stiles who was talking to a couple people and ran outside, I saw Scott get into his mom's car and drive away so I walked up to Allison who had also followed after Scott "Allison, what's going on?" I asked
"I don't know I mean we were dancing then he flinched a couple of times, he looked like he was going to be sick or something, then he just left me"
"Allison, Skyler" a voice said behind us before I could come up with an excuse for Scott's behaviour, we turned around and came face to face with Derek "I'm a friend of Scott's" he said causing me to raise an eyebrow "My name's Derek, I can give you two a ride if you want" Allison nodded
"Yeah sure, you coming Skye"
"I...uh…sure" I stuttered then followed them to his car and got into the front after Allison climbed into the back, I sneaked glances at Derek every now and then because I could still feel the need to be closer to him which was stupid considering I didn't even know him and he didn't really give me the impression he wanted to know me
"Uh Skye" Allison asked me snapping me out of my thoughts, I looked up to see we were outside a house which I guess was hers "I need to get out" I nodded then let her out "See you at school" she said before walking up onto her porch as I got back in, Derek took off quickly like he was being chased making me grip the door and close my eyes as I flashed back to the accident with my mom
"Skyler?" I opened one eye and peaked at Derek who was looking at me confused "Are you okay?"
"I…uh yeah" I replied
"You seem scared" he stated
"Sorry" I apologised then realised we weren't heading in the direction of my house "Uh this…isn't the way to my house" I looked around
"I know" he replied confusing me then pulled up at the edge of the reserve, he got out and quickly came around to my side and yanked me out of the seat scaring the crap out of me, he grabbed a jacket from the backseat that I realised was Allison's then he dragged me into the woods as I kicked and tried to break out of his grasp
"Pl…please, d…don't d...d…do this" I begged feeling the tears start falling down my face
"I'm not going to hurt you Skyler" Derek said but obviously I wouldn't believe him
"M…my d…dad is a De…Deputy" I spat out but fell into his arms when he stopped and hung Allison's jacket onto a low tree branch
"I swear I didn't bring you here to hurt you, I just needed your help to lure Scott here"
"WH…what are y…you…talking about?" he still held one of my arms so that I couldn't run
"Scott will follow yours and Allison's scent here" he replied making me look up
"What do you mean follow our scents?" I asked him and surprised myself when I did it without stuttering but before he could answer he was cut off by a loud growl making me spin around to see Scott land in front of us but his face was…deformed, he had hair down to his jaw, long pointy ears and his teeth were…fangs, oh my god Scott really was a freaking werewolf!
"Where is she?" Scott asked looking around for Allison, gee thanks for the consideration Scott
"She's safe, from you" Derek replied gently pulling me to stand behind him and I swear the look in his eyes was silently ordering me to stay put then Derek tackled Scott to the ground and pinned him to a tree
"What did you do with her?" I rolled my eyes because again I wasn't included in that
"Shh, quiet!" Derek ordered quietly so quietly I could barely hear it "Too late they're already here, Run!" Derek turned around ran up to me and quickly scooped me up into his arms before he started running again
I saw a bright light explode so looked back and noticed Scott was near the tree the light exploded on then another arrow shot out of nowhere pinning him to the tree making him scream, I gasped at his scream and struggled to get out of Derek's grasp to help him
"Stop" Derek said putting me down in a shallow ditch "I'll get him, stay here and stay quiet!" he said quietly then took off
I watched as Derek pulled two of the people onto their backs and while the third was looking at them he freed Scott from the tree before I was again scooped up in Derek's arms and we ran off farther into the woods, Scott collapsed in front of a tree gasping for air as Derek gently set me down but kept me behind him, in case Scott attacked I guessed but I saw Scott turn around and saw he was normal again so I ran to his side to make sure he was okay
"Who were they?" he asked Derek breathing heavily
"Hunters" Derek answered looking around "The kind who have been hunting us for centuries"
"Us, you mean you, you did this to me!" Scott yelled at Derek, I looked over at Derek in shock because then that meant he was a werewolf too
"Is it really so bad Scott?" he asked not looking at me "That you can see better, hear more clearly, move faster than any human could ever hope, you've been given something that most people would kill for, the bite is a gift" I guess he was a werewolf
"I don't want it" Scott said through clenched teeth holding his arm
"You will and you're going to need me if you want to learn how to control it" Derek leaned closer to Scott and pushed his shoulder against the tree "So you and me Scott, we're brothers now" he turned around and walked away, I stared after him until he was out of sight then turned back to Scott and looked at the wound on his arm
"Are you okay?" I asked him then looked up
"Are you, you're the one who just got kidnapped?" I quickly looked in the direction Derek had disappeared in and thought about what Derek had said and somehow could tell he really never intended to hurt me
"Yeah, he wasn't going to hurt me" I replied looking back at Scott "Now are you okay, you got shot?"
"Yeah" he stood up with my help then we headed to the road since we had to walk home, we were walking along the road in complete daylight now when Stiles finally pulled up, I sighed in relief then opened the door and climbed into the back
"Took you long enough Stiles!"
"You're alive!" he shouted then hit my arm "Are you crazy why the hell did you leave with Derek Hale!"
"Shut up Stiles!" I yelled then rested back into the seat
"You know what actually worries me the most" Scott quickly came out saying
"If you say Allison, I'm gonna punch you in the head" Stiles replied
"She probably hates me now" Scott replied and Stiles groaned as I rolled my eyes
"I doubt that" I said looking at him "But you might wanna come up with a pretty amazing apology"
"Or, you know you could just tell her the truth" Stiles said "Revel in the awesomeness of the fact that you're a fricking werewolf!" Scott and I looked at him "Okay, bad idea"
"Ya think" I replied then looked at Scott "We'll get through this" I added patting my him on the shoulder "If we have to we'll will chain you up ourselves on full moon nights and feed you live mice"
"I had a boa once, I could do it" Stiles added making Scott scoff and the three of us laughed as we headed home so we could scrub away any remaining filth from last night
They dropped me off first and I walked in but frowned when I saw my dad waiting for me by the stairs with his dad face on, I closed the door then turned around to face my punishment since I know not coming home last night or calling to say I wasn't was a huge no no especially when you have a cop as a dad
"Where have you been Skyler?"
"Sorry dad, I fell asleep at Stiles place after the party last night" I replied lying but he just shook his head
"I called Sheriff Stilinski and he said Stiles wasn't home last night either, so where were you and this time the truth!" he shouted, I stared at him because I couldn't give him the truth "Nothing to say, well your grounded for two weeks, no bike and no cell phone" he held out his hand, I sighed and gave over my phone without argument because I knew this was just the beginning of lying to my dad about things that involved Scott's new werewolfitude
I went upstairs and showered as I had mud and leaves in my hair but didn't expect to walk out of my bathroom and see Derek Hale sitting at my desk like he owned the place, I gasped and accidently dropped the towel around my waist, Derek's eyes scanned my body quickly before looking away as I picked it up and covered myself back up
"What the hell are you doing in here?" I spat at him
"I came to see if you were okay after-"
"Using me as bait?" I snapped again
"Yeah" he looked down as if ashamed in himself "I'm really sorry but I didn't know what else to do"
"You could have asked me" I replied
"Would you have actually believed me if I said I needed your help getting your werewolf best friend to follow us into the woods so I could talk to him?" he asked me and I didn't reply as I didn't have an answer to that "Didn't think so" he said then stood and walked over to my window "I really am sorry Skyler" he slid the window open and I wondered if he was the one who had opened it the other night
"Have you been in my room before?" I asked him before he could leave, he turned and looked at me
"Why do you ask?" he asked
"No reason" I replied looking down and realised I was still naked underneath my towel and blushed when I remembered that he had just seen me naked, he seemed to read my mind and smirked then jumped out of my window making me panic and ran over to it looking out to see him jogging into the forest behind my house, I smiled then closed it and went to lock the window but decided against it, Derek scared the crap out of me but he was surprisingly kind to me and I had no idea why but I wanted to be closer to him so I left it open in case he came back
That night I went to bed facing my window just in case Derek made an appearance even if that sounded crazy, I knew it was stupid and naïve but I wanted to know him, he wasn't the typical guy I went for but there was definitely something about Derek Hale that had me wanting to know more about him