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Addie stumbled over the uneven ground of the forest. She didn't know how long she had been running, but all she could think of was that she wasn't far enough away yet. She had nearly killed a boy tonight, because she was selfish. She was selfish because she desperately wanted to get better, and she did it anyway even after knowing the consequences.

She stopping running, having ran out of breath, and leaned against a tree. She slid her back down the hard bark of the tree until her butt hit the cold ground. It seemed that her endless tears had finally seemed to stop. All she felt now was empty and cold. A crunch of the leaves on the ground, snapped her out of her delirious state. Without having to look up she knew who it was, she felt the familiar tingle that the presence of something supernatural gave her.

Derek had witnessed most of the incident, having been watching the game from behind the shadows of the forest. He heard her cries and saw her bolt into the forest after others arrived to the scene. He also saw a frantic Stiles trying to go after her, but was stopped by his father. Scott too went to go after her, but his mother stopped him as well. So Derek thought he should go make sure she didn't get mauled by a mountain lion, or worse... the alpha. He had made sure to make his approach not-so-subtle, as to not startle her. Even in the dark, Derek noticed something was different about her. She looked more healthy than she had looked the last few days. Her tears had greatly smeared her makeup, and her marathon through the forest had smudged dirt over her.

"Go away." she said trying to conjure up some confidence.

"You know I can't do that." Derek said as he stopped a few feet away.

"Oh? And why is that?" she asked bitterly.

"Because, I once promised Laura that I would help her look out for you." Derek said firmly, hiding his internal breakdown about his sister.

Addie pushed herself up from the ground and stomped closer to him. "Well both you and Laura can go to hell! Because I don't need you guys looking after me! I've already got enough babysitters!" she said with anger.

Derek held his calm facade and spoke his next words surprisingly slowly. "Laura's dead."

All emotion dropped from Addie's face as she stood less than a foot away from Derek. She shifted her eyes away and looked into the forest, at nothing. "It's my fault..." she said quietly.

Derek frowned. "How?" he asked.

Addie shook her head sadly, "It's always my fault... My parents... Josh... Laura... It's like I'm cursed..."

Derek shook his head at her, "You know if Laura heard you say that, she would smack you."

"You can't smack someone if you're dead," she mumbled.

"Come on," He said as he nodded his head back towards the way they came. "Let's go."

"No." she said, "I want to stay here, I deserve to stay here."

Derek shook his head in annoyance, before reaching out to grab her arm. "We're not gonna play this game Addie, there are people out there worried about you. Now, let's go."

Anger flooded Addie's veins, she ripped her arm out of his grasp and went to push him away. She didn't feel the tingle of magic down her spine until Derek was thrown into the air and landed with a crash nearly twenty feet away. She threw her hands over her mouth and gasped.

Derek groaned and slowly got up, "Well that was unexpected." he said.

Addie quickly jogged to him, "I'm so sorry!" she cried. "I didn't know what I was doing!"

"It's fine," Derek grumbled as he dusted off his leather jacket, "just as long as you don't do it again."

Addie looked down at her hands; she still felt the tingle. She flexed her fingers trying to make the feeling go away, before bringing them to her body and folding her arms below her chest.

"Now, are you going to come peacefully, or are we going to repeat flinging me across the forest?" Derek asked raising one of his eyebrows.

Addie slowly nodded but didn't look up. "Can you take me somewhere else? Besides just going home?" she asked.


Stiles slammed his front door, frustrated and upset. After the EMT's had taken Josh, his father decided it was time to look for Addie but it was too late then, she was already long gone. She had pushed him away earlier, she hadn't wanted his comfort; and that broke off a small piece of his heart. He slightly understood that it was a traumatic experience and that she probably wanted space, but it still hurt just the same.

He dumped his lacrosse bag at the bottom of the stairs, choosing to deal with them in the morning, and walked up the stairs to his room. Walking in and flicking on the light, he fell back against the door startled when he saw someone laying on his bed. "Addie?" he called out as he realized who it was. She was curled up on top of his bed, and hadn't moved when he spoke. At first he thought she was asleep, but then she spoke softly.

"I'm sorry." she practically whispered, as she clutched his pillow.

Stiles walked over to the side of his bed, and crouched down to her level. He reached for her hand, and un-curled her fingers from the death grip it had on his pillow. He kissed the top of her knuckles, then leaned his head down atop their hands. After a moment, he lifted his head and let out a shaky breath and tried to blink away his teary eyes. "You really scared us back there Addie."

"Yeah, I was pretty scared too." she mumbled quietly.

"Do you want to talk about it?" he asked, but her eyes quickly began to water, "Or not. We don't have too. We can eat ice cream and... uh... you can help me study!" he exclaimed trying to stop her from crying.

Addie let out a shaky laugh and used her free hand to wipe away her tears. "I don't want to talk. I just... I want this day to be over." she said.

Stiles looked at his clock that was on the table next to him, and it read 10:57 pm. He gave Addie a smile, and let her hand go. Reaching over to his clock, he pushed select buttons and the time began to change. He stopped it when it reached 12:09. "There." he said. "It's a new day."

Addie smiled at her friend's sincerity. She then scooted back away further towards the other side of the bed and grabbed Stiles' hand, bringing him with her.

Stiles complied and laid next to her, patiently waiting for her to instruct what to do next. Without permission, not that she needed it, Addie laid her head on his shoulder and grabbed onto his shirt pulling him closer. Stiles was in shock, they had never crossed this boundary before. Physical contact between them, was generally arms around a shoulder, or the occasional hug. Instinct took over, Stiles snaked his arm around her and securely placed it on her mid-back.

"You won't ever leave me, right?" she asked quietly into his shoulder.

Stiles looked down at her sadly, "That's a stupid question Addie. Of course I won't... You're permanently stuck with me."

They quickly fell asleep like that. Sheriff Stilinski peered into his son's room when he got home a few hours later, and saw them tangled together and asleep. A smile appeared on his face. Closing the door, he grabbed the phone from his pocket and dialed Deaton's number to inform him that his god-daughter was safe and sound.


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