Attraction | Theo Raeken

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We have managed to smuggle the body out of the hospital and have brought him to the animal clinic where we currently meet up with Scott.

Stiles removes the sheet away from his face so the alpha can take a look at him.

"Do you know him?" Theo asks.

"His name's Josh. He was a junior."

I cross my arms over my chest, feeling slightly uncomfortable with the whole situation.

"Which one did it? The one with the cane?"

"Yeah." Theo and I answer at the same time before sharing a glance.

"What are we going to do with him? We can't just set the alarm and leave." Stiles questions.

"Right, that's how Tracy disappeared." I state additionally.

"Someone's gotta stay here with him."

Theo sighs and hesitates for a moment but volunteers nonetheless.
"I'll do it. It's not like I had a big Saturday night planned."

I tilt my head back and take a deep breath before releasing it with a loud sigh.
"I did ... but I'm gonna stay here too."
And there goes my spare time.

Before anyone can approve it, Scott's phone vibrates and he stares at the screen warily.

"What is it?" Stiles asks.

"Another one. Another chimera."

"Just what we need." I murmur under my breath while Scott and Stiles leave the clinic and make their way to Liam and the new-discovered chimera.

I lean against the wall before sliding down in order to sit on the floor. Theo mimics my actions and sits down across from me. I am busy with my phone but it doesn't take visual confirmation to feel Theo's stare on me.

"What?" I express slightly bugged, not looking up from my phone, since I haven't forgotten about the incident with Malia in school earlier that day.

"I just think you look really pretty."

Is he serious right now?

I let out a sarcastic chuckle. "Is that what you told Malia today?" I look him dead serious in the eyes.

"I like it when you're jealous." He grins provocative. "But no, that's not what I told her since nothing's going on between us."

I should feel relieved but what if he's laying? Wouldn't be the first time. So instead of relief, I feel anger. Whether I want to or not. Sometimes, anger just gets the better of me, even if it's just small stuff.
I stand up abruptly and pace around, hoping to get rid of the anger through movement.

"First off, I'm not jealous." I say through gritted teeth. "And second off, what makes you think I'd care?"

Theo stands up as well and approaches me. He takes my balled fists into his hands, which makes mine relax immediately.
"It's not important what I think, but I care what you think. And I clearly don't want you to believe that I have eyes for Malia when all I see is you."

He looks into my eyes, waiting for a reaction on my part but I just stand there flabbergasted and stare back at him. All the anger suddenly gone and replaced with an other emotion I can't quite identify.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"I like you ... a lot, Alessia."

Did my head earlier collide with the concrete too roughly in the fight with Josh and I'm knocked out? I mean, it has to. This can't be real. It's just a dream. This isn't actually happening right now. The dreams just got good which means I'm gonna wake up in a few minutes and am going to complain why I couldn't sleep till it's finished.

"Y-you like me?" I stutter still in disbelief.

Theo lets out a chuckle.
"Is it that hard to believe?"

"Kinda."

"Then watch this." He whispers huskily.

Theo steps closer to me and lets loose of my hands in order to take my face softly in his. His eyes wander from my lips to my eyes, before they find their way back to the former place they were staring at. His face comes down to my own, which makes me hold my breath unwittingly while I close my eyes.

At first, his lips brush softly against mine before the kiss gets more passionate. More urgent. I feel a sudden pull in my tummy, the butterflies all over the place. I think I've never felt this way before.
Happy. Perfectly happy.

It's not just the same intimate moment we share but the feelings we have for each other, although I haven't told him yet.

His hands wander to my waist, while his tongue licks over my bottom lip, asking for entrance which I undoubtedly grant him.

I pull back, clearly out of breath, before I look from his lips up to his eyes and grin at him. I step forward again, pull my arms tightly around him and lay my head against his chest where I can hear his steady heartbeat.

I have never been in love before and honestly didn't care about it. With everything that has happened in my life, always having terrible luck- be it the fire which burned down my home, never being accepted by my foster family or even the fact that I still struggle to control my anger/shifts, I have thought that I just couldn't be happy. Never. That I just wouldn't be happy.

But Theo makes me feel otherwise.

Although he makes me want to rip out my hair sometimes, I know he's worth it. I hope so.

"I like you too." I whisper before pecking him on the lips once again.