They both sit up in bed,
"What do you mean?"
Kira runs up behind scott wearing her marvel pj's.
"Well she was so angry last night but we calmed her down enough that she went back to bed. She must have left last night when we were all sleeping. "
The sheriff and Melissa meet them in the hall,
"What's going on?"
Lydia pulls the blanket higher over her chest at the sight of the two adults. The sheriff meets them with wide eyes before shooting Stiles a look. Stiles looks away and back to Scott.
"Malia's gone mom. She left."
Melissa furrows her brow,
"Why would she leave?"
Scott glanced over to the two still in bed as they looked into their laps avoiding the adults' eyes.
"Oh.."
The sheriff walks farther into the room,
"I thought you said you broke up with Malia!"
"I did dad!"
His dad retracts a bit,
"Oh.. sorry.. um let's discuss this downstairs after everyone is.. decent."
He ushered everyone away from the room closing their bedroom door.
"Ok we seem to attract the awkward interruptions.."
Lydia laughed humorlessly before climbing out of bed grabbing stiles' hoodie from the floor and pulling it over her body. She snuggled into the warm fabric laced with his scent, the hem almost reaching mid thigh.
She grabbed her skirt from the previous day from the floor and last night's memories flooded her mind.
A warm pink blush rushed onto her cheeks as she slid the soft material up her legs.
"If we are going to stay here, we need to go get my stuff from your house."
Stiles sat in the middle of the bed resting back on his hands, a goofy grin plastered on his face.
Lydia raised a questioning brow,
"What?"
"I like you in my clothes."
She scoffed but threw him a smile,
"Get dressed. We need to go have another awkward talk with everyone. "
Stiles stood grabbing his jeans from the floor,
"Yeah..."
His mind seemed distant and he was chewing on his lower lip.
"Stiles.. you ok?"
He glanced to her shrugging,
"I just hope she's ok... I never meant to hurt her or.. anyone just.."
She pulled him into a hug rubbing soothing hands over his back,
"It's ok. We will find her don't worry. She will be alright, it isn't your fault."
He squeezed her closer,
"I hope you're right. "
They get dressed the rest of the way before heading downstairs.
The strong coffee smell surrounded them and the sound of distant conversation met them at the bottom of the stairs.
"Ready?"
Lydia grabbed his hand,
"Ready."
They entered the small kitchen and the occupants looked up from talking to each other to great them.
Scott didn't let the tension build too much before speaking,
"Hey guys! Coffee's on and mom's making some omelettes if you want. "
"Thanks bro sounds good."
Stiles smiled to his best friend before leading Lydia to the table.
Breakfast wasn't as awkward as they had thought and they had avoided the discussion of last night's events.
Scott placed the plate in the sink before turning to Stiles,
"I'm going to try and get her scent then we can head out and look for her."
Stiles rubbed his hand over his face before nodding,
"Yeah ok...sounds good."
Scott smelled the wave of anxiety that washed over him and grabbed his shoulder,
"We are going to find her Stiles. This isn't your fault. "
His eyes search Scott's before smiling.
Liam walks in setting his plate in the sink.
"So.. what's the plan?"
Scott wraps an arm around his shoulder,
"Come on"
"So... you and Stiles. ."
Kira's toothy grin made Lydia crack a small smile and heat flood to her cheeks.
"Uh.. yeah.."
Kira tucked her feet under her on the couch,
"How? When? Did he run to you like in a romantic movie and profess his loooove?"
She cooed sarcastically but underneath she really wanted to know.
Lydia chuckled tucking a strand of hair behind her ear,
"Well we haven't really talked about the why with anyone yet but.."
Kira leaned forward bouncing on the cushion,
"Well.. tell me then!"
Lydia glanced at the kitchen doorway checking to see if anyone could be listening in.
"Well it started the other day.. I got this weird feeling here." She wiggled her pinky in front of Kira before continuing,
"Then my vision kind of turned.. this blue color and there was a red string attached to my pinky and- "
"Oh my god!" Kira squealed grabbing Lydia's hand.
"My mother used to tell me stories about this all the time! I never thought it was real! Well a little over a year ago I didn't think werewolves were real..."
Lydia raised her eyebrows ushering the girl to continue.
"The red string of fate.. you guys are soulmates! Oh my god this is so amazing! So did you tell him or did he find out by accident?" The sound of the boy's voices coming closer make Kira quiet down.
The three walk to the couch where Kira and Lydia are sitting.
Kira is wearing a wide grin and Lydia sits with a red face picking at her nails.
"Oh hey you guys..! Um we were just talking about.. uh .."
Lydia looked over her shoulder turning to the boys,
"What are you going to do about Malia?"
Scott stared skeptically at his girlfriend, who looked ready to burst, before turning to Lydia.
"Uh..yeah we are going to try and get her scent then we are going to track her down."
Lydia stood walking around the couch. Stiles glanced down at her bare feet smiling at her small stature next to him. She shot him a glare knowing his thoughts exactly before responding,
" we need a better plan before we just rush into this. Deaton said he thinks Chris isn't working alone. So who or what is he working with?"
Scott looked at her before sighing,
"I know the plan sucks but we have to do something! What is Chris finds Malia?"
Lydia stepped forward,
"What if he does? What are we going to do if we get there and he's working with something supernatural? We won't have any idea what we are up against."
Stiles leaned against the couch where Kira sat,
"I agree with Lydia.. but if we are going to come up with a plan, we need to do it fast. Because of he does have Malia then... who knows what he'll do."
Scott shakes his head,
"Ok well what do you suggest we do then? How do we find out what we are up against?"
Stiles pushes away from the couch,
"We find Malia's scent, follow it, and I guess see if Deaton has found anything."
Lydia rolled her eyes,
"That's the same plan as before but except you call Deaton who,by the way, said he would call if anything came up."
Stiles threw his hands up,
"Then what do you suggest we do!?"
She gives him a glare before crossing her arms over her chest, still draped in his hoodie.
"Well first off, we do get Malia's scent while someone does some research on the possibility of some sort of mind control. Then we see what kind of creatures might be able to do something like that and go from there."
Scott's eyes widen and Stiles smirks.
Kira peeks around them from the couch,
"I like her plan.."
Lydia smiles at Kira then turns to Stiles,
"How about we go to the library and see what we can find while you three get her scent and start tracking. Liam you get her scent too so you and Scott can work together."
Liam nods before following Scott up the stairs.
"Kira.. I trust you can handle those two?"
Kira scoffed waving her hand,
"Are you kidding? Of course. "
She smiles before walking past her and up the stairs,
"Okay first we need to stop by your house so we can get properly dressed and grab everything we need then we will head to the library. "
Melissa came out with the sheriff with a questioning glance,
"Where are you two headed off to?"
"Oh , we are going to the library to do some research while Scott, Kira and Liam search for Malia."
The sheriff was adjusting his badge to the front of his uniform,
"Alright well be careful."
Stiles walked forward,
"You too dad just... don't go alone anywhere ok?"
The man smiled making the crows feet by his eyes more defined, before pulling his son into a hug.
"Alright Son. " He pulled back to look at Melissa.
"I'm giving you a ride to the hospital."
She grabbed paused from grabbing her keys,
"It's ok, I will be fine."
The sheriff stepped towards her plucking the keys from her hand.
Melissa arched an eye brow before sauntering out the front door quickly followed by the sheriff.
"Be careful son."
Stiles looked to his dad winking with a smile,
"We will.."
The sheriff rolled his eyes but smiled nonetheless, closing the door.
The three return from upstairs grabbing keys and light jackets,
"Alright we got her scent and we are heading out. Be careful."
Stiles moved towards Scott placing a hand on his shoulder,
"You too Scotty."
The three left leaving the two of them alone in the home.
"Alright ready?"
Stiles grabbed his keys as Lydia grabbed her bag.
"Yep. Let's go."
They pull into the library parking lot and Stiles cuts the engine. They climb out having changed from their clothes looking a bit more put together.
Lydia's heels click on the pavement as they walk to the entrance.
Stiles opens the door holding it for her as she walks in. A wave of cool air rushes over them and the smell of books makes Lydia feel right at home.
"Come on."
Lydia grabs his hand leading him through the shelves of books to an isle she is pretty familiar with now.
Both get to work searching the titles and grabbing a few that had the potential for answers.
They find a secluded spot where no one is sitting and place the stacks of books from their arms onto the table before sitting.
Stiles sighs grabbing the first book from the stack,
"Well this is going to take forever."
Lydia doesn't respond but simply reaches over interlacing her fingers with his. He glances up but her gaze is turned down to the book on the table in front of her. Her cherry lips are turned up in a smile and he matches it with his own before looking back down at the book in front of him.
Stiles glanced up from his reading and rubbed his eyes,
"Found anything? "
Lydia placed the book flat on the table,
" nothing.."
He sighed dropping his head to the desk,
"I'm gonna call Scott it's almost three."
She rubs her eyes nodding while he dials.
"Hey Scott. Found anything?"
He hears leaves rustling on the other side,
"No nothing yet. You?"
"Nope. Nothing. "
"Well I say we call Deaton and-"
Stiles hear more leaves rustling before Liam shouts sounding like he is further away,
"Scott! I found something!"
Scott runs over, still holding the phone to his ear.
"Woah..."
"Dude what is it?"
Scott bends over and picks up what Liam was talking about.
"This just got ten thousand times worse."
Stiles stands from the table drawing Lydia's concerned gaze. She stands next to Stiles and places her ear close to his to hear Scott.
"Scott, buddy, you gotta talk to me."
He hears Scott sigh,
"Looks like Kate Argent has decided to pay us a visit."
sorry this took so long I have been so busy! But you will like to know I have started the next chapter so it will probably be up this week! Leave a review, i love to read them! (: