Paying a Visit
"Derek?" I yelled, getting out of my jeep and walking to the porch of the burnt house.
"What is it?" he appeared on the porch, causing me to jump.
"I got bit, by an alpha and I need your help," I pleaded.
"I'll figure something out, head to school," he said.
I nodded and turned back to my jeep. Once I got to Beacon Hills High, I hopped out of my jeep, hurrying to the locker room for morning practice. When I got changed, I walked out to the field and Stiles ran over to Scott and I.
"Scott! Scott wait up!" Stiles shrieked.
"Stiles, I'm playing the first elimination, man, can it wait?" Scott complained.
"Just hold on, okay? I overheard my dad on the phone. The fiber analysis came back from the lab in L.A. They found animal hairs on the body from the woods!" Stiles rushed.
"Stiles, we gotta go," Scott announced.
"Wait, no! Scott! You're not gonna believe what the animal was!" Stiles exclaimed as we walked away.
Coach called us up and explained what we were going to do. Then set us to start playing, I knocked Jackson down and he looked at me like I had four heads. Scott made a near impossible shot, gaining the approval of the team. Scott and I made first line, Stiles sadly, didn't have as much luck.
I walked out of the locker room, when Jackson pushed me against a locker.
"What is McCall on?" he yelled in my face.
I pushed him back and said, "He's not on anything, trust me, if Scott was on something, I would know."
Later that day, Scott and I went to Stiles' house and Scott pounded on his door.
"Get in here, you gotta see this thing," Stiles breathed, we walked in and he added, "I've been up all night reading, websites, books. All this information."
"How much Adderall have you had today?" Scott asked.
"A lot. Doesn't matter. Okay, just listen," Stiles ordered.
"Is this about the body, did they find who did it?" I asked.
"No, they're still questioning people, even Derek Hale," Stiles informed us.
"Oh, the guy in the woods that we saw the other day," Scott guessed.
"Yeah, yes, but that's not it!" Stiles flailed his arms.
"What, then?" I asked.
"Remember the joke from the other day? Not a joke anymore. The wolf. The bite in the woods. I started doing all this reading. Do you even know why a wolf howls?"
"Should I?" Scott asked.
"It's a signal, when a wolf's alone, it howls to signal its location to the rest of the pack," I answered.
"So, if you heard a wolf howling, that means others could be nearby, maybe even a whole pack of them," Stiles insisted.
"A whole pack of wolves?" Scott asked confused.
"No, werewolves," I muttered, turning their attention towards me.
Scott started to scold Stiles and I laid down on Stiles' bed as they argued. I shut my eyes tight and blocked everything out, when I opened my eyes, Stiles was standing alone in his room.
"What did I miss?" I asked, looking around.
He looked at me and I checked the time, "I have to go."
"What? Why? Aren't you going to the party?" Stiles whined.
"Maybe, I don't think so," I shrugged.
I left his room and got into my jeep, driving back to the preserve.
"Derek? I really hope you figured something out," I called.
He appeared behind me and I jumped turning to him.
"Come on, I need to check on your friend," he stated.
Nodding, I followed and we walked through the woods to the party. I looked around and saw Scott standing on the other side of the pool looking at Derek, thankfully he didn't see me. A dog started barking and Scott stayed with his date, Derek looked at the dog then back at Scott. We walked around to the front of the house and waited for Scott. Instead, he drove off, leaving the girl stranded and Derek nudged me. "Alison, we're friends of Scott's. My name's Derek and this is Alyse," he stated.
Derek drove Alison home, with me in the back seat, the full moon wasn't affecting me yet, so I was okay until after Alison got home. Trudging through the woods, I followed Derek until I dropped to the ground hyperventilating. He stopped and helped me up, bringing me into a hug, all of a sudden the shift stopped.
"How did you do that?" I asked.
"I gave you a feeling of safety, after the fire I remember you would wake up in the middle of the night screaming because you thought the house was on fire," he explained.
"Thanks?" I guessed.
He chuckled, but stopped when he heard something.
"Stay here," he ordered.
I simply nodded and sat on a log, waiting for Derek to come back.
He had a shirtless Scott with him and they stopped, near where I was seated.
"Who are they?" Scott panted.
"Hunters. The kind that have been hunting us for centuries," Derek looked around.
"Us? You mean you! You did this to me!" Scott wailed.
"Is it really so bad, Scott?" he asked, "That you can see better, hear more clearly, move faster than any human could ever hope? You've been given something that most peopled would kill for. The bite is a gift."
"I don't want it," Scott spat.
"You will and you're gonna need me if you want to learn to how to control it. So you and me, Scott, we're brothers now."
I sat with Scott after Derek left and finally spoke, "He has a point, Scott, I woke up this morning, and my dyslexia was completely gone."
The next morning, we walked through the woods until Stiles drove up and gave us a ride. I sat in the back, looking out the window.
"Shit!" I screamed, making them both jump.
"What?" Stiles asked.
"I left my jeep on the edge of the preserve!" I wailed.
"I can just drop you off there," Stiles reasoned.
"Thanks," I groaned.