The first thing she sees when she turns down her street is his pale blue jeep. Stiles is standing outside leaning against the drivers door looking down at his phone. His ankles are crossed and the low afternoon sun shrouds his body in a soft glow. Her heart rate picks up as he raises his head and notices her coming towards him.
His smile sends butterflies into her stomach as she pulls into the driveway. She kills the engine and takes a deep breath, the new information burning inside her. The tingling in her finger begins to pulse as she exits her car and meets his gaze.
"So how'd the errands go?"
She smiled as they walked to her front door,
"Good. How were things with Malia?"
His smile faltered slightly,
"Honestly I think she is more confused than ever.. I tried to explain things but she kind of seemed to not grasp what I was saying."
The lock clicked open and revealed her dark, empty home.
" What did you say?"
She slipped off her heels and waited for him as he untied his shoelaces and set his own shoes next to hers.
"Well first I said 'we need to talk'."
Lydia rolled her eyes,
"Stiles-"
"Before you say anything. .. I know the whole we need to talk thing is cliché .."
She smiled and nodded for him to continue.
"Anyway, I told her that now that we weren't together anymore, there are certain things that just friends don't do. Then I said yeah friends can hold hands but not for the reason she was. That really confused her."
Lydia motioned for him to follow her to the kitchen,
"Just give her some time. She will understand eventually. Just start by laying out some ground rules. If holding hands makes you uncomfortable... tell her that. She obviously doesn't really understand what's appropriate from what we have all heard before.."
Stiles looked confused for a moment,
"What do you mean?"
She blushed slightly,
"Well on several occasions, more so when Kira Malia and I were studying, she would kind of... be too detailed about your relationship."
Stiles face still held a confused expression,
"Sex Stiles.. she would want to talk about your guy's sex life."
Pink flooded his features and curved over the tips of his ears.
"O..oh.. "
He brought a hand to the back of his neck,
"We would always stop her before she went into too much detail so don't worry.."
Internally she felt a pang of jealousy every time Malia would talk about them together. Even thinking about it made lydia's stomach feel heavy.
He coughed awkwardly,
"Well... sorry I guess."
She scoffed,
"Stiles... don't apologize for her. That's another thing. Don't feel like you are responsible for her actions and things she says. We are all trying to teach her what is appropriate, its not only on you."
He smiles sweetly before nodding.
"So want to find some snacks and watch a movie?"
He perked up in the cutest way possible,
"Ok!"
They walked into the kitchen flicking on the light.
"We have popcorn, uhh chips, twizzlers, and ooh I think we may have some ice cream. "
Stiles leaned on the counter beside her making the tingling stronger.
"Hmm all of the above?"
She smiled,
"Ok well you'll have to help me carry it all upstairs.."
He chuckled before nodding,
"Totally understandable. "
She places the popcorn in the microwave, grabs the twizzlers, some drinks, the chips and opens the freezer to get out the ice cream.
"Yes! I love death by chocolate!"
She smirked glancing back at him before grabbing two spoons. The beeping signaled the popcorn was done and she grabbed a bowl to pour it in.
"Okay I'll grab the chips, candy and drinks, and could you get the popcorn and ice cream?"
He nods,
"Yep!"
She opens the steaming bag and pours the kernels into the bowl.
She grabs the bowl and extends it over to him.
He reaches out to take it, but when his fingers brush her own, a pulse resonates through her body causing her to drop the popcorn to the floor. The kernels spread over the tile in her kitchen and she gasps.
"Lydia are you ok? What happened? ?"
Her mouth hangs open,
"I..I don't know.. I'm sorry. I'll pop some more."
She turns to grab more popcorn when she feels a hand on her shoulder, sending another shock through her.
"Lydia.."
"I'm ok Stiles.. really."
She turns giving him a smile to convince him. He withdraws his hand but the concerned look remains.
"Are you sure?"
She glances at his eyes and musters a small smile.
"I'm sure."
He seems to be hesitant to accept the answer but drops it anyway.
"So do you have a broom to clean this up?"
She points to the small pantry,
"In the back corner of the pantry."
He gingerly steps over the kernels and grabs the broom.
After cleaning up the mess and popping more popcorn, they head upstairs, arms full of snacks.
She opens her bedroom door and places the snacks on her desk before grabbing her laptop setting it on the bed.
"You can just set that stuff over there."
She points to the bedside table.
He sits on the edge of her bed before scooting to the center to meet her.
His arm brushes hers spreading goose bumps over her skin.
"So what do you want to watch?"
She glances up at him and he meets her gaze.
"Well I want to watch Star Wars..."
She groans ,
"But how about the Matrix?"
She ponders this...
"That's acceptable.."
He beams at her before throwing his arms above his head in success.
She laughs covering her mouth with her hand.
"Well then the Matrix it is."
She finds the movie before pressing play and flicking off the light. They push the laptop to the end of the bed before laying on their stomachs. Stiles reaches over to the night stand and retrieves the popcorn. The feel of his body next to hers made the tingling move from her finger and spread to every point where his body touched hers.
"Thanks"
She smiles as he places the popcorn in front of them.
Throughout the movie, Lydia realized it was more entertaining to listen to and watch the boy next to her. He shouted and flailed at the screen in front of them like he had never seen it before. She had to bite back the smile from her lips through the whole movie.
After snacking on the chips and candy, she grabs the two spoons and now softened ice cream.
The clinking of spoons draws his attention away from the film,
"Yes! Ice cream!"
He bounces like a child on a sugar high and she can't stifle the laugh bubbling out of her throat. They eat in silence enjoying each other's company for the rest of the movie.
Half of the container was gone by the time the credits began to roll.
She glances to him as he licks the last bits of ice cream from his spoon. She feels the strong pull in her body towards his and focuses on the tingling areas of her body.
Her vision fades to blue gradually and the boy next to her is surrounded by a golden glow. The red string is the shortest she has seen it yet and is resting on the bed in front of her. The matching red bows are tied perfectly around their fingers and the buzzing feeling fills her entire body. Stiles turns to look at her, a trail of light following his head's movement.
"Lydia what-"
When his eyes meet hers his mouth drops open and he jumps up into a sitting position.
"Lydia. ...your eyes.."
His voice seems to be the only sound in focus, the movie credits drowned out and muffled.
She sits up next to him and blinks away the blue finding his gaze again,
"What?"
He looks directly into her eyes searching,
"Your eyes... they were... glowing."
Her heart rate speeds up again, pounding in her chest.
"Glowing? ?"
He nods quickly,
"What is going on Lydia?"
She ignores his question,
"Stiles I need you to look at my eyes.."
He gapes at her, mouth drifting open,
"O..okay.."
She closes her eyes focusing her energy on the feeling in her finger. She opens her eyes again and her vision has returned to the blue hue.
His shocked expression makes her uneasy,
"What? What do you see?"
He shakes his head slowly,
"Come here.."
He climbs off the bed and grabs her hand. The shock pulses through her body. His hand remains clasped in hers sending shock waves up her arm. He pulls her over to the mirror and releases her hand.
"Look.."
She looks at her reflection and gasps bringing a hand to her mouth. Both of them are surrounded by a glow and the red cord connecting them sways along with their movements. It was so real in her vision it was as if they had tied the string there themselves.
However, the most shocking thing was her eyes.
Her eyes are brighter than the glow around them and her once emerald irises have shifted to a golden hue.
She steps back and blinks away the vision,
"Lydia... what is happening.."
He steps forward to meet her, with a worried expression.
She definitely can't avoid the subject now.
"Stiles... there are some things we need to talk about."
I know this was short don't kill me! But this is more of a filler chapter leading to "the big reveal" if you could call it that haha(: Drop me a review, it always makes me smile to see what you guys thought of the story