Old Scars, Future Hearts

03

At school, Scott, Dmitri and Marika met up with Stiles who asked, "So you killed her?"

"I don't know," Scott replied. "I just woke up. And I was sweating like crazy, and I couldn't breathe. I've never had a dream where I woke up like that before."

"I have. More than once," Marika said.

Dmitri nodded. "Mhmm."

Stiles glanced at his best friend. "Really? I have. Usually ends a little differently."

""A," I meant I've never had a dream that felt that real, and "B," never give me, Dmitri or Marika that much detail about you in bed again."

"Noted. Let me take a guess here-"

"No, I know, you think it has something to do with me going out with Allison tomorrow, like I'm gonna lose control and rip her throat out."

"No, of course not. Yeah, that's totally it. Hey, come on, it's gonna be fine, all right? Personally, I think you're handling this pretty freakin' amazingly. You know, it's not like there's a lycanthropy class you can take."

"Yeah, not a class, but maybe a teacher."

Marika frowned. "Who, Derek? Aren't you forgetting the part where you two got him tossed in jail?"

"You and your brother were there too."

"And whose idea was it to go into the woods and dig up half a body? Not mine or Dima's, that for sure!"

Stiles clasped a hand over Marika's mouth, glancing around. "Okay, calm down. There's no reason to yell."

Scott nodded, then said, "Yeah, I know, but chasing her, dragging her to the back of the bus, it felt so real."

"How real?"

"Like it actually happened."

They made their way outside to see a bus that looked like a supernatural creature had attacked it.

In sync, Stiles and Dmitri said, "I think it did."

Stiles glanced at Scott. "She's probably fine."

"She's not answering my texts, Stiles, Dmitri, Marika," Scott said as he began panicking.

They walked back into the school and Stiles replied, "It could just be a coincidence, all right? A seriously amazing coincidence."

"Just help me find her, okay? Do either of you see her?"

"No," Stiles, Dmitri and Marike replied.

Scott walked off to look for Allison.

Stiles turned to Marika and Dmitri with a slightly worried expression. "Do you think..."

Marika cut him off. "No, I don't think so. I think it's just coincidence."

A voice sounded over the loudspeaker. "Attention, students, this is your principal. I know you're all wondering about the incident that occurred last night to one of our buses. While the police work to determine what happened, classes will proceed as scheduled."

Dmitri pointed across the way. "Hey, looks like he found her."

Stiles looked to where he was pointing and said, "Yeah, he did."

They entered the classroom and sat down.

Scott looked at Jackson who asked, "What are you looking at, asswipe?"

"Maybe it was my blood on the door," Scott guessed.

"Could have been animal blood," Stiles said. "You know, maybe you caught a rabbit or something."