Chapter Five All I Want
~Corinne's POV~
I'm not really sure why I decided to skip school but I did. I decided that being around Jackson, Lydia, and Isaac, without knowing exactly what I was feeling was a bad idea. I wasn't on good terms with Nate which was very rare and I just needed to get away for a little while. I sat in my car in the school parking lot trying to decide if I should ask Stiles to come with me. I messaged him and he agreed to come. He was at my car a few minutes later and I pulled out of school, driving nowhere in particular.
"Are you okay? We haven't talked as much lately." I could feel Stiles looking at me but I kept my eyes on the road.
"Jackson kissed me. He wants to get back together. You already know about Isaac. Me and Nathan aren't really talking and it's driving me nuts. I'm just a little confused." he nodded in understanding and looked out the passenger window.
"Everything will be fine, I promise. Jackson is an ass and I don't know why your friends with him." I sighed.
"I don't want to have feelings for him Stiles." I said glancing over at him. "I just want to be friends but he wants more than that. Derek is back and I really want to-" Stiles cut me off.
"Derek? Derek Hale?" he questioned with wide eyes.
"Yeah. Why? Do you know him?" Stiles sat back in his seat.
"No-no. Why would I know him? I, um, I just heard about him." Stiles looked out the window and I frowned at him.
"What did you hear?" I looked straight ahead as I turned onto another street.
"I-I mean.. I just heard that he killed someone." I looked at him and stopped the car.
"Derek? My Derek? He isn't a murderer." Stiles shook his head.
"You don't understand."
"I don't understand?" I turned my whole body to face him. "Your my best friend so please fill me in on exactly what 'I don't understand'. Derek and I were close and he's been like a brother to me. I haven't talked to him for a while but I know he's not a murderer."
Stiles shook his head. "Derek is dangerous Cori and you need to stay away from him."
"Excuse me? You can't tell me to stay away from him, Stiles. He already told me to stay out of the woods and I have been listening but I'm not staying away from him all together."
"But, Cori-" I cut him off.
"No 'buts' Stiles. I can take care of myself." I started the car up again before changing the subject. "What's going on with you and Scott?"
His eyes grew wide again. "What? What about Scott? He's completely normal. Why do you ask? Did you see something?"
"No. I just see you guys standing around whispering all the time. It's a little weird." I said glancing over at him. He was taking a minute to answer which probably meant he was making something up.
"Me and Scott were just talking about Allison. He likes her a lot and he wanted to apologize for standing her up and everything." he seemed confident but I still knew he was lying. I would have called him out on it but I wasn't in the mood to argue with him.
"Cool," was all I said and he gave me a funny look but didn't say anything.
I pulled up to my house a short while later and we both got out. Walking through the front door we were greeted by Charlie and Asia, who seemed overly excited to see us. I knew Nana was home but she wouldn't yell at me for skipping school since she hated yelling at us. Stiles followed me upstairs after petting Charlie some more and I closed my bedroom door before plopping down on my bed.
We talked about school, Jackson and Isaac. He told me somethings about Lydia I already knew and I enjoyed watching his face light up when he talked about her but I felt bad because she was a witch and she never even gave him so much as a sideways glance. When the time showed that school was out I dropped Stiles off back at school so he could get his jeep and I went inside to get some things from my locker. I saw Isaac standing down the hall and decided that I should say something to him.
~Isaac's POV~
I saw Corinne standing at her locker and it surprised me since I hadn't seen her in class all day. I never wanted to make her think I didn't like her but it was clear from how she was avoiding me that she thought I didn't. I was surprised when she was standing next to me a few seconds later.
"Hi, Isaac." she said nervously.
"H-hey, Corinne." she tucked a piece of hair behind her ear then looked at the ground.
"I just wanted to apologize for kissing you. It was stupid of me and I shouldn't have done it." I felt my heart sink. "I just don't want that to stop us from maybe being friends. I mean, I'll understand if you don't want to but I am friends with everyone, like you said, so I figure we might be able to get past that and be friends too."
I tried to hide my disappointment. "Um, I would like to be friends."
She looked up and smiled. "Great. I'm glad I didn't mess anything up."
"You didn't." She gave me another smiles before walking back down the hall.
I couldn't escape my feelings anymore. I felt like shit for turning her away, knowing that she actually liked me was the greatest feeling in the world. If she wanted to just be friends I would have to be happy with that because I had hurt her and I didn't want to hurt her again. Watching after her as she walked down the hall, I really hoped I wouldn't screw this up. I didn't have many friends and she wanted to be, at one point she had wanted to be more. I headed out of the school and saw her standing at her car talking with the new girl. She was smiling and laughing and I longed so much to be the one to put that smile across her face. I reached the bike rack and was leaving the parking lot when someone called my name.
"Hey, Isaac!" Corinne came running over to me. "Do you want a ride?"
I was a little surprised. "Um, it's fine. I have my bike."
"You can put it in my trunk and I can take you." she bit her lip but I wasn't sure why.
"I don't know.." I looked away from her to my bike then at the ground.
"I'm not taking no for answer so you should just say yes already." I looked up at her and she had her arms crossed and an eyebrow raised. I nodded my head and she smiled.
"Follow me." she led me to her car and I was surprised when my bike fit in the trunk(even though we had to put down the back seats). I got in the passenger side while she stood outside the car talking to Allison for a few more moments.
When she finally did get in she asked if I was ready then we pulled out of the parking lot. It was a quiet drive for a while except for a CD she had playing.
"Who is this?" I held up the CD case.
"Oh, this is a band called Sleeping with Sirens. They are one of my favorites. What about you?"
"What?" she giggled.
"What's your favorite band?" I looked at my hands for a moment. I couldn't really think of my favorite, I didn't listen to music much anyway. I told her that and she just said 'oh okay'. We stopped talking again for a while.
"I should probably ask where I'm supposed to be taking you. I was just going to take you home."
"I have to go to work at the cemetery." her smile fell for a moment and a fake one came in it's place.
"Alright." she stared straight ahead of her. I began to worry that I had creeped her out by telling her where I worked.
We pulled up a few minutes later and she didn't move as I got out to get my bike. I walked past the passenger door and looked at her one more time before going through the cemetery gate. I guess working at a cemetery must have really bothered her. She would probably start avoiding me again and I wasn't sure I was going to be okay with that but all I really wanted was for her to be happy. Though I wasn't entirely sure I was happy not having her in my life.
~Corinne's POV~
I couldn't get my legs to move while I sat in my car. Isaac had just gotten out and I felt bad for not talking to him but he worked at the cemetery. I hadn't been there since the funerals and I was debating whether or not I should go and see my parents graves. It was all I could do not to break down right now in my car. I took a deep breath then turned off my car and put the key in my pocket. I had to take a few more breaths before I was able to open the car door and get out. I walked around the hood of the car and stared at the gate to the cemetery and was thankful that Isaac had already gone inside.
"You can do this." I told myself as I took another step. "Come on, Corinne. Go see your parents." I had to repeat that that to myself many more times before I made it past the gate. Even though it wasn't very far from my car I was still proud of myself. I put my phone on silent as I mustered up the courage to walk farther in the cemetery.
My parents graves were right next to each other and the same tombstones as many pf the other graves. My fathers tombstones had an American flag beside it and just seeing it made me cry. I knelt down at their graves and didn't bother wiping away the tears. I had never visited them so I sat there for a long time not saying anything. I glanced around every once any a while to see if Isaac was anywhere around. Whenever I saw that he wasn't I turned back to my parents and kept crying.
"Is this normal?" I asked my mom. It felt strange asking my mom anything since she couldn't answer me. "I don't know how to do this. You can't answer so it's not a conversation. I can't remember a time when I talked to you but you didn't answer." I tried to hold back more tears as I talked.
"Daddy. I miss you so much. Everyday I'm hoping your not really dead and I'm hoping that you'll come back to us. I need you, Daddy. I need you too Mom. I need you both." I looked at my hands folded in my lap.
I'm not really sure how long I sat there talking to them but I told them everything. I told them about school and boys and Nathan. I told them about all the clubs I was in and I told them about Nana. Most of the time I was talking to my Mom but I talked to my Dad too. I told him about Nathan mostly and about how Derek was back in town. After telling them everything I sat still, crying over them. I stood up and turned around when I couldn't take it anymore, just sitting there. I ran into someone and opened my eyes to see Isaac standing behind me. I tried to hold back my tears but when I couldn't I wrapped my arms around his waist, catching him off guard as I began to cry into his chest. He hesitantly wrapped him arms around me as I cried and I was a little embarrassed.
He rubbed my back slowly to comfort me and I couldn't stop the tingle that went down my spine. I was surprised at how perfectly I fit into his arms, like he was made for me. I held him a little tighter and kept my eyes closed as he rested his head on top of mine. I was enjoying this way more than I should but I didn't want to let him go. I could feel him breathing and I could hear his heartbeat. I would listen to his heart beat all day if he would let me. I lifted my head up and took a step back wiping away my tears. He looked at me with sympathetic eyes.
"I'm sorry." I said softly, I was a little embarrassed for crying but he didn't seem to mind it as he shook his head.
"You don't ever need to be sorry for crying." He put a comforting hand on my shoulder.
"Thanks." I said blushing a little. "Do you see people cry a lot here?" He nodded.
"There's nothing wrong with missing someone you love." I saw him glance back over to another grave.
"Do you mean Camden?" he looked up at me then nodded. "I didn't know him that well but Nathan did. He was really nice." Isaac didn't say anything.
"I'm sorry." I said knowing Camden was a sensitive subject.
"Why are you sorry? You didn't do anything wrong."
"I guess I just don't want to mess anything up between us." I bit my lip before adding "Being friends with you is kinda important to me."
Isaac looked genuinely shocked which surprised me. "R-really?" I nodded and he blushed a little before smiling.
"Do you need a ride home?" I asked gesturing to my car.
"No, thanks. I'll be fine." Isaac said with half smile. I laughed inwardly.
"Let me rephrase the question: Do you want a ride?" He laughed softly before nodding.
"Alright. Thank you. I have to finish something first but I'll get my bike and be right there." I nodded then headed back to the car.
I was really hoping that Isaac and I could work as friends. It was better to have him in my life as a friend than not at all and in the end that was all that mattered. I waited in the car and pulled out my phone. I had several missed calls from Stiles and Nana. Nathan hadn't called once which surprised me. I sent Nana a quick text knowing that calling her would result in a full blown conversation that wouldn't end until I was right in front of her. I went through the texts Stiles had sent me.
Stiles: CALL ME BACK NOW!
Where are you?
Text me back ASAP!
Cori where are you? I'm getting worried.
Stay out of the woods! And also.. WHERE ARE YOU?
Corinne.. please answer. I told Nana I couldn't find you.
CORINNE HANNAH LEWIS! ANSWER ME!
Sorry for the full name but seriously! ANSWER!
Are you mad at me? Is this because of Jackson?
CORINNE!
I'll be waiting at your house for you. Get here soon.
There were many more messages but I didn't bother to read them since they would all be saying the same thing. I knew Stiles wasn't at my house anymore when Nana messaged me telling me he went to the hospital with Scott but she wasn't sure if anyone was hurt. Knowing Stiles he would've asked his Dad to call me or something if it was life threatening but since he didn't I knew it wasn't so I just told him I was giving Isaac a ride and I'd talk to him later.
Isaac got in the car a few moments later after putting his bike in the back. We didn't say much on the ride to his house, just small comments about the music. I wasn't sure what to say to him and he wasn't really trying for a conversation either. When I pulled up to his house I looked at it for a moment. I had seen it so many times over the summer, going to Jackson's house to hang out and sometimes just to see him outside mowing the lawn or something. Jackson would always make some comment to him which I would use as an excuse to look over at the adorable boy. He looked at me sometimes and he would smile but Jackson would say something crude and he would look away. Looking back I felt terrible for not speaking up more but I couldn't really change that now, no matter how much I wanted to.
The sound of Isaac asking if I was okay snapped me out of my thoughts. "What?"
"I said 'are you okay?' You looked zoned out for a second." I waved my hand in the air.
"Oh, I'm fine. Nothing to worry about. Need help with your bike?" When he shook his head and got out I couldn't help but watch him through the rear view mirror. Isaac might not have seemed like it at first but he was pretty muscular, not as much as Jackson or Danny but his muscles were evident when he lifted his bike from the trunk. He set it down then closed the trunk, standing there for a moment. I opened my door and got out of the car.
"What's wrong?" I laughed as he looked at me confused.
"Why do you always think something is wrong with me?" He looked down at his feet causing me to blush a little. "I'll walk you to your door if you want."
"No." he said a little too quickly, a stern expression on his face. It caught me off guard and I had taken a step back.
"Oh. I'm sorry."I bit the inside of my cheek, debating what I should do since we were both just standing there like idiots not saying anything.
"I'll see you tomorrow?" he asked breaking the awkward silence.
"Alright." I bit my lip as my brain was yelling at me and I finally decided to listen as I walked over and hugged him. "Thanks for letting me hug you today, I really appreciated it."
Isaac was surprised by my hug but he hugged me back. "Your welcome."
"I'm there for you too." I took a step back before adding, "If you ever need a friend I'm here for you."
Isaac gave me an appreciative smile before I gave him a small wave goodbye and went back to my car.
~()~
I hurried into the hospital and went to the front desk. I asked the nurse and she pointed me in the right direction. I had been going a mile a minute since I got the message from Danny saying that Jackson was in the hospital. I hadn't asked why since I was too busy driving to the hospital in a hurry. I had just made it too the room when a wave of relief washed over me. Jackson was in one piece and I walked over and hugged him, causing him to wince.
"Hey, watch how hard you hug me." he said grabbing him shoulder. "It's separated."
"How the hell did that happen?" I asked taking a seat on the bed next to him.
"McCall tackled me during practice. What a freak, he's definitely on something." Jackson was saying this more to himself than to me.
"You seriously think Scott's doing drugs? If he was Stiles would have told me." I said crossing my arms. Of course Jackson was suspicious of someone who was getting to be as good at lacrosse as he was.
"Yeah, whatever. Why do you even hang out with those losers, they'll only bring you down. People will start to think your a loser too." I rolled my eyes. I'd heard that everyday since Stiles and I became friends and it was really getting old.
"I hardly even know Scott and Stiles is great. Don't be jealous because we are closer than you and I are." I wanted to retract my comment the second I said I saw a smirk appear on Jackson's face.
"Are you sure about that? We did a lot together, Cori. I don't think you and Stiles are ever going to have what you and I had. Do you like him or something?" I laughed.
"Stiles? No he's like a brother to me. I've known him longer than I've known you." Jackson huffed.
"Then what's your deal? Why did you come here?" I scrunched my eyebrows together.
"Because your my best friend. I rushed over here to make sure you were okay."
"Is that the actual reason?" He questioned me and I was surprised.
"What the hell? What other reason would I be here?" I crossed my arms but he just smiled at me.
"Relax. Just making sure you came here just for me. It nice to know you still have feelings for me." I felt my body tense up.
"Jackson,-" he held up his hand.
"In the hallway you lied to my face and you know it. You do have feelings for me and I don't see why you can't just embrace it. You still love me, Corinne." he took my hand in his before adding, "I still love you and I'm not going to let this go until you and I are back together. I'm not giving up."
I wasn't sure what to say and was thankful when the doctor came into the room. I used that as a chance to leave and rushed out into the hall. I leaned against the wall for a moment, trying to process everything. I wasn't really sure why this was happening all of a sudden but I didn't like it. I kept fighting it but I knew I still liked Jackson and it was messing up our relationship. I only wanted to be friends and if we were more then I wasn't sure I could just go back to friends if we broke up. I shook my head, I'd think about this later but I just wanted to get away from the room.
I turned the corner and stopped when I saw Stiles trying to talk to Lydia. I could clearly tell she wasn't paying attention to him but he was still talking. I was too far to tell what they were saying but Stiles looked disappointed when she finally did acknowledge him. He turned around and slumped down in his seat and I walked over sitting next to him.
"I'm always going to wonder what you see in her." I said as I sat down.
He sighed. "You know exactly what I see in her, you question me every time I tell you."
"Because I saw how she just treated you and I don't get why you want someone like that. She's here with Jackson and I'm sure you know that but your still trying to talk to her even though she'll be locking lips with him later on." He gave me a look to stop talking with made me smile a little. "Why are you here anyway?"
Stiles sat up quickly and his eyes grew wide. "Um, Scott needed to bring his mom something so I just came with him."
"That's sweet. Where is he? I didn't see him by the front desk where I saw his mom." Stiles hesitated.
"He went to the bathroom but he's probably on his way back by now." He started looking around. "He should be back really soon." I could tell something was up but I knew he would tell me if I needed to know.
"Can I ask you something?" I turned my body to face him and he raised an eyebrow before nodding.
"Of course you can, Cori. What's up?"
"It's about Nathan. I wanted to know if you've heard from him at all. I haven't seen him in a few days and it's weird." Stiles started acting like he knew something then tried to hide it but I could already tell he was keeping something from me.
"Uh, Nathan? He, uh, I haven't seen him around or anything I mean we aren't really friends. He was at practice but I didn't see him after." I knew he was lying but I wasn't sure why he would lie for Nathan.
"Are you sure about that? Keep in mind that knowing someone since you were in diapers means you can tell when they do certain things...like lie." Stiles was never the best liar and he was nervously looking around him, probably for Scott.
He was lucky when Scott showed up a second later looking nervous. Stiles quickly told me bye before going down the hall with Scott. They were whispering and I was a little suspicious but I tried to shake it off. He would tell me if I needed to know but I think I would need to know what was up with my brother. I pulled out my phone and called him but the line was busy. Great. I waited another fifteen minutes before Jackson came around the corner and Lydia jumped up to great him.
I rolled my eyes at the excessive PDA that resulted from her seeing me sitting in the chair. Jackson pulled away after a few seconds and I stood up, walking over to him.
"I'm glad your feeling a little better." I said giving him a small smile.
"I'm sure you are." I bit my tongue. Jackson was mad at me and I could tell by how he was looking at me now. He was basically glaring at me and Lydia stood next to him, a smirk on her face.
"Let's go, babe." Jackson stood there for a moment before turning around to leave.
"Wait!" I called after him.
"What?" Lydia snapped at me but I ignored her.
"Have you heard anything from Nathan?" I asked looking at Jackson. I could see the front dropping as he thought for a moment.
"I saw him at practice then I didn't see him after. He went to go talk to Lydia." He turned to her and she looked overly calm, an obvious front.
"I haven't seen him." The way she acted it was clear she had but once again I was sure why she was lying in the first place.
"If you guys see him can you tell him to call me?" Jackson nodded before they both left.
I was alone in the hospital now, not really sure what to do. I had to go work to explain why I missed my shift and I knew he was going to have a field day when I did. I sighed and headed out to my car. Of all the people I knew, and who knew me, I still was alone with nothing to do but homework and work. I called Allison but she didn't pick up, she was probably busy, and Nathan wasn't answering. Isaac was home, Jackson was being difficult and he was with Lydia. Stiles had lied to me and left with Scott. Over the years I had been spending more and more time by myself and it was starting to bum me out. I called Boyd and he picked up on the second ring.
"Hello?" he answered.
"Hi, it's Corinne." I said I got in the drivers seat.
"Hey, What's up?" I started up the car.
"I was wondering if you had any plans this weekend." I decided starting with this weekend would be a good way to start hanging out again.
"Um, I might go to the game. Are you going?" I nodded before realizing he couldn't see me nod.
"Yep. I was wondering if you and Erica wanted to go with me. Then we could go somewhere afterward." It was silent for a moment and I was going to ask if he was still there when he answered.
"That's a good idea. I'm all for it. I'll let Erica know and we can meet up at the game?"
"Sure. My brother might go with us too but I don't know yet." Nathan had to be at the game and I wasn't letting him out of my sight if I saw him.
"Okay, that's fine with me. I'll see you Saturday." He said.
"See you Saturday." I hung up then checked my mirrors before pulling out.
~Nathan's POV~
I sat on the burned staircase and looked at all the cuts I had on my bare chest. They were already healing but they still hurt like a bitch. Derek wiped off his hands then looked up at me.
"You aren't focused enough. Your healing slower and slower and your just not mentally here. Do you want to control this or not?" When I didn't answer he got in my face, grabbing me by the throat.
"Do you want to control your wolf or not!?" He growled.
"Yes!" I shouted back pushing him away from me. "I wouldn't be here I didn't!"
"NO! You WOULD be here if you did. You not focused Nathan. You've been here sparring with me and trying to keep yourself in check. You and I, we were born like this. We were taught at a younger age to gain control. Your father didn't want this for you but you got this life and not you need to get a hold of this gift before you kill everyone you care about!"
"I won't. I would never kill Corinne or Nana or Lydia." Derek huffed.
"Lydia Martin? That's who your daydreaming about? Your precious booty call?" Derek looked beyond upset with me but I had a lot on my mind. Avoiding Corinne was hard enough and now I was avoiding Lydia and being a teenage boy who got sex from her every night it was taking it's toll. I needed a break from this but Derek had insisted that I work at it until I get it right.
"I never asked to be born a werewolf. I never wanted this. Now with that new kid being a werewolf, you need to help him. He almost shifted at practice and I know you saw."
Derek didn't turn around to face me. "I know. I'm taking care of it. Just focus on controlling yourself."
"How can I control myself when I miss my sister and I miss Lydia. I haven't seen them in days and you just want me to stay here forever?" He shook his head.
"I'll be back. Stay here and when I come back we are going back to work." Derek started to leave.
"What? Your leaving me alone in your piece of shit house?" He growled at me and I took a step back. "What I meant to say was your lovely not piece of shit house."
"Stay here." Derek walked out of the house and I sat back down on the staircase.
"Great," I huffed when I heard his car drive away. I leaned back and closed my eyes. A few seconds later I heard someone outside, two someone's. I went to the living room and looked out one of the windows. In the dark I could make out two of my teammates.
"What the hell?" I watched as Scott and Stiles had a shovel and started digging. They were digging right where Laura Hale was buried. I knew Scott was a werewolf so he probably smelled the blood and Stilinski had to know he was a werewolf too. I wasn't sure if I could risk either one of them seeing me and finding out but it didn't matter anyway. Scott would be able to tell what I was just like I did with him. I deciding that them digging up Laura would put me in deep shit with Derek so I hurried outside to stop them.
"Hey!" I yelled out as I walked over. Both of the idiots jumped when they saw me come out of the darkness, though everything was dark anyway.
"What the hell do you guys think your doing?" I questioned grabbing the shovel and tossing it a few yards to my side.
"Nathan?" Scott looked shocked, he hadn't figured out yet. "Why are you out here?"
"Yeah, and why aren't you talking to Cori?" I wasn't surprised Stiles jumped straight to talking about Cori.
"He's a werewolf." Scott said to Stiles without taking his eyes off of me. I didn't move waiting for both of them to get it before making them leave.
"You? How are you a werewolf? Hows that even.. What?" Stiles ran his hand over his head. "Unbelievable. Wait, does that mean?..." I shook my head.
"Cori is normal. She doesn't turn into anything or have any of the abilities we have. She's just Cori and she doesn't know about any of this." I made sure to emphasize the last part. "My grandmother knows, she's not a werewolf but my Dad was."
Stiles was about to ask another question but I stopped him. "We can do twenty questions some other time. Right now you both need to leave."
"No. Derek buried the other half of the body and we have to find it." Scott said taking a step forward.
"No you don't. That body is buried for a reason and you both don't even know what your getting involved in right now. Leave before Derek gets back."
"We aren't leaving until we uncover the body." Stiles said without stepping forward. I could tell he was a little afraid but I didn't take advantage.
"Your going to take your shovel, go to your piece of crap jeep and get out of here. You have no business being here." I crossed my arms.
"Derek bit me and he killed a girl. We need to uncover this and tell the sheriff." I laughed.
"Really? That's your bi plan?" Stiles heart beat a little faster.
"I'll tell her. I'll tell Cori if you don't get out of our way. She'll tell Jackson and there goes lacrosse. He'll tell Lydia and-" I cut him off, stepping forward.
"Leave Lydia out of this. She can't have anything to do with this either." I snapped.
"What? What's you deal with Lydia?" Stiles straightened up and his jaw tightened. He loved Lydia, I remembered Corinne telling me a while ago. I decide to crush his spirit in the hopes of getting them to leave.
"Lydia and I are hooking up." I said with a smirk. They both had wide eyes and Stiles looked a little hurt.
"W-what? But isn't Jackson your best friend? How could you do that?"
"Because we love each other and Jackson doesn't please her like I do. He doesn't make her scream his name like she screams mine. He doesn't even come close to pleasing her like I do." I was in his face now and Scott got between us and I could tell I had hurt Stiles badly.
"Look, Nathan, just let us do this. If not we'll tell Jackson and Corinne about you and Lydia. You know all hell would break lose and I know that's the last thing you would want to happen. Please, Nathan. We are just asking you not to step in."
I only thought for a moment. I could use this time to go see Lydia. If they were going to call Stilinski's dad then I really couldn't be there. Derek might be pissed but he would get over it, right? I didn't debate a second longer as I turned and went to my car. I watched as Stiles glanced over at me and I pulled away. He had better keep his mouth shut.
I saw Jackson's car pull away finally and I came out of Lydia's closet. When I snuck into her house that night Jackson was already there and they were making out. He left ten minutes later and when he finally pulled away I came out and kissed Lydia, moving my lips against hers.
I pulled her close and kissed her deeply. We moved to her bed and I laid her on her back. She pushed me away for a second.
"Can you do me a teeny tiny little favor?" she asked. My eyes were glued to her lips as I nodded before kissing her again. "I need you to find out about Jackson and your sister."
I furrowed my eyebrows and sat up. "What about my sister and Jackson? They are best friends."
Lydia laughed shortly. "Where have you been? They were making out at her party. I saw them talking in the hall and I swear they were going to kiss. You should have seen how they were dancing at the party too. She was all over him like a little slut."
I crossed my arms. "Watch it. That's my sister your talking about. She isn't a slut. She's still a virgin Lydia there can't be anything going on."
She made a face but before I could figure it out she gave a small laugh. "They definitely aren't sleeping together. I know we are together, and I love us, but Jackson is my captain of the lacrosse team boyfriend and I don't want her to steal him. Talk to her and find out what's up. After you do I'll give you what you want." I groaned and she giggled.
"Aw, don't be disappointed. I still love you Nathan." She kissed me before walking over to her door. "See you tomorrow."
I kissed her again before leaving the house, upset that I hadn't gotten any action. I got to my house ten minutes later and sat in the driveway for a while. Jackson and Corinne being together wasn't something I wanted. Jackson was my best friend but he could be a real douche bag. My sister was off limits to him and the fact they had being making out and dancing with each other was strange. I finally got out thinking about Lydia. I had heard her heartbeat and I could tell she wasn't being totally honest about loving me. I should have known before but I guess I just didn't want to hear it. I walked inside my house and right after closing the door Nana squeezed me tightly.
"Nathan, I'm so glad to see you!" I hugged her back.
"I'm sorry I haven't called. I was stay at a friends house." She patted my back before letting go.
"I know where you really were." she whispered to me. "I know more about that world then you think I do. Just be careful, Nathan and be more aware. Corinne was worried and I told you already, she can't be brought into this world like your mother was. It's for her own safety."
I took a step back and nodded my head. Nana turned and went into her office and I headed upstairs. Corinne's door was shut and I could hear music playing loudly through the speakers. I cracked the door and saw her dancing around her room. It wasn't really a dancing song though. She was listening to All Signs Point to Lauderdale by A Day to Remember and I laughed to myself at how she was loudly whispering to the parts that were yelling. I stood inside the door as she danced around and noticed she was flipping through her photo albums and she had scissors in her hand as she cut through one of the photos and added it to a pile she had on her desk.
"I hate this town! It's so washed up! And all my friends, don't give fuc-" she yelled when she saw me standing by door and fell to the ground since she had been in mid jump. I ran over to help her ad she started laughing.
"Holy shit Nathan. You scared the crap out of me." I helped her up and she turned down the music. 'What are you doing in my room?"
She went over to the bed and grabbed another photo. "I just came to talk to you. I wanted to apologize for not being around these past few days."
She huffed. "Saying sorry isn't going to change that fact that you were avoiding me and that you got Lydia to lie for you. Stiles was acting weird when I asked him about you and he never lies to me. Whatever you were doing, you better spill." She crossed her arms.
"I, um,-" she stopped me by shaking her head.
"Don't you dare lie to me. I'm tired of the lies with you. You can't start being dishonest with me."
"You kept stuff from me too." I said attempting to take the topic of of me and it worked.
"What are you talking about? I haven't kept anything from you." She furrowed her eyebrows as she tried to think and when she couldn't she looked at me.
"Jackson? You two making out at the party? I heard about it." her eyes widen but then she just looked pissed.
"Who told you? Wait, you mean the party I had that you didn't show up to? Danny and Jackson had to do all that work on their own because you ditched. Jackson and I are Just friends so just drop it." I looked at her and could tell there was more.
"What's going on with you and Jackson? Do you still like him?"
"No!" she said a little too quickly. "I'm over that and I just wish people would drop it."
"Is anyone even saying that? I was hearing things about you and Stilinski." I crossed my arms now a little confused. I always thought she had a thing for Stiles but I guess not.
"What? No! Me and Stiles are like family. I wouldn't date him are you crazy? Jackson still likes me and says he wants to get back together and I don't want to, well I don't think I want to." her voice trailed off. I tightened my jaw, I did not want them together. My best friend and my sister together wasn't okay with me and I was going to make sure it didn't happen.
"Jackson and Lydia love each other. Don't read to much into it. He's probably just being a dick since you guys kissed. But your sure about you and Stiles?" I was still surprised that they weren't going to be a thing.
"Oh my God. Glad your back but you can leave now." She practically shoved me out of her room. I was happy to avoid making up a lie about where I was and as I headed to my room I was relieved to be back in my own bed and not sleeping on the hard floor of Derek's broken down house.
~Isaac's POV~
When I woke up and stretched the morning I winced at the pain in my side from the fresh bruise my father had given me. He was mad because I had gotten home a little late from work and he was upset that I stood outside talking with Corinne even if it wasn't for very long. The one on my face was from turning away before he was done talking even though he had stopped speaking for a minute or two. I left my room and went to the bathroom to shower.
As the hot water went all over my body I ran my hands over the bruises and scars, but only for a second, I didn't like to touch them. I got out and dried off, making sure to clean up the water on the floor before leaving the bathroom. I put on pants and boots with a dark gray hoodie and grabbed my bag before leaving the house. I walked to my bike and just as I got on my phone buzzed.
Corinne Lewis: Can you meet me at the Hale house ASAP? I need you. ~Cori
I felt my heart pound in my chest when I saw her message. She needed me. I wasn't really sure what she was doing at the Hale house but I rode my bike as fast as I could to get there.
Going through the woods I finally saw several cop cars and an ambulance. The Sheriff was standing near the ambulance and I spotted Corinne watching I they walked Derek Hale from the house in handcuffs. I went over to her after setting down my bike.
"What happened?" I asked when she saw me.
She didn't say anything. She just hugged me and I bit the inside of my cheek so she couldn't see that I was hurt. She wasn't crying but I guess she just needed a hug and that was okay with me. Actually it was more than okay that she asked me to come out to the middle of the woods just so she could hug me. I tried not to get to excited since she could probably hear my heartbeat.
She let go of me a few seconds later when they put Derek in the cop car. I saw Scott standing off the the side and Stiles went and got in the passenger side of the car Derek was in. He was only there for a minute before his dad grabbed him and pulled him aside. Corinne walked over to them and I followed, not really sure what else to do.
"What the hell Stiles!" she punched him in the shoulder sending him to the ground and small smiles came on my face. Sheriff Stilinski held her back from him as she tried to hit him again.
"What the hell me? What the hell to you! You just punched me for no reason." He argued rubbing his arm.
"This is your fault! Derek didn't do anything and he definitely wouldn't kill someone! Why would you do this?" She looked very angry and she stomped off in another direction.
"How exactly did you two stumble across this anyway?" The Sheriff asked his son. I stayed by them since Corinne looked like she could use a minute calm down. I wasn't sure what her relationship with Derek was but he must have meant a lot to her for her to be this upset about it.
"That's easy, we were looking for Scott's inhaler." I watched as the Sheriff raised an eyebrow.
"You were looking for Scott's inhaler in the woods?"
"Yes, he lost it that night we were looking for the dead body." The Sheriff folded his arms.
"The night you told me Scott was at home and you were in the woods by yourself?"
"Yes. I, mean no! Damn it." Stiles ran his hand over his head.
"You lied to me." I looked away, ready to leave them to have their family moment.
"It depends on how you define 'lying'." Stiles answered. I turned to look at him, curious as to what he was going to say next.
"I define it as not telling the truth. How would you define it?"
Stiles paused for a moment. "I would define it was reclining in a horizontal position." I rolled my eyes and shook my head as Stiles Dad told him to leave. I walked over to where Corinne was leaning against her car.
"Are you okay?" I asked her again.
She shrugged. "When they realize that he's innocent they'll let him out. I was just a little upset that Stiles knows Derek is family to me but he still calls the cops on him. I don't even want to hear whatever bullshit story he was going to tell his Dad." She looked at the ground.
I didn't know what to say so I just nodded and stood next to her until she moved away from the car.
"You want a ride to school? I don't want you to be late because of me." She waited for me to answer.
"Okay. Thank you." I grabbed my bike and she helped me put it in the trunk before we pulled away from the house.
We got to the school just in time. I started to get out but she stayed in the car not really moving. She hadn't tried to talk the entire ride there. I got back in and closed the door.
"Do you want to talk about it?" I asked her making her look at me.
"I don't know. I'm just a little confused. It's no big deal though." I put my hand on hers.
"It seems like a big deal." She gave me a small smile.
"One of my best friends has a crush on me and the other one is hiding things. My brother is hiding something from me too and I don't have many girl friends to hang out with. And.. I liked this guy for the longest time and he told me he was interested and I don't really know what to do about it. Oh, and apparently everyone has this crazy idea that me and Stiles are going to date or something. I think it's gross because even though Stiles is adorkable he's like my brother and I'm not a fan of incest."
I laughed a little and she smiled. "You should laugh more." she told me taking the key out of the ignition.
"I don't have many things to laugh about." I said truthfully.
"Well, find something to laugh about. Your laugh is cute." I blushed a little as she added, "Your really cute Isaac. Your a good friend and you have a great smile. You give the best hugs too."
"Really?" I asked her looking at her lips. When I looked back at her she was looking at me and I stared into her blue eyes.
Without thinking I leaned forward and slowly kissed her on the cheek. My lips lingered there for a minute before I moved and my nose brushed against hers. I could feel her breathe on me as I leaned back just a little so I could see her face.
"Just so we're clear," I told her, my heart going a mile a minute. "This isn't a kiss."
Before she could say anything I pressed my lips against hers. Our lips only touched for a second before I moved away.
"You kissed me," she gasped. I noticed that she had grabbed my hoodie during the interaction.
"That wasn't a kiss," I brushed my lips against hers. "If we kissed it might make things weird and I don't want to ruin our friendship."
"Oh." She said with a small smile. "This is also not a kiss."
She pulled me closer to her by grabbing my hoodie and pressed our lips together once more. All I could think about was how her lips felt against mine. They were soft and sweet and gentle against mine. I continued to kiss her, tracing the shape of her lips with my own. She started to push me and I thought she was pushing me away but she continued to kiss me as she made her way to the passenger side and clung to me as she was now in my lap. She moved her hands to my biceps as the kiss intensified and my hands moved to her waist. I could feel myself getting excited as a warmth spread through my body and I pulled her closer to me.
She opened her mouth slightly and I opened mine allowing her tongue to slip in, licking over mine. I gasped at the sensation and could feel her fingers clenching and her neck arching. A deep sound came enjoyment came from me and I caught her lower lip between my teeth and she moaned softly. I pulled away slowly, not wanting to mess it up with my teenage hormones. We were both breathing heavy.
She smiled at me as she bit her lip and reached into the back to get her bag. When she had it in hand she opened my door and stepped out. She stood outside fixing her outfit as I grabbed my bag and got out. I shut my door and faced her.
She got close to me again and brushed her lips against mine, both of us had closed our eyes and I listened to her breathing as it started to steady. I pushed a strand of hair behind her ear as she smiled showing off her beautiful dimples. I looked into her eyes and smiled.
"For something that didn't count as a kiss, that was amazing."
A/N: Howdy! Thanks to those of you guys who are still reading. I hope you enjoyed the chapter and I hope it was worth the wait :] Let me know what you think! I'll upload the next chapter as soon as I can finish writing it. Thanks!
~EmoCupCake15