Bait // Thiam

Chapter 91

We all woke up pretty early the next day, getting ready to head back home. If we could, I'm sure we would of all stayed here for another week. But we all need to get back home because some of us have work and summer school. Others though, like Theo, Mason, Corey and I, we all have nothing to do. Which is why we're all going to New Zealand in three days for a week.

We figured that since it's our last year until college, so we might as well start doing them before then. At last with high school you can still figure out what you want to do, so when we go travelling we might want to do something else. We might not even want to go to college, but if we do go to college. Then we need to figure out what we want to do and fast. Once you're in, it's hard to get out. And before you even go there, you have to have a rough idea on what you actually want to do.

And if you're asking me, I have no idea what I want to do. I mean I would like to follow my mom and step dads footsteps and become a nurse or a doctor, but I also don't know if I can be that committed. Staying over night, doing night shifts and day shifts, barely getting to see my family. It seems like too much dedication for me.

"Do you just want to throw everything into the car and then just unpack it when we get home?" Theo asked me, interrupting me from my thoughts.

"Yeah, I really can't be bothered to do it all now." I told him, throwing the chairs into the back.

He nodded and walked off, going over to everyone else. I dropped my suitcase and stopped everything I was doing, taking a moment to reflect on everything. On everyone and everything I have. All the people in my life, and all the people who were in my life. How Allison and Brett gave up their lives to try and help us and they really did. They made me a better person, made me see more to life than what I ever imagined.

On all the people I still have in my life. Scott, for making me the person I am today. Malia and Stiles, for showing me that love can exist, but there will be ups and downs. Mason and Corey, for showing me that it's okay to be who I am and to embrace it. Lydia, for showing me that not all monsters do monstrous things. Nolan, for showing me that sometimes the bad people can change. Hayden, for showing me that my first love wont always be the one for me and that good people can turn bad. Sometimes with a good excuse, sometimes just purely because they want to. And of course, Theo. For showing me that true love does exist, that if someone truely does live you, that they won't give up on you.

He taught me how to love and accept myself and that it's okay to be me. That even though there may be people out there who will judge me, that I am still me. That I haven't changed, I've just become who I truly am. And I thank him and everyone for showing me this, for making me who I am today and for being there for me through it all.

I smiled as I thought back to the very first day I met Scott. When he put me in the hospital and if it wasn't for him feeling bad and being the true alpha he is, I might have ended up dead. If it wasn't for him checking up on me, none of this would have been possible. If he had of chosen to let me fall instead of biting me or if he had of been five seconds earlier, everything could have changed. So I'm grateful he did what he did and I wouldn't have it any other way.

"It may not be much, but it's more than enough." I whispered to no one in particular.

"You say something?" Mason asked me, furrowing his eyebrows.

"No, nothing worth repeating." I laughed, walking over to him and embracing him in a hug.

"What's this for?" He asked me, hesitantly hugging me back. "Have you done something wrong? What did you break or steal?"

"Nothing. I just want to show everyone how much I love and appreciate them." I shrugged my shoulders, tapping him on the back. "You know what this calls for? A group hug! Everyone bring it in."

I smiled as everyone slowly made their way over, confused looks on all of their faces. Isaac didn't really have much of an expression, if anything he looked like he could use a hug right now. Corey was the only one smiling, skipping as he made his way towards us. I will admit, I didn't really like Corey at the beginning, but now I couldn't picture anyone better for Mason. He's got the same amount of excitement, he always made a bad situation slightly less bad, and he's there to protect Mason. That's all I could ever ask for.

"Liam, sweetie. What's going on?" Malia asked, stopping as she looked at Mason and I.

"Just come here." I gestured for her to come over, grabbing her by the arm as I pulled her into the hug.

I took a deep breath in and smiled as I felt everyone slowly joining in on the hug. There were a few hesitant huggers, but once everyone was in on the hug, it felt natural. We all stood like that for a couple seconds, all taking in deep breaths and squeezing each other tighter. Once everyone slowly let go, I turned around to see Theo behind me. He stood there with a confused smile on his face, looking down at me as he got closer to me.

"Everything alright?" He asked me, ruffling my hair.

"You know, for the first time in a long time, everything is perfect. I'm finally happy for once and I have everyone I could possibly imagine in my life. I have good friends, a supportive family, I have an amazing boyfriend," I started to explain to him, pausing after I mentioned him.

"I like this amazing boyfriend part, continue." He told me, smirking as he did so.

"You came into my life at the right time and I've never thanked you enough. At the beginning of it all, before I knew you were a werewolf, you made me feel like I was needed. That I needed to protect you, that I actually had a purpose. But it was the other way around. Theo, you protected me. And in the end, you saved me." I told him, tearing up at the end.

"No, we saved each other." He smiled, looking down at me before connecting our lips.

This kiss though, it was different. It wasn't intense and like all the others, it was soft and slow. Like we were moving in slow motion, only we weren't. He pulled away, embracing me in a hug and leaving me breathless. I smiled into his chest, hugging him back tighter to hide the tears falling down my face.

They weren't sad tears though and that felt amazing. I haven't been able to say that in awhile, but I'm happy to be crying right now. These are happy tear, the happiest tears I've ever cried and it feels good to be able to say that. For the passed six months, every single time I have cried it has been because of something sad. But those days are over now. I only see happiness in my future and the happiness is my pack.

That happiness is Theo.