True anchors

43||my friends 18B

After the small talk theo and Liam had; Theo made a promise they would talk twice a day. Once in the morning. And once when they go to sleep. Back at camp they had a bonfire lit and they were all dancing along to music.

"Yo! Guys welcome back. We are about to play truth or dare wanna join?"
"I'm in! Theo?"
"Why not." The kids all sat in a circle and played truth or dare.

"Lincoln truth or dare?" Trix went first.
"Truth."
"Would you leave us for another pack."
"Apart from the McCall pack no." Lincoln answer honestly.

"Casey truth or dare?" Lincoln asked.
"Dare."
"I dare you to ask your mom for some vodka and your dad some wolfsbane."
"Bet." Casey got up and ran over to her dad and asked for some wolfsbane. She quickly returned it to the kids so her mom wouldn't be suspicious then she went over to her mom.

"Hey mom can we have some vodka?"
"As long you have no wolfsbane. Here's a bottle don't forget crazy."
"Thanks mom!" She ran off back to the group waving the bottle in the air. They poured the wolfsbane in and everyone took a drink from it. Everyone but Theo. He didn't want to accidentally tell Liam where he was or anything.

"Theo! Truth or dare?" Casey asked.
"Truth."
"If you had to marry someone with in the next 2 months who would it be?" Theo didn't even need to think about it.
"Liam." Everyone was surprised at how quick his answer was. There was no hesitation or anything.
"Scott's beta?" Theo nodded.
"Yeah 100% would marry Liam. Now I think about it, it would make something we've been talking about for a while a whole lot easier."
"What's that?"
"This little girl we've been looking after for a few month, her parents were killed. She sees us as her dads so we've been talking about adopting her officially for a while." Theo was happy when he talked about his family.

"Anyway, Amora truth or dare?" Theo asked.
"Mmm truth."
"Pfft uhmm, of you had the chance to be human would you take it?"
"Not forever. Maybe like a week or two to try it out. But I like how I am." Amora answered honestly.
"Ty, truth or dare?" She asked her boyfriend.
"Dare!"
"Cannon ball into the lake from the highest point of the cliff."
"BET!" He got up and ran over to the cove and ran up the cliff. Everyone was watching from the beach.

"CANNON BALL!" He shouted as he lept of the cliff and plunged directly into the water below. He didn't resurface for 30 seconds and everyone was on edge. Then he lifted his head from the water and screamed in joy.

He came running out of the water and everyone was laughing. They all went back over to the bonfire.
"Music for tonight?" Casey asked. They always had different music on every time they did one of these bonfires. They only had them for three days a month. The night before of and after the full moon.

"Theo? Your the guest so you pick." Lincoln pointed out.
"Taylor swift."
"HOLY SHIT THEO IS A SWIFTY!" Casey screamed out. Theo laughed.
"Even bigger swiftly than you Casey." Amora pointed out.
"Not possible."
"Trust me. The drive here says otherwise." Casey quickly played her 'Taylor swift all songs' playlist. No one hated it. They were all singing along to it for hours.

Theo didn't even realise when his claws retracted. He was too distracted. He still refused every drink he was offered though. It was too risky if he wasn't with it. So instead he got drunk off laughter. Kept him sane but gave of the same affect.

The party died down at around 1am. Theo knew Liam was heading to sleep soon. It was midnight in California. So while settling down to sleep he talked to Liam.
T: How are you?
L: I've been better but I've also been worse. How are you? I see the claws have gone.
T: really? I didn't notice. I'm good. I'm staying with a nice group of people. But I still miss you.
L: I miss you too.
T: when I get back, not if. When. I have a question I need to ask you. And one for Harlow.
L: when will you be getting back?
T: soon. I hope. I going to do loads of research on how to stop them. But first we have to get through the full moon.
L: I forgot about that. Make sure you stay safe and if your going to loose control please talk to me. Promise.
T: only if you promise aswell.
L: of course. I'm going to sleep now, good night. I love you.
T: I love you too. Good night.

They both went to sleep feeling calm. But Theo wasn't so lucky and he didn't stay that way. Again he was back in the hospital. Back in hell. He could hear Tara calling his name tauntingly. And every time he walked to her. Letting her pull out his heart. But this time something changed. Infront of him no longer stood Tara but Allison instead. Then he felt a piercing pain in his back and turned to see Aiden.

"Do it. I deserve it."
"Yes you do." Aiden agreed. The he killed Theo. The chimera wouldn't wake up. He went through it over and over again. A never ending loop he couldn't escape. It went like this for what seemed like a hundred times.

He woke up screaming and quickly took in his surroundings taking a deep breath. Tears fell down his cheeks. He looked at his hands his claws weren't out and he let out a relived sigh. There was a 'knock' on the door of his tent. And then the zip was undone and someone walked in.

It was mal. She came and sat next to the boy not asking any questions just letting him calm down for a while. After some time she spoke up.
"Are you okay?"
"I don't know. I'm sorry if I woke you or something this doesn't usually happen. And it hasn't happened like that in a really long time."
"It's okay. But what do you mean it hasn't happened like that in a long time. It's happened before?" Theo nodded.

"After I was let out from hell I saw it all the time. I used to be sleeping in my car. I didn't have any family and no body trusted me. So I had them nightmares a lot. And when I woke up I was all alone. Kinda felt like a reminder that I deserved it. They only stopped during the war. Scott didn't trust me still, none of the older pack did. But liam trusted me and that was good enough for them I guess. After Liam and I spent days together at the zoo the hospital. The time when he wanted to kill our friend Gabe and I talked him out of it in the worst way possible. They stopped." They sat in silence for a bit. Neither saying anything.

"I've been... what I am.. for 10 years. That's more than half of my life. And Liam was my first anchor. He kept me on control enough so that I could help him stay in control. I don't think I will ever forget that day. The last day of the war. It's my best so far. Gerade had split up the pack. But he forgot about me. So Scott called me and told me to go and get Liam mason and Corey out of the hospital. The rush of everything that happened in that hour was shocking. And instead of only saving them three we saved two more. Two ex hunters who are now apart of the pack. Like I said that is my best day. But I hope I have better soon."

"Like what?" Mal asked the boy. She knew it was distracting him from the previous events to she kept him talking for a while.
"I have a couple in mind. The one that will come first is graduation. I'm excited for that. I never had a normal school experience that wasn't classes."
"What are the others?"
"While I'm here I plan on going to buy something very particular. Something that will lead on to the rest of the best days."
"By any chance is it a ring?" Theo looked at her in surprise and she just gave him a knowing look.

"Yeah, yeah it's a ring." He admitted.
"Do I need to ask what it's for?"
"During the grad party at Scott's house I'm going to ask Liam to marry me." Theo was smiling widely.

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