Thanks to BroadBeginnings for being my first reviewer. It made me happy. Also thank you to everyone who added this to their alerts and favorites. Also I forgot that Coach Finstock actually teaches economics so I apologize for that little mistake last chapter. For the remainder of the story he will now be the economics teacher.

Summary: Veda's parents are hiding something; she is sure of that. After dragging her all over the country, like their on the run, they settle down in Beacon Hills where apparently everyone has a secret. She is tired of the lies and excuses and is determined to find the truth. As always, it is easier said than done. IsaacXOC

Teen Wolf – Reinventing Your Exit
Chapter 3 :: Already Over

Veda woke early, before her alarm and before the sun could start peeking into her windows. She rolled out of bed and stretched before moving over to a box labeled 't-shirts'. She pulled out a black one and moved over to the box of pants. She pulled out a pair of yoga pants and processed to get dressed. If she was going to need to exercise with Luna on a daily basis to help build muscle she might as well get back into a routine ad go running before school. She pulled her waist length hair up into a ponytail and braided it to keep it from getting too tangled. Moving quickly down the steps she grabbed a note pad and a pen, eating a banana quickly, she wrote her parents a note. 'Went for a run, be home after school. I'll walk back today. No work.' With that she was out the door, iPod in hand.

It was hard at first, the few couple of steps were shaky but soon she was off on a steady jog. The street lights were just starting to turn off as the sun rose from the distance. It was peaceful here; a little too peaceful but it was something she would have to get used to. She noticed that not many of her neighbors seemed to be morning people as most of the houses were dark still and the newspapers still lay in the front yards.

The good thing about running was that it gave her time to think. Over the past three days her parents had seemed to be hovering her; reassuring her that they wouldn't be moving anytime soon. They'd encourage her to go out exploring the town, make friends and be happy. And so she tried. The other day she found a small creek in the woods behind her house that seemed like a nice place to hide when her parents become too over bearing. She thought about the people she became 'friends' with. So they were more of just acquaintances right now, but she hoped they'd be real friends. She was glad that she met Scott before school started it made her feel a little better and his friends seemed really nice. She liked Isaac, he was quiet but polite and she adored Erica. The blonde hair girl was really sweet and pretty. Veda was happy with her selection of friends, except Jackson. He was the only one she really didn't care for. The fact that he was so self-absorbed really annoyed her.

By now she was in the woods on a trail when she came upon an abandoned house. She stopped to catch her breath and looked it over carefully. She could tell that at one point it was a beautiful house, probably with a really nice flower garden. 'I wonder if it's haunted.' She thought to herself and made a mental note to ask Scott about any urban legends in the area. She always loved a good ghost story.

Her jog finally landed her at the school early on an open field. 'This must be the lacrosse field.' She thought to herself as she walked to the building. She turned her iPod off as she entered the building and tried to remember exactly where her locker was again.

The hallways were mostly empty but there were a few students already there, most of them talking about after school clubs. The strawberry brunette girl located her locker after a few moments of searching. Entering the memorized combination she opened the door and pulled out her books for first period history. Looking around she noticed Isaac was here as well, at his locker. Smiling she decided to go over and greet him. "Hey Isaac," the boy jumped at her voice and hit the side of his face on the locker door as he went to spin toward her direction. "Ouch. Are you okay? I didn't mean to scare you." She stated as she reached him.

Isaac looked at her and shook his head. "It's okay. Just took me by surprise." Absentmindedly, she reached out and took his cheek in her hand, mistaking his flinch as pain instead of fear of being hit, and took a look where his face made contact with the medal door. He noticed her hand was warm and he liked it. "Good. It doesn't look like it's going to bruise." She smiled at him and let her hand drop quickly as her eyes grew wide. "Wow, I'm sorry talk about invading personal space." Her sudden movement made him jump again before shaking his head. "No it's ok."

He seemed more jumpy today and she couldn't figure out why, the bruise under his eye seemed to have healed from yesterday. "So you still going to have lunch with me today right?" She questioned as she leaned her shoulder against the locker next to his. He closed his locker door and looked at her. "Only if you still want to." He looked down at their feet. "Of course I do." He smiled up at her and she smiled back. 'He really does have a nice smile.' She thought. His eyes were really nice blue, more blue than Gabe's. She shook her head at the thought of her late brother.

"So what are you doing here so early?" She asked, once she realized she was just starting at him. "Morning lacrosse practice; how about you?" He found himself still having a hard time looking at her for a long period of time and looked pass her. She looked behind her quickly, trying to follow his gaze but seeing nothing. "I went for a morning jog and just decided to come here." She paused for a moment. "Do you mind if I watch you practice? I still know nothing of this sport." Isaac looked back at her and blinked twice. "You want to watch?" He asked. "Sure. If everyone is so into it – then it can't be that bad." She smiled at him. "Okay, I have to get changed first but we all meet on the field." He was suddenly excited that she wanted to go and she could feel the slight change in his mood. "Alright then I will see you out there."

Veda was outside on the benches when she noticed a few other students out there, all chatting about something. She took a seat and it wasn't long until she saw the team coming out of the building for practice. She saw Scott and Stiles right away and made a mental note of their jersey numbers; eleven and twenty-four. It took her another moment to spot Isaac; fourteen. He found her face in the small group of students and smiled. She smiled back at him and waved. That's when Scott noticed her. "Hey Veda!" He called out. "Hi Scott, hey Stiles." She waved to them as well.

It was exciting as she watched everyone get ready; she has no idea that Scott was the goalie. Then again she didn't know anyone's position. Now was the time to learn she supposed. The other guys lined up and the coach blew the whistle and threw the ball to the first guy in the line. The next thing she knew Scott was out of the goal and knocking poor number eighteen on the ground. Now she knew she wasn't an expert or anything but normally goalie's stayed in the goal right? Maybe lacrosse was just that different, and then number eight, who she was pretty sure it was Matt from her photography class, was knocked down next. "McCall! The position is goal keeper not goal abandoner." Coach called out.

This was just painful to watch. Scott was taking those boys out one after the other. She couldn't help but chuckled when she saw Jackson leave the line but then frowned once she noticed Isaac was next. She saw the look of determination on both Isaac's and Scott's faces through their masks, they looked pissed. 'Are they enemies?' She questioned in her head as she watched the two of them starting to run toward each other. She actually closed her eyes before they made impact, hoping that they didn't hurt each other. She heard the coach blow the whistle and opened her eyes again. Isaac and Scott were staring at each other on their hands and knees on the field. It was then that the gray eyed girl saw the officer's approaching the field and then so did everyone else.

"Excuse me coach." The one officer called out. "I need to speak to your player, Isaac Lahey." Coach Finstock had all the players take a break as Isaac and he went over to the officers. Veda frowned as Isaac made eye contact with her twice before the officers started to pull him away. She stood from her seat and walked over to Scott and Stiles. "Hey Scott, Stiles. Where are they taking Isaac?" She asked.

Scott turned to her. "It looks like they're taking him to the station." He answered, there was no humanly way that he would know why so he didn't mention that Isaac's father was dead and he might be a suspect. Coach made a signal that meant they were wrapping up practice. "Do you want us to walk with you to class?" Stiles asked. "No, that's fine. I'll see you both later." She stated as she spotted Erica walking toward the school. "Erica! Hey let's walk to class together." She called out to the blonde haired teen.

The girl smiled weakly back. When Veda was close enough she noticed that Erica looked tired. Really tired. "Are you okay?" Veda asked with concern. "I'm fine. I suffered an attack this morning before coming to school." Erica stated as the made their way toward the building. "An attack?" Veda asked, confused. "Oh right I didn't tell you." Erica paused for a moment and bit her lip. 'She's nervous.' Veda noticed. "Hey, its fine you can tell me anything but I also understand if you don't want to. I mean you barely know me."

The blonde haired girl sighed. "No you'll find out anyway. I suffer from epilepsy and have seizures at times." Erica seemed to shrink into herself as if ashamed of her condition. "Oh hunny, I'm sorry. Are you feeling okay now?" Veda asked. Erica nodded. "That's why I said you shouldn't want to be seen with me. People know about it and... things happen that I have no control over when I get an attack." Veda wrapped an arm around her shoulder and pulled her closer while still walking through the hallways. "Erica, people are assholes. Don't let them get to you." They stopped at Erica's locker so she could get her books. "You sure you don't mind being seen with me?" The blonde asked. The grey eyed girl replaced her smile with a bored expression and sighed. "Listen, I don't let anyone choose my friends for me. Unless this is you trying to tell me that you don't want to be my friend you're stuck with me. Sorry." Veda then smiled. Erica smiled back. "Thanks."

The hallway seemed to pause at that moment as the officers escorted Isaac, now out of his lacrosse uniform, to the office. He locked his blue eyes with Veda's gray ones and frowned before looking away. He looked like he wanted to say something as he walked pass her but made no effort to do so. Veda could tell he was scared but couldn't tell why. "I wonder what happened." She questioned out loud. "I don't know but word flies pretty fast here." Erica stated. "Let's go to class." She added on. Veda couldn't help but look back at Isaac one more time.

It was around third period that Veda noticed that Scott and Stiles whispered, a lot. She probably noticed this because Mr. Harris paired her up with Danny, seeing on how Isaac was gone and Jackson was apparently in the principal's office talking with the police. Erica wasn't wrong the rumor flew around fast in this school, by second period she heard that Isaac was selling drugs, that he broke into a store and other stupid things like that. She knew better than to listen to the first rumors that came around – it was always people just starting drama.

Stiles turned quickly in his seat and called to her temporary lab partner. "Danny, where's Jackson?" He asked. "In the principal's office talking to your dad." Wait, Stiles dad was the sheriff? She really needed to talk to her friends and find out more about them. "What? Why?" Stiles asked. "Maybe because he lives across the street from Isaac." Danny stated as if it was a no brainer. Stiles spun in his seat again and the whispering continued between the two boys in front of her. She gave Danny and questioning look and he just shrugged his shoulders going back to the assignment. She liked Danny, he was nice and didn't seem to mind that he was paired with her for the day. He already helped her understand a chemical formula that she kept messing up when she went to balance it.

"Everyone, please turn to page seventy-three." Mr. Harris stated and with that a paper ball hit the back of his head. A few giggles escaped some students but as Mr. Harris turned around there was silence. "Who in the hell did that?" Stiles and Scott pointed to each other landing them both a trip to the principal's office. Veda was starting to question her choices in friends.

Lunch was the next period and she was bummed that Isaac wasn't there to have lunch with her. Instead she found herself sitting at Boyd's table again. She tried to make small talk with him but he was a tough shell to crack. He did ask her some questions about herself so it was a start. She told him how she originally was born in Rangeley, Maine. That her parents passed away and that she has moved several times over the past few years. She didn't give a lot of detail as he didn't talk much about himself. She played with her wolf pendant the whole conversation, keeping herself calm as she disliked talking about her late family in more than a brief sentence.

The rest of school moved in a blur and it was soon over, she stopped at her locker and dropped off her books. She stepped out the front doors of the building and saw the police car and the officer's taking Isaac down the steps. By this time she had heard the real rumor of Isaac - that he killed his father. She bit her lip and then decided to do something probably stupid. "Excuse me, officer." The man turned around, his hold still on Isaac's arm. "Could I please just have a moment to speak to Isaac?" The officer frowned. "Sorry miss, we have to take him to the station." She sighed. "It's fine. I just wanted to say something." She turned her attention to Isaac. "Listen, I don't know what's going on – but you still owe me a lunch together. Don't think you can get out of your promise so easily." She forced a smile. "Alright." He forced one back and then the officers started walking him to the car again. As she watched him she frowned, there was no way Isaac killed his dad. The sheriff turned to her. "Are you good friends with Isaac?" He asked. "No sir, honestly I met him yesterday. I'm new here – but Isaac was one of the first people I made friends with." She answered. He looked at her for a moment and sighed. "Don't worry about him too much. For now, he is in good hands."

Veda remained on the steps as Isaac got into the car. The doors flew open next to her causing her to jump and she saw Scott next to her. He looked at her before looking at the car. Isaac started back at the both of them as the car drove away. A black Camaro pulled up right after, the tires screeched slightly and the guy looked at Scott. "Get in." Scott looked over at Veda and then back at the guy. "Veda just go inside for now, I'll meet up in a moment." She looked between the two males before sighing and walking inside, she just wanted to go home. She stood next to the door and listened, which was rude but curiosity killed the cat. "Are you serious? You did that. That's your fault." Scott yelled and Veda froze. 'This guy is the reason Isaac is being locked up? What the hell?' She panicked in her head forgetting to listen to the rest of the conversation. She looked out the door window to see Scott getting in the car and the two driving off. "What the hell Scott?" She growled and stepped out the front doors.

Matt from her photography class stepped out right after her. "Oh hey, Veda. You didn't happen to see Jackson did you?" He questioned. She turned to him, still obviously upset. "I'm sorry what?" Matt frowned at her. "I asked if you saw Jackson."

"No I'm sorry. Did you need help with something?" She asked. "No, I just needed to give him something but it looks like I'll have to drop it off at his house… hey are you okay? You look upset." Veda shook her head, she had an idea when Matt mentioned Jackson's house. "Sorry, heavy thinking. I'm fine. So where does Jackson live? Is it far?" Mat smiled at her. "No it's not far. He lives on Fischer Lane. Do you want to join me?" He asked.

Veda thought for a moment before declining. "Sorry I told my mom I'd be home right after school. Thanks though. I was just curious."

It wasn't only in school that word got around fast; it appeared it was just this town in general. "Veda, are you okay?" Her mother asked during dinner. "Huh? Oh yeah dinner's great mom." Julie and Tug looked at each other worried. "That's not what I asked hon." Veda looked at her mom. "Sorry – just a lot on my mind I guess." She forced a smiled. "So it must be true then." Her father stated. "What's true?" The strawberry brunette asked. "About that boy in your school. He was arrested for killing his father." Her mother's blue eyes piercing hers. Veda frowned. "I don't think he did it. He doesn't seem the type." Usually she had a great judge of character; she wasn't going to start questioning herself now. Her father coughed and sighed. "Veda they found that boys dad murdered." She knew that look on their faces. "You can't be serious? You better not be thinking what I think that you're thinking." Her mother sighed this time. "Veda, it's just not safe." Veda was instantly annoyed. "No! We just got here. So what there was a murder. They happen all the time all over the United States. You can't keep dragging me around and keep lying that it's the last time." She had apparently slammed her hands on the table and stood from her seat during her rant. "You had me try to make friends. Well how about you TRY and give this place a chance." Veda walked away from the table. "Veda –"

"I'm going for a run." She stated and walked out the front door. It was during this run that she found herself on Fischer Lane. 'How did I get here?' She thought to herself. There was a nice white house on the street and she actually could see Jackson and Matt talking on the front lawn. Veda hid in a bush, all she needed was to be seen and people to think she was some weird stalker. Looking across the street she could see the black Camaro from before a few houses down. The house directly across the street from Jackson's had a flashlight moving inside. 'That must be Isaac's house.' She thought to herself. 'Ugh, what am I even doing here?' This wasn't like her but she could feel a pull telling her to go to the house where the arrested boy lived. 'This is wrong.' With that she turned around on the street and headed back home, convincing herself that it was none of her business and that she was just worried over nothing. Isaac would be questioned and then released. "I'll just go for a drive into town to clear my head." She spoke to herself, convincing her that was all she really needed to do. She was just happy that her car came from Utah today.

As Veda was driving around a strange creature, lizard like, jumped in front of her car taking her by surprise. She slammed on the brakes and swerved out of the way from whatever it was, her car almost smashing into the guard rail. She took a few shaky breaths and turned to look at where the creature jumped out. It was no longer there and she wondered for a moment if she hallucinated it. However, aloud screech of a noise came from the woods and she second guessed her judgment.

Perhaps this wasn't the night for her to go adventuring, after all it was a full moon and her mother did always warn here about the crazy things the moon does. Carefully, she turned around and drove back home deciding she had enough excitement for the day.

A/N: Thoughts? Thanks again for reading. I just can't seem to stop writing. =)