It was the next afternoon and Scott called me to meet them at a warehouse where they had a bunch of werewolves staying. I got there to see Braedon, Derek, Scott, and Kira already there. I pulled my hood down off me and glanced at Scott. I pulled my hood down off me and glanced at Scott. I glanced over at the pack to see a few people and this women that looked familiar to me. I noticed Brett and I just shook my head. I still couldn't believe that he was a werewolf but then again I had seen weirder shit happen.
"What up?" I asked as I stuffed my hands into my pockets of the sweatshirt.
"We think Hunters are coming and we need help protecting this pack." He said. I nodded and smiled.
"Count me in McCall." I said. Derek glanced back at the whole pack.
"They'll be okay." Scott said to him.
"They got claws and fangs, but they're not fighters." Derek muttered as he came around to stand next to me. Things between Derek and I were still tense. We still hadn't talked about that time that we had kissed back when he had been transformed back into a teenager. Derek glanced over at me and I looked away. I still felt so awkward about the whole thing and let me tell you, if we never talked about that moment ever again I would so be better off.
"That's why I called you." Scott said.
"Well, try to remember that I don't have claws and fangs anymore either." Derek said which surprised me. I hadn't been keeping up with him but I didn't know he had lost his powers completely.
"That's why he called me." Braedon said. I nodded.
"Am I the only one still hoping this is all just a false alarm? I mean it's possible we could wait here all night and nothing happens. Right?" Kira asked. I shrugged and glanced at him.
"Which family is it?" I asked. Mr. Argent walked over to me and handed an arrow to me that I guess had been fired at one of the werewolves. I glanced at the arrow tip to see the falcon in it and I glanced up at him before handing it back to him.
"Well, that was suspected." I muttered as I looked back towards the group. Scott glanced at me with a raised eyebrow as I looked at my phone before asking for the arrow back. Mr. Argent handed it to me soundlessly and then I snapped a picture of it before forwarding it to Luna and Max. I knew that they would be here in a little under a few minutes after seeing the crest from that family. They knew the kind of people they were and they were not something to mess with. Mom had to ward them off a few different times because they've tried to take one of us out before mom shot them with something as a warning.
"Have you heard anything from Stiles or Lydia yet?" Braedon asked.
"Lydia is still talking to Meredith and Stiles and Malia are headed to the lake house. They're trying to stop it." Scott said. That irked me because the last time I had checked Malia hated Stiles for keeping secrets. My teeth grinded together as I looked out the window pulling the tarp back slightly. I sighed and then looked back at Scott.
"What if there is no stopping it?" Brett asked. I turned around and smirked at him.
"What if it doesn't end until we're all dead?" He asked. We were all silent.
"Then let's send a message." Derek said. I glanced over at him wondering what he was about to say.
"Let's make something perfectly clear to anyone with a copy of that list. It doesn't matter if they're professional assassins, hunters, or an amateur who just picked up a gun. Anyone who thinks they can hunt and kiss us for money, is gonna be put on another list. Our list. They get to be a name on our dead pool." Derek said. I nodded and smirked as Braedon clicked her shotgun.
"Well damn I think that's the only thing I've liked that you've said yet." I muttered. He just shot me a look and I smiled at him as I heard footsteps. Luna and Max came through the plastic and smiled at me before giving me fist-bumps. Max was cracking his knuckles as Luna was just braiding her hair into a fish-tail braid smiling at me. Well, my back-up came through.
"When I saw the image on the arrow I called for back-up." I muttered. Scott nodded as he glanced at Luna.
"You're so old Scotty." She teased and he just looked away red in the face. I laughed and Max rolled his eyes. Kira glanced at all three of us.
"I can see you're all related. You look alike." She said. Luna chuckled as her and Max slung their arms around my shoulders. I groaned and rolled my eyes.
"Yeah," They said together. I pushed them off of me.
"And I can't stand them half the time." I muttered. I walked away and glanced out the window before walking back. It was just a waiting game now.
I don't know how long it was but the sun was going down when an alarm went off and Mr. Argent said that they were coming up for us. I waited and I heard Braedon call for us to get back. Luna, Max, and I quickly ducked behind a wall before the bullets started to fly.
"Now this is what I'm talking about." Max muttered. Luna and I both rolled our eyes.
"Let's do this." I muttered. They nodded and once I saw someone drop their gun to look around I ran out and tackled them taking them off guard. I punched them straight in the face through the glass and I heard Max and Luna go out after I did fighting someone or other. That's when one ran up to me and swung at me with a knife. I ducked out of the way feeling it graze my cheek. I roared slightly pissed off before I slammed my fist upsides the guy's head before kicking him squarely in the balls. The guy stared at me before realizing who it was. I just smiled at him.
"Fuck off." I muttered as I ran towards the next person. There was so much gun fire I couldn't tell which was what. I felt a bullet go through my arm. I growled and slammed my fist into the one that had just pointed the gun at me and slammed his head upside the wall beside me three times before I saw his eyes go wide and his breathing stopped. I let him drop from my hand. I heard his heart beating still so it was alright. I sighed.
"I hate people." I muttered. I was about go after someone else when I heard a phone buzz and the fighting stopped. I got really confused but looked at the guy who I had knocked out. I grabbed the phone from his pocket and pulled it out looking at it. I smiled when I saw that all contracts were terminated by the benefactor. I watched as the guys who were left standing leave in peace. Everyone that was hiding came out of hiding. I glanced up to see Luna limping over to me with Max's arm around her.
"Bullet don't worry. I'll be fine. It wasn't laced or anything." She assured me. I nodded.
"So it's over?" Max asked. I nodded. He sighed and then I sighed.
"Finally! I was so done with looking left and right for killers every time I open the damn front door." Max muttered. I chuckled and smiled. Scott glanced over at me and I smiled over at him. I gave him a thumb up letting him know everything was alright.
I was outside the building leaning against the car Luna and Max had ridden in. It was the Hummer and they were just inside talking to Scott and Braedon about something or other when the door opened. I glanced up to see Derek walking out of the building. He had his arms crossed over his chest and I looked everywhere but him until he literally standing right in front of me. I glanced up at him biting the inside of cheek and gave him a quick tight lipped smile before glancing at the ground again.
"You know you're not making this easier on yourself." He commented. I just looked up at him shocked before trying to sputter out an answer. He just watched me and stared as I made a complete fool out of myself. I just shut my mouth as my cheeks heated up, embarrassed. I huffed crossing my arms over my chest.
"Are we ever going to talk about what happened?" He asked. I shrugged.
"I rather not but I guess we have to." I muttered. He just shrugged and then leaned against the side of the car staring down at me. I bit the inside of my cheek more and he just shook his head.
"We can't change the past. It happened." He conceded. I just looked up at him with disbelief in my face.
"What do you want me to say?" He asked. I just shrugged.
"Thought I would get this big lecture on how I shouldn't have had a crush on you or what we did was a mistake and it shouldn't have happened. Something along the lines of that." I muttered and he nodded in thought.
"I mean I can't really complain. I was good looking. I still am. You're human, Sky; and being attracted to someone is normal. If I was younger, around your age now I would try to date you. It's normal." He muttered and I looked at him flustered. He laughed at my face and I huffed looking away from him. He sighed beside me and I glanced over at him. He was looking past me over my head and I glanced over to see Luna and Max talking to Mr. Argent. They were looking at the arrow they had from the other clan and I just stuck out my tongue in distaste.
"But if it matters any to you from what I remember when I was a teenager for that short period I thought you were cute. You...you reminded me of Paige." He muttered. I glanced down at the ground and nodded my head. He looked like he was about to add something else but he didn't. I just nodded.
"Well, I'll take that as a compliment I think." I muttered. He nodded and pushed off the car before walking over to Luna, Max, and Mr. Argent. They talk for a little bit before Mr. Argent walks off. They stood there talking for a moment before they head towards me.
"Ready to go?" Luna asked. I nodded and she unlocks the car and I jump in. I watch as they stand outside talking for a few minutes before they go their separate ways. Max crawls into the passenger seat as Luna gets into the driver's seat. Luna glanced back at me.
"So you and Derek huh?" She asked. My cheeks blaze red and I glare at her.
"Shut up." I growl from between my teeth as she starts to the car and heads home.
It was Friday and Scott was over at my house with Stiles. We were having a whole night to ourselves watching movies just like we used to with pop-corn and sodas with a ton of junk candy.
"I vote Star Wars!" Stiles said raising his hand up high. I laughed and glanced over to him.
"Dude we're not watching that. Get over it." Scott laughed. I nodded.
"Come on guys it's a classical! I mean if we watch Harry Potter tonight then we're watching Star Wars!" He said quickly. I rolled my eyes and glanced back at him to see him balancing his phone on his forehead. I quickly poked him in his side making him jump. His phone hit his eye.
"Ouch!" He yelled. I laughed as he rubbed his eye before Scott looked at us holding a movie.
"How about this one?" He asked holding up Taken 2. I shrugged
"Why not?" I said.
"I still say Star Wars!" Stiles said quickly.
"Dude you always say Star Wars." I said. He just smiled at me.
"That's because it's awesome!" He laughed. I just rolled my eyes and then sighed shaking my head before I crawled over to where Scott was on the ground looking at all the DVD's my family had collected over the years. I looked at a row of them before pulling out the whole Dark Knight Rises series. I held it up to Stiles.
"How about these?" I asked tossing him the first one. He looked it over and nodded. I looked at Scott as Stiles tossed it back to me.
"Why not because if not this one he probably won't agree to another one." Scott said.
"I resent that!" Stiles called from the couch. We both just waved him away laughing as Scott put the DVD in and I went back to sitting next to Stiles. He pushed in the movie and I sighed. Stiles glanced over at me confused.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"Nothing." I lied smiling. He just stared at me and so did Scott. I knew Scott could tell I was lying but before he could say anything I heard the microwave beep in the kitchen signaling that our third bag of popcorn was ready. I got up and headed to the kitchen. I also pulled my phone out of my pocket as I did so. I looked at the txt for an unknown number as I played the video one last time. I watched as it zoomed in on the window in the hospital focusing on Stiles and Malia kissing in the hospital room. Every time I watched it I got a little bit less emotional about it. I had got it sent to me right after the whole death pool thing had ended and no one knew I had it. I sighed and I froze when I heard another heart beat behind me. I glanced over as I hit the home button on my phone.
"What were you looking at?" Scott asked.
"Nothing, just some video." I muttered as I slipped my phone into the pocket of my sweatshirt I had on. He nodded and then I grabbed a bowl from the cupboard above.
"So how are you and Liam doing?" He asked and my cheeks flared red. I thought back to the night before. I chuckled and smiled over at Scott.
"Fine." I laughed. He just raised an eyebrow before shaking his head.
"I don't want to know. He's a hormonal freshman and you're just as bad as he is." He muttered shaking his head. I just winked at him and he groaned as Stiles came into the room and Scott and I went silent. He glanced up at us from the phone he had in his hands staring at us confused.
"What?" He asked.
"Nothing." I laughed. He just rolled his eyes and hopped up onto the counter of the kitchen and moved across it so that he was next to Scott.
"So have you and Liam done the deed?" He asked. My eyes widened as my face went totally red.
"That's none of your business!" I squealed as I threw a handful of popcorn at him.
"Hey why are you wasting good popcorn?!" He demanded as he tried to grab at least some of it as it fell. I just rolled my eyes and then shook my head.
"Come on let's go watch the movie." I muttered. Stiles laughed and then wrapped his arms around my shoulders. I just rolled my eyes yet again and poked him in the side. We all sat down and I grabbed my bowl of popcorn and a whole pack of sour patch kids. I hit play on the movie and Stiles clapped and the lights dimmed. This kid had been in my house way too much to remember that the lights dimmed like that.
"That's scary." Scott commented looking at Stiles. He just shrugged before wrapping his arms around my shoulders as he looked at Scott.
"We bonded here in the living room." He said. Scott looked at both Stiles and I, his eyes darting back and forth every like 10 seconds or though. Stiles and I glanced at each other realizing how it sounded and we both turned red. That had happened in the living room but that wasn't the moment he was referring to I don't think.
"Too much information." Scott said.
"Dirty ass. He means it. We did have a movie night one on one Scott!" I groaned pushing him with my hand. Scott laughed at me and smiled. I just rolled my eyes and shook my head as the first scene started. Now I missed these times between Scott, Sties, and I. I smiled and glanced at both of them before settling back into my couch.
"I've missed these nights." I said. They both nodded and I smiled at them. God I missed my boys so much. It seemed like forever ago that it seemed that we could do this. It seemed forever go that things were normal but hopefully with the benefactor and the assassins done and gone things were going to be different and normal for a while.
I sighed and rubbed my eyes because I was just sitting at my house sitting outside catching a tan. I must've fallen asleep because standing beside me was Liam. I smiled at up at him and he just shook his head. I moved over and he sat down and he put his fingers on my stomach tracing circles into my tan skin. I smiled at him.
"Tanning I see." He said. I nodded.
"Of course I wanna get tan." I smiled and sat up looking at him. He had bags underneath his eyes.
"Are you alright?" I asked tracing them under his eyes lightly. He nodded and caught my fingers.
"Yeah, fine. Why?" He asked as he laced our fingers together. I heard the heart rate go up and I knew he was lying to me. I shook my head and chuckled at him.
"You don't look fine Liam. You look like you haven't been sleeping well." I said. He just shrugged and then I just looked at him with my eyebrows raised and he sighed.
"I haven't been sleeping well. When I turn the lights out I swear a see Berserkers but when I turn the light back on they're not there. I feel like a kid scared of the dark." He muttered angrily. I just ran my hand up and down his arm and he glanced over at me bringing his gaze from his hands to my eyes.
"It's alright to be scared. Trust me it'll get better." I whispered. He nodded. That's when I got a phone call and it was from Stiles. What the hell? I answered it.
"What up?" I asked.
"Hey it's Malia. I need help waking Stiles up. He won't get up no matter what I do." She said I groaned into the phone and checked my clock. Yes I had gotten up at the crack of dawn to tan and Liam had come over on his bike so we could ride to school together.
"Kiss him usually does the trick." I said before I hung up on her. Liam chuckled and pulled me closer before kissing me. I giggled in the kiss before wrapping an arm around his waist in the front. I pulled away from the kiss and smiled at him.
"I need to get ready before we head to school hold on." I whispered. He nodded and we quickly went back inside. He waited for me downstairs where my stuff was for the lacrosse game and school in general. I quickly closed the door pulled on some jean shorts which probably challenged many dress code policies before pulling on a tank-top before throwing my hair up into a messy pony-tail. I grabbed my jean jacket and ran down the stairs.
"Ready let's go." I said. He just shook his head as he grabbed one of my bags for me while I got my book-bag. I unlocked my car and put everything in the trunk and we were on our way to school. When we got there I told Liam I was good and he could go ahead and go do whatever he was going to do. He gave me a quick kiss before dashing off into the school. I just shook my head and chuckled. I grabbed my book-bag from the trunk before getting my Vera Bradley tote. I walked inside and went to my locker stuffing the shit inside and I sighed. I looked at myself in the mirror and shook my head.
"Well, things are fine. You're going to be okay." I whispered to myself hoping to believe it.
