Touch | Lydia Martin

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"Well, this just made shit a whole lot harder."

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"Do you two see that?" Argent asks Scott and Charlotte, who follows his line of sight.

"Yeah, it's a firefly." Scott nods.

"Someone's age is catching up to them." Charlotte mutters, her eyes following the firefly.

"No. I know it's a firefly and no, Charlotte, my age is not catching up to me." Argent looks between the two.

"Just hope it doesn't otherwise you'll look like your dad." Charlotte hums, making Argent look at her blankly.

Charlotte shivers in disgust at the thought of Gerard.

"What's wrong with the firefly?" Scott asks the adult, smiling a little in amusement.

"It's just unusual. The Californian fireflies aren't bioluminescent." Argent explains, making the two teens look at him blankly.

"I'm failing Science." Charlotte tells him.

"They don't glow." Argent explains.

"That's... concerning." Charlotte nods a little.

"Does that mean something?" Scott asks, making Argent shrug a little.

"Oh look, Boyd and Cora." Charlotte points out casually with a hum, making everyone look up to see the two out of control wolves running towards them.

"Let's go." Argent tells them before the three run into the school, Scott and Charlotte standing in the hallway ready to lure Boyd and Cora to the boiler room.

Only to grow confused when they jump up and go onto the roof.

"Did we just succeed... unsuccessfully?" Charlotte asks in confusion, her nose scrunching a little.

"They're not going through the school, they're going over it." Scott realises.

"Well, this just made shit a whole lot harder." Charlotte sighs tiredly.

"Come on." Scott tells her, the two running back outside to find Argent, Isaac and Derek.

"Someone needs to go and get the back doors open." Argent tells them.

"Someone has to drive them inside." Scott speaks up as himself and Charlotte get to the others.

"I'll go." Argent nods.

"Too old... no offence." Charlotte winces when Argent turns to her.

"No, I'm faster." Isaac shakes his head.

"To valuable." Charlotte turns to him with furrowed eyebrows.

"I'll be okay." Isaac nods at her before he runs away.

"Okay, you three into the school." Argent tells the three other supernaturals, who nods back and run into the school.

Scott and Charlotte run straight towards the boiler room, quickly getting the door open, whereas Derek runs to where Boyd and Cora are.

"No-" Scott starts, quickly grabbing Charlotte's arm when she goes to leave.

"What if they kill him?" Charlotte asks him worriedly.

"They won't. I promise they won't." Scott tells her.

"I've been promised this before..." Charlotte trails.

"By Erica?" Scott asks softly.

"Yup. Promised she wouldn't die or get hurt." Charlotte nods, not making eye contact with her best friend, who just looks at her in concern.