Signature-STYDIA AU

The Group Hang

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Stiles' former band member from Hysteria Division, and now a fellow co-star on Ropepoint, Scott McCall came to pick him up. Once the doorbell had rung,  Stiles opened the door and Scott waltzed in his house like he owned the place. He quickly ushered Stiles towards his bedroom. "Grab a blanket, a charger, a change of clothes, and a pillow because Lydia Martin invited all of us over for a sleepover," Scott instructed him.

Scott had been friends with Stiles since he was fifteen, and ever since the two knew anything and everything about the other.  Scott scampered towards Stiles' closet to grab a duffel bag and started packing two cotton t-shirts, a pair of basketball shorts, sweatpants and socks into his bag. "What do you mean she invited all of us over?" Stiles quizzically asked, folding his arms.

"It means that you, me, Allison, Isaac, and Jackson are spending the night at her house," he informed.  Scott sniffed his friend like a dog, before roaming into Stiles' bathroom. "Where's your deodorant, because you definitely need some?  Oh, and I'm not touching your underwear, so you're packing that."

"Hey, I don't smell," Stiles protested.

"Lift and sniff then," Scott demanded him.  Stiles noticed him peeking behind the bathroom entrance.  So he did as he was told, and to be honest, he only had a small stench, but a stench is a stench so he told him anyway. "It's behind the mirror." Stiles packed his boxer shorts into his bag, and then sat back down on his bed. Stiles started to fumble with his thumbs and spun them in circular motions while asking Scott, "did Malia mention why she isn't going?"

Scott sighed at his best friend.  "Do you really want to know?" His voice echoed in the bathroom as he continued to forage for supplies.

"You know what never mind," Stiles replied. Scott came back into his room with deodorant, a toothbrush, toothpaste, and a comb.

"You need to use this too," he handed Stiles the comb and the deodorant while shoving the toothpaste and toothbrush into one of the pockets in his charcoal duffel.

Although Stiles didn't have any desire to spend the night at Lydia's or really pretend to act buddy-buddy with her, he agreed to be a part of the whole fake dating agreement, which meant he would need to spend more time with her. Over the past few weeks, let's just say, they have been attempting to act flirty on set and in public. After they are done with the flirty facade with one another, they text each other suggestions to improve the charade to make it more realistic.

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There was barely any traffic while they drove towards their usual Friday spot, the indoor rock climbing center. The owners generously offered to close the facility to the public while they were hanging out. However, they all declined in their offer and instead asked them to block off the paparazzi, because the fans were harmless. In fact, the fans were responsible for shaping careers.

Surprisingly this Friday, it was practically deserted in the building, which allowed them to be themselves and relax like they weren't even famous.  They were almost normal young adults.

When Scott and Stiles arrived, the rest of the cast were already there. They greeted everyone, and then they immediately started their trek to the top.

After only an hour in, Isaac and Stiles were in the middle of having a race to see who could climb to the top first. Stiles blamed the fact that he skipped one of his workout sessions that week for his loss.  However, they both knew that Isaac was bound to win because he was like a spider monkey. Allison and Scott were climbing at a moderate pace while having a small conversation with one another. Then, Jackson was documenting remnants of their evening on his GoPro and onto social media.  Lydia watched the group from a distance.  When she did climb the wall, she never went too far off the ground, until the group convinced her to.