The Strawberry Blonde~~Lydia Martin

1.10.1

As Stiles and I drive back to the school to tell Scott about Peter, I noticed a bunch of missed calls from Danny, Dad, Kate and even Allison. I decide not to answer them though, still to worked up about this whole thing. "I mean, were you even expecting that?" Stiles continues to ramble. "Derek's catatonic uncle being the Alpha? Are you kidding? No way" I scoff.

We pull up outside the school and see the parking lot is now mostly empty and everyone had gone home by now. We rush into the school and then the locker room. We knew Scott was still here considering his car was. "Dude-we have a huge problem" Stiles rushes out as we see Scott in just a towel, sitting on a bench. "Trust me...I know" He sighs.

"What? How?" I ask confused and out of breath. "Peter Hale and Derek showed up in the locker room. He stabbed his claws into the back of my neck and all these memories popped up of what Peter went through and who he killed" Scott explains. "Derek too?" Stiles asks confused. Scott turns to look at us. "Derek's helping him" Scott informs us. "Shit" I mutter.

"And Jackson said he's giving me three days to give him the bite and Kate and your Dad think Jackson is the second beta because of the scratches on the back of his neck" Scott rambles on. "Okay, this is bad" Stiles sighs and I nod in agreement. "Really bad"

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"Alexis Nicole Argent!' I freeze with a wince as I turn to see my parents, Kate and Allison all in the kitchen. "Where have you been? Why weren't you at the game and why haven't you been answering our calls and texts?" Mom asks. "It's a long story" I say sheepishly. "Well, you better start explaining because I'm over this act. What has happened to you? Ever since we've moved to this town, you've been acting distant and weird" Mom starts saying.

"I think most of you know why" I scoff with my arms crossed. Allison looks at me confused while the others share a look. "Allison, can you go to your room please?" Dad asks. Allison looks between us before walking up the stairs. We wait till we hear a door shut before I turn to look at them. "So you do know then?" Kate asks. "Yeah, I know. I know way more than you think. You may have thought you'd be able to keep this big secret from me but I figured it out" I tell them.

"Twinkle, we kept it secret for your own good" Dad tries telling me. "Don't you Twinkle me. You've been killing people behind my back" I exclaim. "Woah, woah, woah, we've been hunting werewolves. They're animals" Kate corrects me. "They're just like anyone else. They have families too! Some even human that don't have to be murdered by you!" I snap. The three send each other a look.

"You know something else don't you?" Dad asks. "I just told you what I know" I shrug. "Who have you been hanging out with recently?" Dad asks me suspiciously. "It doesn't matter who I've been hanging out with. None of this is about me! This is about you all and murdering innocent people" I scoff. "You've been talking with Derek Hale haven't you?" Kate asks me.

"No way! The guys an asshole!" I scoff. "So you have been if you know he is" Kate shakes her head. "Whatever, okay? I'm not staying here. I'm going to stay at a friend's house and there's nothing you can do to stop me" I tell them. "Alexis, wait" My mom tries calling after me as I run up the stairs. I run into my room and start packing some stuff, sending Danny a text.

"Where are you going?" I snap my head over to see Allison leaning in my bedroom door. "I thought you weren't talking to me" I grumble out, continuing to pack. "Well when you don't show up to the game and you don't answer our texts, it kind of worries me. You are still my sister" Allison brings up. "Then why don't you act like it, huh?? I get it, I was keeping something from you and I upset you but when I needed you, you ignored me. You left me alone."

I shake my head at her shocked expression. "You want to be mad at someone for keeping secrets from you..." I zip up my bag, putting the strap over my shoulder. "Why don't you talk to Dad? They've been keeping a lot more than you think" I tell her. I push past her, walking down the hall. I walk down the stairs. "You're not leaving" Mom tells me, trying to block the door. "Yeah, and you're not keeping me here either" I shrug.