Chapter Five- Lydia

I wore a black dress on Thursday. It had a sweetheart neckline with thin straps and ended right above my knees. Over it I had on a bright pink cardigan with long sleeves and large pockets on each side. I put on my black heels with it that have a little bow on the side. Once I was ready, I took a quick glance in the mirror. Perfect, like always. I could see out my window when a silver Porsche whipped into my driveway and I knew Jackson was waiting for me outside.

With my purse in one hand and my keels clicking on the cement, I exited my house and made my way to the car. When we had first started dating, Jackson would practically run to the front door to get me and opened the one on the car so I could slide in. Now he knew the routine. I would always be ready when he got there and he didn't need to come and get me. He greeted me with a small kiss when I sat down in the car. "Good morning," I said cheerfully as he pulled away.

Jackson didn't respond; instead he just reversed out of my driveway and turned to head towards the school. He was quiet for most of the drive and didn't say anything until we were almost there. "We had a meeting last night."

I didn't need to ask who with. "Why?"

He hesitated for a before replying. "Derek wanted to talk about why one of the Alphas is following you. Peter found a scent he didn't recognize around your house."

"Peter was around my house?" I froze.

"Not while you were there," Jackson said quickly. I still felt weird about it.

"Do you at least know?" I searched through my purse for my lip gloss so I had something to do. I want to know why some freaky Alpha would be after me. I've only encountered an Alpha a couple of times. One almost killed me and then forced me to bring him back to life, and the other almost killed you."

"We have a few ideas, but we don't know for sure yet," Jackson explained. "Derek wants us to keep an eye on you at all times."

"Why?" I echoed myself.

My boyfriend continued. "If one of them tries to attack you, then someone will be there."

I crossed my arms. "I don't want to be watched all the time. I already had Peter being a total creep and I don't want to feel like I'm always being stalked. Who was there last night?"

"Boyd," Jackson said simply.

We reached the school and I made to get out of the car, but Jackson lightly grabbed my wrist. "I don't want you to be scared, but I also don't want you to be hurt," he said. I had only heard such a caring tone in his voice a few times. "If something happened to you I don't know what I would do. We all want to keep you safe. Please don't worry about the pack keeping an eye on you. They're hunting and watching for the Alpha, not trying to be stalkers."

"Just come on," I sighed.

He let go and I stepped out of the Porsche, my shoes clicking again. Danny waved from about nine cars over and Allison covered her face with her hair as she entered the school. Stiles and Scott could be seen arguing a short distance away. The first boy saw me and promptly marched in my direction. "We need your advice," Stiles huffed when he reached me. Jackson moved to my side and Scott was only two steps behind his friend.

"What's the problem?" I asked him.

"The full moon is tomorrow night and I want to make sure that we take some precautions so Scott doesn't go crazy, since he doesn't have Allison anymore."

"She's still my anchor," the werewolf cut in. "I can still think about the good times we had together."

Stiles turned around angrily. "It'll just be a precaution! Last time you weren't with Allison on the full moon you went completely nuts. What if you shift and can't control yourself?"

Jackson tried to interrupt their argument. "Why not just ask Derek, or stay with him tomorrow night?" He placed his arm around my shoulders and steered me away from the bickering friends before they could say anything else. "Those idiots really need to think sometimes."

"Stiles is thinking about it. Scott's just really stubborn," I tried to tell him.

I could feel Jackson shrug. "I don't think he'll be able to control himself well. He's told me about the last full moon he went through when he and Allison were broken up." I could feel my cheeks flush as he spoke.

The day went by pretty quickly after that. Allison wasn't at lunch; I assumed she was talking to a teacher about all the school she had missed. Scott and Stiles came to our table with the other wolves instead. Isaac gave them the same advice that Jackson had to go see Derek. After school, I walked with Erica to the lacrosse stands. The season was over, but the boys were helping Boyd so he could be on the team next year without shifting to a wolf. Scott and Stiles were on Boyd's team, playing against Isaac and Jackson with Danny in the goal.

I could see the joy in Erica's eyes as her boyfriend caught and passed the ball. "So," I grabbed her attention, "when did you two start dating?"

"Three days after the last full moon," she responded.

I couldn't resist a tiny bit of gossip. "Danny thought you and Isaac would get together." I looked at her, reading her face before she replied.

Erica tucked a blonde curl behind her ear and a grin threatened to spread across her face. For a moment it seemed like she might actually laugh, the first time I would see such a thing from the she-wolf. When she spoke though, she had changed the subject. "How are you and Jackson?"

I was suddenly both disappointed and nervous with excitement at the mention of my boyfriend. Going against my instinct, I opened up in the hope that maybe she would too. "Over all we're good, but we still have a couple of things to work out. Like how I kissed someone else when we were together the first time, and Jackson and I are trying not to have petty arguments all the time."

Erica nodded and stayed silent. We both cheered as Boyd threw the ball and it whistled past Danny into the net. I suspected that there was some werewolf strength used, but Danny didn't know. Only about a half hour later, the goalie got a call from his parent's and needed to get home. Stiles decided to follow not long after and took Scott with him. I was left with the pack. They continued to practice, this time running with unnatural speed and throwing with almost unreal strength. I hadn't noticed that Derek was standing only a foot to my right until he spoke, causing me to jump. "You might not want to practice that way. You'll get used to it and if you shift on the field or someone sees you, then we're all going to be in trouble."

We all watched as the Alpha went to stand by the boys. "What are you doing here?" Jackson asked.

"I was tracking a scent." Derek paused. "It led here. Erica," he turned to us on the bench, "I want you to stay with Lydia tonight."

"Why?" I demanded for what felt like the hundredth time that day.

Derek gave me a silent look and I expected his words before he said them. "I was tracking the Alpha that's been following you. They seem to have been here all day."

Notes: Okay, not a very good cliff hanger, but whatever. (: As always, thanks for reading and please review. Seriously, you guys make my day. I'm sorry that I took so long to update, I wanted to a couple of days ago, but family came to visit.

Okay, I want to make sure you guys know the timeline. Today in the story is Thursday, the fifth of April. I made sure it would actually work for the full moon being on Friday, which was perfect for how I wanted the story. The full moon after that is the fifth of May, which is a Saturday. I looked up Stiles's birthday online, which I could have swore before said it was in April, but it now says that his and Derek's birthday are both November twenty-seventh. So, I made his birthday Thursday the twenty-sixth. I'm sorry that's most likely wrong, but I hope you guys understand. It'll be coming in later. (:

-Megan