𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 ▷ Stiles Stilinski²

62|ride the lightning

"The four of you. Out. Now."

We all did as we were told, heading out the door quickly. We didn't stop until we were outside the building, slowing down when we reached Lydia's car.

"We were finally getting somewhere," I said, my hand dragging through my hair roughly. "He knew who we were."

Scott held his hands up, taking a careful step towards me. "Ri, we'll figure it out."

"How?" I asked, my voice rising slightly. "He was our only lead."

"I know," he nodded. "But getting angry isn't going to help, okay?"

Noticing how he was speaking to me and his body language, I looked around to see trees in the near vicinity beginning to sway as leaves were picked up off the ground. Malia wasn't the only one letting her abilities getting the best of her.

"Sorry," I sighed, releasing my grip on the air around us.

"You four," the Sheriff said as he walked up to us.

"Sheriff-"

"No. All of you, go to the station. I'll be there soon."

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"We know this looks bad," Scott admitted to Lydia's mum, who had been waiting for us at the station when we had arrived.

The woman's eyes widened, hands raised, "It doesn't look bad, Scott. It is bad. You broke into a nursing home, you harassed a dementia patient, and you beat up a nurse."

"I wouldn't say harassed," I tried to explain. "And, I mean, is a bump on the head really beating him up?"

"Is that really how you want to do this, Riley?" She asked me. When I shook my head, she continued, "This could affect the rest of your lives. Especially you, Malia. They're talking felony assault."

"I didn't beat him up," Malia defended. "I could have. But I chose not to."

I cringed at her word choice, lips pursed. This wasn't going well at all. "To be fair, that is an improvement," I informed Ms Martin.

The door to the Sheriff's office opened, the man addressing the matter. "By some miracle, the nurse decided to drop the charges. They're free to go."

Ms Martin's hands reached her hips as she looked at us all, eyes falling on Lydia. "Just because you're not going to jail, doesn't mean you're not grounded for eternity."

Ms Martin led her daughter out and Scott and Malia began to follow. I, on the other hand, hung back. When Scott noticed, he looked over his shoulder at me. "What are you doing?"

"I just want to ask the Sheriff something."

Scott was hesitant but nodded either way. "Alright. I'll wait out the front to give you a ride home."

"Thanks, Scottie," I smiled at him.

After they'd all left, I knocked on the door the Sheriff had gone through to make sure I wasn't interrupting anything. When I heard him say come in, I opened the door and entered the room.

I was about to start speaking when I noticed the Sheriff's wife sitting in the corner. "Oh, sorry, I thought you were alone."

"It's fine, Riley. You know Claudia knows everything," he reminded me, leaning against his desk.

"Right," I said slowly. "Look, I'm really sorry that we went to see your dad after you said no, but you know we wouldn't do it if we didn't have to."