Scent of a dream

twin drama

“How could I have misread the situation?” Scott, lost in his own world, did not notice the warning bell or even the late bell ringing. Suddenly he was snapped from his stupor by the incessant vibration of his phone. Reaching into his pocket, he finds that he has three missed text and two missed calls. The phone begins to ring again and without looking at who's calling Scott answers.

“Hello Stiles.”

“Are you planning on joining us today or just hanging in the parking lot like a psychopath?”

“What? How’d you know I'm outside?”

“Look up genius.”

Scott looks up to the second floor English classroom to see his best friend waving and smiling emphatically at him. Just as Miss Blake walks over and takes Stiles's phone.

“Class started 10-minute ago Mr. McCall. Do you plan on attending or should I mark you absent again?”

“Sorry, Miss Blake. Woke up late. I'll be right up”.

Scott hangs up the phone, tucks it back in his pocket, throws his backpack over a shoulder and runs into the school.

Most of Miss. Blake’s lesson on the Heart of Darkness went by in a blur. For try as he will, Scott could not remain focused on anything she said. His mind keep returning to the dream and the hurt looks on Isaac's face after their morning ride. Only to be drawn back to the here and now by the relentless prying of Stiles, who would not let Scott's mopping go without hound him relentlessly for what was going on.

The prying did not end with English unfortunately, Scott had history with Mr. Yakamura next and so did Stiles. Who with every chance he got, he would begin pestering Scott to find out what was going on in his head. Finally succumbing to the ruthless onslaught of questions from his best friend, Scott blurts out the first thing that comes to mind.

“It's Allison okay. I can't get her off my mind. Get off my back.”

Scott immediately regrets it, as he notices Allison, who is only a few rows ahead. She perks up at the mention of her name and frantically start whispering to Lydia off in the corner.

Desperately wanting to know what the girls are saying, Scott debates whether it would be wrong to use his werewolf hearing to eavesdrop on his ex-girlfriend and her best friend. Scott's better nature wins in the end and as a reward for not invading her privacy Scott gets an earful from his best friend instead.

“Really Scott, this again. Allison? Don't you think it's time to move on. There's only so much moping around a teenage boy can do before you cross that line into creepy, loser, stalker kid. There's no coming back from that. You just need to get out there find someone new. Stop thinking about her.”