Chapter Eighteen

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~Ember

After my crying fit, I go upstairs & take a hot shower. Tonight has been absolutely horrible, & I just wanna go to sleep.

I change into one of Stiles hoodies that was in his car...yes, I'm beyond mad at him but his hoodies smell like him & he smells like sunshine, some shorts & before I get into bed my door opens.

Its Stiles & he's out of breath.

"What the hell are you doing here??" I ask.

"I ran. Look, please let me explain." He says breathless.

"Why should I??? You've been lying to me this whole time!"

"To protect you! Did you see what happened to Lydia?? That could of been you, Em. She didn't even see it coming! I didn't tell you anything because you could of been one of Peters targets." He takes a step towards me & holds my waste. "I wouldn't be able to live with myself is something happened to you.." He says looking in my eyes.

He looks so upset, vulnerable even.

He puts his hand on my cheek & leans in to kiss me, but I move my head & back away.

"Please believe me." He pleads.

"What are they?" I ask. He hesitates.

"The keeping stuff from me ends tonight, Stiles. If you don't tell me...then it's over."

"Okay, okay. I promise to tell you. Just come with me to the hospital." He says scratching his head. I put my band on & give him his keys.

***

When we get there we stand outside Lydia's room with Jackson, looking through the window. He shakes his head & walks away.

"Where the hell are you going?" Jackson asks as we both go after him.

"To find Scott." He says. I grab his arm to make him stop.

"Sam, take my jeep follow us. Jackson, you follow us." I say handing her my keys.

"Where-" "Boys, I was wondering if you could tell me where Scott McCall is." Mr. Argent says walking towards us. I take Stiles' hand quickly.

"Scott McCall? I haven't seen him since the uh, dance. Have you Jackson?" Stiles says getting nervous.

He then looks at Jackson, we all look at Jackson. "I....uhh"

I shake my head & sigh. This boy can act like he's "Mr. Popular" at school, but can't answer a freaking question by lying!

Me. Argent grabs them both & I get pushed out of the way by Stiles, falling on the floor. "Let's try this again. Where is Scott McCall." He snaps.

No one says anything.

"Let me ask you a question, Stiles. Have you ever seen a rabid dog?" He asks.

"No, but I could put it on my to-do list if you let me go."

"Well I have & the only thing I can compare it to is a friend of mines who turn into something on the full moon. Do you know what happened??" He asks looking at them both.

What the hell is this guy talking about??

"No. No offense to your story telling skills."

"He true to kill me & I was forced to put a bullet in his head. Can you imaging him trying to claw his way to me, trying to kill me?" Mr. Argent asks. I'm beyond confused at this point.

"I had to handcuff him to a radiator."

Stiles looks at me. At this point I'm sitting with my back against the wall just staring at all of them. They all sound ducking crazy.

"Would you have preferred something different? Like lock him up in a basement & burn the whole house down??! I hate to dispel popular rumor, Stiles, but we never did that." He says letting them finally go.

Stiles rolls his eyes, "oh right. Derek says you guys have a code that no one ever breaks."

"Never." Mr. Argent simply says.

"What if someone does?" Stiles asks.

"Like who?"

"Your sister."

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