I Love Him But I Can't (Scallison)

First Court Date

Three weeks later, Scott was still with Stiles and Mr. Stilinski just adored Scott. Scott would be meeting me in the back of the library. He needed to tell me something.

"Girls, come eat some breakfast," my dad said.

I find Lydia waiting at the bottom of the stairs for me. "Hey sis," she said. "You hungry?"

"Starved. Wanna go to the mall after school?"

"I can't. Scott's giving me a ride to court. We both have to make an appearance today."

"You both have court after school?"

"Yeah. He told you already, didn't he?"

"Um, no. This is the first I'm hearing about it."

"He was probably gonna tell you at school. He's been leaning on you for support throughout this spiral that he and I call our lives." She smiles at me. "The only reason he's not in a deep spiral of depression, is because he has you. I was never a good help because I had been struggling with the aftershock of my own custody battle. You keep him grounded, like an anchor. He loves you. I can tell because he looks at you the way my dad looks at money. As if losing you will tear him apart." Lydia presses her finger into my shoulder. "Hurt him and I'll reach into your chest and rip out your heart. But if you're willing to break Scott's, I doubt I'll find one ."

I smile and say "I don't plan on ever hurting Scott. But while we're making threats, if you hurt Stiles, I'll have to burn all your designer bags and put Prada up for adoption."

She gasps and says "Not my baby. Prada's a sweetheart."

"You're right, I should just take her."

She laughs and we go into the dinning room to have breakfast.

"Lydia, social services informed us of the court meeting, but we wanted to tell you that we'll be driving up to San Francisco to visit relatives for the weekend. The house is yours for the weekend but I'd feel better if you stayed with another friend till we come back," dad said just as we were getting up to leave for school.

"Thanks Mr. Argent. I really appreciate you all letting me stay here."

Mom smiles and says "It's a pleasure having you here. Get to school safely girls."

"We will mom. Love you guys. I'll come straight home."

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When I got to the library, I found Scott in the corner with a red rose.

"Hey beautiful."

I take the rose, putting it next to us on the bookshelf. I wrap my arms around his neck and pull him into a sweet kiss.

"Hey handsome."

"I've missed you."

I laugh and say "You saw me yesterday and the day before that and the day before that." I kiss his cheek and smile. "It's Friday. We've spent all week together."

"Is this your way of saying you're sick of me? I'll back off if you want me to."

"I'll never be sick of you and I totally don't want you to back off. I love you."

He smiles and says "I love you too. I had planned on asking you to a movie for tomorrow but I have court today after school and then again all day tomorrow. I'd ask you to come but I don't want you anywhere near Raffaele. I need you to be safe."