Anyone But Her

All Hell Breaks Lose

Stiles raced through the hallways as he headed straight outside to find Scott at their usual seating area, his mind buzzed as he tried to process everything that had happened today. He hated everything, he hated his life and most importantly, he hated himself. He easily spotted Scott sat on their bench with Allison, chatting and laughing as they ate lunch together. Stiles envied them so much, their perfect relationship, they way they could easily be with the person that they loved the most with no consequences, no others interfering, just love. He walked over and took a seat opposite them with a heavy sigh, dropping his bag to the floor and perching his head on his elbows. "Yoo hey bro!" Scott's cheery voice called to him as they both turned in his direction. Stiles let out a groan in frustration in response which made Scott's happy expression drop.

"Oh man. What's up? Something happened with Zoe?" Scott asked him as he patiently awaited a response, whilst Allison perked up quickly at the mention of the other girls name, as she gave him a concerned look. "No not exactly...well...i guess...we kinda had a fight...a big one..." Stiles mumbled as he kept his gaze dropped to the table. "Oh sorry to hear that man...what was it about?" Scott asked him kindly, his voice oozing with sympathy. Stiles lifted his head up to respond before glancing to an intrigued Allison before turning back to Scott with an awkward smile. "Oh come on man, you can say in front of Allison...you know she knows everything just like i do..." Scott explained as Allison gave him a speedy nod in agreement. "Wha-what really?" Stiles interest peaked as he tried to hide his surprise. "Erm Yes. Obviously. I'm Lydia's best friend. I know it all Stiles, sorry." Allison said honestly as she flashed him a sympathetic smile.

Stiles closed his eyes briefly with a sigh. "Finee...okay well Zoe thinks that something is going on between me and Lydia and-" Stiles began to explain but Allison quickly cut him off. "...And is there?" She asked him with an accusatory glance that made him squint his eyes at her in annoyance. He knew that she already knew the answer to that. "Anywayyy...(Stiles quickly reverted the conversation back)...Lydia rode with us to School and god i know that Zoe was suspicious of Lydia, but I've never seen her this angry before...she was horrible to her, she kept saying such mean things to her...so i tried my best to get her to stop but she just got pissed at me saying that she thinks I'm love with her or whatever...and well...she's asked me to cut Lydia out of my life...for good." Stiles finished his rant with a sad sigh, as both Scott and Allison looked at him with shocked expressions.

"S-She w-what?" Allison stammered in shock as Scott seemed to have just processed everything he said. "What Bro?! you can't do that! Its-she's-well...she's Lydia!" Scott quickly rambled in response as Stiles groaned at him. "Dude i have to. This is my relationship we're talking about...I l-like Zoe...my future is with her...i need to do everything i can to make this relationship work." Stiles replied in defeat as hit bit the inside of his cheek in anxiety. "BUT what about Lydia?" Scott asked him quickly, throwing him off slightly. "Scott..." Stiles tried to speak but Allison cut him off once again. "No Stiles, Scott is right. You may be with Zoe and you may like her, but you certainly don't love her. Not like you love Lydia." Allison stated honestly as Stiles placed his head in his hands, rubbing his face in frustration, he knew she was right but he'd never heard someone say it to his face before, it hurt. "UGHH I know i know...i know you're right. I just...look as much as we both want it to happen, me and Lydia. We are just not meant to happen, it's too hard. She's with Jackson, you know he would kill us both. We just can't be together!" Stiles replied in defeat as they gave him sympathetic looks.

"But you want to right? Lydia's the one you want?..." Allison interrogated him quickly, as Stiles released a breath he didn't know he was holding in. "I think you both know the answer to that but it doesn't matter...plus i don't even think that Lydia feels the same anymore...she knows just like i do that we can't be together. Plus she told me that i should do anything to be happy within my relationship...even if that means cutting her out of my life..." Stiles said solemnly as Allison rolled her eyes at him. "Are you kidding me? Of course she feels the same way, she said that because she cares about you dumbass, she doesn't mean it, she just wants you to fight for her. Lydia just wants you to be happy! But trust me she wants you just as much as you want her i thought that would be obvious by now!" Allison explained like it was obvious. "Wh-what? Really?" Stiles replied, slightly shocked. He thought she would be sick of him by now after everything he'd put her through. "Yes Stiles. You guys deserve each other, that much is obvious." Scott nodded in agreement as Stiles bit his lip. What was he supposed to do?