The Boy with the Bat [1] Stiles Stilinski

Chapter Ten:

Brandon pulled up outside the house and sighed in frustration. He was furious with Hope for running away. For ripping her stitches. Hope strut to the front door as fast as she could. She didn't want to speak to Brandon. She had come to a decision. After her chat with Allison, She was going to forgive her friends. Forgive the boy next door.

Hope watched as her brother slammed the front door shut. Luckily her parents weren't home to question as to why. She could tell he was furious with her, but she couldn't be bothered for the conversation. Not that she had a choice.

She started up the stairs, but she didn't get far "Don't you dare walk away" Brandon yelled at her. She rolled her eyes and faced her brother "What the hell happened? You seemed happy going to that party with Kaleb. I thought you were making new friends?" he added with concern "Don't ignore me" he says bluntly.

She wasn't ignoring him; she just didn't know what to tell him. He knew about the supernatural. He knew about her friends being involved but he didn't know about her feelings for Stiles "Why is it when you say you want nothing to do with them. You always find your way back?" Brandon continued to question.

"Why is Stiles always involved no matter how hard you try to ignore him?" he kept the questions going "Even when you have a date you still find your way back to them. To him" he sighed from annoyance due to the fact she refused to answer him "Hope! Will you fricking answer me!" he shouted.

"Because I'm in love with Stiles! Because I can't stand the fact, he's in love with someone else. I can't stand being away from him. It's killing me knowing that I can never have him. Are you happy now? Huh......is that what you wanted to hear!" Hope screamed, tears streaming down her face.

"I'm going to ask you something.....I want the truth" Brandon started "When Stiles came to try and talk to you, he mentioned something about school and that you needed to talk about what happened....What exactly happened?" he asked "We-um. We kissed, well....maybe a bit more than just kiss" Hope answered quietly. Brandon raised his eye brow, saying "So what does that tell you? He wouldn't kiss you if he didn't care" A tear escaped from Hope's eyes. 

Brandon opened his arms for her, but she pushed him away "Just leave me alone" she cried before she ran up the stairs and into her room. She looked out her window at Stiles' to see him sitting at his desk video calling Scott.

Hope stared at the contacts in her phone. She stared at Liam's number. She stared at Erica's number. She didn't know where to begin. She sent a group message to Liam and Erica asking them to come to hers so she could talk. She promised they wouldn't regret it.

Whilst Hope waited for her friends to arrive, she thought about different ways she could make up with Stiles. The first would be to change Chemistry partners back to Stiles "Hope. I need to talk to you. Can you come down here please" Brandon called. She jumped up from her bed and started to the door but turned to look out her window before she left.

Stiles was still sitting at his desk but was looking directly at her. She made the bold move to write on a piece of paper 'I need to talk to you' She held the paper up against the glass. She threw that one to the floor and held up another 'I can't live like this'

"Hope" she heard Brandon shout. She completely forgot he wanted to talk to her "Yeah I'm coming" she shouted before giving Stiles a soft smile and rushing down the stairs to see her brother sat on the settee.

He patted the empty seat next to him taking a deep breath before he started "I know you're finding it hard to trust people, but I need you to trust me. I need you to understand the reasons I didn't tell you about what I'm about to tell you. Can you do that?"

"Of course, I can. you've never given me a reason not to trust you" Hope told him. Her brother picked her hands up and closed his eyes. When he opened them again, they were no longer his original colour. They were glowing a crystal blue.