Ch. 3 - PACK MENTALITY

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Chapter Three
🐺 Pack Mentality 🐺


"So you killed her?" Stiles asked as him, Scott and Wren walked through the halls of the school, "I don't know. 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." Scott said.

"Really? I have. Usually ends a little differently." Stiles said making Wren shake her head and Scott looked at him weird, "Didn't need to know that." Wren said. "A, I meant I've never had a dream that felt that real, and B, never give me that much detail about you in bed again." Scott said and Stiles nodded.

"Noted. Let me take a guess here -" Stiles started to say but Scott shook his head, "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." Scott said and Stiles shook his head slightly. "No, of course not." He said making Wren raise her eyebrows at him in amusement, "Liar." She said and he nodded.

"Okay 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 for beginners class you can take." Stiles said and realization crossed over Scott's features.

"Yeah, not a class, but maybe a teacher." Scott said making Stile look at him like he was crazy, "Who, Derek?" Stiles exclaimed hitting Scott in the back if the head before continuing, "You forgetting the part where we got him tossed in jail?" Stiles said and Wren sighed softly.

"Okay so, you had a dream about a girl you just started dating and it turned into a nightmare where you killed her. Did you ever just stop to think that maybe it's just your nerves and hormones messing with your head?" Wren asked and Scott nodded, "I know, but chasing her, dragging her to the back of the bus, it felt so real."

"How real?" Stiles asked as they walked outside, "Like it actually happened." Scott said and Wren froze. "I think it did." She said making the boys stop and look at what was in front of them. The back door hanging by its hinges with four large claw marks on the door. Blood covered the seats and also trailed to the outside of the bus a bit.

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"I'm sure she's fine." Wren said running after Scott who was freaking out, "She's not answering my texts, Wren." Scott stressed typing away at his phone. "It could just be a coincidence, all right? A seriously amazing coincidence." Stiles said, "Just help me find her, okay? Do you see her?" Scott asked and Wren shook her head.

At some point Scott had gotten so frustrated to the point he had punched a random locker, denting it to the point it was bearly hanging by the hinges.

Eventually Scott ran into Allison and Stiles and Wren stood back. "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." The over head speaker said making a bunch of students groan while Wren scoffed.

"Someone was attacked and possibly killed on one of the school busses. But teenage education is more important." Wren said sarcastically and Stiles nodded in agreement.

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"Maybe it was my blood on the door..." Scott whispered to Stiles and Wren as they sat in chemistry class, "Could have been animal blood. You know, maybe you caught a rabbit or something?" Wren said making Scott look at her appalled. "And did what?" Scott asked and Stiles shrugged, "Ate it." He said and Scott's eyes widened.

"Raw?" Scott asked making Stiles give him a look, "No, you stopped to bake it in a little Werewolf oven! I don't know, you're the one who can't remember anything." Stiles said making Wren chuckle but before Scott could say anything else Mr. Harris spoke up.

"Mr. Stilinski, if that's your idea of a hushed whisper, you might want to pull the headphones out every once in a while. I think you, Mr. McCall and Miss. Martin would benefit from a little distance, yes?" He asked and Stiles scoffed, "No..." He said and Harris pointed at two different seats making the guys get up while Wren stayed in here seat.

"Let me know if the separation anxiety gets to be too much." Harris said and Stiles chuckled sarcastically while they moved to their seat. Scott sat down and glanced back momentarily to see Jackson's glare on him making his eyes widen slightly as he turned back around.

"Hey! I think they found something!" Harley said before she and the rest of the class got up to look out the window. An ambulance was parked by the woods as two EMT’s emerge from the foliage, pushing a gurney. Strapped to it was a man's bodies making Scott's eyes widen, "That's not a rabbit..." He muttered.

Everyone jumped and let po out a small scream as the EMT's ease the victim down. Scott stepped back from the others, stunned and devastated as Stiles and Wren slowly approached him. "Okay. This is good, this is good! He got up, he's not dead. Dead guys can't do that." Stiles said and Scott shook his head

"Guys... I did that."

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"But dreams aren't memories." Stiles said as him and Scott walked over to a lunch table, "Then it wasn't a dream... Something happened last night, and I can't remember what." Scott said as they sat down. "What makes you so sure that Derek even has all the answers?" Stiles asked while giving Scott a look, obviously not agreeing with the idea Scott had about getting help from Derek.

"Because during the full moon, he wasn't changed. He was in total control while I was running around in the middle of the night, attacking some totally innocent guy." Scott said making Stiles sigh, "You don't know that." He said and Scott dramatically shook his head.

"I don't not know it. I can't go out with Allison. I have to cancel." Scott said and Stiles shook his head, "No, you're not cancelling, okay? You can't just cancel your entire life! We'll figure it out." Stiles said and all if the sudden Lydia places her tray on the table next to Scott. "Figure out what?" She asked making the two boys look at her shocked, "Uh... Homework. Just homework." Scott answers and she smiles and sits down.

Stiles pauses with a French Fry held just at his lips before he leans over to whisper to Scott, "Why is she sitting with us?" He asks and Scott shrugs. Then Allison comes over and he removes his backpack from the seat he was saving for her.

Stiles still holds that french fry, watching with increasing surprise as Lydia's friends, one of Jackson's lacrosse teammates and Danny the goalie sit down with them as well. A couple seconds later Wren sat down on the other side if Stiles before setting a bag of chips on his tray making him smile at her.

A moment later Jackson walked up, and glared at his teammate that sat at the head of the table, "Get up." He said making the guy look at him offended.

"How come you never ask Danny to get up?" The teammate said and Danny chuckled, "Because I don't stare at his girlfriend and her sister's coin slot." He said and the guy sighed and grabbed his tray and gets up, sitting down somewhere else. Jackson sits down and his glare fixates on Scott, not at all happy this kid has somehow infiltrated his crew.

"So they're saying it's an animal attack. Probably a cougar." Danny said after a few seconds, "I heard mountain lion." Jackson said and Wren raised her eyebrows. "A cougar is a mountain lion." Wren and Lydia said at the same time, but unlike Wren, Lydia instantly starts to play dumb when she realizes everyone was looking at them. "Isn't it?" She asked before glancing over at Wren who gave her sister a pointed look.

"Who cares? The guy's probably some
homeless tweaker who's gonna' die
anyway." Jackson said and Wren chuckled, "Such a ray of sunshine and happiness, huh Jackson?" She asked making him give her a look and she just smiled. "Actually, I just found out who he is. Check it out." Stiles said as he held his phone out making everyone look at it.

"Identified the victim of the possible animal attack as Garrison Meyers-"

"I-I know that guy." Scott said making everyone look at him, "You do?" Allison asked, raising her eyebrows and he nodded. "I used to take the bus back when I lived at my Dad's place. He was the driver." He said as everyone sat back down in their seats.

"Can we talk about something slightly more fun, please? Like where we're going tomorrow night?" Lydia asked making Allison and Scott whip their heads around to her, "You said you and Scott were hanging out tomorrow, right?" She asked making alarm bells go off in Scott's mind as he glances over to see Stiles shaking his head no while Wren watched in amusement.

"Um, we were thinking of what we were gonna do..." Allison said slowly and Lydia hummed. "Well, I am not sitting home again, watching lacrosse videos, so if the four of us are hanging out, we are doing something fun." Lydia said making Scott look over at Allison with wide eyes, "Hanging out? Like, the four of us? Do you wanna hang out, like, us and them?"

"Yeah, I guess... Sounds fun..." Allison said and Jackson cocked his eyebrow, "You know what else sounds fun? Stabbing myself in the face with this fork." Jackson said, holding up his fork. Lydia took the fork away from him before an idea came to her head. "How 'bout bowling? You love to bowl." She asked and he scoffed, "Yeah, with actual competition." He said. "How do you know we're not actual competition? You can bowl, right?" Allison asked looking at Scott who looked slightly uncomfortable, "Sort of." He said slowly.

"Is it sort of, or yes?" Jackson asked as he leaned forward slightly, "Yes. In fact, I'm a great bowler." Scott said while also leaning forward and Lydia hummed slightly. "Well then, Wren? Do you want to come?" Lydia asked making Wren look over at her, "No."

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"You're a terrible bowler!" Stiles said as he, Wren and Scott walked down the hall. "I know! I'm such an idiot." Scott stressed and Wren just laughed, "God, it was like watching a car wreck. I mean, first it turned into the whole group date thing. And then out of nowhere comes that phrase."

"Hang out."

"You don't hang out with hot girls, okay? It's like death. Once it's hanging out, you might as well be her gay best friend. You and Danny can start hanging out." Stiles said making Wren look at him weird. "That now how it works and you guys hang out with me, am I not hot?" She asked making Stiles stutter for a moment.

"I- You- um- well- I wouldn't use hot to describe you." He said making her raise her eyebrows which made his eyes widen, "You're very beautiful." He said quickly and she hummed and nodded in amusement. "Nice save Stiles, nice save." She said as she patted his shoulder before she turned to Scott.

"How is this happening? I either killed a guy or I didn't." Scott stressed but Stiles wasnt paying attention, "I don't think Danny likes me very much." Stiles said. "I ask Allison on a date, and now we're hanging out." Scott said but neither of the guys were paying attention to each other.

"Am I not attractive to gay guys?" Stiles asked making Wren look at him with furrowed brows. "I make first line, and the team captain wants to destroy me, and now-now I'm gonna be late for work." Scott said before he started walking off making Stiles look at him..

"Wait, Scott, you didn't - am I attractive to gay guy - you didn't answer my question!" Stiles called out as Scott walked away,  "Am I attractive to gay guys?" Stiles asked turning to Wren. "I'm not a gay guy." She said and he shrugged, "But you're pan." He said and she nodded.

"Yeah, still not a gay guy though."

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"Hey, no, just me. Someone needs to keep watch." Scott said after Stiles tried to climb the gate of the school. Scott had gone and talked to Derek earlier and was told to come back here and use his other senses on the bus to figure out what happened. "How come I'm always the guy keeping watch?" Stiles asked and Scott looked ar him like he was obvious, "Because there's only three of us."

"Okay, why's it starting to feel like you're Batman and I'm Robin? I don't want to be Robin all the time." Stiles said making Scott look at him weird, "Nobody's Batman and Robin any of the time." Scott said and Stiles pouted. "Not even some of the time?" He asked making Scott give him a look, "Just stay here."

"Oh, my God! Fine." Stiles exclaimed making Wren laugh as they walked back to the car, "If Scott's Batman and you're Robin, who am I." Wren asked and Stiles thought for a moment. "Hawkgirl." He said and she pursed her lips and nodded slightly before squinting at him, "Is it only because my name is a bird?"

They sat for a few minuets talking about superheros when they saw a light shining at the bus making Stiles honk and Wren climb into the back. "Come on - come on" he said as Scott ran to the car. "Go! Go! Go! Go!" Scott said and Stiles quickly started driving.

"Did it work? Did you remember?" Wren asked and Scott nodded, "Yeah, I was there last night. And the blood- a lot of it was mine." Scott answered and Stiles glanced at him. "So you did attack him?" Stiles asked and Scott shook his head. "No. I saw glowing eyes in the bus, but they weren't mine. It was Derek." Scott said.

"What about the driver?" Stiles asked, "I think I was actually trying to protect him." Scott said and Wren furrowed her brows. "Wait, why would Derek help you remember that he attacked the driver?" She asked and Scott sighed and shrugged, "That's what I don't get."

"It's got to be a pack thing." Stiles said making Scott look at him, "What do you mean?" He asked. "Like an initiation. You do the kill together." Stiles said making Wren chuckle and raise her eyebrows, "I dont think this works like a fraternity." She said."Because ripping someone's throat out is a real bonding experience?" Scott said sarcastically and Stiles nodded, "Yeah, but you didn't do it, which means you're not a killer. And it also means that -" He did but Scott cut him off

"I can go out with Allison." Scott said making Stiles and Wren side glance him, "I was gonna say it means you won't kill us." Stiles said and Scott nodded, "Oh, yeah. That too." Scott said and Wren squinted at him.

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Allison looked through her closet before pulling out a black and and brown tie-dye shirt, showing it to Lydia and Wren who both cringed. "Mmm, pass." Lydia said and Allison nodded before putting it back and pulling out a weird teal and black paisley patter shirt that also had some orange-red roses at the bottom and some purple yellow patter at the necklace. It also had some glitter on it and white lines, almost like tie-dyed lines.

"That looks like something a grandma would wear thinking it makes her look young." Wren said and Lydia nodded in agreement before getting up, "Let me see..." She said before walking over to the closet. "Pass. Pass." She said as she started looking though the shirts, "Uh, pass on all of it." She said as Wren walked over.

"Allison, respect for your taste is, uh, dwindling by the second..." Lydia said making Wren chuckle before she reached in and pulled out a shirt. It was a black short sleeve shirt with black sequins on the front. "This one." She said and Allison grabbed the shirt and walked over to the mirror to hold it out in front of her.

"You sure you don't want to come with us Wren?" Lydia asked and Wren nodded, "I'm sure. Being a fifth wheel is not fun." She said. "I could have found you a date." Lydia said making Wren look at her with raised eyebrows, "Lyds, I love you more than anything but I will never go on a date with someone of your choice." She said making Lydia roll her eyes while Allison laughed.

"What are you going to do while we're gone? Sit in your room and write in your journal all night?" Lydia asked and Wren playfully rolled her eyes, "No, I'm going to Stiles' house after this to study." She said and Lydia squinted slightly and tilted her head. "Buzz cut?" She asked and Wren nodded, "Don't you have a crush on him?" Lydia asked making Wren look at her wide eyed while Allison turned to look at her.

"You like Stiles?" Allison asked and Wren shook her head, "When I was nine!" She said and Allison chuckled and raised her eyebrows. "You sure you still don't?" Allison asked and Wren rolled her eyes, "I don't." She said and both Lydia and Allison hummed sarcastically making Wren give them a look.

She was about to say something but the door opened making them look over to see Argent walk into the room as he put a jacket on. "Dad? Hello." Allison said, giving her father a pointed look making realization cross over his features, "Right. I'm sorry. I completely forgot to knock." He said.

"Hey, Mr. Argent." Lydia said flirtatiously as she laid down on the bed making Wren give her sister a weird look before she waved at Argent. "Dad? Do you need something?" Allison asked and Argent nodded, "I wanted to tell you that you'll be staying in tonight." He said and Allison scoffed slightly while Wren sat down next to Lydia.

"What? I'm going out with my friends tonight." Allison said and Argent shook his head, "Not when some animal out there is attacking people." He said. "Dad. Dad, I'm, uh-" Allison tried to say but Argent cut her off, "It's out of my hands. There's a curfew. No one's allowed out past 9:30PM. Hey, no more arguing." He said and Allison sighed before he walked out the room.

"Someone's Daddy's little girl." Lydia said as she and Wren stood up and Allison shook her head, "Sometimes... But not tonight." She said before putting on a beanie and walking over to ber window. She opened it before climbing out the window onto the roof.

"What are you doing?" Wren asked as she and Lydia walked over to the window but Allison didnt look at her as she jumped of the roof with a flip. "Eight years gymnastics." Allison whisper shouted, "Are you coming?" She asked.

"We'll take the stairs."

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"What's number ten?" Stiles asked making Wren glance down at her textbook, "75." She said and Stiles furrowed his brows. "You didn't even do the work for it." He said and she chuckled and shrugged, "Still 75." She said and he pouted slightly. "I got 17." He said making her furrow her brows before grabbing his notebook to look at his work, "You multiplied the second half wrong." She said as she handed it back to him.

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