Running with Wolves

Chapter 3

We walked past Scott in the locker room, He looked sad, I tugged Stiles' hand. Stiles stopped and looked at him,
He said" Did you apologize to Allison?"
Scott said" Yeah."
" So, is she giving you a second chance or..."
" Yeah."
" Yeah! All right, so everything's good!" Stiles went to walk away, I stayed still,
" No."
" No?"
" Remember the hunters? Her dad is one of them."
" Her dad?"
" Shot me..."
" Allison's father?"
" With a crossbow."
" Allison's father..."
" Yes, her father! Oh, my god. Oh, my god..."
" No, Scott, come on, snap back." He walked to Scott and patted his face, I looked at them," You okay? Hey, all right. He didn't recognize you, right?"
" No, no, no, I don't think so..."
" Does she know about him?"
" Oh, yeah, I don't know. What if she does?" The whistle blew," This is gonna kill me, man. I can't..." Scott was really scared,
" Okay, just focus on lacrosse, okay? Here, Scott, take this." He pushed his jersey into his arms," Take this and focus on lacrosse for now, okay?" He pushed Scot's gear into Scott's arms, looking at him," That's all you gotta do, yeah?"
" Lacrosse..."
" Here we go." He grabbed my hand as we walked out,
I said" Bye, Scott!"

Stiles sat me on the bench,
He said" Don't move from this spot, okay? Uh..." He pulled out his comics from my bag," Look at spider man." He handed me the comic, I nodded my head," Just stay." He patted my head, I giggled as he ran onto the field and tripped. I looked at the comic, tracing the lines with my finger, I'm still learning how to read, I know my ABC's and I can count to 20! I know a lot of words too, but I still can't read, daddy says I might have a reading problem, but he only told Stiles that, I was spying.
I looked up when
Coach yelled" McCall's gonna do it again! McCall's gonna do it again!" Jackson must have pushed him over, then Scott did it again, but this time he got Jackson down then fell to his knees. Stiles ran to him then they started running off the field, I tilted my head. I got up, and started following them. The guy from the woods stopped me, He crouched down in front of me,
He said" Hi, what's your name?"
I said" Riley. I'm not 'posed to talk to stwangers."
" I'm Derek, it's okay, I won't hurt you." His eyes turned blue, I rubbed my eyes," Come on, I'll walk you to the school." He stood up, holding out his hand, I grabbed his hand, we started walking.

I walked into the school, and to the locker room, I peeked in,
I said" Stiles?" He sighed, turning to me,
He said" Hey, bub, I'm so sorry." He walked to me, lifting me up into his arms and carried me back to him and Scott.
" Scott went aahooo?" Scott and Stiles chuckled,
" Yeah, Scott went wolf, I didn't think it would be safe for my bubby, so I left you on the field."
" Bad Scott!" I hit Scott's shoulder, he smiled at me and ruffled my hair,
" Yeah, totally bad Scott. Not listening to Stiles, because he thinks he knows everything." He tickled my tummy, I laughed,
Scott said" No, it's because you're crazy, Stiles." I giggled," See, even Riley agrees with me, huh, Little dude?" He tickled my tummy, I laughed again, nodding my head crazily.
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We were video-calling Scott, Stiles shot a blaster into the camera, I laughed and grabbed the blaster.
Scott said" What'd you find out?"
Stiles said" Well, it's bad. Jackson's got a separated shoulder."
" Because of me?"
" Because he's a tool."
" But is he gonna play?"
" Oh, they don't know yet. Now they're just counting on you for Saturday." I scooted off Stiles' lap and played with the blaster, shooting the aliens coming out of the floor.
After a few minutes,
Stiles laughed" What're you doing, bub?"
I said" There's aliens! Pew! Pew!"
" Aliens? Dude, I thought you were a super hero?" I looked at him,
" Super man's alien." He laughed, falling off his chair, I giggled at him, and laid down next to him, putting my face next to his. He smiled at me and rubbed our noses together, I laughed and rolled away from him. He sat up and
" Superman is not an alien, little man."
" Yes, is!" I ran to his comics and pulled out the one with Superman on it, I ran downstairs, I found daddy, daddy smiled at me," Daddy tell Stiles superman alien!"
Daddy said" This fight again." He grabbed the comic and looked through it, Stiles nudged me, grunting at me, I giggled." Riley's right, Superman is an alien."
" Ha ha!" I stuck my tongue out at Stiles, he smiled and pouted, closing his eyes. He opened one eye and lifted me up, tickling me, holding me against him.
He yelled" The tickle monster's gonna eat Riley all up!"
" No! Daddy! Help me!" Stiles started swinging me,
" Nope! The tickle monster can't be stopped by a mere human!"
Daddy said" Sorry, little man, looks like daddy can't save you this time."
I screamed" No!"
Stiles said" Say Stiles is the best big brother ever and the tickle monster might spare you!"
" Stiles the best big brother ever!" I laughed, he stopped tickling me and kissed my head,
" Yeah, I am!" I giggled, he ruffled my hair and put me down,
" Can we watch Brother Bear?"
" Again?" I nodded my head crazily, smiling at him," Sure, let's go watch Brother bear." I ran upstairs, I heard him following me.
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I was screaming and crying, daddy was trying to help me get dressed,
Daddy said" Can't you take another toy with you, Rily?" I screamed louder, Stiles' door opened,
He said" What did you do, dad?"
" I can't find Tigger."
" Oh, my god! This is bad! Did you check in his bed? Under his bed? In his closet?"
" I checked everywhere, even your room and I can't find the toy."
" It's not just a toy!"
" It's a toy, Stiles."
" Yeah, but it's his toy, Riley's toy." I breathed heavily,
" I gotta get to work, get to school." He walked away, after kissing my head, I breathed heavily, I rubbed my eyes, crying louder.
" No, no, hey, Riley." I looked at him, screaming louder and crying harder, he sighed," Oh, god... okay... okay... where's the last place you saw Tigger, huh?" I screamed at him, he got on his phone," Hey, Scott! What's that screaming? Yeah, that's Riley, we can't find Tigger. He's about at a level 20 tantrum!" I started stomping, pushing over things," And he's at level 20, I'm gonna be cleaning his room for an hour after school."