Scott McCall was doing his new bedtime ritual. It consisted of him, threading his lacrosse stick and doing pull-ups and sit-ups. The placement practice for the lacrosse team was on the first day of school and he wanted to make it first line this year, Scott stopped suddenly when he heard a weird noise coming from outside. His mother was on a night shift, leaving him alone at the house . At first, he thought he was imagining things and continued his workout, only to stop when he heard the noise continue. He did what any normal person would do right? He went outside to check it out.
Once Scott armed himself with his baseball bat, He went outside and stood on the porch. He didn't see or hear anything suspicious and chalked it up to him being nervous about the placement tomorrow. " Maybe it was just my imagination" he thought, but as soon as he was about to turn around a body suddenly fell in front of him hanging upside down. It resulted not only him, but also the other person screaming at each other and almost being scared half to death. It took a second for both persons to realize they knew each other.
"Stiles! What the hell are you doing?" Scott questioned the girl. He was still holding onto his bat while still trying to catch his breath.
"You weren't answering your phone!" She told him, as if that's the reason why she was hanging upside down. She noticed the bat in Scott's hand. "Why do you have a bat?"
Scott put down the bat. "I thought you were a predator." He explained to her. Stiles couldn't help but laugh at her friend. "Yes, laugh at your best friend, who could've almost killed you." He said sarcastically.
Once Stiles was done with her laughing fit, she explained her reasoning. "I know it's late, but you're going to want to hear this. My Dad left 20 minutes ago because a dispatch called. Not only him, but every officer in the state!" She said with excitement in her eyes.
"What for?"
"Two joggers found a dead body in the woods." She told him before flipping onto the ground landing on her feet. Scott looks over at her.
"A dead body?"
"No, a body of water...yes dumbass a dead body." She responded, while climbing over the railing of the porch.
A murder?"
"No one knows. Except that she's girl about 25 years old." Scott gives her a questioning look.
"If they found the body, then what are they looking for?" Stiles begins to have a smile form on her face.
"That's the best part...They only found half of the freaking body." Scott saw as that smile changed into a mischievous one.
It wasn't long before they reached the Beacon Hills Preserve. Stiles jumped out her jeep and grabbed her flashlight, while Scott walked slowly behind. He seriously didn't want to be there, and he made that known, "Are we seriously doing this?"
Stiles and Scott may have done a lot of stupid shit in their childhood, but nothing was as extreme as to looking for a dead body!
"Oh, come on. You always bitching about how nothing ever happens in this town." Stiles said to him. Both were walking deeper into woods and trying not to fall and hurt themselves. Scott completely ignored his friend's remark.
"But I wanted to get a goodnight's sleep before the placement practice." Scott explained.
"oh sure because it takes a lot of effort to be a benchwarmer."
"No, I'm going to make first line this year" Scott countered confidently, "I've been practicing and training."
In the darkness, he could hear Stiles laughing, "that's the spirit, anyone can dream. Even if it is unrealistic and pathetic."
They come across a hill and began to climb up. There was a moment of silence until Scott spoke again. " Which part of the body are we looking for?"
"erm… I didn't even think about that." Stiles admitted.
"Ok. So, what if the killer is still out here?" He asked already knowing his friend's answer.
"Also, something I didn't think of." Scott stopped to use his inhaler.
"Glad to see you thought this through all the way. Maybe the one with asthma should have the flashlight." Scott informed her. Once they got to the top, Stiles noticed officers and their dogs in the distance and quickly dragged herself and Scott to the ground.
Then Stiles randomly jumped up and began running. She was a good runner and could hear her friend calling out for her, but she knew he wouldn't catch up to her. She really didn't know where she was going until she ran right into a random officer and their dog. Admittingly, this surprised her, and she fell to the ground as a light shined in her face. "Wait a minute," a voice she recognized said. "This delinquent is mine." The Sheriff took place of the officer.
Like a murder?"
"No one knows. Except that she's girl about 20 years old." Scott gives her a questioning look.
"If they found the body, then what are they looking for?" Stiles begins to have a smile form on her face.
"That's the best part...They only found half." Scott noticed that the smile changed into a mischievous one.
It wasn't long before they reached the Beacon Hills Preserve. Stiles jumped out her jeep and grabbed her flashlight, while Scott walked slowly behind. He really didn't want to be here, and he made that known, "Are we seriously doing this?"
Stiles and Scott have done a lot of stupid things in their childhood, but nothing was as extreme as to looking for a dead body.
"Glad to see you thought this through all the way. You know maybe the one with asthma should have the flashlight." Scott informed her. Once they got to the top Stiles noticed officers and their dogs in the distance and quickly dragged herself and Scott to the ground.
Then Stiles randomly jumped up and began running. She was a good runner and could hear her friend calling out for her, but she knew he wouldn't catch up to her. She really didn't know where she was going until she ran right into a random officer and their dog. Admittingly, this surprised her, and she fell to the ground as a light shined in her face. "Wait a minute," a voice she recognized said. "This delinquent is mine." The Sheriff took place of the officer.
"Hi daddy." She said sweetly. Her father gives her a hard look, while shining the light her face. "Where's your partner in crime?" He questioned her. She gives him an innocent look.
"Who? Scott? He's at home getting ready for the placement practice tomorrow."
The Sheriff gives her a doubtful look, only to call out for Scott, but he didn't get a reply. Looking back at Stiles, "Do you listen to all my calls?"
"Just the entertaining ones." Stiles answered sheepishly.
"Come on, young lady, we need to have a talk about invasion of privacy." With that being said, he escorted her back to the jeep. Stiles could only hope that Scott would be alright.
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The next morning, Stiles rushed to school to see the bite mark that Scott somehow acquired last night after running into a frighten deer and a wild animal. The bite was on Scott's side banged up. "What do you think did it?" She asked in attempt to touch it. Scott smacked her hand away.
"I heard howling. It was probably a wolf."
Stiles snickered a bit before responding. "haha um no, Impossible. California hasn't had wolves in like 60 years."
"I know what I heard stiles." they begin walking towards the school, until Scott gives her some more news. " You won't believe this unless I tell you that I found the other half of the body."
This grabbed Stiles' attention. "Holy Shit, that's like the coolest thing ever to happen," Stiles notices a particular guy walking in their direction. It was Landon Martin, Stiles long time crush since 3rd grade. "But not as cool as birth of Landon Martin," She said boldly. "Hi, Landon you look like," The red-haired boy walks right by without acknowledging her. "You're going to ignore me." She mumbled.
She turned her attention back to Scott who told there with a grin on his face. "Oh, shut it." She told him.
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Stiles wasn't one for paying attention in class. Her ADHD made sure of that. She was more excited about how they were going back out into the woods after the placement practice. While looking at her syllabus, she heard a noise coming from Scott as if he were in pain. Just as she was about to see if he was alright, the principal came in with a new student. "This is Allison Argent. Please make her feel welcomed."
Stiles, then noticed that Scott randomly handed the girl a pen as she sat behind him. Also, the fact that Scott hadn't stopped staring at her and had a stupid look on his face. Aww, my Scott just got bitten by the lovebug.
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As per tradition Stiles attended Scott's placement practice. Scott considered her his good luck and Stiles didn't mind cheering on her friend. What caught her eye at the practice was Landon sitting with the new girl. "Unbelievable, she hasn't been here for a day and already has Landon right in her lap. Talk about unfair." Stiles observed quietly to Scott.
Scott looks at the two but didn't see any romantic agendas happening. "You know what they say. Beautiful people stick together." Scott told her.
Stiles punches him in the arm. "Just for that I hope Jackson gets you in the face." She said with a smile. "But good luck though." She sat with the crowd and watched the practice.
It was a rough start at first. Scott did get hit numerous of times, but at least it wasn't the face. It wasn't until after a good yell from the coach that Scott started to be amazing. He was flipping over the players or running up against them with a vengeance. It was kind of scary, but that didn't stop her from cheering on her best friend.
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After, the placement practice was over they were back in the woods. Stiles and Scott both splashed through the creek with a lack of grace as Scott explained what happened to him on the field. " I don't know what it was. It was like I had all the time in the world to catch the ball. And that's not the only weird thing. I can - hear stuff I shouldn't be able to hear. Smell things."
Stiles asked, "smell things? Pft like what?" Scott stood beside her and smelled the air.
"Like the mint - mojito gum in your pocket." He said simply.
"I don't have any min-" She starts before her hand touches a gum wrapper from her jacket pocket. Scott gives her a smirk, which she ignores and says "so all of this started with a bite"
Scott then randomly stops at a spot. "It was right here, when I dropped it." He told her. He ran his fingers through the ground and found nothing. Scott didn't understand. It was the exact same place where he dropped his inhaler and came across the other half of the body.
"It doesn't even seem like you need it anymore." Stiles told him."Sure, but doesn't change the fact that my mom is going to kill me" Stiles gave him that.
"So, you're saying everything that has happened so far started because of the bite?" She asked him.
"Yes, what if it's some type of infection. You know, where once the body is done with the adrenaline rush and I go into a coma?" Scott begins to panic. Stiles thinks for a minute.
"You know I heard of this before. I think I know what it is." She said with a straight face. She places her hands on her hips.
"Well..." Scott said trying not to freak out anymore.
"Sounds like lycanthropy."
"What is that bad?"
"Oh yes, it's the worse, but its only once a month." She informed him.
"Once a month?" Scott questioned. Stiles gives him a mocking wolf howl. This resulted in her getting punched in the arm.
"Come on! It's not funny." Scott told her, while she laughed.
"Haha, You're the one that swears he heard a wolf howl. Maybe it was trying to give you it's location."
Scott rolled his eyes. "I don't believe you." He begins to walk away.
"Hey, who knows you could be a werewolf come Friday night." Stiles said following him.
"What's Friday night?"
"A full moon." Scott gives her a glare. Stiles holds her hands up in the defense position, "All I got to say is expect to find me in shop class making silver bullets."
That remark earned her a spot in a chokehold by Scott. Stiles was laughing and making at Scott away until she noticed a man watching them from the distance. Scott didn't seem to notice, but before Stiles could tell her friend the man walked in their direction.
"What are you doing here?" It wasn't a pleasant-sounding voice. Scott released her and stood in front of Stiles. When none of teens spoke, the man did again. "This is private property."
"Sorry, man we didn't know." She told him. She grabbed onto Scott's arm.
"Yeah, we were looking for something..." Scott trailed, noticing how the man was glaring at them. "But it wasn't that important." He concluded, his voiced filled with nerves.
The man glanced at Scott for a moment before his eyes laid on Stiles. Once, their eyes met, they both felt a pull from each other. Almost as if the other was trying to call out to the other. The man gives Stiles an intense stare, before tossing Scott's missing inhaler and walking away.
There was a moment of silence, "Dude, that was Derek Hale, remember?" Stiles gasped in amazement. By the look on Scott's face she could tell he didn't. She rolled her eyes at her friend's lack of knowledge. "He's only a few years older than us." She explained, "His family died in a house fire, 10 years ago."
"I wonder what he is doing back." Scott wondered aloud.
"I don't know, but I have to say he is fucking hot."
Scott rolled his eyes at her, "Come on, I'm going to be late for work." Scott told her.
As they walked, Stiles felt like someone was watching them and she looked back to see Derek watching them. Just like before she felt a pull towards him.