confusion ~ a scisaac story

Chapter 6

A couple hours later, as the bell rang announcing the end of the day, Isaac rushed outside towards the bike rack, not wanting to make Scott wait.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Jackson approach him, but pretended he didn't notice him.

Jackson had been his tormentor since middle school, and Isaac had suffered from his relentless bullying throughout the years. What was worse was that he was Isaac's neighbour before he moved into Derek's place, which meant that his path home had followed the same as Jackson's, twice a day, for most of his life. It also meant that Jackson had been very aware of the abuse Isaac had suffered his entire childhood and had not said anything, which only caused his hatred for the bully to increase.

"Hey Lahey, watch out!" Jackson shouted as he came up behind him and tried to kick his knees out from under him.

For the first time in his life, Isaac stood up for himself.

He smirked and turned around to face him so fast that Jackson didn't notice what was happening until he was lying on the concrete ground, his breath knocked out of him. He heard laughter around him and it was then that he noticed a confused Scott exiting the school doors, looking at Jackson seething on the floor.

Before he could come over to him, Isaac widened his eyes in Scott's direction and turned towards the bike stand, quickly mounting his own. He waited for Scott as he rushed towards him and got onto his bike. As they rode off, a crowd had started to form around Jackson, some helping him up, some chuckling at him.

Once they were a few blocks away from the school, Scott laughed and cast a glance at Isaac.
"What the hell happened there?"
"I defended myself, is all" Isaac grinned back at him. "I guess it's kind of cool having wolf powers now and then"

"Well he sure had it coming. God, I've been wanting to do that for years but I've never had the guts" Scott laughed again, his hair whipping back in the wind.

Now, as Isaac quickly tilted his head to the left to look at him so as to keep his balance on the bike, everything seemed to move in slow motion.
Scott's eyes glinted in the setting sun, a smirk pulling at the corners of his mouth. He shot another glance in Isaac's direction, and his cheeks gained a bit of colour when he saw the other boy looking back at him. Isaac rapidly looked away, blushing.

They rode the rest of the way back to Scott's house in silence.

A confortable silence.

Smiles rested on both of the boys' faces.

~

They dumped their bicycles at the front door and Scott unlocked it, holding it open for Isaac.

"Isn't it weird for you to come back here after so many years? You always used to be the smallest between the two of us, so things must seem so much smaller now.." Scott chuckled, locking the front door behind him as Isaac looked around.

Isaac spun around to face him, indignated. "I was not the smallest!"

"Excuse me? Yes you were! You were tiny!" Scott pointed at a picture frame sitting on a shelf. Two young boys stood grinning at the bottom of a staircase, halloween face makeup on. "See! You were like—5 feet smaller than me!"

"Ok, we were like 5 years old then, you weren't even 5 foot!"

"Oh shut up!" Scott said, laughing. "I'm hungry. Are you hungry? I think mom left some food in the fridge for me"

Isaac chuckled. "I could eat"
As the two teenagers walked into the kitchen, Scott spotted a note stuck on the fridge door. Ripping it off, he scanned over it, Isaac reading over his shoulder.

Hey darling. I've been called in for a double shift at the hospital so I'll be home late. Don't wait up. I've left some money on the counter if you want to order some food. Love mom x

"She still works at the hospital?" Isaac asked softly, seeing disappointment paint Scott's face. "She works a lot, doesn't she?" As he nodded, Isaac lay a hand on his shoulder and squeezed it reassuringly.

"Hey come on, Scott. We can eat later. Why don't we go work a little then we'll start my training afterwards ok?" Isaac gently took Scott's bag from his shoulders and climbed the stairs to his room, the other boy following him from behind.

Without even thinking, Isaac remembered where Scott's bedroom was and made his way towards it. When he reached his door, he stopped to observe the diverse collection of stickers, pictures and posters plastered to it. He felt butterflies rise in his stomach when he recognised the same picture of the two of them he had seen downstairs stuck on the top corner of the door. Scott actually still cared about him, even after all those years they hadn't spoken to each other, enough to have a picture of the two of them on his bedroom door.

Scott coughed from behind him then pushed the door open and gently stepped past Isaac. He took his backpack from Isaac's hand, their fingers brushing, causing both of them to blush.

"So.. Welcome to my humble abode, I guess." Scott smiled shyly as his friend entered his bedroom, his eyes scanning the whole room. "Sorry for the mess.. It's not much, but it's home"

"N-no, I like it." Isaac tugged his fingers through his curls as he sat down on Scott's bed. "Come on. The faster we get our homework done, the sooner we can start training."

Scott sat next to Isaac and the two boys got to work, their breaths catching whenever their legs touched or eyes met.

AN: I want to say thanks to everyone who comments! Know that it means so much to me and really makes me smile! ♡ (even if i don't answer you :/ *cough* v awkward person here *cough*) Anyway I'm really glad you're enjoying it so far!