"Meridithe?" he asked, I nodded and he tackled me to the floor "well long time no see"
I smiled "nice to see you too Stiles" he grinned and pulled me into his house. His father was sat at the table, where we all used to sit and come up with crazy plans aimed at making us rich or famous but would have gotten us nowhere, but to our childish minds they were perfect. I chuckled lightly under my breath. He smiled at me " well if it isn't my adoptive daughter" I laughed and rushed over to hug him "I almost didn't recognize you, you have gotten so beautiful, must have guys turning their heads at you, so is there any body I need to caution?" I smiled and shook my head "nope" I said popping the p.
Before any of us could speak the phone next to Stiles dad went off, he left the room and after about five minutes he came back in to find me a Stiles having a small debate.
"BUTTER IS BETTER"
I scrunched up my nose and frowned gagging
"first of all eww, second do you even know how many calories are in butter? Thirdly I reiterate eww" he smiled at us "just like old times eh? Well kids I gotta go they need me on a case" stiles seemed more alert then "is it about the body in the woods?" his dad looked at him with an annoyed stare "and how would you know about that? Because I know for a fact that I didn't tell you" he started to stutter "I told him" I lied, I seem to do a lot of that lately. He looked at me and shook his head, grabbing his badge he walked out of the door and drove away. " thanks for that DeeDee" he hugged me like he used to. " no problemo bro" I was nice to have a sibling again after what happened to my baby sister.
"hey lets go after him" I froze "if we get in trouble stiles I'm so blaming you" I pointed my finger at him. He grabbed his hoodie and threw another one at me, I raised an eyebrow at him "what I can't let my sister freeze" I grinned. "just like old times" and walked out of the door. After a short walk, we arrived at our other best friends house, Scott was the sense talking one that tried to discourage us from our plans or put a sense of reality, the more I thought of it, he was sort of like a stick in the mud, but he was our stick in the mud.
As we stood on the porch I accidentally stepped on a board that creaked and made me grimace at its noise, and I hid back in the shadows on the porch, after a moment Scott came out with a baseball bat, I trailed behind him my converse not even making a sound as I crept behind him. A breeze whipped through the air and I shivered soundlessly and pulled my grey jacket closer to my body and zipped up Stiles hoodie. Stiles accidentally rustled some of the branches of the vines he was holding on to, and when Scott got close to where he was, dropped down and he just hung there upside down, Scott started and yelled and they both yelled for a minute. I just looked at my finger nails as this was a normal occurrence when we used to go and cause havoc when we were younger. Its nice to see some things don't change.
"Stiles what the hell are you doing?" he questioned angrily. Stiles stumbled over his words before coming out with the line"you weren't answering your phone" his voice rose in pitch slightly towards the end "why do you have a bat?" he pointed out. "I thought you were a predator" he exclaimed gesturing with his hands. " A pre" Stiles fumbled over his words "look I know its late but you gotta hear this, I saw my dad leave twenty minutes ago, dispatch called they're bringing in every officer from the beacon department and even state police" "for what?" Scott interrupted, "two joggers found a body in the woods" with that my ears peaked up, it couldn't be? Could it? I mean why here? Stiles flipped off the ledge he was hanging on to and leaned against the porch railing " a dead body?" Scott questioned "no a body of water, yes dumb-ass a dead body" he jumped onto the porch. I drowned out the rest of the conversation but then I heard Stiles say "and we're going" he motioned to me and I silently moved into the truck. The boys climbed in and he still didn't see me so when we were driving toward the preserve I pinched his shoulder, he started turning round and looked at me, I grinned at him "hello Scott" "Mimi?" I hugged him as best I could "no I'm a monkey, of course its me Scott" he laughed at my sarcasm "well you never change do you?" I shook my head without messing up my hair "unless you call growing taller growing boobs and getting even more of a smart arse then no I haven't changed a bit" I could see he wanted to know what I was doing back in Beacon Hills so I cut off his question by telling him that I moved back and dragged my uncle with me.
After about 10 minutes of us all catching up without me revealing too much of stuff that happened in Iowa we arrived at the preserve. "We're seriously doing this?" Scott whined "well you're the one always bitching that nothing ever happens in this town" he patted his shoulder and we lit our flashlights "yeah Scott where did your sense of adventure go?" I grinned at him "oh I don't know maybe it left when we fell out of the tree that time we were hiding out from those dogs or maybe when your dad was chasing us because we stole his candy?" I was a little stumped at that one so I did the most mature thing I could think of I flipped him the bird and stuck my tongue out at him.
"I was trying to get a good nights sleep before practise tomorrow" I heard him say as we walked in the forest, "right because sitting on the bench is such a gruelling effort" he pointed up "true that" I commented. "No! Because I'm playing this year" ahh I loved his optimism and I giggled "in fact I'm making first line" as I knew absolutely nothing about lacrosse I just stayed quiet "hey that's the spirit everyone should have a dream even a pathetically unrealistic one" Scott scoffed and we kept walking "just out of curiosity which half of the body are we looking for?" oh snap didn't remember hearing that one detail "yeah Stiles which part? Top or tails?" I heard Scott stifle a chuckle "huh didn't think about that part" I rolled my eyes at him "and uhh what if whoever killed the body is still out here?" he twitched his head towards the side "also something I didn't think about" we started to climb up a grassy ledge and Scott being asthmatic had some trouble. "its comforting that you've planned this out with your usual attention to detail" Stiles agreed with him "maybe the severe asthmatic should be the one holding the flashlight huh?" he leaned against a tree wheezing and puffed on his inhaler, as we got to the top I was standing looking out when Stiles pulled on my ankle pulling me down to the ground getting leaves and bark all over my jeans. I glared at him as I was not impressed "thanks a bunch Stiles can really feel the brotherly love just flooding from you" he just burst out into a grin and jumped up and ran Scott and I looked at each other, I shook my head and we got up and ran after him. We were calling out to him asking him to wait up but he just kept running, my short stature made it harder for me to keep up with him, I slid on a patch of mud and skidded forward knocking him over and near an officer and the police dog he was holding was barking at us, making me jump "stay right there!" the officer yelled at us, it was practically a whisper compared to my uncle and the boss yelling at me "hang on, these little delinquents belong to me" he said in a I'm-very-annoyed-with-you tone of voice, I just stared at my feet, "so do you two listen in to all my phone calls?" he questioned "no well not the boring ones" I giggled a little but managed to stifle it "well where is you usual partner in crime?" I coughed a little bit "who? Scott?" he waved his hand as if he was squashing a bug "Scott is at home" I said before he could land us in any more trouble "said he wanted to get a good nights sleep for the first day back at school tomorrow, its just us and the woods" he started shouting Scott but I knew he wouldn't show himself, form his hiding place behind the tree. He grabbed Stiles by the neck and me by the shoulder "well I'm going to walk you two back to the car and we are going to have a conversation about something called invasion of privacy" he walked us back to the car, I was grimacing the whole time, he was holding on to my dislocated shoulder from training the other day.
The next morning I woke up in my bed, with a bruised shoulder and a note taped to the inside of my door which said that he was in an all day meeting with the new members of the team, had taken my car and hadn't forgotten how late I had stayed out the previous night and we would be having a talk about that. I got dressed in to a pair of grey skinny jeans an olive button up shirt with a braided waist belt I went into the shoe closet and grabbed a pair of ankle boots which were my bronze studded ankle boots, I grabbed my bronze twine bracelet and a pair of dream catcher earrings, I grabbed my smoothie and my bag and walked over to Stiles house to ask for a lift as my car was being used by my uncle. When we got to school we saw Scott waiting by the trees for us and we walked up to him, I got the news about his injury from the night before on the journey. "Lets see this thing" we asked in unison and Scott lifted the corner of his shirt to reveal a bandage about as big as my face, Stiles reached out to touch it, "it was too dark to see much but I'm pretty sure it was a wolf" I raised my eyebrows He couldn't be here again could he? I walked into school deep in thought. We stopped and the boys were talking about how California hasn't had wolves in 60 years. Stiles was practically drooling as the one and only bitch Lydia Martin walked past. Ignoring him as per usual. The bell rang and the boys were arguing about how Scott dragging Stiles down to is nerd depths and how he was a nerd by association. I left the boys to go to the office as I was a newbie here again. I saw two boys and one of them was harassing a younger pupil I walked up to them and pulled the younger kid away from them "you know you could be a little nicer to people" I said to the tallest one "I know but what if I don't want to be?" I scoffed "then you will be a douchebag for the rest of your life" he looked taken back for a moment "wow you're hot wanna go on a date with me?" he asked, I burst out laughing and walked away.
I went into my first class and everybody was staring at me. The teacher decided to introduce me "everybody this is Meridithe Koomson please make her feel welcome" I rolled my eyes along with the majority of the class and walked to the empty seat in the back corner, effectively a zoning out spot. The bell rang and I walked out of the class room, I got to my locker and it was near the other new girl, "hi I'm Meridithe nice to meet you" she smiled at me "Alison Argent" I shook her hand "so where did you move from?" she asked me " I was from San Francisco but now its here" I smiled "oh Iowa I live with my uncle" I noticed Scott was looking at us so I smiled at him. "oh my god that jacket is absolutely killer and I love your boots they go so well with that shirt where did you girls get them?" oh joy its my worst nightmare "I haven't seen you around here before either of you" Alison told her that she was new and she launched into a spiel about how popular she and her boyfriend were. God she hasn't even been near my five minutes and I want to stab her in the eyeballs and rip out her nasal vocal chords "so newbie number 2 where are you from?" she asked me "here and there" she looked at me "what don't you remember me? Wow well Lydia I would have thought you would remember people you used to bully" I paused waiting for her reaction "still nothing? Well try this, picture me as a nine year old with thick frame glasses, a little bit of puppy fat, frizzy hair and braces,oh is it making sense now? Well guess what I couldn't care less about you ad your stupid boyfriend and our popularity good bye Lydia, oh and for future references its Meridithe not newbie number two" and with that I walked away.
When the time for lunch came I sat with Scott and Stiles as we used to back in the old days. The douchebag from this morning was standing in the lunch line but I already have some food that I had made this morning. He came over to me and said "well little miss hottie how about that date?" I just shook my head and walked away, he walked next to me "well let me think about it" I paused in mock thought "no" the lunch room was stunned "why not? You're hot I'm hot it makes perfect sense" I laughed "still it's a no" "why not" sheesh this guy was persistent "well lets see shall we, one you are a complete and utter douchebag, two underneath all your false male bravado you are a scared little child, and finally I don't date guys with a smaller penis than my little finger and if you even say that it isn't small you might want to remove the many magnifying glasses you have or the picture of a larger one from over the top" the lunch room was it fits of laughter and some guys were wolf whistling as I walked away form him.
Lacrosse practice was a simple thing to watch, if you understood anything of what was happening. I saw Scott get hit in the face and winced and cheered as he kept catching the shots fired at him, I think practice went well for him, the coach seemed impressed and the one who had fired the shot at him looked pissed off. As we were walking through the woods the boys were talking about the practise so I didn't bother to listen to it. Only thing that was important to me was when I can get back into my warm bed and ice cream, but I don't like to stay home by myself alone when its getting dark outside. Its not that I was scared or anything I mean I have Scott and Stiles...even though they are kinda slow but thats my best friend for you.
"Where could that thing be?" Scott asked looking around himself. Leaning up against the tree I watched as they both dug through the leaves looking for his inhaler. "Aren't you going to help?" Scott asked looking up at me. Shrugging I said, "You lost it, so you find it."Scott glared at me and went back into digging in through the leaves, I smiled and just continued to pick my nails. The woods was a nice place if you asked me, I'd always come here when I'm upset over anything or when I'm basically over thinking something. Stiles threw his hands up in the air, "Its gone man. I give up!" Scott ran his hand through his dark hair, "It can't be gone. That thing costs 80 bucks!" Standing next to him now I patted his shoulder smiling up at him, yeah I was only 5'3 I was short compared to everybody. "Bro its gone. Oh, your mums gonna kill you." I said smiling It was my job as the younger best friend/practically little sister to bug him and to make situations like this worse. Scott glared at me, "You're not helping MD" I chuckled. I turned around and saw a tall man standing about 10 yards away from us. I hit the boys and they looked up, he threw the inhaler after talking to them and telling them that the land they were on was private property. "dude that was Derek Hale, you remember right? He's only like a few years older than us" "remember what?" Scott seemed confused "His family? They all burned to death in a fire like 10 years ago" after that we left to go to our respective homes. At mine I was on the receiving end of lecture "what if somebody had seen them? Or you had lost control? Or better still the police finding out what we are and killing us before they think we can harm somebody?" I zoned out the rest of his lecture. The next day there was another lacrosse practice, Stiles was telling me the results from the test of the fibres on the body when we saw Scott. He told me that it was a wolf, which means that he is here. I pulled out my phone and began to text my uncle.
M:it was a wolf that attacked the girl in the forest, should we call boss and let him know? Cos it could mean HE is back?
V: I'll tell boss at next meeting, keep caution, don't tell anyone! Got it?
M:sure I just want HIM dead for what he did to her!
V: you think I don't?
M: wasn't saying that, we still taking him down?
V: yes training session after the boys lacrosse practise.
M: should I tell the other that we know he is here and we can help?
V: yes do it before training
After I had finished texting my uncle the match had started and finished and Stiles was standing next to me, "come on if you need a lift back to yours" I smiled and grabbed my jacket. When I got back I dropped my jacket and went into the woods and put my iPod in my ears, Night of the Hunter blared into my ears which I thought was quite ironic. As I had reached to the fourth song on my playlist, I reached the smouldering wreckage I walked up to the house and walked in, knowing he could hear me, my heartbeat and my loud music from a mile away. I saw him doing a pull up on the frame of a door, "well that's a sight for sore eyes" he whipped around and his lupine features made their appearance and I leaned against the frame. I gave him the letter from my uncle and waited for his reaction. Our families were once good friends before the fire, "I'm surprised you didn't come back sooner Ree" Derek spoke as I looked around remembering the fun times we had pulling pranks on his sister. "well life has been busy for me, learning lots of new things travelling meeting new people, disposing of them, the whole shibang you know" he looked at me "you really have changed you know" I smirked "you're not the only one who is allowed to be different, we both lost people we loved in that fire" his jaw clenched as we both remembered our losses. We then heard a growl, a growl which sounded a lot like a wolf. I looked at him and we were both at an impasse. We moved to leave the house to go to the woods "where is she" the voice that spoke sounded familiar to me. Derek moved forward. "She's safe, from you" the head turned and Derek pounced at him pulling away from my location in the tree near Alison's jacket. "what did you do with her?" I took a clear look at the face, I then realised it was Scott who had obviously been bitten Derek shushed him, as we had both heard them arrive "too late they're already here, run!" Two arrows were fired, one hitting a tree causing a bright light, the other hitting Scott in the arm. I hid my face and climbed higher up so that the hunters didn't spot me.
After they left they boys ran to the tree I was hiding on and Scott flopped down to the floor, reverting back to human, "who were they?" he asked panting for air. "Hunters" Derek turned to face him signalling me to come down, "the kind that have been hunting us for centuries" I then decided to jump down, and I landed in a crouch next to Derek "Meridithe?" Scott looked at me "us? You mean you did this to me?" Scott stood up but still leaned against the tree "is it really so bad Scott? That you can see better? Hear more clearly? Move faster than any human could hope?" Scott stared at him "you've been given something that most people would kill for, the bite is a gift" Scott however was indignant "I don't want it" I chuckled "well its not like something we have the receipt for and you can give back like a present you don't want" I spoke, Derek simply said "you will and you're gonna need me if you want to learn to control it" he leant forward and put his hand on Scott's shoulder "you and me Scott we're brothers now" and with that we walked away.
I laughed faintly "well that went well" Derek glared at me a little "aww come on don't be a Mr grumpy paws" I said pinching his cheek "look I gotta go now, my uncle is expecting me, I'm late enough as it is for training and I never miss it" After school the next day I was walking back with Stiles to to his car and he asked me "where were you last night?" I was stumped, so I had t think up a reason pretty fast "oh I was at kick boxing practice a girls gotta be able to look after herself" as we drove past the front I noticed a man, the man looked exactly like the man who shot Scott last night.
M: we have a huge problem uncle