I Need Your Touch

4

Liam woke up alone. The heat from Theo’s body long gone. Liam rolled onto his side and strained his hypersensitive ears, trying to find the chimera. He didn’t hear anyone else. He was alone in the house. He rolled over to check his phone, finding he had missed a call from Scott. He sat up and called the alpha back.

“Hey Liam!” Scott greeted happily. “Hey Scott, what’s up?” Liam stood up and started searching his drawers for a change of clothes. “I’m back in town for the weekend and I thought maybe you’d like to hang. And maybe later we can have a mini pack night.” Liam agreed and told Scott he would be over after he showered and ate some breakfast.

Scott hung up the phone with a smile. He had missed his beta and the rest of the pack. Once the war was over he had left with Lydia and Stiles to go to college. Malia took a gap year to travel. She called him daily and sent hundreds of pictures. He tried to come home as often as he could, but this was the first time he’d be staying for longer than a couple hours.

“Scott, can you come here please?” Melissa called from the bottom of the stairs. She was nervous but before she had a complete freak out, she wanted Scott to confirm her suspicions. Scott left his room and took the stairs two at a time. He met his mom in the living room where she was pacing in front of the couch.

“What’s up mom? Is everything ok?” Melissa’s head snapped up, her attention on her son. “Scott,” Melissa looked at her bitten off nails, “I need you to do something for me.” She walked around the couch to stand in front of her confused and worried son. “Ok?” She debated changing her mind but she had already worried her son enough. “I need you to listen carefully and tell me how many heartbeats you hear.” Scott didn’t understand why but he did as he was told.

He cocked his head to the side and focused his hearing. Listening for the soft “thump thump” of both their hearts. He was about to tell her it was only two but then he heard it. It was very faint but there was a third beat. It was slower and hard to pick up but it was there.

“I hear three heartbeats. Why do I hear three?” Melissa gave him a small smile and held up a pregnancy test. Scott took notice of the positive sign before a smile stretched across his face. “I’m gonna be a big brother!” Scott sounded genuinely happy, making his mother tear up and nod her head. “That’s so amazing mom!” He hugged his mom, being careful of his strength.

“Does Argent know?” Melissa shook her head, a sad smile on her lips. “He’s been away a lot, and I just found out. I was gonna make an appointment today to check but I wanted to be sure.” Scott nodded understandingly. “I’m sure he’ll be happy mom.” Melissa could only hope he would be. They had only been together for a few months but the thing between them had been growing for some time. They both had a child from previous relationships, only her’s survived the crazy world they lived in. She hoped that Argent would be happy about once again having a child.

The small moment was interrupted by a knock at the door. “That must be Liam.” Scott smiled and ran to the door. When he opened it his smile dropped. Liam was a bit pale but he had a smile on his face. “Hey Scott.” He stepped into the house and hugged his alpha. Scott used his senses to try and pick up on what was wrong. He could smell Theo’s scent mixing heavily with Liam’s, but that was normal since they lived together. He smelled something else, something like a chemosignal. It was like multiple emotions mixed into one, sprinkled with Theo and Liam’s scent. Scott couldn’t place it but it was familiar in a “I smelled it recently” kind of way.

“You feeling ok?” Scott noticed that the beta was a bit warmer than usual. “Yeah, just really hot in my house.” Liam lied, thankful that Scott believed it. “Ok.” Scott led him to the kitchen where his mom was making herself something to eat. “I’ll be right back, I’m gonna grab my keys and wallet, then maybe we can catch a movie or something.” Liam nodded and sat at the table. “Hey Liam.” Melissa greeted the beta with a warm smile. “Hi Mrs.McCall, how are you?” Liam sat there and watched the woman move around the kitchen. He told her he was doing good, once again lying since he felt like shit.