Just Friends

Chapter 24

One Week Later

"Why do you have so many thing?" Stiles asked me as he helped me carry boxes inside my new house. My mom was in the process of selling the lake house but... "Sorry, I like stuff. Epically shoes." He laughed and looked at me, "heals." I smiled, "pumps." He laughed and I walked inside. *buzz* *buzz* I sighed knowing that it was Cory. "How about you change your number?" I looked over to him, "I did that. And deleted my Facebook. And twitter. And Instagram." He laughed, "don't forget tumblr." I rolled my eyes, "but somehow he always ends up finding me again... As if someone was giving him the information." He shrugged, and I did the same. "Come on." I said walking up the stairs, and leading him into the bedroom. He set the box down, and walked over to me. "Well, that's the last of it." I smiled quickly. "Yeah." He grabbed my hand, and interlocked our fingers. I sighed, "stiles you know-" "shhh." He said placing his finger against my lips, then he placed his thumb on my bottom lip. I was probably the shade RIPE TOMATO when we were standing there. He removed his hand from my mouth, and cupped the side of my face. He and I were so close, that's could feel our lips touching, I could taste his breath- "Lydia?" I heard Kira yell from down the hall. I jumped away from our position. "In here." I yelled back, even though I could hear Stiles' heart shattering. "Hey- oh. Uh, am I interrupting something?" I shook my head, "nope. Stiles and I were just bringing in the last boxes. She smiled, "okay! Uhm do you want me to help you unpack?" I nodded, "sure!" I turned to Stiles. "Can you help?" He frowned, "actually I have to get to the department and go help my dad with a case." He turned to me, "I'll uhh see you later. Bye Kira." He said basically running out the door. "What was that?" Kira asked turning to me. "I... Don't know."

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"Hey!" It's now been two days since I saw Stiles, up until... "Hey I'm talking to you!" He was walking inside his house. I followed him. "I can call the cops." He said, and I laughed, "so you?" He rolled his eyes. "Why the hell have you've been avoiding me?" He folded his lips, "Stiles!" "What!" He flipped around looking to me. "Why have I been avoiding you!? You got to be kidding me Lydia!" He was screaming, so I screamed back, "what!? What is it!" He sighed, "god dammit Lydia! I love you! I love you so much but you don't love me the way that I always have loved you! The day that I met you I fell!" He scooted closer to me and screamed, "I am in love with you Lydia! And you don't care about getting hurt, but you know how I'd feel if you got hurt? I'd be devastated! If you ever died, I'd go out of my freaking mind!" His eyes started to grow red. I turned my head, "your eyes-" "yeah I know. They do that." He said interrupting me and closing them. "I love you too..." I mumbled. "What?" He asked. I looked at him in the eyes, "I love you too." My eyes were tearing up, until he pulled my lips into his. He pulled me in, by locking his arms together around my back. I wrapped my arms around his neck. I moved, he moved, I jumped, he held me. He pushed my back up against the wall. He reached down to my neck and covered it with his lips. I pulled his hair, and he squeezed my hips. I never knew cute, funny, sarcastic Stiles could be capable of something like this. He carried me into the bedroom, and plopped me down onto the bed...

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He squeezed me tight, as my topless torso laid upon his abs. He breathed rapidly. I looked up at him, "good morning." He smiled, "morning Lyds." I slid up to him, and kissed his lips with compassion. He grabbed the back of my neck, and pulled me closer. I smiled, and laid my head on his chest. "Lydia..." He said sitting me up, my hair draping over my chest. "What..." He was holding my arm, which had bruises all over it. I looked to my other one, which was the same. The insides of my legs, my thighs, my calfs everywhere. I sighed, "it's okay-" "no it's not. He can't do this again Lydia... I'm too strong." I sighed, and looked down. "Hey." He said tilting my chin up, "we can last. Right?" I shrugged, and leaned forward, "I don't think so..." He laughed, Adam's apple bounced. Ugh. "Okay, I'll make you a deal." I said, trying to not stumble over my syllables. "We go on cute, romantic dates, then possibly IN THE LATER FUTURE, we can do this again." He smiled, "we will see." And pulled me in for a kiss. But it wasn't just a kiss, it was his kiss. My kiss. Stiles lips, and not some random strangers. I knew him... I loved him.