"He asked you! He actually asked you to the winter formal! He only just broke up with me!" Lydia said clearly upset.
It was bad enough that her best friend was dragging her through the woods when she knew that Lydia hated the outdoors, and that she was right in the middle of watching a fascinating documentary on bioengineering used in the environment, but now her friend was telling her that she was going to the winter formal with her ex-boyfriend who she was clearly still in love with.
"Look I thought you guys broke up?" Allison observed while stepping over a large fallen tree.
Lydia who was trying to get out of a spiders web had to pause before gathering her thoughts.
"We did and I'm over it. Jackson clearly wasn't thinking straight. I mean it. There was something odd about him. He said I was dead weight and that I was holding him back which is weird because let's be honest I was the greatest thing to ever happen to him. He seemed frantic. I don't know Allison something was off about him." Lydia mused while trying to avoid stepping in mud.
"Well I said yes. Are you sure you're ok with that?" Allison admitted looking back towards her friend who was clearly not enjoying the great outdoors.
"I guess. I mean we're not together and you said you're just going with friends and you're asking me to make sure it's ok so it you really want to then by all means go." Lydia said with a sigh stopping where her brunette friend had stop to give her a chance to catch up.
Allison gave a beautiful dimpled smile at Lydia who had started putting on hand sanitizer.
"Thank you Lydia that means a lot. I'm glad that we can find a way to work this out. I mean I'm going to the formal with your ex and you have kissed my ex so I guess we're even!" Allison said with a playful smirk as she resumed walking.
"How do you know about that? It was McCall wasn't it. I'm gonna kill him. I told you not to hang out with him. He's pretty dangerous you know. Also he kissed me ok. It was a one sided kiss. I did not want that at all. Like at all. I hate it when people touch my shoulder let alone put their mouth and germs all over my mouth." Lydia shuddered thinking of the 80 million germs that got transferred to her mouth from Scotts.
Allison just smiled and shook her head at her germophobe friend before getting down to the real reason she dragged Lydia out into the middle of the woods.
"I need to see what this arrow does. My aunt left it in plain sight so that I would find it. I think it has something to do with my family tree." Allison said preparing her bow.
She aimed at a tree and turned around to check on Lydia who had her eyes covered by her hands clearly not enjoying the experience.
She let released the arrow which exploded on impact.
"Allison are you sure about this? Do you really want to know all of your family's dirty secrets. I mean your aunt just casually left you an arrow that explodes on impact." Lydia said cautioning her friend. Lydia had a bad habit of becoming very protective over the people she loved. Allison was no exception. Lydia just wanted Allison to stay safe and happy, one more reason why she didn't want her hanging out with Scott McCall.
Lydia had been doing extensive research on Scott and all of the puzzle pieces she had. So far she had come up with no reason as to why he was visiting dead bodies in morgues and abandoned houses, and acquiring unbelievable lacrosse abilities overnight, and eyes that flash yellow.
Allison put her bow away and looked up at the Lydia.
"I need to know more. I need to learn the truth."
As Allison turned around to head home Lydia found herself agreeing.
Lydia needed to learn the truth about what was going on as well.