The Awakening ²|Isaac Lahey

15. The Sign of the Time

Veronica walked into her house that night. Noah's Squad car, and Stiles's blue jeep were already there. Veronica, was honestly dreading the dinner with Stiles and her aunt.

Mattheo, however, was excited to see his sister. He smiled at her. Waved and went back to the game he was playing with Stiles. Veronica waved at him, but when Stiles waved at her, instead of returning it she acted like she didn't see him. Instead she went to the table and sat down next to Melanie, who gave her a weird look.

"Mattheo! Stiles! Come eat!" Selena called out. The boys got up and quickly came into the kitchen.

"I think I might actually be starving. Hey Ronnie." Stiles said sitting down next to her.

"Hey, Stilinski." She said dully without looking over at him.

Selena set a plate down infront of Veronica, who immediately began eating. It was a method to stop herself from saying something snarky. However, it didn't work.

    “So I started watching this show, and in the first episode.. there is a girl who got ressurected.” Veronica said. Stiles looked up at Selena, who shook her head.

    “Well maybe the people who did it couldn't live without her.” Stiles said.

    “Yeah well. Dead is dead. You can't bring someone back to life just because you care for them. People die everyday and they stay dead. That's how the natural world works.” Veronica said passive aggressively. Noah looked between the two friends, concerned and very confused.

    “Maybe they're not in the natural world. But nobody exactly know the rules of the supernatural world.” Stiles said, taking a bite out of his food.

    “Everyone knows that when you ressurect someone, there's going to be consequences. Nature will always. find. A. Balance. You can't bring someone back from the dead and except everything to be sunshine and roses. That's now how the world works. Supernatural or not. If you die... Then you stayed dead!” Veronica snapped as she stood up, glaring at the boy. “I'm not hungry.” She left the room, knocking her chair on the floor as she did so.

    “Me either.” Stiles stood up quickly, but politely pushed his chair in with a glance at Rosalind and Selena. Selena's face had dropped completely. Stiles followed after Veronica into her room. “What was that abo-” He was cut off when Veronica's hand collided against his cheek. “Oww!” he said with wide eyes.

    “You brought me back from the dead.” She spat dangerously. “Not only that.. but my life is now linked to your life. Do you have any idea how dangerous that is?”

    “It's just our lives-” Veronica grabbed a thumbtack and pushed into her thumb. “Ow! What the hell?” Stiles said.

    “What happens to you? Also happens to me!” she said pushing his shoulder back. “You had no right to bring me back from the dead.”

    “I couldn't just let you die!”

    “Yes, Stiles. You really could've. Now I got to find a way to unlink us, but it'll be much harder now because my powers are fading.”

    “You can't. You'll die, Veronica, and I need you to be alive.” Stiles said, in shock at the girl.

    “I'm supposed to be dead!” She snapped.

    “Why are you so mad at me?” Stiles asked, he couldn't understand her. He saved her life.

    “Are you stupid? I died! And then you brought me back to life! You didn't tell me! You let me think I was going crazy! I trusted you! I told you something was wrong with me and you still didn't say anything!” she smacked his shoulder repeatedly as tears built up on her eyes. “I trusted you! Did you even think of what would happen to me? I told you witchcraft isn't something you can play around with! If you bring someone back from the dead, you'll upset the ancestors and I'll lose everything! You shouldn't have brought me back! No one can handle that kind of darkness!” She said to him.

    “You can!”

    “You can't bring someone back to life because you're in love with me!” Veronica screamed at him, the light in her room exploded. Stiles went completely silent. “Yeah. I know. And I also know that I really like Isaac. And I want to be with him. But I've been holding back because of you. Because I was confused on how I felt about you. I was thinking about what we could be together, again! I was head over heels obsessed with you in middle school. But I'm not anymore... Because whatever we had. A friendship. Feelings.. it's over now. All of it. It's all over. I don't want to be your friend. Or anything else to you.”

    “What? Ronnie-”

    “Don't call me that! We're not friends anymore! So get out. And stay away from me.” Veronica said looking away from him. She wiped her eyes as she heard the door open and felt him leave the room. Out of anger, Veronica ripped off all of the pictures off of her wall. Mainly the ones with her and Stiles. She was well aware of the fact that she was being very dramatic.

Stiles stormed down the steps and went to the door. “Where are you going?” Noah asked standing up.

    “Home.” Stiles said, trying not hold back tears. But also angry that things with Veronica got so out of hand.

Melanie opened her mouth to ask him more, but she was cut out by Veronica's scream, and multiple crashing sounds. Everyone ran upstairs, except for Stiles who left.

    “Oh my god....” Selena said in shock after opening the door.

Veronica was standing in the middle of her room, which was completely trashed. All of her furniture was on the floor knocked over. The mirrors and glass objects were all shattered. For Mattheo, the scariest part was when she finally said something when she noticed everyone standing there. “I think I'm gonna go back to Derek's for the night.” She said in the calmest voice they've ever heard. She stepped over the mess and out of the room. Selena turned around and watched her leave the room. The silence was first broken by both Narcissa and Bellatrix who began barking.

Veronica felt stupid. Stupid that she trusted Stiles. Stupid that she actually thought they could be a couple that would actually made sense. Stupid that she actually let her feel something for her best friend. Stupid that Peter got into her head and ruined it. But none of that mattered to her anymore. Because whatever she felt for Stiles, was gone. She felt it leave. She also knew she liked Isaac. She really liked Isaac.

Veronica walked into the abandoned building. When she seen the young beta leaning against the wall she couldn't help the smile that took over her face. “You came.” She said softly.

    “You called.” He told her. Veronica wrapped her arms around his waist. Isaac embraced the hug immediately. She stood on her tippy toes, removing her arms from his waist and putting them around his neck. Softly she put her lips against his, but pulled away quickly.

    “Thank you.” She told him, her arms went back to his waist. Veronica swore that she could've stayed in Isaac's arms like this forever. She felt so grounded around him.

Back at the Navarro household, Selena was getting yelled at by Melanie and Mattheo in the middle of Veronica's room. “My little sister died! And you didn't tell me? You said it was just an attack and that she was okay!” Melanie yelled angrily.

    “She is okay! She's alive right now isn't she?!” Selena yelled back.

    “Does this seem okay to you?” Melanie asked motioning around the room. “She's losing her mind! And in doing so losing complete control over her powers!”

    “What was I supposed to do! She was dead! I couldn't lose another person! Michelle! Spencer! Veronica? I saved her. I did what needed to be done. And I will deal with the consequences of my actions.” Selena said, final. She used her magic to push the door open and walked out of the room.

Mattheo looked out Melanie,“What'll happen to Veronica?” he asked her. Melanie shook her head.

    “I have no idea...”