Starting Over (Newtmas)

Chapter 12

A/N: IM SO SORRY IT TOOK ME SO LONG!! I fully intended to update over the summer and then so much happened and I just never got around to it. I went back through and reread the story (and cringed at how I contradicted myself about some things) and I fixed the grammar mistakes and how I changed between 3rd and 1st person. ALSO, a new couple will be introduced in this chapter.

After Newt and Thomas has made their dramatic exit, the rest of the Gladers were left to deal with the pack. "So, uh, that was certainly surprising but not fully unexpected." Minho awkwardly rubbed his neck as he spoke. Scott just gave him a weird look. "Alright, maybe unexpected for y'all but we've been around the stupid shanks for as long as we can remember, literally. They've been dancing around each other for months, it was bound to happen." Minho explained.

Teresa sighed, "Ignore this shank, he's used so much hairspray it's begun to effect his head." Minho made a noise of resentment to her comment but Scott wasn't really paying attention.

"I know he told me that day I ran into him at the supermarket that they were together. It was just kind of hard to believe until now." Scott explained why he was confused, "Stiles was just always into girls before..." Scott cut himself off.

Liam piped up from behind his alpha, "This is off topic, but is it true WICKED only took y'all if y'all agreed to go?" Lydia smacked him upside the head.

"Probably not the best time, Liam." She stated sternly.

"It's actually probably best the subject was changed." A boy Scott hadn't met before said from the back of their group.

"Yes it's true," Teresa answered, "We had a run in with the assistant director back in Arkansas when Aris and Frypan here asked us for help hunting a Kanima. It turned out it was a trap. Jansen took Newt and told him they needed us and explained that we were only in this situation because we agreed." Scott's heart sank. Stiles really did decide to leave on his own.

"Thomas was a right mess when Newt went missing." The boy from earlier, Aris, spoke up.

"I haven't seen him that heartbroken since Gally killed Chuck." Frypan then spoke up but was shot a dark look by Teresa. It was not the time to be bringing up Chuck.

"Look, I know this is hard for y'all. It's hard for Thomas too. He hates that he upsets y'all for not being Stiles anymore. Y'all need to understand, Stiles is gone. Just like whoever we were before the maze is gone. If it's true that we were taken because some supernatural being shucked up our lives, maybe it's best we don't remember it. So please stop pressuring him to remember. And please don't give him a hard time for being with Newt. It took them a long time to get to this point and I won't let y'all ruin this for them." Minho stated before turning and leading the others back to the motel.

Teresa turned back to the pack as they walked, "We'll be in contact."

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Later that night, Scott and Liam were lounging around in Scott's room.

"It's just so hard you know? Stiles has been my best friend since kindergarten, we knew everything about each other and now I know nothing." Scott was pacing back and forth in front of his bed. Liam was sitting against the headboard watching his alpha pace.

"There's nothing we can do, Scott. He's Thomas now." Liam said dejectedly, "He's got a new life, new friends, and a boyfriend now."

Scott punched his wall, "Why did he leave? Was I not a good enough best friend? Were we not supportive enough? Did he feel like we didn't need him? Why?" Scott has broken down now. Liam jumped up from the bed and wrapped his alpha in a hug.

"I'm sure it had nothing to do with that. Maybe he was just hurting more from his time being possessed than he was letting on. The idea of forgetting it must have been too great to pass up. You can't blame yourself, Scott. There was nothing you could have done to prevent this." At some point during his speech Liam had grasped Scott's face to make the alpha look at him. "This isn't your fault, Scott."

A million thoughts were running through Scott's mind and he couldn't latch onto one specific thought. He wasn't even sure why he did it but he leaned forward and smashed his lips against Liam's. The younger boy let out a surprised yelp which Scott used to stick his tongue in the boy's mouth. All Scott knew was that when he was kissing his beta, his mind stopped for once.

After a second Liam began to kiss back. He had never thought of kissing Scott before but now he didn't want to stop. Scott pushed Liam back onto the bed and crawled on top of him, shedding clothes as he went.

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"Alright you shanks, I told y'all they'd get together!" Minho gloated as the group was lounging around their motel room before calling it a night.

"Yes, Minho, we know." Frypan rolled his eyes.

"You've told us about a bazillion times." Aris added.

Teresa just giggled as she threw a pillow at Minho and told him to shut up already. After watching another episode of the 7th Heaven marathon that was on TV (that Teresa insisted on them watching as they were flipping through channels), the group decided to hit the sack.

At about 2 in the morning, moans could be heard through the wall connected to the two boys room.

"You've gotta be kidding me!" Minho groaned as he covered his head with his pillow. Aris chucked a shoe at the wall.

A/N: okay so I'm not sure exactly where I'm gonna take Scott and Liam's relationship yet. Should it just be that they hooked up cause of the stress and heartbreak of everything going on or should there be an actual relationship occurring between them? Let me know what y'all think?