Surrender

What was she to say? That she didn't really have any friends here besides her sister and Derek? She wasn't exactly a loner. It was just that she was scared to make a connection with anyone because she was afraid that they would let her down. She had been in that position before. Where people had let her down. It was one of the reasons why she was afraid to let people into her lives. Another reason that she didn't really have many friends was because she was afraid to lose them. The same way that she had lost Boyd, her only best friend that she ever really had. He had meant so much to her. They had been best friends since they were in kindergarten. He was her first friend and must of all her main protector. When she learned about his death, she made a promise to herself that she wouldn't let anyone get close to her. But Derek had come into their lives and he broke down the walls that she had built in order to gain her trust. Looking away from them and out the window, she lied, "I was getting ready for all of our classes this year."

Now Stiles wasn't the type of person to make anyone feel uncomfortable. Well anyone besides Scott. He was used to picking on that guy but anyways. He and Esme weren't the best of friends but that didn't mean that he didn't know her. Having been in the same school as her since they were in kindergarten, he had known of her. But it wasn't until they were in high school where he had realized what kind of a person she was. She was definitely a sweet girl. She was also really smart. She and Lydia would definitely be considered one of the smartest in their classes. He had never really seen Esme hanging out with other people though, which made him just a little curious. He did want to get to know her not because this was their last year but because he seemed to feel a connection with her.

Scott, on the other hand, still couldn't get the fact that she lived across the street from him and he hadn't even paid attention to that little detail. But what also crossed his mind was the fact that Derek was dropping her off to school. Sure Stiles had told him that Derek was dating Alena's sister. But what if there was something more to that? Or was he over-analyzing it? Maybe he was just over-analyzing. He wanted to ask Esme but before he could Mr. Yukimura had come into the room to begin his history lecture.

The hour long History class seemed to go by so slow for the students. No matter how much Mr. Yukimura tried to make it interesting, the sound of the bell sent them into happiness. Esme packed up her things and headed out of the classroom. Walking out of the room, she heard her name being called so she turned to find Stiles calling her. "Esme, wanna join Scott and I for lunch later?" Stiles asked.

"Sure?" She said as Scott's eyes lit up.

"Good! So where are you headed to now?" Stiles asked.

"Math class." She told him.

"What math class?" Scott asked.

"Trigonometry." She said.

"I have that class too. Is it okay if I walk with you?" Scott asked as Stiles tried to hold his laughter in.

Esme blushed and nodded her head. Stiles looked between the two and chuckled, "I'll leave you two lovebirds to that. See you two at lunch." Esme and Scott blushed even more as Stiles chuckled before walking away. Scott made a gesture for her to go ahead. Esme led the way to their class. Following her, Scott couldn't help himself when he asked, "How do you know Derek?"

Esme turned her head so that she could look at him and said, "He's my sister's boyfriend."

"How'd they meet?" Scott asked.

Esme wasn't quite sure if she wanted to share those details with Scott especially since this was the first time that he had ever really spoken to her. Let alone notice her. They had been in the same grade school since they were little but Esme was always the same quiet girl who couldn't find it inside to build confidence and speak her mind. She had always thought that Scott was an interesting boy. There was just something about him that made her curious to want to get to know him. And even though she wanted to get to know Scott even more, she was still hesitant on sharing these things with someone she wasn't exactly close with. "I'd rather not talk about it." She said looking away from him as she thought about Boyd.

He looked at her and simply nodded his head. He knew when he shouldn't pry into something that wasn't really his business. Maybe one day she would be able to tell him. Walking towards their trigonometry class, Scott let her enter the classroom and sat behind her. His eyes watched and observed what she did. Pulling out her notebook, she pulled out a pencil and wrote down the date before using a highlighter to highlight the date. Setting the highlighter down, she waited till their teacher came into the room to begin the lecture. From Scott's perspective, he could obviously tell that she was an organized person.

Throughout their trigonometry period, Scott's thoughts focused on trying to determine where he had seen Esme before besides school. But something about her gave him this feeling that they or he needed to know more about her. There was something about her that was intriguing him now. An hour later, they were done with classes and students were filing out the door. Esme got up form her seat and packed her belongings. She saw Scott still in his seat. "Scott, is everything okay?" She asked as he shook his head.

"What?" He asked looking at her.

"I asked if everything was okay. Everyone's left the room and you were still sitting there." She said zipping up her backpack.

"Oh yeah I'm fine sorry just got lost in my train of thought." He said getting up form his seat to gather his stuff.

Esme slipped on her backpack & looked back at him to see him staring at her. She blushed before quickly looking away. She headed for the door and heard him following after her. She was used to having lunch with Boyd during this time but since his death, she had always preferred to sit outside by herself. It was her way of clearing her thoughts but today would be different for her since she was going to eat with Stiles and Scott. She didn't or she wasn't really sure what to expect. But this was the first time in her life that she was hanging out with people. She had been stuck in a bubble of doing things that felt comfortable to her. "You okay?" She heard him ask.

Looking up at him, she nodded her head responding, "Yeah. I was just thinking about how it was really nice of Stiles to offer me a chance to have lunch with you guys."

Scott smiled at her as he opened the hallway door for her so that they could head outside to meet the group. Esme looked up to the sky to silently say a prayer to Boyd asking him to make sure that she was making the right decision. She followed Scott over to a table where six other people were. She watched as all their eyes looked at Scott before landing at her. She stopped in steps suddenly realizing what a mistake this could be. Scott stopped and looked at her as well before saying, "Hey you'll be okay. They're really nice and you already know Stiles. Here take my hand." Scott offered his hand out to her and she reached for it feeling a little electricity rushing through the both of them. Their eyes looked down at their intertwined hands before looking at each other. Esme blushed and so did he.

Author's Note: I'm so sorry it took me so long to update! I've had a pretty rough couple of weeks so finding time to write was quite difficult. But i do want to get a few more updates out there for you guys. I'm sorry if this is a little all over the place. I may update this chapter but for now I quite like it. Leave a review to let me know what you think! Hope you guys like it!