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Ashlee's p.o.v
"You should stay in bed, you still look pale" Scott says.
"Shut up, i'm fine" I say. He's been trying to make me go home all night. Stiles called Scott and he's in trouble. He's cold, he's bleeding and we have no idea where he is. Now we find ourselves at Stiles', Lydia and Aiden already here.
"Whoa, Ashlee, I think you should go home" Aiden says when I stumble I little.
"I'm fine, can you guys back off?" I snap. "Shit..i'm sorry" I sigh. I go over to where Stiles has all his pictures for solving cases up. I leave them to argue weither they'll call his Dad or not. Scott moves to leave so I stand up and follow them out.
"Go, we'll be right behind you" Lydia says. I nod to her.
"Sorry about before" I say to Aiden.
"It's okay just..be careful" he says, actually sounding concerned.
"He's right, watch out for yourself" Lydia says.
"Thanks..call if you find anything" I say before following Scott and Isaac. I haven't told anyone about my eyes, Derek and Kira agreed to keep it between the three of us until I learnt a little more. I don't know what it means, but I don't want to make the assumption that my wolf's still here. I won't bring myself up like that in case it's nothing. I just..I need more then a little eye colour to go off of.
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I watch the Shrieff hold back tears. He's got Parrish and his other men looking for Stiles' Jeep and industrial basements.
"You 3 come with me" John says. We go into his office and he shuts the door. "Is there something you need to tell me that I can't tell everybody out there?" he asks.
"Lydia knew he was missing" Scott says.
"Can she find him?" John asks.
"Aiden and Lydia are working on that right now" I assure him.
"Anything else?" he asks.
"I called Derek and Allison for help" Scott says. I sigh. Damn. If Derek sees me like this, all sickly looking, i'll be sent home for sure. Not that i'll listen. Hope the others are prepared for a fight because knowing Derek and I, that's what we're gonna give them.
"Can you find him by scent?" John asks, sounding heartbroken. Parrish comes in and they've found Stiles' Jeep. We all rush to the cars and get there.
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John and his guys go into the hospital and we take to the roof.
"He's not here, not anymore" Derek tells us. We see him and he has his back turned so I move behind Isaac so Derek can't exactly see me.
"In the whole building?" Scott asks.
"Gone" Derek says.
"I'll go tell Stilinski" Isaac offers. Scott nods.
"I should go find Allison, she's not answering her phone" Scott says. "Stay with Derek" Scott tells me.
"Scott" I whisper. I shake my head. I make 'no' hands.
"I told you not to come out anyway" Scott smirks, running off. That asshole. He did that on purpose. I walk over to Derek.
"Why aren't you in bed?" he asks, turning to me.
"I'm fine" I say.
"No you're not" he shoots back without missing a beat. I grit my teeth. I'm so sick of being told where to go, when I can go, i'm 19 years old, I pick where and when I go.
"I'm here to help look for Stiles. Now, we can either fight or you can just help me because there's no way i'm going home until we've found him. Understand?" I didn't mean for my voice to become snappish but I really am over being treated like a child.
"Okay" Derek says, a smile pulling at his lips. He turns back to the building. "Notice how strong the scent is up h.." Derek trails off. "I'm sorry" he whispers softly. I nod. I know he didn't mean too, I still think i'm a wolf sometimes.
"It's fine" I say, trying to make out that didn't hurt as much as it did. "What can you tell me?" I ask him.
"Ash-"
"Please, don't say anything else about it. Just drop it" I sigh. "What can you tell me?" I ask again. Derek nods, biting his lip a little.
"There's alot of stress and anxiety up here. There was definately some kind of struggle" Derek tells me.
"Struggle?" I repeat. I don't like the sounds of that. "Struggle with who? Can you catch a scent?"
"A struggle with himself" Derek tells me. I feel my face fall. People only struggle with themselves when they're trying to stop themselves from doing something bad. "We should head to the high school" Derek says. I nod. I sniff back tears.
"Yeah, let's go" I say, turning around. Derek catches my arm. "Don't" I say, pulling away from him again. The older wolf sighs and then his arms are around me and he's hugging me.
"We're going to find him, I promise" Derek says. I nod. I know we'll find him, but if we'll find him in one piece or alive, unhurt, that's another story.
"Let's go" I say, pulling back. Derek takes my hand and we walk down to his camaro.
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"Wait, hold on, stop!" I yell as we're driving. Derek pulls over quickly.
"What is it?" he asks. I hear a scream..Stiles' scream. My ears hurt and I don't know if i'm really hearing this or not. That doesn't stop my feet from scrambling from the camaro and into the woods.
"Ashlee!" Derek yells after me. Soon I can't even hear him calling out to me, i'm running too fast. I can hear his footsteps not too far behind me. The trees are a blur and the ground's freezing. The wind's whipping all around me and I really wish I wasn't in shorts.
"Wait!" I hear Stiles' scream. I come running into a clearing and there he is. He's screaming while Mum tries to calm him down.
"Stiles!" I cry, running over to him. I take him from Mum, cuddling the teen close to me. I was so friggin' worried. "You're okay, i've got you" I say, trying to calm the freaked out boy. Derek comes running over as well. He's angry, I can tell by the look on his face. But he sighs in relief when he sees they've found him. Stiles is shivering, tears in his eyes and it's so hard to watch. "Hey, you're okay" I whisper, bringing a warm hand to his cheek. He's freezing.
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I let Melissa and my father take Stiles. Dad tried to hug me, to make this big 'i'm back' speech but I insisted they leave and take Stiles. I'm not forgiving the man that easily for walking out on us, for hurting Scott. We go back to Derek's car and i'm dreading the telling off I know i'm going to get. Derek starts driving back to the hospital, following Mum and Dad..that's so weird to say. Mum and Dad. Both of my parents. Both here. Both together. I think i'm having a hard time coming to terms with the fact that he's back. Suprisingly, Derek doesn't say anything the whole car ride. But the second we get to hospital and Mum, Dad and Stiles are out of view..
"Do you realise how stupid that was?" he asks me.
"I heard him scream, I wasn't going to ignore it. He could have been alone" I say.
"You should have told me, not run off like you did"
"I don't need you to tell me what to do" I say angerily. "I'm so sick of everyone, including you, telling me what to do!" I snap.
"We're trying to protect you! Do you not realise that you died! You were dead for 3 days. We all thought we'd lost you!"
"I understand that but i'm fine now!"
"Not you're not! Why do you keep lying?" Derek asks.
"Because I don't need a babysitter, I don't need to stay in bed and rest while my brother freezes to death in a cave!" I yell angerily. No, Stiles isn't my brother but he may as well be.
"Yes, you do! You're not like us Ash, not anymore" he says.
"Derek, shut up" I say firmly. I don't like talking about it.
"You don't have fangs and claws anymore! You can't heal like we can! If you get hurt..we will lose you! We just want to look out for you, we can't lose you, not again" he tells me. "You're weak Ash, they'll use that againist the pack. Just like the alphas did with Boyd and Erica" he says. I feel tears pricking my eyes.
"Boyd wasn't weak. Erica's not weak" I say, a few tears falling. "I'm not weak" I say. Derek reaches out to wipe my tears. I smack his hand away from me. "Don't touch me" if I was a wolf, that definately would have come out a snarl.
"I didn't mean it like that" he sighs, realising his mistake.
"I don't care" I say, walking away from him and into the hospital. I pass Aiden, the male opening his mouth. "If you wanna talk to someone, go talk to Derek" I tell him, not even waiting for a reply. I find everyone waiting for Stiles. I run over to Scott and hug him tightly, hiding my tears in his chest.
"Ash?" Scott says. I just shake my head. I hate this, I wish so badly I had my wolf still.
"Ashlee, can we talk?" I hear my father ask. I hug tightly into Scott.
"Maybe now's not a good time" Scott says for me. "She's tired, she's coming home with us. Maybe after a good night's sleep" Scott offers.
"Okay" Rafael says. "Thanks for looking after your sister" he says. I keep my head down as we leave the hospital. Mum rubs my arm as I pass her. Scott brings his arm around me to walk as i'm feeling a little dizzy.
"Ash" Derek says, he's still outside and he's got Aiden with him.
"Not right now" Scott says, dismissing the wolf. I climb onto the back of his bike. I look up at Derek but quickly look away. He didn't mean to bring up Boyd like that but he practically threw his death in my face and that hurt alot. And Erica taking off..she might never come back. That hurts too. We weren't the bestest of friends but we were pretty close and I care about her. And I miss them both, alot. Scott drives us home and brings me up to my room, helping me sit down on my bed. "Maybe we should have left you at the hospital, you're not looking too good Ash" he says, worried.
"I'm okay, I just need sleep" I assure him. "Thanks for getting rid of Dad and Derek for me" I give him a weak, appreciative smile.
"It's okay. Did something else happen?" he asks.
"No, course not" I lie. "I'm beat, i'm going to bed. Night Scott" I dismiss him before he can call me out on my lie.
"Okay, night Ash" Scott says. He turns my light out for me and I climb into bed. I wasn't lying when I said I was tired though, today's been a long day. I fall asleep quickly, not aware of the pair of green eyes that watch me from my window. But as soon as they came, they were gone again.
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