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8. A baseball bat

My mobile phone was buzzing again. I had 32 missed calls and hundreds of messages. Any of them were from Stiles. Apparently the pack was going to Mexico to save Scott and Kira who were kidnapped by Kate, and they needed me. I felt bad for missing it, they had already left when I called Derek but I fell asleep and nobody could blame me for it after last night's events. I stood up and looked into the mirror, I still had my make up on and the same clothes I was wearing the night I discovered Meredith was the benefactor. I decided to take a bath and try to forget about everything. The water hit my face and it made me feel better. The dirt was going away and so was my guilt. Or at least part of it. I was soaping my hair when I heard something. "Not without Lydia". It was Stiles' voice. I didn't know why did I hear that sentence but I thought I was just missing him. What I did the day before had to be done. He deserves to be happy.

When I got out of the shower I looked into my mobile phone again secretly waiting to find a missed call from Stiles. Right in that moment Derek called:

"Hi Derek"

"Hey. Lydia we need your help do you think you can go to school and look in Kira's locker?"

"I guess so, why?"
"We need to find something Kira kept in there. We will appreciate it"

"No, of course I'll go. I'll be there in five minutes"

I hung up the phone and I put on the first T-shirt I could find and the jeans my mum gave to my as a birthday present almost one year ago and I ran out of the house.

School was a little creepy on a Saturday morning. I forced the entrance and I went straight to the locker rooms where the lacrosse team changed. I finally found Kira's locker and I started to look inside of it for whatever Derek needed but I couldn't find anything. Right in that moment Derek called again and I told him I didn't find anything when suddenly I felt like somebody was staring at me I turned around and I saw a berserker . I tried to escape but he grabbed my arm and pushed me towards the hall, my phone fell to the floor and I could hear Derek's worried voice calling my name. I struggled and tried to run but the berserker hit me and everything turned black.

When I woke up I had a terrible headache. I was probably in the school's basement and I wasn't alone. By my side there was a boy, a freshman, who looked scared as hell. I tried to start a conversation with him so he could forget about the ugly monster who was guarding us, why was he guarding us?

"Hi, I'm Lydia"

"Hi."

"You don't talk much do you?"

"I usually do but right now there's a psycho trying to kill us"

"Did it hurt you?"
"It? No"

"Then he doesn't want to kill us he is just watching us."
"But why? I was just looking for Liam when he hit me."

"You are a friend of Liam?"

"Yes"

That's why the berserker was watching us. Something was happening in Mexico and we were the leverage Kate needed.

"Cool so do I. Do you know where ber- I mean the psycho went?"

"I can hear him. He is close."

"Then we should find a weapon or something. We can't wait here for that thing to kill us"

"Do you want to fight it?"

"Yes, I do"

"I knew I couldn't leave you alone"

I turned around and I saw Stiles. What was he doing here?

"What the hell Stiles? Shouldn't you be in Mexico?"

"I couldn't leave without you"

Not without Lydia. So what I heard in the shower was something that Stiles actually said. Why was this happening to me?

"Well you should have"

"Yes, if I had you would have been here alone against a berserker and you would have died"

"No I wouldn't have. I am strong even when you think I'm not·"

"Sorry, but what the hell is a berserker?"
"Lydia, let me help you with this and then you can go back to hate me okay?

"I thought you were the one who hated me after what I said last night"

"I could never hate you"
We stared at each other until we heard a noise. The berserker was coming back

"Okay, find a weapon and attack him. No matter what we have to leave" I said.

Stiles and Liam's friend took their weapons, I took a baseball bat.

"Really? With a baseball bat?" asked Stiles

"It was the only thing I could find." The berserker was already in front of us "and yes, with a baseball bat".

I ran towards the berserker and hit him as hard as I could. It obviously didn't work and he threw me against the wall. It hurt.

I saw Stiles fall next to me and behind the berserker was Stiles' father. He threw something that looked like a bomb to him and I leaned to Stiles' side trying to cover him but he thought the same thing and we ended up hugging each other.

When I opened my eyes all I could see was Stiles' lips. I thought about that time when I kissed him and I thought everything was okay, that I was doing it to help him but I knew inside that that kiss was one of the best kisses I've ever experienced. I shook my head and moved further from him. He noticed it and did the same thing. I stood up and saw how the only thing left of the berserker was a pile of bones. Stiles ran to hug his dad and after I thanked him I left them behind and started to go upstairs.

"What the hell has just happened?" Liam's friend asked

"I have no idea" I said trying not to look back. Trying not to look at Stiles who once again risked his life for me. Who didn't care if I hated him. Who was driving me crazy. Literally.