"Sorry, that's me." Liam said as he tried to get his phone out from his pockets. His claws hindered him but he got it nonetheless.
"Who is it?" Scott asked.
"Crap, it's my dad." Liam said as he answered it. "Hey, dad." Liam answered. The wolves and Malia could hear the conversation thanks to their hearing.
"Hey, kiddo. Just calling to check up on you. How's practice going?" Liam's step-father asked.
"It's going good."
"Good, good. It's almost 8:30, remember I said 9." He reminded.
"Yeah, dad. We're just studying now though." Liam lied.
"Studying? With your lacrosse captain? Isn't he a few years ahead of you?"
"Yeah but I'm not just with him. A couple of his friends are here and they're helping me too." Liam said.
"Alright then. Maybe they can tutor you sometime."
"I'll ask. Right now they're helping me study for an English test I have in a couple weeks."
"What's the test about?"
"Old European mythology. Werewolves and stuff like that." Liam said. "It's actually really important so is it ok if I stay a little longer?" Liam asked. Stiles gave an approving thumbs up for the clever lie.
"Hmmm. I don't know. You said your captain was Scott McCall?" he asked.
"Yeah."
"Let me talk to him." He asked. Liam gave Scott the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hi, yes. This is Scott, I presume?"
"Yeah, I'm Scott."
"Melissa's boy, right?"
"Yes, sir."
"Heh, you can call me Mr. Geyer. I've seen you around the hospital a few times and Melissa tells me you're a good kid." Dr. Geyer said.
"My mom talks about me?"
"Yeah. You know I'm still not completely over what you did to Liam."
"Trust me, I'm not either."
"Good. I'll trust Melissa on what she says about you. Can I trust you to have him back by 10:30?" Dr. Geyer asked.
"Definitely." Scott assured.
"Good. Can you give the phone back to Liam?" he asked. Scott gave it back.
"Yeah dad?"
"I'm letting you stay longer like you wanted. But I want you in this house by 10:30. Sound fair?"
"Yeah. Thanks dad. Bye." Liam said as he hung up the phone.
"So we're good?" Stiles asked.
"Yeah. I gotta be home by 10:30 though."
"I can drop you." Stiles said.
"Thanks."
"So now that we're all good, what were you saying about other ways to find control?" Scott asked Peter.
"Many people find their own way. But there old myths on how to find control. Though seeing as how there's a True Alpha in my presence, there might not be so much difference between myth and truth." Peter remarked.
"Can you just get on with it?" Derek asked.
"Why of course. There is a myth that says that werewolves can find 'control' by giving up control." Peter began.
"What does that even mean?" Scott asked.
"No one truly knows. That's just how the myth goes. 'Should a wolf seek to master themselves, they must not look to dominate themselves'. It's archaic and old so no one really knows."
"Well, that was absolutely useless." Lydia said.
"You're the ones that asked. Now, if I recall correctly this isn't the only reason you called me here." Peter said.
"He's right. You two need to learn how to fight." Derek told Scott and Liam.
"I've already been in plenty of fights. Some with you, even." Scott told Derek.
"And you didn't win those with me." Derek told him. Scott growled at him, surprising Derek a little.
"Well, now I'm an Alpha. I can take you." Scott told him.
"Seeing as how I'm currently losing my powers, I'm sure you could. That's why you're going to fight him." Derek said, pointing at Peter who had his eyes glowing blue and wearing a grin on his face.
"You want me to fight your uncle? Isn't he low on power too?" Scott asked, almost mockingly. Stiles looked at Scott at that.
"Actually, he's stronger than he looks." Malia said.
"I'll take that as a compliment. It's true, I'm finally getting my strength back from coming back from the dead. I still can't shift completely, I'm close, but not yet. But I can manage this." Peter said as he entered the in-between state of eyes, claws, and fangs. "And I'm sure I can manage you." Peter challenged to Scott who gave a small roar to him.
"You think you can take me?" Scott said.
"Scott, I know you're an Alpha, I'm very proud of you by the way, but you lack the strength. You don't have the ferocity of an Alpha. You lack that predatory instinct, that killer instinct. Until you have that, you being an Alpha is just a title." Peter said. This seemed to get Scott angry as he growled quite loudly at him.
"Alright. Let's see if I can prove you wrong." Scott said as he roared at Peter and lunged for him. Peter roared right back and waited for Scott to come to him. As Scott charged at him, he raised his claws to strike. Peter easily dodged and shoved Scott down to the floor. Scott recovered quickly.
"Well, that certainly had some ferocity behind it. Now if you only planned out your attacks, you might be a challenge." Peter taunted. Scott roared again and charged once again.
"What's with his fangs?" Stiles asked Liam and Derek as he watched the fight.
"What do you mean?" Liam asked.
"I mean that they look different. There's more fangs than there used to be. Is that normal?"
"It's a little uncommon but it can happen. It usually happens as a werewolf matures, but it doesn't happen to Alpha's usually." Derek informed.
"Maybe it's because Scott hasn't been a werewolf for too long?" Liam suggested.
"Maybe." Derek said.
Scott and Peter were still going at it. Peter was easily countering Scott's moves while Scott kept lunging. Scott was getting more and more erratic with his attacks.
"Come now, Scott. Is that the best you can do? I must say I'm a little disappointed. I expected more from the True Alpha." Peter continued to taunt. Peter didn't have a scratch on him, while Scott had a few cuts and gashes from where Peter slashed him. They were healing but the cuts in his shirt gave away that they still happened.
"Something's wrong with Scott." Liam suddenly said.
"Yeah, I'll say. He should be kicking Peter's ass." Stiles said.
"That's what I've been waiting for." Lydia said.
"No! That's not it. It's something else." Liam said.
"What do you mean?" Derek asked.
"It's like I can feel him, kinda. I just know that he's getting angry. I mean really angry. Like not human angry." Liam said.
Just then, Scott let out a loud roar at Peter. He seemed to be a little surprised by it. Scott charged at Peter once again, but it was with much more speed than before. Peter slashed out and it hit Scott, but he didn't even flinch as he took the blow head on. Scott then threw back his arm and launched it forward to land a devastating punch to Peter's chest. Peter was sent back to the wall where Scott quickly went after him. He grabbed Peter by the throat and lifted him off the ground. Scott growled in Peter's face before throwing him all the way across the room.
"Holy shit!" Stiles said. He looked at Scott and was actually a little scared of his best friend. The look on his face was one that he'd never seen before. He was used to Scott's appearance when he changed but now was different. Scott looked at Peter like how a predator would look at its wounded prey. He looked like he was going in for the kill. And he looked like he enjoyed it.
"Scott?" Stiles whispered to himself, having trouble believing that that was Scott. Scott began to move toward Peter. He was slowly raising his claws.
"Well" Peter began with rough breaths. His arm looked broken and he had blood trickling from his mouth. "It seems like you have some of that killer instinct after all." Peter said as Scott continued to advance on him.
"Scott!" called out Liam. He wanted to get his Alpha back to normal. Scott heard Liam and quickly turned to him. Liam thought that Scott would calm down but was very surprised when he just growled at him. Scott then surprised everyone and lunged at Liam. He was so quick that Liam didn't have time to react. Scott shoved Liam to the ground and grabbed his throat as he kneeled down to Liam's level. Scott roared and raised his claws.
"SCOTT!" Stiles yelled out. Scott faltered and was still. His grip on Liam slightly loosened.
In Scott's head, the image of a beaten and bloody Liam kept flashing through his mind. The same image from his time spent in the coma Kira induced. Scott's eyes changed back from red to brown as he came too. He saw his hand on Liam's throat and was horrified. He quickly let go and backed away from Liam.
"Scott?" Stiles asked. Scott didn't react as he just kept sliding back to the wall, turning back to human as he did so. He looked horrified. And scared. Terrified, actually.
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." Scott repeated over and over.
Stiles looked and saw Liam get off the ground and slowly shift back to human.
"Are you ok?" Lydia asked as she went to check up on him.
"Yea- hmm- yeah. I'm fine." Liam said. Stiles saw that he looked a little shaken up but otherwise he was fine. Stiles slowly approached Scott.
"Scott? Are you ok?" Stiles asked.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry." Was all that Scott was saying. Stiles kneeled down and placed a hand on Scott's shoulder.
"Scott? Look at me buddy." Stiles said softly. Scott looked up at Stiles. "Did I…" Scott trailed off. Stiles knew where this was going and quickly pulled Scott in for a hug.
"No, you didn't. Liam's just fine. Hell, even Peter's ok." Stiles calmed him.
"Actually-." Peter started, holding his arm.
"Yeah, Peter is just fine." Derek finished for him, shooting a glare at his uncle.
"Liam. Is he alright?" Scott asked.
"Yeah. Like I said, Liam's ok." Stiles said.
"What happened?" Lydia asked.
"I don't know, but something happened to Scott. I could actually feel anger roll off him." Malia said.
"That wasn't just anger." Peter said.
"What do you mean?" Lydia asked.
"That was something more. Something primal. I think he tapped into something he didn't even knew he had. Some kind of animalistic rage that he keeps locked up inside himself." Peter said.
"You look like crap." Lydia told him smugly.
"You get thrown into a wall by an Alpha, then get back to me." Peter sassed.
"So now he's an Alpha?" Derek asked, referencing Peter's earlier taunt.
"He had an Alpha's fire." Peter admitted. "I think he let it burn too hot though."
"Is he going to be alright?" Liam asked.
"Such devotion, to your Alpha. Even after he held you down, that's admirable." Peter said.
"He wasn't himself!" Liam defended.
"Wasn't he?" Peter asked cryptically.
"What the hell are you talking about!?" Liam demanded.
"Let's wait until Stiles gets back. For what I'm about to say be true at all, he needs to be here." Peter said.
"What about Scott?"
"He might not want to hear this."
"Hear what?" they all heard Scott ask.
"Nothing." Derek tried to cover up.
"No, I heard you guys talking about me. What is it?"
"Scott, we weren't-"
"Don't! Ok? Just don't!" Scott demanded. "I know what I did wasn't me, I mean it was but it wasn't. It's hard to explain, but still, I know it was bad. Liam, I'm so sorry for what I did, you gotta believe me." Scott asked of Liam.
"I do. But still, what happened? I know I'm new here, but I don't think that you do that a lot, do you?" Liam asked.
"No! I mean, in the beginning when I had trouble with control, but not recently." Scott explained.
"Peter had something to say on that matter."
"He also said you wouldn't like to hear it. And that he needed Stiles, oddly enough." Liam said.
"Why would you need me?"
"To confirm my suspicion." Peter said.
"And that suspicion is?" Stiles asked.
"That what just happened, was all Scott." Peter said dramatically, like he couldn't help it. That silenced everyone.
"What do you mean?" Scott asked quietly.
"What you just did, how you just acted, that was you. A you that you keep locked up inside. It was your anger, your hate, your rage, your pain coming to the surface." Peter explained.
"That's not it. If it was just that I wouldn't have felt anything." Scott said.
"You felt something?" Stiles asked.
"I… I liked it. I liked beating Peter down. I liked taking his hits and throwing him into the wall. I even liked holding you down, Liam. I felt strong. I felt… powerful. I felt like I was on top of the food chain." Even as Scott said this, the ghost of a wicked smile played on his lips and his eyes flashed red for the briefest of moment. It worried Stiles and Liam.
"Scott. Is there something you're not telling me? Something that happened to you?" Stiles asked.
"What? What do you mean?" Scott tried to hide.
"Scott I've been where you are, you know that. You do things that you wouldn't normally do, and you like doing them. These kinds of things have warning signs. What were your warning signs?"Stiles demanded to know. Scott seemed defeated.
"It was when Kira put me in that coma. I kept having the same dream." Scott admitted.
"What dream?" Lydia asked.
"I'd wake up in the morgue and fall out to the school. Then Liam would throw me a lacrosse ball." Scott started.
"I was in it?" Liam asked.
"Yeah. You'd throw me the ball and then have me look at the deadpool. Except the cipher would be my name and the list would be the assassins. Then you'd tell me I'd have to kill them because I'm the Alpha." Scott explain.
"Woah."
"That's not the worst part. Then the guy with no mouth would show up and kill you." Scott said.
"The Mute?" Peter asked.
"That's his name? If so, then yeah." Scott said.
"Is that all?" Stiles asked.
"No. After the mute would kill you, the dream would start over. Except the second time when you'd throw me the ball, my claws would be out. Then I'd check myself in the mirror and see that I have more fangs. You'd say that I'm becoming more of a werewolf. I'd say that I'm becoming more of a monster. Then you'd ask if it makes me stronger, if it was like I was 'growing'. Then The Mute would kill you again and say that I'm 'evolving'." Scott said.
"Evolving?" Peter mused.
"What? What is that? That tone? You say that like you know something." Stiles rambled on to Peter.
"Just ideas. Theories, really. But I believe Scott isn't done yet." Peter said.
"The last time the dream repeated, you throw a tomahawk at me instead. You're on the ground, asking why I did it. Then The Mute would come behind me and show me how to swing the tomahawk. Then… then I'd start killing you with it. I'd slash you over and over and over again until you're dead and you blood is everywhere. And I'd like doing it too. Then I'd roar at you and that's when Kira woke me up." Scott finished. He noticed Liam take a step back away from him.
"Liam, I swear I would never do anything like that. You know that, right?" Scott asked.
"Yeah, I just… Your dream and what you just did to me, that's all kinda freaking me out." Liam explained.
"You said you had theories. What were they?" Derek said to Peter.
"I think I've done more than my fair share of hero work today. Perhaps another time." Peter said, but Derek wasn't letting it go so easily.
"No. Put in another share. Tell us. Now!" Derek demanded.
"Someone seems impatient. Fine, as you wish, nephew." Peter began. "You are all aware of the saying 'sometime the shape you take reflects the person you are', yes?" Peter asked. He received a collective nod.
"Well, if we take that and apply it to Scott here, what would we gather from it?" Peter asked.
"He's a werewolf." Malia said.
"Yes, but that's not all, is it?"
"He's an Alpha." Liam said.
"A True Alpha. Extremely rare, almost exclusively myth. Our little Scott is one of those few and rare wolves that became an Alpha without having to kill for it. This matches his personality, yes? Protective, heroic, blandly moral. Always wants to do the right thing, never wanting to hurt anyone if he can avoid it."
"What's your point?" Stiles demanded.
"My point, is that Scott seeks to solve things without conflict. Not wanting to use force or violence. Not wanting to fall back on being what he is, a predator. A werewolf." Peter said.
"What are you saying? That I don't like being a werewolf?" Scott asked.
"Do you? Do you accept what you are?"
"I know I'm a werewolf!" Scott stated.
"That's not what I'm asking. I'm asking if you accept the fact that you are no longer fully human, that you've left humanity as a whole behind. Scott McCall, I'm asking if you have come to accept the fact that you are a werewolf." Peter pushed.
"I… I don't know." Scott said. The truth was he was back and forth on this. He hated what he was at first, but then he learned control. He realized that in the new world that he lived in, he could help people with what he is. He could use it for good and not be the monster that Peter was.
"There's your problem. You probably consider you being a werewolf as something you can use. Something that you can take out and put away whenever you need to. You're wrong. A werewolf is what you are, not something you can be when the situation calls for it. You are a werewolf at all times, and you deny yourself of that. You fight against what you are and now that you're an Alpha, you fight against that primal instinct that you have inside you. You keep it locked away, you keep being a werewolf locked away." Peter admonished.
"Well what am I supposed to do!?" Scott yelled out, eyes flashing red. "I have to keep it 'locked away', I don't have a choice."
"Our kind don't take kindly to being 'locked away', Scott. Sooner or later we fight against those chains and break free. And by the looks of you, your chains are starting to weaken." Peter said.
"So what does he have to do?" Stiles asked. He looked visibly pained for asking Peter for help, but Scott needed it.
"My guess is that Scott has to accept what he is. It's not enough that he knows he's a werewolf. He needs to know what that means. He can't keep locking it away. If he does, well, you saw what just happened." Peter said.
"So basically, he needs to get it together, again, or he loses control?" Stiles asked, annoyed. Peter shrugged.
"Basically." Peter said.
"Great." Scott said sarcastically.
"Scott you ok?" Stiles asked.
"No, I'm so far from ok right now." Scott replied. Stiles chuckled. "What?" Scott asked.
"Nothing. It's just that the last time you said that to me, you were a going crazy because of wolfs-bane. Brings back memories." Stiles said.
"Yeah. Back when we just got into this world." Scott reminisced.
"You feeling any better?" Stiles asked.
"Yeah. A little. Do you mind dropping Liam off? I wanna stay here for while, talk to Derek." Scott requested. Stiles clasped him on the back.
"You got it buddy."
"Thanks man. I just don't feel all that good after what I did." Scott said.
"Hey, that wasn't you. Trust me, I know what it's like to think you did something bad when it really wasn't you." Stiles reminded him.
"I know you do but this is different. You were possessed, that was literally something else doing those things. Nothing was possessing me. As much as I hate to say it, and I really hate saying it, Peter was right. What just happened was all me, a me that I try not to bring out, but still me. Like you said, I have to get it together, or things are going to get worse." Scott told him.
"How are we gonna do that?" Stiles asked.
"We?" Scott repeated.
"What? You think I'm gonna let you do this by yourself? C'mon Scott, you should know better by now." Stiles playfully admonished. Scott chuckled.
"You're right. What was I thinking?" he said sarcastically.
"You weren't." Stiles joked. Scott playfully shoved him. "Ok, rude."
"Whatever. But seriously man, thanks." Scott told him.
"Always." Stiles said as he walked to Liam.
"Hey, Liam. I know it's earlier than you planned, but you feel like heading out?" Stiles asked him.
"Yeah. Sounds alright." Liam said.
"Really?" Stiles asked confused.
"Yeah. Been a long night. Just kinda want to go home." Liam told him, still a little uneasy after what just happened.
"Yeah, I get that. You mind if I drop you home?" Stiles asked.
"No, it's fine. Is Scott coming with us?"
"No. He wants to stay here, figure some things out." Stiles told him.
"Alright. Are we leaving now?"
"In a minute. I'm gonna ask Malia if she wants to come. And Lydia probably needs a ride too." Stiles said.
"Alright." Liam said. Stiles went over to Malia who was talking to Derek.
"Hey." Stiles said. Malia turned to him.
"Hey."
"So, I'm gonna drop Liam home. Then I was probably gonna go home myself, you uh, you want to come?" Stiles asked nervously, still not sure on if they were ok or not.
"No. I'm going to stay with Derek for a while. I want to get to know my new family." Malia told him.
"Alright, yeah, that's cool." Stiles stammered out.
"But I'll come by later." Malia said. Stiles cheered up.
"Alright, I'll see you then." Stiles said. He walked back to Liam and saw that he was talking to Lydia.
"So are we heading out?" Lydia asked.
"We?" Stiles asked.
"Oh, give it up. Liam already told me that you were going to ask me." Lydia told him.
"What? I have no idea…" Stiles began but stopped when he saw the look on Lydia's face.
"Alright, fine! Jeez, a guy can't even have a joke. C'mon." Stiles gave up. The three of them went down to the jeep before Stiles started talking again.
"Wait. How did you and Malia get here? I don't see your car." Stiles asked as they all got in the jeep. Stiles and Lydia taking the front, Liam in the back.
"We walked." Lydia answered. Stiles quickly turned his head towards her.
"You what?!" he asked.
"We walked." Lydia repeated again.
"The two of you walked here. Alone? When both of your names are on a deadpool? When there are assassins trying to kill you?" Stiles asked, exasperated.
"Relax, Stiles. We were in broad daylight, with plenty of witnesses. No one is going to try and kill us then. Well, no one smart." Lydia assured him.
"That still doesn't make me feel any better." Stiles said.
"I'm sure you making out with Malia upstairs made you feel better." Lydia quipped.
"What? How- how did you know that?" Stiles asked.
"It was all over your face. And part of your neck." Lydia said.
"What? My neck?"
"Hickey, dude." Liam said from the back seat. Stiles immediately tried shifting his shirt to cover it up.
"That doesn't work so well when we already know about it." Lydia said.
"Doesn't mean I can't try." Stiles said.
"Yeah, but it also doesn't mean you'll succeed." Liam said.
"Hey, you know you don't have to be mean about it." Stiles said.
"He's not being mean. He's right." Lydia said.
"You're defending him?" Stiles accused.
"Yeah. So what if I am? You gonna do something about it, Stilinski?" Lydia playfully challenged. Stiles put up his finger as retaliation but a quick glance at Lydia face shut him down.
"No…" Stiles said defeated.
"And why is that?" Lydia prompted.
"Seriously? Do we have to do this in front of the new kid?" Stiles asked.
"Yes. It's a perfect opportunity for him to learn. Now say it." Lydia said. Stiles sighed vey audibly.
"Lydia is always right." Stiles said like it wasn't his first time saying it. Lydia seemed very happy.
"Seriously? That's a thing?" Liam asked.
"Yes it is." Lydia said.
"Since when?" Liam asked.
"Since always." Lydia stated matter-of-factly.
"Noted." Liam said. They drove in silence for a few blocks after that.
"Is Scott going to be ok?" Liam asked out of the blue.
"Yeah. He'll be fine, Liam." Stiles assured.
"How can you know that?" Liam asked.
"Because… it's Scott. He always pulls through. And if he can't, we pull for him." Stiles said.
"Even with something like this?" Liam said.
"Hey, it isn't the first time Scott lost control. We've managed before and we'll mange again."
"He didn't look like he just lost control. He looked different too." Liam said.
"What do you mean?" Stiles asked.
"I think I know what he's talking about. Scott looked different. Almost like he changed… more." Lydia added.
"Again, what do you mean?" Stiles repeated.
"For a second back there, when he was thrashing Peter, his eyes looked almost… black." Lydia said.
"I saw that too. When he held me down I saw it. It was like the whites of his eyes turned black. It didn't look right." Liam said, suppressing a shudder.
"Black eyes?" Stiles asked.
"Yeah."
"Oh, this isn't good." Stiles said.
"For a different reason than I've been saying?" Liam asked.
"Yeah. The last time I saw those eyes, they were on Peter. When he was an Alpha." Stiles said, effectively silencing everyone.
"What if what he said in the dream is true? That he's becoming more of a werewolf?" Liam asked.
"Or more of a monster?" Stiles prompted, remembering the rest of what Scott said.
"No." Lydia stated.
"No?" Liam asked.
"No!" Lydia repeated. "Scott is not going to turn onto that thing Peter is. He can't. We can't have that happen to him!" Lydia said, almost panicking. Stiles knew that she was having flashbacks of Peter as an Alpha.
"Hey, Lydia! Scott's not going to turn into that. Ok? We won't let that happen." Stiles calmed her.
"How can we do that?" Liam asked.
"We be there for him. If Scott's thinks that he's gonna turn into a monster, we have to show him that he isn't one." Stiles said.
"So we kinda have to be his anchors?" Liam guessed.
"Yeah, kinda like that." Stiles agreed.
"Then it's settled. We make sure Scott stays the same way he is." Lydia said.
"We are the Scott McCall protection squad." Stiles announced.
"No!" both Lydia and Liam said immediately. "We are not making that a thing!" Lydia said adamantly.
"What? I like it, it's catchy." Stiles defended.
"It really isn't." Liam said.
"Why you gotta be so rude?" Stiles asked.
"Did… did you just reference MAGIC?" Liam asked.
"Uhhh, n- no?" Stiles tried to lie.
"You know I can tell when you're lying, right?" Liam reminded him.
"Hey, hey! Would you look at that. We're at your house." Stiles said.
"No we're not. We're still a few blocks away." Liam corrected.
"Well you can run home." Stiles said.
"Stiles, stop being such a child and drive him home." Lydia admonished.
"Thank you Lydia." Liam said smugly.
"Why are you taking his side?" Stiles complained.
"Because he's right." Lydia said simply. Stiles just made grumbling sounds to complain.
Liam saw that Lydia had a satisfied smirk on her face and assumed that she regularly won these little arguments with Stiles. Soon after that they actually arrived at Liam's house.
"Thanks for dropping me guys." Liam said as he got out of the jeep.
"Yeah." Stiles said sadly.
"Are you still upset over that?" Lydia asked incredulously.
"Yes I am! You know it would for me to be right for once." Stiles complained.
"Aww. I'm sure it'll happen one day." Lydia said.
"Yeah, whatever." Stiles pouted.
"Well, thanks anyway." Liam said again.
"You're welcome, Liam." Lydia said. Liam walked to his door and waited until Stiles and Lydia drove away. He could still hear Stiles complaining though. Liam went inside and locked the door behind him.
"Dad, I'm home." Liam called out to the house.
"In the living room." His dad called back. Liam went to him and sat down on the couch opposite him.
"You're home early. It's only 10." Dr. Geyer said.
"Yeah. We finished early." Liam told him.
"Alright. Did everything go well?"
"Yeah. They helped me a lot." Liam told him.
"Good. Then can I expect an 'A' on that test you told me about?" Dr. Geyer asked.
"I'll uh, I'll do my best. It's still new to me so I'm still getting the hang of it." Liam told him.
"I'm sure you'll get it in no time. Your mom's upstairs sleeping so there's leftovers in the fridge if you're hungry." He told Liam.
"Alright. I'm gonna take it up to my room. Night, dad." Liam said as he went to the kitchen.
"Good night." Dr. Geyer replied. Liam just got a few slices of cold pizza from the fridge and went up to him room. He laid down on his bed while he ate and thoughts about the events from the night. He was happy that he finally got some real control but he remembered Scott and him losing it. He remembered the black and red eyes that stared him down as he lost breath. Liam knew that something was wrong with Scott. As he drifted off to sleep, Liam hoped that everything would be alright in the end.
(A/N. I use these a lot don't I? So anyway, I know I said that it would be 'early' today but college got in the way. ALSO I would like to thank Choo plus Choo Equals Train for inspiring me with the 'evolving' Scott idea. It was something I thought about already so I'm glad others did too. As always if you liked the chapter, please feel free to leave a review.)