(Scott's POV)
These past few weeks have sucked for me big time. After the whole issue with Stiles, everyone in Derek's pack has been ignoring me. I know what I did was wrong and all I want is the chance to apologize and make things right with Stiles. And I mean it's not like he wasn't doing anything wrong; he's dating Derek! How can he not see how much of a bad idea that is?
And what's even worse is that no one seems to see how wrong it is. Sheriff Stilinski has been spending a lot of time out at Derek's house and so has my own mother! She won't even speak to me at this point. She said that she hasn't been this disappointed in someone since my dad left. Talk about low blow.
But I mean it's not like I haven't tried to fix it. I went by the Sheriff's house to ask him to tell Stiles I was sorry, mainly because he always covered for me in the past, but he told me that I needed to apologize myself and that Stiles would talk to me when he was ready; then he threatened me.
Flashback
"No, Scott. When Stiles is ready to hear what you have to say then you can apologize. Until then, your best bet is to steer clear of him. I heard about what Jackson, Peter, and Boyd did and trust me that will seem like a slap on the wrist if Derek catches you around here or the pack house. You're lucky that Stiles hasn't allowed him to come after period."
"But Sheriff Stilinski come on, it's Derek Hale! How are you ok with this? You arrested him for murder! Twice!"
"Yes, because you lied about what you saw and Stiles backed you up. Come to think of it, every time Stiles seems to have gotten in trouble in the past it's been because he was covering for you. He's been spending time with Derek and his pack for two months now and I've had no problems out of him. If anything they're helping him be a better person because he has people that care for him."
At this point in the conversation Sheriff Stilinski stepped closer to me to the point that he was towering over me. Even though I knew that he couldn't physically hurt me I was still intimidated by this.
"Understand this Scott, I may have been oblivious previously to what has been going on in my town, but now that I know what my son has been through because of you. Make no mistake about it Scott; if I hear about you putting my son or his mate in danger again I won't hesitate to hurt you myself. Remember this; I know about and have wolfsbane bullets now."
And of course at this time Derek came out of nowhere asking the Sheriff if everything was ok. It was only then that I realized that my claws were coming out and I was half-shifted so, I ran away.
End Flashback
I still can't believe it; everyone was choosing Derek over me! But luckily enough I heard that Allison was back in town and I know that she'll be on my side. She's hated Derek ever since he bit her mom; which ok, he bit her accidently to save me, but she doesn't know that. Maybe I'll Mr. Argent about Derek biting Stiles; that's one way to solve that problem.
I texted Allison to see if she was home; she responded to come over and that we needed to talk. What could we possibly need to talk about? I ran to her house and snuck into her window, just like I normally do. When I got there I knew something was up. For one, her bedroom door was open. She never has her door open especially when she knows that I'm coming over; this is mainly to keep her dad from walking in on us making out. Not only that, but for the first time since Allison moved to Beacon Hills she looked nervous. Instantly, I feared the worst; was she moving away again? I went over and sat down beside her on her bed. I noticed that she slid away from me a little bit. Ok, what is going on?
"Allison, is everything ok?" I asked her tentatively.
She sighed. "No, Scott everything isn't ok. How could you do that to Stiles?" She looked at me with tears in her eyes. I went to answer, but she stopped me.
"No, Scott. Don't even try and blame this on Derek either. You did this. God, if I would've known all those times you were with me that you had abandoned Stiles to fend for himself I would've broken up with you a long time ago. Stiles was supposed to be your best friend and you attack him for who he loves; who he's in a relationship with."
"But Derek's a werewolf!" I yelled. "Stiles doesn't know what kind of danger he's in."
"Oh, please Scott get a grip!" She yelled back. "Stiles knows more about the dangers of dating a werewolf than anyone else. And you weren't concerned about a werewolf/human relationship when it was me and you so, why should Stiles be any different?"
"Because it's Derek!" I screamed. "How can you not understand this Allison? For God's sake! He bit your mom!" I knew that it was a low blow but I needed her to understand why Derek and Stiles being together was a bad idea. However, I definitely wasn't expecting her response.
"Yeah, because she was trying to kill you! Derek bit my mom to save you Scott. Not for his own benefit and not out of some desperate attempt at revenge for what Kate did to his family, but to keep you alive." The shock of her knowing the truth behind her mom being bitten must have shown on my face.
"Yeah, Derek and Stiles told me the truth at the last pack meeting we had."
"Wait, what do you mean pack meeting? Since when are you a part of Derek's pack?" I asked angrily. Great now that he's stolen my best friend from me, now he's going to take my girlfriend.
"Since my dad and I made a truce with them. That and apparently my dad and Peter are mates so, there's that." And wait, what? Chris and Peter were mates? I was about to say something about that before Allison cut me off practically spitting venom.
"Don't even think about it Scott McCall. Don't you dare say one word about my father and Peter being together. I haven't seen my dad this happy in a long time and Peter has changed dramatically since everything that has happened. And you would know that if paid more attention to what's going on around you instead of what you think is going on. If you paid more attention you would realize that Stiles is happier than I've ever seen him. Everyone else can see it, why can't you?"
Not wanting to admit that she was right about any of this I tried to get around it. "Are you breaking up with me?" I asked tentatively giving her my best puppy dog eyes as Stiles calls, well called them.
"ARE YOU SERIOUS?" she screamed at me. Instantly Peter was standing in her doorway growling at me. Allison took a few deep breaths before speaking again.
"Peter, it's ok I'm fine; he didn't hurt me. You can go back downstairs with dad."
"Ally, are you sure?" he asked. And since when did he start calling her "Ally".
She smiled slightly. "Yeah, Peter I'm fine." He looked at me before nodding to her and heading back downstairs. She looks at me with such disgust it shocks me.
"Seriously Scott, after all that I said to you about Stiles and your only concern is whether or not I'm going to break up with you?" She scoffs. "I love you Scott; I really do, but until you pull your head out of your ass and see that not everything in the world revolves around you then I'm done. I won't be a part of you trying to destroy the best thing that has happened to Stiles in a long time."
Allison walked over to her window and opened it letting me know that our conversation and relationship was over. As I was climbing out to leave, she stopped me.
"Scott, your best bet would be to apologize to Stiles and realize that he has his own life now. If you don't apologize and actually mean it then you're going to lose more than your best friend and girlfriend. You're going to lose every friend you have in this town. Being an omega is not something you want to be Scott." I nodded and leapt out of the window.
After leaving Allison's house I went for a walk through the woods to think about what she said. As much as I hated to admit it she was right. In the short time I saw Stiles before I attacked him, he looked so happy. Happier than I'd seen him since before all this werewolf shit happened. I guess that's what set me off; just thought that Derek put that smile on Stiles' face killed me. And then that bite!
Just the fact that Derek marked him like that pissed me off, but I just assumed that Stiles didn't know what it meant. I should have known that he did. I mean after all Stiles has always been the one to research things for us in the past; he has to know what it means.
I can't believe that I let my anger at Derek ruin my friendship with Stiles. But maybe I can fix it; maybe if I can just talk things over with Stiles then everything will be ok again. I know that it's a long shot, but I need to try. So, for the first time in two months, I called Stiles.
(Stiles POV)
I was sitting outside watching Derek train with the betas when my phone rang; everyone immediately froze, they all recognized the ringtone as being Scott's. Allison had already called me with a heads up about their conversation and warned me that he may call soon; I just didn't know how soon. Taking a deep breath, I answered it.
"Hello."
"Hey, Stiles, it's me Scott."
"Hey Scott, what can I do for you?" I asked causally.
"Look man, I know I messed up ok? I messed up bad and I want to apologize, but I don't want to do it over the phone. Do you think maybe we could have lunch later today and talk? Please?"
I looked up to see the pack looking at me, awaiting my answer just as Scott was.
"Sure man, how about the diner, say in an hour?"
"Yeah, sounds good. See you then."
We hung up and everyone was looking at me like I was crazy. Before they could start I spoke up.
"Look, I know what you're going to say, but I can't do this anymore. The constant worrying about what Scott is going to say or do because he doesn't like the fact that I'm in a relationship with Derek. So, I'm going to have lunch with him to hear his apology and let him know that he needs to apologize to all of you especially Derek before I can even consider being friends with him again."
They all look relieved at this statement. So, I continued.
"Scott thinks that his actions have only hurt me, but they haven't and he needs to understand that. He needs to understand that I'm not the same person I was before all of this shit happened and I refuse to allow him to hurt me or any of you again because he doesn't like something. I'm no one's sidekick; well except maybe Derek's." I said cheekily causing everyone to laugh and Derek to roll his eyes. "So, if you don't mind I'm going to go get ready for my meeting with Scott and I expect all of you to stay at least a block and a half away from us. His scenting skills aren't that great so, he won't be able to sense you guys are there from that distance." They all nodded their agreement and I went upstairs to get dressed. This lunch meeting has the potential to be very good or very bad. It all depends on whether or not Scott means what he says and if he can agree to what I have to say.
