Out By

The Lake

Disclaimer: I own nothing but what you see here. Set a day after season 1's Wolf's Bane.

Summary: As the remainders of Summer comes to a close during their Sophomore year of High School, Lydia decides to throw a party for the entire batch of Sophomores down at the Lake House.


Summer was nearing the end of its hot days and cool nights as everyone attended classes and the like and one Lydia Martin had decided that at the end of the week a party would be thrown on Saturday. Lasting from morning til midnight and everyone in their Sophomore year no matter who they were was invited to it. Partly as a move to endear herself even more to the rest of her fellow students so if she ever needed a favor she would be able to call it in. And also partly cause it just seemed right to do so and would even help her focus on something not related to Jackson. Of course the Strawberry Blonde had to do a lot of convincing to get Allison to go to the party but in the end she got she wanted as she'd been able to point out that Scott would probably show up later in the day and if he did show up early, he'd be likely to occupy himself somewhere outside just to avoid causing any unnecessary awkwardness between the two of them.

Though whether or not Jackson actually showed up was something she didn't care about considering he dumped her for some supposed 'big changes' in his life. Hell, she didn't need him anyway and was tired of acting like a dumb blonde for his benefit as it is. Things had naturally started out slow but by the afternoon things had started to considerably pick up much to Lydia's delight. Stiles would make his own appearance around close to 2:30 much to the surprise of those already present since he was known to be a little earlier then that to any parties Lydia held. Both her and Allison were even rather surprised that Scott wasn't with him and he'd quickly explained that the missing best friend was out in the woods with his boss looking into a situation with some bears that had been reported to them. And that he'd been helping out with it until Scott told him to go ahead and come over here. Nice thing is, he wasn't even lying about any of it either. Allison had noticeably breathed a sigh of relief that her ex wasn't around just yet but privately hoped he would be okay out there where those bears were concerned.

Stiles then went off and hung out with Harley and a few others. Even dragging the gentle giant Vernon Boyd into the spirit of things. And with him came Isaac Lahey and Erica Reyes as they'd been quietly talking with the big guy since they all pretty much shared the common bond of being outcasts amongst their peers. Scott would finally show up around 3 with an acoustic guitar and a yellow swim float and would end up floating about on the lake while idly playing his guitar and singing softly. Something Stiles wouldn't even know about til an hour later much to his annoyance! Jackson would end up showing up around then as well and Lydia would greet him cooly, making for a few exasperated shivers from those who had seen it. Harley then got the idea that they should do a game of tug of war and when she called out to Scott about that he got an idea to make it even better. One team being Jackson and whoever he felt would be the best for it while Scott, Stiles, Harley, Erica, Vernon, Isaac, and Jared would be the other team with everyone else watching on in amusement. Jackson's team would end up being called 'Team Supreme' while Scott's would be known as 'Team Underrated'.

Something that had been suggested by Erica herself and Scott liked it so much he ran with it. His strength, along with Vernon's even though he's just a regular human had given the team a slight edge against Jackson and his bunch. The arrogant youth had even tried to get Lydia to join him but she had turned him down flat and Allison proved what a good friend she was by sticking with her. Leading to him scoffing at the two before going on his way. This game of tug of war would turn out to be highly amusing for one main reason and it would all be thanks to Jared and an idea he got prior to the game's starting. One that got him claps on the back for it and nearly had him stumbling thanks to Vernon's. The idea would be that when Jackson and his bunch were busy pulling the rope back and therefore leaning a bit backwards, Scott and his bunch would suddenly just let go without warning. Prompting the other team to fall on top of one another much to the vast amusement of everyone present. Scott and Stiles then raised Jared's arms and pointed at him as the man behind the idea, causing him to blush intensely from all the cheering he got.

Lydia personally felt a little vindicated by the action and smirked in Jackson's way when she knew full well he would see it. Causing him to glare hotly at her and making her smirk deepen in the process. And as Scott chowed down on a few burgers and hung out with his team, which admittedly felt right to the Beta, he told them that they should all start hanging out more often together. Something that surprised all of them. "Umm… I'm not so sure you guys would want to be around me..." Spoke up Erica quietly.

"Yeah, me either cause I get real nervous about things really easily." Added in Jared.

Scott looked right at the two before speaking. "I think we can work on the nerves thing and if not, you still got us man. Same for you Erica as being on your own is a seriously sucky thing and its not something you deserve just cause you have Epilepsy. All of us are outcasts just cause we're all a little more different then most of our fellow classmates and I say screw that." God knows he still remembers how it was when he still had asthma.

"I'm in." Declared Vernon with a nod as this meant he would definitely no longer be eating on his own.

That soon got the others to quickly agree and Stiles and Harley smiled happily despite the fact they were surprised Scott had done this. They all stayed together after that and Vernon, Isaac, Erica, and Jared felt more accepted in this moment then they ever had before. Scott even eventually went back to floating around on the lake, though he mostly stayed near the dock to hang out with his friends. And when Danny told them around 8 that the pizzas were here, Scott for whatever reason decided that singing and speaking in Spanish was the way to go. Leading to amused smiles from everyone who witnessed him doing it as he played his guitar. Allison herself however was a little perplexed by it and Lydia couldn't help but roll her eyes as she knew EXACTLY what the boy was going on about. Even if half of it was utter nonsense!

And even though he had the threat of Peter bearing down on him, Scott didn't regret expanding his circle of friends and he would damn well do what he could to ensure Peter didn't go for them in any way short of actually joining the nut job. And while eating at the counter, Stiles started to make a little beat with the table, leading to Scott to start playing on his guitar and even singing. A few others including a couple of their fellow outcasts even joined in on the fun too. Leading for a lot of laughter as some of the lyrics used were highly amusing. Some time after that saw Scott and Allison by theirselves with one another and boy did it feel awkward and the attempts of small talk wasn't helping matters any. Thankfully Harley and Lydia intervened and pulled the two away from one another before things somehow got even more weird for the two. But by the end of the night, everyone could honestly say that they had a damn good time! Especially for the newly formed friendships between a few outcasts!


Author's Notes: If this feels lacking in some way I apologize. But hopefully you all enjoyed! Maybe in the future I'll do a fic featuring an idea similar to this and have it be maybe 4 or chapters.