Normal | Scott McCall

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"Rita. Lock the doors and the windows and make sure all the lights are off." Allison said. Jude had badgered Allison after Boyd and Cora escaped. He wanted to make sure his family was safe and he didn't know what the two rabid werewolves would do.

"Why?" Rita asked, turning her lamp on and sitting up.

"There are dangerous werewolves out tonight and they almost killed Scott and Jude," Allison started but was quickly cut off as soon as Rita heard Jude's name.

"Jude? Is he healing? Is he okay?" Rita asked, going out of her room to make sure everything was locked and safe. She thanked god that her parents were asleep but made sure to be extra quiet.

"He's healing. He just got badly beaten up." Allison said. Rita went back to her room no matter how bad she wanted to go get her brother and protect him from everything that could hurt him.

"I locked everything. Please make sure Jude doesn't die, yeah?" Rita pleaded. Jude heard her and looked down.

"Of course. He's gonna be perfectly fine." Allison reassured.

"Let me talk to him." Rita said, still not convinced. Allison handed him the phone and he slowly took it with his good arm.

"I'm fine, Rita." Jude said, right away.

"Your heavy breathing tells me other wise." Rita said. Jude bit his lip and tried to calm down.

"I'm healing already. Scott got way more mess up and he's doing fine too." Jude said, trying to take the attention away from him. Rita shook her head in disappointment. They can't go a day without being in a life threatening situation.

"Hang up! We have to find Boyd and Cora!" Derek said. Rita furrowed her eyebrows and was about to ask who it was.

"I gotta go, Rita. I'll see you in the morning. I promise." Jude said and hung up. Rita sighed and sat at her bed, looking at her window then at her door spastically. She was terrified at whatever could happen to her or to her parents so she grabbed her metal bat and sat at her bed, deciding that she wouldn't sleep out of terror.

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"Rita!" Jude called out. Rita ran down the stairs and hugged her brother.

"On a scale of one to ten, how fucked up did you get last night?" Rita asked, seeing that he was now completely healed.

"A solid eight." Jude said. Rita's eyes widened and pulled him to the kitchen.

"You're going to eat and relax. Cancel all your plans." Rita said, serving him some food their mom had left for them. Jude didn't dare object, knowing that when she got protective, no one could object.

"Call over Scott and Stiles too. We're having a normal day as we should because we're teenagers." Rita said. Jude nodded and called the two boys who agreed almost immediately. Rita tried calling Allison but she didn't answer.

"Michelle is coming over, too." Rita mentioned, suddenly reminded that she invited her friend over last week. Scott and Stiles came and Rita fed them.

"Why are you doing this?" Stiles asked, eating the food.

"All of this stuff must be overwhelming so I want to give you a normal day." Rita said. Scott smiled at how much she cared and was grateful that she was doing this. The two boys ate their food in silence and Jude took a shower. The doorbell rang and Rita gasped excitedly. She ran to the door and was tackled in to a hug by Michelle, her best friend.

"My bestest friend in the whole wide world! I missed you so much, agh!" Michelle exclaimed, shaking Rita around.

"Let me go." Rita said, losing her breath. Michelle would forget that Rita didn't have the same abilities werewolves had and would almost harm her. Michelle let her go and linked arms with Rita.

"Are you hungry?" Rita asked. Michelle nodded and Rita took her to the kitchen.

"Hi." Michelle greeted as the two boys came into view. The two waved at her and put their dishes in the sink.

"You're Scott, right?" Michelle said, catching his scent.

"How'd you know?" Scott asked. Michelle glanced at Rita who was washing the dishes and smirked.

"Rita told me you have nice eyes so I figured." Michelle shrugging. Rita dropped a spoon at glared at Michelle. Scott blushed and went to the living room along with Stiles.

"Don't make me tell Maya that you drive by her house twice a day, you stalker." Rita mumbled, knowing Michelle could hear her.

"I'm kidding, Scott. I caught your scent. I'm a werewolf, too." Michelle said, knowing Scott was still listening.

"You're so annoying." Rita said, handing her a plate of food.

"Is that Michelle I hear?" Jude asked, coming into the kitchen after greeting Scott and Stiles.

"Hey, man." Michelle smiled, giving him a side hug. Michelle finished eating and they went to the living room.

"You have Uno? Can we play?" Michelle asked, excitedly. The siblings nodded and they all sat in a circle. Scott tilted his head and Rita put her card closer.

"Are you trying to cheat?" Rita asked, suspiciously narrowing her eyes at him. Scott became flustered and shook his head quickly. Rita couldn't help but laugh at his cuteness.

"I was joking." Rita laughed, putting her hand on his arm. Jude and Michelle noticed Scott's heartbeat quicken and looked at him smugly. They finished one round of Uno, Stiles being the victor.

"Stiles are you okay?" Rita asked, noticing he was quieter than usual. Scott got closer to her and leaned in to her ear.

"He saw Heather. She's dead." Scott whispered. Rita turned to look at him and noticed how close they were.

"Sorry." Scott said, scooting away from her. Stiles got up and went to the couch and Rita followed. He laid his head on her shoulder and sighed.

"I'm sorry I'm killing the mood." Stiles said.

"It's alright. I know you don't feel your best. I wouldn't either." Rita said. The rest decided to join them and they watched a movie. Mr. and Mrs. Singh came home and saw their kids with their friends. Rita quickly pushed Stiles head towards Jude's shoulder, knowing how her parents were when it came to her being close with boys.

"Hi, Mr. and Mrs. Singh!" Michelle greeted.

"Hi, Michelle." Mrs. Singh greeted. The movie ended and they decided to go home.

"Bye, guys!" Jude said as their friends left. Rita waved at the three teens and watched them drive off. The two siblings cleaned up and went to their rooms. Rita took a shower but couldn't help but feel like she shouldn't have invited the boys over. Rita changed and went to Jude's room. She knocked and he opened it right away.

"This was lame, wasn't it? I shouldn't have invited your friends, right?" Rita asked.

"No, it was refreshing. Especially after this whole week. And they're your friends too, they enjoyed it. This was the first normal teenage thing they've done in a while." Jude said. Rita felt better and went back to her room after saying goodnight.