Trade All Of My Tomorrows- Chapter 30
~A Teen Wolf fan-fiction collaboration between Miss E Charlotte and Sage Londyn~
After Avery's big party, Teagan spent the rest of the weekend hiding out in her bedroom, recovering from the party but mostly thinking. Wondering if she made the right decision in breaking up with Jackson, trying to figure out the new feelings that had appeared because of Isaac and of course all the werewolf stuff was still heavily on her mind.
But now it was the start of a new school week and somehow she made it through the day, although it was probably because she tried her best to avoid everyone and everything.
She even went as far as spending her lunch period in the library, telling Avery she had some work to catch up on, when in reality she wasn't ready to see Jackson yet.
Even though the break was her idea, she wasn't sure if she could look at him without taking it all back.
She missed him a lot and at the moment she just wanted to put him out of her mind, which was why she still had not even told Avery about the break up yet, well that reason and because she didn't want to bring her best friend down, who was currently on cloud nine in her relationship with Derek.
As the two girls walked down the hallway towards their lockers at the end of the day, Teagan softly smiled as Avery gushed happily about her boyfriend.
She might not completely trust Derek, but she was happy for Avery. Her best friend deserved the best and as long as he was the best for her, then Teagan wouldn't stand in the way of that happiness.
"Ok T, seriously, what is up with you today?" Avery asked, as she glanced over at her silent friend.
"Nothing, I was just listening to you talk." Teagan said as she stopped in front of her locker and opened the door.
"And I appreciate that but even I am getting tired of hearing me go on and on about... you know who." Avery joked, not wanting to say Derek's name out loud.
She leaned against the locker beside Teagan's then said, "So please tell me something about you. Did you have fun at the party? Did it help you figure out things? Did you have fun with Isaac? Hell I'll even take a Jackson story, just talk, I can't deal with a quiet Teagan."
"Uh yeah, the party was great. I'm um, still not completely sure about things but I did make a decision on something. Just not sure if it's the right one yet or not." Teagan said softly, as she closed her locker door.
"What do you mean?" Avery asked her confused.
Teagan looked down at the floor as she felt tears fill her eyes and said barely above a whisper, "I broke up with Jackson."
"Wait, what? When did this happen?" Avery asked shocked.
"The next morning. After the party." Teagan said as a tear rolled down her face.
She wiped it away then added, "He came by and I told him I needed a break."
"I'm sorry." Avery said, as she wrapped her arms around her to hug her. She knew that had to be hard for Teagan to do because she knew how much she loves Jackson.
Teagan dropped her book bag as she wrapped her arms around Avery, returning the hug and rested her head on Avery's shoulder.
"Why didn't you tell me? I would have been there for you, you shouldn't have to deal with this alone." Avery said.
Teagan shrugged then said, "You were so happy with... you know and I didn't want to bring you down."
"Hey, you're my best friend, you're down, I'm down." Avery said, as she hugged her again.
"This isn't like the Titanic, you know the whole you jump, I jump thing." Teagan joked, then added, "I don't want you to be down, I want you to be happy. You deserve it."
"You know this sucks. Why can't we both be happy at the same time?" Avery asked.
"I dunno, I guess it's against the law or something." Teagan said with a shrug.
Avery opened her mouth to say something but before she could they heard a loud cheering at the end of the hall. The two girls looked in the direction of the noise and saw Stiles slide across the hall with his arms in the air as he cheered happily.
When he saw the two girls he began to run over towards them calling out their names.
"Speaking of being happy, what is up with him?" Avery asked with a laugh.
"Hey, you two will never guess who is starting in the next game." Stiles said with a huge grin, as he stopped in front of them.
"Greenberg?" Teagan guessed.
"Our mascot?" Avery added.
"Do we even have a mascot?" Teagan asked her.
"You know, I actually don't even know." Avery answered.
Stiles mouth dropped open as he watched them chat back and forth until he cleared his throat and waited till they looked at him then said, "Hi, hello, remember me? The one with the big, huge news."
"Right, sorry." Teagan said.
"Carry on." Avery added.
"I'm starting in the next game." Stiles said, grinning again.
"That's great." Teagan said smiling.
"Yeah, it really is Stiles. So your first line now?" Avery asked.
"Well not exactly. Apparently there was a pinkeye epidemic so coach is bringing a few of us off the bench." Stiles explained, then added, "although technically coach didn't say Stilinski, he said Bilinski but close enough. So call me Biles around the coach ok?"
"He called you by the wrong name?" Avery asked with laugh.
"Yeah, but I don't care cause I'm playing in the game." Stiles said happily.
"We're happy for you Stiles, really." Teagan said.
"You two are coming right?" Stiles asked them nervously.
"Of course, we'll be your own private cheerleaders." Avery said, as Teagan nodded her head to agree.
Stiles mouth fell open as he began to stutter, his mind going to a very dirty place.
"Oh no. You shouldn't have said that A. I guarantee you he is thinking dirty thoughts." Teagan said, as both girls watched his eyes glaze over.
"Yep, we lost him." Avery said with a laugh. Then an idea hit her, she looked over at Teagan with an evil grin, as she stepped closer to Stiles to whisper in his ear.
"Hey Stiles?" Avery purred.
"Uh, yeah?" Stiles asked, as he looked over at her, surprised to see her so close to him.
"Are you thinking naughty things about me right now?" Avery asked.
"O-of course not." Stiles lied.
"Right." Avery said not believing him, then added, "So you're not imagining me in a short, little cheerleading uniform screaming out your name right now?"
"No. You are not wearing a cheerleader uniform in my mind right now." Stiles said, then added, "Only the skirt and a bra."
"Oh my God." Teagan said with a laugh, as she bent down to pick up her fallen book bag from earlier.
"What color bra?" Avery asked, curious.
"You did not just seriously ask him that." Teagan said with another laugh.
"What? If he's going to fantasize about me I want to know everything." Avery said like it was no big deal.
"A black lace one with little red hearts." Stiles answered.
"I actually have a bra like that." Avery said surprised.
"I know." Stiles said without thinking.
"How do you know?" Teagan asked, laughing.
"Stiles have you been digging around in my underwear drawer or something?" Avery asked, as she folded her arms across her chest.
"No!" Stiles answered, then explained, "One day when you were talking to me and you bent over to get something and I saw a peek of your bra."
When both girls shot him a look he threw his hands up then said, "What? It's not my fault. I'm a guy, I can't help it. A hot girl bends over and my eyes automatically look down her shirt."
"Nice bra by the way Teagan, although I never would have imagined you wearing a leopard print one, I figured that would be more Avery's style." Stiles said without thinking.
"Oh my God, Stiles!" Teagan called out, as she slapped his shoulder.
"I'm sorry! I told you I can't help it. It's a sickness." Stiles said, as he tried to block her next hit.
"No you're just sick." Teagan said back, as she slapped him again.
"Is that the bra I sent you last year for your birthday?" Avery asked, as she pulled out Teagan's shirt to look down it.
"Avery!" Teagan gasped, as she pushed her shirt back down.
"What? I just wanted to see if it was the one I got you or not." Avery said, like it was no big deal.
"It's pink and black." Stiles said.
"Yep, that is the one then." Avery said.
"Ok can you two stop talking about my bra. It's just a bra, see." Teagan snapped, as she lifted up her shirt to show them thankful that the hallway was empty except for them or at least she thought so until she heard the sound of clapping and cheering.
"Oh God." Teagan mumbled, dreading what she would see when she lowered her shirt. She saw Stiles' eyes bug out while Avery was trying to contain her laughter.
Slowly she lowered her shirt and felt her face heat up when she saw a small group of lacrosse players down the hall that had seen her little flash, including Jackson and Isaac.
Thankfully Isaac looked away, but the rest of the guys were still cheering until Jackson shot them a look. Only then did they turn away and begin to walk down the hall.
Isaac looked back over toward her, feeling bad for her and wishing he could just walk over and comfort her, but wasn't sure if they were the type of friends who did that.
Jackson looked in between her and Isaac, not liking what he saw then shot Isaac a look, causing him to quickly look away from Teagan before following the rest of the players down the hall.
"What's going on here? Why are you all not on the field?" Coach Finstock said, as he walked over towards Jackson. He looked down the hall to see Stiles then said, "Come on Bilinski. Practice, now!"
Stiles waved at the girls then quickly ran over toward the coach and Jackson. When he got close to Jackson, he made a move toward Stiles like he was going to hit him, scaring the boy and causing him to run down the hall, almost tripping on his own feet.
Jackson looked back over at Teagan one more time as he shook his head in disappointment before walking down the hall behind the coach.
"Well that's one way to move on. Flash the lacrosse team." Avery joked as she looked over at Teagan.
"Ugh, can this day get any worse?" Teagan mumbled, as she walked down the hallway just wanting to go home and forget the whole day.
~(A few days later)~
Before long it was the end of the week and excitement was in the air for the upcoming game. Stiles had still been talking all week about playing in game and as much as Avery was happy about it, she was growing a little tired of hearing about it and decided to sit somewhere else for lunch.
After grabbing a pre-made salad and bottle of water, she glanced around the room until her eyes landed on Isaac, who was eating lunch alone as usual.
With Teagan still hiding out in the library at lunch like she had been doing all week, Avery decided to check in on Isaac and eat lunch with him like she told him she would do now that they were friends.
She made her way toward his table, causing him to look up when he heard her high heels clicking against the floor as she got closer to him. She sat her food down on the table and went to grab the only chair that was across from him until a jock from the lacrosse team reached for the chair at the same time.
Isaac slowly chewed his food as he waited to see what she would do and he didn't have long to wait as Avery pulled the chair towards her and said, "This seat is taken."
"We need it, for the popular table." The jock said back, as he nodded his head across the room where Jackson and a group of his friends were sitting. Then he added, "You know how it works Avery. We steal chairs from the loser tables. That's how it's always been."
Avery glanced over at the table, ignoring the dirty look Jackson was giving her, things had not been the same between them since the attack at school which he still blamed her for. Plus she wouldn't be surprised if he somehow blamed her for Teagan dumping his ass.
She looked back at the jock then said, "Are you sure that's a popular table? Cause it looks like a big group of losers to me."
"This actually looks like a cool table; this one right here with me and my friend Isaac." She said, as she placed a hand on the table and smiled, causing Isaac to chuckle.
At hearing him laugh, the jock looked at Isaac and said, "It doesn't matter who you talk to in this school, you'll still be a loser."
"And it doesn't matter how popular you are, cause in a few years you're going to be pumping our gas after you flunk out of college." Avery snapped back at him.
"You're assuming he'll even graduate high school." Isaac added quietly, surprising Avery and the jock. Avery smiled proudly, maybe she was starting to rub off on him, but the latter was not amused.
"Just wait till the game tonight Lahey, your ass is mine." The jock snapped as he walked away.
Avery laughed out loud as she sat down in the chair, she held up her hand, expecting Isaac to slap her hand but instead saw a worried look on his face.
She dropped her hand then said, "Hey don't worry about him. With his pea sized brain I bet by tonight he will have forgotten all about this conversation."
Isaac nodded his head, hoping she was right, but fearing she was wrong. He was already on Jackson and his friends bad side and knew he just made it worse.
"You know I got to say, I didn't think you had it in you Isaac, but you are becoming a little bad-ass." Avery said, then added, "Looks like my words have reached you, you are finally grabbing life by the balls."
Isaac shook his head then said, "All I did was make them hate me more."
Avery glanced over her shoulder at the jock table and saw Jackson shooting a dirty look to Isaac. She sighed then turned back to look at Isaac as she said, "Sadly, Jackson is going to hate you regardless, but that has nothing to do with you personally. He's just jealous."
"Right. Jackson is jealous of me." Isaac said with a disbelieving scoff.
"He is." Avery argued.
"Jackson has always got everything he wants." Isaac pointed out, as Teagan crossed his mind. He shook his head, trying not to think about her any further then added, "I have nothing for him to be jealous about."
"You got one thing." Avery said smiling, then added when he shot her a confused look, "You've got Teagan's attention and Jackson really hates that."
"Yeah but he's got Teagan." Isaac said disappointingly.
"Wow, you are so behind on the gossip." Avery said, then leaned closer to Isaac as she added, "Here's the latest Isaac, Teagan broke up with Jackson."
"What? When?" Isaac asked surprised, a small smile appearing on his face.
"Right after my party." Avery answered, then added, "So now the question is, what are you going to do? Keep sitting on the sidelines or get in the game?"
"Let me guess, we're not talking about lacrosse are we?" Isaac asked.
Avery laughed as she shook her head and said, "You know exactly what I am talking about Isaac."
Isaac leaned towards her as he said quietly, "I-I can't just ask her out. They just broke up."
"So? It's not like she's in mourning. No one died here Isaac." Avery joked, then added, "just ask her out for a celebratory dinner after the game tonight."
"I-I can't." Isaac mumbled as he looked down at the table at his food, his appetite suddenly gone.
"You can stand up to a jock, which is something you wouldn't even dream of doing last week, but you can't ask out my amazingly awesome friend?" Avery asked.
Isaac kept his head down as he shook his head 'no'.
"Why not?" Avery asked softly, feeling bad for him.
"I'm not good enough for her." Isaac admitted shyly, repeating what his dad had been telling him his whole life, he wasn't good enough for anyone or anything.
"Isaac, look at me." Avery said.
He slowly glanced up, scared she was going to chew him out, but instead she said, "If I didn't think you were good enough for her, I wouldn't be here pushing you to go after her."
"Teagan is my best friend, she's like a sister to me and I love her to death. I want her to have nothing but the best cause that is what she deserves." Avery said, then added, "She deserves someone like you, someone who I know cares about her and will be there for her, but if I'm wrong and that's not you then that's ok. Then that just means there is someone else for her. I mean there is always Danny."
"I thought Danny was gay." Isaac asked confused.
"Well yeah, but I mean, he has always had a crush on Teagan and has always said he would go straight for her." Avery lied.
"Really?" Isaac asked, a heartbroken expression on his face.
"No, not really." Avery said laughing, then added, "But how did it make you feel when I said that?"
"You were testing me?" Isaac asked.
Avery smiled as she nodded her head then asked again, "How did that make you feel?"
"Devastated." Isaac answered simply.
"And that right there is how I know you are good enough for her. You care for her Isaac and that is what she needs." Avery pointed out.
"I still don't think I can just ask her out." Isaac said.
"Ok, well, just take baby steps. Just talk to her, flirt it up a little, see how she feels." Avery suggested.
"You don't know how she feels? A-About me, I mean." Isaac asked a little disappointed. If Teagan didn't tell her best friend how she felt then that must mean she doesn't feel anything for him. He knew girls shared everything.
"I know some things, but I can't tell you what she is thinking or feeling Isaac. It's against girl code, you have to find out yourself." Avery explained.
"So just talk to her? That's it?" Isaac asked. Maybe he could handle just talking to her, he had talked to her before so it couldn't be to hard right?
Avery nodded as the bell rang, then said, "Yeah, just talk."
"I can do that." Isaac said, trying to sound stronger than he felt.
"I know you can." Avery said, as she stood up and gathered up their trash.
"Good luck." She wished him, as she walked towards a trash can to throw everything away and leave the cafeteria.
Isaac looked down at the table as his nerves hit him. It was easy to say he would go after Teagan with Avery near, she was always so confident that it kind of rubbed off on him while she built him up, but when he was left alone with his own thoughts he wasn't sure if he could do it.
Teagan wasn't just some girl, she was the girl he had been dreaming about for years.
Even after she moved and he thought he would never see her again, he still dreamed about her then one day she came back. That had to mean something right? Something was working in his favor, plus he had her best friend pushing him to go after her, that had to mean something too.
He looked up and saw Jackson shooting him a mean look again and thought back to what Avery just told him about Teagan breaking up with Jackson.
For a moment he couldn't help but wonder if it was because of him. Maybe it was because of him and deep down Jackson knew it too and that was why he hated him so much.
With that thought in mind Isaac couldn't help but softly smirk back at Jackson. He knew that was probably a huge mistake because he knew it might lead to an ass kicking on the field that night, but at the moment he didn't care. He was ready to leave the sidelines and join the game.
A/N- Hope you all liked the chapter! We're getting pretty close to wrapping up season 1! ^_^
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