I rub my head and my neck as Liam smiles into my shoulder as he embraces me. I laugh weakly. He keeps saying things over and over into me.
"I'm so glad you're okay. Gosh I love you. I'm never leaving your side again. Don't die again." I laugh, but something still itches at my brain. Maybe it's the side effects of the serum, but I doubt it.
It's the fact that even when I was void, from the second I was consumed to the second I came back to life, Liam was always thinking something. And it was wandering my mind even through the darkness.
I love you back.
even when I was trying to kill him. kill him. He still loved me. Not Hayden, not anyone else. Me. I put a hand to the five fingernail sized gashes on the back of my neck. They still sting, and as soon as I put my hand to them, I stiffen. Tonight replays in my head, the school parking lot. My face crumbles and pain shoots through my body for a quick second.
Just as I'm about to say something to Liam, Stiles and Paige stumble through the doors. Stiles, tripping over himself and almost landing on his face, as usual, and Paige running behind him, trying to help him run straight.
"Hayden's-" He stops as he sees me looking at him. Liam lifts his head and Paige shrieks in joy,
"GRACE YOURE NOT DEAD!!" She rushes up and hugs me, and I almost fall over. It's so sudden and hard. Stiles looks speechless.
"B-but...you..." He's obviously confused. Liam laughs and I grin. "Are you still-" He runs his hand down his mouth at me, alive and well. Well, sort of well. Everything is kind of blurry whenever it moves.
"Deaton cured her. She's alive. She's normal." Liam explains. Paige finally lets go of me. She beams at me and Stiles is still in front of the door speechless.
"Normal..." He trails. I nod. After a moment or two, He cracks into a big smile. Whispering something like,
"I should've known. Why did I get into this supernatural crap in the first place." He rubs in between his eyes, still smiling. I can't help but laughing.
"So, where are the others?" Paige asks, looking around.
"They left after they thought she was dead. They don't know he's alive." Liam explains. I smile at him. Stiles breaks into a bigger grin, wiggling his eyebrows.
"Oh, we can have fun with this."
