1𝑥5 ~ 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑒𝑙𝑙
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They say a smile can brighten up a room, but what that smile is for, some people will never know. Right now, I felt like smiling up a storm. Something about Derek coming to my last night, talking to me, making sure I was okay, just made me feel genuinely happy.
That happiness helped me throughout the day, to the point where I ignored Jackson and his glares from first period to last period. I had plans to spend some time with Lydia after school but she and Jackson were going to watch The Notebook, again, and Derek was out doing werewolf business with Scott, so I decided to spend some time with Danny.
"Alright, Danny boy, you ready for this?" I asked as I looked down at him, with a smirk on my face
"Are you sure we should be doing this?" Danny asked, as we sat down apart from each other,
"It's totally fine," I told him as I reached over and pull out the remote and started the movie, I felt Danny's hand touched mine, but I didn't react and just let it happen, "invasion of the body snatchers isn't that scary,"
We about halfway through the movie when both our phones started to ring. We glanced at each other, then to our phones. I noticed it was Lydia who was calling me.
"It's Jackson," Danny said as he answered his phone, "hey dude,"
"Mines Lydia," I said before, I answered my phone and pressed it to my ear, "aren't you two on date?"
"Leo, where are you?" Lydia asked sounding frantic as ever,
"At my/Leo's house," Danny and I said at the same time, we glanced at each other again, and I started to feel nervous,
"Come to my house, right now!" Lydia said loudly and I immediately got up, as I knew her yelling was never a good sign,
"Dude, slow down, what happened?!" Danny asked as he started to put on his shoes,
I was by the door, with my keys and phone in hand when I felt Danny touch my arm, I looked bad to see he had a strange look on his face. A silence fell on the house, as Danny looked at me with a worried expression.
"Wait? Dude, just slow down, alright, fine I'm on my way over," Danny said, I opened the door as we both left the house,
We got in his car and he started to reverse onto the road, I tried to calm Lydia down but it sounded like the girl was in full blown panic mode. Danny dropped me off outside Lydia's house and I bolted to the front door, and before I could even knock on the door, it flew open and Lydia engulfed me in a hug.
"Lydia!? What the hell happened?" I asked as I hugged back, and her parents came closer to us, with worried expressions,
"We got attacked," was all Lydia muttered out before breaking down into a full tears,
•••
"Are you sure you don't have to go to school?" Lydia's mom asked as I laid back down on Lydia's bed, I had a an extra pairs of clothes here since forever so I was in a vest and sweat pants,!
"Nope," I said popping the P, Lydia came back out of the bathroom and laid down beside me, my phone started to buzz and I looked down to see Derek texting me, which was surprising as I didn't give him my number,
"Well, if you two need anything I'll be downstairs," her mom said as she walked out of the room,
Lydia rolled over, putting her back to me, and I looked down at my phone to answer Derek's text.
Derek: Have you heard anything?
Me: Hello, Derek, nice to hear from you again, also how'd you get my number?
Derek: Scott got it from Stiles, who got it from Allison, who got it from Lydia,
Me: Oh, so what's this thing that I may have heard?
Derek: The attack last night, two of your friends were involved,
Me: Firstly, Jackson and I aren't friends, secondly Lydia is basically my sister, and you told me to NOT get involved in this stuff,
Derek: For good reason, but right now, I need a lead...so?
Me: Well Lydia's a little out of it due to her meds, so if you want info ask Jackson,
Derek: Okay, and where would I find him?
Me: At school obviously, but to be more specific, in the locker rooms staring at his reflection,
Derek: Hmmm, thanks, are you okay?
Me: Yea, just skipping school and consoling my friend who spaces out of here mind, basic Tuesday,
Derek: Ha, cute,
Me: I know am, thanks ;)
Derek: I'll talk you later <3
I smiled at my phone, as I laid back and thought about Derek. Lydia groaned as she rolled over onto me, so i put my arms around her and tried to get some sleep. We stayed in her room for the majority of the day, but the moment 3 o' clock came, that peace went through the door.
"Honey, there's a Stiles here to see you," her mom said as she opened the door, I rolled over to see stiles standing behind her mom,
"What the hell is a stiles?" Lydia asked and I chuckled before looking back at my phone,
"She took a little something to ease her nerves. You can, you can go in," Her mom said as she let Stiles into the room before leaving,
"Thanks," Stiles said as he walked in,
"What are you doing here?" Lydia asked and I sat up to get a better look at him,
"I was just making sure you were okay," Stiles told her
"Why?" Lydia asked sounding stoned as ever, she patted her bed, and Stiles sat down beside her,
"Because I was worried about you today. How are you feeling?" Stiles said genuinely and I glanced at him with smirk, Lydia grabbed his arm and I could see the nervousness form in Stiles' face,
"I feel, fantastic," Lydia answered, she leaned closer to him and Stiles looked like he was about to, relive himself all over his pants, and I only chuckled,
"Oh," Stiles said before reaching over and grabbing her meds, "I bet you can't say, uh, "I saw Suzy sittin' in a shoeshine shop" ten times fast," Stiles said to her as he was trying to prove a point,
"Omg," I said lowly before rolling over to back to,
"I saw Shuzy, I shaw, I saw..." Lydia said and failed humorously, but her expression changed to a more serious one, she leaned over the bed closer to Stiles and I sat up paying more attention to her now,
"Lydia," I muttered as I looked at her and saw the gears in head turning despite the amount of meds in her system,
"What? Lydia, what did you see?" Stiles asked as her tried to get the answer out of her,
"Something," She said lowly as she started off in the distance, Stiles looked at me and I got the sense that this was more than a normal visit,
"Something like," Stiles paused before continuing, "Like a mountain lion?"
"A mountain lion," Lydia answered,
"Are you sure you saw a mountain lion, or are you just saying that because that's what the police told you?" Stiles asked her as he was trying to connect the dots and I slowly started to realise what he was talking about,
"A mountain lion," Lydia answered answered again, this time nodding her head,
"What's this?" Stiles asked as he held up Lydia's stuffed animal and showed it to her,
"A mountain lion," she answered for the third time,
"Okay. You're so drunk. Oh..." Stiles said before Lydia passed out on his legs, I reached over and pulled Lydia off him and back onto the bed,
"Very, Stiles do you think? This has something to do with...?" I started to ask Stiles and he nodded while he kept his eyes on Lydia,
"Well, if she can't remember anything, I'm gonna go, uh, and let you get to the whole post traumatic stress thing," Stiles said as he walked back through the door,
"Stay," Lydia said to him and he flew back in the room with no time to think,
"Stay! Me, stay?!" Stiles said walking back into the room,
"Nope," I said as I hopped off the bed and walked out of the room, "don't do anything you'll regret okay, Stilinski?"
"No problemo," Stiles said as I walked out of the room, a high Lydia and puberty filled Stiles wasn't something that I wanted to see unfolded,
I walked out of the room, and into the hall, as I contemplated whether to give a Derek a call or not. He seemed busy with everything, but you know when you see it, you'll like it, you'll want it and then you'll have it. He's probably busy or doing something really important, or for all I could know he was outside this house.
I was seconds away from pressing the button to call him, when Stiles came out of the bedroom running at full speed.
"Stiles?" I asked as he ran pass me, "What happened?"
"Something that Scott needs to see," Stiles said as he makes his way down the stairs and towards the front door,
"Do I wanna know?" I yelled, he stopped by the door and looked up at me,
"No you don't," Stiles said, I took a breath and went back to the room, to see Lydia passed out on her bed, and I noticed her phone was gone,
"God dammit, Stiles," I groaned out as I flopped down on the bed,
•••
I stayed by Lydia's house until nighttime, and my Aunt had texted me and said she was at my school. Lydia's parents had left only a few moments ago. I didn't have anything to worry about because my grades were high, and I barely have trouble in class, maybe a snarky remark on occasion, but never anything to serious.
Aunt Marcy's POV
"Hi, please take a seat, I've got a long line f parents to get through so let's get down to this," the teacher said as I walked into his office,
He desk was scattered with papers and his hair looked like an actual mess.
"Well lets get this over with," I said to him and he looked back at me, "I'm Marceline Prince, Leo's Aunt,"
"Oh," He said as his eyes widen, "your his aunt!? I don't think we've met?"
"No we haven't but from the way your talking about me, I'll assume your the infamous coach, the one who lost his testicle in the woods," I told him and he smiled at me before nodding enthusiastically,
"Its a pleasure," he said as he reached over and shakes my hand, he held on for a second to long but I didn't mind, "Okay so Leo, he's an amazing kid, brilliant, resilient, never abuses his academic or social skills, and I've never heard another teacher complain about him,"
"Well that's been the consensus of the night," I said with a smile and he smiled back at me but this time with his eyes as well,
"Well there's one thing that bugs me, tho?" He said and I paused as I waited for him to continue, "in academics and social skills he's an outstanding kid, but he doesn't put anything into athletics, which I find a little disappointing, his father was a legend, but he doesn't do anything,"
"I've been telling him, the same thing," I said with exaggeration, "he doesn't want to do anything anymore,"
"If I may ask, is this about his parents or something at home?" The coach asked me and I could only shrug my shoulders as I wasn't to sure,
"Once he started high school, he stopped with everything, the gymnastics, swimming, martial arts, even the figure skating," I said and the coach chuckled but I glared at him and he stopped,
"He didn't even want to try or for lacrosse," he said with disappointment on his face, but that soon turned to a smirk, "but maybe he doesn't have to try out for lacrosse, to get him out on the field,"
"What did you have in mind?" I asked him as curiosity took over me,
"He may not want to be athletic, but he has the mind of a pro-athlete, and I think I know a way we could get him to use it, if you prove that is," he said to me and I started to smile as his entire personality and way of thinking was interesting,
He smiled at me, and I don't know if it was the eyes, the hair or the voice but something about this man made me smile back. From the way he was talking about Leo it sounded as though he only wanted the best for him.