Touch | Lydia Martin

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"This is why I fucking hate Beacon Hills."

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"Okay, so, we know that you don't wanna be back here-" Derek starts, addressing his cousin.

"What are we doing back here?" Charlotte asks from the back seat.

"There's a new werewolf in town and we need to take care of it." Laura answers, turning to her cousin.

"Why?" Charlotte asks, leaning forward so she's in between the two seats.

"Because we're still Hales, you know? The protectors of Beacon Hills?" Laura tells her with a smile.

"Where was this energy when we were in New York for the past six years?" Charlotte asks with squinted eyes.

"With you, because you didn't want to come back." Derek replies, making Charlotte turn to him.

"Yet you drag me here now?" Charlotte asks.

"Yes." Laura nods simply, making Charlotte sigh.

"Great. Best cousins I could ever ask for." Charlotte smiles at them sarcastically before leaning back in her seat.

"I'm guessing, by that attitude, that you haven't been taking your meds then?" Derek asks, glancing at his younger cousin with raised eyebrows in the rear view mirror.

"I'd rather go through the emotions then take those meds." Charlotte informs.

"You've packed them, haven't you?" Laura asks, turning around in her seat to face Charlotte.

"What if I told you that they're down every drain in New York because I was in one of my hyperactive yet 'lets kill everyone because I hate myself and the whole world' rage episodes?" Charlotte asks curiously, making Laura purse her lips.

"I'd say that it doesn't surprise me. Derek?" Laura turns to her younger brother.

"I'd also say that it didn't surprise me." Derek nods.

"So, I wouldn't be in trouble?" Charlotte asks, making the two Werewolves shake their heads.

"Then one of my pills are in each drain in New York because I was having an in between episode." Charlotte tells them, making Laura and Derek chuckle at her.

"Besides, have you seen the side effects of the meds? Nausea, hair loss, sexual problems, weight gain, liver damage, kidney damage, diarrhoea! I mean, I'd rather not walk around and leave a trail of shit everywhere I go." Charlotte tells them.

"Why do you have the side effects memorised?" Laura asks her curiously.

"I used to read them every time you took something that entertained me when I was little." Charlotte replies, making Laura hum and nod.

"So that's why there was no more holes in the walls from where you've punched them during one of your anger episodes?" Derek asks.

"Yeah, basically." Charlotte nods.

"Good to know." Derek hums.

"Okay, back on topic, you couldn't have just left me in New York?" Charlotte asks.

"No." Laura shakes her head.

"Why not? I literally have no purpose here. Except for my dose of Hale trauma, this place is irrelevant to my life." Charlotte tells them.

"Well, for one, your dad is here and you're too young to stay in New York on your own." Laura raises her eyebrows at Charlotte.

"My dad is the main source of my irrelevance here." Charlotte informs honestly.