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Co-Captain:
I was trudging through the forest with Allison and Lydia in my Alice and Olivia Grey Roney Elbow Patch Sweater, a pair of 32in Red Supersoft Skinny Jeans, black Aeropostale Studded Moto Booties and a red ASOS CURVE Premium Jewelled Bib Necklace with my long brunette hair out but pinned back from my face. Lydia had called me earlier that morning and practically demanded that we had to go dress shopping for the formal together. I was still pissed at Lydia because she made out with Scott during lacrosse practice behind Allie's back but it really wasn't anything to do with me and they were broken up when it happened so it wasn't like she did anything morally wrong. Lydia had picked me up before driving to get Allison from her house but when we arrived Allie had informed us that she had to do an errand before we went to the mall. I had just shrugged my shoulders in response because I wanted to do anything that would prolong the time until we reached the mall with Lydia. I loved Lydia dearly and while I had no strong feelings against shopping in particular, I did have a small aversion to shopping with Lydia because she practically defined the saying 'shop 'til you drop'.
"Allison - When you said you needed to stop for an errand before we went shopping - a five - mile hike in the woods was not what I was expecting." Lydia called out to us through little huffs as she caught her breath from behind and I glanced over my shoulder to smirk at her. I saw Allison smirk as well from the corner of my eye as she held the strap of her huge black canvas bag tighter until her knuckles were white under the pressure.
"Before I forget, I wanted to ask if you're okay with something." Allison said to Lydia casually but I could see the maliciousness in her normally compassion dark brown eyes. "Jackson asked me to the winter formal."
"Did he?" Lydia and I both asked her as we walked although Lydia's voice came out half an octave higher than normal and mine was filled with confusion because Jack hadn't said anything about asking Allison to the dance to me. When I thought about it, I hadn't seen or heard from Jackson in a while and that definitely wasn't normal for us.
"Huh. Just as friends. But I just wanted to make sure you're okay with it first." Allie said with fake sincerity and I frowned in confusion as to why she was acting so oddly.
"Sure. As long as it's just friends." Lydia told her as she huffed to catch her breath because Allison and I were walking faster than her and I turned my head to glance at her in disbelief only to see her glaring at the back of Allison's head. I rolled my eyes at her as I turned back around to watch where I was walking but I was secretly glad that at least Lydia was acting in character.
"Well, yeah, I mean - It's not like I would take him to the coach's office during lacrosse practice to make out with him or anything." Allison continued knowingly with a fake chuckle at the end and I paused for a second before continuing to walk with her.
"Uh, about that –"Lydia stuttered as she stopped before hurrying to catch up to us. Allison stopped walking to turn around and face Lydia with a hurt expression on her face.
""How could you? You know how much I like Scott."
"I'm sorry! I really am, Allison." Lydia apologised as she raised her hands halfway in the air as if surrendering and I cocked my head to the side at the genuine remorse on her pretty face. It wasn't every day that Lydia Martin showed her emotional side instead of the hard exterior she wore at school.
"Wow. You actually look sorry for what you did." I mused out loud as I crossed my arms over my chest and both girls glanced at me quickly before looking back at each other.
"How did you find out anyway?" Lydia wondered to Allison curiously before turning to me in outrage so I raised my eyebrows at her. "You told her?!"
"You knew?!" Allison asked me straight after Lydia and I held up my hands in defence at the two angry teenage girls in front of me.
"Whoa! I didn't tell anybody anything. You came keep me out of your teenager, soap opera drama, thank you very much." I responded as I tossed my hair over my shoulder with a flick of my hand before both the other girls nodded their heads at me because they knew me well enough to know that I never got involved in things that weren't my business. Allison one more glance at Lydia both she turned on her heels and started walking in the direction that we had being going in previously. We entered a vacant clearing and Allison came to a stop so suddenly that I ran into the back of her.
"Ow! Allison!" I cried as I stumbled back a few steps before steading myself quickly. As she ignored me Allison crouched down to the ground and pulled the black canvas black off of her shoulder. I watched with a growing curiosity as she silently pulled out her bow and quiver from the bag before grabbing out a metal bolt arrow. I raised an eye in interest as she screwed the bolt onto one of her arrows as Lydia looked around the woods nervously.
"What does that do?" Lydia asked Allison as she shifted uncomfortably on her feet and Allie just smiled slightly without looking away from her work.
"We're about to find out." Allie told us as she looked over the arrow in appreciation before grabbing her bow and standing back up. She notched the arrow into the bow as she stood up straight in a ready to aim stance. I watched as she aimed the bow directly at a tree trunk at least ten metres away from us before drew the bows string back to use her mouth as an anchor and letting go of the arrow. My gaze followed the direction of the arrow until it hit the tree straight in the middle of the trunk where she had aimed. My eyes widened automatically as the ended point of the arrow that had hit the tree burst into flames as it landed.
"What the hell was that?" I asked in a small voice as Allison lowered her arm and continued to stare at the smouldering arrow.
"I don't know." Allison answered me calmly as I stepped away from Lydia's side and towards the fiery arrows.
"Well - that was fun! Any more lethal weapons you wanna try out?" Lydia asked her sarcastically as she stepped up next to us as well and I rolled my eyes with a smile.
"I want a try." I declared as I clapped my hands together in excitement at the prospect of shooting something. A sound like a twig snapping somewhere in the distance drew my attention and my head snapped in the direction that it had come from. I glanced at Allison to see that she had noticed it as well before the same sound came again but louder than before. Lydia grabbed my elbow to let me know that she had heard it as well so I pursed my lips together as I concentrated on where the sound was coming from.
"Hold this." Allison ordered as she pushed the bow at Lydia and the strawberry blonde gingerly accepted it in her hands.
"What? Why?" Lydia half whispered as she held the bow flat in her hands like she was afraid of the thing.
"Because I thought I heard something." Allison snapped at her impatiently as she took over her archery glove.
"So - what if you heard something?"
"So - I want to find out what that something is. Don't worry. It's probably nothing." Allie told us as she made a move to walk away from us.
"Well, what if that nothing is something and that something is something dangerous?" Lydia asked her nervously as her pretty green eyes widened at the thought of danger.
"Shoot it." Allison told her angrily as she paused at the edge of the clearing before continuing walking. Lydia whimpered a little bit next to me so I smiled at her in sympathy and took the bow out of her hands.
"Here you go, sweetie." I cooed at her as I lifted the bow from her hands with a gentle smile before I crouched on the ground at her feet.
"What are you doing?" she asked me in confusion as she watched me rifle through Allison forgotten black canvas bag on the ground.
"I want a turn." I said simply as I found another metal bolt for the arrow and smiled to myself as I screwed it into place. I stood back up straight as I lifted the bow into position before pulled the sting back so that my fingers gently grazed my cheek. I narrowed my eyes as I aimed the arrow at the tree next to the one Allison had hit before. I released my hold on the string and watching with a smile as the arrow flew to the centre of the trunk I was aiming for. Upon hitting the tree the arrow lit up just like it had done when Allie shot one of the metal bolts. "Huh."
"'Huh'? That's all you can say about that?" Lydia asked me in a screech and I just shrugged my shoulder delicately as I smiled at her innocently. She rolled her eyes at me as crossed her arms over her chest as I placed the bow back on the ground in the canvas bag. "Allison, can we leave now?" I heard Lydia ask so I turned my head to see Allie walking back into the clearing with a huge grin on her face as she fingered her pendent.
"Hey, I thought you said you lost that?" I asked her in confusion as I stood back up because I knew that Scott had stolen it to see if it had any special compartments when we were searching for the Alpha.
"Scott found it at school and brought it to me." She answered me with a happy sigh and I chuckled at her ecstatic expression as I shook my head in amusement.
"Whatever. Can we go now? I hate the forest." Lydia complained as she looked around at the trees surrounding us.
"Hey, mom! I'm home!" I called out as I entered the house later that day after spending that rest of the day at Lydia's house. I walked up the stairs two at a time until I reached the doorway to my mother's bedroom. I smiled in amusement as I watched her run around the room trying to find something. "What are you looking for?"
"Something to wear." She answered my distractedly as she waved a hand in the air dismissively without looking up at me.
"Were you under the impression that you were naked right now? I can tell you right now I wouldn't be this calm if that was the case." I joked with her as she stood up straight and looked at me with an unamused expression on her face. I took in her sophisticated black outfit and expertly made up hair through narrowed eyes as she fidgeted under my stare. "Okay, what's going on?"
"…I have a date." She admitted to me after a moment's hesitation and I immediately straightened from my leaning position on the doorframe.
"You have a date?" I asked her for clarification as a small grin broke out across my lips at the prospect. It had been a while since mom had gone out on a date and I was extremely happy that she was finally getting some semblance of adulthood in her life instead of dealing with teenagers for the night.
"Yeah." She replied with a happy sigh at the end as she grinned a little nervously and my grin widened at her in response.
"Well, you can't wear that jacket." I told her seriously as I eyed the black jacket that she was wearing and she quickly glanced down in panic.
"What? I can't? Oh, God, what am I going to wear?" she babbled in a panic as she started undoing the buttons on her jacket so that she could take it off.
"I got this." I reassured her as I darted out of the room and ran into my own to grab a patterned black and silver jacket that was hanging in my closet before skipping back into my mom's bedroom. I threw the jacket at her with a smug smile and she caught it in surprise as the fabric nearly hit her in the face. She gave me a sceptical look as she held the jacket up in the light for her to inspect and I smiled at her as she looked it over in approval.
"Thank you." She breathed in relief as she threw the jacket on over her black shirt and I nodded at her in acknowledgement. She gave me a tight hug as she walked over to the door and I could practically feel her nerves running through her. I smiled at her in reassurance as she let go of me to move out the door and over to Scott's room to tell him she was going out for the night.
"Hey, Scott, I'm coming home late tonight - what?" I heard mom trail off as she opened Scott's door and I frowned in confusion as I followed her to the doorframe of my brother's room. I glanced into the room to see Scott and to my surprise, Allison standing awkwardly at the end of the bed staring at mom. "What - what's wrong? Is it - is it my hair, makeup? Is it the jacket?"
"No. No, nothing. You look beautiful." Scott said to her quickly as he took in her outfit and I smiled brightly mom as she glanced down at herself self-consciously.
"You look amazing." Allie told her honestly with a small smile that mom returned thankfully.
"Amazing. Why do you look amazing?"
"Because, amazingly, I'm having dinner for once with a member of the male gender who's over the age of 16." Mom told him jokingly and I laughed lightly as Scott rolled his deep brown eyes at her answer.
"Who?"
"Yeah, who?" I asked curiously as I bounced up and down on my feet a little at the thought of gossip.
"Uh, it's a medical rep that came into the hospital, today. Yeah, we just kinda started talking, and the next thing I know, I'm saying yes to dinner and - I'm really hating myself for skipping the gym last week." Mom said to us and I giggled a little as she gingerly straightened her jacket to cover more of her stomach.
"You look great, mom." I reminded her genuinely as I moved her hands away from her stomach and she smiled at me warmly.
"What medical rep?" Scott asked her with a frown on his face and I threw him a quick glare telling him to shut up because I hadn't seen mom that excited over a guy in ages if ever. Before I could say something to Scott about his behaviour the doorbell rang downstairs and mom started panicking again.
"That medical rep. And, uh, I'm not - I'm not ready. I'm not ready. I'm not done, I'm not ready, so if you could please just get the - get the door and talk with him, okay, just - Be nice." Mom told Scott as she ran out of the room towards her own and I pointed a finger warningly at Scott as I followed her out of the room so that I could help her finish getting ready. I smiled at the sight of my mom running around her room looking for her purse and then sighed when I saw it sitting on the side table near the bed.
"Mom." I called out to her to her where her purse was but she ignored me and continued to searched the room frantically. "Mom. Mom. Mom. Ma. Ma. Ma. Mommy. Mommy. Mom." I called out in increasing volume until she stopped searching to glare at me heatedly and I just smirked back innocently as I pointed to the table where her purse was lying.
"Oh, God." She sighed in defeat as she strolled over to the table and picked up her purse. I smiled at her as she went to walk past me but suddenly stopped next to me. "Be good. I love you." She told me before pressing a kiss to my forehead and I smiled at her softly as she returned it and passed me out the door. I sighed slightly as I rubbed the bridge of my nose and thanked God that I had at least one day without any werewolf drama before I walked into my room and collapsed onto my bed.
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I'm sorry that this chapter is so short but I literally couldn't think of what to do with it.
I still haven't made up my mind as to whether or not turn Sophie into a werewolf season 2 and onward.
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