Innocence & Instinct

battle field Part 30

Stiles " You know when you're drowning, you don't actually inhale until right before you black out. It's called voluntary apnea.

It's like no matter how much you're freaking out, the instinct not to let any water in is so strong that you won't open your mouth until you feel like your head's exploding.

But then when you finally do let it in, that's when it stops hurting.

It's not scary anymore.It's actually kind of peaceful."

Ms. Moralles " Are you saying you hope Matt felt some peace in his last moments? "

"(EXHALES) I don't feel sorry for him."

" Can you feel sorry for the nine-year-old Matt who drowned? "

" Just because a bunch of dumbasses dragged him into a pool when he couldn't swim, doesn't give him the right to go off killing them one by one.

And by the way, my dad told me that they found a bunch of pictures of Allison on Matt's computer.

And not just of her, though.

I mean, he Photoshopped himself into these pictures.

Stuff like them holding hands and kissing.

You know, like he had built this whole fake relationship.

So yeah, maybe drowning when he was nine years old was what sent him off the rails, but the dude was riding the crazy train."

" One positive thing came out of this, though.

Right?"

Yeah.

Yeah, but I still feel like there's something wrong between us.

I don't know. It's just, like, tension when we talk.

Same thing with Scott."

" Have you talked to him since that night? "

" No, not really.

I mean, he's got his own problems to deal with, though."

Scott " Mom.Mom, we're going to have to talk about this eventually.

Okay.I'm going. I love you."

" I don't think he's talked to Allison, either.

But that might be more her choice, you know.

Her mom dying hit her pretty hard.

But I guess it brought her and her dad closer.

Jackson? Jackson hasn't 't been himself lately.

Actually, the funny thing is, as of right now, Lydia is the one who seems the most normal."

" And what about you, Stiles? And Anna? Feeling some anxiety about that championship game tomorrow night? "

" Anna's fine. shes might be still afraid but she stronger than she realizes.

Why would you ask me that about the game? "

notices his pulling on his sticks net. " Oh.Uh, no.I never actually play.

But hey, since one of my teammates is dead and another one's missing, who knows, right? "

" You mean Isaac.One of the three runaways.

You haven't heard from any of them, have you? "

" How come you're not taking any notes on this?"

I do my notes after the session."

Your memory's that good?"