Liam feels like his heart is going to jump out of his chest. Theo seems to be calm and normal like everything is fine. Theo sits him down onto the bed. He looks at him and seems to be thinking. Liam has never done well with thinking. He seems to overthink a lot, like he is doing now. He is thinking about what Brett said. Maybe Liam has been asking the wrong questions. He looks back at Theo and growls.

Theo chuckles.

He hates that. He wants to rip that smug look off his face. He would too if he were not so confused.

Theo touches his face. He moves in and kisses him gently.

This kiss is different from the other two. It is not as demanding or rough. It is gentle and soft. Which is not what he thinks of when it comes to Theo. It does not help the confusion in any way. Liam starts to pull back when Theo pulls him back into the kiss. Liam feels like is head is spinning and sighs into the kiss. This time Liam slides his tongue into Theo's mouth.

Theo moves Liam's hand and puts them on the hem of his shirt. Liam is not sure where is head it at right now, but he enjoys touching Theo. More than expected. He feels Theo shift him towards the bed.

He hears a knock.

Theo looks irritated and gets up to open the door.

"Yes?" Theo asks.

Corey is standing there looking worried. Corey always looks worried if you ask Liam. However, this time he looks more worried than usual. He is swaying back and forth on his feet and looking around.

"So, Scott's entire pack is here." Corey says.

"What do you mean?" Theo asks.

"The entire pack. I tried to not let them in, but you know Stiles." Corey says, looking at Liam.

Liam does know Stiles. He is always barging in on everything when he feels like he can help. He should have seen this coming since he has been sort of ignoring him this whole time. Liam feels Theo's eyes on him. Liam gets up and heads downstairs.

He sees everyone sitting in the living room with Mason. Mason is in the middle of a heated discussion with Stiles about how the new Star Wars movies still helped the story and Stiles is arguing that they made it worse. Stiles is throwing his hands up in defeat and shaking his head.

"Liam. He is alive." Malia says dryly.

Liam frowns.

"What is going on?" Liam asks.
"We are here to take you back home." Scott says.

"Um…" Liam looks at Mason.

Mason shrugs.

Liam is not really sure what to say. It is not that he does not want to go home, or maybe it is that he does not want to go home. He is not sure anymore. He should be happy that everyone is here to "save him", but at the same time it is does not feel like he has to be saved. He also would have appreciated some notice. Everyone as always is just making decisions for him. He looks over at Scott who looks like he is expecting some sort of response. He hears Corey and Theo walk in.

"How nice of you not to call." Theo sneers.

"Well, Liam never answers his phone anymore. Did you confiscate it?" Stiles asks, suspiciously.

"Stiles." Liam says.

Theo chuckles but does not respond.

Liam feels caught in the middle of everything. It should not be this hard to just go with his old pack should it?

"You can go Liam. You will be back." Theo says.

Liam is not sure what that means. He will be back? That is very confident of him. Although, everything about Theo seems to be confident and haughty, but that kiss a few minutes ago felt different. It was not the typical demanding Theo that he is used to. Something felt like it has shifted. Not in a bad way. He looks at Theo. He is not looking back at him though. He is looking at Scott.

"That is highly presumptuous and arrogant of you." Stiles grumbles.

Stiles steers Liam towards the door and he feels odd. Not sad but not happy. He looks at Mason. Mason always wears his emotions on his sleeve. He looks angry and sad. He cannot blame him. In his defense, Liam is just up and leaving without a word. He should have talked to him or said something. They are friends, or Liam thinks they are. He gets pushed out the door and he tries to ignore the sinking feeling in his gut.

He watches the landscape as they drive. He is not sure where they are going. Stiles is just glaring at him and not saying anything. He feels like he is a little kid about to be scolded.

They get to a little coffee shop and Liam follows them in. He sits down and waits. He assumes someone is about to explain themselves. Scott and Malia get up to go get drinks. He stares across the table at Lydia and Stiles.

"Have you lost your mind?" Stiles asks.

"What do you mean?" Liam asks.

"No one has heard from you and has barely seen you for two weeks Liam. Did you just think we would go away? Do not think for a second that I am not aware that you have befriended everyone over there." Stiles says.

It is almost accusatory, as if he has done something wrong. He thought he was supposed to befriend them, or at least gain their trust? Was not everyone saying they wanted to make peace and use Liam as a pawn to do so. He is not sure why everyone is just acting like this is his fault. Is he supposed to sit in his room for hours ignoring everyone? He feels frustrated and is IED starts to come to the surface. He feels fangs descend.

"Stiles, maybe we should ask Liam what has been going on?" Lydia offers, placing her hand on Stile's shoulder.

Stiles narrows his eyes but does not argue.

"Nothing is going on. Well, I mean…" Liam tries to explain.

Scott and Malia come back to the table and hand everyone a cup. Liam looks at his coffee. It is black and he hates that. Scott is supposed to know how he drinks his coffee. It really should not be a big deal, but it is. Scott is not even paying attention. He just acts like he can come over and just whisk Liam away without talking to him first and without having a conversation. He wonders if Scott has always been this way or if he is just noticing it now.

Everyone acts like the chimera pack are these crazed lunatics, but no one has bothered to ask Liam what he thinks. He has been the one living with them. He will not pretend to believe they are all innocent, especially Tracy, by the way she acts at least. However, at the same time he does not think it is as simple as black and white anymore. If it were than why would he feel this way? He has a sense of loyalty to them, but he also feels like he should still have some loyalty for Scott. However, it seems to be dwindling. He wonders if that started before or after Scott traded him off.

"I get that I have not been around much, but at the same time no one has reached out to me." Liam argues.

"What do you mean? I have called you and texted you." Stiles says indignantly.

"YOU HAVE. However, no one else has. Lydia remembered me when she went to the chimera house. Scott reached out only after someone died in the chimera pack and asked if I told him everything. Malia has not even reached out at all. I mean what do you expect me to do? "Liam asks, half growling.

"I get that is appears this way, but at the same time you are not great at being aware of everything." Scott points out.

"What the hell does that mean?" Liam asks.

"It means that we fear you are being influenced by the chimera pack. I mean with your IED it may get in the way of you thinking rationally." Malia says.

Scott sighs.

That is probably not what they meant to say, but leave it to Malia to be the honest one of the group. She has never been one to shy away from confrontation or not say anything that makes people uncomfortable. He appreciates it. Even now. Even when he is mad about it. At least he knows how everyone actually feels.

"My IED has nothing to do with me ignoring all of you. I have been trying to figure out a lot of things. Which was the purpose of me being traded without my consent. In case you forgot. Is this really about me ignoring you or is about you not getting enough information?" He asks.

"It is about us being concerned that they may be planning something we are not aware of." Scott says.

"So, it is about me not giving you information." Liam sneers.

"You will understand when you are older." Scott says.

"When I am an older? You are only two years older than me." Liam seethes.

Scott shakes his head and clears the table. Stiles looks like he is thinking but does not say anything. Malia looks bored as always. Lydia looks sympathetic but she does not actually do anything about it. He is done with the conversation and at least this time, Scott seems to get that.

He heads back to Stile's house because he refuses to go with Scott. The rest of them leave and Scott acts like Liam will just get over it. Like he has not just made some comment insinuating that Liam is hiding evil plans from them.

When they get back to the Stiles house, Liam goes upstairs and slams the door. He sees the door open a few minutes later, and Stiles looks at him waiting.

"What?" Liam snarls.

"That was not how everything was supposed to go." Stiles says.

"That is how it always goes. I feel like I am treated like I have no say, because I am new at this. No one seems to remember Malia recently became a human again. She was in the form of a coyote for years, but no one holds that against her." Liam points out.

"I didn't tell them about what you asked me to look up before." Stiles says.

He actually is not surprised at that. Since he is pretty sure Stiles is hiding a lot from everyone anyway.

"Are you gong to tell me what is going on?" Liam asks.

"Only if you tell me what is going on?" Stiles counters back.

"Fine. You are first." Liam says.

"Ok, I may know what happened to Donovan." Stiles says slowly.

"You may or you do?" Liam asks.

"I do." Stiles says.

"Are you kidding me? You know I have been asking and trying to figure out what the hell is going on and you just keep that information to yourself." Liam says in disbelief.

"It is not what you think. He tried to attack me and then I tried to get away. He fell." Stiles explains.

"He fell how?" Liam asks.

"Onto some poles or whatever. Their doing work in the library remember?" Stiles asks.

"So, you didn't say anything?" Liam asks.

"No because he was fine. I mean he was hurt but not dead. When I went outside to decide if I was going make a call, that is when everything got out of control." Stiles says.

"Decide to make a call? You were not going to make the call? You were deciding." Liam cannot believe what he is hearing.

Everyone acts like the chimera pack is so evil, but Stiles was just sitting there debating on if he should call anyone about someone being wounded. It is not that Donovan is innocent, but the same time how can you just sit there and wonder if you should help someone if they are hurt. He does not understand it. Especially considering how Scott expects all of them to save people. It seems a little hypocritical.

"I was confused. I did not know what was happening. I went back inside, and he was gone." Stiles explains.

"What do you mean he was gone?" Liam asks.

"He was gone. Not there. I was going to say something but then Theo showed up. He said that he needed my help with this whole hunter situation. He looked around and he saw blood everywhere. He asked if Donovan was there. He could smell him or something. I could not lie at that point. He then told me he would figure it out. He said that he would tell Scott, but he thought there was more going on. He didn't want to give too much away because he already knew something wasn't right." Stiles admits.

"STILES." He says.

"I know. I know. That is why it was hard to do research for you and not say anything, because I think that what may be going on is that people are back from the past." Stiles says.

"What does that mean?" Liam asks.

"Like people that were not supposed to be here. Or that were supposed to be killed. I know it sounds crazy and I should have told Scott, but I checked his phone records, and he has been talking to someone and not telling us." Stiles says.

"Who?" Liam asks, trying to wrap his head around this.

Clearly, Stiles lied. Theo lied. Apparently, Scott is lying. Is everyone lying at this point? Theo looked him in the face and said he was not at the library. It should matter more that Scott and Stiles lied, but somehow it does not. His wolf feels sad.

"Belasko." Stiles says.

Liam stares at Stiles a minute. Belasko? Scott is talking to Belasko?

"How do you know it is him?" Liam asks.

"I tracked the owner of the phone. It is not a common name Liam. I know how this looks but Theo thinks Donovan was working with him anyway, which is why he came to the library. We checked Donovan's records too and he had the same number on his phone." Stiles explains.

"Belasko was dead." Liam says.

"Yes. That is what is a little unnerving." Stiles says.

"How the hell am I supposed to trust any of you?" Liam seethes.

"I don't know but we told Josh and he is gone. That is why we didn't tell anyone else yet." Stiles says.

Liam was supposed to be a normal teenager and live a normal life, just battling his IED issues. Now he is in the middle of some weird possible trail of lies in the supernatural. Why would Scott even be talking to that guy in the first place. No matter what Scott is using him for, he has to know the guy is a crazy person. Or at least he thought he was, based on how Brett talked about him. He got the feeling that he was not all sunshine and rainbows.

"I um…I got to go." Liam says.

"Wait. Are you going to tell everyone?" Stiles asks.

"No Stiles. Obviously, we do not want to do that because who knows what everyone is up to. I may know someone who can help. I just need some time." Liam says.

"Ok, are we okay?" Stiles asks.

"Yes, I think so. Can you drop me off somewhere?" Liam asks.

Stiles nods.

They drive in silence and Liam tries to ignore the nagging feeling of betrayal from Scott. He feels like this is something he should have said. Like hey guys, I am talking to some possibly crazy dead chimera. No worries but if anyone has any questions feel free to ask. Liam does not even know who his friends are anymore. He leans back against the seat. He did tell Stiles he was not going to tell anyone. He is not, he is going to tell one person. He hopes it is the right person. At this point maybe he should just not tell anyone anything.

He realizes he never explained to Stiles what is going on, but he did not need to. Stiles knew what was going on the whole time. He wonders if he also knows about Lucas too.

"Lucas?" Liam asks.

"What I told you was true. Nothing on him. I did do research on Belasko but there was not much on him either." Stiles explains.

Stiles pulls into the parking lot.

"This is not our school?" Stiles asks, unsure.

"I know. Do not worry, it is fine. Considering what the hell everyone has been keeping hidden, I just want you to trust me. "Liam says.

"Ok, what is going on with you and Theo?" Stiles asks.

"Nothing." Liam says.

Stiles nods and Liam gets out of the jeep. He watches Stiles drive away.

Maybe this is a mistake, but really this is the only person who seems to not have been lying the whole time. He wonders if the rest of the chimeras know anything. Was it just Liam not knowing anything? He walks up to the lacrosse field and sees a familiar face practicing.

The amount of practice this person puts into the game is to be commended. Maybe if Liam had a different life, he could put the same amount of practice time into the game too. He walks over the rest of the way.

"Let me guess, something is up?" Brett asks.

Liam sighs. This still feels like a betrayal somehow, but what is he supposed to do? He nods and decides to just go with his gut on this one.

"Who is this?" He hears a girl say.

"This is Liam. Liam this is Lori. My sister." Brett says.

"Hi. I have heard a lot about you." Lori says.

That normally would be flattering but not when all of this is going on.

"Do you have some time?" Liam asks.

Brett and Lori look at each other.

"That seems really out of character for Scott. I mean I don't know him that well, but I assume so." Brett says.

"This whole entire situation is out of character for everyone. Since when does Stiles not tell Scott anything? Since when does Scott talk to people without telling us?" Liam lays his head on the table.

"Ok, well here is something." Lori says, looking at her laptop.

Liam looks up.

"I see a few texts to the sheriff. I pulled them." Lori explains.

"How do you even know how to do this?" Liam asks.

"I am the smart one." Lori teases, looking at Brett.

Liam reads the texts from Scott to the Sherriff. He looks at Lori and Brett.

"Is this really them?" Liam asks.

"Yes." Lori says.

"This is Scott talking to the Sheriff?" Liam asks.

"Yes." Lori says again.

He looks at Brett.

Brett looks back at him just as confused. At least maybe he can trust Lori and Brett. He still feels like he should maybe let Mason in on everything. He knows what he said to Stiles, but at the same time Stiles seems to be losing it. With how stressed out he looks he may not be thinking rationally. Obviously, Liam had no idea who he was living with. With both packs that is.

"Didn't see that one coming." Brett says.

Liam growls.

"Hey, it is okay. I know what you must be thinking. It is a hard choice." Brett says.

"A hard choice Brett? Are you kidding? No matter what I do now, how do I know if am making the right choice. No one has been honest. "Liam complains.

"Satomi always says that your wolf normally knows what to do. Your wolf has an instinct to know who to trust. I think maybe you already know that." Lori points out.

Liam sighs.

He already knew what his decision was anyway. Honestly, that text doesn't even matter. He was going to make the same decision no matter what it said.

Liam feels like an idiot. He wonders how everyone is going to react to him. He did make a scene earlier. Well, Scott made more of a scene than him, but still. He wonders if he is even allowed back here. He looks at his watch. Maybe everyone is asleep. He opens the door, and it is already unlocked. Weird. He walks in and sees lights on. Does anyone in this pack ever go to bed? They are up just all hours of the night and not sleeping?

He walks into the kitchen and sees everyone sitting around the table.

"I win. It took 4 hours." Lucas says.

"I am ignoring that comment to say what I need to." Liam says.

"First, I want to have a discussion." Theo says, and drags him out into a guest bedroom.

How many rooms are in this house? He looks around and wonders if he has made the right decision.

"I think you should know what Scott is planning." Liam says.

"I already know." Theo says.

"You do?" Liam asks.

"Yes. Why do you think that I have been working with Stiles? For fun?" Theo sneers.

"No, but at the same time I find it highly annoying that you lied about the library and didn't tell me anything that was going on!" Liam hisses.

"How would have you have taken it at first? You had to find out for yourself." Theo points out.

"Why couldn't we have had this conversation in the kitchen?" Liam asks.

"Because I do not know who knows what. I have no idea who may or may not be trustworthy at this point. Other than Corey. That is really all I know. Corey does not know though. I do not want another casualty. Obviously, no one is fighting fair." Theo points out.

"So, we don't tell your pack that Scott is using Belasko to get rid of you?" Liam asks.

"Not yet." Theo says.

"So, we do nothing?" Liam asks.

"I pick my battles. I pick them because in the end I always win the war." Theo says.

"How can you assume that?" Liam asks.

"Because I have been winning this whole time." Theo says.

Liam is not sure how he feels about that. Or any of this really. He also wonders if he should tell Stiles what Scott and his father are planning. However, at the same time no one has told him anything up to now. He actually had to force what he could out of Stiles. This entire situation is messed up.

Theo pushes him against the wall. Liam frowns. He is not really happy with anyone right now. He feels annoyed.

"I can tell you were with Brett again." Theo glares at him.

Liam gulps.

"Don't worry. Everyone is going out tomorrow morning. I plan on finishing what we started." Theo says.

Liam doesn't know how he feels about that, but his eyes flash at Theo's wolf.