Normal | Scott McCall

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"Have you dreamt of open doors?" Jude asked his sister as she came down from her room.

"No. I only dreamt about people getting killed or about me almost dying. Just like when we were younger just that now it's more vivid because of the pictures Deaton showed me." Rita said. Jude nodded and washed his empty cereal bowl. Rita brushed passed him to get a container for her grapes and Jude caught a different scent than her's

"Why do you smell like," Jude started but the sound of their mom coming down the stairs stopped him.

"You two need to get going, you're going to be late." Padma said. The twins gathered around her to kiss her goodbye and went to the car.

"Don't worry about taking me home. I'm going to the mall with the girls. Julia's going to pick me up." Rita said as she ate her grapes.

"Does mama and papa know?" Jude asked, pulling into the school parking lot.

"Yeah, I'm not going to go out with out telling them." Rita said. He parked the car and they both got out.

"It's just going to be Julia and you?" Jude asked.

"No, the whole group is going to be there. Y'know Michelle, Martha, Eleanor, and Penny." Rita listed.

"Haven't seen Penny in a while." Jude smirked.

"She asks about you sometimes." Rita said making Jude smirk grow.

"Stop that, you look so creepy." Rita grumbled, slapping his arm. Jude laughed and ruffled her hair before heading to his locker.

"You two make up quick." Isaac said, leaning on the locker next to Rita's.

"I got over it quickly." Rita shrugged.

"That's good. You also look well rested, did you finally get some sleep?" Isaac asked, he could smell a different scent radiating off of her hair and skin, it was familiar.

"Yeah, I only woke up once." Rita said. Isaac figured out who's scent it was and smirked.

"Did Scott help you sleep?" Isaac questioned, smugly. Rita's head shot up and looked around.

"Shut up." Rita whispered. Isaac laughed at how spastic she became and patted her shoulder.

"It's alright, I won't tell anyone. Jude will figure it out because Scott smells a lot like you and you like him but the others won't." Isaac shrugged.

"Great." Rita whispered and closed her locker.

"Let's get to class, lobito." Rita said, hooking her arm into his.

"Lobito?" Isaac asked.

"It means little wolf in Spanish. My friend taught me." Rita smiled. Isaac smiled down at her but let go of her arm when he saw Allison.

"You're that whipped?" Rita laughed. Isaac grumbled pushed her into the classroom. She bumped into a desk hitting her knee while laughing.

"You okay?" Isaac asked, seeing her hold her knee.

"Yeah, I'll just get a bruise." Rita said, sitting in the desk she had bumped into.

"I'm sorry." Isaac said before going to his desk. The classroom filled up quickly and Scott sat next to her.

"Hi." Scott whispered. Rita smiled at him and gave him a small wave before turning her attention back to class. Class ended and the two walked to their next class.

"Isaac said that we smell like each other. We might get caught." Rita said, looking up at him.

"Would that be bad?" Scott asked, looking down at her.

"No." Rita said, quickly shaking her head. Scott smiled at her and opened the door to the history class for her.

"Thanks." Rita smiled. Scott gave her nod and smiled back, making her heart skip a beat. She took her seat as Scott was pulled away by Stiles and Allison.

"Hi, I'm Kira- you knew that- I knew you knew that, I don't know why I just told you that again." Kira rambled, getting Rita's attention.

"I have something for you." Kira said, taking off her backpack. Rita glanced at Scott and noticed him looking at Kira intently.

"For me?" Scott asked.

"About the bardo. My explanation was kind of all over the place so I did some research and printed it out for you." Kira said. Scott looked at her surprised and rubbed the back of his neck, nervously.

"You didn't have to do that." Scott said.

"It only took a couple hours." Kira shrugged as she looked through her bag.

"Gee, how nice." Rita grumbled mockingly, feeling jealous. Scott heard her and turned to look at Rita who was looking at him. Rita looked away quickly and opened her notebook.

"Wow, then you really didn't have to do that." Scott said as a response the the girl in front of him.

"I swear I printed it out." Kira mumbled. Her dad came with a stack of papers for her daughter.

"Kira. You forgot the research you did for the boy you like." Mr. Yukimura said. Both Scott and Rita had the same reaction, but Rita ended up snorting. She covered her mouth and turned her head. Class started and Mr. Yukimura called on Stiles to read. Rita remembered Jude telling her that Stiles was having trouble reading as well as sleeping and her hand shot up.

"I can read instead." Rita said. She hated reading in front of people but she didn't want Stiles to read when she knew he couldn't.

"You can be next." Mr. Yukimura said, brushing her off. Rita bit her lip and looked down at her text book.

"I should take him to the nurse." Scott said making Rita look up at again to see the hyperventilating boy and his best friend in front of the class. The two boys ran out, leaving a worried Rita in class. She wanted to follow them but she knew she wouldn't be able to do anything so she stayed. Class ended and she noticed Scott and Stiles's bags were still her. She glanced at Kira who already had Scott's in hand. She grabbed Stiles's and they began to walk.

"I hope Stiles is okay." Kira said. Rita nodded and looked down at Stiles's bag. The two girls heard a growl and looked at each other before looking back at the coyote.

"Oh my god." Kira whispered, dropping Scott's bag. Rita pulled her into the locker room and the two dropped their bags and ran deeper into the looker room to hide. They heard glass break and got closer to each other. Kira looked over and saw the coyote who started growling at the sight of her the two girls got up slowly and started backing away. They gripped each other's hands as they breathed hard. Rita felt a hand on her shoulder and jumped. He pushed the two girls behind him and held Rita's hand, after hearing how quick her heart was beating. Scott pushed the row of lockers and the two girls looked at each other then at Scott who was staring at the babydoll in Stiles's bag.