6 x 10 ~ Riders on the Storm
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Leo's POV
It was easier getting out of the hunt than getting in, plus the horse helped.
Now, I needed to find the others before Garrett did something I couldn't stop.
The town was now basically empty, I couldn't hear a heartbeat for about a mile. The further I rode into the town, the lonelier and darker the atmosphere got. I was started to think it was too late, given the time difference between inside the Wild Hunt and back in reality.
Even the town itself was different, like there was an actual train-track going across the town leading towards the hospital. I followed the metal track, looking in that general direction and heard what sounded like a roar.
"Scott?" I question, I turned the horse towards his voice and begun to move towards it, another roar, deeper and louder came back, this one I knew just as well, "Jordan!"
I whipped the reins and the horse took off into a gallop towards the building.
Scott's POV
"Parrish," I called out, but he couldn't hear me, green flames ran up and down his body as he walked towards us, "Parrish, you don't wanna do this. Stop!"
"The train is coming, boys," Garrett yelled from his spot behind Parrish, who was now advancing on us, "There's no stopping the Wild Hunt. You'll make a fine Ghost Rider, Scott. And I'll have a true Alpha by my side,"
"Parrish! Stop!" I yelled at Parrish as Liam and I begun to back away, Garrett begun to walk forward, stepping in front of Parrish who only halted at Garrett's command,
"And then a Banshee, a were-coyote-" he rambled on and on, the door beside him swung open, I looked pass him and felt my eyes widened as I smiled harder than ever before,
"A Stiles," Stiles called out,
"What?" Garrett,
Before he could turn back Stiles whacked him over the head with his damn aluminum baseball bat. Garrett collapsed to the ground with a groan and a grunt.
"Bad guy, right? I didn't misread that?" Stiles asked looking back up at us,
"Oh, God!" Stiles shouted as Garrett got back up, Liam and I gripped Jordan who froze for a moment and threw him into Garrett, Stiles dropped his bat and moving over to us, I watched him come closer and couldn't hold back the grin on my face, and apparently neither could he as he started to chuckle and smile back at me, so I hugged him,
"Oh!" he said as I crushed him, "Buddy! Oh, man! Oh, it's so good to see you,"
"Hey, hey, hey!" I heard Liam began to call out, tapping our shoulders,
"Uh... Big Liam! It's so good to see you too!" Stiles said pulling away from me to hug Liam as well,
"Yeah, no, yeah! Good to see you, Stiles. But..." Liam said into the hug before pointing over his shoulder, I followed his gaze and saw an angrily blazing Parrish growling, and from his hands came a blazing ball of green and orange flames,
"Duck!" A familiar voice yelled, there was a loud groan that sounded like metal breaking, a chilling breeze coursed through the hall, the hairs on the back of neck stopped up, whoever was behind me was power, an alpha... but something more,
I dropped to my knees and lowered my head, with Liam and Stiles doing the same.
There was a rushing noise, then a cold gust of wind that followed. Parrish's roar died down. I looked up, a stunned silence fell over us, as we saw Parrish's body lift off the ground, frozen in a blockade of ice against the far wall.
We turned around and was met with the sight of a blue kitsune spirit with three tails swirling proudly.
"Surprise bitches, thought you saw the last of me?" Leo asked with proud grin on his face,
"Leo!" Stiles and Liam exclaimed,
I didn't know how or when but my feet started to move. I got close him, he looked at me, and I saw it, a sparkle in his eyes, one that was never there before... and I couldn't stop myself.
"Hey Scott, long time no see-"
I kissed him.
He froze.
He kissed me back.
I gripped his shirt and pulled him closer, and his hands landed on my shoulders. I'm not sure how long we kissed, but when I pulled back, he was breathing hard, and I felt out of breath.
"Hi," I said to him,
"Hey," he said back with a smile,
"Okay, how long have I been gone exactly?" Stiles asked, I turned to look back at him as he gestured between Leo and myself, "Since when did this start happening?"
"Just now," I answered,
Leo pulled out of my arms and walked pass him us, heading toward Parrish's frozen body. I followed after him and noticed the ice was already beginning to melt.
"Mr. Douglas is gone," Liam pointed out,
"And Jordan's about to get free," Leo said stepping forward, he looked back at us, "You three, go and stop Garrett, before he raptures anyone else who left in town,"
"What about you?" I asked him, he looked at me then to Parrish,
"I think I can break Garrett's mind control over Parrish," he told us, I shook my head and took his hand, squeezing it firmly,
"Leo, we just got you back, and you want to throw yourself into the fire again?" I asked him before pointing over to Parrish who mere moments from freeing himself, "Literally, into the fire,"
"How would you even do that?" Stiles asked him,
He blinked and turned back to us. My mouth fell open as I looked into his eyes.
"I've got a few new tricks up my sleeve," Leo told us, his now green eyes glowing brightly in the semi-darkened hallway,
"Leo, you're eyes, there's amazing, how..."" I begun to say and he shook his hand dismissively,
"Yeah, yeah, I know, we can talk about it later, when an evil Nazi isn't on the loose," Leo said cutting us off, a loud grunt and thud came from the hall, I turned and saw Parrish now breaking free from the ice, what wasn't melting was breaking under his strength, "And Jordan's not about to go berserk, now go, I got this,"
Liam and Stiles moved away first, but I didn't let go of Leo's hand, not yet.
He turned and looked at me.
"Scott, you need to go," he told me,
"I don't want to leave you," I told him,
"You don't have a choice, besides," Leo said looking back at Parrish, "I'm the only one who can save Jordan,"
I looked between him and Parrish. The pained look on Leo face told me all I needed to know, but I wasn't willing to let him go that easily.
I took his chin in my hand, turning him to face me. I kissed him again, biting his lower lip before pulling away.
Jordan's roar rippled through the hall, we turned to him, now freed completely.
"Scott go, now!" Leo said stepping in front of me,
I turned and made my way towards the exit before looking back at Leo one more time.
Leo's POV
"Jordan, you don't want to do this," I pleaded with him, but he couldn't hear me, he roared again getting even closer to me, burning the hallway with each step he took, I sighed, taking a deep breath,
"Baby, I know you're in there, under all that fire, and rage, and spooky ghost rider-Nazi manipulation, I know you're in there, somewhere, and I need you to come back to me, please," I pleaded again, only getting a growl in response,
"Jordan, please," I called out,
"Jordan,"
I swallowed my nerve and forced my alpha side to surface, allowing the new Ghost Rider genes to boost it.
"JOORRRDDDDAANNNNNNN!" I roared,
The walls and floor shook. My alpha voice shook the entire hallway and probably the building, and forced Jordan to a halt. His flames turned from an inferno to a low simmer. I took a deep breath. Slowly, I stepped forward, inching closer and closer to him until I was a foot away.
I reached into my pocket and retrieved his deputy badge. I took his hand and placed the badge in it, closing his clawed hand over it. I held his hands and looked into his eyes, only for a mix of green and orange looking back at me.
I reached out, taking his face in my hands, his skin was warm to the touch, but it wasn't anything I couldn't handle.
"Baby, I need you to come back to me," I said softer than before, he blinked, a tear rolled down his cheek and evaporated before it touched my hand, "This isn't you, you're not a monster, you're not a weapon, please come back to me,"
He blinked again, another tear rolled down his face, and another and another. Until he was now crying. The flames begun to die down, leaving his blackened and soot covered body in its wake. His eyes went back to their dark color and I smiled at him, blinking away my own tears.
"There he is," I said softly,
"I'm sorry," was the first thing he said, his voice broke between the tears and the pain, "He made me hurt you, I-I'm sorry,"
"It's okay," I tried to say, he wrapped his arms around me, burying his head in my neck, "That wasn't you, Jordan,"
"But it was my hands, my body, that was me," Jordan said into my neck,
"That was Garrett, not you," I told him, I pulled away from him and lowered myself to look into his eyes, "You never hurt me, not when we were together, not when your hellhound spirit came to the rush, not even when you didn't know what you were, you're a good man Jordan, and you always will be,"
"You're amazing you know," Jordan said in soft-wet chuckle,
"All the time," I said to him, "Now come, we have to go help Scott, and the others,"
He stopped and looked at me, a look came across his face as if-
Wait! If he remembers what he did to me... does he remember that Scott and I-
"Jordan-"
"I don't care that he kissed," Jordan said before I could speak, "I knew he had feelings for you, I know you have feelings for him, but I don't care, not right now at least, and I can't come with you,"
"Why?" I asked him,
"Because he could make me hurt you again," Jordan answered, "And I refuse to be a source or cause of your pain, ever again,"
He opened his hand and looked down at his Deputy's badge.
"From a raging inferno, to my white knight," I said with a soft smirk,
"Something like that," He said back to me, I leaned upwards and kissed his him, his hands went around my waist and mine went around his neck,
His kiss was different to Scott.
Scott's felt like charged jolt dancing up and down your body; a rush of anticipation, building up like a blocked damn, only to be released, crashing down over you all at once; an adrenaline rush of doing something bad, but the feeling is so good.
Jordan's felt like stepping under the bright sun after a cold and deary night; filling your body from head to toe with joy; the kind where angels sung in the distance, while a burning fever ignited in your chest.
I pulled away from and looked into his eyes.
"Green's a nice color on you," Jordan told me, and I held back a laugh, he paused for a brief moment, looking into my eyes, and then he spoke, "I love you,"
My brain flatlined.
"I mean, I've been in love with you for a long time, and I've been waiting for the right moment to tell, and it never came, and I know that this isn't how I imagine confessing to you, I had a plan, a reservation, a nice night out, a whole plan, I wanted swipe you off your feet with a magical night and then I-I, I-"
"I love you too," I said back to him when my brain finally cut back on,
"Yeah?"
"Yes! "
"Okay," Jordan said before kissing me again, I kissed him back even harder, but then he pulled away, "But you need to go,"
"Yeah," I said back to him, I stepped out of his hands and watched him slide back onto the wall, before lowering himself to the ground, "Be safe, I'll be back, and then you can do the whole confession-date-thingy, the whole shebang,"
I begun to move off when Jordan called out to me.
"Wait," he said and I stopped, "There's something I need to tell you, something else I need to tell you,"
******
"Guys!" I yelled out as I caught up with the trio,
"Leo, you're still alive," Stiles said patting my back, Scott took a closer step towards me as I caught my breath,
"Great for us, but I come bearing bad news," I told them, between inhales of air,
"Parrish?" Liam asked,
"No, he's okay, mind control over, but that's not the bad news," I told then,
"What is it?" Scott asked,
"Garrett... He's merging the worlds so the Ghost Riders can cross over," I told them,
"Yeah, he wants his supernatural army in our world," Liam added on,
"How do we stop him?" Scott asked,
"There's a train coming, that's how he's gonna do it," I told them, we looked down at the train tracks that train across the school, to the hospital, into the woods and beyond, spanning most-likely the entirety of the town,
"Okay, and how do we stop that?" Scott asked again,
"Apparently it can't be stopped, but it can be diverted," I told them with a shrug, Stiles squinted as he looked at me then to the other then back to me,
"Okay, how the hell do you "merge worlds?" Okay, nowhere in the manual does it say that werewolves can do that. And Scott and I pretty much wrote the manual," Stiles said looking even more annoyed than he was a minute ago,
"We can't even move between them, all right? Look what it took to break you out," Scott said talking about a part I clearly missed,
"We can't move between world, but Corey can," Liam spoke up stealing our attention, "He can exist in both worlds,"
"And he can take people with him," Scott muttered,
"At Scott's house, he pulled a Ghost Rider into our world," Liam told us,
"At the lacrosse game he brought us into theirs," Scott spoke up,
"What if that's how Douglas is doing it? What if Corey's the key?" Liam asked,
"Interesting theory, okay? Solid logic. It is, but he's in there and we're out here. So the only way to save everyone now is to just divert the train," Stiles told him,
"Even if we divert the train, the world's would still keep merging," I told him,
"We have to find him," Liam said looking down at the ground,
"How?" Stiles asked,
"I'm going into the Hunt," Liam said too himself, which made Scott and Stiles go full pack-dad and pack-mom mode,
"No, no, no. Liam, I think you're confused, we're trying to get people out of the Hunt," Stiles told him,
"He can get taken by a Ghost Rider," Scott suggested,
"It's just... That's not a pleasant option. I'm speaking from experience," Stiles told him,
"Same, and I was kidnapped and carried into, okay? Waiting up in that dark train station isn't as fun as you'd think," I added on,
"I don't need to get taken to get into the Hunt," Liam muttered lowly to him,
"Okay. Seems like you got an idea, let's disc..." Stiles tried to say but Liam turned and ran off,
"Where are you going?" Stiles yelled out,
"I'll be back," Liam yelled back as he ran into the distance towards the school,
"Were we like that?" Stiles asked,
"Hundred percent, I am never getting back those nights of lost sleep, because you two dragged me out of bed for whatever reason," I told the them,
"So now we just have to follow the tracks?" Scott asked, and I nodded, hummed disappointingly,
"Yeah, well..." Stiles muttered, "Those lead into the woods. This way back into school,"
"You wanna split up?" Scott asked,
"Never again," Stiles told him,
"Thank God," Scott said with a sigh of relief, they begun to walk off and I sighed loudly,
"And just like that, we're back to season one, you two idiots walking blindly into the dark woods," I complained as I followed them,
"Aren't you a bigger idiot for following us?" Stiles asked us,
"If I don't follow you, how am I ensure that neither of you die, or get possessed, which has actually happened, to both of you, different times, and if my memory is correct, which is it always is, I wasn't there, for either of those moments," I told them with a shrug,
"So what you're like our forcefield? Between us and something horrible happening to us?" Stiles asked with a chuckle,
"Duh, I'm the literal main character of this story, okay? I'm the bad bitch, you can't kill me," I told them with made Stiles snort and Scott laugh,
"God, I missed you guys," Scott laughed out,
We walked further into the woods until we came upon the lever in the dark, but Scott pulled us off the tracks behind a tree.
"Why're we stopping?" Stiles asked him,
"It's there," Scott said nodding to it, I looked at the lever, and there was it, standing all be it self,
"It can't be this easy," Scott told him,
"Yes, it can, Scott. It can be this easy. For once, let's do easy. Okay," Stiles said pushing his way towards the lever and we followed him,
He reached for it, but a crackle in the air made him freeze.
"Oh, Go," Stiles muttered before being tugged backwards, I spun around and saw Garrett looking down at us from the tracks, "Or not,"
Garrett cracked the whip and Liam disappeared.
Then he raised the gun as Scott, I stepped in front of him, knowing I could take the shot, but Scott moved, gripped me and spinning us around so he would take the shot instead of me.
There was a bang, and there turned upside down.
I landed on my back, groaning in pain. I sat up and was met with the sight of a piano? I looked and noticed the assortment of instruments and chairs.
"The music room?" I questioned as I got up, it was dark and empty so I made my way to the exit,
Gunshots and whips crackling filled the air, and two roars came from the down, so I moved towards them. I came to the library doors and opened them, only to sidestep as a body cam flying pass me, slamming into the wall.
"The things I do for people," the person groaned, they looked up,
"Peter?" I called out, "What the hell are doing?"
"Fighting for my life," he said with a shrug, before nodding to the door, "Do you mind?"
I turned just in time to see a Ghost Rider aiming his gun at Peter, so I caught his wrist and aimed the gun towards the roof.
"Buddy, we've all wanted him dead for a long time, but you're gonna have to wait your turn," I told the Ghost Rider,
I gripped his arm and twisted it down and around, until it was behind his back. I stepped behind him, getting my free hand around his neck and forced my claws out then, digging into the flesh, and I slashed, ripping his throat out.
I released his body and it fell to the floor with a thud.
I looked up and saw Peter staring at me with a look I didn't understand.
"What?" I asked him,
"Are you sure you aren't my son? Thomas and I got werewolf-black out drunk on a strained-wolfsbane-version of moonshine, one night back after his nineteenth birthday, and I woke up the next day with my pants around my neck, and your father was butt naked, face down in the couch-"
"I should have let him kill you," I groaned out covering my ears to drown out the rest of that story,
"After I just saved him?" Someone asked, I turned and came face to face with Malia, she smiled at me, "You're back,"
"And better than ever," I told her before hugging her tightly,
"Isn't this a wonderful surprise," A fourth voice said, I pulled away from Malia to see Theo, who looked horrible walking towards, "All my least favorite people in one place,"
"Can I kill him now?" Malia asked with a groan,
"Not yet," I told her,
"Who is this horrendous child, and why does he look like he was he fighting for forty days and forty nights?" Peter asked as he got back up to his fight,
"Because I believe have," Theo told us, "The entire town is crawling with Ghost Riders, I had to literally fight my way to the school,"
"Where's Scott and Liam?" Malia asked,
"Liam went to find Corey, he's the reason why the town looks like a Nightmare on Elm's street," I told her,
"He snagged a Ghost Rider's horse and rode into the hunt," Theo added on,
"And Scott..." I begun to say as I looked around, noticing that I wasn't sure where he had landed, "I'm not sure, wait, where's Lydia?"
"She was with us, but when the fighting started I told her to run," Malia told me,
"So my children, what's the plan? And might I suggest we can still run away and leave this town forever," Peter told us,
"Don't call us, your children," Malia said with an annoyed huff,
"And we're not running, not when we can actually save the everyone and stop that Nazi freak," I told him,
"Excuse me, who's a Nazi?" Peter asked,
A roar echoed through the halls, but it wasn't Scott, it was Garrett's.
"Him," I told Peter,
We all turned and raced towards the exits, heading towards the source of the roar. Garrett's voice begun to float across the air towards us.
"You of all people, Scott, should know what happens to a lone wolf," Garrett said to him,
"He's not alone," Theo called out, gaining not only Scott and Garrett's attention, but the horde of Ghost Riders that surrounded them, "He's got a pack,"
"And Theo's not in it. But I am," Malia said stepping out in the clearing,
"I'm not in the pack. But no one likes a Nazi," Peter said stepping forward,
"In other words, get ready to lose," I told him forcing my eyes to change,
Garrett signaled for the Ghost Riders to attack, and we rushed forward.
I leapt up into the nearby tree and used it to jump further into the horde. I swung left and right, taking two riders down, I landed with a thud, before lurching forward, tackling another rider down to the ground. I rolled off him slashing at any rider who got close enough.
But for each Rider we took down, five more appeared in his place.
I looked over and saw Scott fighting Garrett, trying to get to the diverter, when a Rider put me in a headlock. I used my strength to pull the man over my shoulder before slamming my foot into his chest.
A loud horn flared in the distance.
The Train was getting closer.
I turned and ran to Scott.
"The trains coming," I told him, he looked at me then to the diverter, as Garrett stepped between it and us, Scott looked back at me and he smirked at me with his wolf face,
"Leo, might I have this dance?" He asked and I felt a bubbling in my chest, and I smirked back at him,
"Definitely," I said back to him,
Scott took my hands, using his strength he spun me around, and I used the momentum to kick Garrett in the face. I landed and spun to see Scott tackled Garrett, he stumbled backwards, and Scott knelt down. I ran forward, using Scott as a pommel horse, I got another kick into Garrett's face. I landed and Scott took my hand, he stepped out and slashed at Garrett, spun me and I slashed, then him, back to me and him again, until Garrett shirt and arms were covered in alpha claws marks that wouldn't heal anything time soon.
The horn flared again, louder and closer.
We looked and saw a bright light approaching us. Then to Malia, she threw what looked like a whip to Scott, who caught it. He threw it at the diverter, caught it. Garrett lunged for the whip, but he was too far away.
I gripped his arms and together we pulled the diverter back.
The metal groaned as the tracks changed.
The train sped by, leaving dust and leaves in its wake.
"You missed you're train," Malia called out,
"So you're gonna have to take a lift," I spoke as I walked over to him, I pulled his and spun him around, throwing him across the woods into a tree,
Scott roared out.
The Ghost Riders begun to assemble surrounding us, aiming their guns at the five of us. Shouting insults and complaints at us, on how we interrupted their cause and they'll have to start again. Far away from here.
Lightning and thunder crackled across the sky. We looked up and watched as the grey storm clouds above us parted.
The Ghost Riders lowered there weapons and begun to walk away from us.
"Where are you going?" Garrett asked as they continued to walk away from us, "Stop. Zuruckkommen. Come back and kill them. Tote sie,"
"Yeah, call your army back. Or don't they listen to you?" Theo asked with a cunning smirk,
"I am your leader. Ich bin dein Anfuhrer! Obey me. Gehorcht mir," he spoke and the riders froze, and slowly turned around, "Kill them. All of them. Tote sie. Tote sie,"
But the Ghost Riders surrounded him.
"Riders don't bow. They have no leader," Peter told him, the lightning crackled again, and we watched as Garrett became one of the Ghost riders, with a Nazi arm band on around his arm,
Then they turned, pointed at me, and spoke to me.
"What are they saying?" Theo asked, and I blinked as the sounds filtered into my ears and became words,
"They want me," I muttered,
"Like hell," Scott said stepping in front of me, and Malia followed, growling at them, even Peter stepped forward,
"I don't care much for people, but this one I'm quite fond of," Peter said coming to my defense, and Theo stepped forward as well, he looked over his shoulder and shrugged at me,
"What? You're practically, my warden, patrol officer, judge, jury and executioner, if something happens to you, I'm gonna be at the mercy of everyone else who hates me," he answered,
I looked at them all and took a breath. I pushed pass them.
"Leo," Scott said taking my arm,
"It's okay, I got this," I told him with a smile,
Reluctantly he let me go, and I walked up to the group.
"You all called me an abomination, that I deserved to be taken, and maybe you're right, but here's the thing," I told them, "If you put me back in the Wild Hunt, I know exactly how to escape, or, if you turn me into a Ghost Riders like Garrett, I'll be just like you all, and everyone person I turn will be contaminated, defected, tainted, or whatever derogatory term you choose, either way, it's a lose-lose situation,"
The riders looked between themself and spoke again. Then one raised his hand to the sky, and a bolt of lightning struck down into the earth, taking them all, Garrett included away with them, forever.
"What did they say?" Malia asked,
"They said..." I begun to say as I turned to face them, unsure of how to phrase it exactly, "I'm the last were-lion of my species, and to hunt me would be a crime against nature itself, it would further tip the scales of imbalance in the world, and that my presence would no longer be deemed as worthy to them,"
"What does that mean?" Theo asked,
"Probably something to do with centuries-old werewolf politics, back when were-creatures varied in the hundreds, beyond just wolves and coyotes," Peter said with a shrug, "If my dear old granny Rose was still kicking, she could explain it better, but alas she been dead, longer than any of us have been alive,"
"It means you're safe," Scott said with a smile, he walked and hugged me, and I could feel the relief all over his body,
"It means we won," I said back with a smile as I looked to the others,
******
Two Week Later
"Ten," Someone in the back of the class said,
"Nine," Someone else added on,
"Eight," the girl beside me said,
"Seven," a group of boys shouted,
"Six," The class called out,
"Five," Malia said with a smile,
"Four," Lydia added on shaking her head,
"Three," Stiles said gripping the table anxiously,
"Two," Scott called out,
"One!" I yelled,
The bell rung and the class cheered. Correction, every senior in the school cheer. Today was our last, last day ever.
"Have a great summer, everyone," Mr Croft told us, "To the Seniors, I'll see you at graduation,"
"That's it?" Stiles asked as he turned back to us,
"Last day ever," Scott added on,
"Well, it just feels so anti-climactic," Stiles muttered,
"We made it to the end of the school year without someone trying to hurt, maim, dismember or kill us, I'm taking that as win," I said triumphantly as I took up my bag,
"And there's the whole graduation thing," Lydia told him,
"I've gotta go to summer school or I can't do the whole graduation thing," Malia added on,
"Let's do it," Scott told us as we made our way out of the classroom for the final time, ever,
We emptied our lockers and looked around as swarms of smiling faces fluttered through the halls.
"It's so surreal," I muttered,
"What is?" Lydia asked,
"We've literally ran for our lives throughout this school, and just like that, we'll never have to return here," I told them, "I mean once September comes around, and we get on with our lives,"
"You mean you two get on with your lives," Malia muttered, "I didn't get accepted into any colleges,"
"And yet you seem happy with that," Lydia said grabbing the last of her things from her locker, mine was already emptied out three days ago,
"Braeden asked me to come and work with her, said she could use the muscle," Malia said with a smile,
"You're just happy you get to punch people for a job huh," I asked her and she nodded enthusiastically,
"Yup," She said and I laughed out, I turned and looked over at Lydia, before I nudged her,
"I still can't believe you got into MIT, as a junior," I said shaking my head at her, teasing her as I knew she had the brains for it
"I can't believe you got into Yale, your dream school," she teased back to me, with a smirk,
"It's a sport scholarship," I said dismissively,
"You still got in, so take the win, please Leo," She said to me and I groaned but nodded,
She closed her locker and we moved towards the exit, where Scott and Stiles were waiting for us. Scott looked over at me and his cheeks turned pink, and I sighed happily as I waved at him.
"I can't believe you're dating Scott," Malia spoke out, "And Jordan,"
"Remind me how does one, date two extremely attractive guys together?" Lydia asked with a chuckle,
"I'm not dating them together, I'm dating them at the same time, there's a difference," I said with a shrug and the girls laughed at that, "There is! We're not a throuple, they're just both dating me, separately, okay? We all came to an agreement,"
"Mhm," The girls said at the same time,
"You call came, is more like it," Malia said with a knowing smirk, and I bit my lip holding back the remark at how she knew what happened that night at the McCall house, "I could smell them both on you the next day, Jordan's cologne on your back, and Scott's shampoo and conditioner all over your front,"
"I hate you both so much," I muttered out and they laughed at me, then got quiet for a moment,
"Hey, did you open that Letter from Braeden yet?" Lydia asked,
"Nope, still in my bag where I put it," I told her, then I felt Malia tug me backwards, "Hey!"
There was ruffling and then she took off running out of the school with my letter in her hands, she grabbed Stiles hand and pulled him out the door with her.
"You made her do that," I said throwing a glare at Lydia,
"Of course I did," Lydia confessed as we got up to a now confused Scott,
"Hi," he said before leaning over to kiss me,
"Hi," I said back with a smile,
"What's up with Malia?" he asked,
"Invading my privacy," I told him, I took his hands and laced our fingers as we made our way out of the school,
"Alright seniors!" I heard Sydney yell, I looked down and saw the a crowd of seniors assemble out side the school entrance, "Everyone group up, for one final photo!"
We made our way into the buzzing group and quickly found Stiles and Malia.
"Just let me read it!" Stiles said to her,
"No, it's for Leo," Malia said back to him,
"But you stole it from him!" Stiles said back,
"Because I thought it had in money, not emotional whiplash," she told him,
"Emotional what?" I asked her, she turned around and pushed the letter into my chest,
"I didn't read it all just the first line," she confessed, I took the paper and looked at the others before I opened it and took a peak inside,
And the one thing that caught my eye were the initials at the end of the letter.
D.H.
That was all I needed to know, I folded the letter and pushed it into my back pocket.
"Aren't you gonna read it?" Scott asked, I looked up and saw the four of them watching me intently,
"I've got an entire summer to read it, and I'm not gonna let it ruin this moment," I told them, and they nodded,
"Okay, everyone ready!?" Sydney yelled,
We turned and saw the camera she set up and made our way to get a good shot of us.
"Okay everyone, on three," she called out as she ran over and join the group,
I placed my hand around Lydia's shoulders and felt someone's touch. I looked over at Stiles and Malia who were hugging tightly for the picture, Lydia beside me was smiling brightly, I looked to my right and saw Scott looking back at me already.
"One, two..."
I smiled at him before turning to smile at the camera.
"Three!"
A white flash, shined, capturing this moment forever in time. High school was over and the rest of our lives was about to beginning, and I couldn't wait to see what the rest of the world had in store for me.
NEXT CHAPTER...
THE FINALE (1)