Eyes Wide Open »Liam Dunbar«(On Hold)

{9} - Ice Cream

Can't take two steps ahead of me,
When the fogs comes rolling in

Pain. That was all Tia could feel, pain. There was a throbbing sensation at the back of her head and her neck felt like it could have been strangled by the thermo-cut wire.

  She tried to prise her eyes open, but she had no such luck. The second her eyelids opened, they closed again with tiredness. As if they hadn't even opened at all. She tried again, keeping them open for an extra half a second, but yet still had no luck, her vision going straight back to darkness.

Tia tried again, three more times, but still couldn't keep them open- a second longer each time. Then, four attempts later she prised them open as wide as she could, almost as if her eyelids were being held open with tape.

After holding them open for fives seconds she blinked, then blinked again. Her eyes came out of the darkness they were in before and she began seeing little bits of light. Blurs of it. Then outlines. Outlines of people and shapes.

Standing in front of her were, as far as she could tell, about three people.

"Tia? Oh thank God, she's awake. Tia, can you hear me?" Someone asked. Liam? Tia was pretty sure it was Liam. "Tia come on, stay awake. Or I might have to slap you like you do to me." The person chuckled. Liam. It was definitely Liam.

"Liam, you are not slapping my sister." Another voice said, who presumably Stiles considering he referred to Tia as 'my sister'.

"I was kidding. Calm down."

"Could you guys shut up?" Tia mumbled. Her vision had now returned and she could see. And also hear. She slowly pushed herself onto her elbows before sitting up, grunting in pain as her spine straightened. "My headache is bad enough you guys aren't helping."

"Sorry, sorry. Let me help you up." Liam said. He then carefully placed his hands under her arms to lift her on to her feet. Tia stood slowly and Liam removed his hands from her arms. Without the extra support, Tia stumbled forward falling into someone's arms as she did so, this time it wasn't Liam's.

"Deaton? I'm at the vets?" Tia asked in confusion.

"Yep. Are you okay." Deaton asked.

"Yeah, I just have a sore head. Why am I here?"

"Do you not remember what happened?" Stiles asked, approaching Tia.

"Oh yeah, trust me, I do. And I swear to God the next time I come across Violet, she is getting not one, not two, but three bitch slaps!"

''How about we save that for another day?" Stiles asked.

"She slammed me against a locker two times, I'm pretty sure any time is appropriate." Tia deadpanned.

"That doesn't matter, she was arrested.I'm just glad you're okay." Stiles admitted as he pulled his younger sister into a tight hear hug.

"This is a great bonding experience and all, but could you let me breathe now?" Tia wheezed.

"Sure." Stiles laughed before pulling away.

"What happened while I was out?" Tia asked looking at Deaton and Scott.

"I found Violet in the locker room, she tried to strangle me but I, well, basically I put her unconscious. Brett was lying on the floor unconscious too, but it was Violet who did that." Scoot explained.

"Are you okay? Is Brett, where is he now?" Tia asked pulling Scott into an awkward hug. Her arms wrapped tightly around his waist, and because she was short, her face buried into his chest. Scott awkwardly wrapped his arms around her and gently patted her back.