Why Would You Ever Kiss Me?

BEAUTY IN DEATH

Stassis POV
My shaky hands grabbed the phone from Scott.
"Hello?" I asked.
"Hello?" He said.
And the sound of his voice was so comforting.
It's felt like forever since I've heard it.

He sniffed hard and I could hear his voice crack when he said, "Pon?"
It was my nickname he gave me when we were kids.
"Newt Newt I wanna go home." I sobbed.
I clutched for my chest as I tried to speak.
"Pon what happened? How did you- how do you remember?"
"What are you talking about? Why does everyone keep asking me that?"
"I-I saw you a bit ago you didn't remember me.."
"What are you talking about? How could I ever forget you. You're my big brother Newt, I need you."
"I thought- we all thought we lost you."
"I don't know what you're talking about. I don't know what anyone means. I feel like- like I'm losing my mind!"
"It's alright." He said.

I talked to Newt a bit longer on the phone but I felt like I couldn't say all I wanted too because I didn't know how to word it.
My mind was all over the place.
"Newt please come get me. I want to go home." I said again.
"I'm not at home right now Ann.."
"Where are you?" I asked confused and scared.
"We're in New York. We had to secure the venue for the Expo."
"You went without me?"

I was crying the whole time.
I am so confused and I feel like I have been left out of the loop of everything.
I don't remember how I got here and I don't know why I don't remember everything and I don't know why people keep asking me what and how I remember.
And my stomach hurt.

"Annie I promise you as soon as I land in California I will take the fastest car we own and I will be there. I promise."
"You swear?" I asked.
"I swear. On mom, on dad, on Hero, Klaus, Kalel, Nel, Teddy, and Theo. I swear." He said.
"Just go to sleep okay?"
I looked at the clock.
Quarter after 3.

The line went dead and I felt really hopeless and alone.
And I looked to Stiles who looked at me as if he was waiting for me to say something.
"Why don't I- am I crazy? Why don't I know anything?!"
"We can explain everything. But we'll have to go back to Beacon Hills." Scott said.
"Then let's go!" I said impatiently heading towards the door.
Stiles grabbed me by my waist and pulled me back to him.
"Hold on there you.." he said. "We can't go now. It's going to have to happen after parents weekend."
"What why?!"
"Just trust me okay? I can't let my dad down again." Was all he said.
And I didn't question him after that.

"Let's just go to bed." He said admits my silence.
"Yeah. I'm gonna go." I said defeated.
"Don't be like that, please." Stiles said holding onto my wrist.
I kind of wiggled my wrist out of his grip and tried to head for the door.
"Stay with me tonight. I know this has been a lot but... it's been a lot for me too. Just stay please I'll make it worth it."
He looked so desperate and his eyes were red and I don't know if it's from the weed or the tears.
Probably both.

But I wanted nothing more than to be alone right now.
I wanted to crawl into bed and put the covers over my head and wait for answers. They wouldn't give me anything and I needed to figure this out.
"Please don't make me beg you to stay." He said with pleading eyes and a small pout.
"You've been begging since I've met you.."
"And it's pathetic I know, but please."
"Go to bed Stiles." I said before opening the door and closing them in the room.

I held onto the door handle and waited for a moment in case he tried to open it and come after me.
But he didn't.
And I knew that was my cue to leave.

I backed away from the door and headed down the hallway and to the stairs. I heard echoing voices on my way down and met Mitchel and Christian again.
"That lady definitely knew." Mitchel said laughing. "Where you going girl?"
"I'm going back to my dorm. It's late."
"Damn right it is you're not going alone are you?"
I kind of shrugged. It's a college campus I wasn't too concerned.
"Where's your boy?" He asked pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose.
"In bed. You guys gotta stop smoking with beginners. They can't hang." I said jokingly trying to move this along.