Yeppers, they were all romantic last chapter but now Holly's having some trouble with how close Isaac's getting to her so quickly.


I was sitting in English tapping my pencil against the desk as the teacher droned on and on about Shakespeare. I hated learning anything much less this stuff; I mean when am I ever going to use this stuff in my life?

Soon we were asked to pair off and work on the questions she written on the board. A couple of guys looked over at me with hope in their eyes but Stiles plopped into the seat in front of me. I smiled gratefully at him and heard Scott laugh as he scooted a chair over next to me.

"I don't think this is what the teacher meant when he said get into pairs," I said, leaning back in my chair and popping my back. "But then again I'm probably not going to do this anyways so it doesn't really matter."

"What's Derek planning on doing with Jackson now that he knows he's the Kanima?" Scott whispered, answering the questions. "I'm sure he's said something to you."

"Not really, he hasn't said a word to me about anything. I'm not very into his way of figuring things out," I said, picking a piece of lint off of Stiles' jacket.

"What do you mean? You weren't part of the stunt in chemistry the other day but I thought you were outside with Derek or something," Scott said.

"No, I wasn't a part of anything that they did. I wasn't outside your house nor was I in the chemistry plan," I smiled. "I'm not going to torture people to get answers to questions. I'm going to research and use my brain instead of my muscles."

"Thank you! I'm not the only one who thinks we can find an answer in books," Stiles said, throwing his arms out in victory.

"Mr. Stilinski, you better be excited because you found an answer!" Mr. Collins shouted over to us.

"Of course I am, Holly showed me where I could find an answer that I'd been looking for a while now," he shouted back.

"Thanks for that, he's going to think I'm actually doing the work now. Fuck, that means I have to do it," I sighed, opening up my book and writing shit down.

"Are you loyal to Derek or can you ignore what he says?" Scott asked, putting everything up as the bell rang. "I can disobey him but he didn't change me into a wolf."

I felt hands land on my waist and leaned back into Isaac. I saw Scott's face close off and he and Stiles stood off to the side of me. They didn't trust him but then again I didn't really blame them for that, I don't know if I even trusted him sometimes.

"I'll talk to you guys later," I said before walking off with Isaac. "What's up with you today, you're more smiley than usual."

"I don't know you just have that effect on people. You're gorgeous and I get to hold you in my arms," he said, kissing my temple.

I pushed his arms off of my hips and pulled him over to an empty corner of the hallway. "I know that you think we're mates but I don't want to be one of these couples. Hell, we're not even a couple."

"What do you mean we're not a couple? I don't remember doing what we did this morning with complete strangers," he said, trying to keep his voice low.

"Isaac, stop it. I care about you but I don't know if I can handle being in a relationship right now with everything that's going on," I said, leaning back against the wall.

"I'm going through the same things that you are, let me help you. Tell me what's going on with you and let me help," he said, reaching out for me.

I shifted away from him and tried to ignore the hurt that flashed in his eyes. "I'm not going to do this with you right now. Give me a little time to process what's going on."

I didn't wait for him to respond to me before I started fast walking down the hallway. I walked into study hall and sat at a table by myself. I forgot Stiles was in this class so I was shocked when I saw him sit down across from me.

"Can I tell you something and you promise not to say anything to your pack?" he whispered, barely speaking above a whisper.

"I don't tell my pack anything, Derek's not my master. You can tell me anything and I'll promise not to say anything to anyone," I said, opening up my backpack and pulling out my phone.

"Scott and I have Jackson locked in one of the vans that my dad uses to haul prisoners," he whispered, pushing my phone down onto the table.

"You did what with him? Is that even legal?" I asked in a furious whisper. "Even if he is the Kanima he's still a person."

"It's the only way to make sure that he's not killing people. I'm going to go check on after class do you want to come with me. I have Scott covering for me do you want him to cover for you too?" he asked.

I just shrugged and said, "Don't bother. I don't go to most of my classes anyway. As long as I have a passing grade in all of them I'm fine and so is my father."

When the bell rang to dismiss us from class I threw my backpack over my shoulder and followed Stiles out to the parking lot. I got into his jeep with him and sat silently until we stopping in the middle of the woods. I looked at him with a glare then down at my heels.

"Are you fucking serious right now? I'm wearing heels, that are not nature friendly," I said, crossing my arms over my chest.

He sighed before walking over to my side of the car and bending at the knees. "You're worse than Lydia about some things, did you know that?"

I scoffed and hit his shoulder as we walked through the woods. I heard my phone make a noise in my back pocket but I figured it was Isaac so I just ignored it. We stopped in front of a big armored truck and I hit him again.

"Are you fucking serious? No wonder the poor guy keeps killing people you all treat him like he's shit," I said, kicking off my shoes and walking over to the truck. "I know you can hear me Jackson, can I come inside?"

He didn't say no so I opened the door and used leverage to throw myself inside. I slammed the door in Stiles face and heard him grumble before sliding down the side of the truck. I smiled before turning to Jackson and I saw him swipe a tear off of his cheek.

"I'm sorry for what Derek did to you, I swear that I had no clue they were going to do that to you," I said, looking down at my lap.

"Yeah well you just stood there and watched them pour venom down my throat. Do you know what it's like to not be able to breath? To have all of your organs completely paralyzed," he asked, clenching his jaw.

"No I don't but I could smell your fear. If I would've jumped in Derek would've punished you a lot worse," I said, looking down at my lap.

He sighed and I heard the chains rattle as he leaned closer to me. "You're the only one who's shown anything close to sympathy towards me and I thank you for that but I don't need you fake words. If you're trying to make me trust you then it's not going to work, I'm smarter than that."

I flinched away and pulled my knees up to my chest. "Do you know why the Kanima inside of you changes? It's because you're lonely and sad, scared even. I used to feel sorry for you but now I know why you don't have any friends. You're mean and you won't let anyone in!"

I moved to push the door open but I heard him say in a small voice, "Wait. You're right, I'm a total douche bag all of the time. I'm afraid that if I get close to someone they're going to leave me, I don't want to get hurt so I hurt others."

"I know what it's like to feel that way and it sucks. That's how I feel most of the time too," I said, sitting next to him and placing a hand on his knee.

"I don't think I've ever said that to anyone before. If you say anything to anyone I'll deny it up and down though," he said, a smile on his lips.

I shrugged and said, "I don't think anyone would believe me anyways. Why don't you let anyone else see this side of you? You have an amazing smile, when you're not smirking that is."

Before he could respond I pushed the door open and heard Stiles let out a groan as it hit his face. I sat on the edge and held out my feet. He looked at it with a raised eyebrow before growling and bending to put my shoes on.

Once they were on I turned around and kissed Jackson's cheek. I whispered into his ear, "Don't forget to smile. Show them your teeth, it's intimidating."

I hoped on Stiles back and wrapped my arms around his neck from behind as we walked through the woods. Once we were back at his Jeep I checked my phone and saw that Isaac had texted me three times and called me four.

I was in deep shit when I got back to school.


I felt really bad for how they treated Jackson on the show so I thought I'd let Holly go in and do some recon.