Isaac's POV
"You've never been to the winter festival?" Laila parroted, her eyes widening.
It had been a week since her day with Erica and we were now in her room, sprawled out on her bed as we waited for Mary and Luke to get home.
"Nope."
"That just won't do, Isaac." She shook her head, propping herself on her elbows. "This year, you're going."
"I am?"
"Yes."
"And you're going as my date, aren't you?"
She bit her lip to hide her smile as her eyes focused on her hands that played with the bedding. "If you want me to then yes."
I shifted closer, leaning forward to press my lips against hers. "I want you to."
Her smile widened, which triggered my own smile to appear as she giggled. I lifted one hand to touch her cheek, her fingers wrapping around my hand to keep it there.
"Have I ever told you how beautiful you are?" I murmured, letting my gaze flicker over her features.
She rested her head on my chest, her free arm wrapping around me. "You make me feel like I am."
"Well you are. I still don't understand how I convinced you to be my girlfriend."
"What do you mean?" Her eyebrows furrowed as she tilted her head back to look at me.
"Why do you like me?"
"I like you for a lot of reasons."
"Why? Why me? You could literally have any guy you wanted. Why did you choose me?"
"Because with you, it feels right." she admitted, her fingers tightening their grip on my shirt. "I don't have to think about anything when I'm with you. I can just say what I want to say, I can wear whatever I want."
"It's like you're free."
"Exactly. And you understand me. I feel like I could tell you anything and everything."
I looked down in guilt, remember Sophie's advice. The longer I waited, the more upset she'd be. "How are you so ok with all of this?"
"All of what?"
"You know I have a secret but you're not trying to get me to tell you or worse, breaking up with me because of it. How?"
"I trust you." she said simply, a small shrug following her words. "And I hope that you feel that same way I do. You can tell me anything and I won't judge you or anything like that."
"I know. I just have to figure how to tell you first."
"Just say it. Here, I'll make you a deal. I'll tell you one of my secrets and you can tell me one of yours. It doesn't have to be the biggest one, if you're not ready for that." she suggested, moving closer and letting her fingers tangle with mine as I gently stroked her cheek with my thumb.
"Ok."
"Ok." She sat up, taking a deep breath while moving her hand to cover our intertwined hands. "I have a tattoo." she whispered, her fingers squeezing mine.
"A tattoo?"
"Yeah. It's on my hip so it's pretty hidden."
"Can I see it?"
She pushed her shirt up slightly, revealing the small black cursive writing on her hip. I absentmindedly moved my hand to run my thumb over it, as if making sure it was really there.
"What does it say?"
"'Esse quam videri.' It's Latin. It means to be, rather than to seem."
I nodded her on, my eyes still locked on the tattoo.
"I got it a few months ago. Only Mary, Lydia and Luke know about it. And well, now you know too."
"It's amazing."
"Yeah, I love it. I remember I was so excited to get it that Mary actually had to calm me down. I've wanted it for so long." She peeked over at me, a fond look in her eyes. "Do you like it?"
"I love it."
She grinned, leaning down to kiss my cheek before laying back down on my chest. "Do you want to tell me your secret?"
"Uh..."
"You don't have to. It's ok."
"I want to though."
"Then do it. Don't overthink it."
"I'm a-" I cut off when I heard the sound of the front door open and close, followed by the sound of Mary's voice calling us down.
"Coming!" Laila turned back to me, quickly pecking my lips. "You can tell me later. Now come on, we have to go make dinner."
Erica's POV
"We should do something exciting." Stiles grumbled, although he made no movement to get up. We were once again sprawled across his bed, his laptop playing an episode of some show he'd put on.
"That would take both movement and effort, two things I'm not up for right now."
"True." He yawned, rolling over to rest his head on my shoulder.
He grabbed my hand, placing it on top of his head, urging me to stroke his hair. I rolled my eyes before running my fingers through the familiar brown strands.
"I love this. I love spending time with you and not having to do anything." he nearly cooed, loosely wrapping one arm around my waist.
"Don't you dare get mushy."
"Let me have my moment. I'm trying to be romantic."
"Oh, now you decide to be romantic."
"We're not arguing right now."
"Who said we were arguing?"
"Erica." he warned, poking my side.
I poked his arm, making him let out a whine and jab my side again. This pattern continued for a few seconds before he grabbed my hand, instead interlocking his fingers with mine.
"Just let me be romantic for ten seconds." he demanded, tilting his head up to glare at me.
"Ten, nine, eight."
"We both know I didn't mean that literally."
"Seven."
"That's not fair!"
"Six. Fi-" He cut me off by pressing his lips to mine, his hand tightening on mine.
He pulled back slightly, his eyes meeting mine.
"Time's up." I announced, returning my attention back to the laptop screen.
"Oh my God."
Sophie's POV
"Soph, it's getting kind of late, maybe we should start heading back." Scott called, tiredly jogging behind me.
We'd gone out for a run, although Scott was eager to get back inside.
"Just a little longer."
"You said that an hour ago."
"You can go home if you want. I'm not tired yet."
"I'm not leaving you out here alone."
"Good choice." another voice added.
Before I could even blink, someone grabbed my waist, pinning my arms to my sides.
I struggled against their grip, looking over to see Scott on the ground with the twins standing on either side of him. I looked over my shoulder to see the male Alpha, his eyes a bright red.
"What are you doing?" Scott groaned, looking up as Kali stepped forward, blood trailing out of his nose.
"We're going to show Derek just how weak his pack is." she explained, glaring down at him. "Ennis, let her go."
The Alpha threw me forward, making me fall to the ground near Scott. Before we could move closer to each other, one of the twins stepped in between us.
The other twin reached down to grab Scott's arm, bending it back as a loud crack echoed through the trees.
I pushed myself onto my feet, attempting to run over to him. The twin in between us caught me, holding me back.
I continued fighting against the twin as the other broke Scott's wrist.
I elbowed his jaw, a hard enough blow that he released me. I immediately ran to Scott's side, pushing the Alpha off my boyfriend.
"Look at that, boys. Running to his side like a good little puppy." Kali snickered as I pulled my dagger out of my boots, my eyes flickering around at all of them.
Scott shakily pushed himself up, his arms trembling as I quickly dropped down to help him.
Kali smirked, walking over to kick Scott's face, her claws sinking into his cheek as her hand grabbed my throat. She forcefully pinned me to a tree, a dull pain in the back of my head as I gasped for air.
"What am I going to do with you two? I can't kill you. That's Derek's job. But I can still have a little fun."
"You're psychotic." I spit, making her lose her smile.
I lifted my hand, stabbing the dagger into her wrist.
She growled, simply tossing me back onto the ground and pulling it out. She then threw the knife at me as I ducked my head down, feeling it catch my shirt and cut my arm.
"Doesn't feel too good, does it?" she hissed, walking towards me.
She grabbed my wounded arm, her claws digging into the skin.
"Scott!" I yelled, grabbing the dagger from behind me.
He jumped onto his feet, running over to grab Ennis's arms, holding them down long enough for me to throw the knife into his stomach.
While she was distracted, I punched Kali, her hand releasing my arm. Scott and I raced to each other's side, standing back to back as we looked around the Alpha pack that stood in a circle all around us.
I felt Scott's hand fumble around before grabbing mine, his fingers gripping onto mine tightly.
"You two just don't give up, do you?" Kali rolled her eyes, moving to grab the dagger from Ennis before digging it into Scott's stomach.
She then used the handle to hit my head, the pain coming back. I dropped onto the ground, my eyes struggling to stay open.
She smiled down at me before throwing the knife down next to me and walking away. "Tell Derek we said hello."
Author's Note:
Some Lilaac, some Sterica and the Alphas vs Scophie!
I'll see you in my next chapter. BYEEEEEEE!!!!