A/N: hello everyone :) We apologise for not updating in such a long time. Andi has had some personal family things to deal with and I had some academic things to deal with but I'm back now so hopefully updating should be more regular, also until Andi has things sorted it will just be me so unfortunately they'll be no Olivia POV for now.
Well Enjoy! :)
ARIA POV
The silence was really unnerving. I needed some type of talking.
"Can I ask you something?" I said but he didn't reply and just looked forward.
"Why do you live there?" I asked and as I expected he didn't answer.
"I mean it doesn't seem that safe and the condition is not exactly perfect," I said carrying on but then I realized why.
"It's because it has memories, right? You feel by staying there you can somehow hold on to something," I said just talking to myself. But what would he be holding on to?
"It's family right?" I said guessing.
"Yeah," he eventually said and I was shocked I even got an answer out of him.
I didn't ask any thing further. I could tell it was a lot for him to just admit that I was right.
"Why does Stefan scare you," he asked after a while.
No reason, except you know, I found out he possible drinks blood.
"He doesn't," I lied.
"You hesitated," he said.
"No I didn't," I said stubbornly and I did not understand how he knew that.
"Don't you have a crush on him?" he said and my eyes went wide. How the hell could he know that?!
"What? No, I don't," I said and that much was true now. I had a crush on him up until the part where he spoke about blood. He kept his eyes on the road and it seemed he believed me but I didn't get how he knew that.
"Do you spy on me?" I asked.
"What?" he answered almost a bit insulted.
"I mean why would you ask that, unless you knew something?" I asked him.
"So you're saying you do have a crush on him," he said and I could hear the smugness in his voice.
"No. I don't," I said and I realized I kind of got myself into a stupid position.
"Wait, you had a crush on him until you became scared of him," he said putting things together.
"I don't know what you're talking about," I said.
"Honestly I don't get how Aiden is still alive," I said whispering to myself. I stabbed him, I felt the knife dig into his flesh and yet now the knife was in my hand and Aiden has…healed? What was he? There was no way that he was just human.
"What do you mean?" Derek said and I didn't know what he was talking about.
"About what?" I asked.
"About Aiden," he said and once again I stared at him stunned. There was no way that was audible for the human ear, I was sure of it. What if Derek wasn't human either? I mean he was strangely aloof, he lived in an abandoned house and quite frankly he was not exactly a people person.
Ok Aria, you're overreacting not everyone you know is not human. That's crazy.
"I have no idea how you heard me say that," I said, "But regarding Aiden I stabbed him."
If Derek lived in the woods he might know something. I didn't want to discuss it with him but he might be the one that has some answers and that's what I wanted.
"What do you mean stabbed him? I thought you just cut him," he said and even he seemed to be a bit on edge.
"No, he came after me and before I knew it I stabbed him in his stomach. I was convinced I had killed him and wanted to call 911 but Ethan stopped me. In fact, he pulled the knife out," I said now looking at the knife in my hand. Derek didn't say anything but his jaw went stiff, I could tell he knew something.
"What?" I asked him, "What do you know?" I asked demandingly.
"Nothing," he said.
"I know you're lying," I said.
"Just keep away from them," he said.
"Do you think I was trying to be their best friend?!" I asked him like he was crazy. Did he think I wasn't staying away from them? I didn't like them the moment I saw them.
"What are they?" I asked him and he seemed a bit shocked by the question.
"They can't be human, they just can't be," I said, my logic guiding me. No way a human can just get up and walk away from that stab wound. I then looked at my knife. They said there was some poison but I couldn't see anything. Derek glanced at the knife.
"Where did you get that?" he asked a bit worried.
"Um, from my dad," I said a normally as I could because which dad gives their daughter a knife like the one I had in my hand.
"Are your parents' home?" he asked and I could hear a bit of panic in his voice.
"I think so," I said and I could just tell something was wrong.
"Derek? What's wrong?" I asked.
"Nothing," he said but I knew he was lying.
"Oh, crap," I said, "You have to take me Stiles's house," I said remembering my car was still at his house. I just had to pray Stiles's father didn't see it somehow.
"Oh," he said and I swear he sounded slightly relived but he still had this worry to him.
Soon enough we reached Stiles's house.
"Crap," I said noticing Stiles's father was already home. I opened the door and was about to say thanks but the second I closed the door he drove off.
"Well thanks," I said watching him zoom away in the distance.
"He is so not normal," I said to myself. I placed the knife in my bag carefully. The blood on it had dried and it was a darker red stain. I sneaked in the back door and prayed the Sheriff wouldn't see me. I ran up the stairs as fast as I could and ran into Stiles room.
"Aria!" he said relived, "Are you ok?!"
"Never better!" I replied sarcastically, "What do you think?" I asked.
"Stiles," we both heard his father say as he opened the door.
"Aria," the Sheriff said.
"Mr. Stilinski," I said with a smile.
"I was wondering where you were," he said.
"Yeeaaaaahh, I was, I was, uh, in the bathroom," I said and I could feel Stiles mentally face palming.
"But we've been home for a while," he said.
"I know, I uh, ate something and was in there for quite a while," I said, "Like a very very long while."
"Yeah, I told you not to eat that," Stiles said supporting the story.
"You did, I should have listened," I said hoping the Sheriff bough the story.
"Well do you need anything?" the Sheriff asked.
"No, I'm fine now, thank you," I said.
"Ok," he said and then he turned to Stiles, "You do know you're grounded," he said.
"What!?" Stiles said shocked.
"What do you mean what?" Mister Stilinksi said, "Anyway nice to see you Aria."
"You too," I said as he left.
"How the hell am I grounded?" he said and I gave him a "are you serious" look.
"Well I'm grounded too," I said thinking about how technically dead I would be if my dad had any idea of the events that went on tonight.
"Where's Scott?" I asked. I had been so focused on myself I had completely forgotten.
"I don't know," Stiles said, "Tried to call him but he's not picking up."
"I hope he's ok," I said worried.
"I'm sure he'll be fine," Stiles said as positively as he could but I could tell even he was a bit concerned.
"I don't know," I said recalling my night's events, "I mean I got here because of Derek."
"What? Like Derek the taxi driver?" Stiles said not believing what I had just said.
"No, Derek the werewolf" I said sarcastically, "Who the hell do you think?"
"Why the hell was that guy bringing you home?" Stiles asked as if the world had gone mad and to be fair it felt like that.
I began explaining the entire story to him and I watched his eyes bulge when I told him I stabbed Aiden.
"You actually stabbed him?!" Stiles said almost excited.
"It gets weirder," I said explaining to him what happened after that.
I could see he was happy I was fine but he seemed more intrigued than anything.
"Where's the knife?" he asked.
"In here," I said as I took it out. The blood had dried up and I needed to wash it.
"Aria, why do you have a knife like that?" Stiles asked puzzled.
"Self-defense," I said honestly since it really did save me, "It was weird though. After Derek saw this, it's like he started to worry."
"Maybe cause he thought you might stab him," Stiles said and I rolled my eyes.
"Very funny," I said.
"Wait let me take a look at it," Stiles said, "Look," he said pointing to the top of it, "There's a symbol." I looked to where he was pointing. There was a circle with a diamond within. There were two line that crossed, joining each side of the diamond and on top of it in the middle there was a dagger.
"Have you seen that before?" he asked me.
"I don't know but something about it seems so familiar," I said trying my best to remember where I had seen that symbol. I was sure I had seen it before.
"Didn't you ask about it?" he asked me but it never really crossed my mind.
"I guess I never thought about it," I said. I kept those knives in my cupboard for emergency, I didn't really think of studying them.
"It's just so strange, I mean I literally stabbed him Stiles," I said still trying to understand how he managed to walk away.
"Well I'm quite convinced Stefan and his brother Damon are vampires," he said and I started laughing but stopped when I saw the seriousness in his face.
"Stiles, that's crazy. Are you trying to tell me Stefan is like a real life Edward Culled?" I asked him.
"I guess. It's weird though, he doesn't sparkle," Stiles said sarcastically.
"Are you crazy?" I asked him.
"They spoke about blood. Which other people speak of blood? Plus Stefan even thought his brother killed the girl" he said.
"They could just have really weird fetishes," I said but even I knew that sounded farfetched.
"Look we can't just claim they're vampires Stiles, we need proof. I mean don't vampires burn in the sun?" I asked him.
"Well yeah," he said.
"Exactly, both of them don't burn in the sun," I said, "Maybe they're something else or maybe they're not even something.
"They're definitely something," Stiles said convinced, "I just know it." I believed him.
"Well then we need to figure out what they are," I said.
I tried calling Scott again but still no answer. I was starting to get worried.
"Stiles Scott has not been responding, I'm getting worried," I said.
"I'm sure he's ok," Stiles said as calmly as he could.
"Really? After you have just told me that there are vampires in the forest?!" I said.
"I'll try him again," Stiles said but he still couldn't get a hold of him.
"Ok you said you heard them say they can't heal," Stiles said.
"Yeah, which means they normally do," I said.
"And you said one of them mentioned that they think the knife poisoned them," Stiles said trying to figure out what was going on.
"Yeah but I can't see anything on the knife," I said.
"Well there must be something, that must be why Derek freaked as well," Stiles said.
"But Stiles that would imply that Derek is not human," I said and Stiles couldn't understand why I was confused.
"Come on Aria, I mean the guy could easily be a serial killer," he said, "He has the whole black leather jacket, broody, I'm gonna kill you vibe going on."
"Let's not make assumptions," I said.
"Fine but I bet you figuring out what that symbol means is going to get us closer," Stiles said, "Just ask your dad."
"I can't. He'll see blood on this and then what? Who cares about Stefan? My own dad will kill me," I said.
"Maybe draw the symbol and ask him, just find a way," he said.
"Ok," I said thinking of how I would ask him. Just then we both got texts from Scott.
Got home. Will see you guys at school tomorrow.
I felt a huge sigh of relief.
"Ok at least he's home," I said, "I better get going before my dad starts to call."
"Yeah and I should get to sleep soon," Stiles said.
"Why?" I asked.
"It's lacrosse try outs tomorrow," he said and I understood why he looked so worried. It was not just any type of tryouts. It was tryouts complete with scary twins and vampire brothers. Great.