Egregious • Theo Raeken | Teen Wolf

Nine

I wake up the next evening after sleeping all day, my head is in agony as I try to wrap my mind over the recent events.

I haven't seen my brother, he hasn't returned any of my calls or texts and he hasn't come home since he... almost killed Scott. He's been at Mason's, I even tried to get Mason to get him to talk to me, but he didn't want anything to do with me. Guess he's blaming me as well.

And the only person I even feel remotely comfortable talking with is sitting in Eichen, out of her mind. Theo did that. Theo caused it all. The pack crumbling. Corrupting my brother. Killing Scott. Turning everyone against him and each other.

Making me fall in love.

Making me hate myself for not being able to get over him.

Someone knocks on my bedroom door, tapping me out of my thoughts. I wipe the tears from my eyes before I acknowledge their presence.

"Yeah?" I say loudly.

"Can I come in?" a muffled voice asks. They didn't wait for me to answer before turning the door knob and walking in.

Stiles appears at the foot of my bed with his arms crossed.

"What do you want?" I ask rudely, sitting up in my bed.

He looks over my features, narrowing his eyes before speaking.

"You were crying over him, weren't you?" He asks.

I scoff and get out of the bed. I stand in front of him and cross my arms as well.

"Is there a point in you coming here?" I ask him.

I thought back to the fight we had after he followed me out to the Hospital's parking lot. His harsh words like fire burning into my mind.

I make my way out of the hospital as quickly as possible. I didn't deserve to be here. Stiles is right, this is all my fault. I already knew that.

"Your psycho little boyfriend did all of this. He killed Scott. What do you think he would have done to Liam if he was the one to kill Scott? Huh? Peyton!" Stiles screamed, stepping even closer.

"Look what he did to my dad! He left Lydia catatonic in the woods. All so he could have his pack."

He was standing right in front of me now and I could hardly recognize him.

"I didn't know what he was planning!" I shouted. "You think he didn't manipulate me as well?"

"Manipulated you into sleeping with him, you mean." Stiles retorts. "You gave it up to him, that's the only reason you're upset."

I wasn't thinking before I slapped him in the face. I left a mark. He looked taken aback by my action. His eyes were wide, and his nostrils were flaring.

"You know, maybe Liam was right. They're not your pack." He says, earning a smack across his other cheek.

"Oh, you want to go there? At least I didn't abandon my best friend. You weren't there! He died in front of me, Stiles!" I yell.

Stiles' lips parted to say something but I didn't let him.

"I watched Melissa cry out in agony as she pounded on his chest. He's not healing." I cry out,"I didn't know Theo was going to do this. I didn't know!"

"Do you actually believe him when he tells you he loves you? He told me everything, okay? How we make you feel weak and how you two are so in love. Well you know what? I hope you two enjoy each other."