The Boy with the Bat [1] Stiles Stilinski

Chapter Two:

Hope woke the next morning feeling like she'd been hit in the face with a ton of bricks. She regretted drinking as much as she did last night. She felt like her insides were trying to leave her body. She groaned and turned her head to the side to see Liam by her desk. He walked over towards her handing her some painkillers and a bottle of water.

She walked over toward her makeup desk and turned on her straighteners. Whilst she waited for her straighteners to reach the correct heat she searched her wardrobe for an outfit to wear. She eventually decided on a cream jumper tucked into a dark pink short skirt with a pair of black tights and long black boots.

Looking in the mirror she noticed Liam with a questioning look on his face. She wondered what he had on his mind but a part of her knew that it would be about Stiles. The last thing she remembered was when Erica dragged her to the dance floor, everything after that is a blur. Could something have happened with Stiles? and that's when she remembered dancing with him.

"Whatever you want to ask me....spit it out?" she blurted out "I was just curious if you were ready to talk about Stiles? I mean you danced together last night" he said "He asked if I wanted to dance that's all. Liam there is nothing going on with Stiles. You know I'd tell you if things were different" Hope lied but something about the way Liam dropped the conversation made her feel as if he didn't believe her.

"How are you feeling kiddo?" Her mother asked as she noticed her giving Liam a cold look. What the hell was that about? She thought her mother loved Liam "I look better than I feel" Hope laughed "I didn't realize Liam spent the night" Her mother said looking at Liam "Yeah.....Dad said that it was okay" Hope answered her.

"Well maybe your father should start asking me before he agrees to anything" she said where Hope noticed a hint of attitude in her tone "Do you have a problem with Liam staying here? He's been coming over since we were kids" Hope asked "Well circumstances have changed since you were kids" her mother spat.

"What.....so you no longer like Liam?" Hope asked watching how her mother's facial expression changed "I didn't say that but my trust for him is no longer there" her mother says "Look I'm sorry mum but you don't get to say who I can be friends with" Hope tells her "Actually considering I'm your mother I can get a say" her mother says slightly raising her voice.

"So, I'm not allowed to be friends with Liam?" What the hell was happening? She couldn't understand why he mother suddenly hated Liam. She'd know him her entire life which is why this didn't make any sense to her, she'd never had a problem with him in the past "I just want you to be more aware of your surroundings" Hope decided to ignore her mother's comment and leave the house.

Hope jumped into the passenger side of Stiles' jeep praying that she didn't do anything to embarrass herself last night in front of Stiles "What the hell was that about?" Liam asked her, she gave him a confused look and said, "What are you talking about?" "with your mother?" Liam adds "I don't know but I'll do what the hell I want, not what she wishes" Hope comments.

She let her eyes wander towards Stiles but looked away the second she noticed him looking back. She couldn't help herself as a smile appeared onto her face, but she managed to shake it away. She wondered what Stiles remembered about last night. She remembered him driving Liam and herself home which means he probably remembered everything that happened.

Hope walked through the halls of her new high school thinking about what her mother said. She felt worried mainly because she didn't want her to tear her away from her friends but because a part of her thought she was up to something which couldn't be good. Hope opened her locker and shoved her books inside before heading to her first class. Chemistry with Mr. Harris.

She made her way through the doors bumping into a guy with short messy black hair and light blue eyes and knocked his books to the floor "I'm so sorry. I-I wasn't looking" Hope blurted out when she noticed his eyes lock onto hers. Hmm...that was strange.