"So you killed her?" I asked Scott as he, Stiles and I walked into the school, he had just informed us about the violent dream he had, in which he attacked and may have murdered Allison on a school bus and I swear my twin had one wild imagination
"I don't know" Scott replied "I just woke up and I was sweating like crazy and I couldn't breathe, I've never had a dream where I woke up like that before"
"Really?" Stiles asked "I have, it usually ends a little differently" I scoffed and hit Stile's shoulder
"A, I meant I've never had a dream that felt that real..."
"And B, never give us that much detail about you in bed again" I finished for Scott because yuck Stile's was like my brother just as much as Scott was we had been friends since we were five
"Noted, let me take a guess here-"
"No, I know you think it has something to do with me going out with Allison tomorrow like I'm gonna lose control and rip her throat out"
"No, of course not" Stile's said then paused "Yeah, that's totally it" I looked at Stile's silently telling him to shut up because he wasn't helping at all "Hey come on, it's gonna be fine all right personally I think your handling this amazingly it's not like there is a Lycanthropy for Beginners class you can take" Stiles added
"Not a class" I cut in "But maybe a teacher"
"Who Derek?" Stiles nearly shouted at me "Ok Skye you really need to jump off the Derek train ok?" he slapped me in the back of the head making me glare and hit him back
"Maybe Skye's right" Scott cut in making Stiles look over at Scott and slapped his head and seriously what was with all head hitting
"Are you forgetting the part where we got him tossed in jail?"
"Yeah, I know but chasing her and dragging her to the back of the bus, it felt so real" Scott replied and I could hear how spooked he sounded from this
"How real?" I asked
"Like it actually happened"
We exited the building school but we were stopped when we saw a crime scene taped off and police everywhere cataloguing evidence, it was a school bus with the door ripped almost all the way off and with blood all over it
"I think it did" I gasped looking back at Scott who just turned and went back inside obviously looking for Allison
"She's probably fine" Stiles tried to assure Scott, who was freaking out about the fact that he may have killed Allison
"She's not answering my texts"
"It could be just be a coincidence" I replied, trying to be positive "A seriously amazing coincidence"
"Just help me find her, okay?"
Scott looked frantically around for Allison, not knowing what to do, he finally turned a corner and ran into some lockers, punching one out of anger then backed away from it and straight into Allison who was alive I was happy when we found out it was Jackson's locker that Scott destroyed it made me feel better about all those time he tried to hit on me
"Well my day got a little better" I said walking away, Stiles snorted
"Agreed"
We waited for Scott to catch back up with us before making our way to chemistry and I took my seat next to Scott
"Maybe it was my blood on the door" I heard Scott whisper so I shook my head and finished the sentence I was on
"Could have been animal blood" Stiles suggested "You know maybe you caught a rabbit or something"
"And did what" Scott asked
"Ate it"
"Raw" Scott exclaimed quietly like it was the most disgusting thing he had ever done and I admit it was gross but he's done worse like the time he ate a worm when we were seven just because Stiles had dared him to, I laughed softly and knew I could have some fun with this so I turned to him
"No dumbass you stopped to bake it in a little werewolf oven"
"She's got a point" Stiles agreed "You're the one who can't remember anything"
"Mr Stilinski" Mr Harris said interrupting us and all three of us looked up "If that's your idea of a hushed whisper you might want to pull out the headphones once and a while, I think you and the McCall Twins would benefit in a little bit of distance, yes"
"No" Stiles replied but Harris just pointed at a seat in the front of the room and Stiles in the opposite corner in the back
"Let me know if the separation anxiety gets to be too much" as soon as Scott sat down and Harris began teaching I put my hand up "Miss McCall"
"Uh the separation anxiety is too much could you move Scott and Stiles back" the class sniggered at my sarcastic comment
"No but one more outburst like that and Mr McCall will have an hour detention" Scott's head snapped up
"What, why me"
"She's making an A average and you are not" the class sniggered again "Anything else to add Miss McCall" I shook my head as I didn't want to get Scott in trouble and I have had my fun
"Hey I think they found something" the girl next to Scott suddenly yelled and everyone stood rushing over to the windows, a guy was being wheeled into an ambulance
"That's not a rabbit" Scott said backing up, I couldn't tell if the guy was alive or not all I saw was a black blanket covering his lower half then out of nowhere he the man sat up and started screaming causing everyone to jump and I let out a shriek of surprise as I backed up next to Scott
"This is good" Stiles said following me "He's not dead, dead guys can't do that"
"Guy's" Scott replied looking at us "I did that"
The three of us walked to our usual table at lunch and Scott was still freaking out about the fact that he might have hurt that guy, he was also trying to convince Stiles that Derek would help him figure out what happened
"But dreams aren't memories" Stiles said as the three of us sat down
"Then it wasn't a dream" Scott said "Something happened last night and I can't remember what"
"What makes you so sure Derek even has all the answers?" Stiles asked Scott while I stayed silent
"Because during the full moon he wasn't changed he was in total control while I was running around in the middle of the night attacking some totally innocent guy"
"You don't know that" I said, trying to convince Scott he didn't do it as I didn't believe my twin was capable of anything like that
"I don't not know it, I can't go out with Allison I have to cancel"
"No you're not cancelling okay, you can't just cancel your entire life, we'll figure it out" I replied
"Figure what out?" we looked up to see Lydia sit down at our table next to me, the three of us looked at her like she had grown another head
"Uh homework" I replied confused since Lydia hadn't so much as spoken to me in years and to avoid suspicion
"Why is she sitting with us" Stiles asked us quietly but Scott and I both shrugged, soon everyone in Lydia's posse sat down at our table increasing my confusion, Scott smiled and moved his bag when Allison sat down beside him
"Ok seriously where did you get those shoes Skye" I looked down at my black sequin sneaker wedge heels, I had found them on my chair this morning with a note that simply said I owe you these and I knew they were from Derek but I didn't know where he had gotten them from
"Uh I can't remember" I replied and Scott looked at me questionably because he knew I remembered every single piece of clothing I bought
"Get up" Jackson said to the guy at the end of the table
"How come you never ask Danny to move?"
"Because I don't stare at his girlfriend's coin slot" Danny replied causing me to chuckle as the guy moved "So they're saying it's some kind of animal attack, probably a cougar"
"I heard mountain lion" Jackson responded
"A cougar is a mountain lion" Lydia replied "Isn't it" she added and I rolled my eyes because I didn't understand why she played dumb she was so smart
"Who cares, the guys probably some homeless tweaker who was going to die anyway"
"Whoa calm down Jackson somebody might actually think you care" I told him causing everyone to laugh but Jackson
"Man I forgot how sarcastic you were" Lydia laughed and I looked at her with pinched eyebrows
"Actually I just found out who it is" Stiles interrupted and played a video on his phone
Garrison Meyers was the guy who got attacked, he was a bus driver that drove Scott and I to school when we lived with our dad
"I know this guy" Scott exclaimed and I shook my head at him signally him to shut up because he didn't want to be seen as a suspect if evidence turns up
"You do" Allison asked him questionably
"Yeah, when we used to take the bus back when we lived with our dad" he motioned toward me "He was the driver"
"I remember him" I said recalling some memory of the guy "He was always so nice"
"Can we talk about something slightly more fun, please?" Lydia asked "Like, oh, where are we going tomorrow night, you said you and Scott were hanging out tomorrow night, right?" she looked at Allison who was shocked
"Um, we were thinking of what we were gonna do"
"Well I am not sitting home again watching lacrosse videos, so if the four of us are hanging out, we are doing something fun"
"Hang out?" Scott stuttered "Like the four of us?" he turned to Allison "Do you wanna hang out, like us and them?"
"Yeah, I guess sounds fun" I shook my head as I knew that was relationship suicide especially for first date, I knew Allison was only saying that so that she didn't hurt Lydia's feelings but you could tell she so didn't want to go on a group date either
"You know what else sounds fun?" Jackson said "Stabbing myself in the face with this fork" he held up the utensil and I rolled my eyes scoffing
"How about bowling?" Lydia asked, getting excited "You love to bowl"
"Yeah, with actual competition"
"How do you know we're not actual competition?" Allison asked "You can bowl right?" she asked Scott
"Sort of"
"Is it sort of, or yes?" Jackson asked
"Yes, in fact I'm a great bowler" oh my god Scott, why did I get all the brains this is going to end so badly for him
"You are a terrible bowler!" I exclaimed as Scott, Stiles and I walked toward the school exit "The last time you played, you slipped and made a strike in the other lane and that is pure terrible talent!"
"I know, I'm such an idiot" Scott exclaimed
"God, it was like watching a car wreck" Stiles said "I mean, first it turned into the whole group date thing and then out of nowhere comes that phrase"
"Hang out" Scott said, causing Stiles and I to groan
"You don't hang out with hot girls ok it's like death"
"Uh I'm officially offended" I said shaking my head
"Once it's hanging out, you might as well be her gay best friend, you and Danny can start hanging out" cool they're my gay best friends even if one was my brother, I smiled at the thought
"How is this happening?" Scott questioned "I either killed a guy or I didn't"
"I don't think Danny likes me very much" Stiles interrupted so I smacked the back of his head as that was so off topic
"I ask Allison on a date and now we're hanging out"
"Am I not attractive to gay guys?"
"Stiles shut up" I replied before I hit him again
"I make first line and the team captain wants to destroy me and now-now we're gonna be late for work" Scott said grabbing my hand and pulled me out of school
"Wait, Scott...you didn't…" was all Scott and I heard before walking out of the school and to our bikes, trying not to be late for work, we propped our bikes up against the Beacon Hills Animal Clinic before going inside
"Sorry" I said to our boss, Deaton
"You two are all of two minutes late" he said, looking at a package
"I just don't want you to think we're slacking" Scott replied getting to work
"Scott, Skye I guarantee you you're two of the least slacking kids in this town" we smiled before I walked out to take my place at the front desk but stopped in my tracks when I saw Sheriff Stilinski
"Sheriff" I said nodding to him
"Skye, can I speak to Deaton please"
"Yes sir" I said, leading the sheriff and the dog he was with back to where Scott and Deaton were, I saw Scott look up nervously
"Hey!" Deaton exclaimed when he saw the dog "I see somebody's ready to get their stitches out" the two men helped the dog onto the table
"Hey Scott, you and your sister staying out of trouble"
"Yeah" Scott answered nervously
"Hey, listen" the sheriff said to Deaton "While I'm here, you mind taking a look at those pictures I was telling you about, Sacramento still can't determine an animal" Deaton took the evidence file
"I'm not exactly an expert" he pulled out the files and began to look through multiple stacks of photos "This is the guy who was attacked in the bus?" Scott looked up
"Yeah and we found wolf hairs on Laura Hale's body" I sucked in a breathe at the sound of Derek's sisters name I hope nobody noticed that
"A wolf?" Scott asked so I hit him discreetly because he had interrupted some important information "I mean, I think I read somewhere that wolves haven't been in California for like 60 years" I rolled my eyes because I was the one who told him that
"True enough" Deaton said "But wolves are highly migratory they could have wandered in from another state driven by impulse or strong enough memory"
"Wolves have memories" Scott asked him
"Longer-term memories yes if associated with a primal drive, see this one here?" Deaton said, pointing to a photograph "Those are claw marks a wolf would have gone for the throat or the spinal cord with its teeth"
"So what do you think, it's a mountain lion?" the sheriff asked
"I don't know a wolf could chase down its prey, hobbling it by tearing at the ankles and then the throat"
The next day Scott had asked me to come with him to see Derek and although I was excited to see Derek and thank him for the shoes I didn't want Scott to know I was interested in him he wouldn't understand even I didn't know why I was attracted to Derek so badly or why he was interested in me, if he even was
"So why are we going to Derek's" I asked Scott
"I need his help and Stiles doesn't understand it, you on the other hand do"
I nodded and we drove to Derek's parking a little further away so no one would see the car then hiked towards the charred remains of Derek's, we stopped as we saw a deputy's car sped away from the Hale house
"What was that about" I asked Scott
"He scared the dog to get the officer away" he replied walking closer to the house "I know you can hear me" Scott spoke towards the house "I need your help" it was silent for ages
"Did he answer" if he didn't I was going to start yelling at him, Scott shook his head
"No but he can hear us"
"Well okay then" I replied walking towards the house with Scott tagging along behind me
"What are you doing?"
"I was going to go and kick the door down and drag him out here but I think I'm over estimating my own strength so I'm going to knock on the door instead" I saw Scott roll his eyes so I signalled a 'what' gesture with my shoulders
"You have his attention" I walked up the porch and was about to kick it when it opened and I pulled my foot back just in time as I almost kicked him right where it would have hurt
"That's kind of creepy when you pop up out of nowhere" I told him moving to the side and he stared at Scott with his usual scowl
"Okay I know that I was a part of you getting arrested and that we basically announced you being here to the hunters, I also don't know what happened with your sister" Scott said and I saw a brief flash of pain and sadness wash over Derek at the mention of his sister but he quickly masked it so Scott didn't see "But I think I did something last night, I had a dream about someone but someone else got hurt and it turns out that part of the dream might have actually happened"
"You think you attacked the driver" Derek asked him
"Did you see what I did last night?"
"No"
"Can you at least tell me the truth, am I going to hurt someone"
"Yes"
"Could I kill someone?" Scott asked
"Yes"
"Am I going to kill someone?"
"Probably" Derek replied, I sat on the porch as Scott walked over to me, he was starting to freak out from what Derek just told him, I put my hand on his shoulder to keep him calm "Look, I can show you how to remember, I can show you show to control the shift, even on a full moon but it's not going to come for free"
"What do you want" Scott asked
"You'll find out but for now I'm going to give you what you want, go back to the bus go inside, see it, feel it, let your senses your sight, smell, touch let them remember for you"
"That's it just go back"
"Do you want to know what happened?"
"I just want to know if I hurt him"
"No you don't you want to know if you'll hurt her" Derek replied before going back inside with only one quick glance at me, Scott and I left going home
I let Scott and Stiles go back to the bus later that night alone hoping they didn't find themselves in any trouble and somehow found myself back in the woods walking up to Derek's again, I decided to break curfew my own way while they did that and Scott to go 'Hang Out' with Allison
"Derek?" I called him "Derek, I know you're out there" I turned to face the woods when I heard a twig snap "Come out, come out were ever you are!" I continued to say into the darkness then turned back around and came face to face with Derek "Whoa you scared me!" I stated, putting a hand over my erratic heart
"What are you doing back here, I thought there was curfew"
"You really think I'm gonna stick to curfew?" I replied flipping my hair behind my shoulders
"I wish you would"
"Aw you do care" I laughed "We didn't get a chance to talk earlier but if you don't wanna hang out..." I said beginning to walk away but he grabbed my hand stopping me
"No, it's just not safe to be alone"
"Well, do I look alone now?" I smiled up at him and stepped a little bit closer to him as he let go of my hand
"Funny" he replied with a hint of a smile on his lips and I added it to my tally on how many times I had gotten him to laugh or smile
"I just wanted to hang out"
"I was just about to head out but you can come along" he said
"Awesome, let's go" I grabbed his hand again and pulled him over to his car
"Okay but I need some gas first"
Derek pulled up to the gas station and pulled up to a pump both of us got out but I made it to the hose first, grabbing it from him Derek looked at me confused
"What?" I asked "Don't want a girl to pump your gas?" I got him to smile again
"You are crazy, you know that right" I laughed but Derek suddenly became rigid
"What's wrong?" I asked
"Get in the back seat" he replied quickly
"What?"
"Get in the back seat and duck down" Derek pushed me to the door and into the back seat so I ducked down "Stay low" he said, before shutting the door and return to the gas pump a few seconds later, I heard a car pull up behind Derek's car then another one in the front and heard a couple car doors shut
"Nice ride" a voice said and footsteps got closer "Black cars though, very hard to keep clean I would definitely suggest a little more maintenance" the person talking to Derek came into view of the front window it was Chris Argent, Allison's father "You have something this nice, you wanna take care of it right?" Chris began to wash the front window and I sank a little bit lower behind the driver's seat and pulled my jacket closer to my face "Personally I'm very protective of the things I love but that's something I learned from my family and you don't have much of that these days do you" from where I was I saw Derek tense and clench his fist
"He's trying to rile you up Derek, calm down" I whispered knowing only he could hear me and watched his fist slowly unclenched
"There we go" Chris said smugly "You can actually see out your windshield now, see how that makes everything so much clearer" Chris started to walk away
"You forgot to check the oil" Derek taunted I didn't hear what Chris replied but heard footsteps walking towards the car where my head was so I sank as low as I could and without warning the driver's window was smashed in, I muffled my scream with my hand
"Looks good to me" the guy said before walking away then I heard the two cars start and drive off, followed by Derek opening the door and pulling me out of the car
"Are you okay" he asked, as little pieces of glass fell from my hair, he also picked out a few that were stuck out
"Yeah, do you think they saw me?" I asked him without looking at him as I felt my cheek stinging, I looked at the broken window completely shocked that someone would do that
"No, I don't think so" I felt his hand underneath my chin lifting my face then it moved to my cheek wiping away the little blood that was coming out of the cut "You're hurt" he told me leaving his hand on my cheek
"It's small, there won't be that much damage" I whispered
"Why don't I take you home, we can hang out later?"
"Uh, sure" I reluctantly said, knowing that if I tried to argue I wouldn't win, Derek dropped me off home so I went upstairs and had a shower but as I walked out of my bathroom my mom walked past my bedroom in her pyjama's and stopped when she saw me
"Hey, I didn't know you were home I thought you would be out"
"Breaking curfew?" I replied quirking an eyebrow at her
"Not the first time you have done it"
"Come on mom that was one time!" I protested
"And I'll never let you forget it" she laughed
"Besides, I have nothing that would cause me to break curfew"
"What, my beautiful daughter doesn't have a million boys chasing after her?"
"No she doesn't I thought there was one though..."
"Does my daughter have a crush?"
"What?" I blushed
"Oh my god, tell me everything, is he cute, how old is he, are you being safe?"
"Mom!" I exclaimed
"Okay, just making sure but you are being safe, right?"
"There is no reason to be safe we probably won't even date"
"Never say never" she said, rubbing my arm "You are the sweetest, most loving person I know, this boy would be crazy not to go out with you" huh if only she knew Derek was far from a boy or even human for that matter
"Thanks mom"
"You're welcome sweetie" she replied then must have finally seen my cheek "What happened to your face" she asked
"Uh running I tripped over and face planted the ground" she looked hesitant to believe that but chose to and I scolded myself for a crappy lie I was usually better
"Okay goodnight" she said
"Night" I replied and she walked out of my room and I collapsed onto my bed exhausted
I was about to go to sleep, when two screams made me run into Scott's room Stiles was sitting on Scott's bed and my mother was holding a baseball bat raised to hit him and I was having a weird sense of deja-vu
"Stiles, what the hell are you doing here?!" my mother screamed
"What am I doing, god do any of you even play baseball?!" Stiles exclaimed just then Scott came up behind me and turned on the lights
"Can you please tell your friend to use the front door?"
"But we lock the front door" Scott said "He wouldn't be able to get in"
"Yeah, exactly and by the way do either of you boys care that there is a police-enforced curfew?"
"No!" they said at the same time making me laugh
"No, alright then well you know what that's about enough parenting for one night" she said, tossing the bat on the bed "So good night!" she groaned and walked out of the room, leaving us teenagers, Stiles sighed
"What?" I asked him, he looked upset about something and I knew whatever it was wasn't going to be good
"My dad left for the hospital fifteen minutes ago it's the bus driver, they said he succumbed to his wounds" I let out a breath
"Succumbed?" Scott asked
"Scott" I said quietly "He's dead" Scott quickly jumped out the window leaving Stiles and I sitting there in shock then I sighed and stood up "He is never going to learn, goodnight Stiles" I went to my room and went back to sleep
