Animal Clinic 12 AM
I woke, gasping for some much needed air. Someone was pushing me down, trying to keep me in a lying position. I heard them call for Deaton but I was too focused on trying to sit up. I needed to get out, I needed to climb the wall with Liam.
"Kelly," Deaton said. "It's okay, you're safe. Scott and Chris brought you here with Liam."
And it all came rushing back to me. The time I was pushed into the well by Garrett, Liam cleaning my wound, me and Liam climbing the wall, everything. I blinked my eyes slowly open and felt someone holding my hand while Deaton held me down. I looked to my side and saw beautiful blue eyes.
"It's okay, Kelly. You're safe. No one can get you from here," Liam said.
I looked at Deaton. "Thank you. I wish there was some way to repay you."
"Just take care of yourself. That's all I ever want you guys to do," he said.
I smiled. "Then that's what I'll do, doc." He patted my shoulder and left.
"How are you feeling?" Liam asked.
"Better than yesterday," I said.
I looked down at myself, realizing that I was still only in my sports bra. I felt myself blush and looked up at Liam. He was dressed head to toe in clothes. Nothing for him to be embarrassed about. He was looking slightly away from me but still holding my hand.
"Uh... Liam, do you have something I can-"
"Oh, yeah. Uh... Scott said just to give you this," Liam said and held out a jacket. He looked at it more closely and then looked at me. "Well, he isn't subtle is he?" he asked.
"What do you mean?"
"This is one of my jackets. I guess he was just too lazy to go to your house and get something that was yours," he said.
"Oh... Well, Scott's learned not to go into my room. Actually, my dad and brother are the only ones aloud in my room," I said when realization hit me. "Oh, and the girls. You know, Malia, Kira, Lydia, and..." I trailed off, looking down.
"And? Was there another?" Liam asked.
"I... I'm gonna call Stiles," I said, abruptly.
"Oh... Okay."
I stood up slowly and went into the front office. I grabbed my phone off the counter and dialed my brother. He was there in less than 10 minutes. I said bye to Deaton and gave Liam hug, trying not to notice that there was a distance between us now.
Saturday
I woke up to the sound of my brother downstairs, probably trying to make breakfast for himself. I got out of bed, staring at the bottom droor of my desk. The droor that I would never open again unless I was absolutely sure I wanted to. I walked downstairs to see my brother looking for something to eat in all the cabinets
"Good morning, annoying older brother of mine."
"Morning annoying little sister of mine."
"What are you doing?"
"Looking for food, what else would I be doing."
"Oh, I don't know, last minute studying for the PSATs."
"Yes, because that's all I want to think about right now."
"Okay then, fine. I'll just get pop-tarts for myself then."
I walked over to one of the top cabinets and climbed onto the counter. Stiles started muttering something about little sisters and climbing on counter tops just so they can hurt themselves. I looked on the top shelf and reached into the very back where dad kept the box. I pulled it down and put it on the counter while simultaneously sitting on the counter myself.
"Now, what do you say to your amazing sister who just got your breakfast?"
"Thank you so much. Even if you are crazy."
"So, Lydia cracked the last third of the coded list, huh?"
"Yeah."
"How much, Stiles?"
"Malia's 4 mil and you and Liam are 3 mil."
"I don't want to talk about Liam."
"What happened? Did he hurt you?"
"No. It was more like I hurt myself."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, we were talking about how Scott wasn't aloud in my room."
"And how did you get to that topic, huh?"
"Well, Scott had grabbed an extra jacket from his room. He asked about who was aloud in my room."
"Well, there's me, dad, and the girls. Which include Malia, Kira and Lydia. I mean, who else could possi-" he stopped when he realized what I had.
"Yeah..."
"Okay. You know what? I'm gonna go call someone so no wolfy powers, okay?"
I gave him my word and he ushed upstairs. True to my word, I didn't eavesdrop and Stiles came back down about 5 minutes later. I heard a familiar dirt bike outside pull up. I went to the door to greet Scott and he walked into the front room only staying for a moment. He looked at me, saw I was dressed and gestured for me to close the door behind me.
"I want to show you something." And he held out his hand for me to take.
"Okay," I said and got on the bike. I put on the helmet he gave me and closed my eyes and held onto him tightly.
I felt us taking turns and the wind blowing in my hair that stuck out from the helmet. We stopped and I opened my eyes but shut them immediately when Scott told me to. I took the helmet off and he led me somewhere through grass.
"You can open your eyes now," Scott said when we finally stopped.
I opened them and looked around us. we were in the cemetery. Oh, god, I didn't want to be here. I wanted to yell at Scott for bringing me here. I wanted to yell at Stiles for calling him.
"Kelly, look down, please," Scott said.
I looked and saw her headstone. I didn't want to be here. I wanted to leave and run for the hills.
"I know, it's not like actually talking to her, but sometimes, I'll come here and sit with her. I imagine her presence here with me. Maybe you can talk to her too, Kelly. You have to move on with your life. It's what she would wantt," Scott said.
"I don't know if I can, Scott. I just don't know," I said with tears in my eyes.
"Well, maybe this will help," he said and handed me a sketch pad, pencil, and my phone.
"Scott..."
"Even if you don't use it, I'm sure she'd be happy that you have it with you. And the phone is for you to call anyone, whenever you're done. Or you want them to meet you somewhere. Now, I will see you later. I have a PSAT to take," he saide and kissed me on the forhead. I heard the dirt bike leave but didn't look up from her headstone.
"I don't really know what to say to you. I mean, I miss you, but you probably know that. Everyone misses you really. It's not just me. Actually, I wish you were here with me. Maybe then I would have someone to talk about Liam with. I guess I should tell you who he is since I don't know how good the reception of our lives is up there." I laughed and imagined her laughing with me. "He was bitten by Scott, but only because Scott needed to save him. I like him a lot, but I don't think Stiles does. To be honest, I think it might be because of me. I just don't know what to do anymore. I mean, you were always my go to girl whenever I had boy problems, but now you're gone and I have no girlfriends. I mean, I have Lydia and Kira and Malia, but I can't talk to them like I talked to you. Lydia has her own problems right now, Kira's just awkward with boys in general, and Malia, well she's Malia. I wish you were here with me right now. It would be so much easier to bear the other people I lost. I lost Boyd, Erica, and Aiden but then I lost you too. I grew up without a mom and for some odd reason, you understood me. If anything,, you were my best friend and I miss you. I'm so lost without you. I don't know what to do. Give me a sign, something. Point me in the right direction." I could feel tears running down my face, but I didn't bother to wipe them away.
Wind blew my hair into my face and leaves off the ground. I moved my hair off of my face and saw that one leaf fell onto my phone and he sketch pad. I knew exactly what she wanted me to do. I picked up my phone and dragged the sketch pad towards me and put my pencil to paper. I drew a face. It was Liam's face, brought to life on the paper that I had. I knew that's who she wanted me to call. I dialed his number and it rang twice before I heard him pick it up.
"Hello?" Liam asked.
"Hey, Liam. Can you meet me somewhere?"
"Sure, anywhere, you name it."
"The cemetery. But, before you do, can you grab something for me from my house?"
"Of course. What do you need?"
Cemetery with Liam
I was leaning against her headstone, staring at the sky when I heard him coming into the cemetery. I knew he would find me so I didn't bother calling out to him. It wasn't extremely bright out but he cast a shadow on my face when he stood over me. I opened my eyes and looked up into his crystal blue ones. He was holding the stuff that was in my bottom droor of my desk.
There a worn and tattered sketch pad a few rolled up canvases, some paints and a paintbrush and a few scrap pieces of paper. I patted the spot beside me and he sat down next to me. He put all the stuff in front of him like I had done with the stuff that I had.
"Liam, I should be telling you to turn the other way because I just have too many problems, but that's not what she would want. She would have told me to just talk to you and stop being a wuss. So, that's what I'm doing, I'm gonna stop being a wuss and tell you about one of the most important people in my life up until a few months ago, when she was gone."
He nodded his head, waiting for me to continue. I pulled out the few pieces of scrap paper. One had a detailed drawing of a rose, another of werewolf claws on hands, and the last one had a detailed drawing of a crossbow being held in clearly feminine hands.
"These were the first drawings that she ever saw that I had drawn. She recognized my talent so she got me this," I said and held up the worn and tattered sketch pad. "Then, she wanted to see what I could do with paint and bought me these." I held up the paints. "At first I was just using a cheap paintbrush that you see on some coloring books. Then, she bought me this paintbrush and said to use it when I was inpired." I held up the black handled paintbrush. I pulled one canvas from the stack of four. "These were the first boys I connected with other than my brother, dad, and Scott." I opened it and it showed a picture that I had drawn of Boyd and Isaac standing side by side, arms around each others shoulders. They had carefree smiles on their faces. I pointed to Boyd. "He was killed by her." Isaac. "He moved to France after she left." I pulled out another canvas. It was a picture that I drew of Erica. "She was the only blonde I could ever call friend." I pulled another canvas from the last two remaining. It opened to show the picture I had drawn of Aiden and Ethan sitting playing video games. I pointed to Aiden. "He was an asshole for awhile but he straitened up after awhile. I loved these two like the big twin brothers I never had." I took the last canvas. I opened it to show a picture of Allison. Before she knew about werewolves and hunters and all the other bullshit. She was smiling like she didn't have a care in the world. "She was my best girlfriend. I went to her for everything. She was the first one who knew that I was bitten, when I had my first crush but he turned out to be a total jerk. Is it sad that I had my first crush in eighth grade?"
"Not really. What was her name?" Liam asked, gently.
"Allison Argent and she was the best hunter you would ever meet. She made her dad change their code because of her love of a werewolf. I loved her like the sister I never had. She was really the only I could talk to about any of my problems. Lydia was just Lydia, I didn't really know Kira or Malia until a few months ago. When I lost Allison, I lost a sister, I didn't just lose a friend. She was everything to me because I have no idea where I would be without her."
"Is this her?" Liam asked, looking at the headstone.
"Yeah. She was beautiful, as you can see. She always said I had a talent for drawing people in their natural state. I miss her and I don't know what to do. I'm lost without her guidance so I don't know what to do about us Liam. I wish I did, I wish I had a mom that I could still talk to but she's gone too. So, Liam if you want this, your the only one who can help me understand what I'm doing. I don't know, I just don't know," I said and broke down in tears. Liam just held me in his arms, comforting me and whispering sweet nothings into my ear.
"Hey, look at me, Kells," Liam said while putting his hand under my chin forcing me to meet his eyes. "We'll go slow. We don't have to rush anything. It doesn't matter if there's a million deadpools or a million unforseen dangers out there for us. We have all the time in the world for us. Just you and me."
I smiled. "I'm glad you think that. And I like that nickname. Kells, it's been a long time since I've heard it. Allison used to call me Kells. It's nice to hear it again."
Liam smiled at me and leaned in, slowly. I looked at the picture I had drawn of Allison and knew that she was happy for me. I leaned in and let my eyes flutter shut as Liam's lips met mine in a gentle touch of lips. He added more pressure and I felt butterflies in my stomach and knew that my first kiss was everything that Allison had told me it would be.
Liam pulled back and smiled at me. I smiled back at him and looked at all of my art things. I knew I needed to bring them back home if I was ever going to continue my artistic ability.
"I walked here from your house," Liam said, sounding apologetic.
"It's okay. It's not like it's that far," I said and stood up.
Liam stood up after me. "I'll grab this stuff and leave you alone with her for a few minutes," he said and picked up all my art stuff and walked to the gate to the cemetery.
I turned around when I saw him stop and looked down at Allison's headstone. I made a fist with my hand and kissed where all the fingers met. It was mine and Allison's special way of saying goodbye to each other. We would bump fists after kissing them. It was to show that our friendship would be forever strong, like a sister bond.
"I love you, Als. Forever and always."
And as I was leaving, I swear I heard her say on the wind. I love you, Kells. 'Til the end of time.
Home
We walked into my house and I led Liam upstairs and into my bedroom. He set all of my stuff on my desk. He looked around it to see posters of different bands and movies on the walls.
"You didn't get a good look the first time?" I asked with a smile on my face.
"No, not really. I was busy trying to figure out how many locks you could put on a desk droor," he said, smiling back at me.
My phone rang and I answered it.
"Raquel, where are you?" Dad asked.
"I'm at home dad. Why?"
"You need to get down to the school. There's been an outbreak of some kind."
"What? Okay, I'll be there in about half an hour."
"No, don't walk. Take the volkswagon."
"But, dad, I don't have my liscense."
"Oh, you choose now to listen to me. Just take it, Raquel."
"Okay, dad. Be there in about 20 minutes."
I hung up and looked at Liam.
"Come on. You're about to meet my baby."
"Baby?"
We walked down the stairs and to the front door where I grabbed the one set of car keys left on the hooks. I walked into the garage to see my beautiful, lime green, volkswagon beetle. It was a stick that I knew how to drivevery well thanks to my dad. I looed back at Liam.
"This is my baby. His name is Kevin and if you hurt his feelings he'll kick you out and never let you in him again. part of the reason Stiles has a jeep."
"Liam laughed, probably because he knew it was true. He got into the passenger's seat while I got into the driver's seat. I ran my hands over the gear shift and the steering wheel simultaneously.
"Alright Kevin, time for you to drive me to school."
School
When I got there, students were slowly triickling out but I could see a huge crowd still inside. Liam and I got out of the car and I locked it. I ran up to the front doors where I could see dad. I hugged him tightly and he hugged me back. I stayed off to the side until I saw Malia comign out with Stiles' jacket on.
"Malia," I shouted over the crowd of students.
She came over to me and stared hard at me.
"Did you know?" she asked, accusingly.
"Did I know what?" I asked, confused. She looked around and dragged me farther from the hordes of students.
"Did you know I was a Hale?"
"Wait, what? It's news to me. Wait, Malia, where are the others?"
"I don't know, don't care. I just wanted to know if I still had at least one true friend." And she walked off.
I saw Scott and Stiles come out of the building and I momentarily forgot my weird conversation with Malia. I ran to them and hugged them both around the neck. I knew they were okay, they were safe. They weren't going to die from some stupid assassin. But they just might from me chewing them out. Dad hugged them next.
"Raquel, who is this boy?" dad asked, staring at Liam.
"Uh, dad, meet Liam, my... boyfriend." My dad looked murderously towards Liam.
"Uh... Hello, sir," Liam said, anxiously.
"Yeah, dad, can you do the whole intimidation thing later. I wanna take these two idiots home," I said, pointing at Scott and Stiles.
"Okay, sweetheart."
"Your dad is so going to kill me," Liam said low enough so only I would hear.
"See you later daddy. Love you. And you two," I said rounding on Scott and Stiles. I took Stiles left ear in my right hand and Scott's right ear in my left hand. "Come on, Liam. Time's a wasting." And I dragged the two idiots to my car and shoved them into the back. Liam sat in the passenger's seat again and drove back home.
Liam got out of the car and helped me with my door because he could tell I was seething. I turned around and looked at the back seat.
"Out, both of you, now," I said, my voice going into a growl.
We all got into the house, I locked the car hung up the keys and saw that Scott and Stiles were sitting at the kitchen table already. They looked like they were awaiting their deaths.
"Of all the things to keep from me you chose THIS," I yelled. "Malia Tate is actually Malia Hale. Oh, and here's a real kick in the balls, since I know Derek hasn't had any kids, she must be Peter's right? You two are done keeping secrets from me. Actually no you are done keeping secrets from everyone. If I didn't know then I would assume you had told Malia, but noo, you had to go and believe that she would leave to be with him, am I right? Of course I am. I swear to whatever supernatural god or whatever there is that you two don't find your asses glued to those chairs for the rest of your lives because of all the secrets you've kept from me and anyone else. You know what, I'm done with the yelling at you two. It never seems to work anyways. You know what, Scott, Stiles, you can run back to school, get Stiles' jeep, he will drop you off at your place and Stiles you come strait home. And no wolf powers on your run, Scott. And you both make it to the jeep at the same time. Now, go, do what you're told or I swear I will kick your asses so hard into next week, you won't remember your names."
They left quickly, knowing I was serious. I looked at Liam to see him smiling.
"What are you smiling about?" I asked.
"Nothing. I just think you're hot when you're angry," he answered and came up to me and kissed me, hard. He stopped the kiss and I was breathing hard.
"I guess I should get you home, huh?"
"Maybe. My mom and stepdad might be worried."
"Come on, handsome. Maybe I can be murdered by your mother the same day you get murdered by my father."
We smiled at each other and I knew I would have another thing to draw in my sketch pad later.
A/N: Phew! Now that was awesome to write guys. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. So, any good combo names for them? I desperately want to give them one but can't think of any good ones. I hope you guys like the update. Review please!
-Mistyeyedgirl97 out!
