Fifteen

Stella

Malia, Scott and Lydia all remembered Stiles. Now it was my turn. "I can't go into those freezer things. I'll come out like a popsicle" I informed them. "We'll use the hypnosis we used on Lydia on you" Scott said. "Are you sure this will work?" I asked. "When I was remembering Stiles, you two had a connection that none of us had with him like you did" Scott informed me. "I saw it too" Malia replied. "Me too. If anyone's bringing Stiles back it's you" Lydia smiled at me. "Do you really think this is our best shot at getting him back?" I asked. They nodded. "Then I'll do it. For Stiles" I replied. Lydia nodded a triumphant look on her face. "We're going to put you in hypnosis like you did with me" Lydia informed me. I sat down at the table, in front of the lit candle. I took a deep breath in as Lydia spoke. "Stella close your eyes" she said. I did what she said. "Let your whole body relax. Let your fingers, your arms, legs relax. You're standing in a dark room, four doors standing around me. Each door will bring back a memory of Stiles. You just have to find the right memory" she said.

Suddenly I found myself standing around four white doors, just like Lydia said. "Where am I?" I asked. Lydia's voice continued echoing throughout the room. "In order for you to remember Stiles, you need to pick a door" her voice said. I looked around deciding which door to go through first. I walked over to the door with the blue handle and opened it walking inside. When I got inside memories came back.

I plopped myself down on Stiles's bed as I watched him studying his crime board. I looked to my right to see many balls of string. "What do the different colour string mean?" I asked. "Different colors for different stages of the investigation. Green is solved, yellow is to be determined and Blue just looks pretty" he informed me. "What does red mean?" I asked. "Unsolved" he sighed. "There's mostly red on the board" I informed him. "Yes I'm aware thank you" he said. Stiles turned around. "Hey Stel" he walked over to me and knelt in front of me. I was wrapping red string round my finger. "You have been right everytime something like this has happened okay. So don't start doubting yourself now" he informed me. I looked at him. "I'm not right Stiles and anytime I am I end up getting hurt. I think I'm the reason for all this trouble" I shook my head as I played with the string on my finger. "Okay, Barrow was there and you know it okay" Stiles held my hand and started unravelling the string from my finger. "Nothing that happens is your fault Stella okay? Trust me." he said. I stared at him. All I wanted to do in that moment was kiss him. "Okay and look if you wanted to, I would go back to Eichen house take down the dread doctors, and I would go to the school search for Barrow and kill him myself. I would risk my life if it means keeping you safe" Stiles placed the string next to me on the bed. I smiled at him. Stiles had a green sharpie in his hand. He took the lid of and took my hand. I didn't question what he was doing.  He turned my hand over so my palm was facing the ceiling and he placed a small green dot on my hand. "What was that for?"I asked confused. "You're one mystery I've solved" he informed me.

As the memory finished playing the door had disappeared. "Did you find anything?" I heard Scott asked. "I saw him" I replied.  I walked over to the door with the red handle and opened it, walking inside another memory begun to play.

With a large smile on his face, Stiles plopped himself down on the kitchen chair. I poured him a glass of wine and we sat there talking for hours. "Happy birthday" he smiled. "Ugh. I wish I got to spend all my other birthday's properly" I sighed. "Hey you get to spend this one with the ones you love" he smiled.

"I was going to wait till tomorrow at the party to give you this but I can't wait" he said as he pulled a small box out of his bag. Stiles placed the small box on the table in front of me. It was perfectly wrapped. "Well, your wrapping skills have improved" I laughed. "Just open it" he chuckled. I pulled off the wrapping paper and opened the box. Inside the box was a beautiful heart shaped locket with a diamond in the middle. I looked up at Stiles "Open the locket" he said. I opened it and inside was two photos, one of me and Stiles and one of me and Scott. As I closed the locker I looked at the back of it where it was engraved "No matter where you are in the world we will always be with you, remember we love you. Happy birthday beautiful- Stiles x" I started tearing up. "Stiles this is beautiful thank you" I sniffed as I pulled him in for a hug. Stiles hugged me tight before pulling away. He wiped my tears. "I wanted to get you something that was meaningful" he said. I sniffed. "I love it Stiles" I smiled. "Here let me put it on" he said. I turned around in my chair, my back facing Stiles. Stiles brushed my hair to the side and gently draped the necklace on my neck. One he had finished I turned around to face him.

My breath hitched in my throat as I was starting to remember Stiles.

"I wanna try something" Stiles said. "Okay" I replied. Stiles moved closer to me, our knees now touching. He looked me in the eyes before leaning in. He brushed his lips off mine. The kiss was soft and gentle. I kissed him back, wrapping my arms around his neck. Stiles pulled back.

"Stella did you find something?" Lydia asked. "When I kissed him, that's when it all changed" I cried. "W-when did you kiss him?" Lydia asked. "The night of my birthday" I replied. "That's why you two were ignoring each other the whole night" Lydia said. I nodded, still looking at the candle. I closed my eyes again and looked at the last two doors, one with a yellow handle and one with a green handle. I walked over to the door with the green handle the final memory playing.

"Where are you?" Malia asked. "Outside the school. It's dark and windy" I replied. I stood there and the final memory played.

"Stiles we have to go" I said as I could see them too. "They're coming for me, you have to get away from me right now" he shouted. I shook my head "I'm not leaving you". Stiles looked at me and took my hand before running towards the jeep. Every direction we ran we saw Ghost Riders. "They're everywhere" he said, tightening his grip on my hand. 'C'mon" Stiles said as we ran another direction to get to the jeep. "Stella whatever you do don't look at them" Stiles shouted gently. "Do not look at them or they'll take you too" he panicked as he fumbled for the keys to open the jeep. We got inside and locked the doors. The two of us both terrified. Stiles fumbled with the keys. He couldn't start the jeep. The jeep was now surrounded by Ghost Riders. "Are you joking? We need to go?" I was on the verge of tears. "There's no time" he said as he turned to look at me. Stiles took my hands.

"I was there I was the last person to see him" I cried as I opened my eyes. "See him when?" Scott asked. "When the Ghost Rider's took him" my voice cracked. "Where?" he asked. "At the school, in the jeep. I was the last person to see him" I cried again. I stared at the candle as the last part of the memory played.

"Stella I'll be erased, okay. Just like Alex. You're gonna forget me" he said. "I won't. I won't. I won't" I shook my head. "Y-you will" he said. "Find some way to remember me okay?". I looked at him. My lips were quivering. I couldn't bare to lose him."Remember how you were the first girl I ever danced with in your bedroom when we were eight years old." I nodded. "Remember how I had a crush on your all through middle school" I smiled a little. Tears pouring from my eyes. "Remember how you saved my life" he said. "You saved my life too" I choked out. Stiles tightened his grip on my hands. "Remember. Remember I love you" he whispered.

Then the candle went out. I found myself staring at the blank wall ahead of me. "I didn't say it back"  I cried out. "Didn't say what back?" Lydia asked. "He told me he loved me and I didn't say it back" I sobbed. Just then the whole place started to shake. I stood up and we saw a rift opening. I could see Stiles. "Stiles?" I said but then the rift closed. It didn't work.