'I know why you left after we kissed,' Madison tells Stiles. He sits on one of the desks in an empty classroom and she leans against the teacher's desk. ''Cos you were eavesdropping.' 'I wasn't,' she corrects him. 'I overheard and I'm sorry.' He nods and looks down at the ground. She can hear his heart beating, it's fast but steady. 'I don't know how to control my eyes. I don't know how to control anything, but I didn't feel an urge to kill you.' 'What if you didn't feel it yet, but you could've turned and killed me anyway?' Stiles asks, looking up. His heart beats a little faster as he looks her in the eyes. She cocks her head to the side, listening. He folds his arms over his green plaid shirt and grey tshirt, as if to try and mask the sound because he knows that she can hear it. 'What makes Scott turn?' Madison asks, desperate to prove that she won't kill him. 'When his heart rate gets too high, but he can shift or not shift when he wants now.' 'Heart rate. And what makes your heart rate rise?' Madison still presses. 'Anger, fear, lust...' 'Lust,' Madison interrupts. She frowns as their eyes catch again. Stiles nods. 'Lust... You could kill me.' They sit in silence for a second, until Madison lets out a sob. 'I don't want to kill you,' she cries. Panicking, Stiles stands and rushes over to her, pulling her into a hug. She rests her head on his shoulder, her hands on his chest, as he wraps his arms around her, one hand lifting up and stroking her hair. Her shoulders shake lightly as she sobs quietly. 'I'm sorry,' Stiles whispers. 'I know it's all new and confusing.' There's a knock at the door, and Stiles looks up. Scott peers his head through the window of the door, giving a nod to Stiles. He opens the door slowly and steps in, closing the door again behind him. 'Madison, you wanna take a walk in the woods with me and Stiles?' he asks. Madison looks up, her vision blurred slightly from her watery eyes. She nods, and stifles a sob. 'I'll meet you two at the entrance to the preserve in half hour?' 'Yeah, we'll see you there,' Stiles tells Scott as he leaves the room again, as quietly as he entered. Stiles pulls away from the hug, still holding on to Madison's shoulders, and looks her in the eyes. 'It gets easier, and you've got me and Scott to help, ok?' Madison nods, dropping her hands from Stiles's chest and resting them on her lap. 'Do you and Scott always do everything together?' 'Pretty much,' Stiles laughs. 'Apart from sleeping, and uh... you know, other things.' Madison raises an eyebrow. 'Other things?' 'You know, kissing, second base...' 'You've never kissed Scott?' Madison jokes. 'Well, one time I wanted to try it, but Scott wouldn't let me,' Stiles laughs again. Madison laughs as well, bringing a bright smile to her face that spreads to her eyes. There's something about Stiles that makes her smile. 'See, you're laughing already,' Stiles smiles at Madison and offers his hand for her to hold. 'You're gonna be fine.' 'As long as you're around to help me, then I think so,' she beams back at him, blushing slightly at her own words. She takes his hand and he leads her out of the room, down the corridor and out of the school. Ahead of her she sees the blue jeep that pulled up outside her house the night before. Stiles's jeep. And he leads her to it, opening the door for her to climb into the passenger's seat.