That's Precious -Chapter 37
~A Teen Wolf fan-fiction collaboration between Miss E Charlotte and Sage Londyn~
The next morning Teagan gasped as she woke up startled by a doctor being paged over the intercom.
It took her a few moments to remember the prior night's events and what had all happened.
But as soon as her mind was caught up, she wished she could forget again.
"T, hey… you okay?" Jackson groaned as he tilted his head from side to side trying to pop his neck.
"My best friend almost died." She stated flatly.
"I'm sorry… I didn't even realize where we were at first." He admitted, immediately feeling guilty.
"I'm sorry Jackson… when I first woke up I couldn't remember what was going on either. I just, I'm just still really shaken up." Teagan admitted.
Reaching over Jackson took her hand in his own and gently rubbed his thumb over her skin as he said, "It's okay… it's going to be okay."
She nodded, she needed to believe him and stop thinking worse case scenarios.
Seeing she wasn't calming down much Jackson said, "Stiles went and got her clothes and some things from her house, and she'll wake up soon."
"Yeah." Teagan said nodding with a small smile.
"You want me to go get your some breakfast or something?" Jackson asked.
"Uh, maybe just some water. Not so sure I can stomach any food right now." She explained a she placed a hand over her stomach.
"I'll be right back." He nodded.
"Thank you." Teagan said softly.
"Yeah, no problem." Jackson said, thinking she meant for going to get a water.
"I don't just mean for the water. I mean, for being here with me and helping us last night… and for being a friend." Teagan said.
Jackson gave her a small smile before he left the waiting room.
Teagan looked down at Avery's black t-shirt that she was wearing.
Once they had gotten Avery stitched up and stopped the bleeding, they said she had a good chance of making it. But it was still a little touch and go.
Teagan knew how much Avery hated the hospital gowns, and every time she was in the hospital she demanded she got to wear her own pajamas, and she was afraid to leave in case they got news. So she had Stiles go to Avery's house for her.
He'd grabbed Teagan a shirt to wear since her own shirt was bloody.
She sat on the edge of her seat and rubbed her eyes, she stopped moving when she heard Stiles let out a soft, low laugh.
Her eyes widened when she saw he was asleep on the other side of the waiting room sleeping across a span of the arm rests of 3 chairs.
He smiled in his sleep and laughed again and Teagan was pretty sure she heard him say her best friends name.
"Did he just say something about Avery?" Jackson asked as he walked up and handed Teagan her bottle of water.
"Pretty sure, yeah." Teagan said as she cocked her head to the side.
"How the hell is he sleeping like that?" Jackson thought out loud after a few minutes.
Teagan opened her mouth to say something but Stiles mumbled, "Just like that…"
"Oh my god…" Teagan said as she started to laugh and looked up at Jackson who shook his head and couldn't help but laugh too.
"No, no… you first." Stiles mumbled in his sleep.
"Should we wake him up?" Teagan asked trying to hold in her laughter.
Before Jackson could answer her; Stiles said, "Me first?" followed by a laugh and then he started to snore.
"Why wake him up? We should record this…" Jackson said as he felt his pockets for his phone.
"Stop!" Teagan whisper yelled as she playfully hit Jackson and shook her head.
She sat back down in her chair and Jackson took his seat beside her, she opened her bottle of water and took a drink which she almost choked on when Stiles started to make kissing noises.
"I'm going to wake him up." Teagan stated as she stood up.
"Teagan, there you are." Richard said as he walked over to them.
"Mr. Dukate, hey." Teagan greeted surprised to see him.
"When the doctor told me he'd been giving updates to her sister, it took me a little while to figure out what he was talking about." Richard admitted with a small smile.
"They wouldn't tell me anything unless I was family…" Teagan started to explain, but he held up his hand to silence her.
"You are family, you've always been more like sisters than just friends. It's okay." He said nodding.
"Jackson." Richard greeted with a nod.
"Mr. Dukate." Jackson greeted back.
"Have you heard anything new?" Teagan asked, her brown eyes wide.
"She's stable; they said she should heal up quickly since she's in otherwise good health. I just came from her room, she's not awake yet…" Richard said as he sat down across from the two teens, he thought of how pale she looked and the bruise on the side of her face.
Stiles snored loudly causing them all to look over at him.
"Is that the same boy that was gathering Avery's things last night?" Richard asked.
"Yeah." Jackson answered.
Letting out another small laugh in his sleep, Stiles said, "You're dirty."
"Stiles!" Teagan shouted before he could say anything else.
He woke up, jumping up from the chairs as he looked at them wide eyed, "Is Avery okay?" he asked.
Teagan nodded.
"She's going to be okay, they hope she'll be waking up soon." Richard answered as he looked the teen over.
"Good." He said relieved as he straightened his clothes out.
"So, uh. Who were you dreaming about?" Jackson asked with a smug smirk.
"No… no one. I wasn't dreaming about anyone, or anything. Nothing." Stiles stammered when he realized Avery's dad was with them.
Stiles crossed the room and sat down with them, on the other side of Teagan facing Mr. Dukate.
"Does anyone know where Derek is?" He asked the three teens.
"No." They all answered quickly.
He raised his eyebrows at their reactions.
"I only ask because they said while she was drifting in and out of consciousness she kept saying his name." Richard explained.
Stiles bit the inside of his lip and looked down at the floor.
"Derek didn't do what they say he did." Teagan said, her voice confident.
"All charges were dropped against him this morning." He informed them.
"Well, if any of you could get a hold of him and let him know that she's wanting to see him… I'd appreciate it." He said.
"Yeah." Teagan replied nodding.
"What the hell has been going on this year? This is the 3rd close call with death Avery's had. You all have had a few of your own, and I heard Lydia Martin is here because of some bite?" He asked out loud, as he shook his head.
The room fell silent and after a long pause he stood up and said, "I need to get going, I have to get to work."
Teagan's jaw tensed in anger and she wanted to chew him out. His daughter was moments away from death and hours later he's going to work.
"There's papers that I have to fill out to take a family medical leave and put someone else in charge during my time off." He told them.
"Oh, okay…" Teagan said shocked that Avery's dad was taking a break from work.
It wasn't much later that they found out Lydia had disappeared from the hospital, Allison met up with them to say that her dad and a few of his friends left on a hunting trip to find her.
"Go, you guys have to go and find her before the hunters do." Teagan urged them.
"But Avery…" Stiles started to protest.
"I'll be here when she wakes up, but none of us can lose another person right now. You have to find Lydia." Teagan argued with them.
Jackson gave Teagan a hug before he left.
Allison headed outside to meet up with Scott, and Stiles reluctantly left to help them search.
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After everyone left to go find Lydia, Teagan sat back down in the chair she had been sitting in all night. She rested her elbow on the arm of the chair and laid her head against her hand with a tired sigh.
She didn't even realize her eyes had closed until she heard someone walk up to her and clear their throat causing her to snap awake as she looked up and was surprised to see Isaac in front of her.
"Isaac?" Teagan asked, as she rubbed at her eyes.
"Hey." Isaac said softly, as he sat down beside her with a small bag in his hand.
"Hi." Teagan said back with small smile, happy to see him.
"I heard about Avery and I figured you were here." Isaac said, then asked, "How is she?"
"They said she's going to be ok." Teagan said, with a relieved smile. Even though Avery's dad told her that earlier, it was like it finally hit her, her best friend was going to be ok.
"She's going to be ok. She will be ok." Teagan repeated, as tears filled her eyes.
"But-but that's good right?" Isaac asked confused as to why she was crying.
"Yes, yes it is great." Teagan said, as she wiped the tears from her face, then said, "I'm sorry. I think it just hit me that she will be ok."
She felt more tears appear as she added, "For a moment I honestly thought she wasn't going to make it. There was so much blood, Isaac. It was everywhere and she looked so pale and was weak. I-I thought she was going to die."
"But she didn't. She's ok." Isaac reminded her, as he turned in his seat to face her. He reached forward the wipe the tears from her cheek then kept his hand near her cheek, wanting to rest it against her skin but wasn't sure if he should touch her again or not.
Before he could make up his mind, she tilted her head to the side and laid her cheek against his hand, wanting to feel comforted by him. She closed her eyes and softly sighed when he lightly stroked her cheek.
She opened her eyes and looked up at him with a small smile on her face as she said softly, "I'm glad you're here."
"I wouldn't be anywhere else." Isaac said honestly as they locked eyes, then he added, "When I heard she was attacked I came as soon as I could. I was worried about her... and you."
Teagan smiled at his words then glanced down to see the bag in his hand for the first time then nodded her head toward it as she asked, "What is that?"
"I um, I brought her something. To cheer her up." Isaac shyly admitted, as his cheeks turned red.
"May I?" Teagan asked, asking if she could look.
"It's stupid, but I thought... I was hoping it would make her laugh or something." Isaac said, as he handed her the bag.
Teagan looked inside the bag to see a pair of black fuzzy handcuffs. She looked up at Isaac with raised eyebrows as she joked, "Something I should know about you two?"
"N-no. No, I swear there is nothing going on with me a-and Avery. It was an inside joke." Isaac quickly explained, not wanting her to give the wrong idea. The last thing he wanted was for Teagan to think he was interested in Avery. He opened his mouth to explain to her about the time Avery joked about hand cuffing herself to him to get him to her party, but before he could say anything, Teagan began to laugh.
"Isaac, it's ok. I know. Avery told me about the conversation you two had. Trust me she has threatened to handcuff me to her plenty of times in the past when I didn't want to go somewhere." Teagan said with a laugh, letting him know she understood.
Isaac nodded his head as he reached out to take the bag from her hands then said, "Like I said I know it was stupid, but.."
"It's not stupid, Isaac." Teagan said interrupting him, then added, "Avery will think it's hilarious, plus she just loves getting presents no matter what it is."
Isaac nodded his head again, glad to hear that Avery would be happy with it. He had really started to second guess his purchase but if Teagan thought it was great then that made him feel better about it.
The two were quiet for a moment until Teagan began to chuckle, he looked over at her, wondering what was funny until she spoke up and said, "I can't wait to tell Avery how terrified you looked when I suggested something was going on between you two. Does she scare you that much?"
"Only a little." Isaac joked, then added, "But no seriously, I only see her as a friend and I didn't want you to think I liked Avery like that."
"Why?" Teagan asked, as her heart began to race. She had an idea why, but she wanted him to say it.
Isaac looked at her and nervously licked his lips. This was it. This was his moment to admit to her how much he likes her.
He could almost hear Avery in his head telling him to tell Teagan, that now was his perfect chance to go after what he wants, but the longer he looked at the girl before him, the more he lost his nerve.
What the hell was he thinking? This was the Teagan Young. You don't just tell a girl like Teagan Young that you like her, especially when her best friend was in the hospital after almost dying.
Besides he could plainly hear his dad telling him a girl like that would never love him. That no one would ever want him and he would never amount to anything.
Isaac glanced down at the floor, breaking eye contact, as he said, "I just didn't want a rumor to get started and cause problems."
"I won't say anything." Teagan said, then added nervously, "so um, there isn't another reason? Like maybe a certain girl that you do like and you don't want her to get the wrong idea?"
"M-Maybe." Isaac said softly. He cleared this throat, feeling it go dry and his heart beat wildly in his chest. A part of him was wanting to just get it over with. Tell her, get rejected and move on with his life, but the other part of him was dreading the moment she found out. He was finally in her life, at least as a friend and he didn't want to lose that.
Teagan softly smiled at his answer and watched as he nervously rubbed the back of his neck.
She felt bad for making him uncomfortable, but she just wanted to know. She just wanted to know if he had the flutters whenever she was around the way she got for him. Or if he felt a tingle from his head to his toes whenever their skin accidentally made contact with each other. Was she constantly running through his mind the way he had been running through hers lately?
She took a deep breath, deciding that it was time to stop dancing around the subject and just ask, but before she could say a word, she heard someone call out her name. She glanced behind her and saw it was Scott's mom, who was a nurse at the hospital, who had called for her.
"Is everything ok?" Teagan asked with a worried expression, as she rushed over to the older woman.
"Yes, everything is fine." Melissa said with a smile, then said, "I just checked on Avery and we are really happy with her progress. We just moved her into a private room and we feel confident that she should be waking up soon if you wanted to sit with her and wait."
"Really?" Teagan asked happily. This was the first time she was even allowed to see Avery since she was brought in.
Melissa nodded her head then chuckled in surprise when Teagan rushed forward to hug her. Then she turned around to hug Isaac, who was standing behind her. She held on to him tightly, happy that she could finally see her best friend with her own eyes.
After getting the room number from Melissa, Teagan and Isaac walked down the hall toward Avery's room. Teagan took a deep breath then cautiously walked into the room.
She gasped in surprise and placed a hand over her mouth when she saw all the bruises on her face. She was too worried about all the blood the night before that she didn't look at all the other injures too much.
"Who could do something like that?" Isaac asked quietly from behind her, as he looked at Avery.
"A monster." Teagan whispered.
"Did they catch who did it yet?" Isaac asked. Him like everyone else thought someone had attacked her when she had car trouble.
Teagan shook her head as she took a step closer to the bed. She knew they were not going to catch who did it either since the one responsible, Kate, was killed by the alpha, but she couldn't tell him any of that.
"Well I hope whoever did do this gets what is coming to them." Isaac added.
"She did." Teagan mumbled to low for him to hear.
She slowly reached forward to hold Avery's right hand. She glanced over at her left hand and felt her heart break when she saw her stitched up wrist and cast.
The white cast was around her two broken fingers and reached down to her wrist, right above where Kate had cut her but was now stitched up.
Teagan glanced up at her face then said softly, "Hi A. You have no idea how happy I am to see you."
She leaned down to rest her head beside Avery's before she whispered, "I told you you were not leaving me yet."
"We're best friends for life, remember? We're going to grow up together, our kids are going to grow up together and then we're going to live together in a retirement home where you'll flirt with all the cute male nurses." Teagan added with a small laugh. Reminding her of the plan they had made a long time ago.
She raised her head to look at Avery and pushed her blonde hair from her forehead as she said, "Now you rest for as long as you need cause when you do wake up, I will be right here."
Teagan stood up straight and looked behind her where Isaac was. He was sitting on the small couch off to the side to give her privacy. She looked back at Avery then added with a small laugh, "Well I will be sitting over there with Isaac, but I will be in this room when you wake up. I'm not going anywhere, A."
She gave Avery a quick kiss on top of her head then made her way toward Isaac and sat down beside him with a sigh. She laid her head on his shoulder as she said with a smile, "She's ok."
With a smile still on her face, she closed her eyes, planning to just rest them for a minute but instead she fell asleep, her head still on Isaac's shoulder. When he heard her light breathing, he glanced down and saw her peaceful face.
He slowly raised his arm to lay it on the back of the couch while he carefully moving her head and resting it on his chest, where she would be more comfortable. While she slept on him, he laid his head back and ended up falling asleep too within minutes.
Close to an hour later, Avery groaned and slowly opened her eyes then quickly shut them when the bright white lights hit them.
She raised her good hand and rubbed her eyes before slowly opening them again. She glanced around the hospital room in confusion for a moment until the night before hit her.
She took a few deep breaths as her heart began to race when she thought about how close she came to dying.
She laid her head back against the pillow as tears began to fill her eyes. She felt close to losing control, feeling like she wanted to yell, cry or at least throw something until she opened her eyes and looked over at the other side of the room and saw something that made her smile and instantly calm down.
Her best friend Teagan and her new friend Isaac sleeping peacefully together on the couch.
"Now that's just precious." Avery whispered with a smile on her face.
A/N- Thank you for reading! ^_^ I really hope you all enjoyed the chapter, and the fact that we didn't kill off Avery. lol
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