Bitten by a Beta

9

Waking up the next morning was hell. I open my eyes, groaning under my breath. Seeing Theo next to me made me smile wide. I run my hand down his face and stop at his lips. I stare at them for a second and kiss him lightly, seeing him smile as I pulled out.
"Come back." He says, not opening his eyes.
I look to the clock on my wall and see it's 6:45.
"It's time to get up sleepy head." I run my hand through his hair.
He sneaks a kiss behind my ear as I get up.
"If you need a bathroom to take a shower or something, there is one in the guest room across from mine."
"Are you going to take a shower?" He wipes his eyes.
"Yeah. I'll be out in about 20 minutes. Help yourself to anything in the fridge. Scott and the others will be here soon too."
"You guys are pretty close huh?"
"Yeah. I'm going to go get ready."
He nods as I walk into my room, looking in the mirror at myself, seeing a small purple bruise on my collarbone.
"Shit." I run my fingers over it.
I go to my closet and grab some clothing for the day. I pull out a black t-shirt with a red and blue plaid shirt. I grab a pair of jeans that stopped at the ankle and my white converse, setting them on my bed.
I walk into the bathroom and strip down, looking at my small body in the mirror. I felt so weak. I turn on the shower at the hottest setting and step in, feeling the water burn my skin.
I feel my hair get damp and begin running shampoo and soon conditioner after. I grab my bar of soap and run it over my body, letting the water run all the suds down the drain.

I run my razor down my armpits and turn the water off, grabbing my towel from the top of the shower. I ring out my hair and wrap the towel around my chest, trying to cover the hickey on my collarbone. I step out of the shower and step in front of the mirror, feeling water droplets run down my neck. I wipe my hand across the mirror and see a person behind me. I turn around and hold up a fist, seeing it was Liam.
"Really?! You could've knocked."
I see him stare at my chest, his eyes getting big.
"What is that?" He points to the little purple dot on my collarbone, great.
"Liam.."
"Did he give you a hickey? Seriously?!"
"I didn't even know he did!"
"You were too busy having sex?"
"No! Hell no. I just met him, you are right."
"Are you going to break up with him?"
"No. It was an accident. I called him last night. I had another nightmare."
"You could've called me."
"I didn't want to bother you again."
"It doesn't bother me. I can help you learn to take control."
"Kelli?" I hear Theo's voice coming from the hall.
"Get in the shower! Now!"
"I'm in here, Theo." I walk out of the bathroom and close the door.
"Everyone is here. Woah."
"Thanks."
"I'm sorry." He points to the hickey on my collarbone.
"It's okay. I'll hide it."
He wipes his face and walks out.
"It's okay to come out." I tell Liam, he walks out of the bathroom.
"He didn't know he did it either?"
"All we did was kiss okay? That's all. He really did it all."
"That puts a nasty picture in my head."
"Let me get dressed, I'll be out in a few minutes."
He nods and walks out.

Drying my hair was a pain in the ass sometimes. I didn't get it fully dry but it looked fine when I brushed through it. I put on my clothes and slip my white converse on. I walk out of my room and look to Lydia and the girls.
"Hi guys."
"What's up?"
"Nothing."
"Can I braid your hair?" Malia holds up a hair tie.
I look up to clock and see it was only 7:20. School didn't start till 8:30 and we literally lived down the street.
"Sure." I sit in front of Malia as Lydia looks over to me, smiling.
"How are you?"
"Fine. Thank you for coming yesterday, it really helped."
"I never thanked you guys enough for Saturday night."
"It's fine. We really enjoyed it." Kira steps in, eating some bacon in the kitchen.
"Who made breakfast?"
"Theo. He's a really nice guy and not to mention he's really attractive."
"Yeah, he's super cute." I smile.
"Done." She lays the braid on my shoulder.
"Thanks Malia."
"Anytime."
I walk into the kitchen, seeing the boys talking around the table. They all seemed happy surprisingly.
I walk up to Theo who had my moms apron on that said "Kiss the Cook" on it. I wrap my arms around him and lay my head on his shoulder, watching him cook. I look up to his face, seeing a large smirk appear.
"You didn't have to make breakfast."
"I just wanted to have a reason to wear this apron."
He turns around, showing off.
"Well. It worked."
I get up on my tippy toes and kiss him lightly.
I could literally feel the anger in the room from Liam.
"Here's some food for you, Kell." Theo hands me a plate.
"Kell huh? I could call you EO."
Theo laughs as I sit down at the table, seeing Stiles give me a look.
"You guys are pretty close huh?" He points to my collarbone.
"It was a accident, okay? Mr. I can't spoon with my girlfriend."
Scott chuckles.
"We found this thing about him. His parents signatures change a lot, but the same name."
"What's so weird about that? Handwriting changes."
"Not this often."
"I can talk to him if you want me to."
"No. I need more evidence."
"This isn't a murder case, okay? Stiles, you need to chill out about him. He makes me happy. That's all that matters."
"You are right. I'm sorry."

Theo drives with me to school and we walk in the school holding hands. Lots of girls stared at him, probably jealous. It made me feel a little weird.
"All these girls are just jealous. Don't let it get to you okay?"
"Alright." He kisses my cheek.
"I have to go. See you soon."
"Bye."
Liam catches up to me as I approach my locker.
"Why did you blow up on Stiles this morning?"
"I want him to realize this is my life, I don't want him to target every person I'm the least bit of close to."
"He doesn't target me."
"That's because he actually got to know you before he judged."
"He judges me?"
"No."
"I understand."
"I'm not angry at him of anything. I'm just saying that I want a little bit of privacy."
"I get it. Class is about to start, I have history."
"I do too, let's go." I shut my locker, holding my books in my hands.

We walk into class and I sit in the back, next to a girl named Tracy. She was holding the bottom of her desk. She didn't give any eye contact as she stared at her jeans.
I see Liam sit next to this girl, I think her name was Hayden. She stuck gum to his chair. The gum was now stuck to his butt. I laugh a little and then look back to Tracy.
"Hey Tracy. Are you okay?"
She looks up at me but doesn't say anything. Her face was covered in this weird cheetah print that was turning black.
I flash my yellow eyes at her and she looks up.
"What's happening to me?" She growls as her teeth form.

I look up to Kira's dad who was the teacher, flashing my eyes at him and motioning to Tracy.
The bell rings and he nods his head.
"Let's go, Tracy."
I grab her hand and she removes her hand from my grip, following me slowly behind.
"Liam, let's go."
"What?"
I flash my eyes at him and he gets up, grabbing his books.
I walk into the hallway and tell him what was happening.
"Where is Scott?"
"AP Biology."
"That's where Theo is."
"I'll go get him."
I look back and notice Tracy was gone.
"Shit! Tracy?"
I walk up and down the halls, seeing her at her locker. She was trying to open it as fast as she could, I thinking she was trying to leave.
"Tracy, hey." She doesn't blink, but looks to the other side of the hall where I wasn't. She begins shaking rapidly and saying weird words under her breath.
She falls to the ground and black goo begins coming out of her mouth, a small black feather in the middle of it.
"What is she?" I look up, seeing Scott.
"She's a chimera."