Complicated
Pedro hugs her back, and an instant warmth blooms and envelops her. She sighs in relief and comfort, liking the way that the familiar wave of safety rolls gently over her. And then she remembers something… The brunette pulls back and stares at Pedro right in his brown eyes. Then she slaps him for leaving her behind and not bothering to contact her again after losing communication. The tall male gapes at her with his brown eyes wide and mouth slightly opened; his face is all red with a handprint, and she smiles a devilish smile before slapping him on the other cheek as hard as she can. Due to her playing volleyball, her hands have grown strong and powerful. She might as well hit him with a baseball bat for he staggers back.
"You," she hisses, waving a menacing looking finger in front of Pedro's red and swollen face. "Are a mean, little son of a nutcracker! Leaving like that and... " And then the anger is gone and she hugs him. The two start talking as they make their way to where Carla, Stephanie and Rafael are at. They talk and it's exactly like he never left.
Watching Liam learn self control and a lot of things has been like being some sort of mentor. A father, sorta. For Stiles, anyways. The hyper male looks at the younger male, talking with Kira about what movie they are going to see, and smiles. He can't really believe that this kid - this kid that didn't like them in the beginning and thought they were crazy. A kid they just met! - is now part of the McCall Pack, about to watch a movie in the McCall house instead of running away. Remembering the first time that Liam was in the McCall house makes the hyper human male grin widely.
Stiles sighs, snuggles close to Malia and gives her a slight kiss on the cheek. Malia glances up at him and pulls him into a kiss. They usually don't display much affection in public because neither of them likes it, but there are rare moments when they do. And right now is totally one of those rare moments.
The werecoyote pushes him down on the McCall couch and gets on top of him. It doesn't surprise Stiles that he's at the bottom instead of the top. Because Maila is dominant and he likes her on top of him. It's one of those weird fetishes most guys have.
He and Malia kiss each other hard yet slow. He pulls her closer to him to get more access to her and she lets him. Just as she opens her mouth to have a tongue fight with him, someone throws a pillow at them.
Breaking apart, Malia goes back to sitting on the couch and not on Stiles, which disappoints Stiles greatly. Stiles breathlessly looks around to see who was the culprit. Liam and Kira are still talking, obviously too engrossed in their conversation to have thrown that pillow. Lydia is still not here to be blamed. So that only leaves…
His eyes narrow and in a whiny voice, he asks the True Alpha, "Dude, why'd you throw the pillow?"
Scott just smiles innocently and munches on some popcorn. Even though Scott has respect for all of the Pack members, he can sometimes be childish and that can only mean trouble when Stiles gets involved. And, though Stiles knows better than getting involved, he still does.
He grabs the pillow and throws it back at Scott. But the wolf just moves before it can even reach him, and that sort of annoys Stiles a bit.
"You're no fun," he complains. Then notices the looks that the others are throwing at him and decides to behave. He sits up right and looks at Scott. "So is Lydia going to come or not?"
Upon mentioning her name, Scott's expression turns hard. Stiles doesn't even have to ask another question to know that the True Alpha and the banshee are not in speaking terms. He had already known the second that Scott messed things up by calling her a slut.
"Maybe she's with Parrish doing who the Hell knows what," he says in a joking manner and wiggling his eyebrows to lighten up the tension in the room. After all, the banshee and the deputy have been seeing each other quite often. Every time he goes to the station to see his dad, he sees Lydia and Parrish huddled close together, bodies touching one way or another and talking intently. It can only be assumed that Parrish and the strawberry blonde are together. So Stiles commenting and bringing it up is okay and perfectly normal. But this only makes it worse. Because Scott stuffs his mouth with popcorn and angrily munches on it.
The opening and closing of the door, as well as the jingling of keys and the crunching sound of bags is heard, breaking the silence. Two footsteps - one with that sharp click and the other heavy and manly - come closer. Stiles and everyone else turn to look at the two figures that have entered the living room.
"Hey, guys," Lydia says in a chirpy manner with a big smile on his face. Stiles starts to smile, but then his eyes land on the bags that Parrish is carrying. And then it's like if he were fifteen again. As if he were a regular human, teenage boy, younger than his actual age.
He jumps up and hurries to the deputy, screaming, "FOOOOD!" His arms wrap around the bags, and before anyone can blink, he has opened the bag of chips and is stuffing his mouth. A dreamy, heavy sigh escapes his lips once he tastes that artificial flavored taste. He happily plops down next to Malia, whom has her face in a 'are-you-kidding-me?' expression.
With a slight shake, Parrish goes to the kitchen.
Stiles ignores the looks that everyone gives him and faces the banshee. With his mouth completely full, he asks, "So, what movie are we going to watch?" His food shows and he can only watch all of them wrinkle their faces and shaking their heads in disapproval. The hyper male waits for a bit and then swallows. Then he asks what movie they are going to watch again.
Before anyone can reply, Lydia gets out something from one of the bags and takes over, making Kira and Liam retreat. Stiles puts the bag of chips on Malia's lap, causing to her look up at him. He just smiles and then pulls her onto his lap. The werecoyote returns the smile and cuddles into him. Stiles plants a kiss on her mouth and then they're kissing.
Liam takes the place where where Malia was sitting on Stiles's left while Kira sits next to Liam, so that Liam is in between the three teens - which is something that sort of makes Liam uncomfortable. Scott sits on the other couch, and Parrish comes back with three bowls full of popcorn and chips. Then sits on the other end of the couch as the True Alpha scoots closer to the arm rest.
And all of this is going on, but Stiles isn't really paying attention. He's too lost in the taste of Malia and the feel of her lips…
"Stiles!" Comes an annoyed, pitched voice. "The movie is about to start."
The hyper male pulls away and then smiles softly at the werecoyote. God, he loves her. He really wants to be with her. Because, well, he really, really, really loves her. His world is better now that she's here with him and the Pack...
The title on the TV screen catches his gaze and he frowns. "The Notebook?!" he cries out, sort of surprised. "Lydia, we are not going to watch that movie!" he tells her with a serious face.
Malia turns to him. "Why not? It sounds interesting."
Stiles shakes his head. "Because that's pure gibberish." Turning to look at Lydia from behind Malia's shoulder, he tells her, "We are NOT going to watch it!"
Lydia fixes him a look, her green eyes flashing with warning. Fear shoots through him, and it's ridiculous. He shouldn't be afraid. Lydia has only seen him cry once, and he's seen her cry a lot of times. But…
Minutes pass. "I can't believe you're making us watch this crap," Stiles murmurs into Malia's shoulder. Malia tells him to shut up, face fixed on the screen. It makes Stiles want to smile at how fascinated Malia looks with the movie. He turns and sees that Liam and Kira are also into the movie. Then he looks to Scott, Lydia and Parrish. Surprise flashes through him as he sees the strawberry blonde curled into the True Alpha.
Jordan can't really believe what's going on. He's sitting next to Lydia, watching The Notebook and instead of her curling up against him, she's curled up into the wolf. It makes him a bit hurt and angry, because he thought they were having something. Something special. But he is obviously wrong.
He tries to not let it affect him, and tries to focus on the movie instead. They are at the part where the kids ask Noah to come back to them, to leave their mom for a bit since she shows no progress. Then Noah says that he will not leave because Ally is his home.
The second that is said, the young deputy hears a slight gasp from the girls and can feel the way that Lydia shifts her body so that she is even closer to Scott. More hurt and more pain and more jealousy… And then Lydia stands and hurries out of the living room and to the porch. Before Jordan can even think of anything, he is standing up and following her outside. He manages to catch the door and pushes it aside as he gets out.
Parrish slows down into a halt, watching the way the strawberry blonde leans against the porch. Her hair falls perfectly down her waist - it is surprising how long her hair is when straightened. Her flower-patterned, skin tight shirt sticks to her, a black, thin belt around her waist, and goes perfectly with her high-waisted, denim shorts. She's so beautiful… And then she turns to the left, tilting her chin upwards and he can't help noticing that she looks like a broken angel. With tears streaming down her cheeks.
He opens his lips to call her name, but someone beats him to it.
Scott was happy to know that Lydia was curling up against him instead of Parrish. It was childish and a bit stupid, but that was how he felt. And when she stood and left to the porch, he was completely confused. Had he hugged her and hurt her somehow? Or what was going on? Then Parrish stood up and followed her. And jealousy had flashed through him, making him follow the two.
Now, though, as he watches her leaning against the porch, he knows that something is wrong. Because tears are running down her face, and Lydia Martin never really cries.
"Lydia?" he whispers, kind of scared.
The young banshee turns, looks at him and then barely even acknowledges that Parrish is there before running into the True Alpha's arms. She wraps her arms around him, buries her face in his neck and tightens her grip on him. Jealousy plagues his nose but he ignores it and concentrates on the watermelon scent.
"Lydia, what is it?" he asks.
"Ally is home. She is - was? - my home and Ally is no longer here. And now... now I feel lost," she replies, sounding miserable and completely heartbroken. And then Scott understands and the wolf feels extreme guilt and grief. Guilt because of the way he has been treating Lydia since he found out that she was spending tons of time with the deputy. Grief because he remembers the loss.
He repeats, "Ally is home." He pauses. Then: "I miss her, too." By the time that he finishes the sentence, Lydia has already begun sobbing and her grip tightens even more on him. Emotions that are not his but the strawberry blonde's come in big waves and overwhelm him. He can feel it all: the regret, the sorrow, the love, the loss, the guilt and the grief. And all Scott does is hold her even tighter and lets her cry. Because she misses her best friend and is hurting just like he is.
Savannah feels like she's floating as she walks with Pedro down the hall of Beacon High. She can't believe that he is with her. She just simply cannot! Because it feels like a dream come true and for a second, she feels like Cinderella.
The teenaged boy has an arm around her, and him touching her makes her whole body tingle. Makes her lips spread into a big, bright smile and warm eyes to glow with happiness. He is telling her about how he may join the lacrosse team since they have no football team or soccer team. He hopes it's not too late to try out, and he looks at her and she tells him what he wants to hear: that he should talk to Coach and definitely try out for the team. Because Savannah really wants that for him. Plus, that means she can wear his jersey whenever there are games. Just like old times….
The tall male smiles brightly at her. Her heart skips more than one beat and she shyly looks away. Because there are a lot of butterflies in her tummy, and her face has turned red.
They get to her first period class and he gives her a hug, telling her that he'll see her in second period. They let go; Savannah misses the warmth of his body heat and smiles at him, not wanting to part. But they have to since the bell has rung.
Pedro leaves. The brunette female goes inside and takes a seat. Then she takes out a piece of blank paper and a pencil out, and soon, she's doodling. She barely pays attention in class, and it should bother her, but it does not. Because she's thinking about Pedro and what happened after the movie finished.
(Flashback)
It was like he never left. Because they talked, and he bought her exactly what she always got when they used to go to the movies. And she honestly couldn't believe he remembered! After the length in time that they had not seen each other, he still remembered, and that made her feel warm all over.
They walked to the auditorium where the movie with Adam Sandler was showing and took their seats. Carla, Stephanie and Rafael tried to talk to the pair, but the pair blankly ignored them, too lost in their world to care about what the other three thought. And, yeah. It was a bit mean, but Pedro and Savannah had this connection that had been broken and were quickly rebuilding.
When the movie started, the athletic brunette was excited to see the movie. Especially since Pedro and her were sharing a bucket of popcorn. The other three had bought their own, not liking their popcorn with butter like Pedro and Savannah did. And sharing a bucket of popcorn could only lead to something: "accidentally" putting your hand in it at the same time the other person does and ending up holding hands - and that was what the female was aiming for. Like if it were magic, the plan went exactly like Savannah hoped it would. They ended up holding hands. Pedro had her callused yet somehow soft and smooth hand in his warm, firm and manly one. The simple contact made Savannah so full of joy that she felt like a balloon with too much air in it nice and ready to pop.
Savannah blinked and the credits were rolling onto the big, theater screen, God, she was so lost in the fact that they were holding hands that she didn't even realize the movie had ended. Hadn't paid attention and that meant she would have no idea how the movie ended in case her three friends wanted to share their favorite points in the plot. But, luckily, the three started to talk about school and that saved Savannah from explaining why she had no clue how the movie went.
They went to eat at a nearby McDonalds, and after they finished eating, Carla's mom picked them up. Never had Savannah felt great appreciation for having such loud friends. They covered most of the conversation and answered all the question Carla's mom asked. This gave Savannah the opportunity to think about what Pedro and her could possibly have now that he was back.
Carla's mom dropped Savannah off at her house, and the brunette gave thanks to the woman for the ride as well as her friends for the great time. Her eyes locked with Pedro's darker ones and Savannah felt her heart speed up till it was bruising her smiled secret smiles at each other. Then, she turned and went into her house, gave her grandmother a brief explanation about how the movie was and then went up to her room. Savannah didn't even bother taking a shower; she just collapsed on her bed and fell asleep, having sweet dreams about her and Pedro.
(End of Flashback)
The brunette jumps up, completely startled, when the bell rings, making her snap of her day dream. Her cheeks turn red the second her eyes land on her paper. She has drawn little hearts with her initials and Pedro's and the different ship names for them like 'Savedro' and 'Pedannah' and some other weird ship names. She quickly grabs the paper and crumbles it up, then throws it in the trashcan on her way out. Knowing that she will see Pedro makes her speed up until she is pretty much running to her second period class.
Too blind with anxiety and excitement, she does not see where she's going exactly. And then she slams into someone, losing her balance. But before she can fall down, the person grabs a hold of her and steadies her onto her feet. Her eyes lock with stormy grey ones.
The young wolf has been waiting anxiously for Savannah at the door of her second period class. He hasn't seen the athletic female in what seems like ages, and he is really missing her. Plus, the bracelet that Lydia not only chose but bought is still in its box and burning his back through his backpack.
He waits and shifts uncomfortably and tries to pick up her scent. And about five seconds go by and he catches her scent, strong and calming to him, mixed with anxiety and excitement. And at first he thinks that it's because she has seen him, but then he realizes that she hasn't even spotted him. When she slams into him by accident, it is more than clear that the excitement and anxiety is not caused by him, but because of something else.
"Hey," he says, smiling at her. He ignores the little trickle of fear that is caused by his subconscious. He steadies her and makes sure that she's okay before letting go. "I have something that I want to show you," he murmurs, reaching for his backpack.
The brunette smiles nervously at him. "Okay," she replies. He unzips his backpack and pulls out the box. She takes the box and carefully takes one end of the light lilac ribbon and pulls it. The ribbon slips and she glances at him. Liam just smiles at her a bit shyly and nods at her as an encouragement to keep going. The brunette does and Liam feels great pride wash away the unease the second she gasps.
"Liam," she breathes, her warm eyes wide. "Who is this for?"
Liam looks down shyly, then peers at her. "It's for this one girl," he says, hoping she'll catch on. And then, for some reason that he can't really understand, she snaps the box shut and grabs the ribbon. Jealousy and anger plague his nose and make his head feel all dizzy. She grabs his hand and places the box back in his hand.
"I hope Maria likes it," she says and then turns around. He can only watch with great confusion as her angry face turns bright the second she sees someone. That person comes and hugs her. Now, Liam is getting dizzy by his own jealousy. But he ignores it. Because Savannah has turned to him and is introducing them.
"This is Liam," she tells the male. He's as tall as Liam with glasses and brown eyes and Elvis Presley type of hair. He's obviously Mexican, though one would think differently because of his albino skin. "Liam, this is Pedro."
The guy - Pedro - and him give each other that manly handshake ever guy knows. Liam forces a smile and tries not to cringe.
"I'll see you later," Liam mumbles, feeling anger and jealousy stirring up his wolf. Without waiting for a reply, he turns on his heel and hurries out of the school hallway. He then starts running as fast as he can. And he isn't exactly where he's going until he is standing a few feet in front of the banshee.
Liam doesn't say anything. He just sits next to her on the deck of the house dock and they're both quiet for a second - Liam making his wolf get back in its cage and Lydia just thinking; he isn't really sure what she feels since he can sense nothing from her. But Liam doesn't mind because he is already too overwhelmed with his own emotions. Then, Lydia wraps his arms around him, and he can't help but start crying. Because he is just so full of pain for something that he can't really comprehend.
Kira has always known that Scott loved Allison with all his heart and needed space after the French female died. Because the huntress is and always will be the True Alpha's first love. She has also known that it would not have worked out with her and Scott - because of the same reason - and so she ended it between the two of them.
Still, that does not mean that the Japanese female has stopped having feelings for him. And knowing that he has a thing for the strawberry blonde banshee makes her heart ache deeply. Knowing that she is just another one of the Pack Members while Lydia is like the Alpha female and mother of the Pack makes the young kitsune mad with envy. And it is seriously wrong because Lydia has been nice to her and has made her her knew best friend.
But being friends with the banshee is not good at all. Because Kira is only getting hurt at knowing that Lydia sometimes doesn't even realize she's there, and talks to her as if she were Allison. And there are many times when Kira doesn't know if she should have Lydia as a friend or as an enemy, because either way, Kira is going to get hurt.
The kitsune sighs and runs a hand through her hair. She sits there awkwardly at the usual table, waiting for the other Pack members to come and sit with her. She relaxes a bit when the werecoyote sits across from her.
"Hey," the Hale female greets. Kira smiles at her, trying to calm her unease. "Have you seen the guys?"
"N- yea- no," Kira stammers. Then she huffs, being annoyed that she is still somewhat socially awkward. "Yes, I have seen them since we have classes together. No, they still haven't shown up for lunch."
Kira looks up and cannot help the smile that stretches on her face when she spots Scott. But then that smile melts the second she notices the expression that he has on his face. All worried and serious. And for a second, she fears that they are going to be pulled again into yet another supernatural battle against some evil supernatural, asshole.
"What's wrong?" she asks the minute he sits down. Scott shakes his head and stares at his food for what seems like a split second before taking out his phone.
Stiles sits next to Malia, and it is then that Kira realizes that they are missing two Pack members. Mason is sick, they know. But what about Liam? And what about Lydia? Upon realizing that Lydia is not there, Kira automatically jumps to the conclusion that the True Alpha is all depressed because the banshee is not there. But then Stiles speaks up.
"Have you guys received a call? From either Liam or Lydia?" the hyper male asks while starting to shove his mouth with food.
Both girls shake their heads. Scott sighs.
The Alpha male turns to the hyper male. "Do you think they're together?" Scott asks. "Do you think that they're safe?"
Stiles swallows his food and nods. "If they're together, then they're both safe. Liam will protect Lydia if they get attacked, and Lydia will scream for our help. Either way, we shouldn't worry that much," the Stilinski descendent tries to console. Kira cringes at the look that Scott shoots Stiles.
"Okay, okay. Maybe we should worry," Stiles murmurs. "But that is until we don't get a call from either of them."
Scott sighs. Kira stares at her food, wanting to console him but not knowing how. So she just stays quiet and pokes her food in hopes of someone - cough, cough, Stiles, cough, cough - lightening the mood. But the subject has not yet been dropped since the werecoyote asks what exactly is going on.
Answering for Scott, Stiles tells his lover, "Well, you see, Lydia and Liam are not here. They were supposed to be here since, you know, it's a school day. Not that missing school would matter for Lydia, since she is booksmart and has easily passed the SAT test with one of the highest scores. I heard the teachers talk after we took the test and it seems that someone has yet to beat her score - a perfectly, perfect score. She's so smart and beautiful, I swear…"
Then, as if noticing the looks that they are throwing at him, Stiles adds, "But I'm over her, so no need to worry about that, Malia. Anyway, Liam is also missing. Well, not missing, because we are sure he is somewhere. But he's not here as he should be. And we have a game… Oh my God! We have a game and he's not here!"
Noticing again the looks, Stiles continues rambling, as if he hadn't had a mini panic meltdown. "And so, Scott is worried. Because, you know, the last time that Liam went missing he was almost killed by a young assassin. He was stuck in the well and yeah. And so last time Lydia went missing - which has been a whole lot of times - she was always in danger. Like, first, it was the situation with Peter. The first time that asshole attacked her - no offense, Malia - she was all alone. The second time she went missing was because of him - again. With the whole running in the woods completely naked for three days. Hmmmm… I wonder if she was cold? She seemed like it when I found her. Er, well, when she found us."
Stiles shakes his head.
"ANYWAY, the third time she was missing, it was because of Peter. Like, I swear. What does Peter want with Lydia? First, it was to plant himself in her head. The second, was to see if she was under his influence. When he saw that he was, he messed around and made her go crazy. The third time she was missing, was at her party where everyone was hallucinating and making out and doing a bunch of crazy crap because she had put wolfsbane in the punch since she was under Peter's control. And she had gone off to revive him! Which is not only creepy, but smart. In a creepy manner, of course."
Stiles grabs his juice and takes a sip of it before continuing.
"Anyway, the fourth time that she was missing, she almost died in the hands of Jennifer, aka Ms. Blake, aka the Darach. And that night my dad went missing and she discovered that she was a banshee and she gave away their location to Scott the second that she screamed. I don't know how loud it was, but I do know that it make Scott double over with pain. And then the time that Kira went missing, she screamed and it was loud as Hell and it made me dizzy. Anyway, the fifth time that she went missing…"
Stiles stops talking and Kira bends her head down, knowing that that time the strawberry blonde banshee went missing, the French huntress died by the Nogitsune's henchmen.
The hyper male clears his throat. "Well, I see know why Scott is worried," he murmurs.
Kira leans over, and puts her hand on Scott's. She gives his hand a light squeeze. "I'm sure that they are okay," she tells him, giving him a small smile. And just as she finishes saying it - just as he smiles back at her -, Scott's phone starts ringing.
Kira tries not to feel stung by the fact that Scott let her hand go immediately. She tries to ignore the stabs of jealousy when she hears him sigh in relief and ask if everything is okay. She tries not to feel hurt by the fact that his whole face lights up and he begins having a mini bicker with the person on the other line. She tries to block out the fact that only one voice can truly calm him. Tries to ignore it all. But she can't. Because she is deeply in love with him and he does not know it.
"What's wrong?" Malia asks. Kira mentally curses at the fact that the werecoyote can smell emotions.
The Japanese beauty shakes her head. She replies, "It's complicated."
"It's complicated. To explain why he felt the urge to come to me and not to you when he needed help in figuring out his emotions I mean," Lydia tells her Alpha. She glances over at Liam and gently smiles at his sleeping form. "But he's okay. So you don't need to worry."
"Are you sure that you don't want me to go over there?" Scott presses. Lydia smiles at his insistence.
"Scott McCall, I will scream if I need you," she says in a firm tone. And then she realizes that it sounds wrong, making her neck and ears feel hot. "I mean, if there's trouble I'll call. Not that, if I need - you know - I'll call. Although you'll certainly know. I mean…" When has LYDIA MARTIN ever felt so flustered?
The Alpha chuckles, and upon hearing it, her heart beat rises till it's beating fast in her chest. in order to regain some dignity, she makes her tone firm and demanding and says, "Shut up, McCall."
"Aye, aye, Captain," Scott replies. And it makes Lydia smile brightly that he's teasing her. Lydia hears a shift and glances at the young beta.
"I have to go, okay? I'll call you if trouble comes up."
"Okay," Scott whispers.
"Bye, Scott," she whispers back.
"Lydia… I… I…" he says before she can hang up. She waits for him to finish, her heart swelling up with hope. "I'll be there after school is over, okay?"
Her heart goes down like a deflated balloon. "Okay," she says. "Bye." And then she hangs up.
She hears a slight shift. "I know you're awake, Liam," she calls out.
Liam gives up the charade and sits up and looks at the strawberry blonde banshee. She sits with him and asks him how he feels. He tells her he feels like crap. She nods and gets up, then goes to the kitchen and gets something. Liam watches her come back, and grabs the cup of tea when she offers it to him. She asks him if he wants to talk about what's going on - they didn't have a chance to since he fell asleep after crying. He shakes his head and starts to sip his drink. To his surprise, she doesn't push him. The tea doesn't taste as nasty as he would have originally thought. He lets her know this, and then the young beta finishes the cup of herbal tea.
He puts it on the coffee table and then shifts his position on the couch. He places his head on her chest, wrapping his arms around her and letting the soft beating of her heart calm him down. She hugs him and starts stroking his cheek.
They're both quiet for a moment, and soon the young wolf is telling her about the brunette. Liam lets everything pour out. How he has been feeling for quite a while. Confused when the young athletic female returned the box. How he was so enraged and disappointed and hurt and afraid when he met that guy named Pedro. How he was rather jealous when they hugged. He tells her everything, and by the time he is done, he feels so much better. Feels like a little kid telling his mother about a bad day at school.
And then he realizes that he feels this way with Lydia because it is true. Because whether the Pack would like to admit it or not, Lydia is the mom. She is the one that they all go to when they need advice or help - whether it be things about where to take someone on a date, or love life advice, or help on homework, or whatever. They always go to her. Always, always, always.
He tells her what he has just discovered. Lydia laughs and shakes it off, telling him that he is delusional and then kisses his cheek. Because he's adorable, the Martin female says. Liam just looks at her with a calculating gaze.
"You're delusional," she tells him with a soft smile.
Liam shrugs. "You'd be a good mother, though," he comments.
He doesn't have to look at her to know that her face is sober because his nose has sensed sadness coming off from her. "No," she whispers softly and sadly. "I'm not going to be a mother. I… I can't take the risk of my child having to carry this… this gifted curse. I can't let my child be like me: a banshee. Finding dead bodies is no good for a child. It ruins innocence, and I'd rather they live in the dangerous human world than in a world where you have assassins and hunters after you."
Liam stays quiet. He had never imagined that Lydia felt this way. But he now knows and he feels the grief. The sudden realization that he won't be able to have a family either because of what he is dawns on him.
"Is everyone okay?" a voice asks as someone bursts in. The two teens look up at Scott.
"I'll leave you two alone," Lydia says, standing up. And this confuses Liam a bit because he knows that after they had watched The Notebook, Lydia and Scott got close again. But he knows she has her reasons and so he nods.
After the strawberry blonde banshee leaves, Scott sits down and then Liam tells him what happened and why he ran away. Scott then explains why he felt that way - he explains everything about having an anchor and what it means losing it. Then, out of curiousity, Liam asks if Scott has an anchor. Scott nods and Liam asks what his anchor is. Scott just shakes his head and says that he can't really say. Liam is quiet, then - because Lydia has meddled with his love life - he tells the True Alpha that he had this weird sense of coming to Lydia. And then he tells the older wolf that he thinks that Lydia is the Mom of the Pack. Liam lists all the reasons why, and by the time he is done, he asks Scott if he thinks that there is a chance between the Alpha and the banshee.
"It's complicated," Scott murmurs. He has been hearing all of this and he knows that the things being said about the Martin female are true.
"But why?" Liam tries.
"Because there are things that you don't know."
Scott gives Liam a look when the younger male asks, "What things?"
The True Alpha sighs and then tells his beta everything. By the time he is finished, Liam is nodding. "Love," the beta murmurs, "is complicated."