The Monsters Inside and Out (Scott Howl x Depressed Reader)

31. Just an Average Tuesday

You wake up hearing your ringtone. You rub your eyes and look at your phone. Your mom is calling you. You get out of the car as quietly as you can and answer it. "Hello?" "Oh honey, thank goodness your okay! I got a call from the school saying you hadn't shown up yet and I thought something happened to you!" You glance at your phone real quick. It's almost 9:30 AM, which means 3rd period has begun recently. "Sorry mom! I must have overslept.." "Well what happened? You never oversleep!" "I was uh.. Watching a movie! It ran a little late, and I really wanted to finish it. I'm so sorry.." "What movie?" "That terrible one where.. That girl had to choose between the vampire and the werewolf, and I thought she should really be with the werewolf.." "Ohhhh! That one! But I thought you liked the vampire more?" You look back at Scott sleeping in the van. "I guess I'm leaning towards the werewolf now." "Okay sweetie, I guess I'll let you get ready for school. Thanks for being such a good kid! Love you, bye." "Love you too mom..." You hang up, and get back in the van, and shake Scott awake. "Babe! Er.. Scott.. We're so late for school!!" He slowly wakes up and soon realizes his surroundings. "Oh no!" was all he could say as he reached in the very back. Luckily, he still has one of your hoodies and some extra clothes for him. They're usually there in case something causes him to go full wolf mode and he ruins all his clothes for the day. He also hands you a pair of shorts that belonged to you that you hadn't seen for weeks. "Where'd these come from?" He looked at you in alarm. His face turned into a light red. "About a week after we met I started having a crush on you.. So I kinda stole those shorts because they smelled like you.." You couldn't tell if that was creepy or cute. Instead of questioning it further, you just get into the clothes he had for you and he starts driving. He drives to his house so you can get your things and goes to school.

By the time you get there, it's already halfway through 4th period. You both run inside, sign in, get your tardy slips, and head to your classes. Before you separate, Scott kisses your head and runs away. You enter the room, give the teacher your slip, and sit down. People glance at you, but you get no dirty looks. Upon sitting down, you look over and see Vicky looking at you. She gives you a sexy wink and the class ends soon after. Vicky waits for you by the door and walks out with you. "Soo, how was your date last night?" "You were in on it too?" She nods her head proudly, and you continue. "It was really nice. He was so romantic and gentlemanly the whole time." "That's good to hear!" She gives you another wide smile as you approach your locker. As you take care of your things, Vicky tells you what you missed in your classes. She has the same classes as you, but at different times. She hands you some work to make up too, because she knew she would see you later. You walk over to the lunch line, and when you get your food, you sit down with Scott and Zoe. Once she notices you, she smiles wide. "Hi (Y/N)! How's it going? So nice of you to come and eat with us!" You give her a suspicious look, and she continues. "I'm sure you've got a lot of make up work to do, so don't let me interfere with your tight schedule." She darts her eyes between you and Scott, and he looks as confused as you. Yet, she keeps going. "I've never seen you two late to school before, so I found it hard to believe you were late today." She doesn't stop. "I bet when you woke up today, you kept moaning and groaning about how long you slept in. It probably penetrated deep in your soul. I just hope you didn't hurt yourselves trying to make out what happened." You suddenly realize what she's talking about. You try to deny it. "I have no idea what your talking about, do you?" You look at Scott, who just shrugs his shoulders. Zoe pulls out her phone and tells you to click the top voice message. You hesitantly do so. You hear, "Yeah Scott! Right there! Right-" You cut it off. You and Scott exchange looks and turn back to Zoe. "You accidentally sent me a voice message last night. I have an hour and a half of stuff like that." She smiles at both of you innocently. You grab her by the shoulders. "Zoe. You. Cannot. Let. ANYONE. Hear this. Please." "Of course!" "I will hurt you if anyone finds out about this." "You have nothing to worry about." She gives you two a wink and gets up to leave you both alone. Scott puts his arm around you and says, "You sounded pretty hot." You slap his arm and eat lunch together.

After lunch you have yet another successful day in gym, but as you change in the locker room, you see you got a text. It was your mom, telling you she was going to be home early. All at the same time, every feeling of doubt, self hatred, and fear reentered you. After two weeks of no mother, no Damien, and spending time with friends and Scott, you actually got used to the feeling of happiness. But it has now faded in an instant. Panicking, you rush over to Vera. "Is my house fixed yet?" You said that a little louder than you meant to, and as you feel everyone's piercing gaze on you, you begin shaking. As you stare at the floor, Vera bends down to your height, and grabs your shoulders. "They managed to finish last night. I tried to tell you last night but you wouldn't answer your phone. Everything is as it was before.. What happened." "My mom is coming back early. She said she'll be home before I get home. Everything is fine, right?" "Yes. It should be fine." As you start calming down, Scott comes up and puts his hand on your shoulder. "What about my jacket?" You and Vera look at him, confused. He continues, "I left my jacket at your house, so when you came home you'd have it instead of me." You and Vera look at eachother, and she facepalms. "Alright. I guess we're getting it back."