Secret Love

__Feelings__

Malia started to doze off and all she really wanted to do was get comfy and spoon with Stiles for a little while. She could smell his anxiety and deep worry but she also knew there was nothing she could do to erase that. Malia understood Lydia was his best friend and that Stiles would undoubtedly be in the same state if not worse if it were Scott. He was Stiles's brother and the only one who knew him the best. That's why when they had arrived she left them to talk and see if Stiles could calm down a bit. Leaning on him as she had been she knew Stiles had. Stiles still was worried but not as much as he had been when they first got there. Malia wasn't sure what Scott or even Melissa said to him before she told the rest of them that Lydia would be okay because for some reason her gut had told her not to listen into Stiles's conversations with the McCall's. For once she listened to her instincts and just sat there with a pensive Chris. Luckily Kira and Liam had showed up while Stiles had gone to the restroom to see how their friend was doing.

In all honesty if anyone asked her if she cared about the banshee in the past Malia would have said no. Because she believed in the animal kingdom way of doing things. Lydia in her eyes was a weak link and if anything she had been pulling back the pack. All she ever did was find dead bodies and even then she never knew what she was doing. Of course neither did Kira but at least Kira was helpful. She knew how to fight and mess with electricity which was pretty neat in her eyes. Malia saw why Kira was useful but when it came to Lydia she just never really saw the purpose. Of course now that she has gotten to get to know the banshee much better Malia understood she always tried her best. She saw how Lydia had spent hours trying to break the benefactors code and just understand her powers. Sure she never really liked that Stiles would pass time with her but in the end she knew that he would come home to her and was her boyfriend not Lydia's.

Malia also understood what a team both Stiles and Lydia made when they where in investigator mode. She was confidently intelligent and he was extremely curious for his own good. Indubitably she could see them as the same person. A different side of the same coin. But she was just glad that Lydia wasn't a threat to her. When it came down to it she was the one dating Stiles and Lydia was dating Parrish therefore no competition. Malia just had to start understanding and talking more with him. She needed to figure out what was making them grow apart. Malia hated to admit it but the first time she fought the dread doctors she saw the doubt in Stiles eyes and facial expression when she told him she hadn't killed Tracy. Sure she should have been more occupied with helping Stiles in his suspicion over Theo in the beginning then writing it off and trying to make him jealous by saying she could understand why he was worried when Theo had great hair and perfect body. But he was gorgeous and since the beginning she felt she could trust him. Of course she wasn't completely fooled with his perfect hair and body because she always saw Theo as a guy who wanted something.

She couldn't deny she didn't like him. Malia already knew that Theo knew about her feelings. He even seemed to know way before she did but even now she doesn't know how much she feels for him. Looking up at Stiles she could tell he still wasn't in the present with her. He was off somewhere in his mind and for once she was okay with that because she was lost in hers. Malia couldn't help and just think of everything that had happened in the last few hours. For some reason or another Scott and her had been down at the tunnels looking for any clues over the beast when she had asked Scott if he knew why Stiles had been so distant. Apparently Scott was unaware of Stiles being different. Sure he noticed Stiles was always sometimes off on his own but it was for thinking purpose.

Malia even had a nice conversation with him over how Stiles had found a safe haven in where he can think and just be himself without the rest of them being with him. Scott even calmly reminded her that Stiles was human and that all the supernatural stuff took a toll on him the most and that he could understand why Stiles needed a quiet place to just be with himself. Of course she asked Scott why Stiles couldn't just go to a library to be in a quiet and calm place or stay home like Lydia did when all the voices were starting to be to much for her. Scott of course laughed for a few minutes before he told her how a library wouldn't really help Stiles because he would probably end up looking up facts and just drown in research unintentionally and he couldn't stay home because his dad and her would end up being a distraction.

After that she dropped the conversation seeing that Scott was right. She couldn't force Stiles to just open up to her if she couldn't even understand why he needed a secret place. She just wished he would share his thoughts more with her. Instead she found herself always having to ask him why something was so important to him. Yet, She trusted Theo without a shred of doubt at times.

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Malia felt her phone vibrating inside her pocket and looked to see who could be bugging her. Of course when she looked she wasn't surprised to find out it was the same person she was thinking about.

Theo:

We need to talk

Deciding it wasn't the place nor the time Malia ignored his text and decided it was time to take action and fix her diminishing relationship. Malia grabbed Stiles's hand and entwined there fingers together. Stiles looked down at the feeling of medium size hands holding onto his. They weren't the ones he wished to have but he couldn't see himself pulling his hands from Malia's. Turning his head Stiles saw Malia looking at him and trying to give him support. "Stiles, everything is okay. Lydia is safe and just resting now. Our friend is okay. Do you get that.", Malia softly spoke. Stiles gave her hand a gentle squeeze and said, "I know Malia. I'm just trying to figure out what we should do next. The Beast is still out there and so are the Dread Doctors as well as Theo and his pack being up to something if you think about it. I just don't want anyone else to get hurt."

Malia took that in and gave him a reassuring smile, "Everything will work out Stiles. I know it might be a rude thing to say but thanks to this situation everyone is back together. Scott and Kira are just happy to be together again. Liam is starting to talk to Scott again. And you and I are getting back to us. Lydia is the cause of all this happiness. She's going to be okay and I'm sure that by tomorrow when she's up and running, Parrish will be there to give her all the support we can't give her at the moment." Stiles hated the fact that Parrish would get to see her before he would again but in reality he wasn't thinking about the Dread Doctors, the Beast, or Theo and his pack at all. In reality he was thinking about how he was going to get into Lydia's room that night without Lydia's mother or the other nurses getting in the way.