I did start my vampire diary story. Anyone reading it?
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Running was killing her. Sure she had promised herself she would take up running and sure she had been doing pretty well with it lately but it was killing her. Or maybe it was all the bruises her body was seemingly covered with. She hurt, so much.
Her phone rang and she slowed down to a walk, motioning for the pack to run a bit ahead and give her some room so she could talk.
"Hey Allison."
"Cat, are you okay? I mean, really? You've just seemed a little off lately."
Cat sighed as she tried to catch her breath. "I am, really. In fact, I have a favor to ask you. Will you teach me how to shoot? Crossbow, bow, anything to protect myself."
"Really? You want to learn?" She could hear the excitement in the other girls voice.
"Yes, I do and I think I should."
"I would love to teach you. We can go out into the woods and I'll show you. I'm glad you want to learn. I just want you to be safe."
"As do I." Cat agreed
"How did it go the other night?" Allison asked, changing the subject. "I know Scott was going to talk to Derek. Better yet, lemme conference Stiles in, he's out with Scott right now."
Cat made a face to herself, waving Isaac away, who had come back to check on her.
"Hey." Allison said again. "I was just asking Cat how it went with Derek."
"And I was just about to say, it didn't." Cat replied "He's not going to take the omega into the pack."
"I can't say I'm upset about that."
"I think he could be talked into it." Stiles piped up
Cat shook her head before realizing no one could see it. "He seems pretty adamant. Like, really adamant."
"I agree." Scott quietly said. "He's actually got some really strong reasons. He's not going to budge."
"But you realize that without Derek's help this girl is probably going to kill Allison?" Stiles reminded them.
"Well she could try." Allison said.
"Whoa, someone's feeling pretty badass."
Scott sighed. "Guys, be serious. If Derek won't take her and Deaton can't keep her, what are we going to do?"
"You have to help her, Scott, you have to get her out of here. Before she does something stupid or before my family finds out." Allison pleaded with him.
"I'll try but I can't promise." Scott told her.
"You have to succeed. I don't want to have to hurt her if she comes after me."
Cat groaned. "Am I really needed right now? I'm kind of in the middle of something."
"Yes." Scott quickly replied. "We're all in this. And as for Alicia, The one thing we have going for us is that no one knows she's in town."
"Finally! You're starting to see the original wisdom of my ways!" Allison cried.
"Yes, but someone can catch me up tomorrow." Cat tried again.
"Wait, did you hear that?" Allison asked, shutting up any argument that was about to start.
"Hear what?" The other three asked.
"Like, a click, as if-"
"Oh hell." Cat muttered as she realized something. "Allison, your phone is probably tapped the same way that other one was."
"Son of a bitch! Someone's listening in on every word we say."
"And probably reading every text." Cat told her.
"Shit. Cat, meet me in the woods, we'll practice, I'll text you in a minute, I'm going."
She disconnected them all and Cat continued running, not at all surprised when her phone rang again. This time, she picked up but still continued at a slow jog.
"Stiles."
"No, Scott. I didn't think you'd answer if my number came up."
"Oh." She huffed.
"Are you okay? You sound out of breath."
"I am. I'm out running."
"Why?" Scott asked.
"Because I'm horribly out of shape. Look, is there a reason you called?"
"What was Allison talking about? Practice what?"
Cat sighed. "In case you haven't figured it out yet, I'm learning to protect myself."
"I said I would protect you." He whispered.
"You won't always be there Scott."
He sighed. "Can we please talk?"
"We're talking right now."
"You know what I mean."
Cat groaned, "Yes, we can. But I'm booked up right now, so I'll see you in school."
She hung up the phone, pushing herself faster. If she could exhaust herself, she wouldn't have to think about it.
When she was done, she worked with Derek a bit before going off to meet Allison at the place she texted her to meet. When she got there, Allison was already practicing with her bow, looking angry as she hit shot after shot at a target that was attached to a tree.
"So, find out anything interesting?" Cat asked
"Except for the fact that I have no privacy?" She snapped.
Cat gave her a small sheepish smile. "If you can get another phone, I can reroute your old one like I did mine."
"That would be nice." Allison grunted as she released one last arrow. "Your turn." She put down her bow, and picked up a cross bow. "This would probably be your best bet as it's easier to carry, easier to aim and quicker to load."
She walked Cat through the steps on what to do, how to load it, the proper way to handle it and how to aim. Next she put Cat in front of the tree and wanting her to practice over and over again until her aim was better and she was able to reload faster. Surprisingly, it took her no time at all to catch on.
"You're actually catching on pretty quick." Allison told her. "If I had access to a gun, I would teach you that too."
She had caught on so quick because the moment she had picked up the weapon, she had a vision of Allison using it and all of a sudden it was like she knew. At the gun comment, Cat made a face. "I don't like guns. I'm not too fond of this either, but what can I do, really?"
"Here, try the long bow. It's harder but I learned on this and prefer it." Allison demonstrated before handing it over to Cat who took it and closed her eyes, loading the bow and aiming before opening her eyes and shooting it, smiling as it hit the center.
"Wow." Allison looked thoroughly impressed. "How did you do that?"
"I think it was a fluke." Cat muttered, not wanting to explain she got visions from weapons of all things
The taller girl laughed, bending down to pick up another bow. "You can use that one to keep practicing. That was the one I learned on and I have a different one now."
"Thanks." Cat replied, picking up another arrow.
"So what brought this on?" Allison asked as they practiced side by side.
"This inane idea that I need to protect myself?" Was all Cat said. Allison wanted to press for more details but Cat stopped to pick up her phone and looked at the time.
"Thanks for your help but I have somewhere to be." It was a total lie but Cat knew if she stayed any longer that Allison would want more answers and she just wasn't ready to give them.
"I'll see you in school tomorrow." Before Allison could respond, Cat had slipped into the woods, meeting up with Isaac moments later.
"You're looking far too good at that." He commented.
"Hey, everyone has to have a hidden talent, maybe that's mine." Cat was getting used to having bodyguards and people following her pretty much wherever now. She might not have been happy about it but in a way she was touched. Someone actually cared about her enough to watch over her. Or her abilities. She didn't quite know which one it was for Derek but Isaac and Erica were worried about her and if Cat wasn't still completely so miserable over Scott, she probably would have jumped Isaac by now. Random thought, but it was the truth. Maybe Derek was right and she was meant to be with one of them.
"So, Derek needs to talk to you."
"Really?" She asked, peering up at the tall werewolf.
Isaac nodded. "Full moon is coming up soon, you can't be around us when that happens."
"I know." Cat replied. "I'll be at Lydia's party that night anyways."
He breathed an audible sigh of relief. "That's good, I don't want you getting hurt."
She smiled up at him and Isaac couldn't help but smile back. It was the first real smile she had shown in what seemed like forever.
"But you guys wouldn't hurt me."
Isaac shook his head as he rolled his eyes. "You're far too trusting, Cat."
"I prefer the term, confident in your abilities."
"Don't be." He warned her. "From what Derek said, all of us together? It's really not going to be pretty."
"I'll be at Lydia's. I'll crash there if I have to."
"You know I'd kill anyone that hurt you, right?" He suddenly asked, completely serious.
Cat frowned. "Why? I've done nothing to deserve your loyalty. In fact, quite the opposite. Remember the whole hitting you with a bat thing?"
He chuckled at the memory. "It's old news. I mean, I tried to kill you right after."
"Ah yes, choking me to death. Thanks for that by the way." She graced him with another smile.
"Anytime." He replied before awkwardly rubbing at the back of his neck. "So… um…."
He trailed off and Cat glanced at him out of the corner of her eyes. "What?" she asked.
"I was just- I mean, have you thought about the whole going out sometime thing? I don't know about you or Scott or what was going on with you- but um, I would kind of, I mean really-"
"Tell me where the hell she is." A voice yelled, loud enough for even Cat to hear.
The two teens exchanged a wide-eyed glance before taking off at a run further into the train depot.
"Why don't you just do her a favor and leave her alone." Erica sneered. "She loves you and you're too much of an idiot to even see it. You got her loyalty, her respect, and her help and you've taken it for granted."
"You've got it all wrong." Scott was yelling. "You don't have a clue. Now where is she? Her scent is still strong."
Cat pulled up just short of the door, holding up an arm to hold back Isaac as she watched Scott and Erica face off against one another. Both looked livid and ready to rip the other apart and Isaac put her arm down, quickly moving in front of her. She rolled her eyes at him, ever the bodyguard.
"Like I'd tell you." Erica snarled. "Do you even have a clue what she's going through? What's happened to her? Or has your head been too far up your ass to even notice?"
"Don't start with me." Scott growled as he crouched down, his eyes flashing amber.
Erica reacted in the same way and Cat pushed Isaac aside, loading up her bow and letting it fly right in between the two who stepped back and looked at her in surprise.
"You did not learn all that in like 2 hours." Erica sounded incredulous as she looked between the arrow now embedded in the wall and Cat.
"Some things I pick up on." She replied with a small shrug. "Now, dewolf and talk to me like adults and not little puppies that are jealous of each other."
She heard Isaac behind her let out a snort of laughter before he covered it with coughing. She sent him a mock glare.
"I'll be… somewhere that's not here." He lamely finished, leaving the way they had come.
Next, Cat turned to Erica who angrily shook her head as she transformed back. "Do you really think I'd leave you alone with him?"
"He's not going to hurt me."
"Physically."
Cat clenched her jaw before letting out a sigh. "Erica."
The blonde rolled her eyes. "Fine, whatever but you make her hurt in any way? I will rip off your balls and shove them-"
"Erica." Cat cried. "Please."
The werewolf finally sighed before following after Isaac and Cat moved across the room to put away her new bow.
"I went by your house." Scott said, still wolfed out.
Cat stilled before taking a deep breath and turning to him. "It took you this long to figure it out, huh?"
"You never went home at all, did you?"
She shook her head, noticing he was still vibrating with anger and had yet to change back. "Wait, I did but just long enough to see what happened."
"Where's your dad?"
"I-I don't know." Cat whispered "he was gone, he killed Ralph. Ralph didn't do anything how could someone do that?"
Scott immediately felt bad at the stricken look on her face and without even knowing, he transformed back and was across the room, pulling her into his arms. "Why didn't you just tell me?"
She felt content in his arms and wanted to just melt into his embrace, until she remembered exactly why she didn't tell him.
"When?" She asked as she pulled away from him. "When we were yelling at each other? When you were ignoring me? When you were busy sucking face with Allison? And I totally sound like I'm hating on Allison, but I'm not because she doesn't have a clue. I'm the horrible friend, not her."
"No, I am." Scott admitted. "I'm sorry I haven't been there for you. I'm sorry about Ralph and your dad leaving you but why come here?"
"Why not? Where else am I supposed to go? I couldn't go to the Argent's, you weren't making me feel welcome, I couldn't go to Stiles because of his dad so where was I supposed to go? This was the best place for me. They look after me here, they protect me, I'm never left alone because none of them want anything to happen to me. The moment you and I fight, you're out of there, leaving me alone, even after you drilled into my head over and over how I shouldn't go anywhere alone. They're teaching me to protect myself, I don't feel so helpless anymore."
"Can't you see? They're just doing this because they want you in their pack. They're trying to win you over so you want to become a werewolf."
"That's not true, and she knows it's not true."
Both teens looked over to see Derek in the doorway, watching them.
"You're trying to tell me that you're doing this out of the goodness of your heart?" Scott sarcastically asked.
"Cat?" Derek motioned for her to answer.
"I'm not going to lie. I talked to Derek about it, I contemplated it but in the end, there's no guarantee that becoming a werewolf would help me. There's a chance that my abilities could become stronger and right now, that's not a risk I'm willing to take."
"Then why?" Scott asked Derek.
"Because members of my pack care for her. Because she is also loyal to them and accepts them as they are. Not many humans do that." Derek answered. "Plus, Cat is special, I'm not denying that. Do I hope she can help me eventually? Yes. But in order for that to happen, she needs to be kept alive."
Scott glared at him before turning back to Cat and grabbing her shoulders. "Look, I'm sorry for what happened, can we just leave? Come home with me and we'll talk this out."
She shook her head. "No. I'm staying here. Right now, I belong here."
"And if the Argents find them here?"
"Then I'll fight with them."
"You'll get killed." Scott cried.
"Go home, Scott."
"Cat, please-"
"I'm fine here. Just go home." Cat pleaded with him.
"What about us?" he quietly asked.
"Are you still with Allison?" She asked.
He guiltily looked away.
"Then you have your answer." Not waiting for a reply, she turned and walked away.
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