Chapter Three
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Florence
Later on that day, I was discharged from the hospital. As I was walking out, I ran into Theo and Liam. Theo was wearing ruffled clothing that looked like it hadn't been washed in a while (boys) and Liam looked very well put together, if not a little stressed out.
"I tried to get here as fast as I could," Liam said, handing me a huge brown teddy bear that said 'Get Better Soon' on it. Its eyes were green like Liam. He watched me stare at it with an intense, unreadable look on his face. "Do you like it?"
"I love it," I said, hugging him. "You didn't need to do this."
He shrugged and continued hugging me. My head rested on his chest and his arms were wrapped around me securely. I had never felt more safe in my life. My grandmother cleared her throat from behind me, but it wasn't until I pulled away that Liam let go of me. He didn't want to. If it were up to him, I still would've been in his arms. I was pretty sure that my face was bright red.
"I'm glad that you are making friends, Florence," my grandmother said. "I'll give you guys a moment. I'll be waiting in the car."
Then she was gone.
"I got you something too," Theo said, taking a step forward. In his hands was a large, bouquet of red roses. "I'll carry it out to the car for you since your hands are full."
"That's it," Stiles said from behind me. Because of the gifts, I almost forgot that Stiles and Scott were behind me. "I'm going to the gift shop. I need to up my game."
Up his game? What was he talking about? Wait, were they all pining after me?
"I'm going to stay here and keep an eye on things," Scott said, looking intently at Theo. I could tell from just his gaze that Scott didn't like Theo. "What are you doing here, Theo?"
"Just checking on a friend," Theo replied. "I got it from here. If you are uncomfortable, you can leave." So they definitely didn't like each other. I prayed to myself that they wouldn't fight. The last thing that I needed right now was violence.
Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed something strange. Two men were staring over at us. When they caught me staring at them, they looked away. One looked like he was about a handful of years older than I was if not more. He was tall with muscular arms and a strong chest. He wore a V neck that exposed some of his dark chest hair. He had black hair and what looked to be green eyes. The other guy sitting right next to him was slightly shorter, but stockier. He had a wide chest and a muscular body. He looked older than the guy he was sitting next to. He had small, round blue eyes and short brown hair.
I looked away, trying to shake off their stares. Maybe, I was just imagining things.
"Maybe you should leave," Scott said, taking a threatening step in Theo's direction. "Nobody wants you here."
Theo glared at Scott.
I decided to intervene before things got even more awkward. "Well, I don't know about you guys, but I have to go. My grandmother is waiting for me."
As I was walking out to the parking lot, Stiles caught up to me. "Hey!" he said, handing me a heart with chocolate inside. "I snagged this from the gift shop. I thought that you might like it."
"Its not Valentine's day," I reminded him.
Stiles furrowed his eyebrows. "Well, this is just a taste of what Valentine's day will be like," he told me.
"Stiles..." I said, shaking me head with a ridiculous smile on my face. Sometimes, boys could be so sweet and so stupid. "By next Valentine's day, you will probably already have another girl on your mind. You guys can't all keep pining after me."
"Well, I don't know you well, but I can already tell that you are not like other girls," Stiles said, looking down at his feet.
"You've only known me for two days," I said.
"Sometimes you just know when somebody special has entered your life," he said, locking eyes with me.
I rolled my eyes at him. "My grandmother warned me about guys like you," I said.
He frowned. "What do you mean?" he asked.
"She said that when a guys says something sweet like that, he just wants to get into your pants," I explained.
He raised his eyes as he raised his hands up in mock surrender. "Wow, that was exactly what I was planning to do," he said sarcastically. "I guess I'm going to have to put those plans off to the side now. You don't know what you are missing."
I laughed.
Theo
I stood in the hospital waiting room after Florence and Scott left. I would like to say that I was surprised at how Scott was acting around me, but I wasn't. I hadn't always been on my best behavior or given the best impression.
But things were different now. As soon as Florence entered that classroom, I caught a whiff of her scent and I knew. She was my mate, the one that I was destined to be with as cheesy as that sounds, and I wouldn't let anyone keep me away from her.
I had also heard that sex with your mate was mindblowing, but I was keeping that part to myself. Scott and his stupid, pathetic pack were barely tolerating me at the moment. Even though I had fought by their side at the end, they didn't like the idea of me being one of Florence's mates.
If they knew that I had anything but pure intentions when it came to Florence, they would probably gut me, regardless of the way it would make Florence feel. Loosing a mate was supposed to be worse loosing a child, but she doesn't have to worry about that.
I'm not going anywhere, and I won't let anything harm her again, even if I have to be by her side all the time. She's not bad company. Her presence calms me.
I walked over to Derek and Peter who had been sitting in the waiting area looking like a bunch of creeps if you asked me. They were just two of the guys that I had to share Florence with. I didn't like the idea of sharing anyone or anything, but I had to act like I was until I could get Florence to choose me over the others. I hadn't known her for long, but from what I had found out about her so far from hanging out with her at school, she was one special girl. Very gorgeous too.
It turns out that Lydia had a vision of Florence before she moved here. Not only was she the banshee, she could also see the future. Lydia had informed Florence's other mates, Peter, Derek, Scott, and Liam about the vision but not me. Scott had only reluctantly told me about it afterschool yesterday after I threatened to torture Stiles. He said that Lydia had seen all of us with Florence and that we were her mates. She had also seen Florence with Stiles, but I had chosen to ignore that part. Stiles wasn't a supernatural being like me. Therefor, he didn't have the instinct to find his mate. I wasn't even sure if he had one.
Even though I didn't really like Peter or Derek that much, I wanted to talk to them. They might know something about what is going on.
"Do you know why that wolf attacked Florence?" I asked them, making sure to keep my voice down. Not everybody knew about the supernatural side of things in Beacon Hills.
Derek and Peter shared a long look.
"We think that it was an alpha werewolf," Derek was the first one to speak up.
"I told Scott that we think that it is an alpha werewolf," Derek was the first one to speak up.
"What would an alpha werewolf want to do with Florence?" I asked. Even though she had werewolf mates, she was still human. An innocent one. So how did she get herself in the middle of werewolf drama?
Derek and Peter locked eyes again. Clearly, they were communicating without saying anything out loud.
"Well, alphas are usually the only ones who can shift into a full wolf," Peter said, smirking. "I would know before...anyways, I went to Florence's house after the wolf attacked her. I was able to pick up on his scent. From what I could tell, he is a weak alpha. My guess is that he went crazy and that he became weak after loosing his pack."
"Basically, he is an alpha without a pack," Derek clarified. "The larger the pack, the stronger the alpha. The smaller the pack, the weaker the alpha."
"Got it," I said. "I still don't understand why he went after Florence."
"I did some research," Peter continued. "It turns out that Florence's parents were werewolf hunters. Chances are they killed the alpha's pack and he is seeking revenge."
