A/N: Alright! PARTYYYYY! If only I knew what a real party was like. I still don't own Teen Wolf or it's characters. But Percy is 100% mine. Thank all of you for the wonderful reviews! Please feel free to keep it up. And if you have any questions my inbox is always open. R&R!
The rest of the week went by rather quickly for my liking. Every time Allison and I talked it always ended up being about Scott and his amazing transformation on the lacrosse field. I didn't go to anymore practices after that first one but Allison didn't miss one. The night of the party was upon me and my mom burst into my room right after I came home from school pushing me towards the bathroom.
"You need to get ready." She said right before closing the door on me.
"Ready?" I looked down at my clothes. "What do you mean ready? I'm already dressed." The door swung open quickly to reveal my mom's shocked face.
"You are not wearing that to your first party." She points at my torn jeans and oversized plaid shirt.
"Well I'm not going naked so….." I look pointedly at her.
"Look just take a shower and I will get everything else ready." My mother flaps her hand at me and closes the door again.
"Who knew going to parties would be such a pain?" I snicker as I hear my mom sigh through the door, but I go about taking a shower anyway. I was actually afraid if I refused she would come bursting through the door and give me a bath like I was 6 years old.
After my shower I slide into my bathrobe and throw my hair up in a towel and walk into my room where I see my mom wielding a curling iron and a huge brush.
"Uhhhh…" I just stared dumbfounded at her as she ushers me over to my computer chair.
"Really wish you had let me buy you that vanity." She mumbles pushing me into the chair and giving me a stern looking indicating I should sit still.
"Mom…. What are you doing?" I point at the curling iron in her hand in fear.
"I'm about to fix your hair…. What does it look like I'm doing?" My mom pulled the towel off my head rather violently.
"Right now. It actually looks like you have gone insane. Just thought I should ask." I shake my head right before my mom attacks my head with the brush. "And besides…. What is wrong with my hair?"
"Nothing is wrong with it. It could just be better." I let my jaw drop slightly.
"So you are going to punish it until it does what you want?"
"What?" My mom stops moving the brush and looks at me.
"Or maybe you just want to imbed the hairbrush into my skull. That really is a bold style choice if I do say so myself." I look up at her smiling.
"Sorry honey." My mom sets the brush down and then picks up the curling iron.
"It's okay. I gave up on my hair a long time ago." I shrug slightly trying not to move my head as my mom set to work on trying to get it to curl properly. "It kind of does it's own thing."
After about 30 minutes of swearing, curling, and spraying hairspray my mom is finally happy with how my hair is sitting and then points at the dress and leggings on my bed.
"Put those on and I will be right back." She turns on her heels and heads for the door.
"A dress? But Mom….." I stand up quickly and try to follow her.
"No! You will survive one night in the dress." She looks at me then points at the dress again. "Besides that is the only dress you have admitted to liking in years. I'm not totally mean."
I turn and look at the dress and then nod. "Alright fine." I shoo her from the room then quickly pull the soft hot pink dress on. My mom meanders back in after a few minutes and tells me to put on some makeup while she picks out some shoes.
I quickly do as I'm told and my mom hands me a pair of off white heels and a jean jacket. I pass her a sceptical look at the heels but slide them on anyway and my mom steps back and clasps her hands in front of her mouth.
"You look so pretty." I huff out a breath at her but smile all the same as I head for my phone which was ringing on the bed.
"Hello?" I answer as my mom heads downstairs happy with the result.
"Hey, it's me." Allison's voice comes floating through my phone.
"Oh. Hey." I grab the jacket and shuffle the phone around so I can pull it on before grabbing my only purse.
"So you know where to go right?" Allison asks and I can hear her moving stuff around on her end of the line. "I would drive you but Scott will be here soon to pick me up."
"Don't even worry about it. It is your date. I am just there for moral support." I pause as I replay what I had just said. "I totally did not mean that in a creepy or insulting way. I just meant that if you need someone at any point…"
"I understood what you meant…. And thanks." Allison lets out a soft laugh before continuing. "So I'll see you there."
"I'm guessing it's too late to back out now?" I laugh stepping to my bedroom door.
"I don't think your mom will let you back out now." I stop taking this in before nodding.
"Good point. See you in a bit." I hang up and slowly make my way down the stairs.
"Mom? I'm heading out." I grab my car keys from the table and wait for a response. My mom and dad both come around the corner and stop a few feet away from me.
"I know this is your first party….." My mom says while my dad just looks at my outfit trying to decide if he approves.
"Don't worry Mom. I won't drink or do anything stupid." I wait patiently for my dad to finish his inspection.
"I wasn't going to say 'don't drink'….. Though you probably shouldn't do that, I would like you to come home alive." My mom gives me a pointed look before continuing, "I was going to say 'but try to have fun'."
"I will Mom." I smile and turn back to my dad who finally nods his approval. "Alright I will see you guys later." I wave as I head out the door.
Pulling onto the road that Lydia lived on was like stepping into a different world. My house is nice and I wouldn't trade it for the world but these houses were spectacular. I drive past the house a few times trying to convince myself to park. Come on Perc….. Park and get out of the car. Just pull into one of these nice open spaces and get out. After the fourth drive by I finally pull into one of the spots that looks like it would be a quick getaway.
Before I could change my mind I whipped myself out of the car and stride up to the front door. Opening the door I'm faced with something I can only compare to my nightmares, all the popular people in one enclosed space and I have to get through them. Maybe I can just run away. I sigh and shake my head. No you can do this…. If for nothing else, do it for Mom. Nodding I step in and try to push my way through the people until I get to the backyard area.
My jaw drops as I see the sheer volume of people standing around the pool. Do this many people even go to our school? Seriously where did they all come from? I skirt around the pool and try to hide in the shadows while keeping an eye out for Allison. I stopped when I was standing in front of a gate leading out towards the woods. In case I decide this is just not worth it. I nod at the gate then turn and face the party again.
About 15 minutes later I see Allison come through the doors followed by Scott. Scott stops briefly and looks in my direction so I raise a hand nervously in a wave. Suddenly a dog starts barking behind me making me jump before slowly turning around. Behind me was not only a dog on the other side of the gate but a slightly older guy wearing a leather jacket. I squeal and back up quickly keeping my eyes on the guy. Where the hell did he come from? I totally should have heard someone standing behind me. The guy just rolls his eyes slightly at my actions before turning to the dog and giving it a look. The dog whines before turning and racing off.
I take my eyes off the guy in front of me and turn to look at Allison for a second, trying to see if she had seen what was going on. Finding her in the crowd I saw her whispering to Scott, who just shook his head at whatever she was saying. Allison reached down to grab Scott's hand before grinning and leading him in my direction. I turned back towards where the strange guy had been standing too see that he had completely disappeared. Where did he go? I spin around wildly trying to find the guy as Allison bounces up next to me pulling Scott along.
"Hey. You okay?" She asks as I whirl around to face her.
"Huh?" I glance between her and Scott. "Oh. Yeah. Just thought there was someone standing behind me."
"Really?" Allison looks around quickly. "I don't see anyone. Are you imagining people as a way to get out of here?" I smile at her but shake my head.
"I would never." I feign shock before looking directly at Scott. "Hello….."
Scott's eyes never left Allison as I received, what I can only assume was, a greeting from him. Back to being invisible to him I suppose.
"So are you enjoying the party?" Allison prods me in the side with her index finger to get my attention.
"Oh yeah. Loads of fun." I roll my eyes at her and point towards where everyone is dancing. "You should be over there, not here with me." Allison raises her eyebrows at me but takes a step back hesitantly. "Go. I will just stand here and…" I look around for something to occupy myself. "I will guard the gate."
"You should come dance too." Allison says as she steps back pushing Scott lightly towards the dance floor. I shake my head and shoo her off.
Once I see the two of them hit the dance floor I wander off around to the other side of the pool where people are passing out drinks. I snag one off the table before heading inside. Right as I was stepping over the threshold I turned to look at Allison and Scott and ran right into someone, sloshing my drink on myself and them. Oh god!
"Whoa!" I turn my head and see that I had run into Stiles and breathe a sigh of relief.
"Oh thank god. I thought….." I stop myself from finishing the sentence. I thought you were someone important….. I really was going to say that. Wow.
"You thought?" Stiles urges me on while examining the damage my drink had done to his shirt.
"Ummmm. Nevermind." I wave off my thought and place the cup on a table nearby. "Really sorry about that." I point at the part of his shirt that had gotten soaked.
"Engh. No real harm done." He shrugs then looks up at me. "Hey! You're that girl from English class…. The one who sits behind me."
"Uh yeah. Guilty as charged." I grin slightly and shuffle my feet while looking around awkwardly. Stiles nods and turns so he can survey the pool.
"So…." He gestures a little to flamboyantly towards the dancing crowd. "You aren't going to dance?" I jerk my head up before vehemently shaking me head.
"I really…. I don't dance." My eyes catch Allison twirling around with Scott. "What about you?"
"Well..." He bounces slightly and starts bobbing his head to the music. "I can dance…. But….." His eyes drift off towards the edge of the dance floor. I step forward so I can see who he is looking at before nodding slightly.
"But Lydia is currently occupied?" I smile at him knowingly. He turns quickly towards me looking like he was about to deny that that was his thought. I hold up a hand to stop him. "It's not exactly a secret Stiles."
"You know my name." He grins at me and I nod slightly. Before I could say anything else though Scott came pushing through the door stumbling a little. "Yo, Scott, you good?" Stiles asks stepping towards his friend who just slides past both of us and stumbles toward the front door.
Allison races past us calling after Scott and I give Stiles a look before following after her. I make it to the door just in time to see Scott get in his car and peel out of the driveway leaving Allison standing at the bottom of the stairs. I descend the stairs quickly and place a hand on her arm.
"What happened?" I ask turning her away from the retreating lights.
"I don't know. He just ran off in the middle of dancing." She turns and looks in the direction he drove off in.
"Was your dancing that terrible?" I joke receiving a punch in my shoulder. "Ow."
"Allison." A voice trickles from behind me causing me to spin around quickly. "I'm a friend of Scott's." I squint at the guy standing in front of me before I see the leather jacket.
"You are the guy from before." I point at him.
"What guy from before?" Allison asks looking at me worriedly.
"The one who was standing behind me before you came over earlier." I look down and realize I'm still pointing at him and quickly place my hand back at my side.
"The imaginary one?" She turns her head back to him while I give her a 'really?' look.
"My name's Derek." He says stepping up to us with a slightly evil smile. "Scott asked me to give you a ride home." He gestures at Allison with a nod.
"Uhhhh….. it's okay. I can give her a ride home." I grip Allison's arm a little too tightly.
"Oh no. It's okay Percy. You stay and enjoy the party." She waves towards the house lightly. I turn my head toward the house.
"I think I've had what fun I'm going to have tonight." I step around Derek and pull lightly on her arm. "Besides you have to tell me how your date went… Outside of him running off." She smiles at me and then looks at Derek.
"Thanks for the offer." She waves politely before following me over to my car.
"Does he give you the creeps?" I say sliding into the driver's seat and putting the keys in the ignition. Allison shakes her head but climbs into my car without saying anything. I try turning the key a couple times but my car just kind of shutters without doing anything. "What? Now? You really want to break down now?" I smile sheepishly at Allison before trying again.
"Car troubles?" Derek appears at my window making me screech slightly and grasp at my chest.
"Yeah. It appears so." I nod taking a couple of deep breaths to make up for the ones he just scared out of me.
"Hey Percy. It's alright I'll just get a ride home with Derek, you should probably call for a tow truck to come get your car." Allison opens the passenger door and exits the car. I look at her then at Derek before nodding.
"You're probably right. I'm sorry." I turn towards and lean forward against my steering wheel while Derek walks around the front of my car to lead Allison off. "HEY! Text me when you get home okay?" I shout out the passenger window as she walks off towards a black sports car with Derek.
Looking at the house beside me I contemplate just walking home when I see Stiles striding across the lawn towards the blue Jeep I had parked next to on the first day of school. Before I could really form a thought I was out of my car and calling after him.
"Hey Stiles." He spun around as he was trying to open the driver's side door looking scared. "Whoa…. Easy there. I was just wondering if I could bum a ride off you. My car isn't starting."
"Huh? Oh…. I have to stop by Scott's house to check on him." Stiles rubs the back of his head nervously.
"That's fine. I really don't mind." I gesture at the house behind me. "Anything is better than being stuck here with no one I know."
"Well…. If you don't mind… I guess…." He fumbles around with his keys.
"Perfect!" I glide around to the passenger side door and slide in. "Thanks by the way."
"Sure." He nods getting in and quickly driving off casting nervous glances at me the whole way to Scott's house.
As soon as the Jeep had pulled to a stop in front of the house Stiles was sprinting up the walkway and through the front door. Should I just stay here? I look around outside where an eerie glow was being cast on everything from the full moon above. Uhhh. I'm sure they won't mind if I just wait on the porch. I quickly climb out of the Jeep and walk up to the front door, where I can hear Stiles pounding on a door at the top of the stairs. Maybe he didn't come home. I conclude to myself and invite myself in before heading up the stairs.
"Maybe he didn't come home." I say as I make it to the top where I see Stiles still pounding a fist against the door.
"Go away." I can hear a faint voice coming from the room Stiles is standing in front of.
"Scott, it's me." Stiles looks at me and then goes back to pounding on the door. "Maybe you should wait in the car." He says throwing another glance at me as the door opens slightly. "Let me in, Scott. I can help."
"No! Listen, you gotta find Allison." Scott's labored breathing can be heard all the way down the hall.
"She's fine." I offer up, stepping closer to the room, looking at Stiles wearily. "She got a ride home from Derek."
"What?" Stiles tries to push into the room but the door wouldn't budge. "Stiles, it's Derek. Derek's the one that bit me." Scott groans out closing the door just a little more.
I freeze at the word bit and mouth 'Did he say bit?' to Stiles, who looks between me and the door trying to figure out what to say.
"He's the one that killed the girl in the woods." Scott continues.
"The girl in the… Oh god." I blink furiously as I catch up with what he said. "Way to go Perc…. You make a friend then you let her climb into a car with a killer." I start trembling as I force my head up to look at Stiles for an explanation.
"You said Derek gave her a ride home?" Stiles clarifies.
"Yeah." I nod and the door slams shut in Stiles's face.
"Scott!." Stiles slams his hand on the door frantically. I hear a roar coming from outside and I whirl around towards the front door.
"Did you hear that?" I ask not looking at Stiles. "Stiles?"