Would it really kill you if we kissed?

by I'm Meaner Than My Demons

Now, both of us have some darkness inside of us. A crack in our souls that will never be fixed. Maybe that's okay though because that crack also lets the light come in, and it is in the dark where light shines the brightest. ScottxOC s01, s02 ,s03A, minor DerekxOC (different one).

26. Extra 2

Would it really hurt you if we kissed? asda

By I'm Meaner Than My Demons

Summary: 'BECAUSE THAT'S HOW MUCH POWER YOU HAVE OVER ME!' she shouted so loud she knew her neighbors must have heard, 'You own me, you control me, I give up everything just to be near you even though I know you will never love me. I hurt for you, I bleed just to be with, and I hate myself every single time I look at you or Allison knowing what I'm thinking, what I want because I want you to be with her. I'm torn between wanting to do the right thing as you friend and between wanting to do what I want. So don't you dare accuse me of trying to break you up when I've done nothing, but fought for you guys.'

Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Wolf just the story and my OCs so no stealing

A.N: Okay so as I mentioned this is the second Extra chapter. It's basically like short stories about certain moments during the summer. Also FallenAngel0601, natashaa78, micky1514, , maloneazdiek thanks for following and adding to your favorites and everyone else also thanks for reviews and just for reading and supporting Nina and her story.

Enjoy

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She felt like screaming. Crying or being numb was something she was used to. She felt with it all the time she was down, but she didn't feel like crying or being numb. She felt like screaming her lungs out. She wasn't sure what to do really.

She woke up, or maybe she never went to sleep in the first place. She couldn't tell anymore since the only thing around her and inside her was this crushing and devastating pain. In the next room she could sense Clara moving around, but the woman was barely able to meet her eyes or speak with her. She was packing her things to leave. She didn't blame her. Why did she tell her about Morrison? Just once… if she had mentioned his name just one time they could have…

You might not have been a killer…

She might not feel like screaming. She might…not feel like such a monster anymore. She got up after she was sure Clara went to work. She wasn't sure anymore if she was doing it for the purple haired woman or herself that she was avoiding.

Maria came home and was acting as much normal as she could at the same time she was showing her that nothing actually was normal. They talked when Nina was ready to say something and stayed silence when she wasn't. She never felt more grateful that she had her. She was mostly alone. Lydia stopped by to help her out with math. They didn't talk about anything apart from that much.

She wasn't sure what was going on in school. She felt like she was in a bubble or a vacuum. Everything that happened in school went around her. She was just staying like that thinking about what she did. She didn't try it again. She couldn't… What if it would always be like this? What if all it took was for her to get angry grab her glow just right, and she would automatically make someone do whatever she wanted.

It was a few weeks after all of it when Nina suddenly started sobbing in the middle of solving one of the problems Lydia wrote her down.

The strawberry blond was so shocked she didn't know what to do with her. It was so random. Out of the blue the blond just started crying right in front of her, and she wouldn't stop.

Lydia wasn't used to this. She honestly didn't know what to do. She hated crying herself in front of other people. Lydia didn't want people to know she was crying. She hated when people saw her crying. Others crying? That was so much worse. She didn't know what to do about her.

Lydia slowly put her hand on her shoulder. She never had to calm anyone down. Never someone who matter or for something that matter as much as Nina and what she was going through. She hugged Allison that night when Scott couldn't look at her, but that felt different. This felt different.

Before she knew it Nina hugged her. She wasn't sure she was even aware of it, but it didn't matter since Lydia put her arms around the girl and let her cry on her new dress that could be ruined now. Nothing matter as much as Nina in the moment.

She didn't feel less like a murderer afterwards. She didn't feel less despicable or like herself again afterwards…it was slow… Healing was just slow. She wasn't sure she ever would. She wasn't sure she wanted to. The pain… it started to be familiar. It was a good pain, because if she didn't feel pain it would be as if she didn't care that she killed someone or that she got Clara hurt.

No Nina James felt nothing like herself, and she honestly didn't know if she ever would.

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The 11th of April

'I'm going out for a while,' told Chris Argent Allison who nodded at him and continued packing. A thought about if she wouldn't call Scott over crossed his mind, but the way the boy seemed like wanted nothing to do with her right now, he doubted it. He needed to do this one thing before they would leave. Well, two things. He needed to go to Morrison's house, and then he needed to talk with Maria James. He wasn't looking forward to the last part.

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Clara opened the door and nearly jumped out of her skin as she saw someone standing there, 'Jesus!'

She calm down and shot Derek a look, 'Can't you knock or something?'

'I didn't mean to scare you.'

'Too late,' she pressed a hand to her chest to show how serious she was. She walked outside and locked the door.

'Look, I get that you feel responsible, again. I get that I got hurt which scared you, again. I get that you feel protective, but Derek nothing's broken so I don't need you to baby me again,' she said but made sure he was walking with her. Nina gave her so much energy most of the bruises although they were there didn't even hurt. Yet, they were still there. Nina asked her if she wanted her to heal her better now that she had more energy to spare, but she was mostly staying away from them.

Once they were in she put on her seat belt, yet she stopped the moment he was putting on his by taking his hand, 'But, thanks.'

He looked at her. His green eyes never felt so warm. She could see that he understood what she had problem to voice. That she was hurt and broken and that she needed him but couldn't ask him for it because she didn't know how.

'You're welcome,' he said although he really meant that she didn't have to thank him. Ever.

She moved her hand away, 'Do you think that I should go back to my original color?'

'No,' he said and started the car, 'It's easier to see you from afar.'

'Jee, thanks then I definitely should find a new color.'

'Maybe pink,' he suggested sounding almost disinterested, but Clara looked at him like she could see that it made him amused.

'Yeah, bluish would be nice. It would definitely piss off my boss.'

'Did he ever give you shit about your hair before?'

'When I started he said something about it. Can't remember what, but I know I acted dumb like this is my natural color. He stopped talking to me after that but he can see I'm doing my job right so no reason to fire me yet.'

He chuckled, 'He's probably afraid.'

She nodded, 'Totally.'

'Uh, I'm moving from the James's household soon. Can I go back to my apartment?' she asked Derek as they walked to his car.

'Why are you asking me?'

'You bought my building, remember? Plus we said that this was temporary until the hunters were out of the town. They're definitely out of town or will be in like a few days. So can I please have my apartment back?' she asked.

He watched her for several moments, 'You shouldn't be alone.'

Clara rolled her eyes and go into the car. She obviously wasn't okay, but he could tell he couldn't push her. She wouldn't let him. Not yet at least.

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Before they left Chris Argent went to Morrison's house. He found a guy there.

'You're Javi?'

The man nodded, 'I came for the money. Also here's all the papers Morrison sent me,' he said in English with traces of an accent.

Chris noticed that the envelope wasn't opened before, 'Weren't you curious?'

The man shrugged, 'He told me to wait. I waited, then you called and offered a lot a money. Money sounds better than being curious.'

Chris nodded, 'Smart man.'

He hand him the small box, 'Hope you didn't mentioned this to your boss.'

The guy shook his head, 'Like I said the money is good.'

Chris shook his hand and watched as he left before he walked into the house. He went through every single place inside the house until he found the recordings from Nina's house. He listened through them once, but when he was sure that there was nothing threatening he deleted them. After that he went through the envelope. There wasn't much just some papers proving that he had been working with Mary Jones who was really Anna James and that nine months after Gerard ordered Morrison to take care of her she gave birth to a girl, Nina. He noticed that when Morrison was taking notes about her whereabouts he from time to time had somewhere written 3 A.M night walk. He was almost ready to through it all away when a USB drive fell out of the envelope.

He put it into Morrison's computer and waited. There was and MP3 recording and two videos.

He checked the MP3 recording first.

'Hello.' Parker.

'H-hi, it's Mary.'Anna.

Chris leaned back as he heard a sigh, 'Why are you calling me? I thought we had a deal that you would disappear under ground itself and never even breath a word about yourself ever again.'

'Things are different now. I need your help again.'

'Have you started to get blond or are you just deaf we have a deal, and I'm hanging up now. Don't ever call me again-'

'Wait, I have a daughter.'

'Good job, another creature to run wild in the open-'

'She's yours!'

Chris swallowed hard as her heard the rest of the conversation with a woman he once deeply cared for. He wasn't surprised of what she asked him to do. He should have been, but he wasn't he knew what she was capable of. What followed was details about how and when Morrison would come and kill three little girls and their mothers all a part of a family Anna lived with in Chicago.

He deleted the recording as well. He didn't want Nina to ever have to hear it. No child should know what their parent did.

For a sake of his mind he opened the first video.

'Hi, Nina,' said Anna as she appeared on the screen, 'If you're watching this then things got out of hands and I'm dead. I don't know what year it is….maybe that day never came, but if I'm really dead than I should come clean about a few things.'

He watched as Anna nervously chuckled something which he remembered her doing when things didn't go her way, and she had to be honest for once, 'I planning to kill Teresa. Ashley, Gwen, Michaela, Pam and Vanessa, sweetie… I once got involved with some hunters, and I asked one of them to help me out, and he agreed. The thing is you're special. Special beyond anyone could ever imagine, and if they found out they would kill you, baby,' she nodded to herself, 'You must think that I'm a horrible person, and I am. I really really am because killing our own kind like that…I keep waking up at night thinking of calling Morrison again and bailing or-just…But every time I do I remember you, or see you, or just feel your energy, and I know I have a duty above all to protect you. I have to protect you,' she sighed.

'Your father's name is Chris Argent. I don't know if I will ever be ready to tell you, or not but…he comes from an old and powerful family of hunters who would killed you if they found out you're alive…I knew I had to leave when I found out I was pregnant. I had to…I tried…I tried to kill you first…I knew it was the cycle time so you couldn't be just mine, and he had to be your father. You were barely more than a few cells, but you wouldn't die…that's when I first thought you were like them like the five. I asked Morrison to help me then when I found out Gerard Argent…basically your grandpa was planning to kill me 'cause he found out about me and Chris. He helped, but there was a price...I betrayed a friend of mine…old friend,' she looked somewhere behind her for a moment before she continued.

'Here's the thing. You may hate me, and think that I'm the worst of the worst, and you would be right. I am. I do as I please, hurt, take, kill it doesn't matter, but there is one thing you have to know always, no matter what I did I always did it for you. The day you were born was the first time in my life when I realize we can love someone that we're allowed to love and be loved. We're seductress. We kill and take and destroy, but can be loved and we love, and I love you more than anything. I didn't let myself love your father, no matter how temping it was. You can't imagine how many times did I thought about just calling and just,' she chuckled again, 'hear his voice. He always had a nice voice and eyes…I used to want you to have blue eyes…just a little bit of him,' she sighed again.

'Nina, you need to know that you're dangerous far more than you could ever imagine. You can do things…bad things if you're not careful, and I only hope that I'm there to protect you from them…I tried to get rid of you Nina, and I hate myself for it and many other things, but you have to believe me when I say I did it all for you. The five was death itself, but they were five separated individuals. The things you will do on your own I-?'

Anna shook her head, 'I can't even imagine them...The reason why I killed them all-or will kill them. Nina, you had to be the one will sacrifice your heart, and you have to keep it there. The heart inside the ground makes the owner of the heart weak. It's the only way to contain your powers. No matter what you can never pull your heart out. I hope you will remember what I told you last night about the Nemeton. Nina, it's important that you remember it. I love you, Nina. Brave heart, Nina James.'

The video ended leaving Chris hesitated about showing the content to Nina. He didn't want to tell her that he was her father, not yet at least he wasn't ready. He brushed his face a few times it was a long night.

He opened the last video.

'Hi, Chis,' he froze when he saw Anna wearing the same clothes speaking to him, 'If you're listening to this then things are beyond repaired bad and you and your family got called to take care of it. You probably found out by now and if now than the girl you have to kill, Nina James is our daughter. When I found out I was pregnant I knew she could only be yours. I tried to do the right thing at first and get rid of her…but as you remember from the history of the Fives it became impossible. I believed it was just her abilities managing to get through even when she was just a kid, but I was wrong. Day after day I feel how she's changing,' he frowned at that. Her words, her posture, her gestures everything called nervous and that was not something he was used to from Mary Jones.

'I can see it in the way she speaks or acts…it's reaching out to her…they're reaching out to her. I believe that one day Nina will get fully possessed by the five. It started small she would talk to her. She said she was talking to a friend, but one night. One night I noticed that she goes out sometimes. It's every Tuesday at 3:03 every single Tuesday. I tried to follow her, but they managed to hide her energy every single time. I- I hope-I pray that she will be strong enough to fight them or just-,' she chuckled, 'But you know me, I wouldn't be myself if I didn't go through all the possibilities. I managed to get Nina to be the one to put her heart into the ground. If you're watching this then Nina pulled her heart out. I hoped that by keeping the heart in the ground she would be able to defend herself against them and not let them in. If I'm correct and you're watching this…they took over and she's probably tearing the world apart…supernatural and not…,' she looked straight into the camera, 'In that case, you have to do something I was too coward to do. You have to kill our daughter, Chris. You have to kill Nina James.'

Chris started breathing hard. He blinked before he looked at envelope on the side of the table. He opened it once more and looked inside. Morrison's notes. He might not have noticed, but Nina went for a walk every single Tuesday at 3 A.M. Chris swallowed hard before he looked at Anna's froze face on the screen.

Day after day I feel how she's changing…

They took over and she's probably tearing the world apart…supernatural and not…

He swallowed hard. He was convinced to leave this town in a few days with his soul in rest. Now? Now he had another decision to make. Victoria's words once again echoed in the back of his mind.

'Killing her? Or not?'

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The 12th of April

Stiles looked nervously from Mr. Argent to Ms. James. He seriously would have expected just about anyone to come to his house this late at night when his dad was out, and Scott was home with his mom. It was obvious that this was what they wanted since Ms. James could easily pick up energies in the house.

'Uh, hello?' he looked to Ms. James because after getting beat up by Gerard Stiles had this weird feeling whenever he saw one of the Argents.

'Stiles, we came here to talk about something very important,' started Maria looking at the boy in a way that told him shit was real. He nodded and let them to the living room because he wouldn't feel okay about an Argent in his room in a while, 'It's about Nina?'

The older woman nodded, 'I understand that you are a good friend of Nina's; therefore, you care for her, and wish that no harm would come to her.'

Stiles nodded instantly, 'Yes, now more than ever. She saved my life. I would always helped her out, but now-'

Maria cut him off with a raised hand, 'For that I need to ask you to do a favor for us and for Nina, but I have to warn you that it is something you can tell her about.'

Stiles nodded, 'Okay?'

Maria smiled at him in a way an adult smiles at the silliness or naivety of a child, 'This isn't something you can take lightly, Stiles, I'm asking you to lie to Nina for possibly the next few years until you will graduate. Lie, Stiles and never tell her the truth.'

Stiles realized what she asked of him. She was asking if he would be able to not tell Nina something which may possibly safe her in the future, but could also make her pissed at him for not telling her. Furthermore, he couldn't tell her no matter how much it would be eating him up alive. It was the reason why Maria firstly asked if he would be able not to tell it to Nin before she actually told him what the favor was.

Stiles looked her deep into the eyes, 'Your daughter is like a sister to me. I would do anything if it meant to protect her.'

Maria listened to him carefully, 'I believe you. I'm sure that despite how often I warn her to never tell you she already told you about the five succubus who are the reason each generation is forced to choose one and to put her heart into the ground,' she told him with a calm expression.

He hesitated only for a moment, but then he nodded and waited for her to continue. Stiles listened to Maria very carefully, and in the end he agreed, 'Okay, I'll do it.' Stiles couldn't believe what they were asking him to do. He believed a hunter would ask him to do something like that, but since Maria was there he realized it was for Nina's own good. A scary thought did cross him mind though. If Nina ever found out she would never forgive him, ever…

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The 10th of May

Derek walked into the club. It was full. It was a summer Friday and everyone was either drunk, high or just horny. He tried not to get taken too hard by the sense and just find Clara. He got her text although from the looks of it, it was more of a mistake than an actual message. He called Nina who told him that Clara went out with some friends. He got worried to say the least.

He walked pass the crowed when he found Clara standing near the bar with some girl curling her hair which was now down between her fingers. It would have been okay if Clara didn't have that lost look on her face.

He immediately got to her, 'Clara, are you okay?' he asked as he stood in front of the girl making her let go of her hair, 'Hey, we were talking asshole.'

He paid no attention to her and put his hand on Clara arm. She looked up at him it took her a few blinks, but she recognized him, 'Derek?' she gave him a somehow twisted smile.

'What are you doing, Clara?' he asked almost desperately. Seeing her broken like this made him bleed for her.

She shook her head, 'I don't know. Nothing feels right.'

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He brought her to his new home. He helped her to his bed.

'I could…couch.'

He rolled his eyes at her before he kneeled down to put off her shoes, 'Don't be ridiculous, Clara, and next time you decide to go out let me know. How were you even planning on getting home? You could barely walk on your own,' he mumbled annoyed.

She put her hand on his shoulder stopping him in work, 'Maybe I didn't want to…go home at all.'

Before Derek knew what was happening she leaned toward him. He thought for just a second that in her drunk state she was doing to kiss him, but instead she put her arms around his neck and hugged him much to his relief, 'I feel like damaged goods.'

He had a hard time to be close to people. Even people he actually cared about. He very carefully put his hands on her back and pressed her closer to him, 'You're not.'

'I think that it's because of dad-I either can't fall in love and when I do-I fall for wrong people. I… I'm wrong.'

'There's nothing wrong with you, Clara,' he said and she broke down into tears.

Derek kept her in his arms softly rubbing her back. He didn't say anything after that and just held her as she cried.

He woke up to the sound of water. He wasn't sure when he had actually fallen asleep just that Clara was still in the loft taking a shower. He went to go make breakfast. He might as well be useful since he felt like there was nothing he could ever do to help her.

When she came into the kitchen he couldn't help but chuckle as she was clearly hungover.
She shot him an evil eye and sat down, 'Shut up.'

'Considering I'm making breakfast for you, you should be nicer to me.'

She sighed, 'My head feels like I was run over by a train.'

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The 15th of May

Nina was spending more time now eating lunch outside alone. Stiles suggested that he could spend some days eating with her, but she asked him not to with a thankful smile. She would be lying if she said she didn't pick times for lunch when she was sure Scott wasn't around, but even seeing him and not being able to look or talk with him feel weird. After all those months he became such a part of her life it terrified her to be completely honest. Just now when she was away from him she was realizing that she really needed to find herself again. Her voice, simple who she was.

She was waiting for Lydia who had another session with Morrell. The strawberry blonde suggested several times that she should come as well, but what would she tell her? She was good talking to Maria if she felt like it which didn't happen that often.

She sensed Isaac coming toward her which was weird since the boy spent most of his time with Scott and Stiles now that Erica and Boyd left.

'H-hi,' he said unsure. She gave him a short smirk and nodded for him to sit, 'Hey, what's up?'

She put her sandwich down as the boy looked really nervous, 'Uh, listen, could I ask you for a favor sort of?'

She blinked, 'Uh, depends?'

'It's about Boyd and Erica. We're getting worried. I-I'm getting worried. After the Argents let them go we thought they ran, but since then they haven't tried to contact us, and I'm worried that they ran into something else on their ran.'

Nina frowned, 'You mean that something else happened to them after the Argents?'

Isaac nodded, 'I know it's silly, but they would have let me know. When we were saying our goodbyes, we agreed that they would let me know, that they were okay, but they didn't call or anything.'

'Well, maybe they're still afraid of the Argents? They might not even know they left town,' she suggested carefully not to make him feel like she didn't believe him.

Isaac shook his head, 'Yeah, but, you don't know them like I do. Even if they were afraid of the Argents, they would want to know how I was doing and if I was okay.'

That actually made sense. Erica, Boyd, and Isaac sort of stick together which was the reason why Derek picked them all. They were all loners, but they were close. She almost looked at the table where Scott and Stiles usually ate. She still asked about how Scott was doing from time to time, and she was keeping her distance, and lately she wondered if Allison was okay, even after everything that happened.

She looked up at him, 'Okay, what can I do to help?'

Isaac sighed visibly relieved, 'You managed to find Clara and Stiles without knowing even where they were. You think you can like sense Erica and Boyd's energy?'

Nina nodded, 'If I will be close than yeah.'

'Okay, so we're planning to start looking for them tomorrow night. First in the woods, uh, and Scott will be there, but you don't have to like run with him or-'

'I won't,' she cut him off. She knew the others were probably weird out by her and Scott avoiding each other like this, but tough. They had to deal because she was doing this for herself.

'Okay, thank you, Nina.'

She nodded and watched as the boy walked away. She really didn't spent much time with anyone, apart from Lydia and Maria, but Lydia was in her own grief over Jackson leaving while Maria was still recovering. She didn't want to put it on her too much. She didn't want to talk about it too much anymore.

She sensed Scott and Stiles coming out of the school. Everyone ate outside when it was this warm. She gather her things and walked to the other side of the building so she wouldn't even meet with them. She had a felling Scott knew exactly where and when she was because of his senses, but she didn't care. For once in her life since the day she helped a newly bitten Scott McCall into his room, Nina James just didn't fucking care.

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The 26th of May

Scott would like to think that after everything that happened, after his breakup with Allison, after Nina telling him that she needed time from him, everything just stooped, time, space, his life. However, the true was different. His life went on only it felt much colder and empty. At first they tried to find Erica and Boyd. There were endless days and nights when they were all out looking for the two kids. After a few days and even Nina joined, but just like they couldn't catch their scent. Nina couldn't sense their energy anywhere. Not that Scott would know this from her, she told Stiles. After that they only started to look if they had some sort of lead that someone saw them or thought they saw them. At the end summer; however, even those leads faded.

Nina stuck to her word and hadn't tried to contact him in any way. The same way he didn't try to call Allison no matter how much he wanted to.

'Maybe it's a good thing,' said his mom one evening, 'This way you can finally focus on yourself just like Nina is.'

Essentially, it was what he was doing as well. He started to have a lot of time on his hands to deal with school, especially the subjects he was failing. Stiles swore he would help him out as much as he could. He was his best friend after all. The only problems were that Scott had to start from the absolute begging, and Stiles could easily get bored when Scott was studying. Luckily, he managed to control himself enough to let him study as much as he needed.

The last months of school were cold. He would see Nina in school. They still had about five classes together, but she would never speak with him. He wondered if she was talking to Stiles, but on more than one occasion he found out that when he left McCall's household he went to James's, so they must have stayed in some contact. Still, he never spoke about it with him, maybe Nina asked him, maybe so he wouldn't feel so down. It was still painful to know that you're so bad for someone that they have to stay clear from you. It was seriously painful.

Either way that was his life now, it was mostly trying to get his grades up and not end up as sophomore again while he was still hanging out with Stiles, went to work, and he spent some more time with his mom. He wouldn't say it was bad, but he still missed Nina deeply. He missed Allison even more, but too much was broken between them, too many things happened, things he wasn't so sure he could forget that easily, not yet at least.

Scott looked over at Stiles, 'Who's that?'

Stiles opened the message, 'Nothing, just Lydia finally found the word we've been arguing about and she was right as usual,' he said rolling his eyes.

Scott blinked at him before his lips spread into a smirk, 'So you and Lydia are texting friends now?'

Stiles let out a snort, 'Yeah, and no it's not that interesting because she immediately shot me down by saying she's not looking for a rebound boyfriend and if she was it wouldn't be me.'

Scott made a face to show compassion to his friend, 'Well, that sucks.'

'Profoundly,' agreed Stiles and returned to checking Scott's answer.

'How is she? With Allison,' his voice broke a bit, 'gone. She's pretty much on her own.'

Stiles made a noise of agreement before he said, 'If you are trying to subtly ask how Nina is, just ask.'

'Dude! But yeah, how is she? Mom told me Maria was all well and she was back home.'

Stiles nodded, 'Yeah, she skipped one day, but she's all in on math. Lydia is helping her with that so she might be fine. It's not like she's failing three classes.'

Scott made a face, 'It was a hard year, and I'm not as smart as you guys.'

Stiles didn't seem convinced, 'Either way, she's good from what Lydia told me. She sometimes even texts me, and no, we don't talk about you. She just asks from time to time if you're pulling your grades up. I sometimes stop by her place to chat, or she comes over, but only when she's sure you're not there. It's kind of funny. Both your secret girlfriend and your fake girlfriend broke up with you and are now avoiding you.'

Scott remained silent after that for a long while. Of course she would be concerned about his grades. It wasn't like she hated him or never thought about him. He thought about her quite a lot. He missed her. Not calling Allison was one thing, but not being able to call Nina this was new. It's always ironic how he was fully functioning without her until that night he got bitten. Now, it was painful not to be around her. It was painful to have Nina James and then lose her. In a way, he was focusing on that, on missing Nina. Because if he was missing Nina he was forgetting about Allison. He didn't know if it was something pack related, but it almost hurt physically not to have her around. He found himself awake at night by the wolf scratching on the back of his mind whining like a little animal.

He brushed his forehead, 'I miss her. I can't even think about Allison not being here because she's at least a continent away, but Nina is just around the corner, few streets. I could probably get there in less than five minutes. I miss her so bad, Stiles.'

He looked at his best friend, 'She's just my friend, and yet I somehow miss her more than my girlfriend.'

Stiles gave him a sympathy smile, 'Let's be honest you and Nina have something. Call it a bond or whatever, but you and she have something. It might be just the wolf, but you and Nina are close, Scott. So it's natural you miss her. I miss her, and I could talk to her, but I don't want to be a middle man, or reminded her that she got tortured because of me,' his voice broke.

Scott reached for him. They've been over this a few times. Everyone had their own guilt to deal with, 'Hey-hey, Nina did that at her own will. She wanted to save you because she cares for you.'

'I know, but she got hurt because she got switched for me. She got hurt because of me. You know how she looked? I have nightmares about that… her lying there all bloody and-I thought when the kanima cut her in the woods, it was bad, but this is just so much worse.'

Scott patted him on the shoulder, 'She did that because she cared. She knew the risk. If she's avoiding you it's because of me 'cause I have been the worst friend possible to both of you.'

'Okay,' said Stiles brushing his face a bit as he let his emotion run free in front of Scott, 'Let's settle for the both of us being fuckedups?'

Scott chuckled, 'I can work with that.' He then nodded at his answers, 'How did I do?'

Stiles made a grimace and Scott's face fell, 'Again?'

'Kidding, actually, you did pretty well.'

Scott shoved him a bit, 'Okay, give me another one.'

'Dude.'

'I mean it I'm not failing,' he said firmly. He was doing his best and he hoped it wouldn't be for nothing. He really hoped.

The only thing that felt different were his new found insomnias, or better to say wake up calls in the middle of the night when he had no idea what do to. It happened a few times, and he was honestly confused why it was happening. It wasn't like he was fully rested and woke up or something. The first time he thought that he might have heard some noise and just woke up, but when it happened almost three times a week. He knew it couldn't be that. He wondered if maybe he was having some kind of nightmares that he was forgetting the moment he woke up. He was kind of anxious when he did so maybe it was that. He never thought about it too long whenever he did wake up because he eventually fall back to sleep.

DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Clara walked pass Derek in the hallway of the hospital, 'What are you doing here, Derek? I said I'm fine.'

'When was the last time you sleep?' he asked looking at her for a moment before he started to follow her as she wouldn't stop.

'Last night.'

He took her elbow and stopped her, 'No you didn't I listen your heartbeat all night you're not sleeping. Why did you move out of the James's home?'

She chuckled and broke free, 'First of all stalker much? Second, what do you want me to do? Stay there so that Nina can have a look at my fading away bruises day by day, kind of torture much.'

He got in her way and she let out and annoyed sigh, 'The hell Derek…'

'You're trying to stay away. You're hurting, and although the bruises are healing, your soul, is not… you're hurt, Clara, I can tell.'

She pressed her lips into a tight smile, 'I…I have to go to work.'

He watched her for a few moments, 'Then I'll be here once your shift ends.'

She shot him a desperate look but didn't say anything. She walked around him and went to actually work. In about ten hours he was still there sitting inside his car outside waiting for her to come.

She crossed her arms for a few moments just watching him before she nodded to herself and walked to him.

'I don't want to sleep, Derek. I have nightmares.'

The man nodded, 'Then we don't sleep, we can talk.'

She chuckled, 'Yeah, for sure 'cause we're the talking types.'

He smirked a bit as well, 'Okay, then we can watch some TV and if you fall asleep and have a nightmare I'll wake you up.'

A part of her wanted to scream at him that she wasn't some damsel who needed a hero that she could be her own hero. It was a small voice inside her head. It didn't matter because if she was being completely honest she wanted him to be her hero. Just this once she needed a hero and just this once she would let that hero be Derek for her.

She found herself nodding softly.

DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Stiles stopped by every now and then. Nina knew he always came after he studied with Scott, but she purposely never talked about it. Still, she would occasionally ask about his grades. She still cared for him after all. Whenever he came he would ask for a glass of water or tea and she would bring two and they would silently drink some and talk about everything that was happening. Sometimes they talked about pointless things because he could tell she didn't feel like talking about Morrison and what happened that night anymore. Sometimes they talked about Harley. They would make guesses wherever she could be, and sometimes they talked about Lydia because it was oddly comforting that both of them were in love with people who didn't love them back. The difference was that Stiles wanted to still try with Lydia while Nina was just too tired.

Nina shrugged as she watched Stiles go through her room. She just went down and brought them both two cups of tea, 'Still no word from Clara?'

'I think she-she blames herself for what happened. She had these trust issues. Maria mentioned a few times that her dad was literal human scum so…'

Stiles blinked at her, 'Her dad was b-beating her?'

Nina nodded, 'Yeah, it was like that until she got tight with Hales. Derek's mom got her out, I don't know much about it. Clara isn't much of a talker about these things, but she was hurt badly.'

She looked away, 'I think when she sees me I remind her of what happened. She has Derek so maybe she will get over it…one day.'

'And you?' asked Stiles sitting down at her desk chair.

'I don't know, uh, I get bad nightmares, but apart from that I'm dealing, Maria's here and I have you and Lydia.'

Stiles nodded, 'You didn't try to talk to Allison, did you?'

She shook her head, 'No, I can't. I… I know she probably feels terrible, but I can't.'

Stiles stood up and walked to her. He put his hand on her shoulder and gave her his best encouraging smile, 'Hey, look at me,' she did as she was told, 'No one, I mean it. No one is blaming you for feeling the way you do. You always get to feel how you do. I know that with Scott, you feel like people will hate you for how you feel, but we won't, I won't ever hate you or think anything bad about how you feel, Nina. You're my person, you're my best friend, you feel something it's your business and no one can or will judge you, you understand that?' asked the boy with whisky brown eyes and she couldn't help, but smile at him, 'I never met a better human being in my life than you, Stiles.'

He smiled and her and leaned closer to kiss her forehead softly, 'No one will force you to sit down with her or talk or forgive her, okay?'

She nodded with a small showing her gratitude, 'Thanks, Stiles.'

He smiled down at her before he leaned away, 'Do you have something to eat? I wasn't hungry before I left my house, but-'

'Oh my God, yeah, sorry, totally forgot to offer you something,' said Nina and instantly rushing to the kitchen, 'I'll be back. Maria just made lasagnas?'

'Sounds great, thanks,' he nodded and watched as she left. He waited a couple of minutes to hear her footsteps on her stairs before he turned back to two cups of tea she left on her desk table.

He took one and drank before he sat it down and looked at the other one.

'For Nina.'

DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

The 30th of May

Scott sighed as he was waiting for Harris to come. He allowed him a special final test a week before the last week of school to make up for his grade. It was a big one so he had to nail it to. His palms were sweating and every inch of his body was a wreck. It was the full moon tonight which was one of the worst timings ever, but he was used to it by now.

He was trying to go through everything in his mind again when he caught the scent. He could recognize it everywhere. Even if he couldn't his wolf was already jumping around as if his beloved owner came home. It was a little bit pathetic, but what the hell, he was tired, he was stressed out, and he fucking missed her.

'Hi,' he said standing up and sounding like a complete idiot even before she managed to reach him.

Although they shared five classes together, he barely saw her as she was avoiding him as much as humanly possible, or supernaturally for that matter.

She watched him for a moment before she chuckled and looked away, 'Smooth.'

Scott sighed and closed his eyes, 'Yeah, really smooth.'

When he opened them she was looking at him, and it wasn't unfriendly. It almost felt like old times, almost.

Nina smirked, 'Okay.'

'Why are you here?' he asked. He wasn't hopeful enough to think she came for him. Stiles was supposed to stop later at his house while his mom was supposed to pick him up.

'Harris said I could come to get a better grade if I come today and do the exam so.'

Scott watched her for a few moments, 'Oh.'

She nodded and Scott smiled a bit before he sat down and said, 'I heard you passed Math. Good job.'

She bowed slightly, 'It was really hard, Lydia is the worst. She shouted at me for writing 2 allegedly differently than it should have been.'

'Did you?' he asked with a chuckle and she shrugged her shoulders.

Scott watched as she looking at him with a calm smile. She looked so different, yet the same. She was wearing short and sneakers the usual, her top was really low and loose and he could see her bra under it, but he supposed she was allowed to breath fully in the summer. Her hair got longer and it was now curling at the end which made her look cute in a way. She was beautiful as always, yet she seemed sad…as always.

When Harris came he made her walk in first since she wanted a better grade. The exam took an hour and when she was done she walked out with a smile, 'B -.'

He nodded at her and followed Harris in. Once he started writing he was no longer shaking or feeling nervous because he actually knew the answer to the exams. He was shocked himself, but Stiles really pushed him to his limits and so did he always ask for more questions to get it right. He didn't know if Nina left or not because the only thing he could hear as Harrison was correcting his exam was his own heart beating inside.

'Well, Mr. McCall, I truly hope this will suit you as a reminded for the next semester, but for now you have officially passed and avoided summer school.'

'T-thank you, Sir-I-I-thank you,' he babbled some more, but Harris just waved at him to leave and so he walked outside. He couldn't believe he passed. It was just once he was outside he realized that Nina was gone. She didn't wait for him. He didn't ask her to, he couldn't ask her to, but he realized that a part of him hoped she would have stayed and tried to get their friendship to the way it was…

All that was why he was momentary stunned when he saw Nina standing in front of his mom's car with her talking about Maria's health, he had to stop and double look.

Both females looked at him and his mom instantly ran toward him, 'Well?'

He slowly nodded, 'I passed, and if I go to summer school, and I'm going to be a junior.'

His mom let out such a happy and girly scream he felt his earns hurting, but her 100W smile was worth it. She hugged him and kept on hugging him. He was so happy that he passed and that Nina was there that he couldn't even feel bad about it or humiliated.

Once she let go he looked over to Nina who was standing there holding something out for him. He took the smallest and most beautiful cupcake from her hands, 'Maria got into granny-mode on me. She thought I should bring one and possibly throw it away if you failed.'

Scott nodded, 'Good to know like peachy. Thanks for the support.'

Nina grinned and nodded, 'I'm glad you passed. We both did.'

He nodded as well, 'Do you want a ride? Uh, Stiles is actually coming over with his dad tonight to celebrate sort of-you and Maria could come as well?'

Nina watched him for a few moments. There was still an urge to hug her after he hugged his mom, but he pushed it and the wolf away. All this was him! Nina was right, he did act like he was dating her, like he had some authority over her, like she was his. She wasn't. She loved him, but he didn't so he had no right to act the way he did. Nina needed time to get over him that's what she told him that's what she wanted he would give her that. He wouldn't touch her without her consent. He wouldn't push her if she didn't want to do something, and he would sure not act all protective boyfriend when she obviously didn't want him to.

She smirked, 'Okay, we'll be there. Maria made a lot of cupcakes.'

DDDDDDDDDDD

Surprisingly the whole thing turned out into a full on party of sorts. Apart from Stiles and his dad and Nina and Maria, Clara showed up with Derek and Isaac, Lydia showed up and coach as well.

Scott, Stiles and Isaac turned to Nina with horror behind their eyes, 'Are they…?'

'I wouldn't think too much about it,' she said and while putting lasagnas on the plate and passing it along.

'I feel kind of disturbed by it,' said Stiles as he took the plate and gave it to Isaac who talked with Scott.

Nina pressed her lips together before she smirked, 'You don't have to listen to them or see them when you're alone in the house and they're just talking. That's disturbing.'

Stiles nodded several times before he stopped right next to her, 'Can we hug?'

Nina grinned at him and put the plate down before she hugged the tall boy, 'I missed you.'

'I missed you too, Nina.'

They stepped away from each other and Stiles winked at her, 'I heard you pulled up math and chemistry. You're awesome.'

'Please, you have like As in every single class so.'

'Yeah, but I had a whole semester to pull them up. You two had last then two months although Scott still decided to go for summer school,' he said, and she laughed a bit.

Nina nodded, 'Yeah, I heard.'

'So how are things with Shane?' asked Stiles slowly and lowering his voice for Scott who still somehow managed to catch it.

'We're taking them slow. We haven't even been on a real date. It's mostly just talking and watching movies or TV shows.'

'Friends?' asked Scott suddenly. Nina looked at him for a moment before she smirked, 'Yeah, for like the twelfth time.'

They smiled at each other. It felt good to talk. After that it was sort of easy almost like slipping into your favorite shoes you hadn't wore for a while because of different weather. They talked and although when he first met Shane he was terribly jealous, he could tell that Nina was happy with the boy. She honestly wasn't lying when she said she like to talk to him, and spent some time with him. He really wanted her to be happy. Sure, he felt some part of him, the wolf part, upset about how she talked about the boy, but he could push it away, and it wasn't like she was rubbing it in his face. He just then realized how much harder it had to be for Nina to be around him and Allison when they were constantly at each other's faces.

'You should ask him out,' said Scott when he and Nina were watching Stiles asking Derek something who obviously wanted to run away from the boy.

Nina blinked and looked over to him, 'Who?'

'Shane, he seems okay,' he explained when she shot him a strange look.

'Okay,' she said still looking confused, so he explained, 'I know I wasn't the best of the friends, but I want you to be happy, Nina. If he makes you happy, you should try it.'

She looked at him. She almost wanted to ask if he didn't want her with Shane just to be less guilty about her being in love with him, but she didn't ask it. What good would it do? She was trying to get over him so she needed to once and for all get into that head of hers that Scott cared for her only as a friend and all of the so called signs she saw was just her being delusional.

She just nodded and gave him a small smile, 'Okay, thanks.' Scott wanted her to find someone knew. She wanted to find someone knew what good was holding onto some dream she could never have?

Stiles suddenly appeared with an annoyed look on his face, 'He's a freaking asshole. I swear Derek Hale is the ultimate asshole.'

He handed Nina some soda, and she chuckled, 'Thanks.'

She drank it as Stiles explained to Scott and her why Derek was an asshole, and what he was asking him. She didn't even notice that Stiles was watching her from the corner of his eyes because he looked more subtle than ever in doing so.

DDDDDDDDDDDDD

The 10th of June

It happened again. Scott woke up without a single clue why. It always took him about a minute to calm down and realize that he was awake, and that he was awake on his own that there was no danger, not disturbance just him awaken lying in his bed. He brushed his face a few times. He usually just waited a few minutes and fell back to sleep. This night for the first time he just lied down and started listening around him. He heard his mom's soft heartbeat in the next room as she was sleeping off a hard day in work. When he focused enough he heard the heartbeats of most of his neighbors it was sometime around 2 A.M so of course they were asleep. He heard one of the neighbors an eleven year old Tommy playing something on the computer. He would probably be really tired tomorrow. He was almost ready to leave it at that and go to sleep again when he heard it. It was further away. It was a heartbeat, but it wasn't like any other one in the neighborhood. This wasn't calm. This was beating so rapidly which Scott only heard a heart beating like that when someone was in danger. This also wasn't a heartbeat of one of his neighbors. This one belong to someone he knew very well, and therefor he knew how her heartbeat sounded when she was terrified.

Scott got out of the bed. He put on his sweatpants, t-shirt and shoes, and he got out of his room so silently not even a hunter would hear him. It took him possibly less than a minute to get to James's house. The window was open a bit so he just opened it some more which started the blonde who was hugging herself on the ground next to her bed.

Nina looked up at her window even more scared not really calming down when she saw Scott looking at her all worried, 'Nin?' he asked softly and she just looked at her hands trying to calm down.

'I-I-just…,' she swallowed hard shaking her head, 'I-just can't get it out of my head,' she confessed while she was hugging herself, 'I see it-Morrison…Clara and-I…'

Scott came to her side and kneeled down next to her, 'Hey, it's okay. You wouldn't have been normal if you didn't feel like this after a trauma like that,' he said softly, and she couldn't help but chuckle. It was so not right to chuckle right now, but she was kind of being hysterical.

Scott watched her as she shivered right next to him. She looked so broken. He hated Morrison for doing this to her, he hated him for making Clara all jumpy and a nervous wreck whenever he saw the young woman. He just hated the man. Hated! Peter brought them a lot of pain, but what that man, human, was capable of was beyond anything he though Peter or anyone for that matter could do.

'C-Can you hug me?' asked Nina suddenly. It shouldn't surprise Scott since the girl looked like she needed a hug more than anything in her life right now, but it did even if just a little bit. He put his arms around her and pulled her closer to him letting her bury her face and whole tiny body into his chest. He was momentary socked how cold she was.

As he kept her in his arms slowly stroking her back and mumbling calming words into her hair, he thought about something.

'Do you have them often? The nightmares?' he asked ever so gently.

She didn't answer and just nodded against his chest pulling him closer if it was possible.

He slowly stroked her. He understood now. All those nights he woke up without knowing why. He didn't think it could be her because people don't just wake up because other people have nightmares in another house or streets. Maybe he would have thought it was her if he sensed the wolf, but he always went back to sleep once he was sure they weren't in danger. How was it possible that he knew that Nina was having nightmares and woke up? Also he had been waking up since April was that how long she has been suffering from them?

'It's okay, I got, you know,' he told her softly and kissed the top of her head.

She nodded against him. She must have been more tired than he assumed because in a little while she fallen asleep in his arms. They weren't touching anywhere on exposed skin so she didn't suck his energy. He kept on slowly stroking her back thinking about how it calmed him as well. Nina James the bravest and kindest girl he ever meant. She gave him hope. She gave him hope that just because you weren't human it didn't mean that you lost humanity. She had more of that than some people could ever have.

He waited for what seemed like hours. It reminded him how the happiest he was when he was holding Allison in his arms when she was asleep. He added those to the few happy moments they had in their relationship. Yet he didn't want to think about Allison right now because although it reminded him of her, Nina was in no way Allison and nothing felt the same as with Allison when he held the young blonde.

She moaned when he touched the spot on her neck where the bite mark was, his bite mark. Stiles told him he was fascinated by it. It was true. Sighing he pressed her closer to himself and carried her to her bed where he lied down with her making sure that she was on his chest, but they weren't touching. He enjoyed the moment. He enjoyed it for all the moments they were apart.

'I missed you so bad,' he whispered quietly into the room. She didn't even stir. When he reached for the lamp he turned it off, but he didn't go to sleep again. He just remained holding her and making sure she had a restful sleep for once.

DDDDDDDDDDDDD

Nina woke up slowly feeling something warm against her the next day. She let out a satisfied moan because it was nicely warm and ever since she was like thirteen she didn't know what sleeping and being warm was. She always needed to wear short and low clothes and although the cold wouldn't hurt it, she missed warm. It took her about five seconds to turn on her ability to sense energies, and she found out that the warm was coming from none other than Scott McCall.

Blinking remembering last night, she sat up and looked at the boy who was smiling at her, 'Good morning.'

She blushed, 'Hi, why are you…?'

'I wanted to make sure you wouldn't have a nightmare alone again,' he explained and sat up as well looking at her. He looked tired.

'Were you up all night? Of course you were, you didn't want me to suck your energy,' she said brushing her now longer hair which was getting into her eyes.

He hummed a bit and without thinking reached over and brushed away some hair from her chin which got glued to her face.

'Oh no, you just told me once that you woke up when you sucked Allison's energy I just didn't want you to wake up again.'

Nina blinked confused. She wasn't awake enough to think about him touching her without asking or about that they slept together again when she was sort of seeing Shane.

'Uh, but what if I didn't wake up… I mean don't you think that I would accidentally kill you?' she asked. She didn't like the thought that he was so careless.

But Scott just shook his head, 'No, one of us would have woken up.'

Nina looked at her hands, 'Please next time either wake me up or just don't hold me. I don't like that you stayed up all night just so that I could sleep.' She didn't want to talk about the fact that they slept together like this in the first place since hello, she was seeing Shane. It shouldn't have happened even though nothing happened, and even though Scott did it because he was a good friend nothing more. She didn't even sense morning desire which was the most common one, but it could be that he wasn't sleeping.

She brushed the back of her neck, 'Do you want some breakfast?'

He thought about it for a moment and nodded, 'Yeah, want me to leave and come back in a bit with mom? Uh, I can tell coach is here.'

'That sounds like the best idea,' she nodded and walked from her room the bathroom, and then downstairs where Maria was making pancakes.

'So, Scott stayed the night.'

'Nothing happened. I had another nightmare he-just came.'

Maria smirked at the stove before she turned to her granddaughter, 'Shouldn't you call your boyfriend when you have a nightmare, sweetie?'

Nina shot her an upset look, 'I didn't call him. He just sort of came, and Shane and I are just hanging out.'

Maria stopped cooking and turned to look at her for a moment before she turned back to the stove.

'What?'

'Nothing…just that maybe if he came he wants to be more than a friend,' she lied. The older woman already had a theory in her mind about that, but she didn't want to make Nina feel worst about her decision to start dating the human boy. If she was right it wouldn't matter either way because since she first started talking about Scott McCall being a werewolf, Maria had a feeling Nina would have ended up with a wolf.

'He doesn't. He's just making up for the time he was a bad friend. Stiles agreed with it as well.'

'Well, if Stiles agreed,' said Maria before she looked up for a moment, 'Melissa and Scott are at the door.'

'I know,' said the blonde and walked there.

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The 12th of June

Clara started to undress herself when Derek came into the room, 'Stop it right there.'

She shook her head, 'I'm not going.'

'Yes, you are.'

She shoot him a look, 'No, I'm not because guess what the last date and only date I've been on was with a psychopath who tortured me and Nina so no I'm not going on one again, I'm not ready?'

'What about the speech yesterday? Hm? Strong independent woman?' he asked with his eyebrows raised daring her to argue with him.

'All crap and booze,' she said undoing her blouse revealing the last of the bruises that haven't heal yet, 'I'm not going, and you can't make me.'

Derek watched her for a few moments before he nodded, 'Okay, what do you want to do? Watch TV?' He knew he should have looked away from those terrible blue purple marks, but he honestly couldn't. It was a reminded, a reminded that he didn't care enough. If he did he would have noticed that Clara was dating a hunter, and if he would have told her from the start she would have broken it off and stayed clear from the manic, but he didn't. He didn't pay enough attention. He didn't show enough interest, and she ended up hurt. The image of her sitting there with her clothes torn and all bloody and shaky was burnt into his mind forever. He failed her.

She nodded, 'I like that. TV is safe.'

He nodded again and walked out of her room closing the door on his way out. Sometimes it was hard to be around her and see how broken she was by it again. It reminded him the teen girl with brown hair who his mother brought home one night with a blanket around her shoulders and a big bruise on her cheek. The teen was terrified and his heart broke for her then even though he didn't even know her. It was hard to be around her then, he felt awkward like he was going to do the wrong thing or say the wrong thing. Now, it felt the same. Yet, the primal sense to not leave her no matter what was stronger than that. He couldn't leave her. Not really, not ever. Twice she got hurt on his watch, twice he felt like he was supposed to keep her safe, like his family put her into his arms to take care and twice he failed her and let her get hurt. He would never fail her like that again because he would never dare her to get hurt like that again, ever. Once he already broke the promise when Peter broke her wrist this time, now he let that despicable bastard torture her and almost… Nina refused to talk about it and so did Clara, but he could tell from the way she got anxious whenever a stranger stood too close to her in the hospital or the supermarket. He could tell it from the way she slowly moved closer to him if he was there or tensed all up and almost froze. He knew that he didn't rape her from because she didn't smell like him, but he did something or he was going to, and he could tell that to Clara's mind and body it felt the same as if he did. He had gotten so angry sometimes. He wished that the monster was still alive so that he could crush his skull between his hands. He had dreams about him finding her sooner, or about telling her to come with them to Jackson, but to stay in the car, or pretty much about everything, but what really happened. He didn't need a dream about that. He knew exactly what happened. He would always know what happened.

DDDDDDDDDDDD

'We should stop calling it TV thought,' mumbled Clara as she sat down the laptop and turned on some movie, 'Which brings me to my question, why don't we have a TV?'

'Because you're only here until you're better, once you're better, you're out. We're not roommates. You're a guest, and I don't want or need a TV,' he lied. It was a lie because both of them knew and along with them everybody else that he was most likely to never let her leave his side ever again.

Clara smirked, 'Please, once I actually will be about to leave. You'll want me to stay. I know you will,' she winked.

He looked down at her for a moment before he shook his head, 'No, you can't cook. You always come home from the night shift, and you wake me and Isaac up. You're a terrible roommate like really terrible, and I lived with Laura once. What kind of a woman doesn't like to clean things up?'

'Hey, my room is clean.'

'Uh-huh, that's just because Nina was here. You let a sixteen year old girl clean your room because you were too lazy.'

Clara showed him, 'I did not, you ass. She likes cleaning things when she's nervous, and she was telling me that she's considering to date Shane so she was nervous.'

'A sixteen year old teen can clean your room, but you can't. You just suck as a roommate. You eat all my good food,' he continued counting as she kept on shoving him, 'You know it's not like that, you imbecile. I offered you money, and you said no-'

'Because you're a guest. Guests don't pay because guests leave one day, so please, be sure that you're leaving one day.'

She stopped pushing at him, and just watched him for a few moments. It was shocking how much he was reminding her the fifteen year old Derek Hale who used to argue with her just to get her to stop being so shy and talk to him. Sure, he did it just because of Paige, but now Paige was gone, and he was doing so just because of her. She liked it. It should be strange that it was Derek who got her to feel more normal than anyone else, but it didn't feel like that. It felt okay. It felt good to have him.

He sighed and shot her a look, 'What?' Something in her chemo signals changed, but she just shook her head, 'I'm an awesome roommate, and you know it.'

'Just shut up and watch the TV.'

It must have been just how much time they were spending together.

'Isaac,' she said, 'Want to watch something with us?'

It was a couple of moments before the teen came to sit with them and stare at the screen without a word. It was a few minutes in when Derek said, 'Even Isaac cleans his room.'

Clara let out an annoyed sighed and rolled her eyes.

DDDDDDDDDDD

The 26th of June

Derek was patiently cooking in Maria's kitchen.

'You're quite handy,' said the older woman as she was helping him. He never realize how many people actually came around their home house. He only remembered Maria James as a very pretty lady who always brought him and his sisters some sweets when he was little. Later as a teen he stopped paying attention to the people that came to the house no matter what their business was with his parents. He knew Maria had a long running history with his family, a history that was surprisingly not a terrible one, but he was still a bit stunned when he heard the full story.

'I had a lot of time on my hands,' he mumbled not really wanting to talk about it. After the fire everything changed. Until then it was simple. He was a regular teen who complained whenever he had to do chores, never helped around the house if he could avoid it and most important thought everything about his parents tastes was old. After the fire, he suddenly was thrown into the real world where he had to take care about everything around him. Laura was still older, but he had to do this part. Cooking and cleaning came surprisingly easy to him, and he couldn't help, but bitterly remember the times he refused to help his mom out. He would give anything to help her cook just one more time.

Maria smirked, 'Liar, I was once to your house, you know. I knew your grandparents, and I knew your mother. She was a brilliant cook. It would be strange if you didn't know how to cook.'

He looked at her for a moment before he nodded a bit, 'She loved cooking. She always said she was only good cause she had better senses, but Laura couldn't cook for the life of her.'

Maria sighed and looked somewhere into the distance, 'That's how you still have her.'

He looked over to her, 'Thanks.'

Something about helping Maria reminded him of his mom. No matter what happened to the woman she always seemed to be in control, a feature he always admired about his mom. She always seemed to know exactly what to do, and no matter what happened to her she look like she had it all handled.

Maria nodded to herself before she changed the topic, 'She's healing. I can tell. Soon she will be back to her old self. She's tougher than she thinks. Stronger too. She will get there. You will get her there. I know you will.'

'It's not just me. All of us are helping her,' he said.

Maria smirked, 'Of course, but you make her feel normal again. It reminds her of the time after her father. Hales saved her then as well, put her back together. She might think she's still broken, but she's not. She healed, and one day she will heal again.'

He looked up at her with a concerned look on his face, 'So will Nina?'

Maria sighed, 'I really hope so.' She knew it was a long run. She knew about Nina's nightmares or that Scott McCall came to stay with her some times when she woke up at night. It pained her to see her like that, but in a way it was good. Nina needed to know how it felt to be certain she would never do it again purposely. She looked at the small beg on the counter. She probably couldn't either.

DDDDDDDDDDD

Clara stopped as Nina was leading her to her house. The blonde surprised Clara at her work and begged her to go out for some ice cream which the taller woman instantly knew was a trap of some sort. She just didn't know what until it hit her, 'This isn't a secret birthday party set up, right?'

Nina blinked at the older woman, 'Why do you think it is?'

Clara shot her a look, 'Well, is it?'

'No, uh, it's…just a dinner,' said Nina slowly causing the young woman to roll her eyes, 'Seriously? I said -'

'Which is why we didn't throw a party, we just wanted to show you that we care in a normalish way by Derek and Maria cooking and us just coming to eat.' She never would have thought she would say a word close to normal with Derek's name in the sentence but oh well… She definitely didn't think she would ever use Derek and cooking in a sentence, but life was full of surprises.

She watched her for a few moments before she looked at the house again. A part of her wanted to go to Derek's loft and simply not go to that dinner or whatever they were planning. But these kids, Nina, Isaac, Scott, Stile, Lydia even though she hit her over the head with a brick, they cared for her and she cared for them. She might as well do her part and go.

'If anyone pulls out gifts, I'm leaving.'

Nina smirked at her, 'Yeah, we got the memo from Scott's mom.'

Clara nodded and looked at the house for a moment before she turned back to Nina with a smirk, 'You're in luck. Derek? He's really a good cook.'

Nina raised her brows, 'So he's doing all the cooking in the loft? You weren't that great no offence.'

'None taken, I serious suck at cooking. Especially cooking something decent,' she told her and linked their arms together, 'Let's go.'

Nina smiled at the young woman. For the first time she felt that Clara didn't blame her for what happened, and she was sure that the woman would most likely heal one day. She hoped she would do the same. They spent a few nice hours together. It was like old times. She knew Clara didn't blame her anymore, or saw her as a reminder of what happened, but it would still take time if either of them would even want to talk about it.

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The 30th June

Nina came out of the room and ran down the stairs, 'I love summer.'

Coach, who was sitting on the couch with Maria, shot her a terrified look as she was standing there in the lowest shorts possible, and just the top of her bikini and a summer hat on her head.

Maria looked over at her and smirked before she looked over to the coach, 'Can you bring me some water, Bobby?'

The man nodded and walked out of the room looking like he had seen a ghost when both females knew it was because of Nina's outfit.

'I know it shouldn't be funny that I'm torturing him like that, but it is.'

Maria nodded, 'Yes, you can imaging the blast I'm having most of the time.'

Nina shook her head with a disgusted grimace on her face, 'Maria, aww, just aww.'

The older woman looked at her, 'You look stunning, Nina.'

'I feel stunning as well. We're going to the lake. I never went to the lake before with people to just have fun and get tan. I feel excited.'

Maria smiled at her, 'I can tell, and I'm very happy for you.'

Nina nodded right before her phone went off, 'Boys are here.'

She ran to Maria and hugged her. Ever since she was out of the coma she would hug her before she would leave just in case.

Maria smirked when they broke the hug, 'You're so going to ruin those boys, my dear.'

The young girl giggled before she went to the door, 'I'm leaving, coach, you can come out now. Bye.'

Nina heard Maria laugh one last time before she walked out of the room and to the car, 'Whoa, you-you're going to kill Shane,' said Stiles the moment she got close while Scott just smirked at her and said, 'Hi.'

She shot the human boy a look, 'Not funny,' she said before she got into the car.

'Stiles's right though,' said Scott as he turned to look at her, 'Shane will definitely get glowstrucked.'

She rolled her eyes, 'Can we go? Lydia threatened me that if we're not there on time she'll kill us.'

They nodded and Stiles started the car.

'Need sunscreen?' asked Scott, 'It's Stiles's.'

Nina shook her head, 'No, I never get sunburn, and you won't either baby wolf.'

He shot her a look, 'Uhm, no it's teen wolf if anything or wolf boy.'

She giggled at that, 'And I'm tan on my own thank you very much for your concern, Ms. James.'

She took a breath to sound all serious again, 'Okay, Mr. McCall, you're very welcome.'

Once she looked over to Stiles she saw how he had his eyebrows raised at her, and she instantly felt guilty. Right, so she still liked Scott, she liked to be around Scott and spent time with him which was why she needed to make sure she was trying hard enough to look like she and Scott were just friends for Shane.

Stiles stopped next to a few other cars. A lot of teenagers and families went to the lake on weekends like this. Shane and Lydia were already waiting there for them. They asked Isaac come as well, but Scott said he didn't want to that he would explain later.

Nina brushed her arm as Stiles came out of the jeep rolling his eyes over something Lydia told him, probably complain about why they were late.

She nodded to herself. She could do this. She wanted this. It was no big deal she would just go out, and he would stare at her like she's a piece of meat because she just once wants to take the advantage of being able to breath the energies into every pore in her body, and…

'It's going to be okay,' said Scott as he looked at her. She didn't even realize that she was still sitting in the backseat with him in front of her just like all those times before, 'It'll be fine. Me and Stiles, and Lydia are here too and if he acts like and asshole or it gets awkward because he stares we'll deal with it.'

Nina looked at him and nodded before she reached for the handle.

'The hats kind of cute. It suits you,' he heard him say before he left the jeep as well.

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Shane behaved nice for most of the time. Stiles had to put his hands on his shoulders and start talking about the importance of putting on sunscreen while Lydia took her hand with an encouraging smile and took her to the lake.

'Oh my God! Can you please come to the lake with us, Lydia, please!'

Lydia who was looking at her phone pulled up her glasses, 'No.'

Stiles let out an annoyed sigh while Shane looked over to Scott, 'She doesn't let herself get into something she doesn't want to, does she?'

Scott shook his head, 'Nope, she's our former queen bee in school.'

Nina chuckled, 'Former? She still is, crazy or not.'

They went to swim and goof around like crazy teens on summer break along with the rest of the people there.

Nina lied down tired next to Lydia on the blanket, 'I love lakes. I really really love summer and lakes.'

Lydia made an agreeing noise.

Nina turned to her, 'Why don't you want to swim with us?'

'In the dirty lake water? Why should I? I have a pool home.'

'Is this about Jackson leaving?' she Nina quietly as boys were talking a little bit further, but she was sure Scott could hear if he wanted to.

Lydia shrugged her shoulders, 'He came to say goodbye. It was heartbreaking like from one of those romantic comedies only at the end he didn't come back and say that he'll rather stay with me then go. He couldn't really. Not with everyone pointing fingers and whispering about them. He's dad wouldn't let him.'

Nina sighed, 'I'm sorry, Lydia.'

The strawberry blonde shrugged her shoulders, 'It wasn't meant to be. Right now? I like having fun with you guys,' she looked at the boys who laughed at something and then back at Nina, 'It's nice to have someone to take my mind of Jackson.'

Nina shot her a very guilty look, 'I'm sorry we weren't there the first time you guys broke up.'

She nodded, 'I know you needed to do things. I don't know why it had to be you guys, but I get that you have this urge to safe people and help people and stop the bad guys like it's your responsibility. I got understand why it has to be you guys, but I get it.'

Nina smiled at her and put her and around her shoulders before she pressed her chin against one, 'I can't answer that. I guess it's just something we feel like we need to do, and as much as it's scary and crazy I like doing it.'

Shane looked over to some collage boys as they were staring or better say ogling at Nina and Lydia who were sitting on the blanket talking.

'This happens a lot I take it,' said Shane nodding at the guys.

Scott and Stiles looked over to them before they both gave the boy a pity look and Stiles said, 'Oh, yeah, boys love our Nina.'

'It's not like she's doing it on purpose though,' added Scott and the other boys looked at him, 'She's just pretty. She honestly hates the attention.'

Shane nodded, 'Yeah, she never struck me as the type that would be too happy about guys staring at her like she was some meat. I feel bad for looking at her like that too sometimes, but she's really pretty.'

Stiles nodded, 'It takes time, and you'll get used to it. I did.'

Shane smirked, 'Plus you also like Lydia too much.'

He chuckled nervously and brushed the back of his head, 'Something like that.'

Shane looked over to Scott, 'I wanted to say, I'm sorry about how everything went down with Allison. Uh, Nina might have mentioned that I was in a familiar situation?'

Scott nodded, 'Yeah, she didn't go into details, but she said you might know a thing or two about fake partners and secret girlfriends.'

Shane nodded, 'Yeah, also it was my ex who suggested the idea in the first place. I should have known it would backfire, but I really loved her.'

Scott smiled a bit sadly, 'I know what you mean. I also wanted to say, I know it might be weird to see me and Nina knowing that she used to like me, but believe me she's just my friend.'

The older boy raised his hand, 'No need to say it, man. I can tell you still think about your ex. It'll be like that for well a while and forever. For a while she will be your recent ex-girlfriend, and then forever she will be your first love. It's okay. It has to be that way. It takes time for it to heal and sink in so you can move on.'

'Whoa, aren't you a pile of wisdom, Shane-boy,' said Stiles looking at him with his raised brows. Shane smirked, 'More like pile of experience. Really weird experience.'

There was suddenly a loud noise and the next thing they knew a boy was on the ground while Nina was standing upon him with her arms crossed. Two of his friend rushed to his aid and pulled him from the ground.

'You're psycho, girl!' shouted one of them.

Nina just watched them leave as Scott, Stiles and Shane came to her side, 'You okay? What happened?'

Lydia blinked a few times before she started full on laughing, 'That was the best way to shoot any jerk down ever.'

The blonde smirked at her and then at the boys, 'Nothing I couldn't handle.'

Boys watched her amazed. Scott shook his head and looked over to Shane who was looking at Nina with this look on his face. He blinked as he realized he knew the look. It was the look he used to see on Stiles's face even ever Lydia walked into the room. It was the look he saw on Allison when she saw him in school even though he knew they couldn't meet. It was the look he saw on Nina's face when she was looking at him although he didn't know back then that she was in love with him. It wasn't a look people got when they were drawn in by Nina's glow. All in all it was the look which told him that Shane has fallen in love with Nina James, and although he had no right to feel about it any other way than to be happy for his best friend. Deep down, very deep down where he didn't let himself go…it hurt. It hurt to have someone else for Nina, and Scott couldn't for the love of him explain to himself why did it hurt.

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The 2nd July

Scott looked at the window as he thought he heard a noise while he was brushing his teeth. He waited a moment, but since nothing happened he assumed it was just his mind playing tricks because he wanted to sleep. It made sense. He and Stiles went to practice lacrosse today because Nina was hanging out with Shane and his family for some celebration. He still felt weird out about the whole Shane thing. He could tell she was happy to be around the boy, and honestly after the countless times he hung up with them, he liked him a lot as well. He could tell he liked Nina for real, but there was still something maybe his wolf maybe just some stupid teen hormones that were making him maybe a tiny bit uncomfortable or jealous about them.

When he heard some more noise he turned around only to find Nina coming through his window. He was kind of surprised. She texted Stiles that it went fine so far, and that she seemed to be liked by most of his family enough though they were affected by the glow.

He washed his mouth, 'Hey, you okay?'

She stood there in the middle of the room for a while before she shook her head, 'He kissed me, and I fed on him. I had to stop kissing him because I couldn't put my walls up with him kissing me.'

Scott's mouth went wide open before he walked toward her, 'You okay?'

'Fuck me, I almost killed Shane.'

'How long did you feed?'

'Two seconds?'

Scott shot her a soft smile, 'I highly doubt you actually caused him harm. We were…you know for like longer.' Nina and Shane's kissing wasn't something that Scott ever wanted to talk about with her, but he tried to approach it clinically as if she was simply feeding. She blushed though looking uncomfortable. Funny, he always liked when she blushed because it made her look cute, but he didn't like her to feel the way she was right now. He could tell.

'Well?'

'He didn't notice anything, but I did. I-I know that ever since I stopped going to clubs I wasn't feeding enough, but still.'

Scott sighed. He wanted to put his hands on her shoulders, but he stopped right there, 'I don't want to push you into something like that, but you should definitely consider some way to get the energy you need. I know you don't want to take my or anyone's you know energy, but you should consider it. Maybe I could go with you to a club. I would keep an eye on you.'

She shook her head, 'I don't think I'm ready for it. I trust you it's-s just-'

'Hey, you never have to explain or back your feelings,' he cut her off offering her a smile which she returned slowly.

'Have you thought about getting a summer job somewhere public?' he asked her as he walked to his bed and took a t-shirt. He usually slept without one and since he was about to go to sleep he put it off, now that he knew how Nina felt about him, he just didn't want her to feel uncomfortable when he was without one walking around her even if he used to tease her with it.

She blinked, 'Doing what?'

'Waitress?'

'You're joking. I would break someone's arm if they touched me or tried to slap my ass.'

He chuckled, 'I would totally come to see you just for that. You try it. I'm sure anyone would have fire you. You would just have to pick a place where a lot of fools hung out. How about the coffee shop near the hospital? Mom has to get up an half hour earlier if she wants to get come copy.'

Nina raised her brows at him, 'I don't even drink coffee.'

Scott shrugged his shoulders, 'I didn't know much about animals when I started at the vet's.'

She shoved him, 'Please, I didn't even know anything about you, and I knew you were totally into animals since a kid.'

He blinked at her, 'You did?'

'Yeah, you always made a paper for English about dogs or how to support animal shelters and such. It was one of those things that I knew about you,' she said shrugging her shoulders before falling backwards his bed.

He watched her for a long time thinking about just how much Nina really knew about him even if they weren't close friends. He almost asked. Just almost did you like me then? She told him she always found him nice and a good person. He didn't think he was that…not lately, not really. He was selfish, spoiled, and he was childish. He honestly didn't know how he got the girl like her to fall in love with him.

'Okay, it can't be the worst idea. I'll try to find a job. Something with people but not too many men around.'

Scott chuckled and lied down on his bed next to her, 'I can't think up any place like that, but I'm sure you'll find something.'

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Nina walked to one of the books and pulled it up, 'This one.'

They were in the book store looking for some new books when Nina pointed out a few books which they read that year only to find out that Scott almost hadn't read almost any of them.

Scott walked up to stand behind her looking over her shoulder, '1984 George Orwell, okay, we did not read that one.'

Nina pressed her lips into a tight line before she shot him a look and his smile fell, 'We did? Oh, man.'

Stiles chuckled from the other side of the shelves, 'How did you even pass English, dude?'

He shook his head, 'Add in to the list.'

The blonde chuckled and started to write it down. Since he passed his classes Scott came up with this plan to be a better student, son, friend and werewolf next year. For starters he voluntarily went to summer school. He started to make a list of books he should have already read and actually started to read them surprised how good most of them actually were apart from that each day he would learn a new word mostly earning annoyed look from Nina and Stiles that he was reminding them of school during the summer.

'Excuse me, you're Nina, right?' asked a female voice close to her.

The blonde look up with Scott and Stiles who heard the woman say Nina's name.

'Uh, yeah, do I know you?' she asked confused. The woman did look familiar, but she couldn't really tell where she knew her from.

'I don't think so,' said the woman with short black hair looking about early thirty, 'I own the club on Marple Street, you used to come and dance there almost every few weeks.'

Nina froze. She knew the club, she definitely went there to feed, but it was like she had a deal with the bouncers that they would let her in without an ID and she wouldn't drink. She couldn't drink there since she was a minor.

She looked for a moment away, 'Look, I'm not going there anymore so you don't have to worry, and I never drank or-'

'It's that, I just wanted to ask what the problem is. You didn't come in a very long time.'

Scott blinked and looked at Stiles who shrugged his shoulders at the old conversation the stranger woman was having with Nina. They waited until the woman gave the blonde some card and walked away shooting both of the boys a wink.

Both boys shared a look before they stepped next to Nina and looked at the small card in her hand, 'What was that all about?' asked Stiles looking at the card oddly.

Nina sighed and put the card away, 'Remember how I knew the warehouse for the rave?' she looked at Scott.

'Well, the people in the clubs often asked me to come to things like that because pretty girls who dance a lot bring people.'

'Do they know you're a minor?' asked Stiles blinking at her.

'Some, most don't or don't care. She knows, she just wants me to start going to her club again and dance.'

Scott blinked, 'She said you haven't been to a club in weeks. How do you feed?'

She shot them a worried look, and Scott looked at her terrified, 'Don't tell me you haven't feed in weeks.'

She rolled her eyes, 'I have. I just feed daily.'

Stiles blinked, 'How?'

Nina shrugged her shoulders, 'I wait when I'm in town or school, and you guys are away, and I let my walls down.'

'Why?' asked Stiles, and she sighed, 'I don't want to talk about it.'

She walked pass them and went to look at some other books.

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Stiles ran to the loft as fast as he could. They didn't meet there as a rule. In fact the only time he was there was when he came to see Clara which felt weird because Derek kept on staring at him all the time like he wanted him out while Clara was her normal (as normal as you can be after an attack) self all smiles and sarcastic comments and shooting warning glances at Derek. Scott was already there so he just rushed in, 'We might have something.'

He wouldn't say he stole the file as much as he made a copy.

'Some bird photographers found this,' he put the photos on the table. Derek, Scott and Isaac came closer to look at the tore apart animals in the picture.

'Could it be Erica or Boyd?' asked the human boy and everyone looked at Derek.

He sighed. Over the summer they had several false leads like this. It usually ended up in it being some other animal who just go too close to the town again.

'Either way, we have to make sure,' he said firmly. They got their hopes up too many times for it to be someone completely else. They were all worried, but it was clear that Derek took most of the fear for the two teens upon himself. They were untrained, and he couldn't help, but wondered how did they managed to deal every full moon. Were they really taken like he assumed, or did they found themselves a new pack? They were tortured just like Nina, Clara and Stiles, so he didn't blame them for wanting to leave. They needed to heal on their own, but he felt bad about it. They should have been together and not apart.

They decided to go out search for them later at night again. They went a couple of times, but it only resolved in nothing. It was like they disappeared. They were sure something had happened to them. They would have let them know. They would let at least Isaac know.

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Nina started to breathe a bit harder. Scott instantly noticed and looked up from his seat on the bed, 'Hey, what's up?'

Stiles just left the room to go to the bathroom. They were planning to go out again tonight and look for Erica and Boyd. They were slowly losing all hope, but what else could they do?

She shook her head right before Scott saw her legs shaking and all of the sudden she went to the ground. Stiles was just coming from the bathroom so he let out a startled gasp while Scott rushed to her and caught her before she would end up on the ground, 'Hey, you okay? Nin?'

'I'm fine.'

Scott and Stiles shared a look, 'Maybe you shouldn't go out tonight, Nina.'

She shook her head, 'There's just five of us. We can't afford to lose another one. The forest is huge,' she reminded Stiles and already stated to stand up.

Scott easily helped her up letting go of her only once he was sure she was fine.

Stiles narrowed his eyes, 'You're not feeding enough.'

Both Nina and Scott looked at him, 'The lady in the bookstore. She said you haven't come to a club, and you admitted that you only feed for fifteen minutes. It's not enough.'

Nina sighed before she shrugged her shoulders, 'It's not like that…okay it's not enough, but it's solid enough it's just that we spent a lot of time together and like I said I don't want to feed on you guys.'

Scott looked at her as well, 'Nina, you have to do what's healthy for you. You said it yourself even if you do feed on us we just create new energy to fill for the one we lost. You have to feed.'

She sighed and crossed her arms, 'I'm fine, plus Maria said it's just about getting used to. She hasn't feed properly in over a decade.'

'Yeah, but wasn't it you who explained to me that every time you take a little more you want a little more?' reminded her Scott as a matter of fact with raised eyebrows, 'In that case you're starving yourself.'

Stiles realized something. The reason that Nina wasn't feeding properly was the reason why she didn't notice what he was doing through the whole summer. He swallowed hard as he realized that Maria had to know about it and let her feed like this.

He blinked, 'How come you don't want to go to clubs anymore?'

Nina shrugged her shoulders, 'It doesn't matter.'

Both boys shared a look, 'Nah-ah, not cool, Nina, you have to tell us now.'

She shot Stiles an annoyed look before she said. It was clear she didn't want to say anything, but they beat her to it with their puppy looks that were so serious and concerned, 'Fine, I can't.'

'Can't what? Feed or go to a club?'

Nina sighed, 'When I feed. I lose myself in the energy. For me it's like getting drunk or high. I act and feel like I was drunk which makes me stronger and faster and everything else, but also vulnerable.'

She turned back to her window, 'Ever since Morrison. I just…can't bring myself to lose myself like that in with so many strangers in the crowd. While Clara has no problem to go out and drink until she can't stand I-I just can't,' she turned back to them.

'I really can't.'

Scott gave her a gentle look, 'Have you tried to talk about it with anyone?'

'Yeah, Maria, and Clara. It didn't help. I just kept on picturing myself in the club, and I can't even let my walls down.'

She didn't mentioned that she actually tried to go to a club a week after the torture only to sit by the bar the whole time without daring to let her walls down as she sensed all the things the people around her would like to do with her. The next time? She didn't even found the strength to put on the dress she wanted to wear to the club. She talked about it with Maria, but apparent from assurance that it would get better and feeling better that she wasn't force to do it. Nothing good came out of it besides that.

'You should save your strength then,' said Scott trying to get her to reason and stay home, but he could already tell it was a lost battle.

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The 5th of July

'I have the perfect job for me,' said Nina surprising Maria and coach at the breakfast. She tried not to think too much about him being there so often and every morning. It would scar her if she actually thought about it.

Maria looked at her with her brows raised, 'A job? As if a summer job? Why?'

Nina shrugged her shoulders, 'It might be good to go out be with people, become independent and a part of the working society?'

Coach nearly choke on his toast as he heard that, 'Why would anyone want to work is beyond me.'

Nina made a face, 'Come on, it can't be that bad. You love your job.'

He shot her a look, 'Who the hell told you that?'

'You said you always yell at us because you love us so much.'

'Yeah, that doesn't mean I love my job. Jobs sucks most of the time.'

Maria sighed, 'Okay, what job were you think about? And if you're thinking clubs? You're too young for that. It's illegal.'

Nina shot her an annoyed smirk, 'Thanks for the vote of confidence, but I was thinking about help out in the children's centrum.'

Both adults looked surprised at her until coach mumbled, 'Whoa, that was unexpected.'

Nina nodded, 'I already asked, and I can come tomorrow to see how it works out, and if I like it I can stay. I'll barely make any cash, but I think I could like it.'

Maria thought about, 'You did enough reading to old folks down in the hospital. It might be good for you.'

Nina nodded happily. She had no idea if she could handle little kids or if she even liked them, but she liked how positive it appear on the outside. She felt like she needed as many sunny things as she could this summer to get over all the bad.

A woman named Maggie showed her the whole place and explained everything to her. She would work just for a few hours, and the pay was seriously silly, but it seemed nice enough. When she finally entered the small room with kids who were noisy playing and shouting and just being kids, she for the first time didn't feel out of place. Something about it reminded her about being in clubs without music and people ogling her. The kids were just being kids.

As she was standing there a little girl with brown eyes came running to her, 'Hi, I'm Emily, and I love to dance.'

Nina chuckled, 'Yeah,' she kneeled down to her, 'I love to dance too. Want to dance together for a bit?' she asked reaching her hand for the girl, who immediately took it and started spinning with her.

Nina started the day after, and she fell in love with it. She definitely had to thank Scott for the advice.

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The 8th of July

'I can't believe you're taking care of kids?' said Lydia as they put down popcorn and sodas on Scott's table in the living room as they were getting ready for their movie night.

Nina blinked confused, 'Why?'

'She's shocked they let you worked there with the way you dress,' said Stiles taking the popcorn.

Lydia shot him a look, and he looked away a bit scared.

Nina rolled her eyes, 'It's summer, plus, I like working there. The kids are awesome.'

'You've been there for like two days. Just wait. I used to babysit, and I can't get enough of never having to do it again,' said Lydia sitting down.

Isaac and Scott joined them. Scott sat down on the floor letting Isaac take the armchair.

'I think it's great. You're doing something that you like Nina,' he said as he sat down, and Nina shot him a happy smile, 'Thank you, Scott. You two should take notes. This is what a supported friend looks like.'

DDDDDDDDDDDDD

Scott took a deep breath and opened his eyes. He didn't even realize that he was so tired, or that he had fallen asleep. He looked around. His neck hurt, and he instantly knew why.

He was on the ground next to Stiles who had his hand over his eyes with his mouth wide open. He briefly remembered telling him that he should go upstairs because he was slowly falling asleep. He didn't go of course.

Shaking his head he looked around. Isaac was in the arm chair softly snoring hugging himself while Lydia was on the coach with a blanket over her. Nina was also on the couch, but she made sure she was as far away from Lydia as possible so she wouldn't accidentally touch her.

There was an odd feeling inside. He couldn't quite tell what it was, but it was inside, and it shifted something in his whole existence.

He got up and walked to the table. Lydia and Stiles got inside some argument about something mathrelated, and they took notes. He took the pencil and a piece of paper. Only Lydia could find something mathrelated interesting during the summer, and only Stiles would have actually be support it. Before he knew it he drawn down too circles, bull's-eye. He saw them in a dream. He wasn't sure why he drawn them, or why they were important, but he still took the paper and put it into his pocket.

He came back into the living room and sat down on the floor again. He didn't feel like going to his room when everyone was downstairs. He simply pressed his head against the end of the couch.

'Hm?' asked Isaac from the chair looking at him. He must have woken him up. He shook his head and smiled at him, 'Nothing, just go back sleep.'

The taller boy nodded and curled into himself again. Scott nodded to himself again and went back to sleep.

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The 12th of July

Nina had to get over her fear. Scott's word once again got the better of her, and he was right. She had to start feeding again, plus she got a summer she actually enjoyed, and she had to had enough energy not to hurt anyone. God forbid kids.

Nina looked at the guy at the end of the bar with black glasses. She honestly never understood the concept of wearing glasses indoor. She noticed him a few times before, or she thought she did. Once she was high on energy she was kind of out of it, so she couldn't be too sure.

She blinked at him. He was gay. She could tell that by his fantasies, but there was something which bugged him about her. He still wanted her. Everyone new wanted her, but it wasn't that. This was different.

She heard someone whisper into her ear asking her, 'Are you alone?'

He tried to dance with her, but the guy with the sunglasses seriously bugged her. She shook her head and walked further away from the bar. She dance and took as much as she could, but she still felt weird. She wasn't sure what to do. She felt like calling someone. It was pathetic, but her first thought was Scott. She tried to think that it was because she didn't even tell Shane she was coming to the club. She didn't want him to be here, and she couldn't really call Scott because that would be weird. Lydia was probably asleep because she stopped texting her a while ago. She might as well try Stiles.

She went to the back alley. There were a few people smoking. She tried to call him. She felt silly when she heard the first ring back sound, but she stayed on line. After the fourth one she put the phone away and decided to text him.

She didn't even notice that all three people who were in the back left. She didn't even notice that someone came up to her from behind. She didn't notice much for the pinch pain in her neck as the man with the glass shoved a needle into her neck and pressed something against her mouth.

The next thing she knew was that she woke up in some van. The man wasn't probably expecting her to be a succubus because he didn't even tie her up. It was all a reflex really. She got to her feet and looked around. She was in a van or so she thought. It was dark around, but she could sense energy from the driver's seat. She went for the door and opened them with a few kicks. She was lucky she fed, and that she was a succubus because whatever he gave her went quicker through her system than it should. She jumped out of the car while it was still riding without a second thought to spare.

She still had her clothes on, and she could tell that the sunglasses guy had no interest in her that way. Still, she wanted to know what it was all about. She rushed after him and on the red light she pulled him out of the car throwing him to the ground before she punched him several times.

'What the fuck did you want with me?!' she shouted at his face.

She frowned and kicked him into the face, 'I asked you something!' She was angry. He wanted to do something with her. What did he want to sell her to someone? Give her to some sex traffickers? Did he do that often? How many girls did he take like that? Why were all men such fucking animals?

She broke his glasses. He was bleeding badly, 'Well?!'

'I get pay for pretty girl look, I'm sorry. I'm sorry,' he said. He obviously wasn't much of a fighter because he didn't even try, but fight her.

She punched him one more time before she sighed and tried to go for her phone to call the sheriff only to find it gone. She took the sunglasses guy phone. She would look for it later. The problem was that she didn't remember Sherriff's number. She only remembered the one to the sheriff's station.

He got there faster than she would have expected with Stiles in the backseat who practically run toward her with a terrified look on his face.

She was sure he was seriously worried because he tried to ask while talking to her, and she didn't understand a single word.

She put her hands on his shoulders, 'I'm fine, Stiles. I'm really fine.'

He nodded several times before he shook his head, 'You called me. I was playing a stupid video game, and I didn't want to pause cause I was winning, and you called me, and I didn't pick up- I-Nina I'm so-'

'Stiles, chill, I called you before I was just having a bad feeling. It's nothing,' she tried to calm him down, but he wouldn't take it.

'People like that are human scum,' he said angrily as he watched the ambulance take the guy she beat up.

'Stiles,' said his father, 'Can you give us a moment? I'm going to need you to give a statement, Nina.'

She bit her lip and nodded, 'Yeah, uh, can you sent someone to an alley in behind the club on Marple Street? I think I lost my phone there.'

The sheriff nodded, and she started to talk what happened and what she remembered. She tried to reach Maria to take her home, but she couldn't get a hold of her yet.

When Melissa's car pulled over she let out an annoyed sigh, 'Stiles shouldn't have called you,' she said as he got close to her. He shook his head instantly. She could tell that he wanted to hug her. She gave in. She wanted to hug him as well, so she did.

'I'm going to kill him,' he said against her hair, 'I'll let you beat the shit out of him again, and then I will kill him.'

She chuckled a bit before she sighed, 'I want to go home. Can you take me home once the sheriff is done with me?'

He looked down at her and looked her deep into the eyes, 'Of course.'

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Maria finally answered, and she was on her way home. Melissa and Scott came to stay with her until she would get there.

'I'm fine it's not like something happened. He was actually lucky,' mumbled Nina annoyed which caused Melissa to blink confused, 'What do you mean lucky?'

'I don't have the wall up when I'm asleep. So I might have actually sucked his energy without wanting to when I was unconsciousness.'

Melissa walked to her and hugged her around her shoulders, 'Just because nothing happened it doesn't mean that it was nothing.'

Nina blinked a few times before she looked at her. There was a sudden understanding between them. She nodded and hugged back. She really missed Melissa when she and Scott weren't talking. The woman kissed the top of her head softly. She really missed her.

Scott came back. She had a feeling he was waiting downstairs for them to be done before he came back with a mug and a plate.

'I made you something to eat.'

'Thanks,' she said and took the plate looking at him, 'Also thanks for taking me home. I'm fine, but still thanks.'

He shook his head, 'Don't sweat it.'

Stiles came into the room, 'They found your phone, but they're keeping it for evidence.'

She nodded against the mug. She figured as much.

'I'm fine, you guys,' said Nina looking at the two. She saw as they shared a look. They clearly didn't know how to deal with her right now. She didn't blame them. She didn't know either.

When Maria came she walked to Nina's bed to talk to her, 'Are you boys staying the night?' She asked them as they were on their way out.

Nina raised her brows, 'A sleepover.'

The older woman shrugged her shoulder and then looked at the two boys who nodded, 'Yeah,' said Stiles slowly, 'we can watch a movie or something.'

They left the room and Maria looked down at Nina.

'Why do you want them over tonight?' she asked confused and the older woman brushed her hair, 'Because you want them to stay, but you don't want to ask and look weak, and like it bothers you.'

Nina sighed, 'It's just so fitting first time I go dancing and of course I almost get kidnapped by some sex trafficker.'

'I'm sorry, dievčiatko,' she brushed her hair again, 'Do you want to talk about it?'

Nina shook her head, 'It's fine, but…I just…it never happened to me before. I mean people always tried to touch me, but no one ever went far enough to actually try to kidnap me or rape me…I guess the closer I was to that was with Morrison.'

Maria kept on touching her hair, 'You know he couldn't really do anything to you, right?'

'I know, but…when people touch me. I get it, it's the glow or they're just douchebags who think they can do anything they want. Morrison wasn't like that. He just wanted to hurt me. Stripping me, touching my body even if it was in gloves, it was all about humiliation and hurting me. It reminded me of it. I guess it's why I'm so nervous about crowds now.'

'You'll get pass it. You already sleep better, you got your friends back, you're seeing a cute boy,' said Maria, 'Everything will work up, sweetie. This wasn't because of who you are, Nina. This could have happened to anyone, and you should be grateful that it happened to you because you managed to help catch the guy. Although it profoundly scared me that it even happened.'

Nina nodded, 'Yeah,' she raised her hand which was shaking, 'Me too, I guess.'

Maria hugged her tightly, and Nina sighed against her shoulder.

'I think I could work as a bouncer in one of the clubs.'

Maria chuckled, 'Oh, you totally could, but I think working with kids makes you happier.'

Nina nodded, 'Yeah, it does.'

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The 20th of July

'We're so going clubbing!' shouted Stiles enthusiastically like a maniac every few minutes. To be honest getting drunk and going partying was something that they always promised each other after pretty much every crisis just never actually went. So when Nina suggested it Stiles could barely contain himself. Scott later asked her if she was sure about it after everything that happened, but the last thing she wanted was that to ruin her summer all over again. She was surprised it didn't make her crowd shy like Morrison did, but maybe it was her rebound for what happened.

Stiles got drunk. Really drunk. With Nina's wink it was no problem getting anything they ordered and Scott at least tried to drink for the effect to support Stiles while Nina stayed to her coke she was smiling/smirking most of the night.

At some point a couple of girls joined them a few really taken by her while two others clearly found the boys interesting.

'I'm going dancing,' she mumbled into Scott's ear through the music and winked at the young blond who was interested in him.

She let her walls down and moaned as she was moving her hips into the music taking in the energy. She felt almost as if she was high. On top of the world as the delicious taste filled every single of her cells. Her mind was all over the place catching gleams of others' desires. She didn't focus on them and she could easily push them away until she was suddenly strike with a flash which caused her to stop dancing her hand in her hair as she stopped.

Scott standing on the dance floor just a few steps back.

His lips pressed against her neck. Claim.

Her breath started to run wild.

She slowly turned around looking at him as the others simply dance around them, arousal and desire filling their air so much she had trouble seeing past it she couldn't imagine Scott doing so.

She licked her lips as he took a step closer his eyes unreadable.

She was always so terrified what would have they think of if they ever saw her feed like this. Like well a slut dancing in the crowded with low dresses or something…

But right now Scott looked anything but disgusted and she didn't know what she wanted to think about that.

Scott suddenly frowned just as someone took her hand and tried to press her against himself only to get pushed away by her.

In a second, Scott came from behind and put his strong hands against her looking at the man through her shoulder. She couldn't see his face but whatever looked did Scott shot him was enough to get the guy to break from her glow and run the hell away.

She was grateful for that. She hated dealing with guys like that ever since the kanima thing. She felt really bad about it but she needed to feed.

Nina let out a soft reveled sigh and pressed her head against his chest her hands gently touching his shoulders.

Scott held her like this for a few moments before she turned around in his arms. She always felt safe in his arms like this. But she couldn't be. This wasn't them. The sexual things she could handle. She knew they weren't real. It all just the glow. But…

But this. The tender things the roman-

She couldn't let things like that happen.

'You okay?' he asked his voice kind of hoarse.

She managed a nod her eyes on his. Everything was too taken by the desire around her. She was too taken. It was hard to focus. Hard to do the right thing and push Scott away. Hard to be a good friend to him to Allison…

He coughed a bit, 'H-how does it feel?' he asked looking her up and down, 'Is it different than when you helped me heal?'

'What happened with the girl?'

He didn't answer just continued to stare at her so intense it made her shiver. This wasn't what she had planned for when they decided to go out.

She let out a nervous smile. She was a bit buzzed from the energy she had just consumed and from all the ones that was around her that she got a momentary idea that she went for without too much thinking about it or backing down from it.

His hands were still around her keeping her close. She liked that.

'I can show you.'

She giggled at her idea. She totally could show him. She looked behind him catching Stiles kissing the pretty redhaired girl on the dance floor. Her hair was obviously scarlet red but with the way the boy was pressing against her and since he was pretty much drunk he didn't seem to mind that much.

She put her hands on his neck feeling him shivering as she let her walls down but only for the energy of the people around her.

She felt it but she couldn't transfer it to him. They needed to be closer.

'Don't freak out,' she said and put her hand on his face feeling despite the vibrating music and everything how his heart speeded up as she pressed it too his lips.

She parted them feeling his breath on her fingers with her other hand she moved him a bit closer to her opening her own lips both of them sort of panting despite they weren't even doing anything.

She pressed her opened lips against his closing her eyes as everything she felt she let flow to him.

His hands went tighter around her as he was suddenly stroke with the sensation she always felt as well as his own since it was impossible for her not to taste him in such a slow contact although she was immediately returning it back to him.

His hand moved over her back and their hips started to swing a bit their entire existence flowing in the sensation which the energy brought. Even Nina had to admit it never felt this good.

It was so amazing. His lips were so soft. Just as they were when they kissed for the Argents but this… this was more. It was so intense it was almost too much but she enjoyed every second of it holding on to it like a starving woman.

They were suddenly broken apart by Stiles who put his hands on the two breaking the link and causing them both to with dark pupils look at each other before they looked at Stiles.

'Shit, I just made out with a girl who wasn't Lydia…It was great.'

Being pretty much high on desire they burst to laughed.

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'It felt like being drunk…it's like I'm drunk again… It's so awesome,' said Scott as Stiles was barely awake with his head on his shoulders once they were in the cab going to Stiles's.

'Yeah it's the only drunk I'm willing to get,' Nina laughed as the three of them were sitting in the backseat.

'How awesome…that I made… with Marry?'

'I thought her name was Stevie.'

'Abby and the other was Sam, Vanessa, Molly, and Marry was the one with glasses.'

'Abby, how amazing is Marry.'

Nina just smiled feeling complete with Stiles soft breaths and Scott's warm next to her.

She really loved her friends.

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When they finally managed to get (mostly Scott did) Stiles to his room he suddenly put his hands around the both of them and jumped backward to the bed sending the both of them with him.

'Best day ever,' he mumbled tiredly before he was suddenly knocked out for good.

Nina and Scott both sat up on the bed and looked at the already sleeping boy.

Scott just shook his head while Nina giggled and brushed his hair a bit.

'Do you want to crash here? Or are we walking home?' he asked.

She thought about it for a second, 'Hm, with the hunters gone we could totally run home.'

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They stopped on their street which was the finish line. She won but that was pretty easy to guess since Scott got just a wink of what she really consumed. She never would have imagined that one day she would be thing open with someone. Anyone, really. It felt amazing. She felt so so real at the moment and alive like never before.

He walked her home in the quiet of the night.

'Can you always let me know when are you going to go fed?' he asked suddenly a bit hesitating, 'You don't have to like feed me too but I don't want you having to worry about others.'

She smiled at how much he cared for her, 'Sure, but what will you girlfriend say once you get one?'

'What if I won't?'

They stopped and she looked at him unsure of what to do next.

'You're the handsome sole captain of the lacrosse team… what makes you think you won't?'

He watched her but didn't answer. She wanted to think and play with the thought that he would say something like that's it's because of her but deep down she knew who it really was because of.

'Scott,' she took his hand, 'You'll manage to get over this. I know it's the cruelest thing to say but it's true. One day you will just wake up and you won't feel sad or nostalgic about it. You'll just smile and move on.'

He looked at their hands linked together before he smiled a bit and went to reach her.

She let him hug her. She loved hugs from him. He was taller than her. 6' inches to be specific but she just liked it that way. Stiles's hugs were to give comfort to him. Allison and Harley were soft balls of happy energy while Lydia felt like she wasn't use to hugs but craved them just like her. She thinks it might be because she didn't get enough hugs when she was kid and as a teen didn't dare to do anything until she met Scott and Stiles. Maybe because Scott was the first person to hug her she like his hugs the most. Or it could be the way how Scott hugs. Solid, comforting, strong. Like she can be sure with anything around him and she can tell him anything. It's the best feeling.

Today's hug was a bit different as she felt him softly brushing the back of her head and as she heard how heavy his inhales were.

'Nina?'

'Huh?'

'Would you mind-well if I bit you a bit?'

She opened her eyes she didn't even remember closing.

She leaned away from him to look at his face since she wasn't sure she had actually heard him until she saw the guilty and embarrassed way he was looking at her.

'Bit. Me. A. Bit? Wh-what?'

'I don't know…It's just-forget it,' he let her go completely ashamed.

She took his hand again, 'Okay, can you like tell me please? Explain.'

He shook his head, 'I don't know it's-it's an instinct.'

'Cause we're pack?' she asked guessing.

He blinked at that, 'Pack?'

She nodded, 'You know. You are our alpha and all you want to mark us as yours or something.'

He thought about it.

'I seriously, never thought about it like that,' he said before he suddenly smiled. 'That could actually be it.'

'Cause you don't want to hurt me, right?'

'Of course, not!'

'How much biting are we talking about?'

'Eh?'

'Till I bleed?'

'Okay, we're not doing that!'

He turned around and left while Nina's giggle echoed after him. This was seriously just his drunkself or whatever talking because there was no way he would just like say something like that to her.

Nina walked to her house with an odd feeling stomach. She always thought something not in her freewill about kinks of other people.

For the first time she wondered about herself. Would she have liked it?

She shook her head. No, she was just being stupid. She was with Shane now…well she was going to be with him. Wasn't she? No, this was just fun, goofing around with friends as friends. Okay, that was her being high talking.

Whatever.

She went home and got to bed. It didn't mean anything. They were just having fun nothing more. At least for him.

She rolled her eyes before she turned off the lights. Nope, she was not falling into that again. She was over it. She had a cute boy who liked her and her and Scott were just friends. No confusion. It was just the energy creating some stupid weird feelings. They weren't real feelings before she was fine. She and Scott and Shane were fine.

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The 1st August

Isaac was walking out at night. He was coming home. He wasn't in a rush since he knew Clara was working late, and Derek was probably reading a book or something. He was slowly coming to turns with the fact that they would never find Erica or Boyd. They tried. They looked everyone, but it was like they had vanished.

He stopped when thought he heard something close behind him.

He blinked and turned around waiting for a moment. Nothing happened. No one was there. He turned back around blaming lack of sleep and his head somewhere else and continued. When he heard it again, he stopped and shouted, 'Who's there?'

He turned around and swallowed hard. Someone was following him. It couldn't be the hunters since they were all gone, but it was someone.

His heath started beating faster, 'Boyd? Erica? Is that you?' called Isaac and started to walk into the dark alley, he thought he heard the noise.

He blinked as he suddenly caught someone's scent. Someone who wasn't Erica nor Boyd.

Before he could run away someone jumped him.

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The 2nd of August

'What's that?' asked Nina as she saw it on Lydia's desk. It was a watch, and by the looks of it a pretty expensive one. There wouldn't be anything weird about it just that it was a men watch.

Lydia looked at it as well before she shrugged her shoulders, 'It's a watch.'

Nina raised her brows at her, 'Really? Shocking.'

Lydia sighed and walked to her bed, 'I bought it for Jackson on his birthday this year, but with everything that happened I just forgot to return it.'

Nina blinked at looked at the watch. It was definitely expensive and nice, 'When did you buy it?'

The other girl frowned, 'It doesn't matter.'

Nina nodded to herself, 'Right. God forbid you actually talk about what's bothering you for once.'

Lydia looked at her. Nina did have a point. Yeah, most of the times people didn't even notice something was wrong with her, but to be honest she never let them know something was happening.

'I might have had this little piece of hope that we would get back together…or stay friends at least.'

Nina sat down on her desk chair, 'You're still friends.'

Lydia shrugged, 'Maybe, I could mail it to him then? To London? I paid like a lot for it.'

Nina looked at the watch, 'Well, it's nice enough. Try to sell it to someone.'

Lydia hummed, 'Yeah, that doesn't sound so bad.'

Nina nodded and lied down on her bed.

'So?' asked Lydia as she put the watch away, 'How are things with Shane?' she asked with her teasing voice, so Nina rolled her eyes, 'It's okay, we're taking things slow, but I actually like it that way. It's fun to be around him and be well…as normal as a girl who could kill him with a kiss be.'

Lydia lied down next to her looking at her ceiling, 'Are you going to tell him?'

Nina shook her head, 'I don't want…not yet at least. I never told anyone I didn't have to. I told Scott and Stiles, but only because Scott turned and well you, Allison, Jackson were all part of the chaos that Peter created there wasn't a point not to tell you.'

Lydia nodded, 'I get that, but how can you date him and not tell him? If he finds out from someone else, he'll hate you.'

Nina closed her eyes. She knew that. She thought about it every day, but the more she thought about it the more she didn't want to tell him. She was finally feeling happy. She had her friends, Maria, and she genuinely liked Shane. She could fall in love with him. She didn't want to risk it by telling him the truth especially since he was helping her get over Scott.

'I'm taking it slow. I don't have to tell him yet. When it starts to get serious, that's when I will tell him.'

Lydia sighed, 'I just hope you know what you're doing.'

'I know. I promise.'

She didn't tell Lydia or Stiles about what happened after the club. It was just the energy talking. She and Scott were just friends. She got over it. She would get over him.

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The 5th of August

Nina woke up early and put on her running shoes. She came home from Lydia's, but she got used to run over the few months of summer. She didn't even need an alarm clock which was ironic since she loved the spent as much time in bed as possible.

She closed the door after her and started running. The coach didn't train boxing during the summer, and to be honest she really got into running. She was faster, but when she ran in the morning she made sure she wasn't too fast. It still felt great. She could think which was a blessing plus she always made a stop to Shane's work.

She stopped by his family shop every morning she went for a run and talked with him. She spent a lot of time with Shane, and she honestly enjoyed it. She wasn't lying when she told Lydia that she was scared he wouldn't accept her if she told him, but she was still calming herself down that she didn't have to tell him since it wasn't that serious. The last part was a lie. It felt serious, being with Shane surprisingly made her forget about Scott, but most importantly it made her feel normal. Plus Shane had no idea about what happened to her with Morrison so whenever she was quiet he didn't give her worried looks or acted like something was happening with her.

'Hey,' she said as she got to the flower shop.

He stopped making a bouquet and smiled at the girl, 'Hey, how was your run?'

She nodded, 'It was refreshing. You sure I can't get you to join?'

He made a face, 'Nah, running is definitely not my sport.'

She rolled her eyes, 'You're missing out. You'll get fat before the summer is over, and coach starts to train again.'

'Nice try, but no thanks.'

She nodded and waved at his mom who was behind the shop in the garden.

'So I've been wondering,' he started looking nervous, and Nina blinked raising her brows, 'Yes?'

'I know we're taking things slow, but how about we went on a not date?'

Nina blinked, 'Not date?'

'Yeah, not date.'

She chuckled, 'Okay, and what do you expect for a not date?'

'Regular hanging out in the movies, maybe eating somewhere,' he listed, and she chuckled, 'Sounds pretty much like a regular date.'

'No, it doesn't. The key is that if we don't feel datey in the end of night. We don't kiss.'

She chuckled again crossing her arms, 'What if I don't feel like doing a not date?'

He smiled at, 'Well, then there's option number two. We can do a normal date.'

Yeah, okay, she was totally in denial. Things were serious, and she still didn't want to tell him. Maybe she could…just not tell him for a little longer. She could already heard Scott reminding her again how it would blow in her face…again, but she would let it because seeing how nicely he was looking at her was totally worth it.

Or so she thought…

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Derek was getting seriously annoyed about her. She was spending more and more time in the loft. He understood it at first she was healing, and she still wasn't completely okay, but it was getting ridiculous. She had no social life. Zero. She went to work and home especially now that all the teens got a job.

'You're pathetic,' he told her as he came between her view with the laptop on his couch.

She shot him a lazy glance, 'Why?'

'Because you have no social life, all you do is sit around desperate like some woman in her midlife crisis. Knock it off and go somewhere.

'I have nowhere to go,' she said calmly.

'Call Melissa,' he suggested, 'and plan something together.'

'She's working.'

'Karen!'

'Also working.'

'Go for a fucking walk or something.'

'It's meaningless.'

'Go get some fresh air.'

'Fine,' Clara rolled her eyes, 'I'll go tomorrow.'

'Not tomorrow today. I'm out of my favorite tea go to the shop and buy me some.'

'What am I? You're maid?'

'No, a maid would clean. You don't want have a meaningless walk? Now it has a purpose.'

Clara shrugged her shoulders her eyes still glued to the screen whatever. 'It's one day, Derek. I'll go tomorrow.' He put his hands on her knees and before she knew what was happening he dragged her closer to him to look him straight into the eyes.

'You were born in one day, Clara. You will die in one day. You can change in one day. You can fall in love in one day,' he said, and she would have sworn his eyes shined, 'Anything can happen in one day.'

It was weird. She should have been teasing him about if he was reading some soupy romance. Instead for some reason she felt like shivering as Derek leaned away from her with a weird look on his face before he continued, 'So get your ass out of the coach, get dressed and go to the shop.'

She slowly stood up without a single word to spear. All of the sudden she felt exposed sitting there with him just in her pajamas which was stupid because Derek could easily pick up every single thing about her so he most likely already knew everything embarrassing which there was about her. So why did this freak her out so much more?

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Scott called Nina once he got off work, 'Okay, so what are you thinking for tonight? Stiles is still at my ass for the Star Wars movies I never saw so we could do that. Isaac still haven't called me back though what about Lydia?'

There was suddenly a silence.

'Hey, Nin, you there?'

A sigh, 'Yeah, I just sort of have plans with…Shane.'

Scott nodded to himself suddenly understanding. He should have expected it. Shane and Nina had gone really close over the summer, and it was clear that the boy cared for her not just because of the glow or her body. He actually liked her and thought she was great…which she was. He was happy for her…although somewhere in the back of his mouth it felt bittersweet.

'Oh, okay. So you guys are going on a date?'

'Yeah, well, it's a not date. If we don't like it it's a not date just friends hanging out if we do it's a date.'

He smiled at that, 'Sounds great that way if it wouldn't have worked out no harm done,' he said sitting down on his bed.

'Yeah.'

Scott smiled a bit, 'Nina, it will work out though.'

Her heard a chuckle, 'It's weird that I'm talking about it with you.'

'It's not weird. It's good. We're friends and this is what friends do.'

'Okay, friend, do you want to come over? Lydia is helping me get ready, but we can hang with Stiles until I have to go?'

In that moment a part of him wanted to say no. Something about seeing Nina get ready to go out with another guy felt unsettling, painful almost, but he didn't. He couldn't, he and Nina were finally on the right track. It almost felt like she was never in love with him in the first place. There were no kisses, or touches, or weird looks, or any chemo signals. Okay, he admitted the weird attitude after their night in club was definitely more than friendly, but he was high on Nina's energy. It was different. He finally got something right. He was working hard with everything in his life, and he finally got Nina back. He couldn't blow it with weird emotions that didn't mean anything and were probably just him realizing that Nina liked someone else. He could be such an asshole.

'Yeah, of course, Nina. I'll get Stiles see you in a few.'

Yeah, definitely bittersweet.

DDDDDDDDDD

Clara took the stupid tea from the counter and put it in her bag. She hoped Derek would burn on it! Idiot. He was telling her that she didn't have a life. HE! Like what the fuck? He was locked in the loft all day long reading books! She at least had a job like real adults not stalk around teens. She had to drag him out to some meeting with them or party every damn time. Honestly the nerves! And what the fuck was that look he was giving her earlier? And those shivers?

Fuck hi-

Suddenly there was the terrible noise from car breaks and Clara stopped in track.

'Jesus, watched where you're going lady!' shouted the driver at the woman who was on the road. All of the sudden her heel broke, and she ended up on one knee on the road just as a car barely had time to stop.

Clara ran toward the woman, 'Hey, are you okay?' she asked looking at her knee. It was bleeding.

'Oh my God, just my luck,' complained the woman brushing her forehead.

Clara helped her up, 'Can I have a look at that I'm a nurse, and I got some plasters and bandage in my purse.'

'New definition to carry your work with you,' said the woman with a smile before she got embarrassed, 'Uh, sorry that was weird.'

Clara shook her head, 'Not at all. I'm Clara, by the way.'

She helped the woman to a small coffee table at the side of the street, 'Jennifer.'

She smiled at the woman which was when Clara got for a moment startstrucked. The woman looked just like Paige.

'Did something happen?' she asked suddenly, and Clara shook her head, 'No sorry, you just reminded me of a friend.'

Jennifer's smile returned, 'Oh, well, I hope she's not as clumsy as me. It's my first day in town, and I'm already a mess.'

Clara got to work, 'You're not so bad. There all done.'

'Thank you so much, can I buy you coffee? As thank you?' she asked. Clara wanted to refuse. She didn't do it for reward, and she should probably get Derek his tea although she knew it was his tactic to lure her out of the loft, then again as she looked at the woman and saw how desperate she was for some company in the new town, she agreed.

DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

'You sure you're ready for this?' asked Chris Argent as his daughter bucked her seatbelts.

She gave him a small smile, 'I think you should have asked that before we flew from France.'

He nodded to himself, 'True.'

When she looked in front of her she was sure, 'It's going to be okay. I want this.'

He watched her for moment trying to decide if she was really ready as she claimed she was before he nodded and started the car. There was only one way to find out.

DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Nina gave Scott and Stiles a beer as they were staring at her in the panic state she was in. She was going on a date. Her first date with a human who knew nothing about who she really was. Lydia came to help her with her outfit and makeup. She didn't want nor need it, but Lydia never took no for an answer.

Both boys shared a look before Scott said, 'I don't drink, remember?'

She stopped walking around and rushed to him taking the beer, 'It's just I'm nervous. I've never been on a date before or even hung out without anyone before like-date related so I really don't know what I'm doing, right now.'

Stiles looked at Scott, 'Well, you obviously like him if you're nervous, and it's obvious he likes you.'

'You think so?' she asked looking all nervous and like she still had doubts which was kind of adorable since she was a badass succubus. Although somewhere in the back of his mind it still felt a bit like a pinch from the needle.

'Of course, plus we all hung out through the whole summer.'

'Yes, but that was friendly,' she cut in, 'That was safe that didn't make me think about being or seeing how Clara was tortured or about wanting to feed on him which I did one time, but I pushed it away.'

'Are you planning on telling him about that?' asked Scott as he watched her walk around with an open beer she wasn't even drinking.

'That I could kill him with a single kiss? Fucking God no. You not telling Allison was the best thing to do. If you tell people you get them involved. If they are involved you will hurt them.'

Scott blinked at her with a grimace, 'Nin, you remember how me not telling Allison worked out, right?'

'That was different Allison's whole life was leading her to be hunter, her whole family were hunters? Shane's family owns a flower shop. His granny knitted me a sweater.'

'For real?' asked Stiles surprised.

Nina nodded, 'It's not like I can wear it, but-'

'But that's the thing, how do you plan on explaining to Shane that you can't wear long sleeve clothes, or the amount of time you will hung up with us if something supernatural related pops up?' asked Scott looking at her with a sad look.

She put the beer down and shook her head, 'I'm always going to spent time with you, you're my friends. We hang, we do things together and that is not stopping even if me and Shane are dating. He has to get that. You,' she pointed at Scott, 'always made sure we were in it together even if you had your relationship on the line. So no! If he doesn't get you guys? Too bad. He might not even like like me when he starts to date me. I keep things to myself. I have been tortured. I have weird habits like I can't sleep under a blanket the whole night, or have sex with him for well… quite a long time. I'm weird.'

Scott stood up and walked to her putting his hands on her shoulders, 'He'll love you. You know how I know it? Because we love you. You're amazing, you're funny, you're smart, you care for people so much it's unbelievable. He's going to love you.'

She sighed before she smiled, 'That's is why I wanted you two here.'

The doorbell rang, and she turned around to look at them, 'What if he kisses me, and I lose it? I already sort of lost it more than a few times.'

Scott rolled his eyes, 'Unless he has a wolf you need to calm down, he won't.'

Nina pushed him a bit, and he laughed at her, 'I meant with him.'

'So you kissed already huh?' asked Stiles raising his brows.

She shot him a look, 'Yes, and it's not like we can do anything more or like we can kiss for a longer time, so please get your head out of your gutter! Thank you.'

She looked at Scott who had somehow an odd expression on his face, 'What?'

He blinked and smiled at her, 'Nothing, sorry, just realized that I never actually had a first date with Allison.'

Nina blinked at him, 'Oh, sorry.'

'No-no, don't be sorry for anything. Go have fun and just relax and be yourself,' he assured her before he pushed her for the door.

Stiles watched his best friend for a few moments until they both heard Nina shout a goodbye to everyone in the house and heard the door shut, 'You do realize that I don't have to be a werewolf to know you just lied to her?'

Scott shot him a look, 'What's that supposed to mean?'

Stiles chuckled, 'You're completely fine with Nina and Shane?'

'Of course I'm fine with Nina and Shane why wouldn't I be?'

Stiles watched him before he took a sip of the beer, 'Of course you are.'

'Stiles?'

The other boy shook his head and luckily he was saved by his mom calling to see if he wanted some pizza for dinner and if Stiles was crashing. Stiles just kept on drinking his beer with a thought on his mind.

It's you and Allison all over again except you and Nina changed your roles, and now you get to be the martyr.

Scott walked to the bathroom while Lydia came down from Nina's room as she insisted she would help her with her clothes and makeup. She gathered her things and walked to Stiles, 'Did she already go?'

Stiles nodded, and Lydia sighed looking a bit disappointed, 'Will you get me a ride?'

He nodded again and stood up, 'Let's just wait for Scott.'

'By the way, what did I miss?'

Stiles let out an annoyed and tired sigh before he said, 'Nothing much. It's like a never ending circle with those two as always.'

Lydia nodded, 'You think there is any chance it won't end in a disaster for Shane?'

Stiles pressed his lips together, 'Doubt it, and I feel sorry for him. I really like the guy. He's not like others. He's actually nice.'

Lydia agreed. Both teens knew that when it came to Scott and Nina whoever was dating one would end up as collateral. They wished their friends would realize it and spare the people who were into the hoping that they had a chance so hurt, but they were too blind and stubborn to do that.