White Lilies

Chapter Six: Playing on My Heart Strings

It's a little rushed and not that well put together, I'm just trying to fight off this terrible writer block I dug myself into. Everyone grab a shovel and help me out? Had to re-upload it since I went but and corrected my spelling. Should start doing it before hand ._.

~Present~

"Alright class, since it is Friday and I know you don't want homework over the lovely weekend. Your assignment today is to read chapter 48 and 49, and do question 6 for chapter 48 and write a paragraph answering question 15 on chapter 49. Work individually today please.'' She sat down on her chair and started typing on her computer. She checked the grades and noticed one student was failing her class, she made a note to speak with the student after class.

"Ms. Laurel." She turned to the student at the door with a bouquet of white lilies in his hand, "Someone dropped of flowers for you. He also told me to wish you a happy birthday." The small boy who she concluded was a freshman, placed the flowers on her table and shortly left before she could ask who the flowers were from.

She looked at the card and it read 'From your Darling' she smiled to herself and could feel the eyes of her class on her. "Alright what's with the stares?"

"Happy birthday! I say we shouldn't have to do work since it's your birthday." Stiles spoke up, she has been their teacher for a good 5 months to know that he was probably the smartest student she ever had. Stiles was just a little spazzy so people didn't pay much attention to him. "Who are the flowers from Ms. L?"

"Just an old flame of mine." She replied before turning back to the computer.

She could hear the boys talking to themselves and whispering to each other. Mostly it was just Scott, Stiles, and Allison, she could heard them as clear as day though. "It has his scent all over it."

"What does he want with her I mean I know he is pretty unpredictable but why our econ teacher?"

"Maybe she knows something. I mean she did say it was from an old flame."

"Yeah-Oh god speak of the devil."

Her eyes turned back to the door again and the familiar strange man was standing there with a cocky smile. Laurel got up and walked over to the man and pushed him out the door, her arms covering her chest. "I told you not to bother me at work."

"I thought we could make an exception since I overheard it was your birthday."

"You saw the man who dropped off the flowers?"

"Yeah and might I saw he is one attractive fellow?"

She instantly starting giggling at his comment, "I suppose he is. Too bad he doesn't have enough courage to just be straight forward with me and see me face to face. What are you doing here anyways?"

"I wanted to take you to dinner, if you didn't have any plans of course."

"Tonight? I don't actually, I was just going to bother Bobby while he drills the boys in lacrosse."

"So dinner at 8 tonight?"

"I-"

"Please I insist, it'd be on me as a little birthday present."

"How charming. Alright, there is a park in front of diner called Lenny's why don't you meet me there?"

"It's a date then," He took her right hand in his and pressed his lips against her soft and creamy skin. "I'll see you then my dear." She watched as he walked away in the pit of stomach something was hatching like hundreds of butterflies, it was a while since she felt like this. She turned to go back in class and noticed her students were huddled by the door.

"Okay kids shows over get back to work," She ushered them back to their seats like cattle, she could see Stiles raising his hand and waving it like a lunatic. "Yes Stiles?"

"Two things, one you're blushing and two I think the class wants to take you to diner possibly bowling! Right class?"

"Yeah! Bowling!" The class chimed to the Adderall ridden boy's whim.

"Alright class settle down, this is Economics not history. I don't need you guys to reenact the French revolution in my class. Perhaps we can go bowling but I have a dinner to get through first." The way Laurel ran her class was like they were a big family and all friends. She forced those who didn't like each other to suck it up and be friends, so the students loved her. "We'll say bowling at 9? Kids, I don't even if this is legal."

"We can just say we ran into each other." Of course Stiles already planned it out, her students scared her half the time.

Like that they she had her Friday night filled, she made a mental note to tell Bobby. As soon as she knew it class was over and students were walking out. "Allison come here real quick. I need a word with you." Allison was a bright girl she had short brown hair and could be a model if she wanted to. She stood awkwardly at the end of Laurel's desk. "I was worried about your grade. Is everything alright with you?"

"Yeah it's just hard for me to keep up."

"If you want I can stay after school and go over them with you whenever you want."

"Alright, thank you Ms. Laurel."

She gathered all her bags out of the car and walked up the stairs noticing the front door was opened, she was cautious to open the door slowly. "Whose there?"

"Just me!" A woman with black hair popped out from around a corner giving Laurel a heart attack. "Sorry Laurel, I kind of picked your lock."

"Picked?"

"Ok, I used a little M but hey I'm here!"

"When did you get here Arty?" Artemis was her best friend after she moved from Beacon Hills, she reminded Laurel of Bobby from time to time.

"Early this morning before you left. I just napped in your hamper when you woke up. You need better underwear your selection is kind of meh." Artemis walked over to the kitchen and poured herself a giant cup of milk for herself. "The contract went through; at the end of the month I'll be opening Pure Essence."

"Sounds like a porn shop." Laurel sets all her papers down on the table in the dining room, "I have a date tonight."

"With?"

"The Mister Mystery."

"Oh seriously? You haven't told him yet?"

"I want to see how far he is going to go for my attention." Laurel and Artemis sat on her large fluffy couch as they talked. "Yeah Peter brought me those flowers, at least he remembers my birthday."

"February 28th. See I remember too!" Artemis sipped on her milk well more like she was lapping on the milk like a giant cat. "What are you wearing?"

"Whatever you want me to Honey."

"Oh this is going to be fun." She had this gleam in her eyes that scared Laurel as she took her to her room.

After countless hours of wearing every dress she had in the closet they agreed on a pair of tight jeans and a loose white tang top, leather boots and a white cardigan to hide her shoulders. Her hair was brushed and allowed to be let down, she wore light eyeliner to bring attention to her eyes and a tinted lipstick that gave her lips a pink glow to them.

"My little girl is growing up!" Artemis pretended to cry and Laurel rolled her eyes at her friend's action. "When you coming back?"

"I don't know, 9 meet me at the bowling alley. See you Arty."

She ran towards the park she had 15 minutes to get there and she didn't feel like driving her car. It was a grueling 15 minutes of sprinting to the park, by the time she got there she was out of breath. "Enjoy your run?" Her date had an amused smile on his face, "You didn't have to run all the way here."

"My last boyfriend kind of embedded that in my head. Every time I was late he found some way to torture me." She said between her breath, she put her hand against the tree. "Sorry give me a minute."

He took her other arm to help her stand up, "You alright?" He was stifling a chuckled as he brushed her hair away from her face. "You're beautiful."

"Oh thank you." Laurel linked arms with her date, she had no idea why but it felt like the most normal thing she has done in a while. "My students wants to celebrate my birthday with me at the bowling alley. I don't know if you're up to it."

"Whatever you want my dear it is your birthday after all." She smiled wondering why this man was being so nice to her. She knew he was a sneaky and controlling but to what extent is he willing to go. "Why Lenny's?"

"I haven't been there since I was a junior in high school. I miss it, a lot of memories tied to it."

"Do tell me the memories." They walked along the park arms linked together, neither of them mind since deep down in both of them this was exactly want they wanted.

"Someone I dated took me here every time he won a basketball game. We got the same thing every time that the moment the waitress saw us she would jolt down our order before sitting us down." She watched as the kids ran around in the park and thought of her little brown puff of hair chasing other kids. Her date reached down and grabbed her hand and gave it a light squeeze. "Sorry when I see kids it reminds me of my daughter. She was just a baby when I lost her, so full of life and happy."

"The dad?"

"Her father was erratic and his sister thought it be best if he wasn't in our daughter's life. The hardest thing I ever did was walking away from him." She paused as they got to the crosswalk, "I regret it every day. I should have stayed and we would have a family with a bunch of crazy children running around. I miss him."

"Where is he now?"

"Gone. When I went back to find him he was gone and nobody knew where he ran off to."

"Lets not talk about it anymore, try to enjoy the rest of your birthday." He was getting a little irritated at the fact she was talking about another man. She nodded obediently and they entered the restaurant, the waitress smiled and gave her date a wink. "A table for two please."

"Yes sir, right this way." She lead them to a booth in the back away from everyone she handed them the menu and strutted off trying to catch Laurel's date attention.

"Well she taken a shine to you." Mister Mystery shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly "I guess that what I get for talking about my ex."

"Do you know what you want?"

"Uh Cheese burger with fries and a milkshake." She could see a hint of a smile play on his lips, he sets down his menu and grinned

"I'll have the same, chocolate right?" She nodded and he gave the order to the waitress who was giving him flirty looks. "Laurel are you okay?"

"Yeah, why are you asking?"

"Because you are frowning and looking like you are going to kill yourself. Please don't by the way, I would be very upset if you do."

She had no idea why she was jealous of the waitress maybe because the waitress was young and gorgeous and Laurel was already 33 she had passed her prime. She didn't want to admit it but she was actually very attached to the man whose been stalking her. He gave her a sense of comfort that only one man had ever given her.

"Laurel?" He was pretty attractive now that she got a closer look at him, he had muscular arms and a strong set of shoulders. His face was almost perfectly sculpted not a single feature was out of place, he noticed her staring at him. His smile was charming and sly giving her a weird feeling in the pit of her stomach.

"Sorry, I was just-you remind me of someone I once knew." She averted her eyes and looked at her hands which were folded in her lap.

"Is that a good thing?" She nodded quietly; his smile grew as he watched her fiddle with her fingers. "You haven't changed one bit."

"I'm sorry?"

"It's nothing, oh our food is here. Look how yummy it looks." He did his best to dodge her question and started eating; her eyes just fixed themselves on him. "I'm handsome, I know."

"So much lack of self-esteem." She covered her mouth as soon as the words left her lips. "I'm sorry, that was rude of me. Someone I knew a long time ago said the same thing and I would comment on his cockiness. I'm really sorry."

He laughed her off playfully, "It's alright. I catch myself doing the same with you from time to time. This actually brings back a lot of memories. There was this girl that was such an oddball, I used to pick on her all the time. I did all kinds of stuff to her, I stole her homework one time and I used to unlock her locker and clip the lock on backwards. For some reason she still liked me and I found it absolutely amusing."

"Where is she now?"

"I'm not sure, I ask myself that question every night." Laurel knew he was upset, it didn't take a rocket scientist. She could tell how much he really loved that girl just from looking into his eyes. "I hope someday I could get through to her and tell her everything."

"She must have been very close to you."

"She was my best friend, but things happened and we were torn away from each other." A sharp pain shot through her body while looking into his eyes.

"Pe-" She looked back down at her meal, "Please lets not dwell on the past, just enjoy the time we're having."

"I agree."

They munched on their foods and talked about random things from wolves to coyotes to bears and fishes. Once they finished their meal they walked out hand and hand in the park, just talking about how the town used to be. "Shoot. My students are waiting for me at the bowling alley. Lets go!" The bowling alley was a few blocks away from the park and they decided to just walk there. "Hey mister."

"Yeah my dear?"

"Thanks for tonight. It's been a while since I been out with a man. That made it sound like I have no life didn't it?" He nodded and they shared they first laugh together under the half moon.

Once they arrived to the bowling alley her students was giving her a stressed look, by students it was just Scott, Stiles, Isaac, Allison, and Lydia. They looked at her date and rolled they're eyes, "Tell me why my students don't like you again?"

"It's nothing personal really." She nodded and bought the kids a round of nachos and onion rings. "How do you like teaching?"

"Honestly? I hated economics in high school but I ended up studying it in college now I love it." She watched as her students started bowling and shoved a nacho chip in her mouth. "Those kids are pretty good at bowling."

"I know it's like they're almost cheating." Her date basically yelled the last one out as he gave them a lazy look followed by a sarcastic smile. "They're good kids don't you think-"

"Uh Ms. L" Stiles pulled a seat next to her and started shoveling onion rings in his mouth. "So Ms. Laurel who's your friend?"

"Uh... This is my date, date this is one of my dear student Stiles." Stiles looked nervously at the mysterious man like who was going to attack and maul him violently. "I don't even want to know your relationship. Please tolerate each other for one day it's my birthday." Laurel pleaded and her date was the first to give in and accept it. "Stiles..."

"Alright, Okay. We'll tolerate each other for one night, even though he tried to kill me." After his sentence Laurel shot a concerned look before rubbing her temples.

"Laurel!" Artemis ran up to them with Bobby in hand, "Look who I found moping around."

"I wasn't moping." Bobby said in his defense, Artemis just beamed her perfect smile and practically pushed Stiles out of his seat.

"Arty, be nice to my students."

"Yeah, Yeah, wonder if they have milk here."

"Arty I bought you 15 gallons at home. Just wait until we get home."

"Ok let me understand this, Mister Mystery." She pointed at Laurel's date who was amused to hear her nickname for him. "Students." She gestured at the group of kids and Stiles, "and best friend from childhood, Bobby."

"You dragged Bobby in here, don't act like you don't know him. Guys this is Artemis my cat."

The rest of the night went smoothly for the most part, at one point Stiles screamed and ran while Artemis was chasing him down. Her date was quiet but kept eyeing Bobby like he was the devil. Scott and Isaac kept eyeing her date wanting for him to make a move and Allison and Lydia was chatting about Scott and Isaac. Artemis and Laurel walked down the road to the apartments together, saying something about a shortcut. I was well after 1 in the morning but they didn't care they could handle a few bad boys.

"That's him huh?"

"Yeah."

"He is pretty quiet."

"Only when he is planning something."

"How do you feel about him now?"

"It's complicated."

"What about you?"

"What about me?"

"Bobby?"

"Bobby? I don't know. He is still the same but I'm not sure he likes me like that."

"That never stopped you before."

"Yeah you're right, it probably won't either."

~18 years ago~

Peter waited for Laurel to get out of her last class, sometimes he wished she would just skip and stay with him for a day. The younger girls were eyeing him like a piece of meat, he didn't mind, he loves attention. He leaned against her locker for some reason she smelled of gardenia all the time, it was interesting. "Mr. Hale, I know you are dating Ms. West but please wait outside of the school next time." The principal stated in a stern voice as he walked by.

"Yet, I have a feeling that won't stop him." Laurel popped out of the sea of teenagers giving the principal a smile before Peter pulled her closer to him. "Darling."

"Shhh..." He buried his nose into her neck and inhaling deeply over and over again, "God you smell good." His lips was next to her ear as he laid soft kisses trailing to her lips, "Miss me?"

"Everyday Peter, there isn't a day where I don't miss you." She rolled her eyes with a playful smile dancing on her face and her eyes twinkled in mischief.

"Oh? Trying to be cute with me?" He mumbled into her neck causing her to shiver under his touch, he love having power. The more he had the more he wasn't satisfied, is that why he liked her so much? She give him every whim he wanted she fought from time to time but always give in when it came to him. She was like playdoh, he could mold her into the perfect little bird he had ever seen.

"Peter."

"Mmm" She looked at him with dewy eyes that longed for him, "Don't ever look at any other man like that."

"Why?"

"Because only I can have that from you."

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