Following the Stars

Breathe

"You look better" Lydia smiled as she approached Allison
"I don't feel it" Allison sighed as she pulled a book from her locker and shut it, leaning her shoulder against it. "Have you heard anything from the witch?"
"Nope, nothing" Lydia shook her head "Why?"
"I don't feel comfortable knowing she's still out there" Allison shrugged in response as they began to walk down the hallway
"Has something happened?"
"What do you mean?"
"Have you noticed anything?"
"Oh! You think that I've got some weird spell residue? No, I mean my head still hurts and my chest aches but I figured that was from being thrown around. Does that stop you worrying?"
"Not really" Lydia muttered "You landed in the middle of a spell, I'm more concerned that you haven't experienced anything"
"That is kinda worrying" Allison agreed solemnly
"I'll text Derek, see what he knows" Lydia smiled reassuringly to Allison who matched the smile before pushing open the door to their class and stepping to the side to allow Lydia to pass through

Lydia and Allison didn't share their next class and Allison felt strangely on edge, on several occasions she found her foot tapping on the ground, behind her she could feel both Scott and Stiles' eyes on her, any attempt Scott made to initiate conversation thwarted by their teacher. As the class went on she became aware that it was getting harder to breathe, she could feel her phone vibrate in her pocket, she assumed it was Scott's attempt of getting a hold of her.
She was the first out of her seat when the bell rang, navigating the busy halls to duck inside the nearest bathroom and turning on the taps to splash water over her face. Allison stared at herself in the mirror, forcing herself to control her breathing, after a few minutes she felt her heartbeat slow down to an acceptable rate, she carefully re-applied her make-up before heading out of the door
"You had a panic attack" Stiles said beside her causing Allison to visibly jump
"Shit Stiles don't do that" Allison sighed, resting a hand against her heart "Where's Scott?"
"He's talking to Greenberg, something about practice tomorrow, I said I'd talk to you" Stiles explained as they headed towards the cafeteria "So you had a panic attack" he stated again
"I didn't have a panic attack" Allison shook her head, "There was nothing for me to panic over"
"I know panic attacks Allison, that was one of them"
"No it wasn't" Allison disagreed as they reached the line
"Then what was it?" Stiles asked with a smirk
"It wasn't anything! Can we drop it?" Allison whined
"Fine, fine" Stiles huffed, Allison distinctly heard him mutter "It totally was though" under his breath, but she said kept her mouth shut.

"Derek never replies to my texts" Lydia huffs as Allison drops down into her seat opposite her
"Why are you texting Derek?" Allison asked with a laugh, before Lydia could reply, Scott and Stiles approached them, Scott taking a seat next to Lydia, Stiles beside Allison.
"Derek wants us to head to the house after school" Stiles said glancing between the two girls
"When did he say that?" Lydia asked
"He literally just texted me" Stiles replied popping a fry into his mouth, Allison met Lydia's eyes and laughed, ignoring the confused looks from the boys
"Okay" Allison replied, still laughing "Is it about the witch? Has he found her?"
"Not yet, but he must know something- he doesn't like texting"
"Yeah we got that vibe" Lydia replied with a flick of her hair "Styles tell your boyfriend that we'll be there, Allison- I need to go to the library to drop off a book but I'll meet you in class okay?" Lydia flicked her hair once more for good measure, grabbed her bag and was already leaving the cafeteria before Allison could reply, hearing an indignant "He's not my boyfriend!" being yelled from behind her.

She had been in the library for approximately two minute before Scott appeared by her side, tactless as ever he had pressed a note into her hand while they were in the cafeteria stating that they needed to talk
"What's wrong with Allison?" he asked
"Straight to the point aren't we?"
"There's something off about her" Scott folded his arms
"What do you mean?" Lydia asked, stepping closer into his space
"She...smells...different"
"She smells different?" Lydia echoed "Creepy much?" She strides past him, running a figure along the spines of the books
"I'm a werewolf Lydia and she sat in front of me, I can't help it" Scott defended "There's something weird going on"
"I'm aware, but unless we know more about the witch and what he motives were for being here all we can do is sit back and make sure she's okay"
"Hopefully Derek has something of use" Scott said as he leant against a shelf
"He better if he's forcing me into that mess he calls a house" Lydia moved past him to leave but stopped in her tracks "Question, why did you break up with Allison?"
"We just didn't love each other in the way we thought we did" Scott answered slowly, as though he was being careful about how much he said
"What does that mean?" Lydia asked as Scott walked past her
"You'll work it out eventually" he called over his shoulder, Lydia frowned she could hear that damn smile