Allison and Lydia entered the cafeteria and made their way to a table where Stiles and Scott sat with two of their friends. "You know I'm trying really, really hard to be gentile on this whole, best friend-emissary/werewolf dating thing, but eating lunch with a table full of them is a stretch Lyd." Allison stopped walking. Lydia faced her friend and rolled her eyes, "It is really not a big deal, okay? I know you guys hunt them, but werewolves aren't that bad." Lydia turned around and headed towards the table again, sitting down beside Stiles.
"Hey!" Scott quickly stood up and offered Allison his seat next to Lydia. "Here, here you can have mine. I'll move." The other two boys at the table gave each other a amused look before the pale, skinny boy introduced them. "Hi, I'm Isaac," he gave Allison a smile that, if she hadn't known he was a wolf, could have almost made her heart flutter. This one really is cute. "And this black beauty right here is his boyfriend, Vernon," Stiles announced as he stood up to throw his food away. "Just call me Boyd, everyone does. And I'm not his boyfriend." Boyd stood up and waved for a girl who was entering the room. "I'm hers." Boyd put an arm around the girl and gave her a kiss. The girl stood around 5'5" and had jet black hair. Her skin was a beautiful caramel color and she had dark brown eyes. "Hi, I'm Braeden. You are?" The rest of the kids had started eating and talking to each other as Braeden sat down across from Allison. "Allison. Are you..?" She nodded towards Scott and Stiles. "A werewolf?" The girl laughed. "Yeah.." Allison said timidly. I don't think I can meet anymore wolves today. "No," the girl laughed again, "I'm an emissary, like Lydia." "Except Braeden is more into the ass kicking side of things. I'm an intellect," Lydia said with a smug smile.
"Hey, uh, Allison?" Scott leaned in to the girl. "Do you know Kali or something?" "No, not really, why?" "She hasn't taken her eyes off of you since you came in.." "Huh?" Allison turned to face the direction Scott was looking and saw the same barefooted girl as before, with the same piercing eyes and snarling expression, and the bald, powerhouse Ennis attached to her hip. "Crap." I really hope she doesn't do anything. Please, please don't do anything. Just, not right now. Not in here. "She looks pretty heated." Isaac said in between bites of the veggie burger he stole from Lydia's plate. "What'd you do to her?" He pointed to Kali with his sandwich, spilling some of its contents onto a now very, very irritated Boyd. "I didn't do anything.. I tripped over her bag a couple days ago at registration. I mean, I don't even know her. She knew me though, so I guess my family killed some of her dogs." Allison's face turned bright red. Crap. She turned away from Kali and Ennis to face the rest of the table. Lydia and Braeden both seemed worried about what was going to happen next, Stiles could sense the tension and laughed it off. "You know, if you're gonna insult us, at least try and be original Ms. Argent." The rest of the table, except for Allison who was still concerned about her comment, remained expressionless. "I'm sorry. I promise I'm trying, guys.." "No worries. Stiles smells like a dog anyways," Scott smiled. Scott took a chance and reached for Allison's hand resting on the seat next to him and gave it a reassuring squeeze, receiving a small smile in turn.
"Regardless of your family's history with Kali, she seems determined to make it personal between the two of you," Lydia said in a matter-of-fact way. "Uh oh," Lydia's eyes widened as she saw the approaching teen, "something wicked this way comes." Lydia turned to face her food as Kali began to make her way to Allison's table. Allison's jaw visibly tensed and Scott could hear her heartbeat rising. "Don't worry, we'll protect you," he said, never taking his eyes off of Kali. Allison was at first repulsed by the idea of needing a werewolf, or anyone for that matter, to protect her. But after seeing Ennis get up and follow Kali, she didn't think having some extra help would be all too bad. "Argent!" Kali shouted from across the room, causing other students to turn and stare at the encounter. "I've got-" Suddenly a girl with long blond curls wearing a leather jacket and heels stepped between Kali and Allison. The encounter was brief, but the blond knocked into Kali with enough force to cause her to stumble and fall over an extended foot of an unknowing bystander.
The blond stopped only for a moment to laugh at Kali's fall before giving Allison a wink and continuing on to the exit at the other end of the room with Cora. "What..the holy hell..was that?" Lydia asked as the rest of the cafeteria watched Ennis try to contain a severely angered Kali. "That," he paused to smile, "was Erica," announced Derek as he passed the table. Lydia scoffed as the words left his mouth. Turning back to her friends she noticed that they were all still staring in the direction Erica had gone. "She is not that special," she said with a clear, jealousy tinged voice. "You have to admit, Erica looks pretty good." Lydia shot a glare at her boyfriend. "The word sensational comes to mind."
"I told you everyone would love it!" Cora exclaimed to her roommate. "You don't think the skirt's too much?" Erica asked timidly as she pulled at the hem of her black mini skirt. "No way, you look gorgeous. You need to own it." "I agree." Derek exited the school and joined the girls at the otherwise empty picnic table. "You look great," Derek smiled, before slipping on shades and getting into his car. Erica wasn't sure why, but her faced turned a light shade of pink and her heartbeat seemed to have increased some. As she watched Derek drive away, she couldn't help but to feel a little sad he didn't stay and talk to her. "Oh god. You do not like my brother?" Cora's tone, curious, disgusted, and loud, snapped Erica out of her trance-like stare. "What? No. No not at all." Cora just laughed at Erica's stuttering and forced her off to their next class.
