Slightly Amazing (Slightly series---Teen Wolf)

chapter sixteen--ILLUMINATED

I leaned against the wall of Dad's office as Scott's dad questioned Stiles, Scott, Kira and Lydia. Dad was at his desk.

"So when did you get there?" Scott's dad asked.

"At the same time," Stiles answered.

"At the same time as who?"

"At the same time as me," Scott answered.

"By coincidence?"

"What do you mean coincidence?"

"That's what I'm asking you. The two of you arrived at the same time. Was that coincidence?"

"Are you asking me?" Stiles asked.

"I think he's asking me," Scott said.

"I think he's asking the both of you," Lydia said.

"Okay, let me answer the questions," Scott's dad said, and I smiled at his slip up. "Let me ask the questions. Just so I have this absolutely clear. Barrow was hiding in the Chemistry closet at the school. Someone left him a coded message on the blackboard telling him to kill Kira. Then Barrow took Kira to a power substation and tied her up with the intent on electrocuting her, which blacked out the entire town."

"Sounds about right," Stiles told him.
"How did you know he'd take her to a power station?"

"Well, 'cause he was an electrical engineer. So where else would he take her?"

"That's one hell of a deduction there, Stiles."

"I would've said the same thing as Stiles," I said.

He turned my head toward me. "Really? You would?" I nodded. "Then why weren't you there, Stacie? Being you like to crash every crime scene imaginable."

"I got grounded for Stiles pulling the fire alarm at school," I answered, sending a glare at Stiles, who smiled.

"And what would make you think the same thing as him?"

"Well, that's that fraternal twin telepathy at play there," I answered sarcastically, pointing from me to Stiles. "And, yeah, what else can I say? We take after our pops. He's in  law enforcement."

Dad snorted, and we looked back at him, and he turned the snort into coughs. "Stacie, just let Stiles, uh . . . just let him answer the man."

"We made a good guess," Stiles said.

Scott's dad looked at Scott and Kira. "What were the two of you doing?"

"Eating sushi," Kira answered the same time Scott said, "Eating pizza." They looked at each other, Kira saying, "Eating pizza," the same time Scott said, "Eating sushi." Then they said together, "Eating sushi and pizza."

Scott's dad looked back at Stiles' and mine. "You believe this?"

"To be honest, I haven't a word Stiles has said since he learned how to speak," Dad said. "Or Stacie for that matter." We both smiled. "But I think these kids found themselves in the right place at the right time, and that girl sitting there is very lucky for it."

"Kira, is that how you remember it?"

We all looked at her as she answered, "Yes. Could I get my phone back now?"

"Sorry, but no." He led them out to the hall. "Kira, a deputy is going to take you home. But we'll need you to fill out some paperwork first."

I looked toward Stiles and Dad as they left. "We won!"

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Stiles and I walked into school with no power as Coach called through his bullhorn, "Class starts in five minutes. Just because there's no power don't expect there to be no school."