This IS My Normal

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"If Peter is just out for revenge, why are we trying to get in the way of that"? I asked Stiles. "Because, innocent people are dying." "Do we know that they're innocent? I thought he was going after the ones who lit the fire?" "All of those people could not have been a part of it. Besides, Scott thinks he's going after Allison."

"Are you thinking we're going to need more help or something? Because-" "Help for what? Did you tell someone about this?" Stiles asked starting to get irritated, "You said that you would keep your mouth shut-" "Stiles! No, I didn't tell anyone. I'm just trying to figure out what's going on! You and Scott are a tight unit. I'm just like running around lost". "Well Scott lost his phone again. But I always catch you up. You know Scott's brain just gets all mixed cause he's always you know, being hunted or in danger. That gets me wondering".

He took a break from talking. Which doesn't happen often. He started to look at me as if I did something wrong.

"How have you not been found out? You come to town and all of these bad things start to happen. Scott, Derek, the hunters, Peter. A lot of things have just been messed up since your arrival" he took a step back from me.

"Stiles, I don't know what you're getting at. The dance is tonight and there's a lot of stuff going down. There's no time for us to turn on each other. Let's not forget Allison came at the same time as me. Her parents are the hunters. Peter would've bit anyone in those woods. Derek still hasn't really done anything wrong."

"Look, Allison texted me that Lydia has agreed to go to formal with me. I don't have time to argue with you. Just, stay away tonight. I don't know what it is but something isn't right" he tells me as he walks away.

••••

"Polo!" I yelled when I walked into my house. "Why are you home? I thought there was a formal or something." "Well, I was ordered to stay away. Because apparently- Wait. Is Dad home"? Polo shook his head. I walked over to the couch and sat down.

"Apparently everything went south in Stiles and Scott's lives since I came to town. They don't want my help!" my heart started to pound. My body started to get hot. "I've done nothing aside from trying to help them. And this is what I've gotten in return."

"What's going on? What do they need help with?" Polo asks me as he sits on the chair next to me. "They don't need help with anything. They don't need me. I'm the bad guy".

Polo then stood up and started to laugh to himself. "What's so funny I asked?" "You. I mean. I don't know why they don't trust you. That's kind of fucked-" "Not they. Just one of them. Stiles." "Well, then he's fucked. Because you're an amazing friend. When we lived in Phoenix you took the blame for a few of your bad friends. They would never do the same for you. You're loyal. That's just something we're forced to be. If you know something is going down at that school tonight, you need to be there".

I threw my head back not wanting to be in this conversation anymore. "Because, if something bad happens and I'm there, they could find a way to blame me".

Polo took a seat next to me and stared at me with a concerning look on his face. "Then we need to make sure we're left unseen" he tells me.