homesick // stilinski (1)

four - someone's behind you

|after school monday|

STILES WALKS OUT TO THE SCHOOL COURTYARD. Spotting Annalise sitting on the edge of a bench, feet facing the middle, he walks over and takes a seat on the other side copying her position. He hands her a pack of goldfish and a bottle of light blue gatorade. She accepts it with a thank you as he begins opening his own fruit snacks and red gatorade. They eat their snacks in silence for a moment, taking a breather from the long school day before practice starts in a half-hour.

Looking up, Stiles spots Scott finally talking with Allison for the first time since the party. He leans forward and asks Anna, "You think she will give him another chance?"

Knowing what he is talking about, Anna responds, "I think so. It was hard to explain away his wolf episode without telling her what was actually going on but I think she believes that he wasn't acting like himself."

"That's good," Stiles says with a sigh, "And I wish you could tell her. It's just-"

Anna cuts Stiles off before he can finish.

"I know. We don't want to put more people in danger. With Derek doing who knows what, we can't drag anyone else into this. It's just tough not being able to tell my best friend. Or my dad." Anna takes a long sip of her gatorade, not knowing what else to say.

"Hey, at least you aren't in this alone," Stiles says assuringly.

"Ya," Anna sighs, "I have Scott."

Stiles laughs and throws a fruit snack at Annalise. "Hey! I don't see him doing all the wolf research with you! Or getting you snacks from the vending machine and giving you rides everywhere."

Annalise laughs as she picks the fruit snack off the sidewalk, throwing it back at Stiles.

"Calm down, I'm just messing with you! Why did you have to waste a strawberry fruit snack over it? Those are the best ones."

Before Stiles can argue that the apple ones are the best, Scott dramatically sits between the two on the bench, causing them to have to move their legs to the ground and face forward. Scott stares straight forward, silent.

"Hey buddy," Anna starts, wanting to know how things went with Allison.

"Did you apologize to Allison?" Stiles bluntly asks.

Still staring straight forward in a daze, Scott replies, "Ya."

"So...is she giving you a second chance?" Anna asks.

"Ya."

"Ya!" Stiles says excitedly, "Alright so everything's good."

As Anna and Stiles go back to eating their vending machine snacks Scott contradicts Stiles' statement.

"No."

"No?" Anna questions.

Scott tries to explain, still shocked himself, "Remember, the hunters?" he takes a breath, "Her dad is one of them."

"Her dad?" Stiles asks, confused.

"Shot me," Scott continues.

Annalise interrupts, "Chris Argent?"

"With a crossbow," Scott finishes his statement.

After the trio sits there in silence for a moment, shocked, Stiles starts to ask, "Allison's father-"

Before he can finish, Scott shouts in response, "Yes! Her father!"

Finally taking in this new information, Scott starts hyperventilating.