The Anchor

Chapter 1

"Come on Mason, give it a break." I hear two boys arguing at the doorway of the class.

"Dude I just don't understand..do you know what a Tez-ca.." Mason gets cut off.

"Tezcatlipoca. No. No, I've never heard of him." They both sigh and walk in and sit across from one another.

"Um Liam are you going to sit down?" Asks the teacher. I turn around and look at him. He glances at me and smiles. I get nervous and turn back around while blushing.

"I uh-no" He replies

"So you're going to stand the whole semester?" Mr. Yukimura asks.
I turn around and look at him again, he stutters and stares at the girl beside him.

"Maybe.." Liam says as he sighs.

"Liam please have a seat."
Mr. Yukimura starts to write on the board. I look at the girl as Liam sits down, she quickly plops her gum that she had been chewing on his seat. I think about warning him but he had already sat down before I could. I nervously open my books and let him figure it out for himself.

A couple minutes later Liam figures it out and just gives her a dirty look as Mason smiles with the girl. Soon enough the bell goes and I'm one of the first people to leave the class. I speed over to my locker and place my books inside. I feel as if I'm being watched, I turn around and look at everyone around me. I catch Mason smirking at me while he's talking to Liam. I twirl my hair around my ear nervously and face my locker again.

Grabbing my Math binder I close my locker and head straight to my next period, not looking back. Math is one of my favourite subjects, extremely boring but kinda fascinating. I sit through it and write down as I'm told and wait for the lunch bell to go. When it does the teacher holds me back.

"You seemed distracted Marie.." She says while leaning on her desk.

"Oh..just a bit nervous is all.." I say worried. She stands up straight and laughs.

"Only joking! Tell your mother I said hi!" She pats my back and I leave the classroom. Odd thing is, I've never seen that woman before. I once again head to my locker and take out my lunch and my school map. I moved from a far away state cause my dad was transferred in work, I didn't even know what Beacon Hills was until we pulled up to the little sign that says it.

I swoop around the corner past where Liam and Mason were standing. Thinking I'm headed out to the back but I'm not sure. As I'm looking at the map, I bump into two seniors, both tall handsome. The first thing they both do is quietly grunt.

"Sorry.." I say putting away the paper.

"You new?" Asks the more confident one.

"Sadly yes." I say kinda scoffing off a laugh.

They both smile.

"I'm Scott and this i-" He gets cut off.

"I'm Stiles and I can talk." He says as he pats Scott on the back.

"Nice to meet you two, I'- I'm Marie." I look away and get mad at myself for stuttering.

"Where you headed?" Stiles asks.
Scott examines me and starts to smile.

"The grounds..and what?" Asking Scott.

"Oh we can show you." Replies Stiles.

"Just thinking about someone." Says Scott as he nods.

"C'mon." They say at the same time and smile at one another. We go around a couple corners and end up outside, where the picnic tables are and everyone is sitting and laughing.

"Thank you and sorry for inconveniencing you." Twisting my hands nervously.

"You can sit with us if you want?" Asks Scott.

Stiles nudges him and gives him a look.

"No it's alright." I say quickly.

"No come on..gotta make friends somehow!" He pushes me towards the table. I look back at Stiles who stands there and humorously shrugs.

We get to the table where a whole bunch of people are siting. I examine everyone and catch Liam staring than looking away quickly.

"Alright so," Scott starts off.
I brace myself for the humility.

"This is Lydia." He says pointing at the gorgeous red head. She smiles and slightly waves. I nod at her while crossing my arms.

"You already met Stiles."
Stiles winks at me and smiles at himself. I hold in a giggle at how cute he is.

"That's Malia."
Malia awkwardly waves and pinches her nose adorably. I smile at her.

"That's Kira."
She mouths a hello and waves.

"That's Mason."
All he does is smile and than look at Liam as he is looking down at his hands.

"And that's Liam."
Liam looks up and softly smiles.

"And everyone this is Marie!"
I stare at everyone for a moment.

"Hi..?" Sounding awkward.

I sit beside Lydia and just listen to everyone talk. Once in a while I look over at Liam who won't stop staring at me and nodding at Mason who won't stop blabbering.

Stiles and Scott glare at one another as if they're thinking about the exact same thing, Scott stands and picks up Liam by his hoodie as Stiles anxiously follows. They go talk quietly in a corner as if interviewing Liam.

"Soo what are you doing since you have the rest of the day off Lydia?" Kira asks

"I was gonna maybe see if my mom needed help with anything than see what happens from there." She replies.

"Oh so much fun." Malia says as sarcastic as possible.

"Oh whatever mini Stiles!" Lydia says and they all laugh.