The Theta

Chapter 1

It's been two weeks since the incident with Issac, I've been avoiding him since. I need to figure out what was going on. Turns out I hate school, so I have been "sick" and I took off the last two weeks. Luckily being stuck in this house for this long has given be a chance to study so I am smarter than the average teen my age (not bragging) (okay maybe a little). I was able to keep up with my work so teachers didn't get suspicious. Today I was going back.

"Mackenzie????" A floppy brown haired boy came running towards me.

"Stiles?" He grabbed me into one of his famous hugs. Stiles was my one and only friend before my mom died, he was the only one who understood me. We hung out everyday, nothing could separate us. That was until my mom died, and I left him alone for four years.

"Where have you been? It's been four year since I last saw you and spoke to you, you need to explain." His puppy brown eyes stared straight into mine. I couldn't lie, not to him, not again. I missed him. I needed him back in my life.

"Come over after school? I can explain everything, I promise."

"The last time you promised, you left me." Stiles spoke the truth, and I had to fight back tears. I didn't know what to do so I hugged him and told him I'd never let him go again. The bell rang and I had to run across school to my next class. Shit. I forgot Isaac was in this class.

"Welcome back Mackenzie." I felt my cheeks flush when the teacher called me out in front of the class for being M.I.A. the past two weeks. I walked silently to my seat next to Issac.

"Where were you?" Issac whispered to me. Oh my god he smelled like sunshine.

"Sick." He knew I was lying. He could hear my heartbeat. It pained me to have him staring at me, so I got up and sat down next to another girl in the back of the classroom. Her name is Anna. Luckily for me, we became friends quickly so I had an excuse not to sit next to Issac.

The rest of school flew past, and I rushed home to get ready for Stiles to come over. Was I nervous for him? The boy I used to cry in front of? This was a strange feeling. I never got nervous. I went upstairs to take a shower and I slapped on some makeup and some perfume. The doorbell rang and I rushed to the door.

"Stiles!" I jumped into him. He didn't seem too enthusiastic to see me. Did I do something?

"Kenz." He only called me that when he was worried.

"What..."

"You were gone for four years and now all of a sudden you appear as though you never left. Last time I saw you, you were this awkward girl with braces and now you're totally not awkward. I thought you had died. I thought I had lost my best friend, after all that has been going on this town, I was scared for you. Why? Why did you leave me?"

My head was spinning, he knew. He knew about the werewolfs, he understood, but did I? All I know is that I am human, and I control the wolves. If Stiles was a werewolf, he would definitely be able to hear my heartbeat from a mile away.

"Stiles, I'm sorry..." I then began to explain all that I know about thetas and who I am and not knowingly I started talking about Issac and everything that has happened these past two weeks. He sat there just like he used to, mesmerized by my words and listening to everything. This is what I missed, this is what I need again. I needed him. I convinced him to stay the night like old times, we made hot chocolate and did our homework together. When we were younger we would sleep in the same bed, but things have changed. We slept in the same bed tonight, and it was awkward, but it felt nice and safe.

The next morning I woke up to the smell of pancakes, this was the best way to start my weekend. I ran downstairs and Stiles was nowhere to be found, so I went on my morning run through the woods. Both headphones in, I focused on the beat of my feet hitting the ground. All of a sudden I felt a sharp horrible pain shoot through my leg. I looked down and saw that I had been shot. I healed quickly and I got up and looked for the shooter. Someone knew that there was a theta here, someone is hunting me. I sprinted back home to find a dead body hanging from the tree in my backyard. Tears quickly swelled in my eyes fearing that this body was my dear Stiles, I walked up hesitantly. The body ended up being Anna, the girl I had just recently become friends with. I immediately started crying, her blood spelled out a note saying "it's you or more innocent blood will be spilled".