AN: Minor edits.
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Teen Wolf. (duh)
Chapter 3- Kori
Stiles pulled up to the school in his Jeep, rolling his eyes when Kori's boyfriend stood on the sidewalk waiting for her. "Ugh, why do you even date him? Couldn't you find another boyfriend, like…any other guy? Literally anyone other than him."
"Luke's not my boyfriend. We just…hangout." Kori explained, gathering her stuff together.
"Hangout? Like sit in his car outside the house and make-out for 20 minutes kind of hanging out? The guy is a jerk, Kori. He's picked on me since like the first grade."
"Because you don't know when to shut up Stiles. See you later." Kori got out smiling at Luke as she approached him, the pair hanging back as a gray Porsche pulled in.
"Let the invisibility activate." Stile sighed.
"Dude, what are you talking about?"
Stiles jumped, flaying his arms around at the sudden sound of another voice next to him. "Scott! Don't do that!"
"Sorry." Scott said sheepishly, stepping back as Stiles got out of his Jeep. "What were you talking about? Invisibility?"
"Kori." Stile gestured to his cousin, laughing with Luke and her friends. "She's got Luke's arm around her, they're waiting on Jackson's stupid face and soon they will be meeting up with Lydia. The wall will go up and I, her loving and kind cousin, will become invisible to her."
"That's crazy. That didn't happen last year, why would that happen this year?"
Scott and Stiles walked up the steps to the school. "Something is different this year, I can feel it."
Scott shook his head with a lopsided smile. "You're over thinking things again. Oh! I almost forgot to tell you, I found the other half of the body."
"You what!? Where? When?"
"After your dad grabbed you, I was walking back and there were these deer going insane; they almost killed me. And then something attacked me too, it bit me."
"What was it?"
Scott shrugged. "I don't know, looked like a wolf or something."
Kori watched her cousin entering the school, deep in conversation in hushed tones with Scott. The word 'body' flowed through the air, catching her attention from a few feet away but she wasn't able to pick up on anything else. She ignored it figuring the two of them were going to do something stupid and get themselves into trouble with one of her uncles cases that Stiles just couldn't leave alone. She went back to pretending to pay attention to Luke and Jackson as they talked about lacrosse. Her interest was piqued again when she heard Scott mention something about a 'wolf'. The two had disappeared inside before she could find out what exactly they were talking about.
"Helllooo, Kori? Were you listening? Party at Jacksons after our first victory."
Kori's head snapped to attention. "Lydia? When did you get here?"
"Seriously? What is with you, I've been talking to you for the last 5 minutes. You didn't hear a thing I said, did you?"
Kori shrugged. "Sorry, I zoned out. I'll be there though."
"And try outs?" Lydia questioned.
"She's gotta come, she need to watch her man at work." Luke pulled her closer to his side.
Kori pushed back a little, with a roll of her eyes. "I'll be there to work." She said, holding up her camera and waving it. "Plus, my cousin will be there too, gotta support the family."
"Who's your cousin?" Jackson questioned with a grin.
Kori glared at Jackson and sighed. "Stiles. My cousin Stiles, you know this."
"The dork with the ratty Jeep? He's your cousin?" Luke asked with a laugh.
Anger flared up inside Kori, she shove away from Luke's hold. "For someone who claims to be my "man", how do you not even know who my cousin is when I ride with him literally every day? Watch what you say about him. I'm not afraid to humiliate you in front of everyone by kicking your ass." The bell sounded and the crowds outside moved toward the doors. "I have to get to class." Kori turned, leaving her friend bewildered behind her.
At Lunch Kori avoided Lydia, Jackson, and Luke, who threw her a look when she walked passed their table and moved to sit with Stiles and Scott.
"See, I told you that you were crazy." Scott said as Kori sat down, throwing Scott a questioning look.
Stiles shook his head. "It's nothing, ignore him. He's working through some personal issues, what he says can't be taken seriously right now."
"Stiles thinks that you're going to ditch him for Lydia and Jackson-OW!"
Stiles smacked Scott in the back of the head. "Dude! Shut up."
"Stiles, I'm not going to start blowing you guys off, if I was I would have done that already. It's not like I became friends with them overnight, we've been friends for a couple years now. Oh, and speaking of overnight…what were you doing that Uncle Noah was dragging you in the house so late?"
"What? No, um, nothing. Just well. Yeah…Nothing." Scott hung his head, shaking it sadly for his friend.
"You're a terrible lair, the stuttering doesn't help you at all by the way." Kori just stared at Stiles, waiting for him to give her a real answer.
Sighing, Stiles finally answered under the pressure of her gaze. "Okay, fine. We were looking for a dead body."
"Half of one." Scott interjected.
Stile pointed to Scott. "Right, half of a body."
"Half of a dead body? Where?"
Stiles' eyes actually sparkled with excitement as he began to share what he knew about the girl that was found in the woods. "The police got a call in last night, someone reported having seen a body in the woods but it was only half of it. The lower half of a female was found but they're still looking for the rest."
"So naturally you dragged Scott out to look?"
"Well, yeah. I wasn't going alone. Anyway, dad caught me out there and sent me home, following me the whole way. It's like he doesn't trust me."
"Hm, yeah I wonder why."
"I had left Scott out there and he ended up finding the other half. Or so he says."
"I did!"
"Did you call the police? Shouldn't they be out there picking it up to get an ID?"
Scott shook his head. "I was too busy trying not to get killed."
"What do you mean?" Kori looked to Scott in confusion.
"Something attacked him after he found the body, I think he just fell and is being over dramatic."
"I told you, it was a wolf or something; that's probably what the deer were running from."
"A wolf? Here? There haven't been any reports of wolves around here in decades; I doubt it was a wolf Scott."
"Thank you! That's what I said."
"I don't know!" Scott exclaimed. "It was something. All I know is that is looked like a wolf, what do you want me to say?"
Kori shifted in her seat, a wave of unease filling her.
"Whatever," Stiles waved his hand dismissively. "Are we going to go back out there to look for the other half of the body?"
"I have to go back, I dropped my inhaler and those things are like 80 bucks."
"Awesome, so we are going back out, you coming Kori?"
"To go in search of a dead body of some poor girl that you shouldn't even be going near?"
"Yeah." Stiles responded, unfazed by Kori's hidden warning and sounding far too eager.
"No, I'm good. Thanks though."
Stiles shrugged. "Your loss."
The bell sounded, ending their lunch period.
"Oh Mr. Harris, how I loathe thee." Stiles commented as he rose from the table, slinging his back over his shoulder.
"See you guys there." Kori smiled, waving to Stiles and Scott as she stepped into the hall, making her way to her locker.
