The Return Home

Chapter 2

Friday seemed to take forever to come around. Stiles offered for me to ride with him to Scott's, then to the reserve to meet everyone. I gladly accepted his offer since I didn't have a car and I didn't want to show up in a cab. Quite frankly I didn't want anybody to know that I have been living in a motel all week, and will be for the entire school year. I also didn't want people finding out that I am here alone.

The closer it got to the end of the school day the more excited I was becoming. I've grown to really like my new friends, especially Stiles. I feel so comfortable with them, more comfortable than I really was with most of my friends back in Parker, except for one friend, my best friend Kayla. She probably didn't want me to go the most. Her and I have been best friends since the 4th grade. She is like a sister to me. She is also one of the only ones that know about my adopted family. The only others that know about them is me, my brother and sister, and obviously my adopted family that parished, or at least I think they did. I need to confirm it for myself.

My thoughts were interrupted by the bell to end the school day. I walked as fast as I could to my locker where Stiles' said he would meet me. As soon as I rounded the corner to my locker, I saw Stiles leaning up against it, looking at his phone. I quickly walked over to him smiling from ear to ear. He grinned when he saw me approach him. "Hey!" He said, sounding excited. "Hi! How did you get here so fast?" I asked. He smirked. "Off period!" I smiled. "You haven't been here the whole period, have you?" I asked. A devilish grin formed on his face. "Maybe." He said. I chuckled. "Creeper!" All he could do was smile. I tried to give him the stink eye, but with him smiling at me like that I gave in and chuckled. "Your still a creeper!" I said opening my locker. He laughed.

We walked to the student parking lot. Stiles led me to this old light blue jeep. "This is your car?" I asked, kind of surprised. He slightly frowned. "Uh ya." He said quietly. I could tell he thought I didn't like it, but in reality, I loved it. A smile spread across my face. Stiles looked confused at my smile. "Stiles! I freaking love your Jeep!" I practically shouted. His face went from confusion, to excitement. He grinned, and opened the passenger door for me. I blushed, and got in the jeep. He hopped into the driver seat, still smiling. He started the jeep, and we were on our way.

During the car ride to Scott's house, I learned that Stiles had a crush on Lydia since the 3rd grade, but he emphasized on the word had. He also told me that he and Malia used to date, but they broke up because of her family hating Stiles. Which I don't understand how anyone could hate Stiles. He is such a teddy bear, he's sweet, definitely funny, and obviously cute.

We pulled up to what I presumed was Scott's house. It was really nice, a little aged, but not bad. Before i could reach for the door handle, Stiles spoke. "Stay!" I stared at him confused. He started to get out of the jeep. "Wait! Why?" I asked, but he had already shut the door behind him. He ran around the front of the jeep to my door. All I could do was shake my head. He opened the door and I hopped out. "Thank you!" I said. He just smiled at me.

He shut the door behind me and led me to the front door of Scott's house. Stiles didn't even knock, he just walked in. We stepped inside, seeing Scott and Kira sitting on the couch talking to one another until they heard us come in. Kira immediatly spoke. "Hi Allie!" She chirped. I smiled. "Hey!" They both stood up from the couch. "You guys ready?" Scott asked. Both Stiles and I nodded. "Well let's go then!" Kira said. Scott and Stiles ushered us outside, and I followed Stiles back to his jeep. Instead of opening the passenger door for me, he went to the back of his jeep and popped open the tailgate window, and reached for something in the tailgate. I walked to where he stood. "Whatcha doin?" I asked. He smiled. "Grabbing a couple necessities!" Suddenly he pulled out two dirt bike helmets. I looked at him confused. "What do we need these for?" I asked. He smiled and pointed towards the open garage where Scott and Kira stood. They stood beside two full size dirt bikes. One was green and one was black. Scott and Kira stood closest to the green bike. I became excited, because I was familiar to dirt bikes. My best friend Kayla has a couple of them. Her and I used to go riding together every now and then. I looked back at Stiles with excitement written all over my face. "Really?" I asked. Stiles nodded. "It's the easiest way to get through the reserve to where we're going!" He explained. I smiled from ear to ear as we started walking in the direction of the dirt bikes. I could tell that both of them were kawasaki 250's. I put my hand on the bike that I guessed was Stiles' bike. All 3 of them gave me a questioning look. "What?" I asked. Stiles stepped closer to me handing me a dull black dirt bike helmet. "Have you rode a dirt bike before?" He asked. I smiled. "As a matter of fact I have! My best friend back in Colorado had a couple bikes and we rode together probably every other weekend! I love it, it clears your mind!" I explained. They all smiled. Both Scott and Stiles lifted the bikes off their stands, then pushed them outside, leaning them both against either side of a tree. Kira and I followed them. Both boys put their helmets on. Stiles sat on the bike. I took my glasses off and handed them to Stiles while I put my helmet on. Before I tightened the helmet I took my glasses from Stiles so he could start the bike. I carefully slid my glasses back on and tightened my helmet as Stiles let the bike run and warm up a little. After a minute or two Stiles looked up at me. "Ready?" He asked, loud enough for me to hear. I nodded and climbed on to the back of the bike. I wasn't sure if Stiles was ok with me wrapping my arms around his waist so I put my hands on his shoulders. He froze underneath my hands. He then gently grabbed my hands and pulled them off his shoulders. I froze in fear that he wasn't ok with that until he lowered them to where my arms were around his waist. I smiled and relaxed. Scott and Kira started leaving, Stiles began to follow them, putting the bike in to gear.