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Chapter 29
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A few days had passed since that night in the train. They had tried to hide what they had done, but there was no hiding doing that with werewolves being the ones that you were hiding it from. Derek hadn't been that hard on them, he had only made them sterilize the entire subway cart from top to bottom while he trained the others. They had learned new information about the Kanima. It's name being the first thing. It was also afraid of water from what Derek said. It was extremely dangerous as well. With one cut to the back of the neck, Derek had been left paralyzed for hours. Thankfully Stiles was there to hold him up when they landed in the pool. Speaking of Stiles, Maddie thought to herself as she spotted the hyperactive friend of hers now coming toward her. "Hola, my favorite Amiga." he said out with a mock salute to her as he leaned up against the locker beside hers.
She rolled her eyes at him as she shut her locker before turning toward him fully. As she leaned against the locker, she gave him a raised eyebrow look, knowing that he had a point in coming to her like this. "I'm your only female friend, Stiles. What do you want?" she asked him, already knowing that when it came to Stiles, he always wanted something.
He had the nerve to look offended by her accusation as well. Like he could really pull it off, with her no less, though. "You don't know that, and why do I have to want something? Maybe I was . . ." he paused as she shot him a look, telling him to just give up the innocent act with her. "Okay, so maybe I do want something, but still!" he said to her as his shoulders dropped in frustration. He groaned and rolled his eyes at her knowing looking, knowing that she had won this one. She didn't have to rub it in, though. "Yeah, yeah. Laugh it up and rub it in all you want." he told her as he searched through his jacket pocket for something. "I just thought you'd want this back. It's a piece of scrap metal to me, but I know you never take it off. So, I figured that it had to be important to you." he said to her as he held up the chain that held the spider shaped charm on the end, letting it dangle in front of her.
She gasped out in a pleasant surprise upon seeing the necklace. She had been going pulling her hair out crazy since the night she had lost it. Without warning, she jumped forward and pulled Stile, who was beyond in shock since he knew Maddie was never one to hug anyone, into a long hug. "Thank you so much for finding it, Stiles." she pulled back after giving him another quick squeeze and took the chain from him as she examined it for any marks. "You have no idea how important this is to me. Isaac got me it for my birthday, or well, he bought the chain, but he made the charm. When you and Scott didn't show up for my birthday, he really made that night special for me." she said to him without even thinking as she looked down at the piece of metal in her hands with a loving look.
Stiles cleared his throat awkwardly at that. He knew that she didn't mean it as a slam, but it sure felt like one to him. He and Scott hadn't meant to stand her up on birthday, Peter had locked them both in the school. He knew that they should have made it up to her, but that was when things got hectic. He looked up, about to apologize for the birthday incident, when his jaw just dropped. Before she could ask him what had left him looking like he had just seen a ghost, a familiar intoxicating scent hit her full on just seconds before a pair of lips crashed down upon hers. Isaac pushed her back, pushing her up against the locker as he attacked her lips like a hungry animal. Stiles sputtered for words, but he couldn't comprehend what was going on.
He finally snapped back when Maddie giggled as Isaac nipped at her neck playfully before he lifted her up in his arms, just making her laugh out before their lips met with the other's mouth again. "Just continue paying tonsil hockey, don't stop on my account, Mads." he snapped out to the kissing couple. He felt his stomach roll in disgust as he heard Isaac groan against her lips. "Oh, my god! Okay! I'm, uh, I'm so leaving now!" he said out as he held a hand to his eyes and quickly hurried off down the hall. He needed to warn Scott about Isaac being back, and the fact that Maddie was his new bed buddy now.
Their make out lasted another few minutes before she made him put her back down. They both were panting for breathes as they shared a shy look. She could definitely get use to saying hello like that. "So I see that not being a fugitive anymore has done wonders for your ego then?" she laughed up to him. He chuckled and gave her a small nod of his head before he looked down at her. He was looking at her in a way that reminded her of their fight the other night about him not being able to love her. She still felt awful for making such a big deal of it, but she had just panicked. She cleared her throat awkwardly then and looked away from him. "I'm sorry about having another freak out that night. It's just . . . Isaac, I can't . . . I . . ." she trailed off, not being able to actually say it to him. She couldn't even admit it to him that she was just afraid to even consider the choice of them falling in love. It couldn't be an option for her, she wouldn't let it be.
Isaac stepped forward then, cupping her face and making her look right up at him. All traces of his previous cockiness was now gone as it was just him and her. "I told you that night, Mads. It's enough for me. When it gets to the point where you want more, I'll be there to be more for you, but not until you're ready. Alright?" he told her quietly, just wanting to her know that this was only for her to hear. He wanted her to know that him acting this way wasn't just for show around school, that he meant each and every word that he was saying to her. She knew where he stood, and he was hoping that with time he could break through the last of her walls and finally be with her like how he wanted to be with her. He knew that she was scared on the inside, though, and that she would need time to heal from that. He knew that from personal knowledge, but he had over come it because he was strong enough to. He just needed her to do the same now.
She swallowed down her fear and gave him a small nod of her head as she wiped away her tears. Now wasn't the time for her to be having another melt down. They had an important task to do later on in chemistry. She sniffled back her tears again and looked up at him with a small smile that only screamed trouble. "I do believe that we have a make up gym class to get to, Mr. Lahey. I think Erica mentioned something about rock climbing too. Maybe you finally will get to use those spidey powers for me?" she said up to him, flashing him a wicked smile as she gave him a wink. She grabbed a hold of his hand as he just chuckled at her before she started to pull him away as they headed for the gym. Now this was sure to be a fun class.
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Isaac stared up at the rock wall with an almost horrified expression. It wasn't that he was terrified of climbing up, it was the jumping down part that honestly scared him. He looked back over his shoulder to see that Maddie and Erica were talking a mile a minute about some other class they had already had together today. Maddie might think that Erica didn't like her because of the whole 'being Derek's favorite' thing, but he honestly believed that both of the girls were just happy not to be the only females in the pack. He flinched when Boyd slapped a hand down on his shoulder. "Good luck, man. You're gonna need it." he said over to him as the two looked back up at the rock wall in front of them.
Isaac was almost happy that Boyd and Erica were here. He loved when it was just him and Maddie, but he was actually finding it to be almost as fun to have the other two with them now too. They were actually all starting to become a pack finally. The coach blew his whistle then, returning the beta from his thoughts, and then he called Isaac and Maddie over to the rock wall. He looked back over at Maddie to see her and Erica making their way towards himself and Boyd. He looked back at the wall and gulped, not knowing if he could really do this. He jumped again when his backside was suddenly smacked from behind. Isaac and Boyd's jaws both dropped to the floor as Maddie strutted on by them both, as if she hadn't just smacked his ass like she did. Boyd chuckled beside him and patted his shoulder in a brotherly way. "Man, scratch that. You're gonna need all the luck you can get. That girl is gonna kill you." he laughed out to his pack mate.
Isaac looked over at Maddie and he felt his heart melt completely as he watched her get harnessed in. Boyd didn't know how right he was. "You have no idea." he mumbled out before giving Boyd one last look as he moved to get ready in his own harness. As he was strapping himself in, he couldn't help but look up at the wall. He gulped silently, almost wishing that he could back out of this, but he knew that he would never hear the end of it if he did. He glanced over at Maddie and saw that she was actually excited to do this. He definitely couldn't back out of this now. He'd look like a wimp to her, and that was the last thing he ever wanted to be. Especially to her. "You know, Mads, it's not too late for you to chicken out of this. You can convince coach that you're too scared, and I'll even let you say that you won." he said over to her, trying to come off as a hell of a lot more confident that he actually was.
She looked him over, and it was like just like that, she knew exactly what was going on with him. She knew how to read him, and for her, it was just as easy as reading a book. He was the one who was scared, and she couldn't laugh at that. The bite might have made them stronger and more confident, but it hadn't suddenly made all of their fears go away just like that. He would have to over come it, just like she did with certain fears of her own. She would help him through it, too. "Not a chance, Spidey. Now get to webbing before I really do kick your butt in this." she said over to him as she shot him a wink before she started to climb up. He took a deep breath and started up the wall right behind her.
She was about halfway up before she heard a wolf whistle below her. She growled lowly just for his ears to hear and he simply chuckled to her in return. She narrowed her eyes as she looked down at him then, pausing in her climbing. "You know, MJ, I don't think I really mind loosing if this is what I get to see the entire time." he said up to her, his voice just loud enough for her to hear him. She narrowed her eyes on him more, but he knew that she was holding back a laugh as she grinned down at him. He didn't seem to catch onto the fact that she was now planning something. She glanced back over at Erica and shot her a wink before letting her footing 'accidentally' slip. "Maddie!" Isaac called out in a panic, not even paying attention to himself and where his own footing was. She managed to catch herself and land back on the wall again. Unfortunately for Isaac, he had managed to find himself hanging upside down with his head three feet above the blue mat when his own footing slipped.
Maddie giggled as she lowered herself the rest of the way down. Her feet soon touched the ground and she unharnessed herself before walking over to him. She crouched down slightly and tilted her head to the side. "You know, Spidey, I kind of like this view better. Totally screams for the Spiderman kiss, don't you think?" she asked him as a teasing smile appeared on her lips. He felt his heart race as she started to lean in. Her lips were about an inch away from his before she suddenly jerked back from him. "Eh, I think I'd rather not." she told him before straightening up on her feet, turning, and strutting off from him. As she walked past the other two betas, she high fived Erica before the two girls left the gym together.
Boyd walked up to Isaac, still trying to contain his own laughter, and set Isaac back up right so the blood didn't rush to his head any longer. He helped him out of the harness. He then waited while Isaac got his credits from the coach, and then the two had soon left for the last half of their day. Maddie and Erica were waiting for them both outside of the gym and suddenly an air of seriousness fell over them all. It was now time for them to be on guard and ready to attack. The jokes were over now, and it was about to get really messy. Boyd took off in one direction while Isaac and Erica went off to their chemistry class. Maddie was left alone as she turned to go down the direction that Boyd had gone down, only to take a left and not a right like he had. She had her own investigating to do.
