catalyst [2] ☆ tw

xii. LUCID DREAMS

CHAPTER TWELVE
LUCID DREAMS

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"Stiles, why did you do that?" Violet asked breathlessly, confused as to why Stiles would save her and not Lydia, the person he'd been practically in love with since Violet could remember.

Stiles, also breathless from sprinting fast as he could from the gymnasium to the field, said, "I couldn't let Peter get to you. Not you, too."

"What about Lydia?" She questioned, confused, "don't you have this insane crush on her? Wouldn't you save her first?"

"No." Stiles said with confidence, and Violet's face twisted into more confusion, "I love you." He said, a weight lifting off of his chest, "It was always you."

"What?" Violet asked, thinking over everything that had happened with she and Stiles from when they had met to that exact moment.

"I made up having a crush on Lydia. I made it up because I knew that I could never tell you and I could never tell Scott because of what it would do to our friendship."

"How long?" She finally asked. "How long have you known?"

"Since fifth grade. Please tell me you feel even slightly the same."

Violet paused, "I do, Stiles. I've always felt the same." she confessed.

A smile spread across Stiles' face. He leaned in to kiss Violet, closing his eyes, but when he opened them again, everything was gone. Violet, Peter, Lydia, his chance to kiss his one true love. Everything was gone.

Stiles sat up in his bed, waking to the sound of his phone ringing, and thoughts reeling from the dream he'd just had. A dream he'd been having frequently since homecoming night. Picking up his phone, the caller ID showed none other than Violet's name on the screen. Answering the call, Violet's voice was mumbling swears towards Stiles. She was mad. "Vi?" he said.

"Stiles! I called you like 10 times, answer your damn phone!" Violet yelled.

"Uh, sorry, I fell asleep, what's wrong?" Stiles asked.

"Jackson's gone. Like straight up MISSING." Violet replied. "Get to the preserve right now."

"I'm on my way." Stiles said, hanging up, and grabbing his car keys.

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"How do you know he's missing?" Stiles asked upon arrival.

"I went to go check if Scott and Allison were still up--which they weren't--and then I noticed the back door of the truck open and I called you." Violet finished explaining when they arrived to the site where Scott and Allison stood.

"I have to tell my father." Allison said, fear laced in her tone. When Scott didn't say anything and began to pace, Allison called his attention, "Scott. He's going to kill someone."