Believe it or not

Chapter 8c

"Jackson. Hand me the sulfuric acid." Lydia ordered her boyfriend.

  "This is insane. You cannot do this, you cannot go out there." Allison pleased to Scott still holding his hand.  "You could die," she looked deep into his eyes, i watched sadly for both Allison and my brother. 

"Don't you get that? He's killed three people" Allison finished.

  "Somebody has to do something." I heard the crack in his voice, and i knew now that no one could convince him to stay here. 

Lydia handed scott the cocktail, and he placed his hand on the door handle ready to open it. But before he could I ran and pulled him into a tight embrace. Letting the tears fall from my eyes.

"You come back okay."

  "I will." He whispered in my ear. 

I moved away so Allison could step in.

I wasn't eavesdropping but i was standing close enough that I heard every word from Allison's mouth. 

"Scott, just stop. Do you remember - do you remember when you told me you knew whether or lying? That I had a tell. Well, so do you. You're a horrible liar. And you've been lying all night. Just - just please - please don't go. Please don't leave us. Please." She was crying too. 

"Lock it behind me." Was all Scott said before walking out in the halls. 

When the door finally shut, I was the one who locked it. But i refused to move away from it.  Covering my mouth with my hands, i was trying to keep my sobs from being the only sound any of them heard.

I felt someone's hand place itself on my lower back and turned around to see Stiles.

Worry in his eyes for his best friend.

Narrators pov

Once he saw Alex's tears he felt hurt take over his heart, he hurt knowing he couldn't comfort her or make her feel any better. 

"I don't get this," Allison sighed, "I don't get why he's out there, and why he left us. I can't stop my hands from shaking. " 

She turned her back from everyone, and Alex decided  that if someone was going to calm Allison down, it had to be her. 

She walked until she was in front of the girl crying for her brother. 

"Hey." Alex whispered to Allison, but she didn't shift her gaze from the floor.  "Allison, look at me." She demanded, still keeping her tone soft. 

Allison obeyed, looking at Alex and sighing deeply. 

"He's coming back." Alex promised her. 

"How do you know?" 

"I don't." She admitted, "but if I sit here and believe that he won't, I won't be able to hold it together. So you and me, Allison, we have to believe that Scott, my brother, is going to walk right back through that door and save us all. Because he will." 

Every tear that was about to spill from Alex's eyes had vanished. And so did Allison's.

Unexpectedly, Allison engulfed Alex in a hug and whispered a small thank you in her ear.

- - - 

Stiles' pov

I watched as Alex consoled Allison. I watched in admiration, i didn't know how she was doing it. How she was so calm and brave tonight.

When i first saw her outside that window i swore all my blood stopped flowing through my body, and every instinct i had tonight has been to protect her. But in this moment, watching her with Allison, i knew. She didn't need my protection. But she would always have it.