Stay with Me (Stalia)

Chapter 10

“We have to tell his dad,” Malia said softly when she had calmed down slightly and reentered the loft.

“He’ll probably be at the Sheriff’s station by now,” Scott said looking at his watch, “I’ll come with you,”

“I’ll drive you guys,” Parrish spoke up “I have to go to work anyways, and the Sheriff will probably be wanting an explanation from me.” Malia saw him flinch at the idea. He had wanted to tell the Sheriff about their plan with Gerard, but Stiles had been insistent. He didn’t want to put his dad in any danger. Jordan hadn’t liked it, but Stiles had left him little choice, he could be very convincing when he wanted to.

“We’ll make sure he knows that you had no choice but to leave him in the dark” Scott assured him

“He knows what his son is like, he won’t be upset at you,” Lydia said squeezing Jordan’s arm gently. Malia noticed the look that passed between the two of them with curiosity, making a mental note to ask Lydia about that later.

“What should the rest of us do?” Liam asked

“Someone should fill Deaton in about the situation,” Scott said

“I’ll do that” Liam responded, looking relieved to have something solid to do.

“I’ll come with you,” Mason said, looking as if he just wanted to get out of the loft and do some field work, Malia couldn’t blame him.

“The rest of you can start making a list of places where he might be, abandon buildings or something like,” Scott said with a shrug. Malia could tell he knew how pointless of an idea that was. Beacon Hills was too big of a place to make something like that practical. It was like that work that she was given in class that was just to take up time so the teacher could pretend that they had accomplished something. It always made Stiles grumble under his breath. Busy work he called it. Scott was giving them busy work to make them feel like they were helping.

“We can also see where any of the hunters we know of have been seen” Lydia suggested. Malia thought that seemed like a better idea. Scott must've thought so too as he smiled at her and nodded.

“Ready?” Parrish asked putting his hand on her shoulder. She nodded and the three of them walked out to his car. They were all silent for the entire car ride as they were all caught up in their own thoughts. Malia barely noticed when the car came to a stop in front of the station. Parrish turned to look at her and Scott. “Ready?” He asked again. She nodded, but Scott sat looking straight ahead, she heard a hitch in his breathing. Jordan leaned over and squeezed his arm. “Hey, it’s going to be okay.”

“It’s just; the Sheriff has been through so much. I have had to tell him way too many times that Stiles was missing. When he was sleepwalking and when he was taken over by the Nogitsune. Now I have to tell him that his son is not only missing, but kidnaped. He’s just been through so much…” Scott took a deep breath trying to center himself.

“We,” Malia said

“What?” Scott turned to look at her.

“We are going to tell him about Stiles. You aren’t alone Scott, we’re here for you.” Malia tried to sound brave, even though she knew that telling the Sheriff was going to be one of the most painful things she had experienced.

“That’s right, and the Sheriff is a strong man, he will make it through,” Parrish added. Scott nodded at them and pushed open his door. Malia and Parrish followed suit. Malia grabbed Scott’s hand as they looked anxiously at the entrance. He squeezed her hand and they walked into the Sheriff’s station.

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They didn’t need to douse Stiles with water this time on account of the fact that he hadn’t slept a wink. He had gotten really use to not sleeping a lot in the past few years. Many nights chasing monsters and then going to school the next morning meant he had perfected the art of functioning on sleep deprivation.