Chapter 3
Gripping the steering wheel Lydia took a steadying breath and as she breathed out finally let go of the scream she was holding in all day, but instead of just screaming a noise she screamed a name.
Stiles.
Scott came rushing out of the house at Lydia's scream.
"Lydia! Are you okay?" Scott asked pulling the door open. Lydia sat in her seat staring out of her windscreen.
"Ghost riders." Lydia whispered. Scott looked at her confused, Lydia had stopped crying and her brain was now whirling with new information.
"What did you say?" Scott asked confused.
"Ghost riders." Lydia repeated a bit louder, turning to look at Scott. "They come by storm, riding horses, and they take people." The words she said felt familiar, like she had spoken them before.
"They took him." Scott said figuring it out.
"They took Stiles."
*Remember I love you*
Lydia pulled up in front of Allison's house with Scott in the passenger side.
"Remember, we need Allison and Aiden to tell us if they know Stiles at all okay!" Scott said unbuckling his seatbelt. Lydia sat frozen looking up at the house. Her best friend and boyfriend might be the reason why Stiles was missing, she needed answers, but she didn't want to lose them either. "Lydia, we're doing this for Stiles remember."
"I know. I can do this." Lydia said unbuckling her seatbelt and getting out of the car.
Lydia took a breath but before she could knock the door opened to show a smiling Allison in a lowcut dress holding two drinks.
"Lydia! You made it!" Allison squealed with surprise.
"Of course! I have never missed a party." Lydia said with a hair flip. "Drink for me?" Lydia asked reaching out for the second drink Allison was holding.
"Alli!" Lydia heard someone say behind her, she turned to see Scott walking up the front steps and pulling Allison in for a kiss with Lydia staring at the pair in shock.
"I've missed you." Scott whispered in between kisses.
"I missed you more."
"Am I missing something here?" Lydia asked outraged and what was happening.
"A drink. There's some in the kitchen." Allison said giving the second drink to Scott who smiled his thanks.
"Scott, a moment please." Lydia said pulling Scott away before he could argue.
Lydia and Scott stood in a cramped broom closet off the hallway their breaths mingling together.
"What's going on Lydia?"
"What's going on with me? I could ask you the same thing! What the heck!" Lydia asked whisper yelling.
"What do you mean?"
"You and Allison! You said she didn't feel right?"
"Okay, you need to stop. That's my girlfriend you're talking about!" Scott said defensively.
"Since when!"
"Like a year. You set us up remember?" The world started to tunnel vision for Lydia, her breathing got shallow.
"Lydia? You okay?" Scott asked concern written over his face. He reached out to grab her arm before Lydia could pull away.
"I need to get out of here." Lydia said nearly hyperventilating.
"Lydia?" Lydia pulled her arm from Scott's grip, opening the broom closet, music and conversations from the party happening downstairs hit her ears scaring her.
"Lydia?" Scott asked again a firm hand on the small of her back as she struggled to breathe.
"I need to get out of here, I need, I need to scream."
"Scream? What?" Lydia looked down the hallway as steps sounded, she turned to see Aidan and Allison racing towards them, fear on their faces.
"Allison call an ambulance!" Scott yelled to Allison. Aidan reached Lydia first, taking her in his arms.
"Don't scream Lydia." Aidan said strongly. Taking Lydia's face in his hands and pressing a kiss against her lips, stifling her scream that was struggling to rise.
Aidan pulled away, surprise showing in Lydia's eyes. She turned to Allison and Scott who were looking at her, one with fear and the other concern.
"I'm going to go home." Lydia whispered, moving out of Aidan's grip and running down the stairs before anyone could stop her. She didn't stop once she was in her car and just drove home.
Sitting in her driveway her breath started to slow as she mulled over what just happened. Scott was acting fine until he got to Allison's and then all of sudden it was like he forgot their conversation about this mysterious Stiles. And Allison was surprised to see Lydia, like they weren't even that friendly anymore. And what about Aidan kissing Lydia before telling her not to scream. Lydia was starting to think that maybe Scott was right. That Allison and Aidan had something to do with Stiles missing and Scott started to figure it out. But why?