Chapter 21: The Locket
The morning sun burnt the inside of my eyelids. I quickly put a hand up to cover my eyes. I quietly groaned. I turn to see Scott and Stiles both still asleep. Scotts feet were spread over on Stiles' stomach and Stiles face was hanging 6 inches practically upside down on the coach from the floor and drooling. I let out a small laugh. I didn't want to wake them so I quietly got up, but the minute I stepped out of the living room I heard Stiles' face smash onto the ground and a painful groan escaping from him. I turned back to the living room watching the two of them slowly get up.
"Good morning! Rise and shine" I said cheery. The both replied with a groan. They slowly got up and we made our way to the kitchen.
"What's for breakfast?" I asked.
"Well…" Scott began to open the fridge. "Unless you want to eat cheese, butter, and lettuce, by itself, then we don't really have a breakfast."
The three of us looked at each other.
"Eat out?" Stiles suggested.
"Definitely" I said.
"Agreed" Scott replied closing the fridge. I walked upstairs and got changed out of the clothes that I had left at Scott's house from before. I threw on a tank top, leggings, one of Scott's hoodies, and put my hair in a messy bun and walked back downstairs.
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By the time I got my shoes on, Scott and Stiles were already in the car. I quickly jumped in the back seat and we drove off. Halfway to the breakfast cafe, I started to hear something, and I think Scott heard it too.
"Scott you okay?" Stiles asked looking at him questionably.
"I don't know, I hear something like…"
"Like a racing heartbeat" I finished the sentence. Scott looked back at me.
"Yeah"
"Go to the school" I ordered.
"Why the school?" Stiles asked.
"I don't know I just have a feeling" I replied. Stiles U turned and headed for the school. As we got closer it just got louder and louder. Until I could hear voices. We pulled up into the parking lot. We could see Mr. Argent and Jackson working on Jacksons car.
"This is not good" I muttered.
"Is everything okay?" Scott asked as we drove up beside them.
"Hey,Scott" Mr. Argent smiled. "Your friend, here, was having car trouble… We're just taking a look"
"There's a shop right down the street" Scott suggested. "I'm sure they have a tow truck"
"Yeah, you want a ride?" Stiles said as Scott opened the door for him to get into the back. Jackson hesitated. "Hey, come on, Jackson. You're way too pretty to be out here all by yourself"
Jackson started walking toward the car. I watched Mr. Argent go back to the car and take something out where they engine was. "Hey, guys." Mr. Argent went to the front and turned the car on like it was perfectly fine. "Told you I knew a few things about cars." With that, he walked to his car and drove off. We all got out of the jeep and faced Jackson. Scott slammed the door of the jeep.
"That lying son of a bitch!" I yelled.
"What, are you following me, now?" Jackson said pissed off.
"Yes, you stupid freaking idiot. You almost gave away everything, right there." Scott yelled.
"Jackson, you're such a dumbass!" I yelled. He faced me and looked even more angry. "You seriously, don't understand half of what's going on! You don't think that he planned all that?"
"What?" Jackson asked.
"Jackson, the Argent's aren't stupid, he planted that in your car so he could get close to you. What you think he just happened to be around when your car broke down?" I yelled louder.
"so?" Jackson crossed his arms.
"So he thinks you're the second beta" Scott yelled.
"What?" Jackson asked confused.
"He thinks you're me!" Scott yelled frustrated. He turned around and hit Stiles jeep a second time.
"Dude, my jeep" Stiles complained.
"We could hear your heart beating from a mile away- literally! Now he thinks that there's something wrong, and now I have to keep an eye on you so he doesn't kill you too!" Scott became more and more frustrated. He turned around to hit the car again when Stiles pushed him away.
"Okay, how about we step away from Stiles' jeep" Stiles said moving Scott away.
"This is your problem, not mine, okay? I didn't say anything, which means you're the one that's gonna get me killed okay? This is your fault." Jackson yelled.
"He may come after you, I won't be able to protect you." Scott calmed down a bit more. "I can't protect anyone." Scott looked over at Stiles.
"Why are you looking at me?" Stiles said shocked.
"You know what? Now you have to do it. Get me what I want, and I will be fine protecting myself."
"Yeah, that's why you're the one with car troubles and we're the ones saving your ass again" I yelled stepping closer to him. "Jackson you really have no idea what it's like. You think you do but it's a lot harder than you think."
"You know, you can hear anything you want and run faster than humanly possible. Sounds like a real hardship." Jackson turned away from me and faced Scott again.
"Yeah, I can run really fast now. Except half the time, I'm running away from people trying to kill me! And I can hear things like my girlfriend telling people that she doesn't trust me anymore right before breaking up with me….. I'm not lying to you! It ruins your life" Scott said, I could tell it hurt him inside to admit that.
"It ruined your life. You had all the power in the world, and you didn't know what to do with it. You know what it's actually like? It's like you turned 16 and someone bought you a Porsche when they should have started you out with a nice honda. Me? I drive a Porsche." Jackson smirked.
"Yeah, you may drive a Porsche but the minute you get behind that wheel you know what's going to happen? You're gonna crash. Scott's right Jackson. Sure I say its a gift too but knowing you, you're either going to die or get in trouble again and then we'll be the ones saving your ass yet again." I yelled getting really close to him. I hated Jackson. I hated his attitude towards people and it made me want to punch him. Jackson just smirked and walked off to his car. I went back to Scott and Stiles.
"If he dies, It's not our fault, we warned him" I said and walked back to the jeep.
After we had breakfast Scott ran off to give Alison her necklace back and Stiles went back home. As for me I dropped by my house. It was still standing but even standing outside I knew Derek wasn't there. Where could he be? He wasn't answering his phone as usual. Could he still be running around with Peter? Ugh. I just hope he's okay. I looked for Derek everywhere. I finally gave up and went back to my house. I sat on the front porch and began to cry. Why did everything have to go wrong? I looked down at the locket around my neck and gripped it.
* Flashback to around 8 years ago*
"You ready Amara" Laura said walking into my room and smiled looking down at me.
"Mhmm just about" I said trying to zip up the back of my dress. Laura walked across the room
"Here let me help" She kneeled down behind me and zipped up the back of my favourite blue dress. "Mom's gonna love to see you in that dress, she always loved it on you."
I ran smiling out the room running face first into Derek's stomach, falling on my butt.
"Sor- Sorry Derek." I muttered. He looked down at me and smiled. I loved to see Derek smile, his brown eyes always seemed to get brighter when he smiled.
"Hey you need to watch where you're running." He laughed pulling me back to my feet.
"I didn't mean too I just didn't see you" I whispered.
"Well maybe you would see better if you had that hair out of your face." He smiled pulling my hair back and putting it in pigtails, and kneeled back in front of me. "See, now it's much better now" I smiled even bigger.
"And I heard Nick has a special surprise for the birthday girl" Derek said picking me up to piggy back me down the stairs. I giggled. Derek gentle set me down back on the floor and I ran to Nick.
"Nick!" I yelled jumping up to hug him.
"Hey, how's the birthday girl?" He laughed hugging me back.
"Derek said you have a surprise for me !" I asked.
"Yup but you need to close your eyes and turn around" I did as he asked and waited. Soon a small weight was placed around my neck. I opened my eyes and looked down at it. It was beautiful. It was a small gold heart.
"Thank you Nick! I love it! Where did you get it?" I asked completely overjoyed.
"I made it just for you! It's a one of a kind just like my sister" he smiled kissing me on the cheek.
That was my last birthday before everything went wrong. Before Paige died before everything really. I remembered every single moment of it. I remember that light blue dress that I wore the smell of Laura's perfume, all my siblings spending the day with me, but most of all I remembered my mom. How happy she was, and how beautiful she looked and I remember watching her smile as the day went on, and how she stressed over making my birthday cake but how happy she was to see me blow out the candles, and all my siblings making jokes and laughing. That day was absolutely perfect for me, because I had all the people I loved and now I could never have that again.
* cell phone rings repeatedly*
I began to wipe my tears as I tried to find my phone. I grabbed it out of my pocket and looked down. Stiles.
"Hello?" I said wiping my tears away.
"Amara? Are you crying?" He asked worried. I laughed a bit at how adorable Stiles can be.
"I'm fine don't worry about it" I smiled.
"Um, do you mind coming over?" He said a bit nervous.
"Yeah, sure I'll be there in a couple minutes" I wiped my tears on my sleeve and began to run to Stiles house. Stiles was sitting on the roofs of the front of his house.
"Here I'll come down to open the door for you" He yelled.
"Stiles please, I think I can manage" I said already climbing up to the roof. Within seconds I was up and making my way to sit with him. "So whats up?"
"I'm worried about my dad. He's always stressing about work and he's never happy and it- it just makes me wish things were easier for him" Stiles said.
"Yeah, I know what you mean, I remember my mom was always so stressed about helping out with everything, for god's sake the woman had 8 kids" I laughed. "Stiles I get that you're worried but your dad can take care of himself and he'll be just fine, plus I bet he's a lot more worried about you"
"Yeah, but he's just not the same after my mom…." He couldn't finish the sentence. I put my hand on his leg.
"Again, I know the feeling, but Stiles you gotta stop worrying so much" He went silent for a bit. "Just be lucky that you even have a parent, I mean I lost my mom, and I never even met my dad. I don't really know what happened to him, if hes dead or alive? My mom would never answer me and all my siblings told me was that he took off when my mom was pregnant with me." I didn't realize it but I began to hold my locket. I could feel Stiles looking at me with sympathy.
"What around your neck?" He asked. "I always see you wear it but I don't think I've ever asked."
I smiled and took the locket from my neck. "It's a locket. One of my brothers gave it to me on my birthday a few years back" I sat closer to Stiles and opened the locket. Inside was a picture of my whole family.
"We took that picture the day my brother gave me this." I started to point to every person and explain the photo. First I pointed to me standing in front of my brother. "That's me and Nick" I slowly went through the photo pointing to everyone. "Then that's Derek, Jonathan, Claire, Laura, Cora, my mom, and Peter"
"You really lost a lot of people in that fire didn't you" Stiles looked back at me.
"Yeah, I also had some cousins, who lived with us and my grandparents." I explained. "There is also one thing I never showed anyone" I said smiling. On the side of the locket there was a small dial and I spun it 7 times clockwise. Then the song began to play. "My brother made this locket to have the lullaby he used to sing for me" I smiled, as I watched Stiles listen.
"You see my mom, was amazing, too. My dad and I loved her so much she was always so nice and caring and always making sure to take care of me, and when she got sick. I felt everything practically fall from under me, and ever since then it's just been me and my dad." Stiles explained. I leaned my head on his shoulder and he put his arm around me.
"Looks like we can feel bad about losing people together." I muttered. He smiled and leaned his head on top of mine. I looked down at my phone. "It's getting late, I should go back to Scott see if he needs any help." Stiles lifted his head off mine. I slowly started to get up. "Don't worry Stiles, things will get better, plus you have me to help me through it now." I smiled looking at him one last time before I jumped off the roof and started to make my way to Scott's house.