New Girl in Town (Teen Wolf)

Chapter 14

"Call it again." Scott ordered Stiles.

They were all sitting in Scott's room. Ashlyn on his bed, Stiles sitting backwards on a spinny chair, and Scott was rushing around his room, looking for his phone.

"It's not here." Stiles answered.

"Okay, so you lost your phone. Why don't you get a new one?" Ashlyn asked, twirling a piece of her hair between her fingers.

"I can't afford a new one. And I can't do this alone. We have to find Derek." Scott urged.

"Well, 'A', you're not alone. You have us. And 'B', didn't you say Derek walked into gunfire? He sounds pretty dead." Stiles offered, Ashlyn was about done with this conversation so she laid down on Scott's bed. Sighing at how comfortable it was.

"Argent's plan was to use him to get to the Alpha - they're not gonna kill him."

"Alright, so then just let them do what they're planning, you know? They use Derek to get Peter - problem solved."

"Not if Peter's going after Allison to find Derek! I can't protect her on my own. Which means we either find Derek first - just - just help me!"

Scott threw a ball at Stiles and it hit him in the side of the head. He rolled his eyes. "You know, you probably lost it when you two were fighting. You remember that, when he was trying to kill you, after you interrupted him trying to kill Jackson? Are you starting to see a pattern of violent behavior here?"

"He wasn't going to kill anyone. And I'm not letting him die."

"Could you at least think about letting him die? For me?" Stiles pleaded. "What?"

"My mom just got home from work." Scott sighed.

Ashlyn sat up and looked at Scott's worried face. "Is she okay? What's she doing?"

"Crying."

"Scott, you can't protect everyone."

"I have to."

*****

Ashlyn woke up the next morning tired. Lately she's been really tired waking up in the morning. She slowly got up and made her way to the bathroom. Since she showered last night, she looked at herself in the mirror, then walked over to get clothes for the day. Ashlyn decided on an oversized cream sweater with a black high waisted skirt that flowed down to about mid thigh. She added black combat boots to the outfit. For hair, she straightened it and pulled it back in a half up/half down style with a black bow clip. She did a smokey eye for makeup and called it good.

Walking downstairs, she ran into her dad. He has seemed to sort of accept that Ashlyn won't stop hanging out with Scott and Stiles. She ate a banana while she waited for Stiles. A few minutes later, she heard a car honk.

"Bye. Have a good day at school." Her dad smiled slightly.

"Have a good day at work." Ashlyn smiled back.

She closed the front door and walked up to Stiles' jeep, getting in. Before she could say anything, Stiles had leaned over the gear shift and pressed his lips to Ashlyn's.

"Good morning to you too." Ashlyn giggled.

"You look so beautiful today, I couldn't help it."

Ashlyn blushed. "Thanks."

Stiles backed out of the driveway and headed to school. On the way there, they just talked about random stuff. They got to school and Stiles said he had to meet up with Scott. He gave her a fleeting kiss then quickly walked towards the direction of the locker room.