I growled out as I ran through the woods to track the smell I knew all too well. My paws gripped the ground as I loped through the Preserve. My eyes glowed brightly as I saw in the distance a very familiar Jeep. I growled happily before letting a howl of longing out before I heard that familiar voice.
" That her?" Stiles' voice hit my ears and I felt my heart racing.
" Yeah, it is." Scott's voice echoed in my ears. I jumped over the fallen tree before padding over in front of my boyfriend.
" You're clothes are in the back." He said with that smile. I growled happily before padding over to the back of the jeep. I let the heat overrun my body as bones reshaped themselves. I stretched out as my body came back.
" Thanks babe." I called out as I opened the back and grabbed the black tube top, blue jeans, and combat boots after putting my black lace underwear on. I let my hair run wild as for the past six months I've grown it out to my ass. I've toned the underlayer to a deep red. I smiled as I walked up to Stiles and kissed him.
" How was New York last week?" Scott asked as I leaned on the jeep.
" Pretty sweet. Got to see my old girlfriends. Nothing all too bad." I say with a grin.
" But the big eighteen birthday bash you guys threw at my loft was awesome!" I say as I toy with my necklace.
" I'm glad you were able to remodel it." Liam called out as he was chained to the tree. I waved over a good thumbs up.
" Still thinking about where we are going to live?" I asked as I walked over to Stiles and wrapped my arms around his waist.
" Yeah, but they are pretty expensive options." He said as I chuckled.
" You know I can help. Ever since I've been doing my art commissions and learning to fix up cars. I've made decent money and no I don't mind helping you." I told him as he chuckled back to me.
" And haven't I told you, just give me a week on Roscoe." I say as he smirks.
" I will, if he doesn't start after 20 minutes." He replied before giving a deep kiss. I felt that same heat as the first time he ever kissed me.
" Think it's been long enough?" Scott asked as it pulled Stiles and me apart.
" Yes! " Liam called out annoyed. I chuckled at the mere thought.
" Hey. Trying to have an adult conversation over here." Stiles called out. Scott walked over to his beta.
" All right, you guys are two years older than me, and I'm fine. Just let me go." Liam said as I chuckled.
" It's not that we don't trust you, Liam, it's the slip-up." I said as I placed my hand on Stiles' shoulder.
" A dozen calls to the Sheriff's department about a monstrous dog boy running around the streets of Beacon Hills? Naked?" Stiles asked as I laughed out loud. That was the night that Stiles was at my place for a Star Wars turned-sexy night.
" That would have been nice if I did that new thing that night." I whispered into Stiles' ear.
" Later." He said as I felt his hands drift to my side. I groaned into his ear.
" You know I love you with everything I am." I told him as I saw Scott unchaining Liam.
" Right back at you, Rave." He replied before Scott and Liam hopped into the back. I got in the front seat and Stiles was able to start the Jeep.
" So what college are you hoping to get into?" Liam asked as I smirked.
" Something with Art. I've been doing it for years and want to expand as an artist." I say as I pulled up a piece I had recently sold. It was an acrylic landscape painting of the Preserve during a full moon night with a fox drinking from a stream.
" That took her half the summer to finish." Stiles said aloud as we took the backroads.
" How much did you sell it for?" Liam asked as I smirked.
" No worries hun." I said with a smirk. Stiles was the only person who knew I sold it for forty-one thousand.
" But this thing at the school? Is it a party?" He asked as Stiles perked up.
" It's not a party." Stiles replied to the young beta.
" Then what's at midnight?" He asked incessantly.
" It's you're bedtime Liam. A big Beta like yourself needs his nap." I say as Stiles chuckles under his breath.
" Why aren't the girls going?" Liam asked as he sat back.
" They're meeting us there, okay? And just stop asking questions, all right? It's a senior thing. You'll know when you're a senior." Stiles said as the jeep came to a stop on the back road.
" You guys having trouble with your phones?" Scott asked as I groaned. My phone wasn't working.
" You out of gas?" Liam asked before we got out.
" Stay in the car Liam." I told him as I flashed my eyes. Stiles, Scott, and I get out and open the hood.
" Whoa, that's a lot of duct tape." Scott said as I began to check everything.
" Kidding. We'll fix it." Scott said with a smile. I smirked as I tried to see through all the duct tape.
" I know. It's just the last night of summer, you know? So, I wanted to make sure everyone was there tonight." Stiles says as I am still looking.
" We will. We just gotta make him last." I say as I pat Stiles' back. Liam was calling out to us.
" Liam, stay in the car, okay?" Scott called out before a shot of lightning shot near us.
" Holy!" I called out.
" That was too fucking close!" I screamed before the Jeep started.
" Can we go now?" Liam called out. We all piled into it and ran out of there like a bat out of hell.
" Where did Malia say she was going to be?" Scott asked as I chuckled.
" She said she was helping her stepdad with tree removal on the road up here." I replied as I turned to him. He gave a small smile. We drove down the road till we found Malia next to a group of volunteers.
" Hey, cousin!" I yelled out as she came up to the jeep with a smile.
" Thanks for getting me out of here." Malia said as she smiled.
" I've missed you." Liam said as he tried. I chuckled as Malia glared at him. I saw Mr. Tate look at him.
" You do remember I own a gun, right?" He told the teenager. Liam sucked back before Malia got in and we all looked at her.
" Did you find out yet?" I asked as she shook her head and waved her phone.
" They're gonna email me." She replied. Liam then spoke up.
" Is this about summer school?" He asked her.
" You told him?" Malia asked me. I put my hands up.
" Uh…" Stiles murmured.
" Oh, no! All they said was you had to go to summer school 'cause the principal said your test scores weren't good enough and you might have to repeat junior year." Liam said as I shook my head.
" We should have left him chained to the tree." Stiles said as I laughed out loud.
" Then who would we fuck around with?" I asked as Stiles snickered. We drove Liam to the hospital as his dad was working. Stiles and I waited by the reception desk to wait for Scott to come back.
" It's going to be ok. I'm with the vision." I whispered to him. Stiles still looked worried.
" I just don't want it to be like my dad when he left high school. Not talking to any of his friends." He says as I have his cheeks in my hands to comfort him.
" I believe in it as I believe that I'm deeply in love with you." I say as he pulls me into a deep hug.
" I love you too." He says as I feel his warmth.
" Still can't reach Kira." Scott said in a worried voice. The rain had picked up even more outside as Stiles and I pulled apart.
" Okay, you reminded her about tonight, though, right?" Stiles asked him. Scott nodded worriedly.
" I think so...She only texted me once this week." Scott says as I can smell the worry drift off of him heavily.
" Once? How'd you guys leave things when she left for New York?" Stiles asked him. Scott looked at us.
" Well, they were good. Yeah, I just said, you know, "Don't worry about anything. Just go and have fun."" Scott told us, oh no!
" Please for the love of god, tell me you didn't say that?" I asked him.
" Why? What's wrong with that?" Scott asked very oblivious.
" Just... I don't know... That can be interpreted a lot of different ways." Stiles explained as Scott looked even more confused. Oh, brother!
" Well, like, "Don't worry, we're not exclusive- go have fun with other guys."" Stiles said as I saw Scott's eyes widen.
" No. No way." Scott said a slight bit sternly.
" Malia, if you were going away, and I told you "Don't worry, go have fun," what would you think I was talking about? What would you take that as?" I asked as she took a moment before answering me.
" Fun like bowling? Or sex with other guys?" She asked before I turned to a shocked Scott.
" Okay, yeah... Now, I'm worried." Scott said with a slight pick up. Melissa came over to Scott with a slightly overwhelmed look.
" Hey, Mom? Where's all this coming from?" He asked as she looked at some paperwork.
" A jack-knifed tractor-trailer on 115- caused a major pile-up." She replied before going off as she was called over.
" Okay, okay, there's only one way back into Beacon Hills from the airport." Stiles told him as Scott's face dropped.
" Scott, you are the only one with a bike. Go get her." I told him as he had this determined look.
" You guys head to the school. Lydia's probably already there. We'll meet you by midnight." Scott said in a slight hurry.
" How are you gonna get to her in the middle of a traffic jam?" Stiles asked as I laughed.
" When an Alpha had a deep will. They can manage anything." I say with my eyes flashing.
" We'll make it. Trust me." Scott yelled before going out into the rain. Stiles, Malia, and I made our way to the school. Cars, students, and facility make their way inside. The three of us are underneath a cover. Malia was checking her phone for any updates.
" Nothing from Scott or Kira." Malia said as she looked a bit frustrated about all of this.
" Lyds hasn't gotten back to me either yet." I say with worry.
" And I still don't know if I passed. I don't want to do this unless I'm a senior." Malia says with worry.
" I'm just…you know." Stiles says before leaning me. I rubbed his back.
" What's wrong with you? You smell terrible." Malia jeered at him.
" Yeah, it's called anxiety- should be a familiar scent for you by now, since it's pretty much a constant state for me." He said as I stood up.
" Why's this thing so important to you?" She asked us.
" He's worried about all of us going our separate ways after high school." I told her as Stiles stood up next to me and took my hand.
" I asked my dad the other day about his high school friends. Guess how many he still talks to?" He asked her. She just shrugged.
" None. Not a single one. You know, these were his best friends, and he just says he lost touch with them, you know. So, I started thinking about things, like I always do- obsessively. Yeah... And so, I'm thinking, what if... What if Scott's my best friend now, you know, but he's not my best friend for life?" Stiles asked her. I squeezed his hand to comfort him. I wanted his vision to stay right where it was. With our friends, with me. No more problems.
" Well, doesn't that just happen sometimes?" She asked him. He shook his head quickly.
" Yeah, but only because we let it happen. You know, that's what I'm saying- how come when we graduate, we're just expected to go our separate ways? If I've already found the best people in my life, why aren't I not trying to stay with them, you know?" Stiles asked her. I watched her looking as if to try to understand.
" Well, I thought that was the plan." She said as Stiles smirked.
" Don't mock the vision!" He says as I smile.
" The vision is very beautiful. I'll stick by your side." I told him before placing a forehead kiss right on him.
" So that's why you wanted everyone here tonight- because you don't want to lose all your friends after senior year." Malia procured the understanding.
" And I hope they don't want to lose me, either." He told her as I took her hand.
" Someone's coming. Someone fast." She growled as she looked behind her.
" Hell no!" I growled as my fangs unveiled themselves and my eyes full glow. I waited for the person to show up. My arm came out fast before the body hit hard. It was Liam.
" God dammnit Liam!" I yelled before helping him up.
" What are you trying to do?" I asked as he had this frantic look on his face.
" Scott's in trouble." He said panting.
" Where?" I asked him. He began to run towards the bridge. We followed him. I heard growls and roars. We saw Scott being stabbed by some tall werewolf!
" Let him go!" I roared out as I was at full shift. I saw Liam, Kira and someone else! I saw Scott get up and break the werewolf's hand. He clutched it as I saw Scott swat something out of his chest. Claws? The fuck?
" I don't know who you are, or what you thought you were going to do, but I'll give you a choice. You can stay, and I'll break something else... Or you can run." Scott told the wounded wolf. It turned to us.
" I'd run. Definitely run." Stiles said before I growled at it. I see it struggle to get up before running. I felt the burn as I shifted back.
" You don't remember me, do you? I guess I look a little different since the fourth grade." This teen said as he walked up to Scott.
" Theo?" Scott asked bewildered. Who the fuck is this?
" You know him?" Malia asked out loud.
" They used to." Theo replied to her. He then turned back to Scott.
" Trust me, I never thought I'd see you guys again. A couple of months ago, I heard of an Alpha in Beacon Hills. When I found out his name was Scott McCall, I just couldn't believe it. Not just an Alpha, but a True Alpha." Theo continued to explain with this almost grin on his face.
" What do you want?" Scott asked him.
" I came back to Beacon Hills- back home with my family- because I want to be a part of your pack." Theo said before he walked inside the building. Something about him felt different. Something was off.
" We haven't seen this kid in years- you don't find that highly suspicious?" Stiles asked Scott.
" I'm kind of more concerned about the guy who just tried to kill me." Scott replied to him.
" Who was he?" I asked as we stood around.
" Theo Raken. We were in the fourth grade with him. Something is off about him." He told me as I saw Malia's face light up.
" We will figure this out." I told him. He smiled before pecking my cheek.
" I'm in! I passed. I'm officially a senior." She said with slight enthusiasm. I gave a thumbs up as I saw Lydia coming from the crowd.
" Thank God! Where have you guys been? The whole senior class is here! Are we doing this or not?" She said as we all chuckled. We all went to the library. Stiles put his initials down before giving me the pen. I wrote mine down right beside him and put a plus by it. I passed the pen along. I watched as Malia hesitated with her last before putting a 'T'. Soon it ended up in Scott's hand. We watched as he put his down then hesitated.
" She would have been with us." Stiles told him. Scott nodded before putting Allison's down.
" She still is." Lydia told him before we looked at the sea of Seniors. I felt the warmth of it all as my final year was dawning, but along with the dawn; always comes trouble.