Chapter 30 - It Never Stops

Avery took a deep breath as she slowly pushed open the door to a downstairs room and nodded for Teagan to go in as she said, "Just check some of the boxes against the walls… see if there's any journals in there."

Teagan took a step into the room that Avery's mom used to spend a lot of time writing it. As she flipped on the light she saw Aleine's desk was still against the far wall.

"My mom had this… insane wealth of knowledge, maybe she knew and recorded something down about nogitsunes, or even something about possession. I just feel like if we look hard enough we can find something…" The blonde admitted.

"I'll take this side I guess." Teagan said motioning to the side of the room with the desk.

Avery stared down to the threshold of the door but she couldn't bring herself to take a step, no matter how hard she tried – she couldn't gather the strength to walk into the room with her best friend.

"A?" Teagan asked seeing her hesitance."

"Actually… I just remembered I still have a few boxes to go through upstairs, it's probably better if you take this room and I go up there." She said pointing to the ceiling.

Teagan looked around the room confused as she said, "Okay…"

Nodding her friend nearly sprinted off towards the stairs.

Avery walked into the bathroom and leaned over the sink, taking a few deep breaths before she raised her head and looked in the mirror.

"Oh god…" She breathed out with tears in her eyes as a faceless version of herself was reflected in the glass. The same terrifying vision she'd seen in the basement at Eichen house.

And just like the first time, she couldn't force herself to look away, the longer she stared at the faceless blonde, the more entranced she became. Almost feeling like she was being pulled into the mirror; like she was being pulled away. Until her phone rang from her pocket.

Quickly snapping back to reality she found her phone and answered the call from Allison, who explained that they were at Stiles' house and from what they could tell by a chessboard that the nogitsune had moved pieces around on, they needed to meet up at Derek's loft.

As Avery ended the call she turned around, refusing to look in the mirror and gasped when she saw her best friend in the door way.

"Was that Allison?" Teagan asked, then admitted, "I couldn't find anything useful in the room downstairs."

"It's okay… we need to meet up at Derek's anyways." Avery stuttered out as she pushed past Teagan to get out of her bathroom and away from the faceless ghost of herself in the mirror.

As she came to a stop in her room she stared into the large mirror above her dresser and saw the faceless girl again, but she could hear her mom's voice taunting her, "You can't save Stiles, you can't save anyone…"

"Avery!" Teagan yelled as she tried for the 3rd time to get her best friends attention but she was just staring into her mirror, like she was in a trance. "A, come on!"

"I have to try…" Avery whimpered out.

Teagan swallowed hard and looked around, knowing all too well the lost look on her face. Her best friend was seeing something that she wasn't, she was trapped in a nightmare and she knew she had to break her out of it.

"Avery, hey! Listen to me, I'm right here." She pleaded standing in front of her friend and holding onto her friends face, but it was like Avery was staring right through her.

As she continued to stare in the mirror, Avery heard her mother's voice in another haunting reminder that she was fighting a losing battle, "You'll be the death of them all. You were born bad…"

Feeling a sharp pain on her cheek she finally snapped out of it and looked at Teagan shocked as she held onto her face and gasped, "Did you just slap me?"

"I'm sorry…" She apologized, "I was just trying to get out to snap out of it…"

"You… slapped me!" Avery yelled louder, still holding onto her cheek.

"What's going on?" Teagan pushed her for answers, but her friend barely let her speak as she said, "Nothing is going on, I'm fine…"

But her voice trailed off as she started to look back at the mirror.

"Avery!" Teagan yelled, causing her to come back to reality.

"What are you seeing?" Teagan questioned.

"I'm fine."

"Avery stop!" The brunette explained with a frustrated sigh as she grabbed her arm to keep her from walking away.

"We need to get to Derek's." She tried to protest, but Teagan wasn't having it as she said, "You can take a few moments to tell me what's going on with you."

"I can't." Avery admitted, as she shook her head back and forth, "Don't you get it, T? I can't… we need to focus on fixing Stiles and then we need to work on you. I'm okay."

Tears burnt her eyes as Teagan shook her head back and forth, "I hate it when you lie to me, A. It's one of the worst feelings in the world…"

Avery frowned, but commanded herself to keep her eyes fixed on her friend so she wouldn't get pulled into another nightmare.

"You don't have to be strong all of the time." Teagan breathed out, wrapping her arms around herself as she looked around the familiar bedroom and continued, "It's okay to be scared… honestly, I'm terrified. I'm so scared all the time, that… I'm going to hurt Isaac again, or even someone else."

Avery stared at her but didn't talk, so her best friend continued to try and get her to open up as a tear rolled down her cheek and she admitted, "I know you're seeing things because that's the same look on my face when I'm trying to hold onto reality. And… sometimes -most of the time now… I'm scared to sleep, I'm scared to stay awake. No matter what I do my mom is always there and these thoughts I have… they're not mine. Or I don't think they are, I don't know anymore…"

A few tears rolled down Avery's cheeks as she breathed, "Things are that bad for you?"

Teagan shrugged and turned around walking over to the window as she looked out and said, "I can hear her right now… she never stops, she never lets up and I just…I can't even breathe anymore." She pinned her eyes shut as her chin quivered and she admitted, "So, trust me… whatever you're seeing or hearing… whatever it is that is pulling you away, I know what that's like."

When she turned around she saw Avery still standing in the same spot watching her with a pained expression.

Taking in a shaky breath Teagan asked, "What are you seeing?"

"It doesn't matter…" Avery breathed, thinking that it was the truth. Whatever it was she was seeing or going through, it was at the bottom of her list of concerns. She had other things to focus on.

"It matters to me, Avery… please just talk to me." She pleaded, seeing the blonde had essentially shut down in front of her.

When she refused to speak, Teagan's voice cracked as she admitted, "I'm still me, for now at least… but I don't know how much longer I'm going to be me. So please, just let me try to help my best friend while I can…"

Wrapping her arms tighter around herself, Teagan cried out, "I don't know how much longer I can hold on…"

Walking up to her Avery raised her friends head to make her face her as she said, "I will be fine, just as soon as we fix you."

"A…" Teagan started to argue.

"No T, it's your turn to listen" Avery cut her off, "You are not going to slip away into all of this… you're not going to lose yourself because you have too much to hold you… to anchor you here. Isaac loves you more than life itself, and your dad adores you. You have so many friends who love you and too many reasons to let your mom win this battle. So we're going to fight her and we're going to win and shove her ass back to wherever the hell she came from."

Teagan's tears slowed as she saw some of the life and the fight return to her best friend's light brown eyes, but she soon pinned her own eyes shut and let out a helpless breath.

"Is she talking right now?" Avery whispered.

Teagan nodded and licked a salty tear from her lip as she breathed, "I told you… she never stops…"

~()~

"I think we're the first ones here." Teagan pointed out as the girls walked into Derek's building.

"Am I the only one who feels like we're walking right into a trap?" Avery questioned as she made sure she had her taser in her pocket.

"No, it feels exactly like a trap." Teagan agreed, her big brown eyes surveying the tall rows of stairs going up the center of the building.

Teagan stopped walking when she felt a hand on her shoulder, swallowing hard she turned around but no one was there.

"Tuer ou être tué."

She could hear her mother's voice, echoing off the walls and filling up every space in the building. Spinning in a circle sweat beaded across her forehead and her heart raced inside her chest, it was like she was everywhere. Not a person, not a ghost –it felt like her mother was some all powerful force that had her surrounded and as much as she wanted to run away; she was paralyzed.

"Teagan? I said I feel like I'm walking right into a trap." Avery repeated as she stepped onto the old elevator and hit the button for the top floor, but when her friend still didn't answer, Avery looked over to see the girl she'd gotten onto the elevator with wasn't her best friend; it was the hallowed, faceless reflection of herself.

Gasping she jumped backwards where she bumped into someone, turning around her eyes widened as she saw Stiles standing in the shadows with a smirk on his face.

"Talking to yourself?" He taunted, "You know… I'm really surprised they let you out of Eichen."

Avery frantically looked around for her best friend but Teagan was nowhere to be found, she was alone in the elevator with Stiles –only she knew it wasn't really her friend, it was the nogitsune and she was trapped with him.

"I knew you'd be here… you can't resist trying to save your friend, can you?" He asked with a menacing laugh as he took a few steps towards her and she quickly backed up, but there was only so far she could go until her back collided with the wall, and she realized the elevator wasn't even moving anymore.

"What…what are you doing?" Her words came out jumbled and shaky, the only thing she could think about was the last time she was alone with him and he'd brought all of her pain to the surface to feed off of it.

Glancing down he licked his lips before raising his head with a twisted smile on this his face when he pointed at her and continued to close in as he said, "I have really been looking forward to seeing you again."

Her chest rose and fell rapidly as she shook her head back and forth, "S-stay away from me."

She let out a small whimper as he slapped his hands against the wall on either side of her head, trapping her where she'd back against as he leaned in, his forehead against hers as he breathed out, "The amount of pain you carry… I feel it pulsating off of you…"

Pinning her eyes shut she turned her head to the side refusing to look at him as he tormented her, until finally he took a staggering step backwards and breathed out, "Avery…"

Her eyes widened and she watched as he backed up farther, mumbling about how he was sorry, and when he looked back up at her she saw some tears running down his face and she gasped, "Stiles!"

"You… you have to get out of here…" He said, clutching onto his head as he pointed to the panel on the elevator by the door where the button had been flipped to stop them in between floors.

Without giving it a second thought, she lunged for the panel, wanting to star the elevator and get away the nogitsune, but before she could to the panel he grabbed her and slammed her against the wall as he laughed and said, "You really fell for that?"

Tears started to run down her own cheeks, she kept trying to hold onto the hope that they were going to find some way to save Stiles, but the longer she was around the nogitsune the less plausible that idea seemed. When she looked into his eyes she didn't see any traces of her friend left.

"You…" He said waving a finger in front of her face, "Have really got to stop trusting a fox, because they'll get you… they'll trick you every single time."

Reaching into her pocket she tried to pull the taser out but he quickly realized what she was doing, and caught her wrist as he slammed her hand against the wall until she made a pained noise and lost her grip on it.

"All it took was a few tears and you were so willingly to believe that Stiles was back…"

Her watery eyes searched his face as she whispered, "Why are you doing this?"

"Because, Avery…" He said pinning her against the wall again, where she squirmed and turned her head to the side. She could feel his lips brushing against the side of her face as he said, "I want to see the agony in your eyes when one of your friends, someone you love… hurts you."

Her breathing came out in fits and gasps as she tried desperately to breakaway but he kept her pinned.

"Look at me!" She cringed from his mouth being so close to her ear, but she kept her eyes pinned shut hoping by some miracle the torment would stop, but it wasn't over.

Roughly grabbing her hair he turned her face until she was facing him as he growled, "Open your eyes…"

Fearfully her eyes slowly opened and met with his as he grabbed onto both sides of her head and before she could react his forehead was smashed back against hers, his eyes locked on hers as he fed off the constant pain and chaos in her head.

He shaky, but determined hands grabbed onto his arms and tried to push him back, but she couldn't. All of the agonizing, traumatic memories throughout her life were brought to the front of her mind, and just like in the basement at Eichen she was forced to relive everything she'd kept buried down.

His mouth hung open and his eyes fluttered as they rolled back slightly, he gripped onto her head tighter, making sure there was no way she could squeeze out of his grip. Until he'd finally taken in enough for the moment.

Somehow she managed to find her way across the elevator and flipped the switch to make it run again.

Dropping to the floor she continued to scream as she desperately clutched onto the sides of her head as an intense pain still radiated over her entire body, the agony was unrelenting and she sank farther down until she was curled up in a fetal position on the floor.

~()~

"Avery!" Teagan shouted as she pushed back Derek and Chris Argent to get into the now open elevator.

She rushed to her friend's side with Derek right behind as she dropped the floor and gently rubbed her arm and said, "Avery… hey, you're okay! It's okay."

Slowly the blonde moved her arms from in front of her face as she looked around to see Derek and Teagan staring back at her.

They both helped her sit up, and Derek asked, "What happened?"

Frantically shaking her head back and forth Avery gasped for air as she looked around and said, "Stiles… he…"

"He what?" Derek asked, as he pulled her up to her feet.

"I –I… I was here with him alone…" She stammered, her teary gaze finally finding Teagan as she asked, "Where were you?"

Teagan's big brown eyes were wider than normal as she looked from Avery, then to the harsh gaze Derek was giving her as she apologized, "I'm so sorry, I should have been here…"

She crossed her arms over her stomach; feeling sick. Things were getting worse by the day, she already knew that but now she was really wondering how long she'd be able to continue on around her friends like that. Her mom had made her leave Avery on her own and even though she was really shaken up –the outcome could have been a lot worse.

"He… he just came out of the shadows, I didn't even know he was in here." She continued seeming to not hear her best friend's apology.

"Where's the sheriff?" Chris Argent asked, realizing their group was one member short.

"He took off up the stairs when we were trying to get Teagan to tell us what happened." Allison explained as she and her dad both stepped into the elevator.

Avery's gaze snapped to Allison as she said, "We need to get up there, now!"

Allison quickly hit the button for the top floor as Chris asked, "What happened?"

Her light brown eyes scanned her group of friends for a moment before she finally said, "It's a trickster… it looks and talks like Stiles, it can even cry like him… but it's all a trick."

Everyone exchanged slightly confused looks and the weight of her words made it feel like it was hours before they finally reached the floor.

As they reached the open loft door they could hear the sheriff say, "You're not my son."

Allison and her father walked in first, descending the cement stairs with Derek, Teagan and Avery behind them. Derek kept looked over at her, he didn't know what she'd been through in that elevator, but he could feel the pain buzzing in the air around her.

Teagan looked back over to her best friend, feeling guiltier by the second that she hadn't been there when she was needed, that she'd been too drawn into what her mother was saying to be able to realize her friend had walked away and right into danger.

Her gaze was quickly turned back to Stiles as Allison tried to shoot him with a taser, but he grabbed the electrical wires without it affecting him until he'd managed to pull the entire thing from Allison's hands, who stuttered out, "Stiles?"

"No… that's not Stiles." Avery said as she walked down the steps with Teagan right at her side, both girls ready for a fight or whatever was in store for them.

Hearing a growl they looked over their shoulders to see Derek's eyes glowing blue as he charged forward at the nogitsune, expecting to be able to take him down and subdue him. But everyone was caught off guard when Stiles easily overpowered him, knocked his head against a desk and then flipped his body through the air where he landed against a wall then fell to the floor with a groan of pain.

Before Stiles had even turned around, Chris was pointing a gun at him. As the sheriff pleaded, "Argent, listen to me. Don't do this."

Avery crossed the room to check on Derek and help him to his feet and Allison took a few side steps until she was at Teagan's side. None of them sure what was going to happen next.

"Why not?" Chris asked, "I've done it before. Werewolves, berserkers… I can easily add a nogitsune to the list."

Seeing him speaking with gritted teeth and almost seeming to be psyching himself up for something, the sheriff pulled his own gun and pointed it at Chris as he asserted, "You're not going to shoot my son."

"You said it yourself, sheriff. That is not your son." He argued back.

Allison and Teagan exchanged looks and Avery took a step closer to Stiles watching as he looked between the hunter and the sheriff with an amused expression she cocked her head to the side as she continued to watch him.

"Wait…" She breathed, but no one listened. As Chris held his stance, gun at the ready to take out Stiles and the sheriff kept his aim steady on the hunter.

"Dad, he's going to shoot me." Stiles said, his voice cracking as he swallowed, "He's going to kill me, dad."

"Don't listen to him." Chris loudly said, but the sheriff yelled, "Put it down!"

Looking to Allison's father, Stiles said, "Do it. Pull the trigger, shoot me."

"Put the gun down!" The sheriff ordered again.

"Shoot me!" Stiles shouted louder than before, but Avery yelled louder than him as she pointed a finger and screamed, "That… thing is not Stiles, and you're doing exactly what he wants!"

"Dad!" Allison yelled trying to get him to put his gun away.

"Avery's right!" Teagan yelled, "A nogitsune feeds off strife… and that is exactly what is happening! This is what he wants!"

"Not exactly." Stiles said with a twisted smile, "I was hoping Scott would be here too, I'm glad you all have your guns out… but you're not here to kill me."

He turned around, backing away from the 4 oni who appeared from the shadows across the room from them, he continued to walk backwards through the group as he said, "You're all here to protect me."

Teagan pulled the daggers from the interior pockets of her jacket and started forwards but Avery yelled, "T, behind you!"

Spinning around she saw Stiles disappear out the door as 2 more oni appeared blocking the doorway.

"I don't know how useful our knifes are going to be…" Allison admitted, joining her friend with her own daggers drawn.

Teagan took a deep breath and adjusted her grip on the knife, as she glanced over her shoulder to see Derek and Avery fighting side by side against 2 of the other oni, while Chris and the sheriff fired round after round but nothing seemed to be stopping them.

The group fought tirelessly against the shadowed, masked beings until they just disappeared; vanished right in front of everyone's eyes.

Teagan slid her daggers back into her pockets and looked over at Allison who dropped her knifes to the floor and bent over trying to catch her breath, as the sheriff still looked around for any trace of the oni.

Avery was knelt down on the floor next to Derek looking at a large, deep gash across his shoulder.

"Why aren't you healing?" She questioned, as she moved the shredded fabric of his shirt.

"I don't know, I'm guessing the blades have their own sort of power on their own, or something. I'll heal though." He assured her, seeing the concerned look on her face.

"Do you think they're coming back?" Teagan asked the group, as she saw Avery helping Derek to his feet.

"I don't know." Chris responded, keeping his gun in hand as he looked around.

Hearing foot stops, but the hunter and the sheriff raised their guns, but it was just Scott and Kira coming to help with the fight.

"What happened?" Scott asked looking around the room with Kira at his side.

"They disappeared… they literally just vanished." Allison said as she stood up all the way.

Looking around the room with a scared and saddened look the sheriff continued, "And so did Stiles…"

~()~

After leaving the loft, Avery dropped Teagan off at her car, then the two girls went there separate ways, both feeling like a failure. Their plan to help Stiles failed, he was just using them to protect himself from the oni, and now he was gone again.

Teagan parked the car in the driveway, then laid her hands on top of the steering wheel. She rested her head against her hands with a sigh, as she tried to ignore her mother's voice.

She heard it earlier at the loft, circling around her, weighing her down and distracting her. Avery wouldn't tell her exactly what happened in the elevator, but she could tell it was something horrible, making her feel guilty for not being there.

Her mother wanted her to hurt her loved ones, and without meaning to, that is exactly what she did. By not being there for Avery the way she was supposed to be, something bad happened, and she got hurt.

"Shut up." Teagan mumbled, as her mother began to taunt her. "Shut up, shut up, shut up! Why won't you just shut up!" Teagan called out, as she slammed her hand against the steering wheel.

"You know how to shut up me, Sweet girl." Lisa's voice said back. "Once you do exactly what I say, get rid of the poison in your life, I will go away."

"No." Teagan said, as she shook her head. "There has to be another way to stop you. There has to be a way to shut you up for good."

"Tuer ou être tué, Teagan." Lisa said, then added,"That's the only way." As Teagan shook her head, she chuckled, then said,"Soon you won't have a choice. You'll see."

Teagan closed her eyes, taking a couple of deep breaths, as she worked to block out her voice. It didn't work for very long, but it at least gave her a short break before she began to yell at her again.

She blew out a breath, as she opened her eyes, then opened the door and stepped out into the cool night. She made her way toward the front door, planning to take a shower and change before heading back to Isaac. She just needed a little time to get her head on straight so she could be there for him, be the strength that he needed to get better.

She walked into the empty house, softly smiling when Aspen ran over to her. She gave him a few pets on top of his head, then began to lead him toward the sliding door in the kitchen.

"Okay, you can go out for a little bit while I shower and change, then I need to get back to the hospital." She said out to the dog, as she opened the door for him to run out in to the fenced in back yard.

She pulled the daggers from her jacket pocket then began to head for the stairs, planning to put the weapons up in her room. She opened her bedroom door, then jumped in surprised when she saw someone sitting on her bed in the dark.

"Who's there?" Teagan snapped, as she lifted one of the daggers above her head.

"God, my girl is such a badass." Isaac said with a chuckle, as he lifted his head to look at her.

"Isaac?" Teagan questioned, as she snapped the light on. "What are you-How did you get here?"

"Your dad let me in on his way to work." Isaac answered.

"No, I mean, I thought- You were supposed to be in the hospital at least for a few more days. That's what the doctor said." Teagan pointed out. She sat the daggers on her dresser, then crossed the room to sit down on the bed beside him.

"I know, but I'm better. I'm all healed." Isaac said, as he turned to face her.

"All healed? Like-Like completely healed?" Teagan questioned, wanting to make sure. She laid her hands on either side of his face, as she softly smiled at him. "Are you sure you're okay?" She whispered, as tears filled her eyes. "Are you really okay, cause if not we-"

Isaac leaned forward pressing his lips against hers, stopping her mid-sentence. He rested his hand on the back of her head, keeping his lips against her for a sweet kiss. He nibbled on her bottom lip, before whispering out,"I'm good. I'm okay." He pulled back a moment to look at her, then lowered his head, to kiss the inside of her wrist, as he added,"I'm better than okay."

She softly caressed his cheek, as she smiled at him. She leaned forward, resting her forehead against his, as she blew out a breath. "Having you here; out of the hospital and completely healed is a dream come true." She sniffed and reached up to wipe a tear away, as she added,"I hated seeing you in pain, even after you woke up, I could tell you were still in pain, still healing, and I hated I couldn't help you."

"You did help me, more than you know." Isaac stated, then added,"You still save me, Teagan. You always save me."

"I love you. Thank you for coming back to me." Teagan whispered, as she laid a hand on the back of his neck, running her fingers through his curls.

"I'll always come back to you, babe." Isaac whispered back. He softly kissed her lips, before mumbling against her lips,"I love you so much, Teagan."

Teagan grinned against his lips, then stood up from the bed to stand in front of him. He glanced up, watching her slip her jacket off, dropping it to the floor. Wanting to be as close to him as possible, she made a step toward the bed, planning to climb on to his lap, but he placed his hands on her hips stopping her.

She looked at her with a confused look, until he moved his hands to the buttons on her shirt, causing her to softly smile. Like earlier at the hospital, he began to slowly unbutton them, watching her the whole time.

Once the shirt was completely unbuttoned, he watched as she took it off, dropping it on the floor with her jacket. He grinned up at her, then leaned forward pressing his lips against her bare stomach, leaving light kisses across. He lightly bit the skin near her belly button, causing her to moan, as she ran her fingers through his hair.

He ran his hands over her bare skin; lower back, stomach and sides, what ever skin was exposed. It had been awhile since he got to touch her like this, and he wanted to enjoy the moment. He moved his hand to the front of her jeans to unbutton them and pull them down, leaving her in her underwear and bra.

"Come here." He whispered, as he placed his hands on her hips and pulled her toward him, now wanting her to straddle him.

As soon as she was in place, he pressed his lips against her for a heated kiss. She reached down, grabbing the bottom of his shirt, then pulled back long enough to pull it over his head, before the two began to kiss again.

He kissed across her jaw and down the side of her neck, as he ran a hand up her back to unhook her bra. He pushed the straps aside, his fingertips lightly grazing her skin and causing goosebumps.

Teagan pulled the bra completely off and dropped it on to the bed, then raised her eyes to look at him. She wrapped her arms around his neck, pressing her bare chest against his, needing to feel that closeness. She kept one arm around his neck, then laid a hand on the side of his face, just needing to touch him as tears filled her eyes.

"Hey, look at me. Keep your eyes on me, okay?" Isaac said, as he lightly grabbed her chin, forcing her to look at him. "I know what you're thinking, but I'm okay." He knew her mind was thinking of him getting hurt in the parking lot, thinking about how close she came to losing him. "I'm here, babe. I'm not going anywhere. Stay here with me, okay?" He softly said, before he leaned forward to press his lips against hers.

He felt her kissing back causing him to let out a content sigh. This was the moment he had been waiting for, the whole time he was laid in that hospital bed, this is the moment he thought about it; just being with her and showing her how much he loved her, which was exactly what he spent the next couple of hours doing.

He paid attention to every single area on her body, nothing was left out, as he did everything he had imagined doing to her while he was stuck in that hospital bed, then he laid back on the bed, flat on his back, as she did the same to him.

Once they were done, they were laid out in her bed, a sheet laid across them. She was laid on his chest, her leg thrown over his, a smile on her face as she lightly ran her finger tips across his bare chest.

Isaac grinned when he heard her sigh happily; that little noise, that was the one he had been waiting to hear. The one that told him she was happy and content. That is all he wanted, to make her happy, especially lately with everything spiraling out of control for her. He wanted to keep her present, keep giving her reasons to fight and stay with him.

He ran his fingers through her hair, then grabbed her hand with his other hand, bringing it up to his lips and kissing the back of it. He laid their joined hands back on his chest, then glanced down, looking at her smaller hand beneath his.

He lightly ran his finger over one of her fingers, the one beside her pinky, the finger that a certain ring was usually placed on. As that thought hit his mind, he smiled, as he said,"You know what I can't wait for?"

"Hmm?" Teagan asked back, as she raised her head to look at him.

"I can't wait to put a ring on this finger." Isaac said. He ran his finger against hers again, as he continued,"This one right here. I can't wait to put one on it and truly make you mine."

"You don't have to." Teagan said.

"Are you saying you don't want to marry me one day?" Isaac asked with a worried look. He knew she loved him, he knew she wanted to spend forever with him and he thought she wanted to marry him some day, but maybe he was wrong. Maybe they weren't on the same page after all.

"What? No! Of course I do." Teagan said, seeing the look on his face. She leaned forward, giving him a sweet kiss, easing his mind. She pulled back to look at him, as she added,"I just mean we don't need a ring or a piece of paper to show that I am yours. I'm already yours and have been yours for a while now." She kissed him again, before whispering,"And I'll always be yours."

Isaac smiled against her lips before pressing his lips against her for another gentle kiss. "I'm happy with that." He stated, as he smiled again.

The two kissed a little longer, then she lowered her head to press her lips against his chest, giving him a few, quick kisses, before laying her head on his chest again, listening to his heart beat. The two laid in a comfortable silence until she spoke up.

"You know what I can't wait for?"

"What?" Isaac asked, as he ran his fingers through her hair again.

"I can't wait to become a Lahey." Teagan answered with a smile. "I think Teagan Lahey has a nice ring to it."

"Wait, seriously?" Isaac asked, as he looked down at her.

"Yeah..." Teagan began to say. She lifted her head to look at him, as she joked,"Wait, are you not wanting to marry me now?"

"No I just, I didn't think you would want to take my name." Isaac said.

"Why wouldn't I?" Teagan questioned.

"Cause it's-it's not a good name. Who would want to be a Lahey?" He asked back.

"I would." Teagan stated. She placed a hand on the side of his face, as she smiled, and said,"It's your name. I don't see it as a bad name." She paused for a moment, sitting up more to get closer to him, as she continued,"I can't even imagine how your home life was, and I can understand your last name causing you pain, but we can turn it into something positive. Instead of the bad when you hear it, you can think of your mom and Camden, the good times."

"Do you know what I think of when I hear your last name?" She questioned. When he shook his head, she continued,"When I hear your name, all I think of is you. The boy I love, the boy who changed my whole life with one kiss and made it better. I think about the future, our future, and how I can't wait to share your name. That's what I think when I hear Lahey. That's what it means to me."

"I swear you are too good for me. I don't know how I got so lucky to finally get you, but I'm so grateful it happened." Isaac said, as he cupped her cheek. "I honestly don't know where I would be right now if it wasn't for you. This is what I mean when I said you saved me, cause Teagan I seriously don't know if I would still be here if it wasn't for you." He thought for a moment about the time he almost left town with Boyd and Erica. Like them; he could have been caught by the alpha pack, or if he was lucky enough to get away and make it to another town, who knows what would have happened.

Without his friends; his pack and his girl, he didn't think he would have made it alone. All he did know was, he would never walk away; not from her, not from this life. This was the life he always dreamed about. This was all he wanted.

"You make me happy, Teagan. You give me something to fight for, you keep me grounded. Without you, I would be lost." He added, as he softly stroked her cheek.

"The calm in the middle of a storm." Teagan softly said, as she smiled at him.

Isaac smiled back as he nodded his head, then said,"You're my calm in the middle of a storm, you're my safety bubble, you're my everything."

Teagan continued to smiled as she leaned forward to press her lips against his. She knew what he meant cause she felt the same way about him. Whenever he was by her side she felt her strongest, and if she did feel like giving up, he gave her the reasons to keep fighting.

"It's you and me." Isaac whispered against her lips.

Teagan smiled at the words, those four words could get her through anything. They made her feel like she could do anything, maybe even save herself from the voice in her head; the voice that was screaming at her now.

She laid her head on his chest, and closed her eyes with a sigh. She felt him playing with her hair, then as if knowing she needed to hear it, he said again,"It's you and me, babe. Always."

"Always." Teagan whispered back with a smile on her face.

~ A Teen Wolf fanfiction collaboration between Miss E Charlotte and Sage Londyn.~

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