Morningstar

03

As Stiles walked through the halls of Beacon Hills High School, a wad of toilet paper hit his face and he protested, "All right, that's my face!" He said to his friend, "Hey, dude, good decision, buddy. Good Alpha decision."

Scott nodded. "I hope so."

Stiles shook his head. "No, you know so. Then I can take -- What are you looking at?"

"Me?" Scott asked with a frown.

"You. You looking at her?"

"Her? Who her?" Scott questioned, trying to throw off the suspicion.

"Kira. You like her, don't you."

Scott immediately began stuttering. "No. I mean, yeah, yeah, she's okay. She's nothing new."

"Ask her out."

"Now?"

"Yes, now."

"Right now?"

Stiles rolled his eyes. "Right now, Scott. I don't think you get it yet. You're an Alpha. You're the apex predator. Everyone wants you. You're like the hot girl that every guy wants."

Scott's voice took on a confused tone. "The hot girl?"

"You are the hottest girl."

Scott frowned and Isaac appeared. "What?"

"I'm the hot girl."

"Yes, you are," Isaac said, earning Scott's puppy dog smile.

During Economics, Coach yelled from his office, "Son of a bitch!" He walked into the classroom. "Mischief Night, Devil's Night. I don't care what you call it. You little punks are evil. You think it's funny every Halloween my house gets egged? A man's house is supposed to be his castle. Mine's a frickin' omelet. Oh, this? We're gonna do this again? I don't think so." He tossed the box to the ground and heard glass break. He opened said box to reveal a mug and picked up a note. ""Happy birthday. Love Greenberg.""

As soon as class ended, Isaac asked, "Barrow went after kids with glowing eyes? He said those exact words?"

Stiles nodded. "Yeah. And no one knows how he woke up from anesthesia. Just that when they opened him up, they found a tumor full of live flies, which in any other circumstance would be all kinds of awesome."

Lydia frowned at him. "Did you say flies?"

"Lydia?" Allison questioned.

"All day I have been hearing this sound. It's like this buzzing."

"Like flies?"

Lydia glanced at her. "Exactly like flies."

Stiles ran into someone while they were looking for Scott. "Sorry... Hey, dude, where the hell have you been?"

Lydia frowned. "The police are leaving. Why are they leaving?"

Scott turned to her. "The police?"

Stiles shrugged. "They must have cleared the building and grounds, which means he's not here."

"Who?" Scott asked. "What are you guys-"

Lydia's lips pursed. "He has to be here. That sound, the buzzing I've been hearing? It's getting louder."

"How loud?"

Lydia closed her eyes and took a moment to breathe.

They stood outside the front of the school and Stiles ran up to his dad and Luci and they talked for a few moments.

Luci followed Stiles, curious as to what was happening.

Allison said, "The Bestiary is literally a thousand pages long. If I'm going to find anything about flies coming out of people's bodies, it could take me all night." She opened up a window.