All We Are

Chapter 5

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN TEEN WOLF

CHAPTER FIVE

"I brought food" I saw Scott walk through the door holding a bag of fast food. I smiled.

"McCall you definitely know a way to a girl's heart." I joked. "Where's that reliable cousin of mine that was supposed to be here an hour ago?"

"Stiles is still trying to find an in whatever that means; I asked him if I could pick you up anyways." He said I stared at him for a second.

"I'm not gonna have to ride on the handlebars like 8th grade again am I?"

"No. Mom gave me the car. It's just been a while since we've talked and I feel bad I didn't stop by last night."

"You were wooing Juliet."

"Juliet would have understood," Scott said.

"Alright get out of here for a second and let me get changed," I said, shooing him out the door but not before stealing a fry from the bag.

Getting up was still a little bit of a feat, I wasn't extremely steady on my feet yet, but I managed okay. I slipped on the sweats my dad had dropped off with a little bit of difficulty and went to the bathroom to brush my teeth. It took a while to get my hair brushed- what with having to evict the family of rats that had apparently turned it into their home.

When I walked out the door, Scott was waiting for me.

"You good?"

"Yep. Let's get out of here." He smiled and led the way. When we got in the car, he turned to me.

"Look, Charlie, I'm sorry I didn't tell you before, I just-"

"Don't worry about it Scotty boy, I get it. You thought you were protecting me. And I mean I've known 4, 5 days now and I've been in the hospital twice already, judging by that track record I'd say you were on to something." Scott looked down.

"Do you know what happened yesterday?"

"I've got an idea." I filled him in on my visit with Gerard. I left out Isaac and Derek's first visit, but I told him about Derek's morning call. I mean Derek's the idiot that forgot to threaten me on that one- although I did leave all mention of Lovesick werewolves out. "What I don't get though is you guys heal like super-fast right?"

Scott nodded.

"Why did he have to test me with that Wolfsbane stuff if he could see I was still injured three days later?" Scott gazed ahead of him for a moment his brown eyes deep in thought.

"Because it wasn't a test, it was a message to Derek and anyone else who helped Isaac... It was his way of saying he was still in control of the game." He started the car and took off.

"So how are things with Allison, and I mean, in general, I really don't want any specifics," I said.

We were sitting on the swings at the park by my house eating cheeseburgers. It was where we had always gone, just like the graveyard or the tree house had been mine and Isaac's.

"It's good, the sneaking around is a little tricky, but we've worked ourselves a pretty good arrangement out." He said. He looked over at me. "How about you and Isaac?"

"What about us?" I felt my face go red.

Scott chuckled and knocked his swing into mine.

"Seriously Charlie? You're gonna lie to your best friend who's pretty much a human lie-detector and can sense people's attraction-"

"That's disgusting Scott!"

"Besides," He continued ignoring my interruption. "Even Stiles can tell you like him and he still has no idea what we did at Jen Thompson's 11th birthday." I laughed at the memory.