Home (Sciles AU)

Chapter 3

Stiles POV

The next several weeks pass by relatively okay. I'm managing to pay all the things that I need to pay for somehow. My job still isn't amazing, but I'm doing my best. Lydia and Jordan look after Claudia if I have to work late or something and have to be at the office or a meeting. Isaac sometimes looks after her too. My dad comes around each Saturday to visit us for the afternoon. He plays with Claudia most of the time, which makes me suspicious that he's only really coming to see my daughter instead of me. I don't mind though. Nor do I blame him. She is the most adorable kid in the world and I love her to bits.

Speaking of Claudia, she doesn't really seem to be liking school. She has come running into my arms at the end of school, crying her eyes out on quite a number of days. Other days, I have had to pick her up early from school after incidences where she has random outbursts or starts crying and no one can calm her down. I try to talk about it with her, but all I get out of her is that she doesn't like school and she just wants to stay home with me. I try my best to comfort her and after a while of hugging her, she always seems to calm down. It's sad that her first start to school isn't exactly positive. She hasn't mentioned any new friends either. I hope that she has made at least a couple of friends, but I don't hear about them at all if she has. Claudia never mentions any names from school, even if I ask about who she hangs out with. It hurts my heart a little to find out that she has been sitting in the sandbox alone most of the time. Apparently though some of the teachers hang out with her if they are free, which I appreciate. I just hope that Claudia will find a friend her age to hang out with. Friends are a very important thing to have in life and I want Claudia to hang onto them. I don't want her to make the same mistake that I did after high school. I'm really glad I still have Lydia and Isaac, but I should've found a way to keep in contact with Scott, Liam, Allison, Kira and Malia. I think I miss them more than I realize sometimes, but I always try to push those thoughts to the back of my mind now. I can't dwell on the past. I have to keep moving forward on my life and focus on what is important now.

Right now, I'm lying on a sofa, closing my eyes and allow myself to relax and take a breather while Jordan and Lydia talk from somewhere in front of me, sitting on the other sofa in their living room. I've just been so tired lately and I've barely had any sleep. Lydia and my dad are concerned, but I tell them that I'm fine and it's just work being
a bit stressful right now, but it'll cool down soon. I'm not sure that they believe me. Lydia tells me I should take a break, but I refuse to do that. I have to pay the rent and the bills. I can't exactly do that if I'm not working. I'll just have to push through the tiredness, which is what I have been doing. It's working alright. I'm just really tired now and I'm starting to think that it'll be okay if I doze off for a while. I don't have to pick Claudia up from school for another four hours. Lydia or Jordan would wake me up when it's time for me to go. That or they could pick Claudia up for me. She trusts them enough to do that.

"I still don't know about the new designs, Jordan. I'm not sure that they will sell well." I can hear Lydia complaining about her work.

"Well, would you wear them?" Jordan asks her in a calm voice. It's always best to remain calm when Lydia goes on a rant.

"Yes, of course I would! I think that the designs are lovely, but I'm not sure that the general public will agree. Everyone has different styles and I feel like these new designs will require a particular taste." Lydia continues to ramble.

"Well, if you like them Lydia, then I think everyone else will too. If you model the clothes, then everyone would be dying to get some because they will look so gorgeous on you." Jordan reassures Lydia.