A fourteen-year-old girl with long curly brown hair climbed the large oak tree beside the Stilinski house. She was climbing toward the illuminated window on the second story. She could have used the front door but this was much more fun. Besides, watching her best friend lose his shit would totally make climbing this freaking tree worth it.

When she reached the branch that was just outside his bedroom, she pulled the small pebbles out of the pocket of her hoody. Ping. Ping. Ping. The sound of each pebble hitting the glass. After seven pebbles, she finally got his attention.

Aleks Stilinski swiveled his desk chair toward the window. His eyes widened before he fell out of his desk chair. Ava Argent began to laugh hysterically outside his window. She watched as he struggled to get to his feet not once, but twice before he finally made it to the window. Nearly a minute and several curse words later, the window was open and Aleks was staring at Ava.

"What. The. Frell. Ava!" Aleks hissed, poking his head out his bedroom window.

Ava just smirked. "What. The. Frell. Aleks." she mocked.

Aleks rolled his eyes as Ava reached her hands out for him to help her. With a grunt, he did. His hands grabbed hers before he pulled her safely inside. Although, he pulled her a little too hard. So hard that he went flying backward and she landed on top of him. Her hair flew into his mouth and he spluttered before she laughed and pulled her hair from his mouth.

For a moment, Ava lay there on top of Aleks, looking down at him. Aleks was her best friend. He was the only one who had befriended her last year in 8th grade when she had moved to Beacon Hills. Her sister Allison had joined the popular crowd, but Ava didn't have any such luck. She just had Aleks. But that was enough for her. She was just glad she had someone to navigate high school with her. Not that she was completely alone at Beacon Hills High School, but older siblings didn't usually enjoy their younger siblings following them around.

Ava was just about to push herself off Aleks when his door opened. It was Stiles. "My eyes!" Stiles screamed covering his face.

"Haven't you heard of knocking?" Aleks told his older brother as Ava quickly crawled off him.

"Haven't you heard of getting a room?" Stiles hissed.

"Well, technically bro, this is my room."

Stiles groaned, still covering his eyes.

Ava walked up to her best friend's brother and folded her arms in front of him. "OMG, Stiles, it's not even like that."

The older Stilinski slowly removed his hand from his face. He glanced down at the Argent girl in front of him. He knew that his brother wanted it to be like that. As much as he wanted things to be like that with Lydia Martin. The only difference was that Aleks was much better friends with Ava than he was with Lydia. Stiles just couldn't tell if that would work to Aleks advantage or be his brother's downfall.

When Stiles realized that Ava was still staring at him, he just shook his head. "Next time use the front door like a normal person."

Stiles slammed the door shut behind him. Ava and Aleks looked at each other and started laughing. They both fell onto Aleks' bed doubled over in laughter when suddenly the door opened again. It was Stiles. Of course. He poked his head in and announced, "This. Stays. Open. Got it?" But before either of them could respond, the older Stilinski boy quickly slinked away.

That made Aleks and Ava laugh even harder.

"Normal person?" Ava laughed nearly out of breath.

"Got it?" Aleks laughed in response, mocking his older brother.

It took them a few minutes and Stiles' shoe being thrown at them before they finally quieted down. They lay on the bed beside each other looking up at the ceiling. "So, you ready for tomorrow?" Ava asked.

"First day of high school. Of course. Why wouldn't I be ready?"

Ava turned onto her side and cocked an eyebrow at him.

"As long as my first day isn't as bad as Stiles' first day, I'll be happy."

"What happened to Stiles?" Ava asked.

Aleks looked out into the hallway from his bedroom before he looked back at Ava and talked barely above a whisper. "If he knows I told you, he'll kill me. So you can't tell anyone."

Ava held her pinky finger out in front of her and nodded for him to take it. He did and she smiled.

"Jackson Whittemore dumped a trash can full of trash on him right after lunch in front of the entire cafeteria," Aleks whispered.

Ava winced. "On the plus side, Allison says that Jackson's in London, so you won't have to worry about him."

"Yay," Aleks responded sarcastically.

After a moment's silence, Ava asked, "Do you think it's gonna be weird having our siblings at school with us?"

"Have you met Stiles?" Aleks scoffed which made Ava laugh.

"I heard that!" Stiles' voice came from the other room, which made both of them laugh.

When their laughing died down, Aleks and Ava just lay there in silence again.

This time Aleks broke the silence. "Just don't get cool or anything and abandon me."

Ava sat up and looked at Aleks, faking being offended. "Are you saying that I'm not cool now?"

Aleks chuckled and shrugged his shoulders. Playfully, Ava grabbed his pillow and whacked him with it. "Ow. Ow." Aleks laughed each time she smacked him. "Uncle! Uncle!"

Ava put the pillow down and smiled at her friend. "If I get cool then I'm dragging you there with me, kicking and screaming. You're my best friend, Aleks. Nothing can change that."

Aleks bit back his response that would have claimed otherwise. He knew that some friendships didn't always survive the jump from middle school to high school. But he didn't want to lose Ava. He actually wanted more with her. He hoped that he would work up enough courage to eventually ask her to Homecoming. Aleks hoped that Ava could see him that way.

"Wanna watch a movie?" Ava asked chewing her bottom lip.

"Is that why you came over?" Aleks asked.

"That and things are kinda awkward at my house right now. Your house is better."

Aleks nodded his head. Ava shared her feelings about her family situation with him. Sometimes he wondered if she was just getting by, but she always was sure to tell him that things were always better with him.

He stood up and walked to his collection of DVDs. "All right, we have Jurassic Park, both Star Wars trilogies, all the Harry Potters, first season of Psych, seasons four and five of Supernatural…"

"Psych!" Ava interrupted.

Aleks was pretty sure she was going to pick that. His hand was already on the box. He grabbed it and pulled the DVD out and put into the player. By the time Aleks got back to his bed, Ava had grabbed one of his pillows and put it at the end of the bed, lying on her stomach. He plopped down on the bed beside her. Aleks hoped that high school wouldn't change this. But changes were inevitable in life.

A special thank you to January Lily for giving me the courage to post this. She also beta read this for me and made the banner. She's a swell person and you should all read her amazing stories. She can write for like every fandom!

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