I stretched, rustling the branches.
"Whoops", I murmured.
I could hear Scott open the front door. A few seconds later, Stiles dived off the roof.
"Aargh! Stiles, what the hell are you doing!?" Scott yelled.
"You weren't answering your phone!" Stiles was quiet for a second, then he noticed the bat in his hands. "Why do you have a bat?"
"I thought you were a predator", Scott explained.
"Okay, I know it was late but you gotta hear this! I saw our dad leave twenty minutes ago. Dispatch called, they're even taking in the state police! To help us find a body in the woods!" Stiles jumped down.
"9 out of 10, Stiles", I called.
"A dead body?"
"No, a body of water. Of course it's a dead body!"
"Nobody knows if they were murdered yet. Just that it's a girl, probably in her 20s", I put in.
"Wait, if they found the body, what're they looking for?" Scott asked.
"That's the best part", Stiles said.
"They only found half," I grinned.
We were silent for a minute then we answered at the same time.
"We're going."
It was a fact. Stiles drove us to the Preserve and Scott was still having second thoughts.
"Are we seriously doing this?"
"Yes, of course", I replied.
"And you were the one bitching about the fact nothing interesting happens in this town", Stiles said.
"I was trying to get a good night's sleep before practice tomorrow" Scott whined.
"Right. Because sitting on the bench is a growing effort", I snorted.
"No. Because I'm playing this year, I'm trying First Line", Scott said.
"It's okay, we're all allowed a dream, even a pathetically unrealistic one", Stiles put in.
"Just out of curiosity, what half of the body are we trying to find?" Scott asked.
"Huh. I didn't even think about that."
"But I did", I said. "We're looking for the top half."
"And, uh, whoever killed the body is still out here?"
"Also didn't think of that", Stiles said.
I frowned, "And neither did I."
I paused for a bit to breathe and hurried to catch up with them to witness Stiles get knocked over by a dog. Scott noticed me still in plain sight so he pushed me behind a different tree.
"Hang on, hang on. This little delinquent belongs to me. So do you, uh, listen to all my phone calls?" Dad asked.
"No. At least not the boring ones", Stiles replied.
"So where's Scott and Isabele?"
"Who, Scott? Bele? Nah, they're at home. Scott said he wanted a good's night sleep for his first day back at school tomorrow. Bele was already asleep", he said.
"Scott, you out there? Bele, you anywhere near?" Dad yelled.
I shook my head but didn't make a sound.
"Well, I'm gonna walk you back to your car. You and I are gonna have a conversation about something called invasion of privacy", Dad said, walking Stiles away from us.
Scott and I continued looking but after a while we stopped. Scott took out his inhaler while I took out my container, slipping another pill into my mouth. Suddenly, a herd of deer came running and Scott dropped his inhaler while one of the deer accidently kicked me in the head. I fell unconscious immediately but Scott couldn't see me at all when he looked. It seemed I was completely invisible but I wasn't.
I was slumped against a tree with absolutely no defence against wild animals. Or Derek Hale, for that matter.
"Good. You're awake."
I mumbled as I sat up and froze when I realised that I wasn't at home, neither in my bed nor Stiles'.
"What."
"What are you doing here?" Derek asked, walking up to my brother and his friend. "This is private property."
"Ah, sorry man. We didn't know", Stiles said.
"Yeah, we were just looking for something but forget it", Scott replied.
Derek threw the inhaler to him and stepped to the side to reveal me, smiling weakly and waving at them.
"It seems you did forget something", he said, turning around and walking away.
"Who was that?" Scott asked.
"Dude, that was Derek Hale", Stiles said.
"He's only a few years older than us. His entire family died in a fire about six years ago", I put in.
"Let's go, Bele. I can only lie so much to Dad", Stiles told me.
"Because you suck at it."
"Scott! Scott, wait up!" I called out, running over to him.
"Just hold on, okay? They found animal hairs on the body!" Stiles said.
"You can't believe what the animal was!" I yelled as he started walking off.
"It was a wolf", Stiles muttered.
We sat over on the bench to watch and when it started, I immediately stood up and cried out, embarrassing Scott and Stiles.
"Woohoo! Go Scott! You can do it!"
I continued like that for a while until the end of the game.
We spent the entire afternoon researching werewolves. I think I fell asleep at one point but woke up when Scott slashed at the chair.
"Unh?" I slurred.
"Go back to sleep, Bele", Stiles said.
"Mhm", I mumbled, falling back to sleep.
I helped Stiles up because, apparently, he was falling because of the 'pain'. Yeah, right. It doesn't hurt to look nice.
"C'mon, let's go already", he whined.
"Fine", I replied, quickly brushing my hair.
Stiles took us to the party and I went to say hello to Lydia but she was making out with Jackson. I mimed throwing up to Stiles and he laughed at my antics. I walked away to find Alison standing by the street.
"You okay, Alison? Did something happen?", I said, appearing beside her.
"I think something's wrong with Scott. He just left for no reason," she replied, looking worried.
"I don't know. He was fine earlier", I said.
"Alison."
We turned around to see Derek standing there.
"What?" I asked.
"I'm a friend of Scott's", he said.
"You are? When did this happen?" I asked.
Alison and I glanced back at the street and turned back to see he had stepped closer.
"My name is Derek."
"What did you find out?" Scott asked.
"Well, he has a separated shoulder", Stiles replied.
"Because of me?"
"Because he's a tool", he said.
"Well, is he gonna play?" Scott asked.
"We dunno yet", I said. "Now, we're just gonna count on you for Saturday."
We were silent for a second then we noticed something in the corner of Scott's screen.
"What?" Scott asked.
Stiles started typing. The screen froze.
"It looks like what?"
'Someone's behind you.'
Scott spun around to see Derek step forward and push him against the wall.
"Is he okay?" I asked, leaning closer to the screen.
"No idea", Stiles replied.
"Tell us what they're saying", Stiles said.
"Shh... Curfew because of the body."
"Unbelievable. Our dad's looking for a rabid animal while the person who actually killed the girl is jerking off, doing whatever he wants", I said.
"Well, you can't exactly tell your dad the truth about Derek, can you?" Scott asked.
"Yeah, but I can do something", Stiles replied.
"Like what?"
"By finding the other half of the body", I replied.
"Are you kidding?"
"What did you find? How did you find it?"
"Where did you find it? And yes, I had a lot of Adderall so..."
"I found something at Derek Hale's", Scott replied.
"Are you kidding? What?"
"There's something buried there. I could smell blood", Scott said.
"That's awesome! I mean, that's terrible! Whose blood?"
"I dunno. But when we do your dad can house Derek for the murder. Then you two can help me find a way to play Lacrosse without changing because there's no way I'm not playing that game."