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9. A strong connection birthday

I could have invited people to my 18th birthday. Just like I did for my 17th. Or I could have celebrated it with Stiles, Scott, Derek, Malia and Kira. But instead, I went where I really wanted to be.

I drove for 30 minutes until I arrived. The cemetery was silent. I was so accustomed to the voices in my head that all that sudden silence was too loud. I had never been there before. Not even for Allison’s funeral. I just couldn’t watch how her coffin was being buried with Allison’s remains inside… It was too painful for me. I was too scared. And even though I had no idea how to find her grave… I somehow ended standing right in front of it.

The grave stone read « Allison Argent, nous protégeons c’est qui ne pas protéger aux mêmes »

“We protect those who cannot protect themselves” She was a hunter, she fell in love with a prey and all she ever wanted was to protect people. To redeem her family after all the pain they have caused. She tried to protect me…

“Hi Alli. You were my new best friend”

A silent tear rolled down my face.

“ You know we were supposed to graduate this year. You would have been my roommate. We even picked the college we wanted to attend and you said you wanted to study medicine, so you could help more people. Remember that day when we went shopping and we saw those beautiful dresses and you said to me: “That is going to be my dress for the graduation and Scott will be my date”?  I thought you were crazy because Scott and you had already broken up but you knew, didn’t you? You knew you two will go back together”

I sat down on top of the stone

“ I should have done something. I should have saved you. I knew someone was going to die. I WARNED YOU ALLI WHY DIDN’T YOU LISTEN TO ME?”

I screamed at the motionless engraved stone

“YOU ARE DEAD BECAUSE OF ME!”

My sobs were all I could hear. I lay down next to the grave stone. I wanted to hug Allison. That was all I wanted

“I miss you. This is not the same without you. I need your advice. I need to tell you that I lo-“ I felt somebody was staring at me from behind. I turned around. “Stiles?”

“Lydia? What are you doing here?”

“I was going to ask you the same.”

“I just came to visit my mother’s grave and then I saw a strawberry blonde next to a grave and I figured it was you”

I blushed a little

“Oh… I… I didn’t know your mum died today…”

“No she didn’t. I was just nostalgic. What are you doing here on your birthday?”

“Celebrating with my best friend. Do you want to join?”

“Sure.”

I shouldn’t have invited him to spend time with me. I was supposed to take some distance from him.

“So, what were you ladies talking about?’”

I suddenly realized that I had been crying and I tried to hide it

“Lydia, I told you, you look beautiful when you cry so stop hiding”.

A shy smile appeared on my lips

“Okay, from now on I won’t try to hide my tears from you”

We both laughed

“You miss her right?”

“Yeah, I do.”

“I am so sorry Lydia. It was all my fault”

Why did we both felt guilty about something that we couldn’t help?

“It wasn’t. You all wanted to save me. I would have done the same thing if she had been me.”

“I know. You aren’t scared of being hurt.”

“Not when I can save someone I care about.”

“Just… Try not to kill yourself by being the hero please. I don’t think I’ll be able to get over you.”

“What?”
“I mean… If you die, I will literally go out of my freaking mind. Again. Without a nogitsune this time”.

I didn’t answer to that. He really cared about me. I’ve always known that but he had a girlfriend now and even if I liked him, we couldn’t be together.

“Lydia, why are you ignoring me?”

“I am not. You just have things to do. Now that you have a girlfriend I supposed you needed some space… I don’t know”

“I will never need space from you”

We stared at each other like we usually do. Stiles leaned to my side. He was getting closer and closer. Was he trying to kiss me? I could feel his breath on my face and then, then I felt something cold. Something that surrounded us and pushed Stiles even closer to me, I wasn’t expecting that so I pulled back and Stiles fell. We both screamed

“Ouch my hand. I think I’ve sprained it”

My left hand was hurting too.

“I think I’ve, I’ve sprained mine too.”

“What? Let me see”

I showed Stiles my left hand and I saw that he also sprained his left hand. That was a very weird coincidence and it’s been awhile I’d stopped believing on them.

“How can this be? You didn’t even touched the floor”

“I… I don’t know maybe my banshee’s powers had something to do with it?”

“Or maybe it was our strong connection”

“What do you mean?”

“Remember when I needed someone to pull me back from the death when we were trying to find the nemeton? You were my emotional tether.”

I was speechless. Maybe this was the reason why I saw him and Malia in the police station’s bathroom.

“It could be. I felt you when you were at the MRI’s machine. But this is bigger. I am hurt because you are hurt.”

“I guess we will have to figure it out. Come on. Let’s go to my place we have to investigate.”

“Really? You truly want to work on my birthday?”

“That’s going to be my birthday present for you Lydia. Martinski is back.