human // teen wolf

37. detention

By the time it was 3:00, Erica, Stiles, Scott, Matt, Allison, Jackson and Riley had entered the library to see Mr. Harris waiting for them. Riley watched as Matt, Allison and Jackson sat together while Stiles, Scott and Erica sat together on separate tables and wondered where she would sit. She didn't want to just stand there awkwardly, so she quickly sat down on the nearest seat which was next to Erica. She wanted to talk to her anyway; about Isaac.

"Uh, we can't be in detention together, I have a restraining order against these tools." Jackson inquired as he sat down, pointing at Scott and Stiles. Scott looked at him angrily, as Stiles looked a bit sheepish.

"All of these tools?" Mr. Harris asked, to which Riley was a bit offended at. She wasn't a tool.

"No, just us tools." Stiles replied, holding his hand up. Mr. Harris looked at him unimpressed, but he also didn't look surprised that he had a restraining order against the two boys.

"Alright, you two, over there." He ordered, leaving Scott and Stiles to sit at the table furthest from Jackson, who didn't look too happy about the seating arrangement. This meant that Erica and Riley were sitting alone together. Now that Scott and Stiles weren't there, Riley got up and sat opposite from her, as she watched her move.

"Why isn't Isaac at school? Is he okay?" Riley asked, and watched as Erica smirk as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"Why don't you talk to him yourself?" She asked, and Riley leaned back.

"Because of reasons." Riley mumbled, not having an actual reason. Of course she wanted to talk to Isaac herself, but something has been stopping her. She felt like she couldn't face him after what she did to him, even though it wasn't really her. It would suck to find out that your best friend's relative didn't like you, even if the relative was dead.

"Look, you know where to find Derek and all of us, so go talk to him yourself. I'm not a messenger." Erica said, staring at her menacingly. Riley stared back as she tilted her head.

"What happened Erica? Look, I know we weren't really friends before but I was never mean to you. I thought of you as my friend. Why are you being such a horrible person?" Riley asked, and Erica's smirk faded.

"Why can't I be horrible to people when they've always been horrible to me? Why is it okay that they do it, but not okay when I do it?" She hissed as she leaned forward, her hands on the table as Riley saw her claws sprouting out. Riley backed off, seeing that this was a sensitive subject for her.

"I was always nice to you. I was never horrible to you." Riley said, and Mr. Harris shushed them. Riley stopped talking as she watched Erica pull out a book and start writing in it. Suddenly, Jackson got up as he held his head, wincing. It looked like he had a bad headache.

"I have to go to the bathroom." He mumbled as he made a straight line to the exit.

"You all right? You don't look so good." Mr. Harris said as he sat up in his chair.

"I just need some water." He said, and left. Mr. Harris got up and followed after him, telling the people not to move while he was gone. As soon as he out of the door, Scott and Stiles got up and sat down with Riley and Erica. Scott sat next to Riley while Stiles sat next to Erica as they started to interrogate her.

"Stiles said that you know how Jackson's parents died." Scott said, and Erica continued to write in her book.

"Maybe." She replied, and Scott looked at her expectantly.

"Talk." He demanded, and Erica looked up at him. She closed her book and put it on her laptop as she stared at Scott.

"It was a car accident. My dad was the insurance investigator and every time he sees Jackson drive past in his Porsche, he makes some comment about the huge settlement he'll be getting when he's 18." She explained, and Riley was shocked at this news. He was already rich, why would he need more money?

"Wait so not only is Jackson rich now, he'll be getting richer when he's 18?" Stiles asked, looking at Erica in an exasperated way. She nodded in return, and Stiles looked very shocked, like he couldn't believe it. "There's something so deeply wrong about that."

"You know what," Erica said, as she moved her book from her laptop and opened it up. "I might be able to find the insurance report on my dad's inbox, he keeps everything."

She typed on her computer, until the intercom went off, calling Scott to the principal's office. Scott looked up at it, then turned to Allison, who looked concerned. Scott got up and left reluctantly, as Allison watched him go.

Erica looked for the records while Stiles watched, as Riley just went on her phone. She received a text from Olivia, that asked where she was. Shit, she forgot that they were going to be hanging out. She told her about what happened, but left out the superhuman strength parts during the fight. Olivia was surprised that Scott would pick a fight with Jackson, but Riley told her that he would do anything to protect his friends. Which was true, he was a very protective and loyal person. Riley was glad that she got to know him.