As Ethan neared the back of the school where Russell and his followers hung out he felt a hand grab his shoulder and turned around to find Stiles staring at him. "What Stiles?"
"What the hell are you doing?" Stiles says letting go of his arm.
"What the hell do you think I'm doing?" Ethan yelled. "I'm going to murder those dicks for what they did to Danny." He went to leave again but Stiles once again grabbed his arm. "Stiles-" He starts.
"You putting someone in the hospital isn't going to change anything that happened a few days ago." Stiles says. "All you're going to is make this worse for you and Danny because when he finds out trust he's going to be pissed."
"So what the hell am I suppose to do!" Ethan yelled. "Let them get away with what they did?"
"They'll get what they got coming to them but what you need to do is let it go." Stiles says. "Alright, just put it behind you and be there for Danny, that's all that matters." He suddenly took a few steps back when he heard a low growl come from Ethan's mouth "Seriously dude, are you trying to clue in the whole school on what you are?"
Ethan could hear Russell and his friends talking and knew he wasn't far from them. He could hear Danny's name being mentioned a few times, followed by the word faggot and he clutched his fist so hard that his claws dug into the plan of his hands and soon they were bleeding. However he didn't notice until Stiles grabbed his fist and told him to relax. Opening his hands he started to wipe the blood on his shirt but he stopped himself. "Alright Stiles I'll do it your way but if I even hear him whisper the word fag I'm going to beat the shit out of him.' He walked away, leaving Stiles on the side of the school. He didn't make far before he felt that something was wrong and went running back to where he left Stiles. When he saw Stiles on the ground with Russell hovering over him his rage came flooding back and he walked right up to him and punched him in the face. "Get the fuck out of here before I send you too the hospital!" He watched as the group scurried off before holding out his hand to Stiles. "Are you alright?" He then noticed that Stiles was bleeding.
"Yeah." Once Stiles was up he wiped the dirt off his pants. "What made you come back?"
"Bad feeling." Replied Ethan. "Come on, let's get out of here." He walked Stiles back to his class before going to his own, ignoring the teacher who asked him why he was so late.
Lunchroom
Danny sat alone as he played with his food. He wasn't even hungry but he wanted to be around people so he decided to go to lunch. He barely moved when other people sat at his table but when he looked up he saw Stiles, Scott and Ethan watching him. "Oh hey."
"Are you okay?" Ethan asked.
Danny started to play in his food again but something stopped him. Stiles had a cut on his lip, like someone had hit him in the face. "Stiles what happened to your face?"
All eyes went to Stiles who simply smiled. 'I'm alright and besides it didn't hurt that bad."
Danny looked over at Ethan who had his head down. "Ethan, what happened?"
"Russell doesn't knows when to quit." Was the only thing Ethan said before he started to eat his food. He could feel three pairs of eyes still watching him but he ignored them. He was still too pissed of about Russell to focus on anything else.
Danny watched as Scott and Stiles talked before looking back over to Ethan. "Ethan?"
Ethan stopped and looked up at his boyfriend. He got up and moved to the empty seat next to Danny then pulled his tray in front of him. "Are you sure that you're alright?"
Danny nodded. "Yeah, were you with Stiles when he got hit?"
Ethan nodded and turned towards Danny. "After I left you I didn't go to class, instead I went looking for Russell and found him behind the school with a few of his friends. Stiles talked me out of doing anything stupid and I walked off, leaving Stiles by himself. I went back because I knew something was wrong and that's when I saw Stiles on the ground, Russell was standing over him. I hit him in the face before they ran off.
Danny looked over at Stiles who was still taking with Scott. "I'm just glad that you went back, it could have been a lot worse."
"So you're not mad at me?" Ethan asked.
Danny smiled and shook his head. "No I'm not mad at you."
Ethan smiled but when his phone started going off he frowned but ignored it. It rung a few more times before he finally pulled it out, it was Aidan. Looking back up he saw the others staring at him and he smiled. "It's just Aidan and it's probably nothing important."
"Maybe it is important." Scott says when it started ringing again.
Ethan shrugged and sat his phone on the table. "Whatever it is he can handle it by himself."
Danny looked from Scott to Ethan and knew something was wrong. "What's going on?"
"Nothing." Ethan snapped but the ringing soon got to him, getting to his feet he walked away from the table and answered it.
Danny watched as Ethan chatted with Aidan and sighed. "Are they fighting or something?"
"Um Aidan is just going through a rough time and Ethan is tired of coming to his rescue." Stiles says and when Scott kicked him from under the table he glared at him. "Ow" He says rubbing his shin.
"What do you mean?" Danny asks. "What exactly is going on with Aidan that has Ethan not wanting to help?" Just then Ethan rejoined him and he had that same look he had when Ethan left him at the club, a guilty one. "Is everything alright?"
Ethan shook his head. "Not really." He looked over at Scott who seemed to read his mind. "I have to go um I'm sorry Danny."
"It's okay." Danny watches as he tosses his trey the trash before retiring to the table.
"I love you, you know that right?" Ethan says leaning down close to him.
Danny smiled. "I know that and I love you too." He pulled Ethan into a quick kiss before leaving the lunchroom.
Stiles watched as Scott got to his feet and before he could say anything he ran after Ethan. He looked back to Danny who was watching him. "I'm sure everything is alright." He didn't know who he was trying to convince, him or Danny.
...
Scott caught up to Ethan just as he was getting onto his bike. "Ethan, what the hell is going on?"
Ethan stopped and looked at him. "I don't know, Aidan just said that once again he was in trouble and he was hurt. Can you just make sure Danny gets home alright?"
"Stiles will do that." Scott claimed onto his bike as well.
"What are you doing?' Ethan says looking over at him.
"What does it look like I'm doing?" Scott says. "It's no telling what your brother has gotten himself into and I don't want you to get hurt because of him."
Ethan smiled. "Why McCall it sounds like you actually care about my well-being."
"Believe it or not Ethan I do." Scott says. "Your brother however is a whole different story." He sighed. "So where are we going?"
Ethan pulled out his phone and pulled up a text from Aidan that had an address on it. "Do you know where it is?"
Scott looked at the address before nodding his head. "Yeah, follow me." Starting his bike he pulled out of the parking spot, Ethan right behind him.
That night
Stiles was watching TV when he heard knocking at the door. Getting up he goes over and answers it. "Danny, what's going on?"
"Have you talked to Ethan?" Danny asked trying now to show how worried he was. "I've been calling him since we left school and I'm starting to get worried."
Stiles was worry as well because Scott was still gone but he kept that to himself. "I'm sure everything is alright but you're welcome to stay here for a while."
Danny smiled. "Thanks." When Stiles closed the door he followed him over to the couch and sat next to him. His phone still in his hands. "I just wish that he would call me, just so I will know that he's okay."
Stiles glanced at his phone which was on the table, realizing that Scott hasn't called either. Whatever was going on must have been serious because Scott would always call to check in. Suddenly his phone lit up and he grabbed it and pushed the call button. "Scott?"
"Open the door." Scott says. "Ethan is hurt and Deaton is out of town and we need somewhere safe to take Ethan."
"Why, is he okay?" Stiles asked looking over at Danny who was now completely focused on him.
"No thanks to his ass of a brother Ethan's hurt pretty bad." Scott says.
"You can't bring him here Scott." Stiles says getting his feet.
"Your dad is going to be gone all week Stiles and my mom is home." Scott says. "You're the only place we have Stiles, please."
Danny looked over at Danny and sighed. "Alright, were are you?" Just then he heard hanging on the door and Danny went to answer it. "Danny wait."
Danny opened the door and his eyes grew wide. Aidan and Scott were carrying a bleeding and unconscious Ethan between them. "Ethan, what the hell happened to him?"
Scott looked back at Stiles and all his face said was I told you so. They walked pass Danny and carried Ethan up the stairs and to Stiles bedroom.
"What are you doing?" Danny yelled. "He needs to go to the hospital." He pulled out his phone and was about to rail 911 when it was taken from him. "Stiles?"
"Trust me that's the last thing you want to do." Stiles headed up the stairs and Danny followed him. Danny stood in the doorway as Scott and Stiles looked over Ethan while Aidan stood a few feet away. He saw that Aidan was bleeding from his head and Scott also looked hurt. "Um someone want to tell me what the hell is going on?"
Aidan looked over at him and smiled. "I think it's finally time for you guys to clue in on what's going on before Ethan wakes up."
Scott looked back at Danny before looking to Scott who nodded. He walked over to Danny and pulled him away from the door. "We need to talk."
Fifteen minutes later
Stiles was in the bathroom helping Scott removed off his shirt, revealing a arrow in his side. He gripped onto the wooden end and pulled it out. "Scott what the hell happened out there?"
Scott groaned. "Aidan's got himself in some pretty deep shit and it was too much for us to handle. When Ethan went down we had to get out of there before someone else got hurt." He grabs Stiles arm and looked up at him. "What happened with Danny?'
Stiles leans back against the sink and sighed. "I told him the truth about everything and he just sat there. Then he just left the house without a word and I could tell that he was upset but not just about Ethan, about all of us for lying to him. What are we going to do now?"
"Just give Danny his space, at least until Ethan heals and we'll see where it goes from there." Scott stood up. "Sorry I didn't call or anything."
"As long as you're okay that's all that matters." Stiles kissed Scott before making his way out of the bathroom. Once he got in the hallway he pulled out his phone and called Danny, it went straight to voice-mail so he left him a quick message before heading back to his room.
...
Danny was sitting in his car at a stop sign. A few car ended up going around him because he wouldn't move, he just sat there staring at the steering wheel. Suddenly there was a knock on his window and he turned to see a man smiling at him, he rolled down the window. "Sorry if I was holding you up."
"That's okay Danny." The man said.
When he said his name Danny frowned because he had no idea who this guy was. "Um I better go." He started to roll the window up but he stopped when the passengers side door opened and another man appeared.
"What's the rush?" He said. "Come on Danny, let's go for a ride."
A/N Well I know it's been a while since I've worked on this story bit I'm back now and I'll have more for you guys soon. I hope you guys haven't lost interest in Human Relationships. Changed to M for some violence coming up.
