A/N: Hi guys, I just thought I'd update this story. It isn't very long, for which I apologise. I just wanted to get this written when I had some spare time(i.e. When I wasn't working)
I wanted to show the next morning between Liam and Scott, and I wanted to have an altercation between Liam and his mom and I wanted to show a little more of Sophie and Chris' history. Everything leads to the big reveal at the very end of the chapter.
Enjoy the chapter and leave a review please? Your feedback really means a lot to me. It motivates me to keep going with this story.
Chapter Ten - Secrets
Tell me what you want to hear
Something that will light those ears
Sick of all the insincere
I'm gonna give all my secrets away
This time, don't need another perfect lie
Don't care if critics ever jump in line
I'm gonna give all my secrets away
Liam woke up early in the morning. His joints and muscles were stiff and he had a dull ache in his ass, which reminded him of the previous nights activities. He snuggled closer to Scott's chest, breathing in the natural aroma of his boyfriend and smiling contently. He must've lay for about ten minutes before Scott started to stir and wake up. When Scott opened his eyes, Liam was staring lovingly up at the Alpha.
"Morning!" Liam smiled brightly. Scott smiled at the boy in his arms.
"Morning Pup! How'd you sleep?" Scott asked, wrapping his strong arms around the Beta.
"It was perfect! I had the most comfortable pillow ever!" Liam said, before pressing a soft kiss on Scott's chest. "I'm all sore this morning though!"
Scott chucked at the Beta. "What time is it?" Scott asked, picking up his phone from the bedside table. 08:43am. "Wow, we slept straight through! I gotta get up for work, Deaton wants me in early to help out. He's got to perform surgery on a beagle this morning."
"I gotta go home anyway, I told mom I'd be home. I think my dad's working today too, so I wanna make sure she's okay. She seemed kind of...Off yesterday" Liam said, climbing out of bed and stretching. "And...I'm still naked! Can I go for a shower?"
"Of course you can Pup..." With that, Liam disappeared into Scott's bathroom, with the Alpha checking out the Beta's ass on the way. While Liam was showering, Scott got up and pulled on a pair of shorts. He headed downstairs to the kitchen, where he was shocked to see his mom sitting at the counter, nursing a cup of coffee. "Morning Mom!" Scott said, kissing her on the cheek.
"Morning! How was your night?" Melissa asked, before taking a sip of coffee.
"It was great. We had dinner, watched the sunset, came back here and watched a movie. We went to bed pretty early though..."
"Yeah, I guessed that when I came home and the Avengers was paused on the TV. You're working today, right?"
"Yeah, I start at 10:30. Liam's just in a shower, then I'm going to go for a shower and take him home."
"Do you want breakfast?" Melissa asked, smiling at her son. She enjoyed the sight...Her son smiling, being completely happy. She hadn't seen that in a while. She'd missed it. Scott sat down at the table and smiled at his mom again.
"I'll just make us cereal...Liam doesn't eat in the morning, and I'm not really hungry." Scott explained. Melissa nodded and opened the fridge, getting out more milk. They heard footsteps coming down the hall and Liam walked in, fully dressed in a pair of pale blue jean shorts and a white tank top.
"Morning Melissa!" Liam said, smiling awkwardly. He knew Melissa knew what they had done the night before, but he didn't want to bring it up. "Are you working today?"
"I am... I start at 12, doing a double shift...Again!" Melissa said, sighing deeply. She looked at her watch and groaned. "I gotta start getting ready. Scott, enjoy work and I'll see you tonight... Liam, I'll probably see you tomorrow." With that, Melissa disappeared out the kitchen, leaving Scott and Liam alone.
"So, are you hungry?" Scott asked, smiling brightly at his boyfriend.
"Not really. I'll probably have lunch with my mom. I feel bad, I haven't spent much time with her recently. I might spend the day with her, if she's up for it anyway." Liam said, smiling weakly.
"Well, I'll go for a shower and take you home..." Scott said, smiling at Liam again. "You can watch TV if you want?"
"I haven't been up this early on a Saturday in forever!" Liam said, dramatically throwing himself onto the sofa. Scott laughed and shook his head at the Beta.
"Yeah, that's because you're lazy!" He said, picking up a pillow from the couch, throwing it at Liam's head.
"Hey!" Liam laughed.
"I'll be like five minutes, okay?" Scott said, with Liam nodding and smiling. He pulled his cell phone out of his pocket, scrolling through his Instagram feed. Stiles had posted a picture of him and Scott from like 3 years earlier, on the last day of Junior High. Liam couldn't help but smile at the photo. He kept scrolling, seeing a selfie Lydia had posted, a picture of Malia and Kira together. Then he saw a picture of Mason, Corey and Lucas at Sinema the night before...Liam couldn't help but roll his eyes. Mason really needed to stop trying to come between them. Maybe I should set him up with Brett? Liam thought. Liam just shook his head at the thought, before closing Instagram down. He clicked on the YouTube app on his phone, noticing Tyler Oakley had posted a new video, so Liam clicked the video open and started to watch it. The video was around 8 minutes long, so by the time it ended, Scott was walking back into the living room, fully dressed in camouflage pants, a dark denim shirt and a black tank-top. "You okay babe?" Scott asked, leaning over the back of the couch, wrapping his arms around Liam's shoulders.
"Yeah, just catching up on some Tyler Oakley videos... I didn't use all the hot water, did I?"
"No, not all of it! Most of it..." Scott teased, Liam scoffing and smacking Scott with a pillow. "We better get going. I start work soon and I gotta get you home." Liam nodded at Scott, before standing up and stretching his muscles. He walked around the couch and kissed Scott on the lips before picking up his helmet from behind the couch.
"Okay, shall we?" Liam said, smiling at the Alpha. Scott laughed, before grabbing his jacket and helmet, while Liam grabbed his bag from the bottom of the stairs, slinging it over his shoulder. The pair made their way out of the house, climbing onto Scott's bike. They drove quickly to Liam's house, where they both got off the bike, and walked to the front door. "Well, enjoy work. Call me tonight?"
"Always!" Scott said, kissing Liam on the lips softly. "I love you, Pup!"
"I love you Scott!" Liam said, opening his front door. He stood at the door, watching Scott drive off before walking into the houst, dropping his bag by the front door. "Mom, I'm home!" Liam called out. He could hear voices coming from the kitchen, so followed the voices. He walked in and was surprised to see his mom sitting at the breakfast table, across from Chris Argent.
"Mr Argent? What are you doing here?" Liam asked, confused.
"Liam, you're home early?" Sophie interrupted.
"Scott's got a shift at the clinic."
"So, Liam how do you know Chris?" Sophie asked nervously.
"I-um-Scott introduced us. Scott used to date Allison, Mr Argent's daughter." Liam vaguely answered. He didn't know Sophie knew all that already.
"How are you Liam? How's Scott?" Chris asked, picking up his coffee.
"I'm great, Scott's great! How've you been? I haven't seen you since-"
"Since Mexico"
"Did you find what you were looking for?"
"Briefly...Derek and Braeden are still searching though. I'm going to meet up with them in a few days." Chris explained, Sophie eyeing the Hunter suspiciously.
"Mom, can I speak with you upstairs for a minute?" Liam asked. Sophie nodded before standing up, walking up the stairs with Liam. They walked to Liam's room, where Sophie sat down on the edge of his unmade bed.
"What's wrong Bamm-Bamm?" Sophie looked up at her son.
"How do you know Argent?" Liam asked bitterly.
"I've known him for a long time."
"What's he doing here?"
"We're just talking Liam. There's a lot we have to talk about."
"How do you know him?"
"Like I said, we've known each other for a long time. Growing up, we were very close."
"Did you date him?"
"What? No!" Sophie said, almost too defensively.
"Mom, why are you giving me vague answers?" Liam snapped.
"You're one to talk!" Sophie said, tilting her head to the left, letting her long blond hair fall off her shoulder.
"What do you mean?" Liam said, blushing slightly.
"What I mean is you've not given me a straight answer for months! And don't think I haven't noticed you've been sneaking out at all hours of the night!" Sophie said angrily. "I know you're hiding something Liam, so don't be a hypocrite! I didn't raise you like that!"
"You know what? I came home today, feeling bad that I hadn't spent a lot of time with you recently! I told Scott that I wanted to spend the day with you, hang out! Now though? I gotta get out of here!" Liam said, anger evident in his voice.
"Where do you think you're going?"
"Out!" Liam stormed out of his room and straight down the stairs and out the front door. Sophie sighed and walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. She sat down across from Chris again.
"Is he okay?" Chris asked.
"No. He's pissed. He wanted to know how we knew each other."
"You didn't tell him, did you?" Chris asked sadly.
"You know I didn't. I don't want Liam to know what I did when I was young." Sophie said angrily.
"He definitely gets his temper from his grandfather..." Chris smiled at the blond woman.
"God, if he's anything like his grandfather, he's screwed!" Sophie laughed, glad that Chris managed to defuse the tension. "He mentioned Allison... I'm really sorry Chris. Losing a child is the worst thing that can happen to any parent. How did it happen?"
"Do you want the real story or the official story?" Chris smiled sadly.
"The real one...Was it on a hunt?" Sophie asked. Chris took a deep breath and nodded.
"To explain what really happened to her, I'll need to tell you about what happened to lead to her death. The pack came up against a Darach..."
"A dark druid, right?" Sophie asked.
"Yeah! She wanted to revive the Nemeton to use its power to destroy Deucalion and the other Alphas, so she kidnapped me, Melissa McCall and Sheriff Stilinski, and had us captive in an underground cellar. Things started to get really bad, the place we were being kept started to collapse and the kids couldn't find us. So they went to Deaton. He told them they needed to temporarily die in order to find us. So Scott, Stiles and Allison did that and found us. Scott became a True Alpha that day."
"I knew he wasn't a normal Werewolf!" Sophie said, smirking. Chris laughed and shook his head.
"After that, everything for the kids started to get worse, and Stiles became possessed by a Nogitsune, a dark Kitsune spirit. He had kidnapped Lydia, because she's a Banshee."
"Makes sense. I've never met a Banshee in the flesh before."
"I hadn't either. So when the kids went to go save her, they came up against Kira Yukimura's mother and the Oni."
"The ninja spirit things you fought when you first started hunting?"
"The very same. The Nogitsune managed to take control of them and the pack were fighting them. Allison managed to kill one using her silver arrow head, but another one stabbed her with his sword. She died in Scott's arms. She wasn't in any pain though. She was at peace."
"I'm so sorry Chris." Sophie reached her arm across the table, taking hold of Chris' arm. "Do you know what happened to my sister?"
"She's...Not around any more!" Chris said cryptically. Having known Chris her whole life, Sophie knew not to push the Hunter to open up. If he didn't want to tell you something, you wouldn't be told.
Liam walked through the streets of Beacon Hills. He didn't know where he'd been going until he'd arrived at Lydia's house. He knew he couldn't go to Scott's, and Mason's mom was going to make him open up about his feelings...Then she'd go to Liam's step-dad and rat him out. He walked up the path in front of Lydia's house and knocked on the door. He didn't know what he was doing here, but he knew he needed to someone to talk to. Liam waited for a minute or so when the door opened. Lydia was stood in her bath robe, her hair tied back in a loose bun.
"Liam?" The Banshee said, stepping out the door. "What are you doing here?"
"I just need someone to talk to" Liam said sadly.
"Come in sweetie!" Lydia said, beckoning in the young Beta. Liam nodded and followed the Banshee into the house. They walked up the stairs and into Lydia's room. "Have a seat, I'm just gonna get dressed." She quickly left the room and came back in a few minutes later, fully dressed in a pair of blue shorts and a pale blue sweater. "Okay, what's going on? Is it Scott?"
"No, Scott and I are perfect...We finally had sex last night and it was amazing!"
"Then what's the problem?"
"My mom's keeping secrets from me."
"Liam, you're keeping a pretty big secret from her too..." Lydia smirked, "What happened?"
"When I got home from Scott's place this morning, I found my mom in the kitchen talking to Allison's dad."
"Mr Argent was in your kitchen?" Liam nodded slightly. "How do they know each other?"
"She refused to tell me...All she kept saying is that they'd known each other for years. I asked if they used to date and she seemed grossed out by it."
"Liam this is insane! How did you guys leave it?"
"She called me a hypocrite, she said that she knew I was keeping secrets from her and I took off because I couldn't look at her without wanting to break something... That something being Argent's nose!"
"You wouldn't have punched him Li! You've been doing so well at controlling your anger, don't let this get in the way of that!" Lydia said sympathetically. She reached out and took hold of Liam's arm, squeezing it slightly.
"I know...Any way, can we talk about something else? I want to take my mind off of what happened." Liam said sweetly. "What do you have planned today?"
"I actually need to leave soon...I've got to meet Stiles at the police station. We're going to study."
"On a Saturday? You're too dedicated!" Liam joked.
"So, why don't I take you to Starbucks so you can get a coffee, calm your nerves so you can go home and talk to your mom like a grown up? No temper tantrums!"
"Fine! Only because you used one of my two biggest weaknesses!" Liam joked. "I do need coffee." Lydia laughed and quickly put on her shoes.
"You ready?" Liam nodded at his friend and stood up. The pair walked out of Lydia's room, down the stairs and out the front door.
Across town in the Starbucks near Liam's house, Jared, the pretty boy, blond barista, served several customers, given that he was the only person serving. When it finally slowed down, he walked out back and sent a quick text message. He came back out, still looking at his phone. When he looked up, he was startled to see the tall blond woman standning at the checkout.
"Oh, sorry. I was just-"
"Checking your text messages?" The woman asked, smirking.
"Yeah...How can I help you?"
"I was wondering if you knew Liam Dunbar?"
"I think so? Short, blond, blue eyes?" Jared asked.
"That's the one...Does he come in here often?"
"Yeah...Like 4 times a week, at least." Jared smiled.
"I'm being so rude!" The woman said, smiling darkly. "I'm-" As the woman began to introduce herself to the young barista, the door of the Starbucks opened and Liam walked in. The woman smirked to herself. "Hello Liam!" She said, turning to the Beta.
"Kate?" Liam asked, eyes widening.
"How's Scott?" Kate smirked.
"What are you doing here?" Liam barked at the older woman.
"Skipping the niceties? I like that... Reminds me a lot of my father. How's Sophie?" Kate said, smirking widely. "I've not seen her in years."
"Wha-How do you know my mom?" Liam asked, barely holding his anger together.
"Well I've known Sophie forever...My entire life in fact! You know, I knew there was something familiar about you when I saw you in Mexico. Then I realised why that is. You look just like your mother."
"How. Do. You. Know. My. Mom!" Liam growled.
"Well she isn't just your mother Liam..." Kate said, circling the Beta. She placed her clawed hand on the Beta's shoulder before leaning in to whisper in his ear. "She's also my sister!" She smirked, looking darkly at the Beta, knowing that she'd ruined everything Sophie had worked so hard to hide for almost 17 years.
A/N: So the truth is finally revealled. Sophie is an Argent...Which means Liam is an Argent! Did anyone see that coming?
I wanted to add Kate into the mix so Liam could find out the truth in the worst possible way. Will he and Sophie be able to repair their relationship? Why is Sophie so reluctant to tell the truth about who she is? What was so bad that she turned her back on her family?
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MikaelsonFan93!