To say that things are weird would be a complete understatement. Don't get me wrong; they're not weird in a bad way, it's just things aren't how I expected them to be. I always envisioned my senior year would be much like my freshman; standing side by side with Scott ready to take on anything that came or way. And for the most part my predictions were true, but I'm not standing with Scott anymore. Now, it's me, Jackson, Cora, Isaac, Allison, Boyd, and Erica ready to take on our senior year. And let me tell you, walking into school on the first day, it was obvious no one else expected it either.

Thanks to training with the pack during the summer I've bulked up a bit, and I can run suicides at lacrosse practice without almost dying. Coach is impressed with my improved performance and even more so excited that Jackson is back and that we've managed to get Boyd on the team as well. Scott and Danny are still on the team as well, but surprisingly Aiden and Ethan didn't show up to practice. Scott is less than amused at the fact that Coach decided to make Jackson team captain again, regardless of Scott, but he'll get over it eventually.

Things with the girls are interesting, especially with Cora here. Much as I predicted, Cora Hale has swooped in and stolen Lydia's role as Queen of Beacon Hills. Even though she's still a little bitchy she's much nicer than Lydia ever was. And of course, her dating the returning star of the lacrosse team helped as far as her population level. Don't get me wrong, Lydia is still just as popular today as she was before Cora started at Beacon Hills, but for once she's got some actually competition.

I don't know what makes her angrier, the fact that no one bows down to her like the queen that she thinks that she is, or the fact that Jackson wants absolutely nothing to do with her. As much as Lydia tries to deny it, I honestly think that Lydia still wants to be with Jackson, but doesn't know how to go about it. For the most part, I think Lydia always expected her and Jackson to be endgame, mainly because he let her boss him around. Now that Jackson and Cora are together I think that she realizes that that's not going to happen.

It's amazing to me how much we've all changed in the past few months, not only are we are happier and closer to each other, there are other ways that we've changed personally. Isaac, for instance, after Derek turned him he went on the usual power trip that most bitten wolves go through, which is mainly why we didn't get along at first, but after the initially shock of everything and all we've been through he's gone back to the nice quiet kid he was before all this werewolf stuff. Allison is more of a team player than she was before it seems that the time she and her father spent away from here over the summer gave her a better insight on where she wanted to be and what she wanted in life. She and Chris still train a lot, the only difference is that they train alongside with us rather than apart. Chris says it's to show that no matter what we're all in this together.

Erica and Boyd have also gotten over their power kicks but more importantly they understand the meaning of pack. Before they ran away because they were afraid of the unknown and thought that they could find peace and freedom elsewhere. However, due to some bad run-ins with other alphas and hunters they've realized that nowhere they run to will be safe without a pack. It's like they say the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives. Needless to say with the bonding they were able to do with Derek and Cora on their way back to Beacon Hills there's no longer any bad blood between them. Isaac was upset with them for a little while, mainly because he considered the family and they left him here with Scott, but that's all water under the bridge now.

Peter, Cora, and Derek have to be the biggest changes of all. Peter had already changed and sought out redemption from Isaac, Jackson and myself but didn't have that chance with Derek and Cora. What I thought would turn into a giant blow-out remained a civilized conversation. Peter owned up to what he did and formally apologized to both Derek and Cora, who seemed to take it as well as could be expected. Both Derek and Cora don't blame Peter for what he did considering the fact that he was pretty much feral and blinded by hate and revenge, they all just wish that Laura didn't have to be a victim to his madness.

Cora's bitterness towards me and the rest of the pack died away too. It seems as though the only reason she was acting like that was because she was jealous that we had a closer relationship to Derek than she did. It took some time for her to realize that it was only because of their forced separation due to the tragedy that struck their family. The time they spent away together really helped rebuild their relationship; come to find out Baby Hale used to idolize her big brother just like Derek did to Laura. After returning to Beacon Hills Cora has made it her mission to get to know the pack better and has even apologized to Isaac for the part she had in Derek throwing him out of the loft. The biggest obstacle I see her having is repairing her relationship with Peter. Not saying that neither of them want to; it's just the fact that she's had a shorter period of time to come to terms with Laura's death, but I have faith in the both of them that they can work it out; after all, we're all family.

Speaking of family my dad and Mrs. McCall seem to be getting closer here lately. Apparently, Scott went home after our meeting claiming that Derek "stole" me away from him and that I was too blind to see that Derek was just going to ruin my life like he did his. Melissa, as she insists that we all call here now, was confused so she went to speak to my dad about it. After hearing the full true story, she told Scott that he was being immature and childish and that he needed to understand where I was coming from when I said that I couldn't have him as my alpha. She tried explaining to him that it came from a place of love for him and our friendship and that him being my alpha would more than likely ruin our friendship. His only response was that we no longer had a friendship because I chose Derek over him. Honestly, between Scott and Lydia they could run the drama department of our school on overreacting. But ever since their conversation, my dad and Melissa have been spending a lot more time together. And even more surprising I've spotted Chris and Peter out and about in town a few times as well. It seems unbeknownst to all of us Chris and Peter briefly dated when they were in high school before Gerard put a stop to it. It seems those feelings they have for each other however, never went away.

I haven't seen nor heard from Scott, but from what Danny has told Jackson, Danny refuses to give up his friendship with Jackson regardless of what Scott says, he's been training them nonstop for weeks trying to prove that he has the stronger pack. While we have been training, it's nowhere as extensive as the training that Scott's pack has been doing. When I asked Derek about it he told me, "Not all of a pack's strength is physical. Most of it comes from the bonds that they have with each other. An emotionally strong pack is ten times as stronger as one that just has physical strength because they don't know how to work together." Hearing how hard Scott is training them makes me worried. I know for a fact that Lydia isn't doing any type of training, which just leaves Aiden, Ethan and Danny. I'm not too worried about Aiden and Ethan, they're werewolves and handle it. I'm mainly worried about Danny, he already has a steel rod under his diaphragm to help him breathe normally. If Scott's not careful he could seriously harm Danny; and if that happens Ethan will most definitely try to kill him.