The road to recovery

Chapter 10

Tyler and Stiles are sitting in the Mystic grill. Stiles is doing some more of his catch-up work while Tyler grills him on who he has been texting recently.

"So, you telling me all it took was one apology and you are both suddenly friends again?" Tyler questions.

Stiles finishes answering a question before looking up at Tyler and saying, "No, it wasn't just one apology. She apologises every single time we talk. It's starting to get annoying." Stiles grumbles.

"If I were you, I would make her grovel." Tyler admits.

"Well, then I guess it's a good thing you aren't me." Stiles says before going back to his work.

When Stiles next looks up Jeremy is standing beside their table.

"Hey guys, how have you been?" Jeremy asks.

"Since when?" Tyler questions clearly confused that Jeremy is speaking to them.

"I don't know, I haven't seen you much since your father's funeral. I just figured maybe you'd want..."

Tyler interrupts Jeremy, "I'm fine, Gilbert."

"Yeah, okay." Jeremy says disappointedly, causing Stiles to kick Tyler.

"Wait, hold on. I'm sorry. Bad day, bad month. Listen, you were cool that day, at the wake. Thanks for that. I felt like kind of a freak show." Tyler admits.

"Yeah, I know the feeling well. What are you doing here?" Jeremy asks.

"Trying to distract me from my work." Stiles announces.

Suddenly Aimee and a girl Stiles doesn't know show up at their table.

"Hey, thanks for the text. Where too?" Aimee asks Tyler.

"My place. My mom is gone all day. Empty house, fully stocked bar..." Tyler trails off.

"Margaritas?" Aimee queries.

"Sure." Tyler agrees then looks at Jeremy. "You in?"

"Yeah. yeah, I'm in." Jeremy accepts.

"Let's do it." Aimee says.

"If you thought I was distracting you before, you're going to hate this." Tyler tells Stiles, who is looking at him annoyed but still gets up to join them.

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Stiles is sitting in the office at the Lockwood mansion as he tries to ignore Aimee and who he now knows to be Sarah dancing. Tyler and Jeremy offered him a drink, but Stiles said no before he got back to his catch up work.

"Where is mine?" Stiles can hear Aimee ask.

"Have at it. Are you sure you don't want a drink dude?" Tyler asks Stiles again.

"I don't drink. Stop asking." Stiles repeats.

"Thanks for having us over, I think Sarah's got a thing for Jeremy." Aimee tells Tyler.

"Well, good for Sarah." Tyler replies.

"Look, I'm really embarrassed about slutting it up with you that day at the swimming hole. I'm really not like that, I promise you." Aimee tells Tyler causing Stiles to roll his eyes. That's why Tyler left him alone, to hook up.

"You don't need to apologise." Tyler states.

"Friends?" Aimee asks.

"Yeah, sure." Tyler says before they clink glasses.