Summary: 'Look remember when I lent you my hoodie cause you were cold and you said you own me like forever?' he asked looking around frantically. He took a deep breath for a moment looking away, 'Can you pretend that you're my girlfriend?' She blinked a few times shocked, 'Can I what?' ScottxOC

A.N: After I don't even know how long. Chapter Two XD

How to fake date and survive a kanima for beginners

There is always this inter battle inside me. It always starts the same, I propose a battle. I declare war. Today is going to be different. Today, I will fight you and will lose. I won't lose. You will surrender…

Me (the brave one, the optimist, the hopeful one): Maybe I could tell someone, anyone… you would help me…

Me (the realist, the pessimist, the cruel one): Who? No one noticed for days! Do you really believe that they will now? That they care enough to notice? Who will you tell?

Me (the brave one, the optimist, the hopeful one): Anyone! Scott's mom, Mrs. Ducain from next door, a teacher, the principle anyone!

Me (the realist, the pessimist, the cruel one): You think they will help you? Why? Because they're adults? Because that's what adults do? Help people? Help kids…

Me: Y-yes.

Me: No, adults are the ones that got you into this. Adults hurt you, adults humiliated you and in the end it was adults who left you.

Me: Maybe…this time it will be different. Maybe this time they will really help me. Maybe-just maybe…

Me: Maybe you should stop fooling yourself and go to school.

The realist, the pessimist, the cruel one, the one that tasted life in its full bitterness is the one that always wins.

Mia looked at herself in the mirror. When she was a little kid her classmates used to make fun of her because of her freckles and red hair. Carrots and names like that were pretty much on a daily bases. She didn't mind all that much now. Her hair seemed to lose their orange effect when she got fourteen and now they were slowly coming to a color that didn't need sunglasses to be looked at. She dropped the idea of dying them. It would be pointless with the freckles on her face and body would still give her away.

She stood in front of the mirror with nothing but her underwear on.

You're look so disgusting.

Her fingers slowly moved against the skin where her bra ended to her stomach.

You're so disgusting. You're fat and ugly and it's all your fault and you know. She left because of you. She left and it's all your fault! Everyone who loves you leaves. They always leave because you kill them inside. You hurt them. You ruin them. You destroy them. You! It's all you!

Her fingers reached her ribs. She could only feel them under her touch, but she could also see them visible under her skin through the mirror. She closed her eyes. She knew how it looked. She read stories. She knew what would have happened to her if she didn't do something, but what could she do if not even her mom wanted to do something about it?

She simply opened her eyes. The skinnier she was the better!

At least I have something to focus on.

She told herself as she stepped away from the mirror and got to her clothes.

I need to pay the electric bill.

She told herself as put on her white blouse and black skirt.

I can survive without food...I know I can.

She told herself as she got out of the house and looked the door. She went to the bus stop and sat down on the bench. She pulled out a book, 1984 George Orwell. She already read it once but she liked to read the classical books over and over again.

'Okay, what is this you and Scott dating?' asked Harley once she threw her books next to her in the library. As they landed heavily on the desk it startled her a bit. She was a bit jumpy and she noticed that her heart was beating really fast recently and she wasn't sure why. Or maybe she was. She knew this didn't happen when she was used to be a healthy teen.

'Uhm?'

Mia blinked. How could she possibly know? She literally agreed to yesterday and hasn't spoken with Scott since. She hasn't spoken with anyone since or was it vice versa. She couldn't tell.

'Yeah, we're dating,' she surprised herself how honest it sounded even to herself. She guessed she was just really good at hiding things apparently. She shouldn't really blame people for not seeing she had problems when she was so good at keeping a face. Who was she kidding? She had an eating disorder for almost a year and no one noticed no one who cared enough at least.

'Yeah? And since when? Haven't you like said something about that he wasn't talking to you since he got on the team.'

'We talked!' she quickly burst out which wasn't suspicious at all but okay. 'Not so much at first than we were good and now we're better,' she added a smile, a hell of a tense smile until she remembered something.

You lie ever since you came here and no one not one single person noticed. Just lie.

Harley nodded still a bit suspicious, 'So what you just jumped at each other once he and Argent broke up?'

'Yeah, cause I'm that girl,' she rolled her eyes and looked down at her book, 'I guess I realized that I really like him. I used to like him in freshman, remember?'

'Yeah, but you never did anything and Stiles told you he just liked you as friend. So what he suddenly realized he really likes you?'

'Look, he and Allison broke up I cheered him up and things happened. We weren't dating immediately more like just chilling. I didn't want to tell anyone because it would've looked like I stole him or like we were together while he was still with Allison which isn't true. I didn't want to make a big deal of out if.'

The other girl watched her for a moment before she nodded. She believed her. They always believed her eventually, 'Okay, but let me tell you I am so happy for you guys. Plus at least he's not with Argent anymore I mean seriously her family? Messed up.'

Mia frowned a bit, 'Hey, don't say that. Yeah, what her aunt did was terrible but Allison isn't to blame. You don't pick your family.'

'Jeez, what? You feel bad getting her ex?'

'No, I feel bad for her for being treated like it was her fault what happened at the Hales' house when it wasn't.'

'Okay, fine. Go be with your new boyfriend and bestie, weirdo,' Harley stood up and left.

Mia opened her mouth to stop her but then again she didn't feel like doing it right now. Harley has been acting really mean lately. At first she was just like her and the few others just upset that Scott and Stiles had their own agenda until she started being just… a bitch. She started saying that it was all Allison and Lydia and lacrosse. It was but still! If they were real friends she would let it go and tried harder too.

'Well, that was a bit catfightish,' she looked up to find Stiles a bit uneasy smiling at her.

'Hey, stranger?'

He sighed a bit brushing his head looking a bit guilty, 'Yeah, I know we haven't really been much around each other.'

'Yeah, I just hope that you don't want me to fake date you too cause the three of us dating would have been just a little bit weirder than our general weirdness.'

'First of all I think we could take a bit more than that in the weirdness department. Second it's like a secret,' he said trying to sound as quiet as was Stiles's possible.

Mia gave him a mocking smile and tried to pretend she was him, 'First of all I think enough is enough. Second of all, please, you two don't even know what keeping something to yourself is. Remember you told Scott about the first time you-'

'Okay-okay. Stop, never talking about it again,' he said down putting his bag on the desk, 'Okay, listen you're really amazing for like doing this, and I'm sorry that we haven't been spending much time together.'

She looked down at her book and closed it, 'Yeah, me too.'

'So what's new? How are you? How was life?'

She shrugged her shoulder, 'Same old. But please you should tell me? Lydia as a date to the winter formal? How did that happened?'

He shot her proud smile, 'Ah, Mia, I missed you and I'm glad you asked. So it kind of started when Scott kissed Lydia in the coach office-'

Scott caught her after school as she wanted to walk home.

'Hey, why isn't your mom picking you up anymore?' he asked as they matched their steps.

Mia gave him a tight smile before she continued to walk, 'She hasn't been picking you up for a while.'

'Yeah, I guess she was just busy lately,' she looked in front of her, 'I'm not sure either way. I just started to walk on my own for a while,' she said and he couldn't help but frown. She was lying well maybe not completely but her heart jerked just for a second and she was a little bit nervous when they talk about her mom.

'Look, uhm, I've been needing to ask you if you're okay. I mean you seem kind of sad,' he said putting his hand on her shoulder.

She looked at him and smiled a little bit more.

'Well, I just-'

'Scott!' they heard from behind and saw Stiles feverishly waving at them from the school entrance.

'Uhm-,' started Scott looking more than uneasy about it.

'It's okay,' she gave him a believable fake smile, but he heard her lie anyway.

'We'll catch up later just don't ditch your real girlfriend like this cause you will be left just with the fake one,' she said and started walking, but he stopped her taking her shoulder once more.

'Yeah, we'll talk. I mean it,' he assured her and gently rubbed her shoulder with his thumb.

She nodded. She didn't believe him. She came to him once to talk before, and he never came back to her again so…she really wasn't worried about that.

'Sure, Scott,' she said shrugging her shoulders.

One month ago…

Mia shook like a leaf as she ran toward the house. She didn't want to. She was sure she could do it on her own. Hell, she was so fucking sure but she just came home and-and- she couldn't.

The red haired knocked on the door loudly. She wasn't crying. She was shaking and if someone would have said the wrong thing to her she would surely cry a river on the spot but right now she was not crying just ready to cry.

Mrs. McCall opened. She knew the woman when she was still hanging with Scott and Stiles in freshman year. She would come to the game even if they weren't playing, and she would just sit next to the older woman and chit chat for a bit. Scott's mom was in all honesty the best. She was so cool and nice. Mia often forgot she wasn't a teenager too.

Mia smiled as the dark haired woman did as well, 'Oh, hi, Mia. Haven't seen you in a while,' she said calmly. She was dressed for work so Mia was sure she was just about to leave.

'Hi, Melissa.' (She asked her to call her by her first name ages ago.)

'Uh, is Scott home?'

She nodded, 'Yeah, he's upstairs but listen Allison is up as well so you might want to knock,' she said with a grimace.

Shit.

She wasn't expecting Allison Argent to be here. She really didn't want to talk with Scott when Argent was there or anyone for that matter. She wasn't even sure she wanted to talk about it with Scott. She just-she just….she didn't know what to do anymore. She was sure she had it all figured out. She wouldn't eat she would get skinny. She would forget. She-she….

Mia smiled awkwardly, 'Okay, I will keep that in mind and knock for sure.'

Melissa chuckled and walked out waving at the girl.

She took a deep breath and before she walked up the stairs. The door was closed.

Okay, as if the whole situation was discouraging on its own but what the fucking ever.

She knocked on the door and waited.

'Okay, mom, bye,' she heard and actually felt like leaving.

No, I-I can't leave if I leave I won't tell it to anyone and I-I-will explode…

Mia slowly knocked again and waited.

When Scott finally opened the door he had to double take as he was looking at the girl behind them. He and Mia used to spend quite a lot of time together until recently. The last time he saw her was probably at the Lydia's party when he introduced Allison to her. It was really weird that he didn't realize until now that they haven't spent as much time together as they used to.

'Hey, Mia.'

'Hey, uh, I know Allison is here and you're busy right now but I could really use some talk afterwards?' she asked giving him desperate look hoping he would sense that she really needed him right now.

Scott blinked, 'Is everything okay, Mia?'

'Uh, yeah-no, but it can wait just I-tried to call you but-'

'I lost my phone and got a new one.'

She nodded, 'Right, so later? Stop by my house, I really need-help.'

He nodded several times and she smiled. This is why she instantly showed a liking in Scott McCall.

She didn't even sleep that night. She knew after the two hours of waited that he wouldn't show up, but a part of her...yeah a stupid pathetic and weak part of her believed that maybe he would. Maybe he would and she had to be awake so she would tell him.

The first time he actually approached her was to ask her to fake date him. He didn't even remember she was there that night.

She came home and sat down on her bed. It was quiet. During the first week she was panicking a little bit. Every possible scenario was going through her name. She knew it wouldn't stay forever like this. The house, water, gas, electricity. It had to end somewhere but…She could probably figure out a way to sell it, but she wasn't eighteen. Was the house in her name at least? Was there a paper document or something?

Wouldn't she end up in child protected services? She was a minor. She had no relatives in Beacon Hills so there was no one to call really. Just when her mom left she realized how really alone she was all those years.

It got dark but she didn't turn on the lights.

Sighing she walked to her desk. She did most of her homework in school so she just started at the empty desk for a moment before she got to bed.. She couldn't sleep but hell she felt exhausted.

When her phone buzzed she wanted to do anything then to pick it up but it kept on buzzing and eventually she gave in.

'Hello?'

'Uhm, hi Mia? It's Lucy, is this a bad time?'

Mia sighed. She knew what this was going to be. Lucy Swan used to be her friend back in middle school until she got stupidly pretty and their every day meetings shrank into every once a month when Lucy had Math problem and her parents started bitching about it.

'No. It's fine.' Lie.

'Oh, okay. So I heard your dating the co-captain of the lacrosse team, Scott. Good for you. Hey, I could totally start dating Jackson wouldn't that be cool?' asked Lucy with an over-cheered voice.

Mia almost rolled her eyes. Seriously the friendships in that clink of Lydia's-

Oh, wait you're not talking with Harley and you hadn't spoken with Scott and Stiles for a good few months so. Point taken. Friendships were overrated.

'Yeah, that would have been something. So what's up?'

She heard her sighed dramatically.

'It's math, Mia. It's always math. Do you think you can come over and help me out a bit? Just for an hour or so I would totally make it worth your while.'

She felt like sighed because she knew that by that she mean she would try to give her some of her old clothes and stuff which she wouldn't wear anyway but whatever. Stairs to heaven and what not?

'Sure, but you have to come and pick me up cause mom isn't home yet.'

'Oh, sure no problem I'll be over in a few.'

Good thing about Lucy was that there was no way she would have want to stay over in her house she wouldn't have to be worried about not having anything to offer for her or other guest. She hadn't snooped the house yet to see if she left behind some money and the food had run out. She didn't want to start because if she start than it would mean she really wasn't coming back.

'I can't even say how grateful I am. I'm such an idiot when it comes to math you know that,' said the peroxide blond as she was happily smiling at her finally right answer.

It took about two hours but at least Lucy got it and was honestly pleased with the result.

'So now we can talk,' she said suddenly and jumped at the bed next to Mia touching a piece of her hair and putting it behind her ear, 'I'm not telling you my recipe for weight. I don't have any.'

Lucy rolled her eyes, 'So Scott McCall. Tell me everything.'

'We were friends and now we're more.'

Lucy pounded, 'Details. Ms. Benjamin.'

'I-'

Her phone rang. Thank God.

Scott. Shit.

'Hi, what's up?'

She looked at Lucy who gave her a curious look and leaned closer to listen. 'I need to stay with you for a couple of hours.'

'Okay, I'm with Lucy Swan right now. Do you want me to come over or?'

Pause.

'Scott?'

'I'll pick you up I'm with Stiles. How about that?' he asked and she could clearly hear Stiles's voice despite not knowing what he said.

'Okay. Does he know where Lucy lives?'

'He knows where every Lydia's friend lives.'

'Right,' said Mia forgetting that. Stiles was still obsessed with the girl even when she turned into a town's nutjob.

'See you in a few, bye.'

'Bye.'

Lucy hugged her a bit, 'Awww, so no love you yet? You're right you guys have totally time for that it shouldn't be before about three months of active dating but definitely not longer than eight.'

'Right, so,' she put a few pieces behind her ear again, 'What about Lydia, anyway? I noticed you guys aren't talking to her much.'

Lucy rolled her eyes and dramatically as always lied back down to bed, 'No one in their right mind would talk to Lydia. She totally lost it. I mean the screaming in class. The help and what not. She totally deserve it. She's a mean bitch.'

Mia raised her brow, 'Aren't you all? Isn't that how you become popular?'

'Well… not necessarily but also Lydia is like mess now so who cares. I never liked her that much any way she was always acting like she was something more than the rest for the civilization. Has she ever talked to you?'

Good point.

Lucy blinked, 'Haven't you got a bit skinner than before?' she asked checking Mia out. Lucy was a pretty girl, but since she was so tall she looked always felt like she was fatter than the rest of the girls.

'What's your weight again?'

'99 to 100 pound?' she said looking like she had to think about it. She didn't she had the answer always prepared.

'And that's not anorexia?' asked Lucy checking her hair between her fingers. That word was like a sharp needle pinch to the side for Mia, but she calmed herself down. She used to be afraid of people finding out, but people only saw what they wanted to so.

'Average is like 101 for someone my high so not really,' she said. It was a lie. She never had over 100 and she never would if she could help it.

Mia walked out the house feeling Lucy's eyes one her as she walked to the blue jeep she hasn't ride in since summer. She kind of missed the old thing. Stiles would have killed her if he ever caught her saying it out loud.

'Hey, sooo what's up?' she asked as she got to the back.

'I need to spent some time with you for cover,' Scott explained quickly before he stopped and sniffed a bit.

'What are you doing?' she asked startled looking at him, 'Did you just smell me, Scott?'

Stiles shot him a look and the boy quickly shook his head, 'No, uh, sorry. It wasn't on purpose.'

She blinked at that confused looking from Stiles back to Scott, 'Uh, okay?'

She almost wanted to smell her herself now. Did she smell bad? She took a shower, but maybe Scott could sense something she couldn't. People can't tell how they really smell. Maybe she was sweaty or something.

'So where are we going?' she asked and hoped it wouldn't be somewhere she would have to eat.

'To the arcade,' explained Scott and blinked slowly as he noticed that she was visibly revealed and he couldn't tell why.

'Okay, let's go. I can totally kick your ass like last time.'

Scott shot her a smirk, 'No way, Benjamin.'

He turned back, but he couldn't shake the feeling away. Something was off with the redhead he just wasn't sure what it was. He wondered if it was always like this that they kept things from each other like this. It wasn't like they were as tight as he and Stiles, but they used to be always together. She was shy. Mia didn't like to be around crowds, and she spent as much as she could away from others she didn't know. She was awesome and cute, but easily uncomfortable with others.

When Stiles drove them there the redhead shot him a confused look, 'Aren't you going to stay?'

'Nah, father-son time,' he said with a shrugged, and she couldn't help, but thought there was more to it.

'Oh, okay, say hi to the sheriff from me,' she said with a nod and walked inside.

'Do you want something to eat?' asked Scott as they just finished another round of games. He was winning three to two.

They just said down, and he once again realized that there was anxiety coming from her, but she just gave him a soft smile and shook her head, 'Thanks, but no.'

He frowned and she quickly said, 'Not hungry like at all.'

I'm never hungry.

He smiled a bit, 'You sure? Some fries?' he asked. Something felt off.

She nodded some more, 'Yeah, I'm positive.'

He didn't like that sound of that for some reason. She wasn't lying, but he felt weird when she said it.

'Alright. Drink?'

'Just water,' she said with a smile and Scott frowned, 'Is something the matter?'

'No,' she said quickly, 'I'm just not a fan of junk food.'

Or any food for that matter.

Scott looked at her suspiciously. He didn't like the sound of it at all. It sounded still weird.

He nodded, 'I could maybe ask if they have a salad or an apple,' he said and she chuckled shaking her head, 'No, I'm good trust me, Scott.'

She wasn't lying, but why did he felt so weird when she said that like as if she wasn't telling the truth somehow, but also telling the truth? Maybe it was just him and the up coming full moon.

After a while they waitress brought the food and she asked, 'So how is it that the sweetest boy in Beacon Hills isn't allowed to date Allison Argent? I don't get how could anyone thing your bad influence or whatever.'

He shrugged his shoulders hoping to look casual, 'I don't know. I guess I look suspicious and as if I would cause trouble I don't know. They just don't like me. It's partly because of what happened in the school that one time. The animal attack?'

Mia frowned before her eyes widened, 'That was you?'

He nodded a bit unsure, 'I guess we haven't spoke for a while. A few things happened.'

She looked away briefly, 'Yeah, a few. So what happened? Was it really an animal?'

Even if it wasn't right and he had an odd taste in his mouth he lied and told her the story about how and animal got to the school and attacked the janitor since they couldn't use Derek who was later found innocent.

After a while they went to play a few games until she beat him and as a victory gift wanted to play on the dancing machine

'No! Not that one. I suck at that one and you know it!' said Scott as Mia grabbed his wrist and dragged him to it, 'Come on. One song, and I swear I won't ever force you again.'

'No, you know, I'm a terrible dancer.'

'No, you're not.'

'Well, you obviously didn't saw me at the formal.'

'I didn't go to the formal,' she said while dragging him.

He stopped suddenly completely and she was surprised how strong he was if he wanted to be, 'Why didn't you go?' he asked, and she shrugged her shoulders, 'Harley went with a boyfriend and I didn't want to be a third wheel so...'

'You could have gone with me,' he said and she gave him a look, 'We just haven't talk then that much. It's not a big deal. Besides I heard you got together with Allison on the formal, wasn't it true?' she asked and Scott nodded, but still didn't feel okay about her not going. He was kind of a shitty friend the past two months.

'I'm sorry, I should have asked you,' he said and Mia chuckled shaking her head to get that sad look off his face, 'No, Scott, come on, it's fine. I wouldn't even have a dress and I don't like crowds and seriously if you all were with girls and guy I wouldn't feel alright.'

He sighed before he nodded at her and she got to the machine, 'Come on, as a sorry gift.'

He smirked at her and jumped next to her, 'If everyone laughs at me I will personally kill you, Mia.'

She chuckled, 'Then you will laugh with them. Okay, let's see. What song do we want?'

'Our song?' asked Scott and the redhead nodded, 'Yeah, our fake dating song.'

She went through the list with a smile on her face and Scott felt reveal. Whatever was the strange sadness from earlier or the weird behavior during the order was gone. She was just Mia Benjamin like always, 'Mama Mia.'

Scott laughed, 'No. Anything, but that. Mia that's so dumb.'

It was the best evening in a while. He had so much fun. Everything was going to hell with the hunters, but this made him feel normal for a bit. He felt bad that he couldn't be doing these things with Allison, but having Mia joke around and laugh and making him laugh was oddly worth it.

He smiled at her and she looked at him confused, 'What?'

He shook his head, 'Just thanks. For the favor and today. I don't think I had this much fun in a while. It feels good.'

She smiled as well, 'Well, yeah, me too honestly. I haven't really felt this careless teen for a very long time.'

He smiled and saw how she got Goosebumps, 'Oh, here.' He handed her his jacket and she chuckled, 'Okay, but if I take this who will I have to pretend to be next? Your sister? Mom?'

'Daughter,' he said and they chuckled as she put it on. She was so skinny it was hanging on her. Scott blinked, 'I know this is sort of a taboo to ask, but you're really skinny, Mia, how much to weight?'

'More than you think,' she said and turned around walking away from him. He blinked and followed her, 'How much more?'

She gave him a look and continued to walk. Something definitely felt weird about her.