Dandelions (On Hold)

Magic Bullet

We were in class, with Scott seated in front of Stiles, and I was sitting to the right of them where I could see them out of the corner of my eye. Scott is watching curiously as the teacher starts passing out graded tests, but Stiles is more distracted by the updates to the Werewolf situation that Scott has just given him. He thinks for a moment before finally tapping Scott on the shoulder and beginning his questions.

"If Derek isn't the Alpha... if he's not the one who bit you... then who did?"

Scott bites his lip for a long moment before he answers in a quiet voice, shaking his head and shrugging. "I don't know."

Stiles sighs and sits back in his seat for the briefest moment before thinking of another question and leaning forward, gently smacking Scott in the back with the back of his right hand.

"Did the Alpha kill the bus driver?" Stiles asks him.

Scott thinks again for a long moment before whispering his reply quietly. "I don't know."

I can tell he is not satisfied by these answers, and Stiles sits back in his seat, gnawing on his lower lip as he thinks. He finally sighs and leans forward one last time to ask another question. "Does Allison's dad know about the Alpha?"

Scott, not knowing any of the answers to Stiles' questions loses his temper a little and replies in a loud tone of voice. "I don't know!"

I fully turn to look at the two of them other students turning around to look at Scott as well, and Scott tries to play it off by looking out the window as Stiles sits back in his seat and shrugs at me. Scott mutters defensively under his breath as he taps his pencil against the desk. "Jeez..."

Stiles is handed back his test and is satisfied by the "A" grade he received. However, Scott sighs loudly when he's handed his, which has a D- written on it, along with a message that says "Not like you! See me after class." Stiles leans forward to look at it and mutters sarcastically over Scott's shoulder. "Dude, you need to study more!"

Scott slams his test down on his desk and shoots Stiles a look, causing Stiles to scoff defensively. "That was a joke. Scott, it's one test! You're gonna make it up. Do you want help studying?"

Scott sighs and looks straight at his desk. "No, I'm studying with Allison after school today."

Stiles, knowing exactly what this means, smiles suggestively and pats him on the back with a proud expression. "That's my boy!"

I rolled my eyes at the two of them smiling fondly before my test was placed in front of me. "A+" written in big bold red letters making me smile wider.

"We're just studying." Scott retorted pointedly.

"Uh, no, you're not." Stiles scoffed at him.

Scott frowns in confusion, before asking confused. "No, I'm not?"

Stiles scoffs in exasperation, as though it's obvious as to what he's referring—Scott and Allison hooking up—before replying. "Not if I'm forced to live vicariously through you! If you go to her house today and squander that colossal opportunity, I swear to God, I'll have you de-balled."

Scott sighs and nods his head, clearly too exhausted to argue with him. "Okay. Just... stop with the questions, man."

Stiles nodded seemingly satisfied. "Done. No more questions. No more talk about the Alpha, or Derek..." Stiles trails off, his eyes going unfocused as he remembers his last interaction with the latter. "Especially Derek... who still scares me." This made me laugh quietly to myself.

"It's the last class of the day. Unless I asked you to stay after you can go." The teacher told us.

I packed my things up and stood up only to see Stiles standing next to my seat with a wide grin on his face.