I feel a fire bring me desire
I feel a fire bottled up tight.
Like caging the ocean, your flame my emotion
and give me devotion, bottled up tight.

Bottled up tight – Luke Sital – Singh

I had to go to school the next day, there was no avoiding it so when my alarm clock woke me up, I was ready. I didn't have Mr Harris again for the rest of the week and Scott told me that he had spoken to all of my teachers about it. Honestly, I didn't expect him to go that far with it but I was glad that he did, it would make class slightly less embarrassing.

I needed a shower; I didn't have one last night because Derek came. I couldn't stop thinking about it, no matter how hard I tried. Did he really think that I didn't like him? Did he not hear my heart speed up every time I was near him? God, he was so frustrating! His heart didn't usually speed up as much as mine, why? Did he not like me? Was he just stringing me along?

My shower helped at first, I was methodically scrubbing him out of my thoughts, only focusing on washing my hair. What would it be like to have him in the shower, washing my hair? What. Why was I thinking about him in the shower with me? God, I was so screwed.

o.O.o

I was wearing a simple white dress that reached my knees and a bow at its collar. I decided to put my brogues on with it; they were my favourite shoes and had cute little cream laces on them.

Stiles drove us again but this time the ride was silent, all of us lost in our own thoughts about the day ahead. Unfortunately, I had another meeting with Ms. Morell. But Scott told me that she wasn't going to ask any questions, just let me draw again.

So draw I did, a great hulking figure with strong arms and bright green eyes. I hadn't even realised that my subconscious was thinking about him that much to draw him until I finished. Before the guidance counsellor could ask to see it, I snapped my book shut, just in time for the bell. I ran out quickly, leaving Ms. Morell to my empty seat.

o.O.o

Getting changed with a bunch of other girls definitely was not the highlight of my day - especially when I had no one to talk to, no one to compare bras with. I was alone, Allison and Lydia were in a different group.

But it wasn't all bad; we had cross country so I knew that I would have time to myself, apart from mindless gossip and chatter. As soon as we set off, I could breathe again. I had missed running so much! The pounding of my feet, the beating of my heart, the air rushing past me. I had to keep a humane speed for the other girl's sakes however, I soon pulled ahead.

I finished first, coach looked impressed. "Wow, you should try out for the team, that was a good time!" I just looked down, averting my eyes, not used to getting compliments from strangers.

When we were warming down, the girl next to me turned around, "there's a guy watching you, he's kinda hot. Do you know him? If you do, could you introduce me?" instead of answering, I looked to the treeline where Derek stood, smirking, no doubt he had heard the girl's words. He was indeed looking at me, and when he noticed me looking at him too, he inclined his head slightly. He wanted to talk. Like hell I was going to talk to him, I shook my head firmly, gave myself a mental note to lock my window, and walked back to the school.

The change back into normal clothes was easier, I could escape once I was done, with an excuse that I needed the bathroom. But there were people stood outside it when I got there, two people, people I knew. Scott and Allison – I thought they weren't supposed to be dating?

I couldn't help but listen in.

"- dad knows about Elysium," what!? What was she saying? Was her dad a hunter? He had to be, or else she wouldn't be telling him now, when I wouldn't be able to hear.

"How? I thought we told you to keep it a secret from him! Is he going to call in others?" So he was a hunter. There goes my time in Beacon Hills.

"I don't know Scott! I really don't know! One of his guys must have seen her or something, during the full moon. You know they patrol the area," somebody could have told me that! I could have stayed inside.

"Well, can you try to talk to him about it? Without giving away the fact that it's Elysium, that it?" I had heard enough, they had all betrayed me. Derek had said that I had these guys, I obviously didn't.

When the warning bell rang, I ran to my locker to put my kit away before they could notice I was there, eavesdropping. I couldn't believe that Scott hadn't heard my heart; I could have sworn it was beating through my chest all throughout their secret conversation.

The rest of the day passed smoothly until lunch. At lunch, I didn't sit with them, I didn't even look at them, much to their dismay. It only got worse when I looked out of the window at the forest to see Derek, still watching me. But this time his eyes were glowing a fierce red, if he thought that he could scare me from there, he was wrong. But what was he doing? Was he seriously angry at me? When I looked back, he was gone.

Stiles must have noticed too because he came over to sit next to me, looking at the spot where Derek had been. "Elysium, how do you know Derek?" he didn't seriously expect an answer, I thought I made it clear I wasn't talking to them, about anything. I especially didn't want to talk about the brooding werewolf, ever.

It took a while for Stiles to get it, but when he finally got that I wasn't going to answer him, he sighed and walked back to his table. Leaving me to my half eaten brownie, I didn't even like brownies, but they were out of biscuits.

o.O.o

At the house, I managed to ignore Scott for a while I did my homework, all of it, even the assignments that were supposed to be in after the weekend. Yeah, I was that desperate. But I couldn't ignore him forever, after dinner, he stormed into my room and sat on my bed. Expectant. "Why are you ignoring us?" Well, may as well sort out the issue now, no use beating around the bush, so to say.

"You didn't tell me that Allison's a hunter, or that her dad knows about me." Scott sighed, a long tired sigh.

"You heard our conversation? I'm sorry Elys, but they aren't bad people, the Argents. They've helped us before and I'm sure Chris wouldn't do anything to hurt you," they had had help from them? Didn't they know what hunters were like? What Allison would become?

"Scott, hunters killed my family, how do you expect me to trust any of them, ever again?" I looked down, my expression sad.

"Derek got over it!"

"Don't bring Derek into this! He's a completely different person to me, have you seen him?" How dare he bring Derek into this! This wasn't about him! This was about Scott lying to me.

"Yes I have Elysium, and I know that you have too, you seem to be spending so much time with him!" Scott had stood up to shout at me and the tears were coming thick and fast, everyone I thought I could trust had betrayed me.

"That's only because I thought I could trust him Scott, the only reason." If I said that, it would be true, right?

SCOTT P.O.V

Elysium did have a point but how could we tell her that we helped the very people she was scared shitless of? I brought up my claim. "How did you expect us to tell you that we worked with the very people you hate?" Elysium didn't say anything so I stomped out the room and slammed the door behind me, thank god mum wasn't home.

When I got back to my room, Derek was there, the window wide open. He must have just come in but no doubt he had heard most of the conversation. I looked to the window then Elysium's room, we couldn't talk when she was there. Luckily, Derek seemed to get this too because he jumped out of the window and ran into the trees.

By the way, the song last chapter was the song Allison died to :'(

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- Effie