Seven

Stiles

Tonight was a full moon. I knew things were going to be hard. They always are. Especially for Stella, her being human she wasn't used to the full moon. I was in my car with Lydia, driving to her Grandmother's lake house where the rest of the pack was. It was the best place to be. Away from Beacon Hills, away from the danger, away from the dread doctors. "Stiles you do realise that the dread doctors do exist outside Beacon Hills" Lydia informed me. "I know, I just figured that if we kept Stella away from Beacon Hills she'd be safe" I replied. "None of us are safe Stiles. I'm not safe" she shook her head. "I'll keep you safe, you know I will" I informed her. Lydia looked over at me and smiled. I looked back onto the road and drove the rest of the way to the lake house. When we arrived Stella was screaming. "STELLA" I ran inside, trying to find her. "STELLA" I yelled. I ran through the lake house looking for her. As I reached the basement I heard roars, werewolf roars. "STELLA" I yelled as I got inside the door. There stood Malia, claws protruding from her fingers, fangs coming out of her teeth, standing over Stella who was now lying on the floor wanting to claw Stella to pieces. "MALIA NO" I yelled at her. Malia looked over at me and her fangs and claws disappearing. The look of guilt washed across her face. Malia ran off, I had no idea where she went. Scott was able to control himself around Stella. "I need you to go find Malia" I informed Scott. "I'll take care of Stella and the others" i informend him. Scott nodded and took off looking for Malia. I pulled Stella off the floor and into my arms. "Are you okay? Are you hurt?" I asked. "I'm okay" she replied. "Thank god" I sighed. I held her close to me.

-Awhile later Scott returned with Malia-I was in Lydia's grandmother's living room with Lydia, Liam and Stella. We were sitting by the fire when the door of the living room opened to reveal Scott and Malia. "Stella I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. The full moon, it doesn't things to me" Malia shook her head. "It's fine. I'm fine" she smiled a little. "She could've killed you" I snapped. "Stiles it's okay" Stella said. "No it's not" I shook my head and stood up. "Stiles, calm down" Scott said. "How can I calm down when my girlfriend almost tore my best friend apart?". I looked at Malia who looked like she could rip my head off. "I had no control. My anchor wasn't here" Malia defended. I hesitated and looked down to the floor. "Lovers brawl how cute" Isaac said from the hallway. "Shut up Isaac" Stella shouted at him. "Woah okay relax" Isaac said. "Stop with the sarcasm. Now is not the time to be sarcastic" Stella replied. Stella got up and walked away. "I'll go check and see if she's okay" Lydia got up and followed Stella. Tonight was ruined. "Stiles" Lydia came rushing in. "Stella's gone" she panicked. "Gone? Gone where?" I asked "I don't know. She's gone" she sighed.

I rushed out of the house to the jeep. Lydia followed. "Where are you going?" She asked. "I'm going to find her" I yanked the door of my jeep open. "Stiles come back inside she's probably gone to get some air" Lydia said. "No. Something doesn't feel right Lydia. She wouldn't have just disappeared like that" I replied as my shaky hands reached for my phone in the back pocket of my jeans. I decided I would call Stella's phone, see if she would answer. "Hi you reached Stella, sorry I can't take your call right now. Leave a message and I'll call you when I can". "Stella. It's stiles where the hell are you? Call me when you get this" I hung up and got into my jeep. Lydia found the other door open. "I'm coming with you" she said. "Me too" I heard Scott's voice as he ran to the car. "And me" Malia replied. They hopped into the back of the jeep. "So where do we look for her?" Malia asked. "I don't know" I shrugged. "I have her sent" Scott replied. "I can find her" he said. I kept driving until Scott told me to pull over. "Why did we stop, in the middle of the road?" Malia asked. "Stella is here" Scott said. I got out of the jeep. I stood beside it looking around to see if I could see Stella. That's when I seen her. Walking down the road, alone. The headlights from my jeep illuminated her shadow. Stella turned around.

"Oh no" she said. "Hey Stella! Wait!" I shouted. Stella took off running. I took off after her. Eventually I caught up to her. "Stella what the hell are you doing out here? Why did you leave the lake house?" I asked "I can't deal with all of this Stiles" she shook her head. "Deal with what?" I asked "Deal with the supernatural, all this drama going in with the pack, us fighting, life in general" she shrugged. "So your solution is to just run away?" I asked. "Great idea Stel, that's gonna work out great for you" I replied. "I can't deal with this life Stiles. I can't handle all this baggage. I'm only human" she said. "I am too Stel. This is just as hard for me as it is for you okay. Do you think I wanted to be involved with the supernatural? No I didn't but I did it for Scott. No one understands how many times I've wanted to run away, but I stayed. My friends needed me Stel, just like they need you" I informed her. "You guys seemed to manage pretty well before I got back" she said. "And now we're even better now that you're with us. Stella we can't do this without you" I sighed. "Please come back" I pleaded. Stella sighed and looked at me. "Well if you're leaving then I'm coming with you" I demanded. Stella shook her head. "Yes I am. If you're not coming back with us right now to Beacon Hills then I'm going wherever you're going." "No" she shook her head again. "Remember that promise we made, as kids. We promised each other that wherever one of us goes the other will go too. I'm not breaking that promise Stel. Beacon Hills or The Artic Circle we stick together" I said doing a weird hand gesture. Stella looked at me and then back to the jeep which was about half a mile up the road. "C'mon Stel" I held out my hand. Stella took my hand and walked up the street with me to the jeep. Malia climbed in the back of the jeep with Scott and Lydia. Malia sat up front with me. I looked in my rear view mirror to see Stella resting her head on Scott's shoulder. "Everything is too much" Stella informed him. "It'll take time but you'll get used to everything." He informed her. Scott kissed her head and Wrapped an arm around his sister.

We drove back to the lake house, the full moon had ended. Everything was under control. "So what's the plan? Are we staying here or are we going home?" Isaac asked. "Well whatever you want" I shrugged. "Well I don't know about you guys but I'm pooped" Scott said. "Yeah me too" Lydia replied. "Wait how many bedrooms are in this place?" Isaac asked "Seven" Lydia replied as she walked up stairs.

Everyone went upstairs  bar myself and Stella. "How come you're not asleep?" I asked as I walked over to where she sat. "I didn't plan on staying here tonight" I shrugged. "Do you want me to drive you home?" I asked. "No it's okay" she smiled "I'm just gonna crash here on the sofa" she patted the sofa. "Why the sofa? There's like a billion bedrooms in this place" I informed her. Stella didn't reply she just sat on the sofa eating potato chips. I sat on the floor, my back resting against the sofa. Just then I noticed something falling out of Stella's bag. It was a pill bottle. I took it in my hands and looked at it. They were tablets, prescribed to Stella to help her stay awake. Stella stood up and tried to take the pills from my hand. "Give them back" she grunted. "Why have you got these?" I asked "it's none of your god damn business" she replied as she swiped the bottle from my hand. "Are they the reason as to why you haven't been sleeping lately?" I asked. Stella nodded. "Why are you taking them?" I questioned. Stella started tearing up "Because every time I close my god damn eyes I see Kyle okay. I see him raping me and that's something I'm terrified of. I can't sleep because if I do, that's all my nightmares are. Of Kyle. Whenever I'm in a bed with you I don't get them but when I'm alone I do." She informed me. "Stel, why didn't you say something?" I asked. "Because Stiles I didn't want to drag you further into my messed up life" Stella plopped back down on the sofa and put her face in her hands.

I knelt in front of her. "You're sleeping in my room with me tonight" I informed her. Stella looked at me. "But first" I said as I took the pill bottle from her hands. "You and I are flushing these" I informed her. Stella nodded and we walked up the stairs to the bathroom. I opened the bottle and poured all the pills into the toilet before flushing. Once flushed I hugged Stella and then went into the room I was staying in. "Where's Malia?" Stella asked. "After the fight her and I had tonight, she wanted to sleep alone" I shrugged. Stella slid into the bed and I got in next to her. We both lay on our sides facing one another. "I'm sorry" she said. "Don't be okay" I replied. Stella smiled a little. "Try get some sleep". Stella nodded and closed her eyes. I stayed up for awhile watching her, making sure she got some rest, before I found sleep taking over my body.