Noelle opened her eyes slowly. Bright lights flooded her vision. Sitting up she realized she was back in the hospital. Stiles slumped in the chair next to her, asleep. Noelle smiled and shook him awake. He turned his head and smiled back at her, "Hey." Noelle giggled, "Hey." Stiles stood up, streching. He walked to the otherside of the room and opened the curtains. The sunlight blinded them both. Stiles walked back over to Noelle, and sat down. She leaned in to kiss him, but Stiles moved away. "What's wrong?" Noelle asked taken back. Stiles messed with his fingers, "I need to tell you something, Noelle." Noelle swallowed hard, she knew what was coming, "Stiles, please." Stiles shook his head, "Let me talk first." He looked her in the eyes and said, "Noelle, I'm breaking up with you." Noelle mouth dropped opened slightly and she leaned back on her pillow, "But why?" Stiles stood up, "Everything I care about gets hurt." Noelle shook her head, "Stiles, that's not true." "Yes it is," Stiles replied shaky, "My mom died, which also hurt my dad. Lydia got attacked by Peter. You got beaten by your father." Noelle sighed, "Scott's fine." Stiles shook his head, "Scott's a werewolf. It was my idea to go out to the woods that night." Noelle nodded and a tear fell, "So you're going to hurt me more, by leaving?" Stiles walked back over to her. "I'm protecting you from getting hurt anymore." Noelle scoffed, "You breaking up with me, isn't going to stop my dad from beating me." Stiles grabbed his jacket, "My dad arrested him. He's serving 80 years to life in there. You're staying with Allison. Who should be here anytime." Noelle began crying harder, "Stiles, please. Don't leave. Not now." Stiles looked down at his jacket and walked to the door. "I'm sorry." A tear fell down his face as he shut the door. Noelle laid down paralyzed. She turned and stared out the window. Her world was falling apart around her and the only on to fix it, was the one who caused it.
Allison and Noelle walked up the stairs into school, quietly. Noelle hadn't said much. She kinda went back to her old self. Not letting anyone in. Not showing emotions. Outside, she was a rock. Inside, she was dreading this whole week. They parted to go to their lockers. Noelle was surprised to see a brown haired boy standing at her locker. She tried to smile as she appoarched. "Hey Scott." He seemed alittle confused, "Have you talked to Stiles lately?" There it was, that name. Noelle shook her head, "No, he, uh, broke up with me." Scott turned to her, "Why?" Noelle pulled her biology book out of her locker, "Because he didn't want to hurt me. He said everything he cared about got hurt." "Like who?" Scott asked as they walked down the hallway. Noelle sighed, "Like his parents, Lydia, me, you." Scott nodded, "So he's avoiding us." Noelle nodded, "He thinks if he doesn't care about us, we'll be safe." There was an awkward silence. Then Scott nudged Noelle's arm, "Are you okay?" Noelle nodded, "I will be. I just have to move on." Scott shrugged, "You need anything, I'm always here." "So am I." Allison said appearing next to them. Noelle smiled at the couple, "Thank you guys. I've gotta get to biology. I will see you guys at lunch." Allison waved goodbye to Noelle. Noelle turned and collided with someone. Her things dropped to the ground, along with the strangers. Bending to pick up her things, she came eye to eye with Stiles. Neither of them could speak. They both stood there, in silence. When she realized nothing was going to happen, Noelle contiuned to pick up her things. After collecting her things she walked away, but over her shoulder, "Be careful Stilinski." She looked back to see Stiles watching her walk away. And it killed her.
Lunch came by as slowly as it had ever done. Allison waited for Noelle at her locker then the two walked through the lunch line just as always. When they sat down, Scott was by himself. It was awkward. Since Lydia was in the hospital and Jackson was still missing, the table had been quieter. Now it was dead silence without Stiles. "Where do you think he's sitting?" Scott asked shoving a piece of sandwich in his mouth. Noelle shrugged, "Library maybe? Or he could have left. I'm mean, no offense to him, but we're his only friends." Scott nodded, "I can't believe he thinks all of this, is his fault." Noelle looked up at him, "He thinks it's his fault because, it was his idea to go out in the woods that night." Scott sighed, "I should've just ran all the way home, instead of hiding behind that tree. It's my fault really." Noelle shrugged, "Tell him that then." Allison munched on her fries, "What are you going to do, Noelle?" Noelle looked at her, "I don't know if there's anything I can do. I mean, he broke up with me. I tried to convince him it wasn't his fault, but he wouldn't listen." The conversation ended after that.