"Erica, what the hell is your problem?" Lydia asked downstairs.

"I don't have a problem, it's Stiles with the problem." Standing her ground, she stared at the banshee.

"Watch your mouth, before you end up with a sword to your throat and 1000 volts electricity in your body." Kira threatened.

The werewolf huffed and sat on the couch with her arms folded angrily across her chest, Boyd immediately went to his girlfriend's side and comforted her. He inwardly agreed that sometimes Erica got a little out of control, but he would never tell her that. That's what he liked about her, she questioned authority instead of just sitting there and letting people tell her what to do, she was a little vixen werewolf whose bark was just as bad as her bite.

The two sat on the couch while everyone stood around waiting for the two to come from upstairs. Kira, Lydia, and Mason were in the kitchen talking in hushed whispers about what was going on, Jackson played on his phone, Isaac was joking around with Danny, and Scott being back in his best friend's house looked at all the pictures that the Stilinski's had around the living room. He stopped at one that was a picture of him and Stiles on their freshmen year of high school.

The boys stood shoulder to shoulder with big smiles on their faces, Scott had his arm around Stiles as the tall lanky boy had his arms around Scott's waist. He remembers this day like it happened yesterday, he begged his mom to stay the night at his best friends' house, promising that they'd go to bed at a decent time (which they hadn't). The next morning John came in to see his sons' room covered in pizza boxes, empty chip bags, soda can thrown around the room, but Scott and Stiles were peacefully wrapped in a blanket sleeping close to each other.

Scott sighed running his hand over the frame, he had missed those moments. He should never have let Stiles go that night, he should've been a better alpha, a better friend, a better brother. It was in the past now though and all he could do was set his eyes to the future and hope that he would be forgiven.

A hand on his shoulder brought him out of his thoughts, Kira stood behind her with a small smile on her lips.

"It'll be okay, he'll forgive you." She said kissing his cheek.

Scott lightly touched his fingers to her cheek taking in all her features. Kira was there for him when he was at his lowest, when Allison had died she had been right as his side letting him cry into her shoulder. She laid in his bed running her fingers through his hair when he would have nightmares about the huntress. He didn't deserve someone as wonderful as her at his side. Closing his eyes, he rested his forehead against hers, taking her warmth and her love. "I want everything to go back to how it used to be Kira, I want Stiles by my side chattering away about something he heard or something he learned. I want him to sneak into my room when he has nightmares and has nowhere to turn, Stiles is a part of me and I should've never pushed him away. Why am I so stupid?"

"You're not stupid Scott, you did what you felt was right for not just him, but everyone. That's why you're the alpha, a true alpha, you care about everyone and always put yourself last. He loves you, you guys are brothers, he'll forgive you."

Scott nodded his head weakly, opening his eyes he looked into Kira's, their eyes flashed at the same time and he pressed a soft kiss to her lips. "I love you."

"I love you too."

They separated as Kira went back to talk to Lydia, Liam came to stand next to his alpha.

"How come you never told me about him?" the beta questioned.

"There was a lot to tell and I always hoped he would come back for you to meet him, but the way he is now isn't the Stiles I remember." Scott shrugged.

"Well people change all the time and he just changed. He'll always be the Stiles you know and love, he's just grown up. We all grow up eventually whether we like it or not."

Scott nodded his head in understanding wondering when his beta got such a clear mind when only yesterday he was freaking out about a test he had to take. People grow up without you even realizing it.

He was broken out of his thoughts when he could hear Stiles and Derek come down the stairs laughing about something. The alpha looked at his best friend and his old mentor with warm eyes, he saw the way Stiles looked at Derek. The love between them was real and he had realized that pushing the young man away from the wolf was the biggest mistake that he could make. You can't separate love.

"Well, I feel better now." Stiles said. He turned to Erica with a smile on his face, "I'm sorry Erica."

That seemed to have caught her in surprise because her eyes widened. She stuttered before forgiving him and offering her own apology as well. All seemed to be forgiven between them.

"Stiles." Scott said quietly getting the boy and everyone else's' attention. He swallowed the lump in his throat and looked to Kira for a sense of encouragement. The dark-haired girl shook her head with her eyes saying: talk to him! "I need to talk to you, in private."

"Sure Scotty, let's go for a walk." He leads him towards the back door.

The two exited the house and started to walk into the woods. They walked in silence for a moment, with Scott taking in all the sights and smells, Stiles touched every tree he passed and that seemed to give his skin a healthier glow.

"So…how was Poland?" The alpha wolf asked awkwardly shoving his hands in his pockets.

"It was…uh, it was nice, I mean I got see both sides of the family that live there. I'm fluent in Polish now." He scratched the back of his neck.

"That's cool, like really. I struggle with Spanish, talking to my grandma is a literal nightmare, I catch maybe one or two things she says, my dad has to translate."

They both huffed a laugh at that but immediately fell back into the awkward silence. The only sound being their sneakers stepping on dead leaves and twigs.

"When did you get close with your dad again?" Stiles asked stilling his steps.

"After you left, my mom started taking more shifts and I needed someone to talk to who had some life experience. It was hard for me when you left, I…I felt something between us snap." Scott hung his head in embarrassment. "When I went to your house two days later, I climbed up to your window, but you were gone and when I asked your dad where you went he just said you went away for a while."

"It was, awhile wasn't it?"

"Yeah, after that I bit Liam, he joined the pack along with Mason. Even though the pack grew, it felt so empty without you man, you were the glue that held us together, but more importantly, you are my best friend. You're the brother I always wanted Stiles and I'm so so sorry for pushing you away like that, I want things to go back to how they were before." He felt warm tears flow down his cheeks.

"Scott I…" Stiles started.

"Wait, I'm not finished. Stiles, you have no idea how much it hurt me to know that you left without saying goodbye. I didn't mean to push you away, I was doing what I thought was best for you and everyone else, that night I when I saw you crying over Derek, I realized that could've been you. How would I explain that your dad, when the thing that did that is still out there. I didn't want you to be another Allison. I wouldn't be able to handle losing you like I lost her because I know you wouldn't have taken the bite and you would've just let yourself die. Stiles…I can't live knowing that I couldn't protect you."

Scott sniffled and furiously rubbed his eyes, Stiles stood looking at his feet not sure what to say to his friend. One on hand he was really hurt on Scott did to him, but he can see why it was done in the first place, on the other hand, he was furious that he was cast aside for his "protection."

"Scott…I, it's going to take me awhile to fully forgive you. You'll always be my best friend, but what you did really hurt me. I…Derek was hurt and it was my fault and you wouldn't let me near him, I needed to be next to him. I caused him a lot of pain and I wanted to help. In that moment, I felt like such a burden and that someone else I cared about was going to die because of me. I didn't want to be a burden Scott, not again."

Scott wrapped Stiles up in his arms as both boys cried into each other's shoulders releasing all the pain, anger, sadness, and loss they felt.

"Do you think they're okay?" Derek was pacing back and forth.

"They're fine Derek, Scott's an alpha and Stiles...well he's something." Lydia rolled her eyes.

"I know, but with the way he's been lately I'm worried about him."

"Derek it's best to just relax, if something had happened we'd have known by now," Kira said resting a hand on his shoulder.

The wolf relaxed under her touched and sat down at the kitchen table, putting his head against the cool wood, to calm himself down. Hearing the back door open he perked up as soon as Stiles stepped foot in the door, Derek was wrapping him up in his arms.

"Hello to you too sourwolf." The young boy said hugging him back.

"You were crying, why?" Pulling back, he looked at his face.

"We just had a heart to heart chat, that's it."

Derek nodded placing a small kiss on Stiles' forehead. Behind him, he could hear the girls squeal in excitement and Boyd telling Jackson to pay up. Both men laughed at their packs' reactions, but couldn't care less, because they were in each other's arms.

"Now that everyone's back what are we going to do about this nogitsune situation?" Mason asked.

Damn it, Mason.

-TBC-