Everyone Has Demons [Teen Wolf]

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I slid into my seat next to Stiles in history, just before the first bell rang. "No calls last night, no nightmares?" I asked.

"Not last night," he told me.

"Maybe they're over."

"I wouldn't count on it," he mumbled.

"Just trying to be optimistic," I said.

He reached over and rubbed my arm. "I know, thanks."

Scott leaned over. "Fill Ava in on what happened last night."

"What?" I looked between him and Stiles, but Scott went back to looking through a stack of paper on his desk. "What happened last night?" I asked Stiles.

"We found a were-coyote. We think it's a girl that went missing a few years ago."

"And what she's been trapped in a coyote's body since then?" I asked.

"Pretty much yeah. We found the den she's been hiding out in but Allison says coyotes don't like wolves, so she probably won't be back. Also coyotes tiptoe, that's weird right?"

"How do we go about changing her back into a human?"

He shrugged. "That's where Scott comes in, I guess."

"Alright, we were reading about internment camps yesterday. There is a passage I would like to return to briefly before we continue," Mr. Yukimura said. "Would anyone like to come up front and read it for us? Mr. Stilinski?"

Stiles sat up quickly. "Um, maybe someone else..."

"I'll read it," I volunteered.

"That's very nice of you, Miss Bates, but everyone participates in my class. You'll get your turn later."

Stiles stood up slowly and walked to the podium. He looked at the book and the color drained from his face. He clutched the podium tightly as if he was going to fall at any moment. I looked at Scott who was already on his feet. "Stiles, are you ok?" He looked at Mr. Yukimura. "I think I should take him to the nurses office."

Scott led Stiles out of class and I watched the door close behind them. "Ava," Mr. Yukimura said. "Would you like to read the passage for us?"

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For the rest of class I sat counting down the minutes until I could go check on Stiles. After what felt like a century the bell finally rang and I jumped to my feet and gathered Stiles and Scott's bags. "Do you need help?" Kira asked.

"Yeah, that'd be great." I gave her one of the backpacks.

"Does Stiles have panic attacks a lot?"

"It's sort of a new thing," I told her.

"I can take their bags if you need to get to class, I have a free period next."

I could tell Kira wanted to talk to Scott so I nodded and handed her the other bag as well. "Thanks."

Halfway through French there was an alarm and we were informed a wild coyote was spotted in the building and had attempted to attack a student. Allison and I looked at each other, knowing exactly what coyote they were talking about.

Both of our phones buzzed at once. "I've got to go pick something up for Scott," Allison said.

"That coyote attacked Kira, the new girl. That's my fault, I sent her off on her own so I wouldn't be late to French."

"Hey, she didn't get hurt."

"What if she had?" I asked.

Allison looked at her phone again. "I've got to go."