Grace P.O.V.
Scott and I sit on top of Stiles' jeep at lookout point as he looks over a map of California. Lightning strikes in the distance and Thunder rumbles through the air making me feel uneasy. Lying back against the windscreen of the jeep I look up to watch the clouds roll over moon as Scott and Stiles talk.
"Alright so I found cool two bedrooms in the mission district but they're pretty expensive. A couple in Haight and Ashbury. Also expensive" Stiles informs my brother.
"What about Berkeley? Don't a lot of students live around there?" Scott asks turning to his best friend.
"Yeah, yeah. We could try Nob hill. But the jeep would probably burn through a lot of clutches"
"You're bringing the Jeep?"
"You know the plan, okay. No one get's left behind. That's the plan"
"I'm being left behind" I say turning my head to them,
"No, no. You, you are still learning. Plus someone has to watch over Beacon" Stiles says pointing his red pen at me.
"Thanks for putting that weight on my shoulders, Stilinski"
"You're welcome. Now, Lydia's not going to have a problem getting into Stanford, Kira's thinking USF. Malia's... uh, gonna, you know. She'll figure out something okay. The plan is perfect"
"Or we could wait until we actually get into college and then figure out where to live" Scott retorts and looks back to the sky, following his gaze I look at the moon.
"I have a vision, dude, okay? And it is a beautiful vision. Don't ruin the vision. Okay, we can check out the East Bay. Haven't looked at Oakland yet, you know." Stiles offers and goes quest the only sound is the thunder over head. "you're all right? You're starting to feel it?"Stiles ask, talking about the full moon in the sky.
"No just thinking" Scott reassures him and I reach out and pat my brother back.
"About what?" Stiles asks, putting the red pen of the hood of his jeep.
"Senior year"
"Senior year, come on, that's, that's ... that's nothing. It's going to be easy" Stiles argues.
"It's more like something Deaton told me once" Scott admits and I sit up and cross my legs, turning my body to the two. "You ever hear of Regression to the Mean?"
"No, I don't think so"
"It's was his way of saying that life can't ever be all bad or all good. You know?"
"Eventually things have to come back to the middle" I finish for him.
"So, think about the last few months" Scott says giving me a nod and turns back to Stiles. "Things have been good, right? But not amazing"
"Yeah, but no one's tried to kill us in six months either" Stiles replies.
"Right. We've been pretty much in the middle for a while. Which means, at some point, the scale has to tip one way or the other. Things are going to get really good again..."
"Or really bad" Stiles finishes this time and I jump in fright as Lightning cracks above us multiple times. "You guys think it's been long enough?"
"YES!" My mate calls from his spot, tied to a tree. I look over and smile at him and he meets my eyes and winks to me.
"Hey! Trying to have an adult conversation here!" Stiles calls over to him and I roll my eyes in annoyance as I slide of the jeep and make my way over to Liam.
"All right, you're two years older than me and besides G's in the conversation" Liam argues and I swear if I keep rolling my eyes they are going to fall out of their sockets.
"Okay Gracie doesn't count, she's a lot more mature than you"
"She's wearing a Marvel t-shirt"
"That doesn't count" Stiles say and looks down at my shirt then back to my eyes "Is that my shirt?... Oh my god, you stole my shirt" he accuses me.
"So?" I ask putting my hand on my hip.
"So?... Scott?" He turns to my brother.
"Stop stealing Stiles' stuff" Scott tells me but he really doesn't care as long as I don't take his stuff. Like I'm not going to take his clothes.
"Besides I'm fine, just let me go" He insists and Scott pulls the keys out of his pocket.
"It's not that we don't trust you" Scott tries to assure him.
"It's that I don't trust you" Stiles says from beside me raising his hand and I hit him in the stomach, making him wince.
"But after that last full moon" Scott says searching through the keys in his hands.
"It was one slip up"
"Slip up? A dozen calls to the sheriff's department about a monstrous dog boy running around the streets of Beacon Hill naked? That's a slip up?" Stiles asks and Scott lifts up from unchaining Liam and asks...
"Why were you naked?" Stiles and I walk up to them and I look at Liam with wide eyes and shake my head slightly when he looks at me.
"It was really hot out that night, okay? Let me go!" Liam explains, his eyes avoiding mine now.
"Are you sure you're okay?" My brother asks.
"It won't happen again" Liam promises.
Nodding Scott looks at his beta in the eyes and asks "You're in complete and total control?"
"yeah, complete and total" Liam says nodding and I shake my head at him, I know my mate. I know he's lying. And Scott knows it too. Scott undoes the chains and he drops them, loudly in a old bag Stiles picks up the bag and the two of them walk towards the jeep and I turn to my mate and wrap my arms around his neck. His arms immediately slide around my waist, pulling me close.
"You lied" I state, looking into his eyes.
"I know, I..."
"Hey! It's fine, Scott had trouble too at the beginning"
"It's been over 6 months and I'm still out of control"
"It takes time to learn these things"
"Like how you only got your Talons a month ago and you can use them perfectly fine?" He asks raising an eyebrow.
"Did you forget how I slashed my bed sheets apart?"
"Yeah, not to mention my back" He smirks.
"Zip it, Liam. now come on" I say and grab his hand but he flinches away. Slowly moving my arm to his wrist I pick up his hand and turn it over to look at his palm. Blood is smeared across his skin but the cuts from his claws he has used to keep him human. "Damn it Liam!" I hiss to him.
"Sometimes I'm fine, I have you as my Anchor, my Mate. But the other's..."
"Hey guys come one we need to get going!" Stiles yells from the Jeep. Grabbing Liam's hand, successfully this time, I drag him over and climb in the car with him following. We drive down the road from the woods back to town. Liam and I sit in the back as he keeps asking Stiles question, agitating him more and more.
"Is it a party?"
"It is not a party" Stiles answers Immediately.
"What's at midnight?"
"Your bedtime" Stiles retorts and I roll my eyes and look down at my hand. Sighing I flex my fingers and my 2inch matt black Talons appear. They just appeared one night when I was sleeping. It hurt like hell and my brother and Liam were there instantly. Well Liam ran all the way from his house to mine, feeling my pain.
Our bond has strengthened. Our... activities have made us closer. We now have the constant need to be near each other or touch each other. It got so bad that it even began to affect our abilities to stay focused. That will leave once we have completed the bond by marking each other. However with Scott and Stiles around the last 6 months, that has been very, very difficult.
With no supernatural drama, the guys have seemed to worm there way into our relationship. Not letting us be alone with each other unless in dire need or if we have a 'babysitter' as Liam and I like to call it. That babysitter being Mason, Lydia or sometimes even Lori from Satomi's pack.
Liam runs his hand up my thigh and I gasp in a breath. Hearing my intake Scott swinging around in his seat and glares at the beta "Hands where I can see them" He growls out and Liam removes his hand from my leg and place them on the board in front of us.
Lifting my arm up I move it to behind Liam's shoulders and put my hand on his head and run my hands repeatedly through his hair. He hums in pleasure and I smile.
"Disgusting" I here Stiles mumble and I snap my head to him and shine my eyes in irritation.
"Why aren't the girls going?" Liam asks Stiles as I draw circles on his scalp with my fingers.
"They're meeting us there, okay. And just stop asking questions, all right? It's a senior thing. You'll know when you're a senior" Stiles explains and Liam looks away, disappointed.
"You guys having trouble with your phones?" Scott asks but then the Jeep engine starts to sputter.
"Oh. What the hell?" Stiles asks and we slow down and stop in the middle of nowhere.
"You out of gas?" Liam asks from next to me.
"No, it's electrical. Probably the alternator again" Stiles answers as he pulls his door open and gets out of the car, my brother doing the exact same thing and they head to the front of the car and pop open the hood. Turning to Liam, I see he is already looking at me with a knowing smirk and pulls my face to his and crushes his lips to mine in a very heated kiss.
We are pulled out of our moment by a crack of lightning sounding behind us. Pulling away from each other to see nothing there but smoke.
"Guys..." Liam calls to the front of the jeep and we look back to behinds and flinch when lightning strikes close. "GUYS!" Liam shouts in my ear almost making me deaf sending me a pained glance in apology we listen to the boys answers
"yeah, give us a second, please" Stiles answers annoyed.
"Guys, stay in the car, okay?" Scott calls back.
A third bolt of lightning cracks in front of us and I jump in fright and watch as Liam moves forward to the front of the car and turn on the ignition. Handing half his body out of the driver's side window Liam asks if we can leave and the boys close the hood and jump back in the car. As Liam sits back into place I swing my leg over his and move closer to him, snuggling into his side. Sighing in content, I close my eyes and lay my head on Liam's shoulder and he rests his head on top of mine.
Once we pull up to where Malia and her dad are I open my eyes and swing my legs off of Liam, resulting in a whimper from him. Smiling slightly I kiss him on the cheek, noisily hand here my brother gag from in front of us.
"Sorry were late!" Stiles calls as Malia runs towards the jeep door and kisses him. Stiles moans in happiness and I look to Liam rolling my eyes, he smiles to me and kisses my temple making my heart jump a little.
Liam shifts from beside me and leans forward to in between Scott and stiles and looks at the were-coyote with a small smile.
"I'm sorry too" he tells her and growl at him. I'm a bird! We don't growl! Scott sends me an amused look, obviously knowing what I'm thinking.
"You boys do remember I own a gun, right?" Malia's father asks.
"Vividly" Stiles answers and he walks away. Stiles gets out of the jeep to let Malia in. This jeep was not built for 5 asses so, Liam, Malia and I are squashed in the back until I make the great decision of sitting on my mates lap. Stiles is now back in his seat and he and Scott turn to look at Malia but their attention shift to my position first. Liam has one arm around my back and a hand on my legs keeping me steady on him.
"I hate this" Stiles groans and then turns to Malia.
"What?" She asked annoyed.
"Did you find out yet?" Stiles asks her.
"Find out what?" Liam buts in.
"They're going to email me" She assures us.
"Is this about summer school?"
"You told him?" She ask, Scott, Stiles and I.
"Uhhh..."
"Oh, no, all they said was you had to go to summer school 'cause the principal said your test scores weren't good enough and you might have to repeat junior year"
"We should have left him chained to the tree" Stiles tells my brother and I kick the back of his seat. Unfortunately Liam speaks again.
" Besides even if they didn't tell me Grace would have" Liam explains and they all look at me confused.
"We literally can't keep secrets from each other" I mumble to the three.
"What?" Scott asks looking between us.
"Yeah we figured it out a couple of weeks ago. If we try to lie to each other, we get a nasty headache and also if we try not to answer we end up saying it anyways" Liam explains, tightening his arms around me.
"Great!" Stiles exclaims and begins to drive off towards the hospital.
Scott P.O.V.
Once we are at the hospital, I take Liam up to the second floor to his dad as Malia, Stiles and Grace wait at the reception. Walking through the hallway Liam follows to the elevator.
"My dad's helping out surgery, he's not going to be done for hours" Liam explains to me. "So I'm either hanging out here or I could still go with you guys..."
"Show me your hands" I order him after pressing the call button of the elevator. Liam Hesitates, looking around to make sure no one is looking and holds out his palms for me to see.
"Okay, so I'm still having trouble"
"No. You're still learning. What do you do to stay focused on not changing?" I ask and he lifts his headphone that are hanging out of his shirt.
"And Grace, but that's not working either. She raises my pulse"
"Yeah I used to have that problem too. Pretty girl, being in love. It's hard for us"
"So I should stay away from Grace?"
"No, trust me. Staying away, pushing away is never the answer. Besides, she's your mate. She's supposed to raise your pulse. Try and focus more on Grace herself more than how she makes you feel. Listen, Derek told me that you were one of the strongest that he'd ever seen at your age. Now coming from him that means a lot" I tell my beta and the elevator arrives behind me with at ding. "Maybe means that things are going to be harder for you for a while but it also means something else, doesn't it?" I ask walking back words and holding the door in place.
"I'm really strong?" Liam questions
"Hell, yeah" I say after releasing the door and they close on us.
Grace P.O.V.
Scott and Stiles round the corner the main reception where Malia and I talk to my mom.
"Nothing, Nothing's wrong with it, just, I don't know. That can be interpreted a lot of different ways" Stiles says stopping next to us and I look at my mom confused.
"Like what?" Scott ask and I shift my attention back to them.
"Well, like... Don't worry, we're not exclusive. Go have fun... with other guys" Stiles explains and I sniffle a laugh.
"No, no way" Scott argues
Stiles turns around and asks his girlfriend "If you were going away and I told you "Don't worry, go have fun" What would you think I was talking about?"
"Fun Like bowling?"
"Or sex with other guys?" I ask smirking whilst leaning on the desk and here my mom choke a little on a laugh at my teasing.
"Okay, yeah. Now I'm worried" Scott says giving me a pointed look and I just send him an innocent smile. Paramedics rush in with accident victims and my mom rushes out of her chair and into action.
"Hey mom, where's all this coming from?" Scott asks her
"A jack-knifed tractor- trailer on 115, caused a major pile up" She explains and walks away"
"Okay, okay, there's only one way back into Beacon Hill's from the airport" Stiles explains
"115" Scott realises.
"Kira's never going to make it" Stiles says disappointed.
"I can get her, you guys get to the school. Lydia's probably already there. Grace Liam is on 2 go up, stay with him, I don't want you home alone with this storm. We'll meet you by midnight" Scott says tuning back to Stiles then moves back to walking out the door only to be stopped by Stiles.
"How are you going to get to her in the middle of a traffic jam?"
"We'll make it. Trust me" Scott says and leaves.
Stiles turns to me and gives me a slight glare "No funny business" He demands and takes Malia hand and pulls her to the entrance. Sighing I make my way up to the second floor to find Liam. After finding him, we walk around the hospital for a while, just talking about random stuff that is, until the sheriff drags a bleeding Parrish in and calls of my mom. They take him to the morgue due to his supernatural status and Liam and I stand outside of the door Listening.
"You alright deputy?" I hear my mom ask
"Scott! We need to find Scott!"
...
"his claws were different, twice the size of Scott's, they were more like Talons"
"Well if that's worse part that doesn't sound too bad Grace just got her Talons a couple of weeks ago and they're big too" Mom explains to the young deputy.
"It's worse, they did something to me, I don't know how to describe it other than it felt as if the life was being drawn out of me through them, through the claws"
"And now he's looking for Scott?"
"which got me thinking about what this guy can do, the rule is you've got to kill an alpha to steal their power, right?" Parrish asks.
"But it's different for Scott..." Mom says
"You can't steal a true Alpha's power" Stilinski explains.
"I think this guy can" Parrish admits
From in front of me, Liam turns around and I look up at him and say "Liam?"
"We need to get to the School, we have to tell Scott" He says and grabs my hand, pulling me with him to the exit.
Time skip
We run to the school as fast as we can with the rain pouring down on us, I'm slower but not too slow. Liam is holding back to stay with me because he knows he can't leave me alone, not even for his alpha. Running around the corner, we spot Stiles and Malia, Liam lets go of my hand when we're are a few feet away and runs up to them, only for Malia to spin around and throw Liam to the ground and Holds him there.
"Oh my god!" I hear Stiles exclaim
"Liam!" I yell stopping next to them "Malia, let him go!" I growl out, my eyes glowing and my Talons appear at my nails. But she doesn't listen.
"Scott's in trouble" Liam gasps out. Annoyed at being ignored I wrap my hand around her bicep and yank her off of Liam, scratching her in the process.
"I said Let him go!"
"Okay, okay, Grace calm down!" Stiles says from beside me but I don't register it.
"Grace" Liam's voice echoes through my head and I turn to look at him "Grace" He repeats and holds my head in his hands "Let go a Malia" He whispers to me and my hand slackens on the coyotes arm. And I feel myself go back to normal.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean too..." I say turning to her.
"It's okay, I should have listened to you" She replies with a nod.
"Okay now that, that's over with can we go?" Stiles ask impatiently
When we get to Scott and Kira, my brother is on his knees and the werewolf after him has the Talons in my brothers torso. Liam lets out a growl from beside me and I extended my Talons and flash my eyes. Scott grabs onto the guys arm and stands up from the ground. He takes the wrist in both hands and snaps the guys wrist, and he collapses to his knees in pain with a roar.
Scott pulls out the Talons from his chest and throws them to the ground. Looking down at his attacker Scott says "I don't know who you are, or what you thought you were going to do. But I'll give you a choice. You can stay and I'll break something else or you can run"
The guy looks over to us and Stiles answers his look. "I'd run" Stiles nods his head to me and I release fire from my hands and guide it over to the guy. It floats along the ground to where the guy is kneeling and just as it reaches him, he jumps up and runs of. The fire then , directs its way to Scott and he flinches as it touches him, but then extends his hand out to it and lets it flicker over his skin.
"Cool" He says to me and I bring the fire back to me and it disappears into my skin. Smiling I take Liam's cold hand in my warm one and we all walk towards my brother. Kira walks over from near a guy I just realised is there and we all turn to him.
The guy walks forward so we can see his face clearer. He looks familiar to me but I can't be sure until he says "You don't remember me do you? I guess I look a little different since the fourth grade" THEO?!
"THEO?" Scott asks voicing my thoughts.
"You know him?" Malia asks Scott
"They used to" He says looking at Scott, Stiles and I "Trust me, I never thought I'd see you guys again... Couple of months ago, I heard of an Alpha in Beacon Hills with a Phoenix at his side" He says and smiles to me, Liam wraps his arm around me, possessively "When I found out their names were Scott and Grace McCall, I just couldn't believe it. Not Just a Alpha, but a True Alpha"
"What do you want?" Scott asks our old friend
"I came back to Beacon Hills. Back home with my family... Because I want to be a part of your pack" Theo say shocking me. I look over to Stiles and he shakes his head and I nod in agreement. I don't trust this guy.
We part ways with Theo and head back to the School. Liam and I are about to head into the building when we are stopped by the others.
"Uh uh, He's the keys to the jeep, go sit in it" Stiles says handing me them.
"But it's cold outside" I argue
"You don't get cold" Scott reminds me
"Can't we just come in?" Liam asks
"No, not until you two are seniors" Stiles argues and I huff and drag Liam over to the piece of crap jeep. Liam climbs in the back first and Lies on the bench seat in the back. Climbing in after him I close the door behind me and Lie on top of him, resting my head on his chest.
"It's too quite" I groan and Liam shifts beneath me and pulls out his phone. Pressing a few buttons he then scrawls through his phone and clicks on something else. Music begins to sound through the speaker of his phone and I smile at the song. It's perfect for us. Our song. I lean down and connect my lips to his as the song plays in the background.
You used to be the girl that set the world on fire
And they drenched your soul in water but the flames reached higher
Used to act so tough like you could walk on a wire
And they called you devil's daughter, such a pretty liar
Yeah
Yeah
You were burning like the summer, crazy like a fox
You hit harder than a drummer, like a wave on the rocks
You could play me like the lotto, you were playing a part
There ain't nobody could tame you and your wild heart
Yeah
Yeah
Take me back
To those barefoot summer nights
Take me back
Running down those highway lights
Remember when
We said don't let go to it
Darling take me back
To that fire in your eyes
'Cause I know it ain't gone too far
Take me back to you and to your wild heart
Yeah
To your wild heart
Yeah
You used to be the girl that could light up a room
And with the flip of a switch I bet you still do
You will leave a trail of danger yeah wherever you go
And no matter where it lead me I would follow
Yeah
Mmm yeah
You look beautiful in blue jeans, holes on the knees
You were smoking like a cigarette, I couldn't breathe
Used to rock around the ballroom, dance on the bar
Baby nobody could tame you and your wild heart
Take me back
To those barefoot summer nights
Take me back
Running down those highway lights
Remember when
We said don't let go to it
Darling take me back
To that fire in your eyes
'Cause I know it ain't gone too far
Take me back to you and to your wild heart
Yeah
To your wild heart
Yeah
You used to be the girl that set the world on fire
And they drenched your soul in water but the flames reached higher
You'll always be the one that keep me crazy inside
And if you got a wild heart don't you let it die
Take me back (take me back)
To those barefoot summer nights
Take me back (take me back)
Running down those highway lights
Remember when (remember when)
We said don't let go to it
Darling take me back (take me back)
To that fire in your eyes
'Cause I know it ain't gone too far
Take me back to you and to your wild heart
Yeah
To your wild heart
Yeah
To your wild heart
To your wild heart
Yeah
(Wild Heart- Daughtry)
After an hour of heated making out and listening to music a Knocking sounds on the window and we pull apart to see the amused faces of Scott, Lydia, Malia and Kira along with the disgusted faces of Stiles as this is his jeep we're defiling.
Sitting up I straddle Liam's Lap and Look out of the window "Yes?" I ask Innocently.
"We're done, come one" Scott shouts through the window as Stiles opens the driver's side door and Pulls the seat forward climbing off of Liam he sits up and swings his legs of the bench and crawls out to the jeep. Jumping to the ground he turns around and put his hands out for me to help me out.
He grabs my waist and I puts me on the ground and I peck in on the lips as thanks.
"Liam, Lydia's taking you home, Grace on the bike" Scott says handing me the red helmet
"What about Kira?" I ask gesturing to the Kitsune.
"I'm going with Lydia and Liam"
"Don't worry Grace, you'll see Liam tomorrow" Lydia smirks and grabs Liam hand from my waist and drags him away from me.
"That's too long" Liam groans to her but she just rolls her eyes and drags him to her car with Kira following behind Laughing.
Huffing I take the Helmet from my brother and walk to the bike with him following close behind. Once we reach it the seat is wet from the rain and my brother turns to me.
"I am not a towel" I exclaim.
"No, you cooler" he insists. Placing my hand on the seat I dry it, and he climbs on "Ohhhh, warm" he moans out, Laughing I climb on behind him and glance over to Lydia's car where Liam Is watching us. I wave at him goodbye and he waves back. Putting the helmet o, I then wrap my arms around Scott and he starts the bike and drives us off home.