Something To Think About. (Teen Wolf)

8

I had been sitting underneath the rushing water in my clothes for a little over an hour. The memories of earlier that night flashing through my head.

*Flashback*

"Don't freak out. This is what we wanted to show you. I know it's scary now but let us explain everything first."Derek said.

I said nothing.

"I can make all of your pain and weakness go away. You will be fast, you will be able to hear, see, and smell things that humans could never dream of. You won't have any weaknesses. No more schizophrenia and no more scars."

Again nothing. I was frozen and my body shook slightly.

"Ryder, before we were like this, we were nobody's. We had weaknesses but look at us now. We are confident, strong, and we aren't nobody's anymore." Erica told me.

"What are you?" I half whispered.

"Werewolves."

After they told me what they were they explained everything. Alphas, betas, the bite, everything.

Then they asked me if I wanted to be like them, if I wanted the bite.

I shuddered at the thought. I think I would have liked them as drug dealers better. I would never want to be like them.

I was pulled out of my thought by the sound of banging on the door.

"Ryder, are you trying to make us broke? You've been in the shower for over an hour and I'm pretty sure you aren't using the water for cleansing. Are you alright in there?" I heard a muffled Stiles say through the door.

"I'm- I'm fine." I say, half-hearted.

The truth is I wasn't fine. The reason I was soaked in the first place was because I had this strange idea that if I sat under the water long enough I would wake up in my bed, the whole evening a dream. Or somehow every memory of that night would wash down the drain.

"Look, I know your not fine. If you were fine you wouldn't be sulking in the shower. Can I come in?"

Before I could answer, the door opened and Stiles walked in anyway.

"Wow. You are definitely not okay." He said.

"Is it really that bad?"

"Yep. I'm gonna call Scott and then dry you off and get you in bed. Then you, me, and Scott are gonna have a chat. Ok? Ok."

I smiled slightly as he turned and left the small bathroom. No one had ever cared for me like that before.

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