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ALEX BLEW OUT a breath as she crossed her arms. "Stiles, you don't need to be inches away from me at all times, I'm fine, I promise."
"Yeah, well, can you blame me?" Stiles replied, Alex's eyebrows raising.
She placed her hands on Stiles' shoulders, her gaze flickering between Stiles' eyes intently. At this, Stiles slightly blushed. Alex didn't notice.
"Stiles, I'mfine." Alex emphasised, Stiles sighing but nodding anyway. "Okay?"
"Okay." Stiles blew out a breath.
"Got it?" Alex asked.
"Got it." Stiles answered, nodding again.
"Good." Alex gave Stiles a small smile, patting his shoulders softly, then taking her hands off them.
"Is it true? What you said?" Stiles asked.
"Hm?" Alex frowned.
"About wanting to..." Stiles let his voice trail off, however, Alex knew what he meant.
The girl sighed, glancing at the ground. "Yeah."
Stiles frowned, his heart dropping at how Alex had gone through a period of time where she had felt so distraught that she wanted to end it all.
"But that was a long time ago." Alex added, glancing at Stiles. "Before I met you and Scott. Like I said, Scott, and you, helped me through it and made me feel...valid."
"Have you ever felt like that since?" Stiles questioned softly.
"No. Never." Alex shook her head. "Well, except for when my dead mom haunted me yesterday. But I wasn't in my right mind, so..."
Stiles' gaze flickered between her eyes. "You don't deserve to feel like that at all, Lex."
Alex sent him a small smile. "Thanks, Sti."
••••
"So what are you saying?" Stiles frowned as he faced his dad, the police sirens blaring in the background. Alex crossed her arms from her position next to Stiles and Scott.
"Hang on, hang on." Noah backtracked. "They were both in the car?"
"No, dad, they were trying to tell you that it was two seperate kidnappings, okay? Two doctors, both gone." Stiles explained.
"So who's car is this?" Noah frowned.
"Doctor Hilyard. The on-call doctor." Melissa replied, glancing at Noah. "The E.R. attendant is the one that never made it in."
"Let me just focus on getting your story first, alright?" Noah spoke to Melissa.
