Give your heart a break ~ Scott McCall

Tattoo pt.2

ARIADNE'S POV

" I just got off the phone with Stiles, he said something about Ms.Blake's class being attacked by birds" Scott said as we rushed to get Isaac awake. " He's coming here" he added and we all sighed. I did not have time for a million questions by Stiles.

" You don't still live here do you?" Scott asked Derek as he looked for something under the boards. " No the county took it over, there's just something that I need. It'll help heal a wound for an alpha " Derek told him. I watched as Scott looked between us and Isaac. " But it did heal, I didn't see any marks" Scott said, and I shook my head. " Not on the inside" I said and watched as Derek took purple flowers from under the boards. " Are you gonna tell me who that was back there? The alpha " Scott asked us and I shrugged my shoulders. Scott didn't need to know about any of this, it didn't concern him.

" A rival pack. It's my problem. I know you wanna help and you did. I owe you one" Derek said, and technically he wasn't lying. " Hey Derek, you mind repaying that favor now?" Scott asked as I watched him stare at his arm.

" Why do you want this tattoo so badly?" I asked as we waited for Stiles. " Well it's kind of like a gift to myself. And besides you guys have many" Scott pointed out and I shook my head, he really doesn't know. " That's because we burn them into our skin" Aries pointed out and I nodded. " Also, they make us who we are. They give us the power we need to help people" Ocean said and I again nodded. " See! We need them. They're like a requirement for us" I said and walked over to Isaac.

Stiles had arrived and Derek was looking at Scott's arm with alpha eyes. " Yea I see it. The two bands right? What does it mean?" Derek asked him and I watched. I remember my dad telling us that even though we need these runes. They also are important and symbolic, he told us that even though people don't know we exist, these runes give us the ability to help people.

We all watched as Scott traced it with his fingers in the dust. " It's something I trace with my fingers. I don't know really" Scott said and I could tell he had the sad look on his face. "Why is it so important to you?" Derek asked, he told him earlier that if he was gonna do it, he needed a reason. " Do you know what the word tattoo means?" Scott asked ignoring Derek's question. " To mark something" Stiles told him and I smiled.

" Well that's in Tahitian. In Samoan it means open wound. I knew I wanted to get a tattoo when I turned 18, I always wanted one. I just decided to get it now to make it a kind of reward" Scott said as he stared off into space. I could tell that this was important to him, and I wrapped and arm around my brother.

" For what?" Derek pressed on. " For not rushing the relationship that I have with Aria. She told me that she wanted to be just friends when summer started and I tried that. Even when I really wanted to. I knew that she didn't trust me after everything that happened so I worked on getting it back. And I know that I hurt them by lying, and I'm still trying to make it up to them. I'm just trying to give her the space she wants. Going on four months later, it still hurts. It feels like an" Scott said as he trailed off and made eye contact with me. I then felt everybody stare at me, now I feel bad for lying to him. " Like an open wound" I said and Scott nodded. I didn't know he felt like that, now I really feel like an asshole.

Derek sighed and pulled a blowtorch out. " The pains gonna be worse than anything you've ever felt" Derek told him and I saw Stiles open his mouth. " Oh that's uh, that's nice. I'm just gonna go wait outside" he said but Aries grabbed his arm. " No you're gonna hold him down, so are you Aries" Derek said and they walked over holding both sides of Scott. " Do it" Scott sighed out and Derek lit it. As soon as Derek pressed it on his arm Scott started screaming. " Hold him!" I yelled as I watched Scott struggle. " We're trying!" Stiles yelled back and then eventually Scott passed out.