Kaiden rolls his eyes as walks out onto the lacrosse field with Scott and Stiles. "I'm only here because someone has to be able to stop you from doing anything bad if you wolf out." Kaiden says as he takes a seat on the bleachers on the second row, leaning back into the third row and putting his legs out on the first. "That and I have to make sure Stiles isn't ripped to shreds." Stiles gives Kaiden a look as he puts his lacrosse bag down.
"Okay, now..." He digs through the bag as he talks. "Ignoring Kaiden for a second." He says before pulling something out of his bag. "Put this on." He hands it over to Scott.
"Isn't this one of the heart rate monitors for the track team?" Scott asks as he looks down at it.
"Yeah, I borrowed it." Kaiden snorted at this, causing Stiles to shoot him a glare.
"Stole it." Scott corrects.
"Temporarily misappropriated." Stiles fires back, causing Kaiden to laugh. "Kaiden, shut up." Stiles barks, causing Kaiden to only laugh more. "Erg," Stiles groans and looks at Scott. "Anyways, coach uses it to monitor his heart rate with his phone when he jogs, and you're going to wear it for the rest of the day."
"Don't you need his phone in order to see it?" Kaiden asks once his laughing has secede.
"Isn't that coach's phone?" Scott asks, motioning to the phone in Stiles' hands.
"Seriously Stiles?" Kaiden asks. "You're such a clepto."
"That, I stole." Stiles nods.
"Why?" Scott laughs, looking at Kaiden with a grin.
"Alright, well, your heart rate goes up when you go wolf, right?" Stiles asks, glancing at Scott then Kaiden.
"Yeah." Kaiden nods. "It does."
"When you're playing lacrosse, when you're with Allison, whenever you get angry. Maybe learning to control it is tied to learning to control your heart rate." Kaiden raises an eyebrow at Stiles as he says this.
"Huh, my boyfriend's actually smart." Stiles glares at Kaiden as Scott snickers.
"Shut it, wolf." Stiles orders before turning back to Scott.
"So... Like the incredible hulk." Kaiden raises an eyebrow as Scott suddenly says this.
"Kind of like the incredible hulk, yeah." Scott shrugs.
"No, I'm like the incredible hulk." Kaiden groans and throws his head back.
"I'm surrounded by nerds." Stiles ignores Kaiden and gives a look to Scott.
"Would you shut up and put the strap on." Scott puts the strap on and Stiles duck tapes Scott's hands together.
"You know, I might actually enjoy spending my afternoon here." Kaiden says as he realizes what Stiles is trying to do.
"This isn't exactly how I wanted to spend my free period." Scott tells Kaiden.
"Alright." Stiles grabs his back and backs up, ignoring both Scott and Kaiden. "You ready?" He drops his bag down and picks up a ball and puts it in his lacrosse stick.
"No." Scott says honestly.
"Remember, don't get angry." Kaiden smiles and crosses his hands over his stomach, getting comfortable to watch this.
"I'm starting to think this is really a bad idea."
"Oh, relax Scott, I'll make sure Stiles doesn't go over board." Kaiden smiles, causing Scott to sigh.
"Something tells me your idea of over board is far worse than Stiles." Kaiden only smiles in reply. Kaiden starts to laugh as Stiles throws the ball right into Scott's thigh.
"Nope, this is defiantly going to be a fun free period." Kaiden says, causing Stiles laughs as he chucks another ball right into Scott's chest.
"Okay that one kind of hurt." Scott says, causing Kaiden to smile.
"Oh tough up Scott." Scott glares at Kaiden as Stiles prepares to throw another.
"Quiet. Remember, you're supposed to be thinking about your heart rate, alright." Stiles says before chucking another ball. "About staying calm."
"Stay calm." He says as he dodges the ball. "Staying calm. Staying totally calm." He starts hopping, causing Kaiden to laugh. "There's no balls flying at my face..." Scott gets hit right in the chest again. Kaiden laughs harder as Scott gets hit over and over again. "Son of a bitch!"
"You know what? I think my aim is actually improving." Stiles says as Kaiden struggles to breath from all the laughing he's doing. Stiles laughs seeing Kaiden enjoying this so much.
"Wonder why." Scott says as he glares at Kaiden.
"Ah, buh, buh. Don't get angry." Stiles interrupts.
"I'm not getting angry." He groans as balls after ball is thrown at him.
"Stop. Just wait. Wait, just hold on." Scott says as Kaiden finally got control of his laughing and has calm down. Scott groans as another ball is thrown at him, sending him to his knees. Kaiden's amusement is instantly gone as he sits up and forward.
Stiles picks up the phone and looks at Kaiden, who gets off the bleaches and makes his way over to Scott. "Hey, Scott, you okay? Stiles didn't hit you too hard did he?" Kaiden asks, knowing full well that there's one more heartbeat than there should be.
"Scott?" Stiles questions as Scott rips the duck tape away and grips the ground. Stiles goes to step forward, but Kaiden shakes his head.
Kaiden kneels down beside Scott and whispers quietly. "Breath, Scott, breath through the anger." Kaiden listens and soon hears the heart rate going down. "That's it, breath." Scott finally relaxes as Stiles walks over.
"Scott, you started to change?" Stiles says with a questioning tone.
"From anger." Scott says. "But it was more than that. It was like the angrier I got, the stronger I felt."
"So it is anger, then. Derek's right." Stiles says, causing Kaiden to nod.
"Yeah, Derek's normally is right when it comes to werewolf things, after all he's been a werewolf longer than Scott or me." Kaiden says.
"I can't be around Allison." Scott says, causing Kaiden to sigh.
"Yeah, you can't."
"Just because she makes you happy?" Stiles asks, causing Kaiden to shake his head.
"Because she makes him weak." Stiles looks at Kaiden as he says this.
"What about me then?"
"I can control it, Stiles. Even with you I can wolf out and become stronger, Scott can't."
~Stiles' pov~
Stiles walks into the guys locker room with Scott and puts his things in his locker. "Alright, so you stay away from her for a few days. You can do that." Stiles says.
"But is it a few days or is it forever?" Scott asks in return.
"You know, this whole 'woman makes you weak' thing is a little too spartan warrior for me."
"Yeah, well you are dating a guy so..." Stiles ignores Scott's comment and continues.
"It's probably just apart of the learning process."
"Yeah, but you've seen Derek. I mean, the guy's totally alone. What if I can never be around her again?"
"Scott, look at Kaiden and I. Kaiden's dating me and he can still wolf out and be strong, he said so himself. It's just apart of some learning process, alright. Plus if you're not dead than that could be a good thing, not being with Allison I mean."
"I rather be dead." Stiles rolls his eyes at Scott's comment, but he does have to agree. He'd rather be dead too than to not be with Kaiden.
"Alright, you're not going to end up like Derek, alright? If anything you'll end up like Kaiden."
"What gay?" Stiles snorts.
"No, happy, with someone, and still totally a werewolf. We'll figure something out, okay?"
"Okay." Scott says.
"Come on. Let's get out of here." Stiles says. "I have to get ready for dinner at my house with my boyfriend and father tonight. Yeah." He says sarcastically, causing Scott to laugh.
"Sounds wonderful." He sighs and grabs his bag. "Something smells terrible in here anyways."
"Really, in a boy's locker room? That doesn't make sense at all." Stiles says sarcastically.
"No, it's like something's rotting or dying." Scott says as the two walks out of the locker room.
~Kaiden's pov~
Kaiden walks into economics with Stiles as Scott sits down in a seat. "Let's go. Sit, sit, sit. We got a lot to cover today. Let's go."
"Hey, Stiles, sit behind me, dude." Scott whispers to Stiles, causing Stiles and Kaiden to look over. Kaiden sits down beside the seat behind Scott as Stiles tries to sit behind Scott, but Allison beats him to the spot.
"Hey." Stiles says as he steps away from the seat.
"Hey." Allison smiles. Stiles gives Scott a look that says 'sorry dude, can't do anything about it' and goes and sits in front of Kaiden and beside Scott.
"You tried." Kaiden says as he begins to massage his boyfriend's shoulders, causing the boy to sigh and lean into his touch. Scott gives them a jealous look, causing Kaiden to mouth 'sorry'.
"Hey." Allison says to Scott.
"Hey." Scott smiles back at her.
"I haven't seen you all day."
"Uh, yeah. I've been super busy with Kaiden and Stiles." Scott says, causing the boys to glance over him, Stiles with his mouth half open with a pleased smile, and Kaiden focused mostly on helping his boyfriend get the knots out of his shoulders.
"When are you gonna get your phone fixed? I feel like I'm totally disconnected from you." Allison says.
"Uh, soon. Real soon."
"I changed lab partners by the way."
"Oh, to who?"
"To you, dummy. I figured sense rumor has it Stiles and Kaiden are together..." The two look over at the two boys to see Stiles smiling lovingly at Kaiden as he massage's the boy's shoulders some more. "And clearly they are together I thought Kaiden wouldn't mind if I switched lab partners with him. Kaiden gets Stiles and I get you."
"Me? I mean are you sure? Stiles and Kaiden are probably not going to get any work done together."
"Yeah, this way I have an excuse to bring you home and study."
"Oh." Kaiden tries not to laugh as he hears Allison and Scott.
"You don't mind, do you?" Kaiden gives Scott a warning look, mouthing 'you better say no or there'll be hell'.
"I just... I don't want to bring your grade down." Kaiden rolls his eyes and finishes massaging his boyfriend's shoulders.
"Your friend's an idiot." He whispers into Stiles' ear.
"I know." Stiles says as he sits up.
"Well, I mean, maybe I can bring your grade up." Stiles rolls his eyes as Kaiden bites back a laugh. "Come to my place tonight. 8:30?"
"Tonight?" Scott asks.
"8:30."
"Let's settle down." Coach says as he slams his book down. "Let's start with a quick summary of last night's reading." People raise their hands and Kaiden tries not bring attention to himself.
"Did you do it?" Stiles whispers upon seeing the sheepish look on his boyfriend's face.
"I totally forgot." Kaiden bites his lip and shrugs. "Oops." Stiles snorts as he raises his hand.
"Greenberg, put your hand down. Everybody knows you did the reading." Coach says as he looks around the room. "How about, uh..." Kaiden sinks in his chair. "McCall." He lets out a sigh until he sees Scott's panicked look.
"Guess I'm not the only one who didn't do it." Kaiden whispers, causing Scott to nod.
"What?" Scott asks.
"The reading." Coach rests against his desk as he looks at Scott.
"Last night's reading?" Kaiden rolls his eyes.
"How about reading the Gettysberg Address?" Coach says sarcastically, causing the class to laugh.
"What?"
"That's sarcasm. Are you familiar with the term 'sarcasm', McCall?"
"He's such an ass." Kaiden mumbles as he rests his chin on his crossed arms on his desk.
"Very." He looks at Stiles, who shrugs with a smile.
"Did you do the reading or not?" Coach asks.
"Um... I think I forgot."
"Nice work, McCall." Coach says. "It's not like your averaging a D in this class."
"He's such an ass." Stiles nods at Kaiden's remark.
"Come on, buddy. You know I can't keep you on the team if you have a D." He says as Scott nods. "How about you summarize the previous nights reading." Stiles looks at Kaiden with worry as Scott's heart rate begins to race. "No? How about the night's before that."
"Uh oh." Kaiden mumbles as he looks at Scott.
"How about you summarize anything in you've ever read in your entire life?"
"I.. uh..."
"No? A blog? How about... How about the back of a cereal box?"
"This isn't good." Kaiden whispers as he, Stiles, and Scott all begin to panic.
"No? How about the adult-only warning from your favorite website you visit every night?"
"Oh god, I can't watch." Kaiden mumbles as he buries his face into his arms. Stiles sinks into his chair as he too begins wishing he could just disappear.
"Anything?" He walks away from Scott. "Thank you, McCall, thank you. Thank you, McCall!" He says angrily. "Thank you for extinguishing any last flicker of hope I have for your generation. You just blew it for everyone. Thanks. Next practice you can start with suicide runs. Unless that's too much reading." Both Stiles and Kaiden sighs in relief as the heart monitor starts to go down.
"Alright, everybody else, Settle down." Kaiden eyes falls to where Scott has his hand in Allison's.
"Of course." Kaiden mumbles with a quiet groan. "Of course, I'm such an idiot." Stiles looks at Kaiden with confusion. "I'm seriously an idiot."
"She's your anchor." Kaiden says as the three of them walk out of class.
"What do you mean?" Scott asks as Stiles gives Kaiden a confused look.
"It's Allison, she's your anchor." Scott gives him a confused look.
"My anchor?"
"Every wolf has one, whether they are bitten or not. I thought you wouldn't be able to get one because you're bitten, but I was clearly wrong. An anchor is a thing or person that keeps you in control. It makes you stay human whenever you are in wolf form and wish to not loose control."
"He's right." Stiles says nodding. "Remember what you told me about the night of the full moon?" Stiles asks. "You were think about her right? About protecting her."
"Okay."
"Remember the night of the first lacrosse game? You said you could hear her voice out on the field."
"Yeah, I did."
"Well, so that's what brought you back so you could score. And then after the game in the locker room, you didn't kill her. At least not like how you were trying to kill me. She brings you back is what I'm trying to say, like an anchor as Kaiden calls it. Kaiden is right, she's your anchor, your pull to humanity."
"No, no, no, but it's not always true," Scott buts in. "Because literally every time I'm kissing her or touching her-"
"No, that's not the same. When you're doing that, you're just another hormonal teenager thinking about sex, you know? Kaiden is the same way. Whenever we... well you know, his eyes glow and apart of his werewolf nature slips through." Kaiden rolls his eyes.
"Can you not talk about our sex life in front of Scott, please. And leave my glowing eyes out of it." Kaiden says, causing Stiles to smile.
"But I love your eyes, human and werewolf. They're so cool." Kaiden laughs and rolls his eyes.
"Why because they're two different colors?"
"Yeah, it's so cool." Kaiden laughs as Stiles looks at Scott.
"You're thinking about sex right now, aren't you?" Stiles asks, causing Kaiden to laugh.
Yeah, sorry, but you two are the ones who brought it up to begin with." Kaiden shrugs.
"True." He drapes his arm around Stiles' shoulders and holds him to his side.
"That's fine. Look, back in the classroom when she was holding your hand, that was different, okay?" Stiles says. "I don't think she makes you weak, I think she actually gives you control. Kaiden, what's your anchor?" Stiles suddenly asks, causing his boyfriend's eyes to widen.
"Oh, uh, that's kind of personal."
"Oh please I've seen you naked, there's nothing more personal than that." Scott makes a face as Kaiden blushes. "Just tell me."
"My dad okay. It's my dad." Stiles frowns and looks guilty.
"Sorry, I shouldn't have pushed."
"It's fine." Kaiden says as he kisses his boyfriend's head. "I'm fine."
"Anyways, like Kaiden said it's because she's like an anchor." Stiles says, trying to get the attention off Kaiden.
"Because I love her."
"Exactly." Scott's eyes widen, causing Kaiden to laugh.
"Did I just say that?"
"Yes, you just said that." Stiles says with a roll of his eyes.
"I love her."
"That's great, now moving on-
"No, no, no, really, I think I'm totally in love with her."
"And that's beautiful. Now you know how Kaiden and I feel. Now before you go off and write a sonnet-
"Do you feel that way for Stiles?" Stiles huffs out a breath as Scott asks Kaiden this. Kaiden laughs and gives a nod.
"Yeah, I love Stiles."
"And Stiles-
"For crying out loud, yes I am in love with Kaiden and you're in love with Allison." Stiles suddenly yells, causing everyone to stare at them. Kaiden snickers as Scott blushes. "Can we just figure this out, please." Stile mutters, suddenly shy with people staring at him. "Because you obviously can't be around her all the time."
"Her memory will be enough to bring him back." Kaiden says. "I'm not around my father, but all I have to do is think about him and he brings me back.
"Okay..." Stiles smiles suddenly. "Oh, no... you're getting an idea aren't you?" Scott asks.
"Yeah." Stiles nods.
"Is this idea gonna get me in trouble?"
"Maybe." Stiles nods.
"Is this idea going to cause me physical pain?"
"Yeah, defiantly, come on." Stiles leads them out to the parking lot to a black truck.
"What are we doing?" Scott asks.
"You'll see. Hold on." Stiles turns and stands in front of Scott. "Stand right there. Do you have your keys?" He holds out his keys and Stiles smiles. "Perfect. Hold 'em up like so." Stiles positions his hand as Kaiden finally gets what he's trying to do.
"Stiles." Kaiden warns, but he just smiles.
"Now, whatever happens, just think about Allison. Try to find her voice like you did at the game." Kaiden backs up a good three feet and tries to look like he isn't up to anything. "Got it?" Scott nods. "Okay, just keep holding it right there." He says before going to the truck and keying it.
"Oh god." Kaiden mumbles as he steps further back until he is around the other side of the wall.
"Hey, hey, dude! What do you think you're doing to that truck, bro?" Kaiden shakes his head as Stiles yells this.
"What the hell!" A guy yells and Kaiden turns and watches as the guy starts beating on Scott along with the other guys. Kaiden winces in pain as he sees this.
"Stop it right now!" Their science teacher walks out, breaking up the fight. Scott rolls over onto his back and looks up. "What do you idiots think you're doing?" He asks as Kaiden keeps from being seen. Stiles smiles at Scott just before they are lead off for detention. Kaiden laughs and head for his car with a shake of his head.
"Idiot."