"We need your help. We think the Argents could be onto Jackson." Scott said as Diana opened her from door.

"Yeah you got a spell or something that could help us out?" Stiles said from here he stood behind Scott. Diana nodded considering it.

"Come on. It's important." Scott said impatiently. Diana nodded again still considering.

"They won't find out what you are, or anything about your Coven." Stiles insisted. Diana's gaze snapped to him then.

"Not one single thing." She said, Stiles nodded vehemently. Diana left them standing before an open door looking at each other wondering what they were supposed to do. After about a minute she reappeared with a compass in hand and a pair of shoes on.

"Well let's go." She said to the gobsmacked boys.

Stiles beamed,

"Yes! You brilliant woman." He darted back off down the driveway to the blue jeep quickly followed by Scott and Diana.

Diana clambered into the back and leaning between the seats directed them while Stiles drove at speed.

"Next left." Diana directed Stiles pulling in to the abandoned courtyard stopping by Jackson's car with a screech.

Jackson and Mr Argent both looked up at the sudden interruption.

"Sup?" Stiles called across, Diana's brain still rattling from the sudden stop.

"Everything okay?" Scott queried,

"Hey Scott." Mr Argent called looking from between Diana and the boys. Diana leant forward and semi draped her arm over Stiles shoulder,

"You having car trouble Jackass?" She called. Mr Argent nodded,

"Yeah, we were just taking a look." He said, Jackson looked at the group desperately,

"There's a shop just down the street, I'm sure they have a tow truck." Scott said,

"Yeah, you wanna ride?" Stiles offered, acting light and breezy, innocent. Scott opened the door in invitation.

"You know what they were like last time you tried to fix it yourself Jackass." Diana called.

"C'mon Jackson, you're way too pretty to be out here all by yourself." Stiles mocked, while Scott looked darkly at the boy.

Jackson nodded and quickly walked over to the Jeep. Diana watched carefully as the hunter reached in to the back of the Porsche and removed something.

"Hey boys." He called reaching into the car turning it over, suddenly bringing the engine to life. "Told you I knew a few things about cars." With that he got back in his car and drove away leaving the small foursome stunned at the lucky escape that they just had.

When he was out of sight Diana and Stiles got out the car,

"What are you following me now?" Jackson demanded. Diana rolled her eyes,

"Yes you stupid idiot you almost gave away everything right there!" Scott shouted, Diana dropped the small compass back inside the Jeep.

"What are you talking about?!" Jackson demanded.

"He thinks you're the second beta." Scott shot back.

"What?" Jackson said confused, he looked at Diana, "You know what he's talking about?"

Diana toed the ground with her Chelsea boot.

"Yeah I do." She said looking to him then.

"He thinks you're me!" Scott exploded striking the Jeep.

"Dude, my Jeep." Stiles protested weekly, Diana smirked at him,

"I could always fix it if he breaks it." She shrugged; Stiles looked at her flatly,

"Not the point, but thank you." He said grudgingly.

"I can hear your heart beating from a mile away, literally, now he thinks that there's something wrong and now I have to keep an eye on you so he doesn't kill you!" Scott went to strike the Jeep again, Stiles and Diana sprang into action pulling him back,

"Oh okay, okay, okay." Stiles said "How about we just step away from Stiles' Jeep."

"No this is your problem not mine, okay? I didn't say anything which means you're the one that's gonna get me killed. Okay this is your fault!" Jackson said pushing Scott forcefully back into the Jeep.

"Okay can we stop hitting my Jeep?" Stiles asked throwing his hands in the air, Diana backing him by nodding from where she leant against the back over the wheel.

Scott shoved Jackson back. Diana watched Stiles intervene.

"Okay guys stop." He eased them off, "Alright?" Diana gently pulled him away,

"He may come after you; I won't be able to protect you." Scott insisted. He looked to Stiles and Diana, "I can't protect anyone."

"Why're you looking at me?" Stiles asked worriedly, he looked back at Diana who winked in reply.

I can protect you. She assured.

"You know, now you have to do it." Jackson said, "Get me what I want and I will be fine protecting myself."

"No you won't." Scott insisted, "Just trust me! All it does is make things worse. "

"Oh year really?" Jackson said not believing a word, "You can hear anything you want, run faster than humanly possible, sounds like a real hardship McCall."

"Yeah, I can run really fast now, except half the time I'm running away from people who are trying to kill me!" Jackson rolled his eyes. "And I can hear things like my girlfriend telling people she doesn't trust me anymore right before breaking up with me. I'm not lying to you!"

"He isn't going to listen to a thing you say Scott. He's got his 'I know better than you face on.'" Diana said shrugging.

"It ruins your life." Scott insisted ignoring Diana,

"It ruined your life." Jackson said shaking his head. "You know, you had all the power in the world and you didn't know what to do with it. You know what it's like, it's like you turned sixteen and someone bought you a Porsche instead of starting you out with a nice little Honda. Me?" He leant in, "I drive a Porsche." He backed off back to his car and drove away leaving the three stood by the Jeep.

"I get why you always call him Jackass now." Stiles said to Diana who nodded knowingly. She clapped Scott on the shoulder,

"I could have told you have that was gonna go sugar." She shrugged and climbed back into the Jeep pulling out her phone, Alison was taking Lydia shopping apparently they had made up after the whole Jackson asking Alison to the dance and Lydia kissing Scott thing.

Stiles dropped Scott off at the preserve so he could go looking for Alison, on the way back to Diana's house he finally managed to say what had been on him mind.

"So, you going to the dance with anyone?" Diana smiled out of the window having moved to the front seat when Scott got out.

"Donavan asked me." She said, Stiles nodded.

"So you're going with Donavan?" He asked, Diana looked flatly at him,

"I'd rather pull out my own teeth." Stiles laughed in response, "I'm probably going to go stag. You?"

"Yeah, probably."

The rest of the drive was quiet. They pulled up to Diana's house and he turned off the engine.

"Hey, look." Diana stopped moving to get out giving him her full attention. "Thank you for this, and everything else. I mean, ugh…" He groaned throwing himself over the steering wheel.

"You probably think I'm a total freak but I'm really glad we're friends, I don't know what I'd do without you." Stiles admitted to the wheel. Diana smiled a true smile of just happiness. Suddenly she had an idea.

"Would you like to see how I can see?" He looked up confused.

"You see differently to me?" He asked not understanding, she inched closer,

"Close your eyes. This is just one of the ways that I can see." She rested her right hand over his eyes and focused.

Stiles felt her hand lift, his eyes fluttering open to a world made new.

His mouth fell open, the outside was so bright, he could see the life in the trees lining the driveway and the birds in the trees, each species a different colour, each life form a different level of brightness. He looked to Diana then, letting a tear fall from his eye; she was the brightest of all and tied to him by a thick strand of light. Her soft face illuminated her hair flames, living flames and her skin glowed like fire was contained within it.

"It's-"

"I know." Diana said moving to put her hand back over his eyes but he moved away,

"No, don't." He protested weakly not wanting to give up the view just yet."

"Stiles' you'll go blind." She moved again and this time he didn't stop her letting her soft touch take away the other sight.

He opened his eyes again to the usual way that he saw quickly wiping away the tears from his face.

"Pretty cool huh?" She said lightly. Stiles nodded laughing,

"Yeah, really, really cool. My god I'm so glad we're friends." He blurted laughing, his usual energy coming through. Diana laughed.

"So am I." She admitted, "If I showed that to a Freeze they wouldn't care, if I showed it to someone like Donavan then he'd run a mile. Stiles, you thinking this is cool, makes it cool."

He blushed smiling modestly putting his head on his shoulder in a move that could only be described as Stiles.

Diana smiled again reaching for the door,

"See you later Stiles."

"You bet!" He shouted after her, Diana looked back to see him telling himself off for saying that turning the engine over and pulling out of the Preston's circular driveway.

She shook her head and entered her house.