Chapter 39 - Where Do We Go From Here?

"Dad?" Stiles asked surprised as he saw his dad and Avery heading up the walkway to the school.

With a smile his dad rushed towards him and pulled him in for a hug as he asked, "Please tell me this is all over."

Returning the warm embrace, Stiles let out a relieved breath as he admitted, "It's over… we won."

Avery smiled at the duo as she walked past them closer to the school where she saw Lydia sitting the steps with her head in her hands and Kira sitting next to her. Isaac was standing not too far away from them messing with his cellphone and Scott was facing the beta with his back to Avery.

Her eyes traveled over to where she saw one of the twins lying motionless on the ground and the other sitting near his body, obviously upset.

Her light brown eyes traveled back to her distraught red headed friend and she knew the one who'd lost his life was Aiden, and even though there was no love lost between the two of them. A small part of her was still sad to see him go, both brothers had been fighting on their side for months, she'd accepted them in as part of the pack.

Her heart picked up pace as she thought of how close they'd all came to dying that day.

Picking up a familiar scent Derek raised his head from where he was standing near Ethan and saw Avery, across the short distance their eyes met and he gave a small a nod, letting her know he was okay. Silently she nodded back with a weak half smile.

"Avery!" Hearing her friend's voice she looked up to see Lydia heading towards her.

"Thank god you're okay." She said with a quivering chin as she wrapped her in a tight hug and admitted, "The nogitsune said the oni had been to the police station and no one could get a hold of you.

Silently Avery pinned her eyes shut as she hugged her back, then cleared her throat and whispered, "I'm sorry about Aiden."

She felt her friend's body tense in her arms, but she didn't say anything as she stepped back wiped her eyes again.

Raising her hand she waved at Scott who'd spotted her and then looked to Isaac who was walking their way, with a somber look on his face.

Avery started to say she was glad her friends were okay but then she realized the person she'd wanted to see the most was nowhere in sight.

Frantically she whipped her head back and forth looking for any trace of the brunette, but there wasn't any.

"No…" She whispered under her breath as her heart started to race from fear.

Isaac gave her a confused look for a moment then his eyes widened and he said with a smile, "She's fine, A."

"Where is she?" Avery demanded to know taking a step forward, but her question was answered when she heard her friend's voice.

"I tried the call from the landline but I can't get her phone, and when I called 911 and said I need to be connected to the sheriff's office they hung up on me." She loudly exclaimed with a frustrated groan, "911 hung up on me!"

As Isaac and Lydia both stepped to the sides, Avery finally got the proof she needed to be able to let out the breath she'd been holding. She was okay.

"Teagan!" Avery exclaimed as she smiled at her with watery eyes.

Her gaze snapped up from where she'd been trying desperately to get a text to send on her phone, breathing a sigh of relief she cracked a smile and ran forward nearly knocking Avery down as she pulled her in for a hug.

"Thank god." The blonde whispered as she clutched onto her and closed her eyes for a moment, trying to calm her nerves.

Teagan squeezed her tighter as she thought of everyone meeting back up and them telling her that the nogitsune had sent his oni to the hospital, the animal clinic and the police station; anyone who'd been touched by oni blade was put in mortal danger.

"I kept trying to call you but…" She said her voice a little hoarse as she finally stepped back from the hug.

"I know. " Avery nodded, "I kept trying to call you too, but the cell towers are all jammed up or something."

"Are you okay?" Avery asked looking her best friend over.

Teagan nodded, "A little bruised and exhausted, but I'm okay…" Her voice trailed off as she saw the blood smeared on her friends face and she let out a small gasp as she leaned in closer and exclaimed, "You've got blood on your face!"

Avery's hand instinctively went to her face and she realized it must be Parrish's blood, that his hand was bloody from holding onto his wounded side.

"It's not my blood…" She admitted.

Teagan gasped and started to ask about what happened, but before she could ask anymore questions Avery explained, "The oni showed up and we all got injured, there was some sort of poison from their blades… I'm not sure what it was, but it worked fast and it hurt like hell."

Tears stung Teagan's eyes as she thought of Avery sitting alone at the police station in agonizing pain thinking she was dying.

"But then all of a sudden it just stopped, all of it stopped." Avery said as she looked around at her friends and saw Stiles and his dead walking closer to the group, with a proud but tired smile she said, "You guys did it, you saved all of us."

A proud smile fell over Teagan's lips but a few tears left trails down her cheeks as she admitted, "It's because of Allison, she's the one who figured it out."

Her voice grew too hoarse to finish her explanation, and Isaac pulled her against his side, keeping a protective arm around her as he helped her to explain, "Silver is like poison to the oni… with a bullet it goes right through."

Clearing her throat, Teagan leaned against his side and rested a hand on his chest letting him she know she wanted to tell her, "With an arrow head, they can't get it out in time… it's the only thing that can kill them."

Avery nodded blinking back tears of her own and letting a numbness fall back over her. She wasn't ready to break down, not ready handle the huge loss she and all of her friends had suffered, she wasn't sure she'd ever be ready to face losing Allison.

When she finally pulled herself from her thoughts she looked around, seeing Isaac sitting on the stairs with Teagan on lap snuggled against his body with her head resting at the crook of his neck. Kira was standing behind them talking to Scott.

Stiles and Lydia sat a few stairs lower them staring down to the cement, still obviously upset from everything that had happened as he kept an arm around her, trying to comfort her.

The sheriff, Chris Argent and Derek were standing off to the side talking. She started for her friends, but then stopped as her attention was drawn over to where Ethan was still crouched beside his brother's body.

Silently, Avery walked over and rested a hand on Ethan's shoulder. Slowly he turned his head and looked up at her with water eyes and a surprised expression as he shrugged her hand off and stood up asking, "What are you doing?"

It hadn't been that long before Avery got there that his brother had taken his last breath as dying a slow, painful death from being stabbed by the oni's sword.

Swallowing hard her eyes fell to Aiden's body, where she carefully bent down and hesitated for a moment before closing his still open eyes. "For what it's worth… I'm sorry." She admitted as she stood back up and faced him.

Ethan stared at her before he hoarsely admitted, "It's not worth much coming from you –you hated him.

Her gaze fell back to the fallen twin before she reasoned, "Hate is very strong term."

"He died saving everyone you know?" He continued to explain even when she didn't comment or ask for an explanation, "We were down to one more oni and he… he killed it."

"I believe it." She softly admitted offering a small smile, but when he didn't return it she sighed, "We've all lost a lot these past few days, I know we're not friends and I certainly wasn't friends with Aiden… but we were all on the same side, and I really am sorry."

He heard her steady heart beat and knew she was telling the truth, and he slowly nodded in agreement with what she was saying, he knew it was only the day before that she'd lost one of her best friends.

Gently and carefully she raised her arm extending her hand to him, in not only a friendly gesture but also in respect, the same look was on his face as he shook hand, then watched as she silently turned and headed back to her group of friends.

~(A few days later…)~

It had a been a few days since they defeated the Nogitsune; Teagan, Avery and their friends were trying to piece their lives back together, but it was hard to do after losing one of their closest friends.

Scott was trying to be brave, but everywhere he looked, he saw her. The first girl he ever loved, Allison. She was everywhere, in every thought, in every memory. She was someone he would never forget. The only bright side of it all that he could see was that at least his best friend was better. He knew that is what Allison would want, for him to look on the bright side and celebrate the victories, no matter how small they were.

Another person trying to be brave was Avery. As an emissary, she had to be there for her pack, push away all horrible memories that the Nogitsune brought forward and try to forget the pain she was feeling after losing Allison, but it was getting harder and harder for her to do that. She could feel herself slipping away more every day. She would smile at her friends and lie to them; say she was okay, but deep down she wasn't.

Every time she closed her eyes, she would see it –that sword going into Allison and wish with all her might that the sword would have went into herself instead. Even on this day, the day of Allison funeral she was still wishing it was her, that it was her funeral. All she could think was it should have been her.

She was sitting on the edge of her bed; black dress on, make-up flawless, not a hair out of place with a picture frame in her hand. She glanced down at the picture; it was a picture of herself, Teagan, Lydia and Allison. It was taken the year before, during one the rare lacrosse games they all actually got to attended together.

All of their faces were smushed together, as they tried to get all four of them in the picture together; which resulted in Teagan and Allison laughing after the latter accidentally stepped on her foot trying to move in closer. Avery had her head turned to the side, the famous Dukate smile on her face, while Lydia had a slight pouty look going; which was typical for her.

Avery's eye glanced over to the blonde in the picture, she knew it was herself but it didn't feel like it was her. She didn't feel like that girl anymore. She felt like an empty shell, like some imposter who just took over this bright and carefree girl's life.

She lifted her head, catching a glimpse of herself in the mirror and softly gasp when a faceless version of herself staring back. She sat the picture aside and stood up, never taking her eyes off the mirror and took a few steps toward it, toward herself; or at least the faceless version of herself.

She raised her hand, slowly moving it to the mirror. She didn't know why, but she felt like if she touched the glass, it wouldn't be glass; it would be a real person on the other side. The reflection on the other side had to be real. Maybe it was like when the Nogitsune separated itself from Stiles, maybe somehow this faceless version was another part of her and she needed to get it back to feel like herself again.

She didn't know where that crazy thought had come from thought. Lately she had a lot crazy thoughts running through her mind. To be honest… nothing made sense to her anymore.

Her hand was just inches from the glass, she was close to touching it –until there was a knock at the door. She quickly jumped back looking towards her door as she ran her hand through her hair, taking a deep breath and trying to get better control of herself.

When she heard her father call out her name from the other side of the door, she flatted down her hair and smoothed out her skirt, before walking over to the door.

"Yeah?" She questioned, as she opened the door to look at her father.

"Are you ready? We need to be leaving soon." Richard asked her. They were supposed to be meeting Teagan, her father and a few of their others friends at the Young house, before all going to the cemetery together.

"I'll be right there." Avery said, as she turned to close the door, then paused when a scent hit her nose. She turned back to look at her father, as she asked, "What is that smell?"

"Oh, I came across a candle and thought it smelled nice. What do you think?" Richard questioned.

Avery felt her heart race as the vanilla scent hit her nose again. She shook her head, as she mumbled, "Blow it out."

"Avery... What-"

"Blow it out!" Avery stated, as she walked past him. "We're going to be late." She snapped, as she made her way down the hall way. She paused for a moment, slowly turning her head to the side, catching her refection in a mirror and seeing the faceless girl staring back.

~()~

Teagan looked up from the sink and looked at herself in the mirror. She had just finished applying her make-up and was about to do something to her hair. She slowly shook her head, realizing how ridiculous it sounded to be worried about what to do with her hair when she was about to bury her friend. Did it really matter how her hair looked, at the end of the day Allison was gone and she wasn't coming back.

She gathered up her hair, twisting it up, then clipped it in the back, before turning and exiting her bathroom. She looked at the black dress that was hanging above her closet door. She walked over to it, reaching out to lightly touch the material. She still couldn't believe this happened, she couldn't believe that Allison was gone.

Before she could get too lost in her thoughts, she heard a knock at her door, causing her to look over her shoulders. She saw the door crack open and Isaac poke his head inside, he was dressed and ready in a suit and tie.

He softly smiled when he saw her standing there. Even in an oversized bathrobe, she was still the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. He walked over to her, standing behind and wrapping his arms around her. He pulled her back against his chest, giving her tender kiss on the side of her head.

"I should probably get dressed soon, huh?" Teagan questioned.

She felt him nod his head, before saying, "Yeah, some of the others are already here. We have to go soon."

"How did this happen? How did we get here?" Teagan quietly asked. "This is Allison. She was our age, she had so many hopes and dreams, and now…we're going to her funeral. How does that happen?"

"I don't know." Isaac softly said, as he kissed the side of her head. He turned her around to face him, as he laid a hand on the side of her face. "I wish I had the answers for you, babe. I wish I had the perfect words to make this okay but there's nothing that can be said, and I'm sorry for that."

Teagan looked up at him with tears filling her eyes, as she whispered, "Just tell me you love me."

"I love you. I love you so much, Teagan." Isaac whispered back, as he lightly caressed her cheek. "Come here." He softly added, as he pulled her toward him, holding her tightly against him.

The two stood still for a moment, just holding each other, until she pulled back, knowing she needed to get dressed. She grabbed the dress from the hanger, as she said, "I guess I can't put this off any longer."

She stepped inside the closet to remove her robe and slipped the dress on, as she mumbled out, "God, I hate this dress."

Isaac shook his head as he spoke up, "You're going to look beautiful, Teagan. I always loved you in that dress."

"You've never seen me in this dress." Teagan stated, as she stepped out of the closet, a pair of high heels in her hands.

"That's not true." Isaac argued, as he shook his head. He slipped his hands in the pockets of the dress pants he had on, as he continued, "You wore that dress the first day I saw you again."

"I didn't wear this to school." Teagan said, thinking he meant when they saw each other on her first day of school.

"No you didn't. First day of school you had on a pair of white pants and a purple top." Isaac stated. "But that was the second time I saw you. The first time, was at the cemetery, when you had on that dress."

"Oh." Teagan softly said, as she looked down at the dress, she didn't even realize it was the same dress she wore to bury her mother. No wonder she hated the dress and didn't feel comfortable in it. She looked back up at Isaac, as she smiled, and said, "You remember stuff that I wore over a year ago?"

"I have a great memory when it comes to you, Teagan. I remember everything, every little moment, every little memory. Every minute with you has been the greatest moment of my life and I could never forget any of it." Isaac stated, as he walked over to her.

He laid his hands on her sides, as he questioned, "Is it wrong that, one of your worst days was one of my best?" As she shook her head, he continued, "That day at the cemetery, the day you buried your mom's ashes, I know it was your worst day, but seeing you again... I thought I was dreaming. I couldn't believe you were actually there, standing in front of me and then you told me you had moved back. That was definitely one of my happy days."

Teagan softly smiled, remembering the day he was talking about. As excited as she was about moving back to town, she was nervous but seeing Isaac that day had calmed her. That day was the start of something, she just didn't know it at the time.

She wrapped her arms around him neck, as she leaned forward to press her lips against his. "All my days with you are happy days, and I wouldn't trade any of them." She whispered, as she rested her forehead against his.

"Are you ready?" Isaac asked, as he pulled back to look at her. He knew none of them were really ready for this, but he knew it was getting to close to the time they had to leave.

"No." Teagan breathed out, then added, "But we have to, right?"

Isaac nodded, as he caressed her cheek, before saying the words, he knew she needed to hear. The ones he knew would get her through this. "It's you and me, Teagan."

"It's you and me." Teagan softly said back.

She gave him a small smile then walked past him, heading for the bedroom door, glancing down and seeing the bracelet he had given her for her birthday on her wrist which her smile to widen. It reminded her of all the times he was there for her, all the times he stood by her side and never gave up on her. From that very first day at the cemetery to now, he was always there. His love getting her through anything. Being her calm in the middle of a storm.

She quickly turned around to face him, causing him to almost slam into her. He looked at her with a confused look, wonder why she stopped so suddenly. Without a word, she laid her hands on either side of his neck, then pressed her lips against his for a heated kiss.

Isaac rested a hand on the back of her neck, grinning against her lips before the two began to kiss again. He pulled back to look at her for a moment, wondering what brought that on.

Before he could ask though, she spoke up, "I really love you, you know that, right?"

"I know." Isaac said, as he nodded his head.

"It's just, so much has happened. I did and said so much to you that I wish I could take back, but through out it all -you never gave up. Not on me or on us; you always believed, even when I couldn't. Thank you for that, thank you for everything." She gave him a smile, as she softly said, "Thank you for always being my calm."

Isaac smiled at her words, as he gave her a sweet kiss. He pulled back to look at her, as he said, "We're going to be okay, Teagan. All of us are going to be okay. But just remember no matter what, I'm here for you. For the good days and the bad days."

Teagan smiled back, as she nodded her head. She grabbed his hand, intertwining their fingers, before she began to walk toward the bedroom door again. She knew the day wasn't going to be easy, but having him by her side helped. Together they would get through this.

~()~

Several minutes later, a line of dark cars pulled into the cemetery, each one parking behind the one in front of it. One by one, all the car doors opened as everyone stepped out of the cars; everyone who was touched by Allison somehow showed up, everyone wanting a chance to tell her goodbye.

Avery stepped out of a car and glanced around, the bright sunlight in her eyes. She pulled out a dark pair of sunglasses from the small purse she was carrying and placed them on her face. She couldn't help but think about how unfair it was that it was a beautiful, sunny day, the day her friend was being buried. In her mind it should be dark, stormy and cold, the way she felt inside.

Isaac stepped out of the car next then turned to hold out his hand to help Teagan out. Once she was out of the car she turned back to face it, reaching in to pull out Allison's bow; the one that saved all of them and the one she used afterwards to help kill the rest of the Oni.

Isaac took the bow from her hands to carry it for her and then wrapped his other arm around her waist. Teagan leaned against him, then reached out to grab Avery's hand, giving it a small squeeze.

When Avery didn't even turn her head to look at her, she opened her mouth to say something to her best friend, until she heard someone call out her name. She turned around and softly smiled when she saw who was walking toward them.

"Jackson." Teagan breathed out, at seeing their old friend.

She pulled away from Isaac for a moment, to give Jackson a big hug, thanking him for coming. He explained that he couldn't stay in town for long, but he had to be there for this. He looked over at Isaac, nodding his head at him, before looking over at Avery; who was looking straight ahead, as if in a daze.

Jackson lowered his eyebrows in concern, as he said her name. When she didn't say anything back, he laid a hand on her shoulder, saying her name a little louder and finally getting her attention.

"Jackson?" Avery questioned.

"Yeah, hey, how's it going?" He questioned.

Avery flashed him a tight smile, as she said, "It's okay. Everything is okay."

Jackson nodded his head at her answer, but not buying it. At first glance, she seemed like normal Avery, but he had seen her act too many times to see right through it. He had been around her one to many times when she was falling apart, the nights when she called him drunk and out of control, to know that she was slipping away.

Feeling Jackson's eyes on her, Avery looked over at Scott and Stiles, seeing them quietly talking to each other as Scott tried to remain strong and not break down. Knowing she needed a reason to get away, she decided it was time to slip into the emissary role, she looked back over at Teagan, Isaac and Jackson, as she told them she needed to check on Scott.

They watched her walk away, then Jackson looked over at Teagan, as he asked her what was going on with Avery.

"It took a lot out of her closing the door in my head." Teagan stated, then added, "Then losing Allison on top of that. It's going to take time to get back to the way things were, for all of us."

Jackson glanced back over at Avery, as he nodded his head at her words, before saying, "Just keep an eye on her."

"Of course." Teagan said with a nod. She was already planning to do that anyways.

Everyone slowly began to walk over to the grave site, standing around Allison's coffin, as a preacher spoke about her. Trying to give the group some words of comfort and prayers.

Teagan felt tears falling down her face, as she stared at the coffin. She remembered a hallucination she had when she was being haunted by her mother; the one when she was in the morgue and saw the dead bodies of some her friends. She remembered how terrified she felt, the thought of losing one of them. She never imagined that nightmare would come true. That one day she would be staring at a coffin that held one of her close friends.

She lowered her head, a quiet sob breaking freeing and felt Isaac wrap an arm around her, pulling her close to him. He kissed the top of her head and then whispered some calming words in her ear.

Avery stood in a daze, seeing her reflection on the side of the coffin; the faceless version of herself and never noticed that someone was watching her closely. She never noticed that Parrish was standing at the edge of the crowd, watching her with a worried look on his face.

Parrish didn't plan on attending the funeral, since he didn't know Allison, he didn't want to intrude, but when the sheriff said he needed officers at the funeral, in case the carjacker showed up, he offered to go. He remembered the way she looked at the station while being questioned and after everything else that happened, he was worried about her. Something was wrong with her and he wanted her to know he was there to listen if she needed a friend.

Once the preacher was done, he invited anyone to step forward to say farewell to their friend. Several people went up, quietly speaking to Allison one last time, before walking away with tears in their eyes.

Teagan reached up to wipe the tears from her face, then looked over at Avery and grabbed her hand. She glanced over beside her, looking at Isaac, telling him she would be back. She looked back over at her best friend, squeezing her hand, getting her attention.

The two friends walked over to the coffin together, stopping to stand beside Lydia; who had just walked up to the coffin. Avery reached out with her other hand to grab Lydia's. The three girls looked down at Allison together and couldn't help but flash back to all the happy memories they shared with the girl.

All the laughs, all the jokes, the secrets and even all the drama. They had been through a lot together, but no matter what they worked things out and became stronger for it. They didn't know how they would go on without Allison.

Teagan lifted the bow, looking at it one more time, before laying it in the coffin with Allison. "Your uh, your dad said this bow should be used by someone, but no one can use it better than you. The bow was your weapon, Allison, and it should stay with you."

"There will never be anyone like you, Allison. You taught us all so much and we'll never forget it. We'll never forget you." Avery spoke up. "We will never let anyone forget that you were the one who saved us all." She softly smiled, as she quietly said, "Ally A saves the day."

Lydia softly chuckled at Avery's comment as she wiped the tears from her face. She looked down at her departed friend, as she began to say, "I still remember the first time we met. I told you right away you were my new best friend. I never had a doubt that we would become close." She glanced over at her other two friends, then back at Allison, as she continued, "That all of us would be close. We will never forget you, Allison. You will forever be a part of us. You're our hero... we love you."

Avery nodded her head in agreement, as she wrapped one arm around Lydia and her other arm around Teagan, bringing the two girls toward her, as the three huddled together.

"We love you, Allison." Teagan whispered, repeating Lydia's words. There was so much more she should say, but when she opened her mouth all that came out was a sob. She laid her head on Avery's shoulder, as the tears rained down her face. She could hear Lydia quietly crying and saw her lay her head on Avery's other shoulder.

Avery kept her head high, as she swallowed a lump in her throat. A part of her wanting to break down, just like Teagan and Lydia were, but another part of her felt so numb it was like she wasn't even there, like she was not even in control of herself. Right now, all she could do was be there for her friends. Do what she was trained to do, approach any situation clinically and unemotionally. That was the only way she would get through anything. That was the only way she could survive.

~()~

After speaking to a few different people, Teagan and Avery were standing off to the side, when Jackson walked over to them. He gave the two a hug, asking how they were doing. The three spoke a little back and forth until Teagan asked him if he had seen Isaac. He pointed toward the area he last saw him. She thanked him, then excused herself to search for her boyfriend.

Once she was gone, Jackson looked over at Avery, as he asked, "So, how are you really, Avery?"

"I told you I'm fine." Avery said, as she looked over at him.

"I know what you said but I also know you. We've been friends for a long time, A." Jackson pointed out.

"I will be okay." Avery said with a sigh, as she ran a hand through her hair, hoping her statement was true.

"Well just remember, I'm here for you. I wish I could hang around longer, but I can't afford losing any more time at school." He explained, "But I'm still here. Just a phone call away, remember?"

As she nodded her head, he shot her a look, before saying,"I mean it, A. You can call me anytime."

"I heard you, Jackson." Avery said.

"I know, but are you actually listening." Jackson argued back. "Look, I'm not trying to be a dick and push you, but I'm worried about you."

"We all lost Allison." Avery pointed out.

"I know, but you're the only one not dealing with it." Jackson said back. "If you feel like you can't talk to me, you can talk to someone else. But bottom line A, you need to talk to someone. One of these days you're going to have to let someone in."

~()~

After telling Jackson bye, Teagan was walking through a small crowd of people, looking for Isaac. She finally saw him sitting off to the side, a few feet away in front of a tombstone.

She made her way over toward him and softly smiled when he looked up at her. Without a word, he patted the ground in front of him, asking her to join him. She carefully sat down, then leaned back against his chest, feeling him wrap his arms around her. She looked at the tombstone he was sitting in front of, realizing it was his brother's, Camden.

She laid her head back, tilting it up to look at him, seeing he had tears in his eyes. She reached up to lightly caress his face and give him a small smile, as he looked down at her.

Isaac leaned down, leaving a tender kiss on her forehead, before resting his head against hers. He looked back at the tombstone, as he said,"Sorry for disappearing from you. It's just- I was missing him, so-"

"It's okay." Teagan whispered. "You don't have to explain. I get it. A day like today makes you miss everyone you have lost."

Isaac nodded his head, then looked over at the tombstone besides Camden's, his mother's tombstone. Not only was he missing his big brother, but he was missing his mother as well. Both were taken from him too soon.

"She would have loved you." He spoke up, as he continued to looked at his mother's tombstone.

"I would have loved her too." Teagan said, realizing he was talking about his mother. She tilted her head back to look at him, as she added,"I wish I could have met her. I wish I could thanked her for raising an amazing person. She would be so proud of you, Isaac."

Isaac smiled at her words, then looked back over at the tombstones, a flood of memories hitting him of his mother and brother.

While he was lost in thought, Teagan glanced over at the other tombstone, the one on the other side of his mother, the one that belongs to his father. She knew Isaac had a lot of bad memories of his father, and for good reason, but after being haunted by her mother, there was one thing she was curious about.

"Do you think you could ever forgive him?" She quietly asked, as she looked at his father's tombstone.

"I think so." Isaac answered, as he looked over at the tombstone with her. "I hope I can be that type of person who can forget and forgive. I mean, now, all I can think of is the bad, but it wasn't always like that. He wasn't always like that. It's just hard forgetting the bad sometimes and just remembering the good."

Teagan nodded her head at his words, then turned her head, looking in the direction her mother was buried. Isaac; seeing what she was looking at, asked,"Do you think you can ever forgive her?"

"I hope so." She softly said. "Like you said, sometimes it's hard forgetting the bad. I mean growing up, it was nothing but good. My mom was... She was the most loving person ever. She was so sweet and kind. She would have loved you, I know she would have. She was nothing like the woman who was haunting me. That woman was basically a monster, but it was still my mother." She took a shaky breath, as she said,"It's just so hard to actually remember her, the way she use to be and I'm scared I never will be able to again."

"Tell me about her." Isaac said, as he kissed the side of her head.

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

"Tell me about her, anything. A good day, a good memory, just something good." Isaac suggested.

Teagan bit her bottom lip in thought, then began to smile as something hit her. "I went through this phase when I was little when I wanted to be a mermaid."

"A mermaid?" Isaac asked with a laugh.

"Yes! A mermaid." She stated. When he began to laugh again, she pointed at him, as she said,"Hey, don't laugh. You can blame Lydia for this. She was hooked on The Little Mermaid. Whenever we stayed at her grandma's house, she would read the book to us, and I always thought it would be so cool to be a mermaid." She paused for a moment, as she thought back to that time.

"So anyways.. I wanted to be a mermaid so bad. I would cry every day when I woke up and realized I didn't have a fish tail. Finally my mom made me a fish tail and bought me a little pool to play in. I would splash around for hours and she was there, for every single minute of it. She would even act out some of the scenes with me." Teagan smiled at the memory. "Those were good days."

"Tell me another one." Isaac said, as he saw the smile on her face.

With every story she told he could see the grin on her face getting bigger and her eyes began to sparkle. He wasn't sure how long they sat there, but the time didn't matter to him. He would listen to every story she wanted to tell. He would listen for however long it took to replace all her bad memories with good ones. He was determined to give her nothing but good days from this day forward.

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

A/N- We would like to thank you so much sticking with us through this story and we can't believe we've only got 2 more chapters left to post. There is also a link up on my profile for a video made by my amazing collab partner Miss E Charlotte that goes along with this chapter, called 'Wait It Out'