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I feel a beam of light, shine down on the lids of my eyes. I allow myself a couple of minutes to wake. Once I’m finally ready to get up, I turn around slowly to see Stiles, sleeping. I look as to where I am laying, and my whole body is on top of him. I stand up immediately.
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“Oh my god.” I retorted, accidentally. I watched as his eyes flutter open as well, and then realize the same thing as I did.
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“What? What's wrong?” He asked, clearly confused.
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“Nothing! Don't worry about it. I just need to- I just need to use the restroom.”
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I went to my room and had a slight panic attack. I wasn't quite sure why, though. I decided to get out of my clothes from yesterday, and put on new ones. I walk out of my room, and he is standing outside my door.
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“Do you think we should wake them up?” He asked, referring to everyone else sleeping in the other room.
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“Nah, they should be fine. Do you want to come in? I’m getting ready to go on a walk.”
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He walked into my room as I struggled to put on my shoes.
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“You know, I never pictured your room to be like this.” He blurted, as I looked up.
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“What do you mean? You’ve pictured me in my bedroom?”
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“Well yes- but no- oh my gosh I just realized how fricking sketchy that sounds.” He said, as his hand dragged across his face.
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“I was only teasing, I get what you mean.” I stated, returning with a laugh. He smiled, and then something caught his attention.
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“Oh, that is a cool picture.” He said, probably trying to change the conversation. It was really more of a poster, but that didn’t really matter to me.
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“Yeah, I um- I don’t really remember where I got that.” I replied with a weak smile. He could tell that something was up.
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“Hey, can I come with you? I mean, on your walk.”
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“Yeah, sure! I would actually really like that.” I smiled.
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I left a note out on the table telling everyone to meet at the local coffee place, and we started to walk. I looked up at the clouds and noticed that they were dark grey.
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“Do you want to play a game?” I asked
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“Yes, I am so ready.”
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“I tried this with Sydney earlier, she didn’t seem amused. But I turned it into a game. So basically we both ask each other questions and you have to be completely honest. You get three vetoes, which basically means you don't want to answer the question.” I explained.
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“Okay, I’ll go first,” I continued, how long have you had a crush on Lydia?” His whole body jerked to a stop.
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“How did you know about that?” He asked, shooting out a nervous laugh.
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“Well your best friend had a little too much to drink that night he brought Allison and I to that party. The one where I met you all. ‘Oh, that's Stiles. He's been in love with Lydia since foreverrr.' And then he went into the restroom and puked.” I said, as I had tried to imitate Scotts slurred speech.
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“My favorite part about that whole conversation I had with him was when he showed me a picture of your hair from freshman year. Now that was just amazing.”
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“Nooooo!!! He showed you that?” He gasped
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We both laughed and joked about the whole situation. Until I started to snort-laugh. Which made us laugh harder.
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“Okay, but I can’t blame him,” I said, still trying to catch my breath. “Derek Hale turned him into a werewolf. I would go crazy too. He and Kate were dating for a little bit, and he was so clingy. Well, I don't even know, that's just what she said.”
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“Really? Okay on a side note, he is such a bad influence on Scott. He's basically brainwashing him ‘the bite is a gift’. WHO SAYS THAT?” He joked
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Suddenly, there was a voice from behind. “I heard you were talking shit about me.” We both froze and looked at each other wide-eyed. I turned around slowly, expecting to see Derek. But it was no other than my ex-boyfriend Brett Talbot. I watched as he snickered.
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“Oh, so is this the guy you would always talk about? Isaac is it?” Brett asked, looking as if he had caught me red-handed.
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I rolled my eyes, and shook my head. This man was unbelievable.
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“Nope. Names, not Isaac, sorry dude.” Stiles chimed, as he motioned that we should just ignore him and keep walking.
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“Ohhhhh,” he yelled, trying to regain our attention. “So you must be, new-boyfriend. You’re wasting your time. It's only going to last a couple of days, the thing is going to talk your ear off. ‘Isaac and I used to be such good friends!’, ‘Isaac this, Isaac that.’ ISAAC EVERYTHING. Gets old after a while. She just talks, and talks and talks. The whole time I just wanted to staple her mouth closed.”
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“You know what? I wasn’t going to say anything, because I don’t need to be wasting time on assholes like you. You should never talk to a woman like that, ever. You need to back off.”
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“Stiles, it's okay.” I whispered, tugging at his sleeve.
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“Spending time with her just makes you an idiot.” Brett commented.
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“Then what does that make you?” I snapped, swiveling my body around. Accepting my fate that I would have to deal with him sooner or later.
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He stood there for a moment, his mouth opening and closing as he tried to make some retort. Then he moved forward and grabbed my wrist, yanking me forward.
I was stunned. Our fights were always obnoxious, but they had never gotten physically violent.
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At my resistance, he tried to yank me forward, once again. When I resisted again, he smacked me hard across the face. My cheek stung from the blow and my eyes watered as it started to sting.
I was pulled out of shock by Stiles rushing forward and shoving Brett away from me.
Brett rushed back at Stiles the moment he regained his balance. A look of pure vengeance in his eyes. I watched as Brett began to wind up his fist to hurt him. I quickly stepped in front of Stiles, and I managed to punch Brett in the stomach before he could hit anyone. I placed my hand over my eye, realizing that he had caused visible damage.
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“Hey, are you okay?” Stiles asked, ignoring the fact that Brett was still right there, crouched over in pain. I laughed.
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“Yeah, I’ll be alright.” I said, as I uncovered my eye.
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“Oh my god, your dad is going to freaking kill me.” He said, observing the part of my face that took the blow.
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“No it's okay, he’ll understand.” I said, taking his hands off my face. That was a lie. My dad is probably never going to let me see him again.
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It felt like the world was at peace again. And everything was calm
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Until I sensed movement behind me,
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and watched as Brett swung his fist again and hit Stiles within a millisecond, hard. I watched the light flee from his eyes, as he fell to the ground. I collapsed next to him.
“Stiles, STILES? C’mon.” I said, tears starting to fill my eyes. My insides felt like they had been thrown into a blender.
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“Uh-uhhh, Lydia’s here!” I talked out of madness, hoping that he would regain consciousness. Nothing.
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I looked up and saw Brett looming over both of us. The grin that was once on his face a second ago, had faded into a facial expression that was rather… odd. I couldn’t quite place it. Then a few seconds later he fell to the side, collapsing on the sidewalk in front of us. Standing where he had been moments before was Sydney.
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She stepped over his motionless body and offered me a hand.
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“I saw the sticky note you left. Lydia’s waiting in the car.” she told me then crouched down beside me when I didn’t take her hand. I quickly wiped the tears from my eyes, before she could see that I was crying. If she had seen it, she didn’t comment.
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She looked at Stiles for a moment then sighed.
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“He’ll be fine. He’ll have a bruise but he should wake up in a minute.” she stated. As she said this, he jumped to his feet with his hands flailing in the air.
“Calm down. You’re both fine. He’s been dealt with.” Sydney told him, getting to her feet as well.
“Wait- wait what? How did you- what happe- WHY IS HE ON THE GROUND?” He asked, his head clearly going one million miles an hour.
“Ok, well while you explain all that to him...I’m going to get a coffee. Meet you at the car in a few minutes.” she said, walking off to the coffee shop. I turned back to Stiles, a new sensation filling my insides. Stiles started to talk.
“Hey, I’m sorry that I-”
He was cut off by me hugging him. Not the way that ‘friends’ hug.
“Thank you so much.” I replied. And I really was thankful for him. More than I knew at the time. He smiled.
“It’s not a problem.”
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The moment was broken when he immediately blurted,
“Wait, what should we do about Brett?”
I laughed, and pulled out an unused napkin from my pocket. I looked longingly for a pen. Stiles pulled one out of his pocket.
“What- how do you- why do you have a pen in your pocket?” I giggled
“It’s a weapon.” He joked, violently swinging it around, like it was a sword.
“Well, why didn’t you use it when we were ‘battling’ Brett?” I asked
“That is a very good question, that I don’t know the answer to.” He laughed, looking down at the pen, and then handing it to me. I grasped it, and wrote on the napkin:
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“Hi, Brett! We have to go to school to get that perfect attendance. Have a nice life.”
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I was about to hand Stiles the pen back, when I noticed an engraved name on the side.
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“Claudia” My heart sank. It sank to the bottom, of what felt like the deepest ocean.
“Who’s Claudia?” I asked, trying to hide the strange disappointment in my voice.
“Oh, um that was my mom's name.” He replied with a weak smile. There was a hint of pain strung into his voice. Empathy flooded my system, and I grasped his hand. He looked up at me, I gave him a gentle smile, and squeezed his hand.
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He squeezed my hand back.
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