Foresight

Chapter 26: 2-11

Stiles is restringing the mesh on his lacrosse stick. It has apparently been several days since the events of the last full moon. Stiles is talking to Ms. Morrell about the sensations one experiences while drowning. How hard the body fights, through excruciating pain to avoid opening the mouth under water. This instinct is called voluntary apnea and is so strong that you pass out before breathing in water.

"You have way too much random knowledge" Erica muttered to the thin weird boy who shrugged with a smirk.

Stiles describes it as peaceful. The counselor asks if he means that he hopes Matt experienced a moment of peace as he died. He does not. She asks if he feels sorry for the 9-year-old Matt who drowned. He explains that the childhood trauma doesn't give Matt the right to kill the kids that hurt him.

"Correct. He could have gotten help if it was not for the coach but it gave him no right to do what he did" Noah agreed.

He also reveals that investigators found a bunch of pictures of Allison on Matt's computer. Matt had apparently photo shopped himself into several of the images to make it appear that he and Allison were holding hands and kissing. Based on all this Stiles concludes that Matt was riding the crazy train for a long time.

"Crazy and creepy" Allison shuddered, imagining the edited photos.

We also learn during Stiles' session that his father was reinstated as Sheriff. Stiles says there is a new tension between father and son. He also hasn't talked to Scott since the night of the full moon. Scott is at home pulling a new shirt from a Macy's bag. He hears his mother down the hall and rushes out to talk to her. She closes the door to her room and he stands outside and asks her to talk to him. On the other side of the door she looks like she wants to but does not.

"Oh come on woman" Melissa screamed internally, but externally just sighed.

Stiles says Scott and Allison are also not speaking and that it is her choice. The death of her mom has hit her hard and she and her father have become closer.

Allison sighed looking at her boyfriend. He looked normal on the looks, but she could tell that was not the case. His eyes told her what she suspected. He wanted to help her, or at least the future version of him wanted to help the future version of her, but future her was a bitch and pushed him away and that had hurt him, both present and future.

Allison, in her car, fogs up the window to reveal a message Scott has left for her. It says "12:00 PLEASE." She quickly wipes away the condensation and the message it showed. Allison, in the basement with Chris, goes over a map of Beacon Hills. There is a grid pattern with several of the grids marked with an X. Only one grid remains in the center of the map. It is marked "Beacon Hills Rail Depot." Stiles explains to Ms. Morrell that Jackson hasn't been himself lately and we see him sitting on his bed, claws extended, hands covered in blood. Stiles says Lydia is now the most normal of the group.

"What you mean I am not normal?" Lydia sniffed at Stiles. Stiles shrugged, "future you was in no way normal in all this" he pointed out. Lydia wanted to throw an argument at him but knew he was right. So for now she decided to just pout at the boy who smiled sheepishly at her.

Since Stiles has been obsessively tightening the mesh on his stick throughout their conversation, the Counselor asks if he is nervous about the championship lacrosse game set for tomorrow night. Stiles says no because he never actually plays. But, he adds, due to the fact that one teammate is dead and another is missing that might change. Ms. Morrell then turns the conversation to Isaac and the other "runaways". Stiles tries to change the subject asking her why she doesn't take notes. She says she does them after each session but then drives the conversation back around to Stiles. He says he's not sleeping, is jumpy and suffers from a constant overwhelming fear that something terrible is about to happen.