Chapter 4: Magic Bullet
Lydia POV
I walked next to Allison and we talked as we went down the hallway. "What are you doing later?" I asked her and she smiled.
"Scott's coming over tonight." She said
"Scott's coming over, tonight?" I asked her with an eyebrow raised.
"We're just studying together." She said
"'Just studying' never ends with just studying it's like getting into a hot tube. Somebody eventually cops a feel." I explained as I started up the steps.
"Well so what are you saying?" she asked me as she started up the steps as well.
"I'm just saying, you know, make sure he covers up." I said and she looked confused and I couldn't help but laugh, "Hello Snow White, I'm talking about a condom."
She laughed, "Uh are you kidding? After one date?"
It was my turn to laugh, "Don't be a total prude. Give him a little taste." I said I tapped her jacket that was hanging on her arm.
"Well I-I mean how much is a little taste?" she asked
"Oh god, you really like him don't you?" I asked
"Well I'm mean he's just different. When I first moved here, I had a plan. No boyfriends till college I just move too much but then I met him and he was different." She said "I-I don't know I can't explain it."
"I can, your brain finally found out what 'life' means." I said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
"What?" she asked with a laugh.
I looked up and put my hands together, pointing my pointer fingers at her like a gun, "I'll tell you what to do." I said "When's he coming over?"
"Right after school." She said
"Huh." I said then the bell rang signaling the end of school. "Give him a nice healthy dose of Ally love but not too much to get him all riled up. I gotta go, but tell me about it later and tell your Aunt Kate I can't wait to meet her." I said as I walked away.
"Ok bye Lyd." She called
"Bye Ally!" I hollered before going outside and I walked over to Jackson who was waiting and kissed him on the lips before slipping into the passenger's seat. He pulled out into the lane to leave the school when we got trapped in a line of backed up cars. We waited a minute before Jackson started honking along with some other cars. "What's going on?" I asked then Jackson got out trying to see what was going on. After Stiles' Jeep- who had been holding up the line- left Jackson stood outside of his car a moment later before getting in and drove off towards my house. "Did you see anything?" I asked him
"I saw McCall with some dude in black." He said angrily like he had some personal vendetta against the man in black.
"Derek Hale?" I asked him curiously as I looked at him.
"What's he look like?" Jackson asked me as he stopped at a red light.
"Um he's tall probably like 6 foot or over, green eyes, jet black hair, wears a black leather jacket, dark clothes mostly sorta tan, looks like he could kick your ass at any second." I said as he got a strange look on his face.
"That's the ass-wipe I saw earlier he was looking for McCall." He said
"And…" I asked, knowing there was more to the story.
"I wanted to know what he was selling McCall." He said bluntly.
"Selling McCall?" I asked then realized, "You think Scott doing steroids?!" I screeched.
"Lydia there's no way McCall's that good without a chemical boost." He said to me and I calmed myself down.
"Ok and…" I asked
"He walked off and said he'd find him himself." Jackson said and I knew something wasn't right but I let it slide due to the fact that I was really bored of this conversation.
"Oh, ok." I said not really having anything else to say. We pulled up to my house quickly and I smiled at him even though I could tell something was starting to be off between us again. I leant over to him and kissed him on the lips, "Don't stress, it'll give you wrinkles." I said to him as I opened the car door and stepped out. The moment the car door shut he was speeding out of the driveway.
I sighed heavily and walked up my steps, slinging the door open. I walked upstairs and walked to my room and grabbed my laptop. I sat on my bed and opened up my laptop and pulled up Google. I typed in 'Hale House Fire' and waited for the computer to pull up the results. Seconds later the results were and I began looking at the different links. I clicked on one to see a clip of a report on the fire. I scanned over a bit of the text.
'The Hale House Fire occurred at the Hale Residence and was estimated to start at 7:15 and was reported when a group of joggers saw smoke coming over the top of the trees and called local authorities. When firemen arrived they found eight family members deceased. There appears to have been an electrical malfunction and it has been presumed that the malfunction somehow sparked and when it hit the gas lines that went to their oven it exploded demolishing the better part of the back side of the house and left the remained of the house charred and destroyed. After finding the remnants of the once grand house a week ago the news was broke to teenage siblings Laura and Derek Hale who have been coping with the extreme loss of their family.'
After finishing the last sentence I searched for an article publication date. I found one at the top next to the author's name and it had been published on October 12, 2005. I was shocked to find out that only Derek and Laura had survived. I clicked off the link and was shocked to find an underground blog and the title read 'Hale House Fire: Arson Conspiracy!' When I clicked on the link I found the same information I had found on the Beacon Hills Online New website except for one little part.
'While the official cause of the fire has been deemed as an electrical malfunction several officers in the Beacon Hills Police Department along with the Fire Department have noted that there is suspected arson against the Hale Family due to gas drenching different parts of the exterior of the house but has not been confirmed due to no other evidence has been found. Also it seemed that the family had been trapped in the basement of the house by the fact that every body of the family had been found in the basement of the home. The names of the deceased have not been released at this time.'
I checked the date of the article and found it date October 19, 2005. So the fire happened two weeks before the article was published. I feel so horrible for Derek and Laura. They were only teenagers, not even adults but they were thrust into adulthood and had to mourn the loss of just about their whole family. No wonder Derek had that aura of ominous pain he lost so many family members only to come back to Beacon Hills to find that his sister had been murdered and cut in half, then to be assumed that he was the one that had murdered her.
I wanted to cry at how horrible it was. He has the weight of his family being possibly murdered and his sister being actually murdered and my biggest problem is if Jackson still likes me, Mmkay I feel like a bitch now. I closed out of the tab and shut the laptop. My mind was trying so very hard to process all the chaos that had happened to the undeserving family and it's given me a headache. Suddenly my phone buzzed and I saw a text from Allison.
My GOD, this is going HORRIBLE my Aunt Kate had Scott stay for dinner and it's a total train wreck! –A
Girl get a grip put on your game face and rock it, you can handle it. Outwit your family at their own game girl! –L
I sent the text message and I prayed that it eased her obviously fried nerves. I decided that I couldn't even handle being awake at the moment so I dragged myself off my bed and climbed into the shower letting the incredibly hot water pour over me as I tried to wash away the horrible feeling that something was incredibly wrong.
The water scolded my skin as I scrubbed myself down trying to scrub off, something, I don't even know maybe I was trying to wash away the feeling of wrongness that lurked. I turned around to let the water hit my back and I bit back a scream as my hand flung to my left forearm in pain. I closed my eyes as I squeezed my hand around my forearm begging the pain to stop. Forcing my eyes open I looked down at my forearm prepared to see something horrible but there was nothing, my arm looked completely normal. "What?" I whispered to myself.
I sighed as the pain faded and stepped out of the shower. Once I had my clothes on and I dried my hair I walked out into my bedroom and looked around that feeling of wrongness still lurking around and I fought the urge once more to scream, what the hell is wrong with me?
Lying in the bed I stared up at the ceiling in the dark and prayed for sleep. I forced my eyes closed and when I did a pair of electric blue eyes flashed in my mind before fading away. I kept my eyes closed even as the strange eyes flashed once more and they seemed to be in pain. Slowly after what felt like hours, I fell into a fitful sleep.
I woke up the next day and was grateful for the weekend. After taking a shower I threw my strawberry blonde hair up into a high messy bun and slipped on a purple pleated skirt, a black shirt sleeved t-shirt, a pair of black heels, and a grey pea coat. After I put on my makeup I grabbed my cell phone and dialed Allison's number. "Hello?" she asked me
"Hey Ally-cat what's up?" I asked her
"Nothing much I'm still kinda in trouble for last night." She said
"What did you do, I thought you were daddy's little girl?" I asked her
"Well I kinda had a condom on me." She said and I laughed
"Nice, well I'm coming over to meet Kate so I'm pretty sure that'll distract them from being mad at you." I said as I walked outside, purse and keys in hand.
"I don't think that's a good idea." She said wearily
"Well oh well because I'm already on my way so I'll see you in a minute." I said as I hung up on her before she could object. I drove to the radio and pulled up Allison's awesome house within a few minutes and pulled in the drive to see an unfamiliar green car. I strutted up to the door and rang the doorbell. Seconds later the door opened revealing Mr. Argent, "Hey Mr. Argent Allison told me that her Aunt Kate was here, I kinda wanted to meet her, can I come in?" I asked sweetly.
"Well…." He trailed off,
"Ahh let the girl come in if she wants to meet me I sure want to meet her." A beautiful woman who was obviously Kate said as she appeared in the doorway. She wore a pair of form fitting black skinny jeans, a red long sleeved shirt, and a pair of blood red heels. "You must be Lydia, Allison's told me about you, come in come in." she said as she pulled me in and pulled me into a hug. "I'm Kate, why don't you go get Allison and we can go out and have some real fun." She said with a brilliant smile.
"Kate," he warned
"Chris hush I'm taking them out, the end. Now Lydia go ahead and go on up she should be ready by now." Kate said as she gently nudged me towards the stairs.
I beamed at her, "Ok Kate, nice seeing Mr. Argent, I'll be getting Allison now." I said before turning and lightly jogging up the steps and I heard Kate laughing at Mr. Argent and calling him over-protective. "Allison!" I cheered as I stepped into the bedroom and saw her looking in her mirror as she fluffed her curly hair. Allison had on a pair of blue skinny jeans, a light green shirt, a dark grey hoodie, and a pair of black boots. "You look good and I totally love your Aunt Kate." I said with a smile
"I love her too but I'm still like super embarrassed." Allison said
"Embarrassed over what, getting caught with a condom?" I asked and she blushed furiously and nodded, "How did you get caught with a condom, you weren't actually…" I trailed off and I watched her blush an even deeper shade of red that I hadn't thought was humanly possible.
"I um I uh I don't want to talk about it." She stuttered heavily over her words and she looked down at her shiny boots.
"Um if you uh don't want to talk about it uh I like uh soo want to." I said as I mocked her with a smile as I strutted over to her, "Tell. Me. Like. Now." I said with a smirk.
"Lydia…" she whined.
"Oh ok fine." I said and she perked up and looked at me with wide eyes and I smirked wolfishly, "I'll just ask Kate." I said as I turned and rushed towards the door to which she ran in front of me and slammed the door shut and pressed herself against it, breathing heavily.
"Lydia," she huffed, "No."
"Then tell me." I said simply
"No,"
"Tell me."
"No."
"Allison Argent tell me this instant or I'll call for Kate and let her kick this door and your ass, down." I said seriously and her eyes grew into saucers.
"You wouldn't." she said breathlessly.
"Oh, oh but I would." I said with a smirk and started to back away from her and the door, "Ooh Ka-" Allison's hand flew over my mouth in a flash and the next thing I knew she was tackling me and we fell onto the bed. "Oh my god, I know like twenty boys who would pay good money to see us like this." I said laughing as I noted our legs tangled together and her on top of me.
"Lydia." She groaned but couldn't stop herself from laughing as she rolled off me and sat on the bed. "It's really; really sad that I know you're right though."
"Of course I'm right I'm like right 90 percent of the time." I said "So are you gonna tell me what happened now?" I asked her with an interested look.
"Fine, fine, fine I give up I'll tell you." She said with a loud huff.
"Yes!" I cheered loudly
"Hush," she scolded then blushed once more, "Ok soo Scott was leaving when Kate came up and started asking for what he took because her bag was closed and then Scott used the bathroom in the guestroom and then it was opened so when he denied having anything she asked him to show us what was in his pockets and so I just panicked so I told them it wasn't Scott in the bag." She rushed through and I honestly think she managed to say it all in one breath.
"Ok and then?" I asked
"And I said it was me and then pulled the condom out of my pocket and held it up." She said and blushed, again.
"Ok what's so bad? It was just Scott and your Aunt Kate." I said and she shook her head.
"It wasn't?" I asked
"My dad was standing beside Kate."
"Oh My God," I said "At least it wasn't your mother."
"Thank god, I would have been grounded for a year." She said
"So are you grounded?" I asked
"No he's just mad, Kate thinks it's funny as shit." She said
"I do think it's funny as shit now let's go before daddy protective puts us all on lockdown." Kate said as she walked in with a smirk.
"I am officially impressed, you snuck up on us. In those killer heels." I said with an impressed smile which she smiled back too.
"Come on girls lets go, I want to go shopping." Kate said and I couldn't stop my squeal.
"I. Freaking. Love. You." I said as I beamed at her and scrambled off the bed and linked arms with her. "Come on Ally come on Ally let's go let's go let's go!" I cheered and I practically bounced up and down excitedly.
"You heard her up and let's go." Kate said as Allison got up and we all walked down the stairs with my arm still wrapped through Kate's. "Chris we're leaving." She called out
"Fine." I heard him say but it sounded like he was just grumbling loudly.
"Sour sport!" she hollered back "Don't worry I get you a new pair of socks!" she laughed
"Socks?" Allison asked with an amused smile as we slipped into Kate's cute green car with me in the passenger's seat and Allison in the back.
"Well I'm not getting him anything nice, that's for holidays." Kate said simply and I laughed, "You would do the same thing wouldn't you?" she asked me smiling.
"Yes especially if I were doing that to my brother." I said
"That you don't have." Allison mentioned and I nodded
"That I don't have." I confirmed.
"Do you have a sister?" Kate asked me
"No, well unless you want to count Allison." I said
"So you seem like the type of girl that's popular." Kate commented
"Oh she is, she's like the most popular girl in school. I still don't know why she befriended me on the first day when barely anyone had talked to me." Allison said
"Besides Scott, and I told you I thought your jacket was just absolutely killer." I said simply "And I'm glad I did you're just too awesome not to be your friend." I told her.
"Thanks Lydia, you really are a good friend." Allison said smiling
"Aww total girl moment I love it, should we take a picture?" Kate asked in an overly Cali girl voice.
"Oh my god that would be like totes awesome." I played along raising my voice to the stenotype as we pulled up to a red light.
"Like yeah, come on selfie!" Allison said as she held out her phone and we leaned towards one another and she snapped the picture. "Facebook!" she cheered in complete Cali girl fashion.
"Oh wow, I honestly don't think I've ever met any true Cali girl, like that." I said with a roll of my eyes as I heard Allison tapping away on her cell phone. After we had sung our hearts out to songs on the radio while laughing the entire time we pulled up to the mall.
"Ladies, let's roll." Kate said and we filed out of the car.
"Shopping!" I hollered as I grabbed them by the arms and pulled them behind me and I laughed as I felt Allison resisting, "The more you resist, the more I pull!" I yelled "Charge!" and I broke into a run.
As we walked out of the mall I noticed that I was getting dark, "Now that ladies is how you shop till you drop." I said as I nudged Allison who looked like she could just fall and go comatose any second now.
"How do you do this in heels?" Allison's voice rose like two octaves at the end and I laughed heartily.
"Oh Allison it took me years and years and years of practice." I said with a pat to her shoulder and she groaned,
"Never again, ever, never ever, ever, EVER!" She said as she looked at me very seriously.
"You say that now but I bet you just about anything that Lydia will have in that mall again by the end of the month." Kate said and I leaned towards her but spoke normally
"You'll soo win that bet." I said to her with a smile which she returned and we walked back over to her green car. She popped open the trunk and we dumped are arm loads of bags in the trunk. "Aw darn." I said
"What?" Allison asked
"We forgot to get those blasted socks." I said with a sigh as I tried to stop my laugh but once Kate began to laugh I couldn't help myself and Allison joined in.
"He'll live." Kate said as we climbed in the car. As we drove Kate glanced at me, "So lovely Lydia, will you be joining us for dinner?" she asked me
"Sure I'd love to." I said happily,
"Now maybe this won't be as catastrophic and traumatizing as Scott's dinner." Allison said
"God willing." I laughed and quickly enough we we're back at the house. "Here let me put my bags in my car while you girls go put yours inside." I said as we got out. They nodded and we all got our bags and took them to our respective places when I got a text.
Hey sexy, can I come over? ;) – J
You could but I'm not there. –L
Why not? :( -J
I'm with Ally, you can live without me for one night. –L
After I sent the last text I turned the ringer off and put my phone in my pocket then shut the trunk. "Lyd you coming?" Allison called from the doorway.
"Coming!" I yelled back and jogged up her steps and took her by the hand and pulled her into the house.
"Girl's foods ready!" Mr. Argent called from the dining room.
We walked in and saw everyone sitting at the table, "Lydia, glad you could stay for dinner." Mrs. Argent said as she smiled a smile that made me cringe internally.
"Thank you for having me." I said politely as I sat next Allison.
"So what's for dinner?" Allison asked
"Mash Potatoes, meatloaf, rolls, and green beans." Mrs. Argent said as she picked up the mash potatoes, Kate picked up the rolls, Mr. Argent picked up the green beans, and Allison picked up the meatloaf. One by one we got what we wanted of each thing, a food always going around the table until we all had some of each and we sat eating our food.
"So Lydia, Allison tells me that you're very brilliant." Mr. Argent commented casually,
"She is, she has the highest GPA in our grade although she doesn't like to show it." Allison said
"Why not?" Mr. Argent asked
"Well if I acted smart all the time people would look at me different, everyone just assumes that since I'm extremely popular I'm ditzy, so I just go with it." I said offhandedly.
"Well don't you want them to see the real you?" Mrs. Argent asked
"Victoria please she'd get out casted I think she's even more brilliant for doing it." Kate said smiling "Because now she has a secret weapon and when it's time, she'll just blow their brains out." She said approvingly.
"Thanks." I said shyly
"No problem." She said and we ate a little while in silence. "So Lydia do you have a boyfriend?" she asked me
"Um yeah, Jackson Whittemore," I started
"The big lawyer's son?" she asked me
"Yeah,"
"I heard he's cute." She smiled and I laughed
"Yeah he is but he's also the captain of the lacrosse team and we've won the championship games for the last three years." I said and they smiled,
"Impressive," Mrs. Argent said.
"Very." Chris said
"Yeah I guess it is." I said smiling proudly and before I knew it we had finished eating. "Well I suppose I should get going." I said as I walked towards the door.
"Well it was nice meeting you Lydia, we soo have to hang out again, sometime soon." Kate said and I beamed.
"Yeah totally I would love to, bye Ally." I said as I hugged my best friend.
"Bye, text me later." She said as we pulled apart
"Of course, bye Mr. Argent." I said as I waved to the older man.
"Bye Lydia, it was a pleasure seeing you." He said and I nodded
"You two, bye guys." I said and I stepped out and shut the door behind me. Skipping to my car I glanced back at the house to see Allison watching me from inside as she stood at the window. I waved to her before getting in the car. As I drove off towards my house I could have sworn I saw a pair of electric blue eyes shining out from the darkness of the wooded area and I mean it had to have just been me being tired, right?
AN: Heyy I am soo so so sorry please don't kill me for not updating. My life's been kinda hectic and busy and I'm soo sorry but here's this chapter I hope you liked it and please review because I live on reviews.
Hugs and Kisses - Madame Magic
