Chapter 21

"You Couldn't Choose Where His Road Would Lead,"

Boof went straight to bed, but she didn't get much sleep. She kept having nightmares about the break-in and what happened in the woods. Each time, the wolf-monster and Scott looked more horrifying than before.

Scott stayed up a little later than Boof did, sitting on the couch going over the whole night in his head trying to see where it all went wrong? How did a good evening spent with Allison end with Boof finding out about him in a terrifying way? Scott didn't go to bed until Melissa got home from work and told him to.

He had an unsatisfying, dreamless sleep. When he woke up he wasn't really tired or awake, he wasn't really anything. It was late in the morning, Melissa was probably still asleep and would get up later for her afternoon shift. Depending on late it was Boof might be up. Scott rolled out of bed and trudged downstairs. He found Boof sitting at the kitchen table, she was clutching a stuffed green monkey Scott didn't know she had and was staring down at a cup of coffee.

"Since when do you drink coffee?" Scott asked. Boof stared up at him.

"Since now, I didn't get much sleep last night." Boof muttered. Scott nodded and sat down across from her.

"Where'd you get that monkey?"

"Stiles won it for me last night." She answered. She took a sip of her coffee, Scott could tell by the look on her face she didn't really like it. There was a few moments of awkward silence.

"We should talk about last night." Scott finally said.

"I don't feel like talking about it right now." Said Boof without looking at Scott.

"You're never going to feel like talking about it, we might as well get it out of the way." Scott said to her. Boof thought about it for a few minutes then finally nodded. "So what do you wanna know?"

"Well for starters, what the hell happened?" Boof asked. Scott wasn't sure how he was gonna explain this to her.

"Well, whatever broke into the house tried attacking you in the woods last night-"

"I don't even remember going into the woods." Boof cut him off.

"I know, I think it somehow lured you there. Anyway, I noticed you were gone so I went out to look for you. Found you, you were in some sort of trance, it went after you, I tried fighting it off and that's when you came to."

"Well what was it?"

Scott took a deep breath before answering. "It was an alpha." Boof stared at him puzzled.

"An alpha?"

"Like as in an alpha of a wolf pack."

Boof just looked at him as she tried processing it all. "So...it was a, a werewolf?"

"Yeah pretty much." Scott said. What else was there to say? Boof stood up from her chair.

"Scott that is the lamest excuse I have ever heard!" Boof yelled.

"That wasn't an excuse, it's the truth." Scott said trying to stay calm.

"Oh really? A werewolf? You could have came up with something more believable like a bear or a screwed-up dog."

"I'm not making this up, Boof. You saw it yourself."

"Well maybe I was hallucinating." Boof began to turn around. "All I know is that werewolves are just make-believe and my brother is a compulsive liar."

"Oh really?" Scott asked. Boof turned back around to face Scott. He was again in wolf-mode, the same way he looked last night. Boof's mouth began to gape, for a few moments she couldn't take her eyes off Scott. What was this? Some kind of stupid prank?

"Mom!" Boof began to yell, but Scott ran over and covered her mouth before she could even finish. Boof's body went stiff, as she saw her brother's claws right on her mouth. They slowly went away, and as Boof looked up at Scott he was back to normal. He took his hand off her mouth, but then both hands on her shoulders.

"You cannot tell Mom about this alright?" Scott told her sternly but quietly.

"What happened to you?" Boof asked, sounding a little scared. Scott took a deep breath before explaining.

"I'm not making this up, ok? I was bit by a werewolf a few months near the beginning of the school year. It was Peter Hale, Derek Hale's uncle. That's how I'm involved with Derek. Peter was killing people in revenge of his house being burned down, but Derek killed him. Me and Derek were betas and Peter was the alpha, but when Derek killed him, he became the alpha.

"I've been a werewolf for a few months now, I didn't wanna be, but there's nothing I can do about it. The only people who know are Derek, Jackson whose also a wolf now, the few other people in the pack, Stiles and Allison, who happens to come from a family of werewolf hunters."

Boof stared at Scott for the longest time after he finished explaining. She wanted to not believe him, it just sounded too fake. But she could tell he was telling the truth. She need to say something to him. Anything.

"Stiles knows?"

"I figured you'd say that. Yes, but don't get mad at him for not telling you."

"I won't, I get it. So, that alpha in the woods the other night, that was Derek?"

"I don't think so. He said only few alphas can go full wolf. Peter could, but Derek can't"

"So...who was that?"

"I honestly don't know. It could be a new alpha that wondered in from somewhere else. I'm gonna talk to Derek about it." Scott answered after a few minutes. Boof didn't say anything. She sat back down in her chair. She didn't look at Scott, she just stared off into space. "Boof, you alright?"

"Am I suppose to be? I just found out that not only are werewolves real, but my brother is one."

"I know, I know. But once it sinks in, it'll be ok." Scott tried reassuring her. She finally looked back up at him.

"No it won't be Scott. I mean yeah you don't have to keep anything from me anymore, but still. I'm always gonna be worried about you now."

"You don't have to worry, Boof. I can take care of myself."

"Yeah, from what I saw last night you were doing a pretty good job."

"That won't happen again I promise. I'm gonna talk to Derek about it."

"What? Just cause Derek's the so called alpha he has all the answers?"

"Well he knows a lot more than I do." Said Scott. Boof sighed and started to walk out of the kitchen. "Look, Boof. I get what you're going through, Allison went through it, Stiles, well not really. But it shouldn't change how you see me. I'm still Scott, your brother, I still love you."

Boof was silent for a few minutes, but then she finally looked up at Scott with a little girl worried look on her face. She said honestly "I just don't want anything bad happening to you."

Scott grabbed Boof and hugged her, she hugged back tightly.

"Nothing too bad has happened to me yet. I'm not gonna let anything bad happen to me," He said sincerely then paused. "And I won't let anything happen to you either. I promise."

So it's still gonna take Boof awhile to let it sink in that Scott's a werewolf, and now that she knows, more drama will be coming up. Now that winter break is here I'll try updating again soon. Happy Holidays guys, thanks for reading!:)