This IS My Normal

020

"Before everything happened at the library, I was thinking the master could be Matt." "Matt, the guy who's also on the lacrosse team?" "Scott shut it down too. But there's something weird about him." Stiles told me.

I got quiet as we started to approach Scott's house. "Are you okay, Lia?" "Hmm? Yeah, no, I- I'm just tired. I haven't been getting much sleep lately". "I get it. There's been too much-" "Too much for a bunch of sixteen year olds" I cut him off.

Scott opened the passenger door and I jumped in the back seat.

••••

"There's gotta be some other way to get tickets" Scott said the minute he left the jeep. "It's a secret show you know, it's a secret" Stiles so helpfully pointed out.

"Hey, either of you guys know why no one is getting suspended after the other day at school?" Matt asked as he approached us.

"Just forget about it, nobody got hurt" Stiles replied in an attempt to brush him off. "I- I had a concussion." "Well nobody got seriously hurt". "I was in the ER for like six hours". "Well, do you want to know the truth, Matt? Your little bump on the head is about this high on our list of problems right now" Stiles basically yelled at Matt as he squatted with his hand about an inch up from the ground.

"I don't like him" Stiles said as we turned and continued to walk into the school.

••••

"Polo, you got tickets for that secret show, right?" He rolled his eyes at me already knowing where I was headed.

"No, you can't go. I actually found this nice girl to go with-" "Well it's not safe" I interrupted, "And if you have two tickets, then I need one." "No, Emilia. I'm going on a date." "Well tell her to cancel! I couldn't find any tickets. Isaac apparently beat two guys for their tickets for Stiles and Scott. Plus, Scott and Stiles made a plan to trap the Kanima and it's master." I pleaded. "What's in it for me?" "Nothing, there's a Kanima running around town killing people and paralyzing the rest. You'll get the satisfaction of helping us".

Polo rolled his eyes as he ran upstairs. A few moments later, he came back down holding the tickets.

"Here" he says to me as he holds out a ticket. Just as I reach for it, he jerks his hand back. "Don't say I don't ever do anything for you" he warned. I snatched the ticket from his hand.

"Thank you, Polo." I say as I ran out of the house.

Only to realize, I don't have a car.

"You need a ride, don't you?" "You know, sometimes, you can actually be a decent brother" I told Polo as I jumped into his car. "I'm not staying though, I don't know the plan and I don't want to be in the way. My date is just going to come over and we're gonna watch a movie instead."

••••

"Stiles!" "Emilia?... And your brother". "Is Scott inside?"I asked him. "Yes, but-" I didn't listen to him before I started running inside.

After Polo and I turned in our tickets, I went to go find Scott. Instead, I was met with Allison who was in distraught.

"What's wrong?" "Uh, Scott and I just got in a fight I-I uh think. I told my dad and-" "You told your dad! Allison, what did you tell him? Does he- does he know that it's Jackson? Where's Scott?" "I don't- I don't know" she stuttered. I sighed as I went and continued to find Scott.

I was running through the warehouse when Erica grabbed me. "We've got Jackson. Did Stiles secure the building?" I stopped for a moment. From the second I had arrived at the party, I had been under stress.