The Kids From Yesterday // Stiles Stilinksi [2/2]

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Season Five

Lucy was sitting cross-legged on the hood of Stiles' Jeep while Scott sat a short distance in front of her. Stiles had a map open that was covering part of her knee. It was of the San Francisco Bay Area. "Alright, so I found some cool two bedroom apartments in the Mission District, but they're pretty expensive. A couple in Haight and Ashbury. Also expensive."

"What about Berkeley?" Scott wondered.

"Two bedroom?" Lucy asked.

Stiles nodded. "Yeah. I was thinking we could share a bedroom. I mean... if you're okay with it. Scott can have his own."

Lucy patted Stiles' cheek. "I think that's a great idea."

Scott gave them a look. "Guys, focus. Don't a lot of students live around Berkeley?"

Stiles shot his hand into the air, hitting Lucy's cheek. "Sorry, Lu. Well, yeah, we could try Nob Hill. But, the Jeep would probably burn through a lot of clutches."

"You're bringing the Jeep?" Scott questioned.

Stiles glanced to her in disbelief before turning back to his friend. "Did you ask that? Did you really just ask that? You know the plan, okay? No one gets left behind. That's the plan. Lydia's not gonna have a problem getting into Stanford. Kira's thinking USF. Malia's, uh, gonna you know, she'll figure something out, okay? And Lu's gonna study forensic science in maybe Virginia. The plan's perfect."

Scott let out a sigh. "Or we could also wait until we actually get into college and then figure out where to live."

Lucy gave him a look. "Don't ruin the vision."

Stiles took her hand. "Yeah. Don't ruin the vision. You and me always wanted to go to college together. And since Lu came along, we've wanted her to join. We can check out East Bay. Haven't looked at Oakland yet, you know."

Scott turned around to look at something and Lucy frowned. "Are you okay, Scott? Is the full moon causing you to feel something?"

He shook his head and gave her a small smile. "No. Just thinking."

"About what?"

"Senior year."

Stiles threw his hand into the air once again, avoiding Lucy's face. "Senior year, come on, that's, that's... That's nothing. That's going to be easy."

Scott sat up. "It's more like something Deaton told me once. You ever hear of regression to the mean?"

Stiles shook his head. "No, I don't think so."

Lucy nodded. "Chiron has mentioned it."

Scott glanced to Stiles. "It was his way of saying that life can't ever be all bad or all good. You know, eventually things have to come back to the middle. So, think about the last few months. Things have been good, right? But not amazing."

Stiles sighed. "Yeah, but no one's tried to kill us in six months either."

Lucy clapped a hand over his mouth. "And let's keep it that way."

Scott nodded at her words. "Right. We've been pretty much in the middle for awhile. Which means at some point, the scale has to tip one way or the other. Things are gonna get really good again..."

"Or really bad," Stiles said as a loud crack of thunder sounded. "Think it's been long enough?"

"Yes!" Liam cried from the tree he'd been chained to.

"I wonder who pissed off my uncle this time," Lucy said with a frown.

Scott looked down at her. "I don't know. It's just rain."