Just another Cinderella story

Ch 8: The Devil Wears Prada

Stiles completely forgot about Erica coming to town. The Quidditch game made him completely forget about her arrival.

"I saw you play out there. You did great." Erica said. Stiles nodded nervously while scanning her up and down. She was wearing her signature prada shoes and purse with her leather jacket. She hasn't changed after these years.

"Oh did you now? That's cool..." Stiles said clearly awkward. She seemed to pick up on his nervousness. "Look I know you're still scared of me, and that's okay because I understand." Erica said. Stiles scanned her trying to see if she was telling the truth.

"How can I trust you after everything you've done?" Stiles asked. Erica looked down at the pavement in shame. "I know what I did was wrong and I'm ashamed of myself for what I did. I'm just hoping you'll find it somewhere deep in your heart to forgive me." Erica said putting her hand on his shoulder. Stiles looked at her hand like she was poisonous.

"You promise?" Stiles asked one more time. Erica nodded yes. "I cross my heart and hope to die." Erica said while crossing her fingers. Stiles didn't really believe her yet, but maybe he'll one day forgive her. It has been two years maybe she's changed. "Okay I forgive you." Stiles said. Erica smiled and gave him a hug. He awkwardly hugged her back and let go.

"So what've you been up to?" Erica asked trying to get along with him. Stiles rubbed the back of his head. "Um nothing much. You know the normal slaving away for Hades and his minions Pain and Panic." Stiles said attempting at humor. Erica lightly laughed at his joke. "I'm sorry to hear that. What about girlfriends? Are you dating anyone?" Erica asked. Stiles looked at her suspiciously before answering having Deja Vu.

"Uh I'm working on it. There is this girl." He said blushing at the thought of Lydia. Erica was waiting for him to continue. "Oh that girl you hugged at the game? What's her name?" Erica said clearly prying. "Uh her name is Lydia Martin, she's in our grade; she's a model and my new love interest." Stiles said. Erica nodded listening very intently to everything he was describing her as.

"Wow she sounds just fantastic." Erica said. Stiles nodded. "Yeah she is, she truly is." Stiles said. There was a moment of silence before Stiles decided it was time to go. "Hey I gotta go and feed the warden dinner, so I'll catch you later." Stiles said as he jumped in his Jeep. As he slowly disappeared from her sight, Erica's smile dropped.

She mentally wrote everything about Lydia in her mind. It was enough information to stalk her and find out more about her next target. She never got over Stiles. She was gonna get her man back. Once Jackson and Theo told her he liked someone, she rushed down here as fast as she could. She would get her man back even if that meant death.

***

Stiles was spread across his bed texting Scott.
SM: Yo I can't believe we won that game! I have bragging rights for the rest of my life. This is something I'm going to tell my kids about.
SS: Same. Hey Scott you won't believe who I bumped into after the game.
SM: Who?
SS: Erica Reyes
Scott didn't reply for two minutes.
SM: Well fuck right when your life was getting good she HAD to come in the picture.
SS: Yeah well she's matured. She would never do what she did again.
SM: I don't know man. She did break all your windows and spray painted your car when you broke up with her.
SS: Yeah stop reminding me. That cost so much money to replace. Peter made me work double time to repay that.
SM: All I'm saying is be careful, okay? She freaked out over some chick that she thought had a crush on you. I'm just saying.
SS: Yeah yeah thanks mom.
SM: Try do good.
SS: Wtf did you just quote Mr. Feeny?! I'm done with you goodbye Scott.

Stiles put his phone on his night table and went to sleep.

While everyone was fast asleep, Erica as wide awake doing some research on a certain little strawberry blond. Once she typed in Lydia Martin on Google, her wiki popped up. It was almost too easy. Lydia was a famous teen model, so of course it wasn't difficult to find her.