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14. The truth

I open my eyes. The first thing I see is the white ceiling of the hospital room. I can hear the monitors bipping and someone else's breath in the room. I try to turn my head to that person but my muscles are sore.

I hear someone moving in the couch next to me.

"Lydia are you alright?"

It was Stiles.

"Stiles? What are you doing here?"

He knelt beside my bed.

"Waiting for you to open your eyes."

"Have you been here the entire night?"

"The entire weekend. You were unconcious for a while."

"But what about the rest? Scott and Malia?"

"They are fine. They came to see you too."

"You shouldn't be here. I am not you girlfriend you shouldn't be taking care of me."

"I don't care if you aren't my girlfriend I wanna be beside you. Plus, it's not like I have a girlfriend now anyways."

"What happened?"

"Malia and I decided to break up. Neither of us was understanding the other and... it just became to complicated. Love is supposed to be easy."

"Is Malia okay?"

"Yeah, it was a mutual thing. I miss her and she misses me too but it was the right thing to do."

I didn't know what to say. Stiles and Malia breaking up was a huge surprise to me. It was embarassing to think about it but it actually made me a little happy.

"What happened with that... kanima? And Andrea?"

"Apparently that was not a kanima it was a chimera and Andrea is fine. She knew you were going to recover so she just left to drink some coffee. Although she told me to help you get stronger."

"She wants you to teach me how to fight?"

"Well, I guess. She obviously doesn't know I am useless when it comes to that."

"You are not useless. I am sure you are going to be the best teacher ever."

Stiles stared at me for way longer that he should. I was too tired to keep talking so I fell asleep, feeling Stiles' presence next to me. When I woke up again he was gone and the nurses where getting me ready to go.

The place where the kanima hit me was still sore but other than that I could not wait to get out of there. I don't like hospitals, or being locked up for that matter.

When I finally arrived home I found Kira, Scott, Malia, Liam and Stiles in my living room. They planned a surprise welcome party for me.

"Guys, you shouldn't have."

"We did." said Kira. "After what happened we all felt very bad. We wanted to show you how much we care for you."

"You don't have to show me I already know." Although to be honest I doubted it sometimes in the last month.

"You scared us all to death." said Scott while he hugged me.

"Aww, thank you."

"Okay guys let's get the drinks. Alcohol free." said Stiles looking at my mum.

"Can I talk to you for a minute?" asked me Malia

"Yeah."

I couldn't help but notice how Stiles was looking directly at us.