Keep Your Head Up (3rd book in Fatal Attraction)

New School Year, New People

Emilie's POV
Summer was fun I played lacrosse with the guys, hung out with Grace and Lydia, got to learn self defense from Conner, after him learning I can have a temper, went on dates with Scott, and anime con was so much fun meeting all my favorite voice actors. We were at a tattoo parlor as Scott and Sage were getting tattoos. "Boy, it's a good thing you drew me a picture." The tattooist said to Scott, Sage was getting a simple bird on his shoulder. "Hey, guys, sure you don't want something like this?" Stoles asked showing us a picture of a lizard man. "Stiles." I warned. "Too soon?" Stiles asked. "Yeah." I said. "I don't know, man, are you sure about this? I mean, these things are pretty permanent, you know?" Stiles said. "We're not changing our minds." Scott and Sage said in unison. "Okay, but why two bands? I mean Sage I understand the bird." I said. "I just like it." Scott said kissing my forehead. "But don't you think your first tattoo should have some sort of meaning, you know, or something?" I said. "Getting a tattoo means something." Sage said. "I don't think that's..." Stiles trailed off. "He's right, tattooing goes back thousands of years. The tahitian word 'tatua' means 'to leave a mark.' Like a rite of passage." The tattoosist said. "Yeah, you see? He gets it." Sage said nodding. "He's covered in tattoos, guys, literally." Stiles said. "I don't care if you guys get a tattoo." I said. "Okay, you ready? You ain't got any problems with needles, do you?" The tattooist asked. "Nope."Sage and Scott said. "I tend to get a little squeamish though, so..." Stiles said but didn't finish since he passed out. "You also gonna pass out?" The tattooist asked me. "Nope." I said. After they got the tattoos and I woke Stiles up and he got an ice pack we got in the Jeep. "Oh, man." Scott and Sage said together. "You two okay?" I asked. "Kinda burns." Scott said and Sage nodded. "Yes, you two just had your skin stabbed about 100,000 times with a needle." I said. "Yeah, but I don't think it's supposed to feel like this." Sage said. "Oh, God." Stiles said leaning back. "No, it's definitely not supposed to feel like this. Oh, I gotta take this thing off." Scott said. "No, no, no, no, guys. Oh, guys, please stop. Whoa, whoa." Stiles said as Sage and Scott took off the bandages and the tattoo healed. "Oh, no, what? No, no, come on. It healed." Sage and Scott said. "Ah, thank God. I hated it. Sorry." Stiles said. "Millie?" Scott asked me. "I don't care if you get a tattoo I think it looked cool." I said kissing his cheek. "So Allison?" Scott asked Sage as Scott sat in the backseat with me on his lap. "Nah, we agreed to give each other the summer... no texts, no calls." Sage said. "So then how do you know she won't be back at school then?" Stiles asked. "After everything that happened, I'm not sure she's coming back at all." Sage said. "I think she is. I'd say pretty definite, you know. Like one hundred percent." Scott said as I waved at the car that held Lydia, Grace, and Allison. Grace was laughing. "Oh, my God." Sage said trying to duck down as Scott and I were laughing. "This is hilarious." I whispered. "Can we just drive please, Stiles?" Sage asked. "Sage, it's a red light." Stiles said. "I think we should talk to her, I just think we should say something." I said. "No. No, no, Em, come on. Oh, my God, No." Sage said as I rolled down the window. "Hey!" I said and Lydia smiled and blew a kiss at Stiles and drove off. "You know, she probably didn't see you, since you are practically sinking in the seat." Scott said. "What are you doing?" Sage asked as Stiles drove. "I'm driving." Stiles said. "We're right behind them." Sage said. "Okay, well, do you see any turns?" I asked. "I don't want it to look like we're following them." Sage said. "Well, what do you want me to do?" Stiles asked. "I don't know, anything." Sage said, so Stiles stopped driving, I shook my head, as we saw a deer run right into Lydia's car breaking it and they got out scared, we got out and ran to them, Stiles held Lydia. "Are you okay?" Scott asked. "It came out of nowhere." Grace said. "Are you hurt?" Stiles asked. "It ran right into us." Lydia said into Stiles arms. "Are you okay?" Sage asked. "I'm okay." Allison said. "Well, I'm not okay. I am totally freaking out. How the hell does it just run into us? I saw its eyes right before it hit us. It was like it... it was like it was crazy." Lydia said. "I somehow didn't see that coming." Grace said. Scott put his hand on it. "No, it was scared. Actually... Terrified." Scott said. We drove the girl's home which was akward with Allison and Sage. We dropped off Sage and Scott who kissed me. We got home and walked in it being silent. "It's odd it's now silent since Izzy moved out." Stiles said. "Yeah." I said. I made Mac and cheese and cooked hotdog on the oven burning them just right. I finished and we plated the food. "Tomorrow our Junior year." Stiles said. "Yeah, and you have a girlfriend shockingly." I said. "Shut up." Stiles said lightly pushing me. Stiles did the dishes and I took a shower and went to bed, no more staying up late watching anime or video chatting Scott on weekdays. I went to sleep fairly early and woke up in time for school, I got dressed for the first day of school.