Guys I'm so sorry! This chapter was supposed to go up on Monday night and I thought it did but it didn't successfully upload onto the website and I didn't notice so it didn't actually get uploaded which I'm really sorry for! So today you will get this chapter and a chapter of Mistakes of the Heart while you will still get another chapter for this story for this Sunday since this was supposed to go up on Monday! Once again I'm really sorry and I hope you enjoy the chapter!
It was a few days later and sadly it as Lacrosse practice morning and most of the group was being dragged out of bed for the early practice. Scott and Kira could barely get each other out of bed, they got up and were having a shower, they were kissing when they heard the door open. Scott poked his head around the curtain and saw a very sleepy or possibly sleep walking Jade. Her hair was a mess and her eyes were only opened by a slit.
"Umm Jade are you okay?" She seemed shocked and once she was out of her trance she jumped back a little.
"Oh my god Scott, I'm so sorry I didn't really know what I was doing." He laughed a little.
"It's okay and I don't think you should go to school today but it's up to you." Jade thought out it for a second before saying anything.
"I feel fine and I think I should go to school." After that comment Kira accidentally said something forgetting that Jade didn't know he was there.
"Are you sure? I mean you did just have your chest slashed through by a monster." She quickly put her hand over her mouth as she began to laugh.
"Kira is that you?" She popped her head round the same side of the curtain as Scott and awkwardly smiled with embarrassment sparked up her cheeks turning them a rosy red.
"Hey Jade, how are you?" Jade laughed a little before she spoke.
"I'm good, you look . . . great. I'm really sorry about this I'll just leave." She moved towards the door as Scott stopped her.
"Hey Jade, do you want us to take you to school in 10 minutes because we have Lacrosse practice?" She thought for a second before responding. Did she really want to get to school early or did she just want to make her own way there?
"Yeah sure, I'll see you in 10 mins and next time maybe have some clothes on."
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They were running around the Lacrosse field while Jade was sitting in the stands because she had nothing better to do until school was over, sitting with her was Malia since Stiles was there. She looked up from the textbook that she was studying when she could sense that Malia wanted to ask her a question.
"Are you sure you're okay Jade? I just want to make sure that you're fine, I mean if it was me I wouldn't be coming for a couple of days."
"I'm fine Malia; don't worry too much about me." Just as they finished they heard Kiara climbing the stairs. She had come early to watch Liam at practice.
"Hey girls how's everything going over here?" She looked onto the field and saw Kira firing the ball into the goal and everyone began cheering and she quickly made her way into Scott's arms and giving him a deep kiss and she noticed everyone on the field seemed to be staring at the happy couple. The other two girls looked up and saw the exact same thing. "How often does this happen?" Malia smirked and then laughed a little.
"A little too often but the funniest thing is how happy what the others say makes them."
"Really what do they say?"
"Well sometimes they say why does McCall get the only girl who plays Lacrosse, some say that it's sickening, some say it's sweet and some wish they were him." Kiara couldn't help but let out a little chuckle and notice that Scott and Kira hadn't separated and now Finstock was starting to yell at them.
"You know mono is quite a popular disease and some people don't understand why but should someone ask there is your answer! McCall, Yukimura get your tongues out of each other's mouths and back to throwing balls." Everyone turned to look at Coach when Scott and Kira separated and just stared at him for a few seconds before he spoke again. "You know what I meant; now get back to the game!" Kira turned her attention from the field back to the small group of friends sitting in the stands.
"So where's Lydia?" After that question the 2 of them started laughing.
"You really think you would get Lydia up this early these days? Maybe when she was with Jackson but after everything that has apparently happened I don't think you would get her out of bed." Kiara sat down next to them and started to bury her head in the book she had to study while she waited out the long early morning practice before another question popped into her head.
"Is it only the Scott, Liam and Kira who actually score?" Malia looked deep in thought before she spoke again.
"Well Scott and Kira make most of the goals together because they always know what each other are thinking and how close they are, but Liam and Isaac score every now and then." Jade snickered before a huge sinister grin appeared on her face.
"You don't have to tell me how close they are. This morning I was like sleepwalking or something and I walked into the bathroom and Scott like woke me up from the shower and Kira was in there as well." The girls all started laughing until they returned their attention back to the books.
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Scott and Kira were walking towards class when Scott's phone began to vibrate against him in his pocket. He reached in and pulled it out, not recognising the number he answered the call.
"Hello Scott speaking." He heard the familiar voice on the end of the phone.
"Hello Scott its Deaton."
"Oh hi Deaton, have you figured out what the creature is yet?" He heard Deaton take in a deep breath before he spoke.
"Well from what I've heard about this . . . thing, I believe I know what it is but I think that we should have a meeting at the vets before we go around doing something about it." Scott understood and he would never make the group make a rash decision and rush into something.
"Yeah of course, we'll come over just after school. Don't I have a shift anyways?" He heard a deep chuckle from the end of the phone.
"I guess you do. See you then." Deaton was always planning instances like this that when they really needed to talk he would already have a shift so he didn't really have a choice but something that Deaton didn't know was that when he wasn't there Kira would stay to keep Scott entertained but he always made sure to get the work done so it didn't look like he was distracted by something. There would often be times when he had nothing much to do and having Kira there always made it a bit more interesting.
"So I take it that we have to go see Deaton after school?" Scott nodded and sighed a little but then she remembered what Scott had said. She was going to be there anyways so it didn't make much of a difference. They started walking down the hall when they ran into Jade.
"Hey Jade, did you have an okay morning studying and doing what you were doing in the stand?"
"Yeah it was great." She said sarcastically. "Well it was good to get some study done anyways." Kira could agree with that and she thought that was why Malia came sometimes. When she went to say something Scott got in before her.
"I'm sorry but I've got to go get something really quickly." He leant down and gave Kira a quick kiss and as he slowly pulled away she spoke.
"Okay don't be too long." She yelled as they watched Scott run down the hallway trying to get whatever he had to and that was when she saw the smirk on Jade's face. "What is it? Is there something on my face?" She seemed mortified and began to rub at her face furiously and Jade laughed for a second.
"No there's nothing on your face but I've got to hand it to you. You're beautiful, you date the most athletic kid in the school who also happens to be the captain of the Lacrosse team and one of the sweetest guys that exist, you're the only girl on that same team and you score goals with your boyfriend all practice long. You're pretty lucky." Kira smiled at the werewolf.
"Thanks Jade but most of it is by luck and well Scott took some time. Speaking about boyfriends do you have one yet?" She shook her head and looked flustered and tried to make a run for it when Kiara suddenly grabbed her and dragged her back to Kira. "You're a beautiful girl Jade; you could get any boy you wanted."
"You really think so?"
"Of course I do!" She quickly pulled Mason over into the conversation.
"Mason would you ask this beautiful girl out on a date?" He just turned and stared at Kira for half a second before responding.
"No." Malia cringed and Jade cringed, was she really that ugly?
"Why not?" Kira said with a little disappointment.
"I'm gay, remember?" An 'O' appeared on Kira's lips before she pushed him out of the conversation.
"Okay bad example but you get the point." Jade shrugged her shoulders and that was when Lydia arrived in the conversation.
"What are we talking about girls?"
"We were just talking about my inability to turn some boys straight and get a boyfriend." Jade said quickly in a sad voice because it was actually true.
"Well in that case I can-" She was cut off by the sound of Jade sprinting away down the hall and the other girls laughing. "Well that was rude, so how is your training going Kiara?" She shrugged and looked down a little.
"Good but it's hard and intense and sometimes it's just a little overwhelming but it's what I signed up for so I'm sticking in there." Everyone seemed to nod with pursed lips.
"Good on you, so how are everyone's relationships going?" Lydia said looking round the group which no longer consisted of the girl without one and Malia thought she would go first since her relationship hadn't been in the spotlight recently.
"Well everything's good with me and Stiles."
"Stiles and I honey." Lydia interrupted.
"Whatever, we're beginning to look into some possibilities about my mum but Scott doesn't want to give me the name until this is all over which I totally understand so I don't mind and the sex is pretty awesome." Everyone looked at her for a second. "What's wrong?"
"We didn't need to know that honey." Kiara said before she started. "Me and Liam are going well but we're not really sure where to go from here. He's helping me with the training and he's been helping me through everything so it's pretty good." Lydia as the primary relationship adviser (which was not always a good thing) decided to help.
"It's pretty obvious where to take it next Kiara." She understood what Lydia was saying but wasn't sure about taking that step. "I can see that thought process and before you say it was too early think about it. I mean you're teenagers! It's what we do and if you don't believe me listen to Scott." She said a she saw Scott running down the hall and Kira who was running the other way to catch her dad.
"Where'd Kira go?"
"Her dad. Hey Scott I'd like you to tell Kiara something, when you and Allison met how long was it before you were 'doing it'" Scott thought for a second before coming out with an embarrassing answer.
"Ummmm less than a fortnight." He said as embarrassment streaked up his cheeks. Kiara thought she would ask about Kira as well.
"What about Kira?" This didn't take him as long as the other did.
"Well when we met I was sort of just ready to date someone else and when we finally got together Allison passed and that was really hard for me and so it wasn't until just after the PSAT's when we had the time we needed together." Everyone just looked at him and he kind of felt a little bit awkward in the conversation without Kira. "I think I'm going to go find Kira." He almost got away before he reversed back into the conversation. "Why were you asking me that anyways Lydia? You knew how long it was because you practically taught her when so why were you asking?" She flicked her strawberry blonde hair behind her head like she used to before she answered.
"Well Kiara here was saying that she didn't know when or how to take the relationship further with Liam and I had something to say and then she said it was too early and I thought I'd use you as an example and I think it would sound better coming from you." As she said the last part she shrugged her shoulders and as Scott took it in, he sort of stammered away until he ran into Liam.
"Hey Scott are you okay? You look a bit out of it." He looked up at his young beta and couldn't help but let a smile cross his face and a little bit of a chuckle before walking to his next class leaving Liam standing there completely and utterly confused.
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It was just after Scott and Kira had got out of school when Derek and Braeden were getting ready to head to the animal clinic. They were just settling down in the car when Braeden turned to face Derek and ask him a question.
"Derek do you have any idea what this 'thing is?" He shook his head and sighed before he said something which brought a little hope to the woman.
"There's this myth about a creature a rather like it but I would doubt that the myth is actually true, I mean it might be or it might not and if it is then we might have some troubles changing it back to what it used to be because it comes from an emotional problem, a rather like the Kanima problem that we had a while ago but worse." She let it flow through the dark pits of her mind until her curiosity got the better of her.
"What is the creature from the myth?" He turned his head to look at her and he had this look like she didn't want to know.
"It's called a manticore." Braeden looked at him with this sarcastic look but nothing he said was a joke.
"Derek those are the stuff of legends and mythology are you sure that's the only thing you can think of?" He nodded.
"Braeden remember everything in our world is taken with a grain of salt. Like you said it may be a creature of legends but take it with a grain of salt and is it that hard to imagine its real?" She shook her head showing the scars scraping across her neck.
"I guess not."
They had reached the animal clinic at about the same time as the other two and they walked towards the door. The opened it and sometimes they forgot that it was actually a business which sometimes led to some awkward moments.
"Deaton do you have any idea what it is? Please tell me you do because I've been having a not so great day." Scott said as they turned the corner and went into the back where Deaton was attending to a dog with the owner standing at the side with a confused look in his eyes.
"It's a dog Scott, I believe a golden retriever."
"Oh yes . . . I see. Hey I'm Scott." He extended his hand to the guy standing in the corner waiting for the dog to be finished, the 19 ish guy firmly shook his hand.
"Hi my name's Kaleb." Scott nodded with a smile on his face.
"So where are we at Alan?" Deaton looked up at Derek and then back down at the dog as he continued to tend to it.
"Well I'm almost finished with Macy and then we will talk about our little problem and yes Scott I think I do and I think Derek has an idea as well but this isn't a good thing but we will have to see how everything progresses. So until then, Derek and Braeden could you just wait outside and Scott would you like to help." Scott moved to help Deaton and Kira moved to pat the dog and just before she did she saw her lips twitch revealing her glistening white teeth, she must have sensed the fox but she didn't seem to have a problem with it.
After about 7 minutes and they were done with Kaleb and Macy, Derek and Braeden stammered back into the room.
"So what is it?" Scott asked wanting to get straight down to it and Deaton looked a little worried, Kira was standing next to Scott holding his hand as they all discussed over the centre table.
"It's what is referred to as a Manticore and it seem a bit exuberant but trust me it's real and it's going to be a real pain if it decides to stick around." Scott sighed, oh yay another annoying enemy to defeat. Sometimes it just felt like one after the other and they never got that much time without something going wrong.
"So how do we defeat it?" Scott asked because he was just really hoping that there was an easier way then the last time.
"Two ways, kill it or resolve the problem it has." A very vague description was never very helpful when they were going to be fighting something because the less they knew about something the more dangerous it was to the group.
"How do we know what its problem is?"
"Well most times it has to do with dying and something going wrong but other than that there is not much I know and we will have to do this or it will cause more trouble than it's worth." Scott understood, but he never liked having a backup clan that involved killing something or hurting someone.
"Is there any chance that the Argents have any info about it in the Beastiary?" Deaton sighed for a second before coming out with an answer.
"Maybe, but if they do I don't imagine there will be much about it because I imagine that most people who go up against it don't come back alive with tales to tell but I guess the Argents are a different story so it's worth a look." Scott nodded while Derek and Braeden seemed to have heard all they needed to and Deaton wanted to say something to Scott and Kira personally.
"You two, next time I leave Scott in charge for the night keep it decent." Scott and Kira exchanged a quick look at each other before looking at Deaton with a look of 'faked' confusion.
"What do you mean?" He chuckled at the doorway.
"Well I keep a camera in here for security and study and I decided to review the footage and there was a particularly interesting part of the tape when you two were lying down on that table practically having clothed sex but next time just be a little more careful." He walked out of the room leaving Scott and Kira sitting there looking mortified, how much had Deaton seen from that camera over the years?
AUTHORS NOTES
Hey Guys!
I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I know it has been like 1 week and a half since I uploaded and I'm really sorry for that and I would make it up to you guys if I could but sometimes you just don't feel like writing and there's not much to be done about it. I really appreciate the support for the last chapter and I hope you enjoyed this one! Like I said on my other stories I'm going to begin employing a schedule of releases so I don't get too worried with my end of year exams in two weeks
FRIDAY- Mistakes of the Heart
SATURDAY- Can you Forgive Me?
SUNDAY- Until the End of Time