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Kayla looked up as Stiles opened the gym door, looking around in confusion before meeting her eyes and then beginning to splutter as he saw Derek standing beside her, arms crossed and looking just as intimidating as ever.

"Oh my god" He exclaimed, running a hand over his short hair and looking around, "You brought me here to kill me or something, right? Am I right? Or get used as some form of bait? Or is this because of Saturday beca-" But Kayla cut off his rambling as she saw Derek's eyes narrowing and his jaw clenching and spoke up before Stiles could put his foot in his mouth - again.

"Oh Stiles stop being so dramatic" She rolled her eyes, pointing to her cousin, "Derek just wanted to... teach us" She supplied, shrugging, as Stiles narrowed his eyes, trying to figure out if she was lying or not.

"Teach us what exactly? The perfect way to get our throats ripped out cause let me tell you something, the way he's glaring at me...It looks like he wants to kill me" Stiles exclaimed and Kayla hid a smile as she glanced between the two males.

"If I wanted to kill you Stiles... you'd be dead already" Derek glowered and Kayla repressed a sigh - wow Der, what a perfect way to build someone's trust, really, she thought sarcastically.

"Okay, okay break it up - no one's killing anyone" Kayla said, holding up her hand and using her finger to indicate for Stiles to come over, "We haven't got long so whatever you wanted to show us... you better do it quick" She said and that snapped Derek out of his glowering as he nodded and Stiles walked over, rather cautiously, keeping his eyes trained on Derek.

"The two of you are human... well, part human" Derek added and Kayla rolled her eyes, "And we can't afford the two of you to get your heads ripped off before we find the Alpha" And Stiles and Kayla shared an un-amused glance - just because they were human it didn't mean they were completely useless. Derek stalked forward and grabbed Stiles by the shoulder, hauling him in front of Kayla and making the younger boy begin to flap around as if terrified that Derek was going to bite his head off. Which, judging by his expression, was possible.

"So...Kayla" Derek started to say, "Stiles is a predator" And that make Kayla let out a disbelieving chuckle.

"Stiles? Really?" And Derek glared in her direction, digging his nails into Stiles' shoulder, making him squawk out in pain.

"Can you please try to take this seriously?" He demanded, shoving Stiles forward full force, making him crash into Kayla and that was obviously what Derek wanted. So, Kayla grabbed Stiles' arm, using both their body weights to lift him off the ground and flip him over her shoulder. The end result? Stiles lying on his back on the floor, rubbing his shoulder blades in pain.

"Ow... what the hell? That hurt" He exclaimed, face scrunched up in pain and Kayla just shrugged.

"You're getting rusty cousin" Derek smirked, obviously trying to challenge her and Kayla narrowed her eyes - it was working.

"No I'm not - I just haven't kicked some ass in a while - sue me" She shot back, crossing her arms as Derek began to crouch down.

"Well then, let's try something a little harder" He propositioned, shifting into his werewolf form, making Stiles forget his pain and stumble to his feet, taking a few cautious steps backwards.

"Okay that is so not fair" Kayla defended, "You're like, two hundred pounds of solid muscle" And Derek looked like he wanted to punch something.

"Life isn't fair - you really think the Alpha or another werewolf is going to let you off the hook because they're stronger and faster than you? Well, newsflash cousin, they won't" He growled, suddenly swiping out with his clawed hand at her head. Kayla ducked indistinctively, kicking her leg out to try and trip Derek up. Unfortunately, he expected this and leapt into the air, jumping over her leg and swiping at her head again. Kayla flipped her body backwards, placing her hands on the floor and kicking upwards, her foot successfully connecting with Derek's jaw. When she was back on her two feet Derek charged her again and twisted her arm, much like she had done to Stiles, but this time, Kayla was prepared. She flipped her own body over and landed behind Derek, kicking him in the back and making him stumble forward.

Stiles just continued to watch this scene play out, eyes wide. He honestly wasn't sure whether to help, run or referee because he really hoped he wouldn't have to call 911 by the end of this training session.

Kayla went into a wide stance, prepared to use her fists but Derek surprised her by throwing his full body weight on her, making them both collapse on the floor and tumble over each other. Derek roared in her face so Kayla took her opportunity and kneed him between the legs and then elbowed him in the face, grabbing a fistful of his hair and throwing him off her. She jumped to her feet, quite pleased with her quick thinking and got prepared to taunt him that the big bad wolf was losing his spark when his hand shot out and wrapped around her ankle, pulling her back down onto the floor and throwing her sideways and Kayla spun, what felt like a hundred times on the floor, before she slammed into the hard wall, making her head spin. Before she could even get her bearings Derek grabbed her by the throat and pulled her up, pushing her back into the wall, though, a lot gentler than most people would in a fight.

"And now you're dead" He stated though Kayla detected a smug note in his voice. She glowered at him, narrowing her eyes.

"Well, really, that was a great bonding session between the two of you, a nice little heart to heart, but I should probably just go" Stiles stuttered, indicating behind him but the two Hales just continued to stare at him as if to say 'seriously? You're not going anywhere'

"Not so fast Stilinski" Derek said, letting Kayla go and she let out a small wince and Derek's eyes flared up with guilt but she waved him off - he wanted to show her a lesson and she definitely learnt it the hard way.

"It's you're turn next" Derek smiled in that really creepy and psychotic way as Stiles lowered his eyebrows and, judging by his expression, you would think he just got told the apocalypse was set in motion.

"Aw crap" He murmured and, despite her hammering head, Kayla couldn't help but smirk - oh boy was this going to be fun to watch.

"You have no idea how badly I wanna kill your cousin - like, full blown bloody murder" Stiles grumbled as he limped towards the boys locker room, "Cause I swear to god he broke my back, and my arms, and my legs, hell I think he has broken my whole body" He continued to moan, rubbing a sore spot on his back.

"Oh trust me, I do know how much and I will help you with that whole 'murder' thing" Kayla added, holding the door open for Stiles. Derek's little 'training' session had made them miss the last two lessons of school, not that she was complaining, but they both got their asses seriously kicked. Stiles limped into the locker room and began to sift through his stuff to find some new clothes and Kayla did the same, opening her bag and pulling out a thin, baggy T-shirt and a pair of comfortable sweat pants.

"Y'know... if I could sue him I would" Stiles piped up and Kayla smirked.

"Same - right, I'm just gonna go round here and get changed" Kayla pointed behind the row of lockers and Stiles nodded, keeping his head down and his eyes solely focused on his locker as if she was getting changed right there. Kayla chuckled to herself as she walked around to the other side and pulled off her dusty, dirty and sweaty clothes, quickly changing into her new, cleaner ones, feeling better already.

"That was actually quite helpful- Oh shoot, uh... sorry" Kayla said, biting her lip as she turned around. Stiles was hurt and he obviously didn't get changed as fast as she did because she had so rudely interrupted him peeling off his T-shirt and saw a flash of pale skin belonging to his smooth torso.

"Oh, uh... I-I-I, okay" Stiles stuttered, not making a whole lot of sense as Kayla kept her back turned to respect his privacy. A couple of minutes later a deliberate cough made her turn around and see Stiles, now, fully dressed in a pair of dressy slacks, a T-shirt and shirt thrown over it - Kayla thought his whole wardrobe probably only consisted of shirts and T-shirts.

"Yeah, uh... I'm ready now" He said and Kayla chuckled. Wow, really? Never.

"So I was gonna head round to Lydia's cause I promised her I would last night - do you wanna come?" She asked, picking up both her bag and Stiles' bag so he wouldn't have to carry it. She was used to these intense training, kicking your ass, sessions but Stiles wasn't - though her head was still thumping painfully.

"Yeah, yeah sure... I was going to go anyway and check on her" Stiles nodded, letting out a hiss of pain as he moved his shoulder and Kayla covered her mouth to stifle her laughter, and tried to put on a sympathetic face.

"Cool - we'll have to take our separate vehicles though" She said, holding open the door. She thought Stiles would want to go - it was so obvious he had a crush on Lydia, everyone knew that, except, of course, the girl in question.

"Sounds like a plan" Stiles smiled, rubbing his shoulder making Kayla shake her head in exasperation.

"Stiles? What the hell is a Stiles?" Was the first words that Stiles heard coming out of Lydia's mouth and had to repress and eye roll. Wow, seriously?

"I guess she doesn't know your name" Kayla whispered, frowning at Lydia like one would a naughty child. Stiles head snapped in her direction and he flashed back to the dream he had last night, or rather this morning.

"You have to make your mind up Stiles" She whispered, hands resting on his chest, "Do you want to wait around for Lydia. The same Lydia whose head over heels in love with Jackson and doesn't even know your name or... do you want to open your heart up to other people?" She asked, her head tilting backwards to look him in the eye.

He didn't realise he was staring at her in shock until she nudged him and mouthed 'what?' He just shook his head, dispelling all those thoughts.

"Uh, she took a little something to ease her nerves - you two can go right in" Mrs Martin said and Stiles nodded as he and Kayla trotted in, Kayla taking the lead and sitting right in front of Lydia, who was dressed in nothing but a skimpy night gown, leaving Stiles to perch at the end of the bed and try to keep his eyes diverted away from the half naked Lydia.

"How you feeling Lyd?" Kayla asked gently as Lydia smacked her lips together, sitting up and playing with a strand of Kayla's hair, pulling her head backwards and forwards making Kayla raise her eyebrows.

"I feel fine" She slurred, leaning around Kayla to touch Stiles' arm and smile up at him drunkenly, "Actually... I feel fantastic" She grinned and Stiles' heart beat wildly in his chest. Oh God, Lydia was actually touching him?! Granted she probably had no idea what she was doing but still... talk about a dream come true.

"What are you both doing here?" She questioned, staring down at her immaculate fingernails.

"Uh... I was worried about you" Stiles replied dumbly and Kayla swivelled her head around to peer at him with a raised eyebrow, "I mean...we were both really worried about you - both of us, two, as in plural" And Kayla smirked before focusing her attention back on Lydia.

"That was nice of you two - plural" Lydia slurred and Stiles couldn't help but smile. God, she really was beautiful.

"Hey, uh, Lydia - you don't happen to have any aspirin do you? My head's killing me" Kayla asked and when Stiles looked at her he could see she was squinting her eyes and blinking more rapidly than usual. Guess Derek's training session hurt her more than he first thought. After it she seemed fine, not even limping but now she was pale and worry flared up in Stiles' chest.

"Yes, yes I do Kayla... I would give you all my aspirin for you" Lydia replied dreamily, clumsily picking up a prescription bottle from her bedside table and handing it to Kayla who chuckled light heartedly at Lydia's comment.

"That's nice to know Lydia" Kayla responded, knocking out about half a dozen tablets and standing up from the bed, "I'm just gonna get a glass of water, keep her company?" She asked and Stiles bobbed his head up and down. Of course he would, that was a stupid question. Kayla smiled knowingly and left and Stiles focused his attention back on Lydia.

"How much of those 'quell your nerves' tablets did you take?" Stiles asked as Lydia drunkenly swayed forward, almost head butting him in the chest.

"Aaaaaalot" She smiled, reaching up and feeling his arm making Stiles gasp.

"Uh yeah... uh" Stiles laughed nervously, "I bet you can't say 'I saw Suzie sitting in a shoeshine shop' ten times fast?" And smiled lightly when Lydia kept trying to and promptly failing.

"I saw..." Lydia trailed off, a sudden, daunting, terrified look plastered on her face.

"Wait Lydia... what did you see?"

"Something"

"Something... something like a mountain lion?" He asked desperately, clinging to straws. It was then Kayla walked in, plonking herself down clumsily on the bed behind him but he was so focused on Lydia he didn't turn around.

"A mountain lion" She confirmed.

"Are you sure you saw a mountain lion or are you just saying that cause that's what the police told you?" He asked again just to make doubly sure.

"A mountain lion" She repeated again but she sounded so totally out of it Stiles didn't believe a word that came out of her pretty little mouth. So he picked up a toy giraffe and held it up to her, asking what it was.

"A mountain lion" She repeated and Stiles chuckled, placing it back on her table but seeing the prescription bottle that read 'Benzodiazepines' on it's label and gulped. Aw crap.

"Uh... Kayla? I don't think Lydia gave you aspirin" He called out, turning around to see Kayla dopily looking around the room, the same drunken smile that Lydia wore.

"Aw crap" He repeated, this time out loud, looking between the two of them. How the hell was he supposed to deal with two loopy girls?

"Hmmm?" She hummed, meeting his eyes, blinking slowly.

"Lydia gave you Benzodiazepines not aspirin" He repeated slowly, as if he was talking to a child.

"Really?" She slurred, touching her forehead, "But I feel a whole lot better" She added, running a hand through her long hair and smiling.

"I bet you do" Stiles murmured, giving her a small smile and meeting her eyes until he felt Lydia fall forward, her hand landing on his thigh making him begin to breathe heavily.

"Oh dear god" He murmured, throwing his head back but snapping it up when he felt Kayla's hand on his shoulder sending vibrations through his body.

"Derek didn't hurt you tooooo bad did he?" She questioned, swaying a bit, "He forgets that-that..." She trailed off as if she had forgotten what she was going to say. She chuckled, fiddling with the collar of his shirt, "He forgets that... people are breakable" She finished, looking up at him through her eyelashes.

"Uh... um, I-I'm f-fine" He stuttered, completely overwhelmed by the two girls that were sitting so close to him. Kayla smiled and ran a finger down his cheek, "That's good then" She whispered, eyes closing momentarily as she fell backwards on the bed, hair billowing out around her.

"Yeah, I should probably just get you home" Stiles spoke up, turning around and looking at Lydia who was still half laying on him. As gently as he could, he grabbed her shoulders and pushed her off him, causing her to wake up.

"Oh" Lydia said in disappointment, "Are you leaving already?"

"Uh... yes, yes uh... Kayla is kinda drunk so she needs to go home" Stiles said just as he heard a bang behind him and they both whipped around to see Kayla no longer lying on the bed but on the floor, giggling like mad.

"Oops" She said, sitting up, her hair wild, "But... I don't wanna gooooo home" She whined, trying to pull herself back up but failing miserably and falling back down onto the carpet, "My mom isn't there Stiles... I don't wanna be left alone" She added with a pout, eyes glassy and Stiles heat clenched.

"Uh...okay, uh, I'll just... take you to mine then" He suggested and Kayla gave him a wide smile, laying on her back and stretching out on the carpet, "This carpet feels so soft... can I steal it?" And Stiles knew now would be the best time to leave. Hiding a smile at Kayla's ridiculously childish and drunken behaviour he turned around to say bye to Lydia but she grabbed his hand, staring at him with large doe eyes.

"Don't go" She whispered, "Stay"

"I would but, uh... I can't" Stiles said, torn. He wanted to stay with Lydia but at the same time he wanted to stay with Kayla and that only caused him more confusion.

"Stay" Lydia pleaded and Stiles bit his lip, looking between the two girls but shook his head. He was a friend first.

"Sorry Lydia" Stiles said, standing up and walking over to Kayla, putting his hands on his hips and frowning down at her.

"But Jackson... I want you to stay" Lydia slurred before falling backwards, letting out a small snore. Yup - that's the reason he didn't want to stay, because all Lydia wanted was Jackson - not him. He pushed away the hurt and focused on the hilarity of the situation, that was actually pretty funny. Lydia's phone beeped and Stiles went to look at the text, shock flooding through his veins when he saw the video of the Alpha - the frigging Alpha.

"Kayla, oh my god you have to see this" He exclaimed, kneeling on the ground next to her and practically shoving the phone in her face. After it finished Stiles looked at Kayla expectantly, waiting for a reaction.

"It's pretty" She murmured, her face bright as she peered up at him, touching his hand.

"Pretty? It's not pretty - it's a murderous, dangerous beast that like tearing people's throats out and... oh, never mind" Stiles added as Kayla's attention was focused on fiddling with his silver watch, "You're too drunk to even care what I'm saying"

"I always care what you have to say" Kayla piped up, making Stiles' head snap down to look at her in shock as she managed to remove his watch, "So does other people cause... cause you're the smart one" She said seriously and Stiles thought that maybe the drugs had worn off but, clearly not, as Kayla grinned at him, "And you have a really nice voice" She giggled, falling forward onto his chest as Stiles began spluttering, not sure where to put his hands.

"Yup - okay, home it is then" He managed to get out, tightening his grip on Kayla's upper arms, hauling her to her feet, making her stumble.

"Do you think you can walk?" He asked, watching her closely as she stumbled, grabbing his wrist.

"Duh... I have legs" She sassed back and Stiles chuckled - nice to know she didn't lose her attitude even when she was completely out of it. She stumbled out of the room, Stiles not far behind her, ready to catch her if she fell. Just as he was about to close the door he glanced at Lydia one more time and then down at the phone in his hand. He was only taking it to protect her, he reassured himself, protecting her from the big, scary world like anyone would want to do. The sound of Kayla slipping jolted him from his 'serious thinking' as his hand shot out to stabilise her and she grinned up at him lazily.

"Thanksssssss Stiles" And Stiles' heart skipped a beat. Aw, c'mon, seriously?

The car ride was... interesting to say the least. It consisted of Kayla singing at the top of her lungs, trying to stick her head out the window like a dog and playing with the gear stick for fun. Yeah, it would've been a lot more fun if Stiles hadn't ended up almost driving into a ditch as he avoided an oncoming car. Yet, Kayla laughed and Stiles couldn't help but join in at the absolutely ridiculous situation they were in.

When they arrived at his house she fell out of the jeep and Stiles raced around to see if she was okay but she was fine, sitting cross legged on the tarmac.

"Okay then..." Stiles murmured, looking around to see if anyone was staring - he didn't want to get accused of kidnapping or inappropriate behaviour or anything like that. Kayla's eyes were sliding shut so he helped her stand up and, knowing she wouldn't be able to walk from the jeep to the house, he picked her up and slung her over his shoulder, grimacing slightly as it was his bad shoulder that Derek injured, but paid no heed of it as he headed inside and started going up the stairs.

"If you drop me... I'll kill you" He heard Kayla's muffled voice pipe up as she gripped the back of his shirt in her hand.

"Funnily enough... I'll try not to" He said back, opening his door to his room and, trying to be as gentle as he could, which didn't work out too well, he tried to place Kayla down on his bed but ended up practically throwing her on it and, because she still had a grip on his shirt, he tumbled down on top of her.

"Oh my god.. I, Uh... sorry" He murmured, blushing like mad as he looked her in the eye.

"It's fineeee" She slurred and he glanced down at the fistful of shirt she was gripping tightly.

"Uh... you can let me go now" He said, embarrassed, and Kayla smiled, letting him go and then stretching out on his bed, trying to get comfortable.

It wasn't even an hour later when Stiles resorted to leaving a threatening message on Scott's phone, fed up with his best friend not answering. Really? Shit was going down here and Stiles needed his friend and where the hell was he? Yeah... not here. A knocking on his door made Stiles snap his head up from resting it on the chair and saw his dad leaning against the door frame, about to open his mouth to ask a question but stopped, eyes traveling over to Kayla who was spread out on his bed, head turned into the pillows, t-shirt riding up slightly at all the fidgeting she had done in the past hour.

"Uh... do I want to know?" His dad asked, an eyebrow cocked in a questioning look.

"What? No... no" Stiles said, making his dad's face morph into shock and Stiles realised how that sounded and blushed, trying to form coherent sentences, "I just meant, uh... it's not how it looks, we didn't- I mean... nothing happened, oh god..." Stiles ran a hand down his face, completely mortified.

"Okay" His dad said slowly, still looking like he didn't believe him and asked "Then pease tell me i'm going to hear good things at this parent-teacher conference tonight"

"Uh... that depends on how you define 'good news'?"

"I define it as you getting straight A's with no behavioural issues"

"You might wanna re think that definition"

"Enough said" His dad sighed, glancing once more between Kayla and Stiles, looking like he wanted to say something, but shook his head and walked away. Stiles sighed - everything was just so complicated. So, trying not to dwell on his decision much, he deleted the video from Lydia's phone, cringing as he did so.

When Kayla awoke she was alone in a dark, unfamiliar room and jolted up off the bed, looking around in confusion. Immediately though her heart stopped racing as she realised she was in Stiles' room, letting out a small smile but them immediately cringing as a few memories floated back to her. God, she acted like a complete and utter drunk idiot. Urgghhh.

She groaned, rolling off the bed. No one was home, that much was obvious and when she looked out she saw the jeep and the Sheriff's car gone as well as the fact she had no car either. She assumed it was still at Lydia's so, with a tired sigh, she left the Stilinski household and walked the twenty minute walk it took from point A to point B.

"Thank god you're here" She sighed as she spotted the familiar red car she owned, sitting alone in the driveway. She reached for her keys out her pocket and jumped in, "You have no idea how good it is to see you" She said, fully aware she was talking to a car but not really caring. She pulled out of the driveway and left, slipping into her day dream mode.

She vaguely remembered something to do with Lydia's phone and the Alpha but it was all a blur - a really really big blur but she promised herself she would ask Stiles tomorrow - as long as he wouldn't laugh himself hoarse at her for acting like a frigging five year old. Though, she knew it would just be harmless teasing, it wasn't something he would hold over her head.

Snapping herself out of her daydream, Kayla looked around in confusion. Where the hell was she? She must have been so absorbed in her thoughts she just drove and drove and drove, completely unaware of the route she was taking. She recognised the road she was on though - it was the same one she took to come into Beacon Hills only now she was driving away from it. Okay... what? She pulled over to the side of the road, climbing out and looking around at the vast amount of trees and complete emptiness of all life forms that weren't human.

Strange. Shaking her head she was just about to get back in her car and drive home when she heard a noise coming from the woods beside her. She whipped her head to the side, trying to pinpoint it's location. And it wasn't a quiet, muffled sound either - like a twig snapping - it sounded a lot more like a whole frigging tree being snapped in half.

Dammit Kayla, stay calm, it's nothing to worry about, she repeated in her head over and over, squinting her eyes through the darkness. It was nothing. But the more she tried to convince herself that, the more she knew it definitely was not her imagination. Trying to quell the shaking of her hands she hit speed dial on her cell phone, trying to keep as silent as possible.

"Kayla?" Derek's voice asked through the speaker and just hearing his voice helped Kayla calm down.

"Der, hey uh... remember you said to tell you if anything bad happened?" She whispered, spinning around in a circle slowly, keeping her eyes as wide as possible so, whatever the hell it was, couldn't surprise her.

"Is the Alpha there?" Derek demanded, a frantic tone in his voice and she could hear the muffled sound of things breaking in the background.

"Um... I think so - I dunno, it's not like we shook hands or anything but... I have this feeling" She told him, slightly sarcastically, walking out to the middle of the road, eyes glued to the woods. She could just imagine the Alpha suddenly bursting through the line of trees and ripping her throat out and that image didn't help calm her down any.

"Where are you?" Derek growled and she could hear him turning into his wolf form.

"On the road that leads to outside Beacon Hills and-" She cut herself off as she heard a deep, menacing growl coming from the other side of the road where the other set of trees were and jumped, skittering backwards, dropping her phone in the process and it hit the tar mac with a loud 'crack'. She heard Derek's frantic call of her name on the other end but couldn't find her voice to say anything. Her breath fogged up in front of her as a howl ripped through the night air and that spurred Kayla into action.

She yanked open her car door, not even shutting it properly before she hit the gas pedal and sped off, the wheels of her car spinning dangerously as the car tried to grip onto the road. Her heart pounding, she glanced in the rear view mirror, mouth slackening when she saw a pair of red shining eyes glowering at her through the fog that sent chills up her spine.

"Holy crap" She breathed. The Alpha was actually here? She sucked in a deep breath and forced herself to remain calm - panicking would only make the situation a hundred times worse so she focused her eyes on the rod ahead, knowing that Derek would be here soon and that made her heart slow down. She risked another glance in the mirror just before a corner on the road and frowned - no red eyes were glaring at her. Which only meant... he was gone, or was coming after her and Kayla wasn't sure which was the best option.

She refocused her eyes on the road in front of her but wished she hadn't. The large beast of an Alpha was crouched down on all fours, it's snout upturned, red eyes evil as Kayla let out a gasp of terror and managed to fling the steering wheel to the left, making the car skid and for it to narrowly avoid hitting the Alpha that would only surely cause a head on collision. Unfortunately, the road wasn't all that wide and it was slippy from the rain that fell earlier that night, making the car careen off the side of the road, the back end spinning around as it hit a tree and forcing the car on it's side as it slid forward, finally stopping as the front collided with a rather large tree and the last thing Kayla heard was a deep, throaty growl that tore through the silent night.

A.N) Had to have some drama in there! ha! so... I'm updating super fast, dunno why but hey ho, I don't think anyone's complaining! I hope you can leave your thoughts below, I would really appreciate it and if I get enough reviews I will update in the next couple of days! so please please please review :)