Melanie's POV

I walk into the movie rental place, looking for a movie for me and Allison. She didn't want to come so I came alone. It's dark and kinda creepy in here. I walk down an aisle until I hear the door chimes. I look and see Jackson.

The phone in here starts going off. "Is anybody going to answer that?" Jackson calls out. "Can somebody help me find The Notebook?" No one answers him. "Hello? Is anybody working here? You gotta be kidding me." He says. He starts to walk towards the aisles.

"Whittemore, why are you looking for The Notebook? Got a secret love for chic flicks?" I ask sarcastically, putting a hand on my hip. 

He looks at me surprised. "Argent, what are you doing here?" He asks.

"Getting a movie." I say in a 'duh' voice.

He rolls his eyes. "Where's The Notebook?" He asks.

"Dude, I literally just moved to town, why are you asking me?" I ask.

"Because your the only other person, it seems, to be here." He says. I roll my eyes. I sigh and look around. Now that I think about it, where is everyone?

I walk down the row of aisles to see a leg sticking out. I look at Jackson confused. He walks closer to me and the weird leg. I walk closer. I gasp in shock, seeing a guy, throat slashed, covered in his own blood. I feel Jackson grab my arm and pull me backwards. We bump into the ladder that was behind us. I see something near the shelves, Jackson see's it to. He grabs my arm and pulls me behind a shelf. The animal or what ever it is starts knocking down the shelves. Jackson pushes me out of the way as the shelf falls, falling on top of him. "Jackson!" I yell. I try and take the shelf off him but it was to heavy. The animal jumps on top of the shelf looking at the back of Jackson's neck. The animal turns to me, then turning it's head to the side, as if it was confused. It starts to walk towards me. I back away until my back hits the wall. I can feel tears down my face. The animal, sniffs me, then gives me another kind of confused look. It bangs my head against the wall making me go unconscious.

I wake up in an ambulance. I look around and sit up. I hear Jackson yelling. "Why the hell can't I just go home? I'm fine." He says.

"I hear ya, but the EMT says you hit your head pretty hard. They just wanna make sure you don't have a concussion." The sheriff says. I think that's Stiles' father.

"What part of "I'm fine" are you having a problem grasping? Okay, I wanna go home." Jackson says.

"And I understand that." Sheriff says.

"No, you don't understand, which kind of blows my mind, since it should be a pretty basic concept to grasp for a minimum - wage rent - a - cop like you! Okay, now, I wanna go home!" Jackson yells.

All the sudden I hear Stiles' voice. "Oh, whoa, is that a dead body?" I see him climb out of a cop car. He looks around then spots me sitting in the back of one of the ambulances. "Melanie?" He asks then runs over to me. "Oh my god, what happened? Are you okay?" He asks.

"I- I think." I say. He gives me an unsure look but nods.

"Melanie!" I hear Allison yell. I look and see her and mom run over here. "Oh my gosh, I should have came with you." She says.

"No, I'm happy you didn't. If you came you could have gotten hurt." I say.

"Yeah but you did." She says.

"Are you okay?" Mom asks me.

"I'm fine. I just hit my head." I reply. I lied. My head is killing me.

"Are you sure?" Allison asks.

"Yeah, I'm fine." I said. I look around the whole parking lot. "Can we leave now?" I ask. Mom nods.

We get home and I go straight up to my room after talking with Uncle Chris and Aunt Victoria, and telling them I was fine.

I am sitting in my room after showering and getting into pajamas. I hear a knock at my door. "Come in." I say. Mom walks in.

"Hey, can we talk?" She asks.

"Yeah, sure." I say. She comes over and sits on the bed, across from me.

"I need you to tell me what you saw earlier tonight." She says.

"Why?"

"Because I need to know." She says. Yeah because that's an answer.

"I don't, I don't know a mountain lion I think." I say.

"That's all you saw?" She asks.

"Yeah, it was a mountain lion." I say.

"Okay well get some sleep. I'll see you in the morning." She says. I nod and she leaves the room.

The next morning I get dressed in a gray long sleeve shirt, black skinny jeans and my floral scarf along with my black boots. I do my makeup to a minimum and curl my hair. I grad my bag and go into Allison's room. I see her just waking up.

"Happy birthday!" I say to her. I hug her, tightly.

"Thanks Mel." She replies. Mom walks in holding a small box in her hands.

"Hey. Listen, you know I feel totally horrible about my behavior the other night, right?" Mom says to Allison.

"Oh, totally forgotten." She replies.

"No, not forgotten by me. Come on. Call me a "horrid bitch" or something." Mom says, causing me to smirk.

"You were just - being protective." Allison says.

"I was being a protective horrid bitch - Who is - giving you your birthday present early so you'll forgive her." Mom gives her the box. Allison opens it and smiles widely. "Forgiven?" Mom asks.

"Completely. I love it!" They hug for a second.

"It's a family heirloom. And you know me - I hate and loathe all sentimental crap, but that - Well, look at the symbol in the middle of the pendant. See that?" Mom asks her.

"Yeah." Allison says.

"You ever wanna learn a little something about your family - Look it up." Mom smirks at Allison.

"You're gonna make me work for it -"

"Some mysteries - Are worth the effort." Mom says to her.

"Thanks." Allison says.

"Bye." Mom says. She looks at me and smiles. I smile back then she leaves the room.

"Oh here before I forget. I got you something also." I say reaching into my bag.

"You didn't have to get me anything." Alli says.

"Yes I did. Now here." I say handing her the dvd, I was digging for in my bag.

"Did you get this last night?" She asks I nod. "How?"

"I took it." I say.

"How did you not get caught and how did they let you just take it?"

"For one, they don't know I took it and I left $ 10 on the counter of the store when I ran back in there before we left, so technically I did pay for it. Plus I almost died in their store, least they can do is give me the movie I came for." I say.

"Thank you." She says giving me a hug.

"No problem." I say hugging her back.

I'm now in my chemistry class. Allison ditched school with Scott after he found out it was her birthday.

"Just a friendly reminder - Parent/teacher conferences are tonight. Students below a "C" average are required to attend. I won't name you, because the shame and self - disgust should be more than enough punishment." Mr. Harris says. "Has anyone seen Scott McCall?" He asks mainly looking at Stiles. Jackson walks in sitting in his seat. Harris walks over to him. "Hey, Jackson. If you need to leave early for any reason, you let me know." He says to him. He said the same thing to me when I first walked in. "Everyone, start reading Chapter Nine. Mr. Stilinski. Try putting the highlighter down between paragraphs. It's chemistry, not a coloring book." Harris says to Stiles, who has a highlighter cap in his mouth. 

Stiles looks at Danny, who is sitting next to me. "Hey, Danny. Can I ask you a question?" He asks.

"No." Danny deadpans.

"Well, I'm going to anyway. Um, did Lydia show up in your homeroom today?" Stiles asks. I frown, confused on why he wants to know if Lydia was here today.

"No." Danny says.

"Can I ask you another question?" Stiles asks.

"Answer's still no." Danny says annoyed.

"Does anyone know what happened to her, Jackson and Melanie last night?" Stiles asks anyways.

"He wouldn't - tell me. And Melanie is right here, why don't you ask her?" Danny asks him.

I talked to her last night, she blacked out for most of it." Stiles says. I smile at him, gratefully that he said that so I didn't have to replay what happened in my head. He gives me a small smile then nods, and looks at Danny. "But he's your best friend. One more question."

"What?" Danny asks, very annoyed.

"Do you find me attractive?" Stiles asks. He leans closer in his chair causing him to fall. I burst out laughing as everyone looks at him as he sits back in his chair.

Later that night, I head over to Stiles' house. Mom's at home, while Uncle Chris and Aunt Victoria are at the school conferences. Mom knew I was doing good so she didn't see a reason of why she had to go.

I knock on the front door, the sheriff opens the door. "Hi?" He says, confused.

"Oh, is Stiles home? I'm his friend from school, also met you last night when I had a run in with that mountain lion, and that dead body in the video store. And gosh I'm talking to much." I ramble on. I give him a small smile.

"He's in his room, 2nd door on the right." He says. "You can go on up. Tell him I'll see him later."

I nod then he lets me go past him as he leaves the house. I walk up the stairs and follow Stiles' dads instructions to Stiles' room.

I get to the door that is supposed to be his. I knock on the door. I hear shuffling of feet on the other side, so either this is Stiles' room, or there is a mass murderer in a room in his house. The door swings open revealing Stiles. He looks at me shocked and slightly confused.

"Wha- what are you doing here?" He asks.

"Nice seeing you too, Stilinski." I say.

"Wha- oh yeah uh, you can uh come in if you want." He says then moves away from the doorway, allowing me to enter the room. I walk in and stand in the middle of the room looking around. It's cool in here. "You an sit on the uh bed if you want." He says looking at me. I nod and sit down. "So uh what are you uh doing here?" He asks again.

"I was board, Lydia is high off her meds, Allison is with Scott, Danny is at the conferences. I thought 'hey, why not go see Stiles'. And your my friend why wouldn't I be here." I say. "Also I need to talk to someone who won't think I'm totally crazy." I say.

"What do you need to talk about?" He asks, sitting down at the desk chair.

"Last night. At the video store." I say.

He gives me a confused look. "What about it?"

"I- I uh I don't think it was a mountain lion that attacked me and Jackson. Stiles, I know it wasn't a mountain lion." I admit.

He looks at me confused then asks. "What do you think it uh was?"

"I think it was a wolf." I say.

He looks at me shocked. "Why? Why do you think it was a wolf?" He asks.

"I don't know. I just I know it wasn't a mountain lion. Maybe I am going crazy." I stand. "I shouldn't have came over. Sorry for bothering you." I say then quickly race out of his room, leaving his house, ignoring him calling for me.

I get in my car and quickly drive away. After a minute I pull over in an empty parking lot. I lean my head on the stirring wheel. My head starting to hurt again.

After a few minutes I hear a car pull up next to mine. Great now I'm going to die.

I look and see a familiar old powder blue jeep. Stiles. A knock comes from the passenger door. I unlock the car, allowing him to come in.

"What are you doing here?" I ask.

"Better question is uh what are you doing out uh here?" He asks.

"Seriously Stiles why did you follow me?" I ask.

"I wanted to uh make sure you were uh, okay." He says.

"I'm fine." I lie.

He mutters something but I don't hear what he says. "Even I know you're lying."

"Fine. I'm not okay. What I saw in the video store was not a mountain lion."

"Then uh what was it?"

"I told you it was a wolf. And before you saw that wolves haven't been in California in like 60 years, I know it was a wolf. I know what I saw." I say, looking over at him.

"I uh, I believe you." He says. I look at him confused.

"You do?" I ask. He nods. "Why?"

"I just uh I just do." He says. I look at him weirdly but then smile at him.

"Thank you." I say to him.

"Why?" He asks me.

"For listening." I say.

Later that night, he got a call from his dad, saying he got hit by a car, well not hit but it bumped into him and he has some bruises and a concussion.

"I uh, I'll see you tomorrow." He says, about to leave my car.

"Hey Stiles." I say stopping him from leaving the car just yet. I kiss him on the cheek. "Thank you." He looks at me confused but then remembers about his dad, he gives me a small smile then quickly goes to his jeep and pulls out of the lot.

I leave the parking lot and head home. Allison ended up grounded and not allowed to see Scott for like a week or something, I don't know. I head up to my room changing into pajamas. I exit the bathroom, feeling kind of cold. I look around and notice my window open. What? I never opened it. How did it get open?

I walk over to the window and close it, locking it and shutting the curtains. I go and lay down, soon falling asleep.

Okay guys I updated, finally. Hopefully y'all like it. I'm so tired right now. Anyways, the next chapter should be updated some time this week I am not sure, I'm trying here guys. I've got stuff going on at home and plus a million other stories to work on. So thank you for being patient. I love you all! Anyways thanks for reading. Bye.

-Kelly.