coming to understand

Frayed Part 7

Frayed

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Isaac " " Stop thinking about it, man."

Boyd " Like, you're not thinking about it too?"

" Well, stop thinking about it."

" I can't."

" Well, there's nothing you can do about it either."

" You sure about that? "

Danny " Everything okay? "

Ethen " Yeah. Why?"

" You checked your phone three times in the last five minutes."

" Waiting for a message."

" Anything important? "

" No.Nothing."

Stiles " Yo, Scotty.Hey, yo, Scotty? - Still with me? "

" Yeah, sorry.Uh, what's the word?"

" Anachronism."

"" Something that exists out of its normal time."

" Nice.Okay, next word incongruous."

" Um, can you use it in a sentence? "

" Yes.Yes, I can.It's completely incongruous that we're sitting on a bus right now, on our way to some stupid cross-country meet after what just happened incongruous."

" Out of place, ridiculous, absurd."

" Perfect.Okay, next word.Um, Darach.Darach, it's a noun.We have to talk about it sometime, okay? And we're gonna be stuck in this thing for, like, five hours, so why not? Next word Intransigent."

" Stubborn, obstinate."

" Oh, buddy, you okay? We shouldn't have come.I knew it.We shouldn't have come."

Scott " We had to."There's safety in numbers."

" Yeah, well, there's also death in numbers, okay? It's called a massacre or bloodbath, carnage, slaughter, butchery, wow, that's all right, Scott, I'm telling coach that "

" No.No, no, no.I'm all right."

" Well, you don't look all right.Would you just let me see it? "

" I'm okay."

" Just let me see it, okay?"

" Okay."

" Oh, dude "

" I know it's bad, but it's because they're from an Alpha.It'll take longer to heal."

" How come Boyd and Isaac are fine then?"

" I can't believe he's dead.I can't believe Derek's dead."

Alisson" Am I getting too close? I'm getting way too close, aren't I?"

Lydia " That depends.Are you just following the bus, or are you planning on mounting it at some point? "

" Yeah, I should back off."

" Well, that also depends.Oh, do you mean the bus or the ex-boyfriend you're currently stalking?"

" Well, after what happened, I'm not letting him out of my sight."

" Hm."

" And by the way, this all started when he came knocking at my door."