"I don't know why you're bringing it up"
"Maybe because you got him put in jail?"
"Only for a night or two" Stiles scoffs
"Put wrongly in jail"
"Listen he's bad news okay not as much as I thought in the start but still bad news"
"So bad news but not bad news?" She asks
"Yes"
A knock on the door saved Stiles getting scolded anymore as he went to open the door. She was nervous as they had invited Lydia and Allison down for food. She knew Lydia, mainly from Stiles constant rambles of her. Allison she barely knew. She had picked up some pieces of info from Scott and Stiles through the last few weeks. She was new, kind, smart and her aunt had been the reason the Hale family house had burned down.
"She knows nothing okay keep it that way" She hears Stiles mumble as she walks to the hallway seeing Allison, Lydia and Scott there.
"Don't know what Stiles" She asks as he jumps at the sound of her voice, running a hand through his hair.
"I forgot about you and your super good hearing" He mutters jokingly
"What don't I know?" She asks a smile on her face looking at the three behind him.
"He doesn't want to tell you about the rave" Allison says as Stiles glances at her, eyes burning into her.
"A rave?" She asks
"Yeah a few of us are going, do you want to come I've a spare ticket?" Lydia asks as Stiles raises an eyebrow at her.
"Since when do you have a spare ticket?" He asks as she rolls her eyes.
"Since I know everyone duh"
She had heard the rumors of Lydia and like Stiles could see through the wall she put up. She knew from one of her teachers that she was insanely smart and how down to earth she could be when she wasn't trying to impress the whole school.
"I'd like that Lydia thank you" She smiled walking towards the kitchen, a victory smirk aimed at Stiles now sulking at the back.
"So what's on the menu for tonight?" Scott asks smiling at the plates of food wrapped in tin foil.
"Garlic bread and pasta salad for starters, Chicken pasta for main and fruit log for dessert"
"Wow if I had known it was a three course meal I would of brought some wine or cheese" Allison jokes as they settle at the table not far from the kitchen.
"My dad taught me some of his cooking, his grandparents were Italian so he came from a family of cooking big meals and spending time together over them… sorry if it's a bit over the top" She mutters at the end realising the amount of food she had actually prepared.
"No no it's fine I love Italian food the more the better" Lydia smiles as Stiles and Scott glances at her. Lydia had this look in her eyes when looking at Scarlett. Empathy, as if she could feel everything she went through.
Scarlett smiled back a thank you as she turned to plate the food up.
The conversation kept a quick and good flow over the food. After the starter and main, she was now plating up the fresh cream fruit log she had spent most of the morning making. There was leftovers she had plated into two; one for Sheriff stilinski and Melissa.
Stiles stood to her side as she handed him plate by plate til all five of them had one.
"It's been a long time since I've had a meal that good" Scott mumbles eyeing up the cake in front of him.
"I missed your cooking, it's hard to keep dad away from curly fries" Stiles mutters digging a fork into his cake before stuffing it in his mouth.
"Keep him or you?" Scarlett asks raising an eyebrow at the boy who almost chokes on his cake.
The room erupted into laughter as he simply rolled his eyes at her.
"So what's this I hear about Derek Hale being prince charming to you" Allison asks and Lydia leaned in closer to her, ready for any gossip.
"He's not playing prince charming" She laughs picking up some cake on her fork.
"Oh yeah cause helping a girl with her shopping isn't prince charming worthy" Lydia smiles as the boys kept their heads down out of girl talk.
"Oh lets not forget him giving her his number" Both her and Stiles choked on this as Scott widened his eyes at Allison.
"Scott!" Scarlett managed to choke out as she coughed the cake now stuck in her throat. "You have his number?" Stiles asks as Scott looked nervously at the two.
"And they text on the regular" Lydia smiled
"SCOTT" She now yells jokingly as the boy moved his chair closer to the two girls opposite the table. She had told Scott about having Derek's number and the texts here and there to each other. Knowing Stiles had some kind of distaste for him she had asked it stay quiet. Obviously Allison didn't count to him.
"Are you dating Derek Hale?" Stiles manages to ask as she glared at the two smiling girls across the table.
"No he's just being nice Stiles"
"Not yet anyways" Allison mumbles earning a laugh from Scott and Lydia.
"Did you miss where I said what's happened in the last year in Beacon Hills?" He asks as she snapped her head to him, the conversation tone suddenly changing.
"God no Stiles you've only told me at least 100 times about you getting him arrested for nothing"
The room fell silent
"This again?" He asks as she scoffs.
"Yes this again Stiles, he's only being friendly"
"Too friendly"
"What is your problem?" She snaps folding her arms over her chest.
"Derek Hale"
"What have you got against him?" She asks dropping her fork on the plate.
"He's dangerous and causes problems"
"Well I tell you what, Derek Hale is being a lot more problem free then you currently are"
"What does that mean?" He asks glaring at Scarlett.
"Don't pretend like you don't sneak out most nights, I've answered the calls from school about you ditching classes… the only time I see you is when I cook… At least someone is offering a bit more assistance than talking to me for an hour before sneaking out again"
"And your so problem free are you Scar? What about the fact when i do sneak in your always awake, you don't sleep and when you do I hear you panic and wake up crying"
She was shellshocked. The whole room tensed up, Scott glancing between his two friends. Looking at the boy in front of her she felt numb. Not even five seconds later his face softened up realising what he had said.
"Scar I'm sor-"
"Don't" She barely managed to get out tears filling up her eyes.
"Everytime I close my eyes I see it's face, I can't sleep and I feel suffocated.. If you've noticed it and heard me i've never once woken to find you there.. I can't stand to be alone. You're right Stiles things have changed in Beacon hills, starting with you" She abruptly got up from her chair making her way to the hall grabbing her jacket and keys. She ignored Scott's calls as she slammed the door behind her.
She drove around for at least half an hour trying to clear her head. But all that kept going around her head was the forest, it's face. Soon she found herself driving towards the spot she was shot. She got out of the car the wind blowing her shoulder length hair around her face.
Scarlett
She whipped her head towards the voice coming from the forest. She moved towards it as if out of will. She moved further and further into the forest running. Getting too warm she pulled her jacket off and kept going going in seamless circles. It started to rain heavily and she lost track of where she even was.
Come on we're just having fun
She felt tears well up in her eyes as she felt every inch of her soaked through from the heavy rain. The ground seemed to be shaking and getting deeper and she started to slow down. The mud now getting slippery she took careful steps not wanting to stop moving.
You can't escape me
She screamed, covering her ears. She kept screaming even though her voice started to rasp from the loud shrieks coming from her. She felt paralysed. The voice had sounded like it came from right beside her. Was she going crazy? Was her brain finally giving in and just collapsing on itself?
She felt hands grab hers. She was shaking still screaming til she felt the hand move her face to meet his. Dereks green eyes looked into hers as the screams turned into loud sobs, him pulling her close to him shielding some of the rain off her.
"There's something wrong with me" She sobbed as he looked over her for any physical damage. His grip never softening on her.
"It called me out here I couldn't even control myself" She cried louder as he just shushed her sobs.
"I don't want this anymore I don't want to be afraid"
"I won't let anyone hurt you" He mumbles as she shakes from the cold and rain.
"Come on let's get you back to the car"
She didn't really zone in for the walk out of the forest. Derek took his jacket off placing it around her shoulders. His arms on her shoulder walking her back. Once they reached the edge she could see Scott and Stiles stood by his jeep, her car and Dereks.
Stiles ran over to her eyes wide and frightened
"All we could hear was your screams I'm so sorry Scarlett I can't even begin to apologise, please just" He starts going to put his hands on her arms as she flinched from him, a sadness taking over his eyes as she did that.
"Your right Stiles about it all" She says in a saddened monotone voice still shaking.
"I'm going to bring her to the loft" Derek informs Stiles as he looks at Scarlett.
"Is that what you want?" He asks her as she looks at him and Scott who had now walked up to them.
"Cover for me at home" She tells him as Derek now directs her towards his car.
Once inside she kept her eyes in front of her afraid she'd see or hear something that wasn't there again.
"You don't have to help me" She mumbles to Derek as he puts a small smile on his face looking at her.
"I know, but I want to"
She tried to smile back but it's only caused tears to well up again.
The rain got heavier outside as she watched Scott get into her car and drive it away. Stiles looked sadly at her giving a wave before getting into the jeep and disappearing down the road.
Derek started the car up and began the journey towards the loft. Every so often he would look at her, making sure she was still awake. It was silent except the pitter patter of rain on the window that was calming her fear down.
"I'm sorry" She apologizes at some point during the car ride. He glances at her confused.
"You're sorry?" He asks as she pulled his jacket closer around her as her feeling started to come back.
"I'm sure you have better things to do then chase after me in the forest, and you know sacrifice your jacket"
"You never have to apologise to me" He replies with a blank expression on his face.
"Thank you then" She mumbles leaning her head against the window of his car. Feeling tired she closed her eyes, the soft vibration of the car lulling her to sleep.
AN soooooo it's all about to start kicking off soon! Thanks for all the follows and favs!