You're The Reason | Scott McCall [ 1 ]

10. I Can Calm Him

CHAPTER TEN
                               I CAN CALM HIM

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             I moved past all of the idiotic delinquents with my lunch tray in hand and I immediately noticed Lydia and Allison sitting at a lunch table already, seeming to be in deep conversation. I decided to spend time with some girls, since I was tired of being around my three idiots everyday. Not that I'm complaining. I let the three of them venture off and try to devise a plan to help Scott. I was basically not wanted anyway, Stiles commenting that they had to go do "manly work."

I grinned once I sat down at the table, as Allison had her head deep into a big book, and Lydia was twiddling her fork between her fingers before sticking the fork into a little green pea and eating it. Allison waved at me, not looking up from the book, as Lydia continued to devour her lunch and not pay attention to me. I cringed at the way she was acting, it was clear to see she was ignoring me. Great. My best friend decides to ignore me, now my own cousin. "Lydia", I called, as I stared at her eating her lunch. She muttered something under her breath and I sighed, "Lydia, really? What's wrong?"

Lydia menacingly stared at me before harshly sticking her fork into her pea. I smiled, "Well, don't kill the little fella."

"It's already dead."

I cringed again and sighed, "All right, Lydia, seriously what's going on?"

She muttered something again before she finally looked up at me and stared into my eyes, "You never came to check up on me."

My heart dropped down to my stomach as I instantly realized what she meant. Her and Jackson were involved in an accident at a movie store involving presumably the Alpha. They reported a mountain lion but we all knew damn well what the hell it really was. Well, only Scott, Sam, Stiles, Derek, and I truly know what it was.

"I'm really sorry, Lyds", I quickly apologized before leaning over and kissing her cheek. Lydia's face warmed up and I instantly knew that she forgave me already.

"Fuck, I can't stay mad at you and it's so annoying that I can't", she replied to me and pulled me into a little side hug. She pulled away for a moment and stared at me weirdly, "So, where were you?"

My heart dropped again and I breathed in and out softly. I was beginning to feel nervous because even Allison's eyes were locked on me. Goddamnit. If I tell them where I really was, they'll tease me about it until I'm buried under a grave. Hell, they'll probably dig me back up and tease my dead body about it and then bury me again.

What do I do, what do I do. Lie? No, Lydia can read me. She'll tie me up to a chair and beat me with a bat until I tell her the truth. I breathed in and out and laughed nervously, "I was... um... damnit. I was with... fuck... I was with Sco–"