"You wanted to talk?" Liam asked as he stepped into my room.

"Yeah. About me and you"

Liam sighed and headed over to my window. "This is about you being jealous of Hayden, isn't it?"

"No. This is about me and you"

He sighed. "Right"

"I'm really struggling to control my visions and control being a werewolf. You're still trying to control yourself too. I think that maybe we both need a bit of time apart to think things through" I said.

He turned around to face me. "So you want to break up?"

"No I never said that-"

"You implied it"

"Liam don't make this any harder than it already is" I sighed. "I think we just need to take a break to figure things out. And maybe you can figure out what your feelings for Hayden are too"

"I knew it" he said harshly. "This is all about Hayden"

"No it's not" I defended. "Clearly, you haven't noticed that I've been struggling"

"I've been busy"

"I noticed"

"Why are you so mad?"

"Because I'm fed up of feeling heartbroken all the time! I'm fed up of being second best to Hayden all the damn time!"

"It's not my fault you don't trust me! I haven't done anything wrong"

"Liam I do trust you!" I reminded.

"Then why can't you see that I haven't done anything wrong!"

I frowned, hearing his heartbeat jumping a little.

"Say that again"

"What?"

"Say it. Tell me you haven't done anything wrong"

He looked at me with a confused expression. "I haven't done anything wrong?" He said unsurely.

His heart rate picked up briefly.

"Liar"

"Excuse me?"

"Something's happened between you two!" I exclaimed.

"Nothing has happened" he argued.

"Stop lying to me, Liam!"

"Okay, fine!" He snapped. "We kissed"

I shook my head, turning away from him. "I trusted you when nobody else would! I believed in you when nobody else did!" I shouted. "I loved you, Liam Dunbar. I was there for you every single fucking step of the way! And look where it got me"

"Bec don't-" he grabbed wrist.

"No. Don't touch me. I'm done with this"

"Please, Becca"

"Who was there for you on your first full moon? Who was the one who ran into those damn woods after you, even when her brother told her not to?" I questioned, stepping closer to Liam. "Who stuck up for you when your old school played us in that scrimmage?"

"Rebecca-"

I cut him off again. "Who managed to calm you down every single time? Okay, not forgetting the many times I saved your goddamn ass!"

"Okay, I get it-"

"No, Liam. No you don't. Remember our first kiss? Our first date? Our secret place? You were my first everything Liam. I loved you. No, I still love you. And I hate the fact that I do"

"Are you breaking up with me?" His voice cracked slightly and I saw tears shining in his eyes.

"I don't know, Liam" I said with a sigh. "Maybe it's for the best"

"Rebecca, I love you"

"Then maybe you should have thought about that before you broke my heart"

He shook his head. "This is ridiculous"

"Yeah, it's ridiculous that I have to be put through this" Angry tears were forming in my eyes, threatening to spill over.

He reached for my arm again and I saw his claws extended.

"Are you really blaming all of this on me?" He asked. "When you're the one pushing me away!"

"Pushing you away?" I scoffed. "Since when have I been pushing you away" His grip on my arm tightened and it was starting to hurt. "Let go of me" I snapped.

He growled and I saw his eyes change colour. His pulse was spiralling out of control. I recognised it as a mad rage. And I was the one in the firing line.

"Maybe we rushed into things too fast. Both of us, we're still learning" I said calmly. "Liam please let go"

I felt something warm trickle down my arm. Blood.

"Liam let go!" I screamed. "Liam!" I used all of my strength and tore his hand from my arm.

As I stumbled backwards, clutching my wounded arm, he seemed to snap out of his rage.

"I'm so sorry" he stepped towards me but I backed away from him.

"Get out!"

"Bec-"

"Don't call me that!" I snapped. "Just go!"

"I'm so sorry"

"Leave me alone! I need space, Liam!" I yelled. "I need to find out what's happening to me and how I can control it. You need to figure your feelings for Hayden before you hurt me again. Both emotionally and physically now!"

"Well, fine. Maybe I don't want to put up with you and your shit anymore"

"You know what, I wanted to end this on mutual friendship terms but why not to the whole way. We're finished, Liam. For good. I hope you're happy"

"Wait Becca-"

"Please get out of my room"

"Rebecca please"

"Get out of my fucking room!" I reached over to the door and pulled it open.

He stepped through and sighed, turning back around in the doorway to face me. The two of us stared at each other for a moment before Liam spoke up.

"I will never stop loving you"

I slammed the door in his face.

~

I heard shouting from downstairs not long after I'd kicked Liam out my bedroom.

I emerged from my room and stood at the stop of the stairs.

Scott was forcefully closing the front door behind someone. He sighed when he noticed me.

"Was that Liam?" I asked.

Scott nodded sadly. I sighed and headed down to the bottom of the stairs.

"Come here" Scott embraced me into a hug.

All the anger I had felt. All the hurt. It poured out of me in that moment. Scott and I stood wrapped in each other's arms for ages. Neither of us spoke, I just cried. And cried. Until I calmed down and he pulled away, wiping the tears away.

"Bex let me tell you something no teenager ever believes, even I didn't, but I promise you is the complete truth" Scott said. "You fall in love more than once. It will happen again and it'll be just as amazing and perfect as the first time"

"Will it be just as painful?" I asked.

Scott smiled a little. "Probably. But it will happen again, I promise"

"I just- I want Liam. I don't know what I'm supposed to do without him. He always kept me grounded and now-"

"You've got me. You've got Stiles, Lydia, Malia, Kira, Mason" He said. "I'll always be by your side. No matter what"

I exhaled slowly. "I can't believe he would do that to me"

"Maybe he's just confused about what he wants. It's best he figures it out instead of hurting you even more. Reduces the chances of me killing him"

I chuckled a little. "Hey, you wanna order pizza and watch a movie? Just me and you. Spend some quality sibling time?"

Scott smiled. "Only if we can watch Shaun of the Dead"

"Of course. I'm always a slut for zombies"

~

I sighed, pulling out my pocket mirror and applying another coat of lipstick.

"Why are you out here?" My brother frowned at me as he walked down the empty school corridor.

"I got sent out of class" I shrugged.

"What? Why?"

"I was late" It wasn't a lie but it wasn't the whole truth.

He sighed. "Did you talk back to the teacher?"

"She was in the wrong" I defended. "I was just putting her in her place"

Scott shook his head. "I know this is hard on you but you can't take what you're feeling out on other people. I've already let it slide that you're dressed like Erica Reyes 2.0 but-"

"Did you just compare me to Erica?"

"Yes I did" he said, earning a glare from me. "Look the full moon is tomorrow and I know you're already starting to feel it"

"You don't know shit" I snapped.

The bell rang and a sea of people started to flood out of class.

"Rebecca stop it. You're better than this" Scott shouted over the noise.

"Just leave me alone, Scott!"

"I just want to help you"

"Well don't! You are not dad so stop trying to tell me what to do!" I yelled.

I knew we were attracting attention because people started to stare.

"I'm not doing this here" Scott hissed.

"Whatever"

"Rebecca don't walk away from me!"

I ignored my brother and continued down the corridor. The click of my heels made me feel invincible and I wondered if this was how powerful Lydia felt all the time.

"Rebecca!" I heard Scott call.

I turned the corner but this time a different voice shouted my name.

"Hey Bex wait!" I stopped in my tracks with a sigh, turning to face Mason. "What's up with you?"

"Oh so you haven't spoken to Liam then"

"No I have. I just- this isn't you. You don't act like this, dress like this, talk to your brother like that"

"No offence Mase, but this isn't any of your business" I turned and started to walk away but he grabbed my arm.

"Yes it is. This is my business. You're one of my best friends Bex and I can't have you pushing me away. I won't watch you push your friends or your brother away either" 

"Just stay out of it, okay!"

He didn't stop me as I stormed off this time. 

I knew I was acting like a bitch but I couldn't stop. It made me feel stronger knowing I had put up a new wall that nobody could knock down.

I would rather be like this than the girl who constantly cries all the time just because her boyfriend broke up with her.

~

"I heard sirens what's going on?" I asked Mason when I reached him.

When he turned to face me I saw the blood and Mercury all down his shirt.

"Oh my god"

I noticed Scott and Theo pushing their way through the crowd to find us.

"He just started bleeding everywhere" Mason said in shock.

We all simultaneously looked over to Corey being carried away on the stretcher.

"Don't let them do it" Corey choked out. "Don't let them kill me!"

"Scott, we have to follow them. We gotta protect him right" Theo said. "Scott, come on. Scott!" He prompted. "Scott, this is what you do!"

My brother nodded and the two of them headed back inside with the crowd.

"Hey, it's going to be okay" I told Mason. "I'm sorry about earlier. Just trust me when I say that Scott will save him"

Mason looked up at me, fear written all over his face. "What if- what if the doctors come"

"Scott will protect him, I promise"

Tears welled up in Mason's eyes and I reached out, taking my friends hand.

"I would hug you but, you know" I cut off, gesturing to the mercury and blood coating his shirt. Mason smiled a little at that. "Come on, let's get you home and cleaned up"

~

"Tell me everything"

"Long story short, Liam is a dick"

Mason laughed. "No. Tell me the full story"

He pulled a shirt out from his drawers and put it on, sitting down on the bed next to me.

"Things had been going really well. We were closer than, well, ever. And then we started back at school again and everything seemed to be going wrong. We figured out I have these new powers that might be why I have green eyes. I keep seeing visions of future events. But they're only to do with the pack and they seem to occur when my emotions are really heightened"

"You never told me this?"

"Liam was the only one that knew. I just didn't want everyone else worrying about me. Now I'm not so sure I made the right choice. I need people right now" I admitted.

"Hey, you've got me" he placed his arm around my shoulder.

"I know. But you were Liam's friend first. It's okay that you're still friends. It doesn't change things between me and you either. And I understand you'll be with him more"

"Bex I won't do that to you. Liam's been distant from me too. You said it made Scott and Stiles closer-" he shook his head. "He's been with Hayden this whole time. I mean I knew he was protective over her but-" he cut off. "Sorry"

"It's okay"

"No it's not. I'm sorry"

"It's fine. I just- it's hard. I wish we hadn't ended it like that. I wanted us to end it on more friendly terms" I sighed. "Not on him cheating on me"

"I still have hope, you know. That you two will figure things out. You're Bex and Liam. You were Beacon Hills' power couple, okay. The way you two were together, it was real love. I think he's going to realise the mistake he made"

"Even if he does. Say he does come crawling back to me, I don't think I'll ever be able to get over what he did" I said truthfully. "I don't think I can ever be with someone that I no longer respect"

~

I hadn't been back home long when someone knocked on the door.

I pulled it open and groaned at the sight of the one person I really didn't want to see.

"What do you want?" I snapped.

His eyes trailed down my body before he looked back up at me. "Cute outfit. Can I come in?"

He went to step inside but I started to close the door.

"Becca-"

"I don't care, Brett"

"Wait, wait, wait"

I sighed. "What?"

"I just wanna talk" he said.

"Well I don't" I started to shut the door again.

"I know what happened between you and Liam"

I paused. "Mason told you didn't he?"

"Obviously" Brett rolled his eyes and stepped inside my house.

I knew this was a stupid idea but honestly, I was tired of arguments.

"So are you here to console me or tell me how much of an ass Liam is?" I asked, flopping onto the couch.

"Maybe both" he said, sitting beside me.

I had the urge to punch him and wipe that annoying smirk off his face.

"So he ditched you for Hayden?"

"He didn't ditch me" I corrected. "I ditched him"

"Fair enough. So now you're what, dressing like a that to get attention from other guys? To make him jealous? That's low Becky"

"Number one, no. Number two, it's none of your business. Number three, never call me Becky again or I will cut you"

"So tell me how it is then" he leant forwards. "Tell me why you're dressed like that. Why you're acting even bitchier than usual. Tell me why you're pushing all of your friends away"

"Because it hurts!" I yelled. "And I don't know how to take the pain away. I don't know how to deal with it"

"Do you even know how worried everyone's been?"

"Why do you even care? Why are you even here, Brett"

"I care!" He exclaimed. "More than you know"

I scoffed. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"That Liam's an idiot for letting you go"

I stood up from the couch, shaking my head. "I am so not doing this right now"

I stormed over to the front door and pulled it open.

Brett slammed it shut again.

"Just get out!"

"Listen to me Becca"

"Get out!"

"No. I'm not going anywhere"

"I swear to god, Brett-" I reached over for the door again but he pushed me up against it. "What the hell are you doing?" I asked.

His face was inches apart from mine, and his eyes were staring into mine intensely. Both of us were breathing heavily. 

"I like you Becca"

"Why are you doing this?" I practically whispered.

"Because I need you to understand what you're worth" he said, his voice low and quiet. "What you mean to me"

"How dare you?" I pushed him backwards. "What in your right mind made you think that this was a good idea?"

"I didn't-"

"Think? No because guys never think with their heads. It's all 'I know let's go comfort the clearly vulnerable girl who's just broke up with her boyfriend'"

"No it's not like that I swear"

"What is it like then?"

He ran his hand through his hair. "Okay you're right. I was wrong. I'm an idiot"

"You're more than an idiot"

"Call me every name under the sun, whatever. It won't change how I feel"

"I hate you" I said through clenched teeth.

My focus fell to his mouth, as I struggled to stop myself from feeling so attracted to him.

It's the school uniform, I swear.

"I hated you first" he hissed.

Our eyes meet and before I knew it, he was launching forwards, his hands grabbing my face.

I was pushed up against the door again as he deepened the kiss. I responded by kissing him even harder.

My hands soon found their way to his school tie.

Five minutes ago I would have happily strangled him with it, but now I was loosening it.

With the tie now on the floor, I started to undo his shirt buttons.

I knew this is wrong.

So wrong.

But as his lips found themselves attached to my neck, I couldn't even control myself.

We ended up on the couch, my fingers tracing the lines of muscle running up his stomach and chest. His hand was slowly sliding up my thigh and the desperation of our kisses became wilder.

It felt like all the pent-up energy and frustration from the day was finally spilling out, making our kisses become deeper.

I wanted to stop, I needed to stop.

But kissing Brett was different. It was dangerous, it was stupid but it felt good.

I'd never experienced a feeling like this. It was as if I was letting every single emotion go. It made me feel like I could forget everything.

His hands were on my waist as he slowly started to slide my shirt up. I tangled my fingers in his hair.

It was only when he mumbled my name against my lips that my conscience kicked in; that I finally realised what I was doing.

I snapped back into reality, separating from him and moving to the other end of the couch so I could try and process what the fuck just happened.

Brett didn't say a word, just threw his shirt back on in a frantic rush.

"I-um. That shouldn't have-" I was at a loss for words. I still couldn't wrap my head around what just happened.

If my conscience hadn't have kicked in would we have gone any further?

"I'm sorry Becca" he said, heading to the door.

"Yeah, I-um. Let's just forget it happened, okay"

I saw a look of disappointment flash in his eyes and I couldn't help but think back to what he said earlier.

"Oh, Brett-" I started.

He shook his head, his voice filled with hurt. "It's okay, I know I'll always be second best to him"

I didn't know what to say.

Because I knew Brett was right.

If anything, this ordeal only made me realise how much I missed Liam.

How much I missed the taste of his lips on mine, the feeling of his hands on my skin, the way our lips moved in sync.

With Brett it was different. It was a release of emotions. But what I felt with Brett, whatever that was, it didn't come close to how I felt when I was with Liam.

"I'm sorry" was all I could choke out.

"I know"

I watched as he headed up the pathway, eventually disappearing into the distance.

I let myself fall against the door as I closed it.

I brought my knees to my chest and closed my eyes.

I didn't cry, this time.

I wanted to though. I wanted to cry the pain away.

I just needed something to take away the ache in my chest.

And although Brett seemed like a good option at the time, I now realise I've probably made this an even bigger mess.

I didn't want Brett. I didn't want Scott's motivational speeches. I didn't want mom's hugs. I didn't want Lydia's advice. I didn't want Malia to tell me that everything was going to be okay. I certainly didn't want Stiles to follow through on his threats to kill Liam - although they were tempting.

But what I did want, what I craved, wasn't Liam. It was the feeling he gave me.

The feeling that I will never have again.

~

After the thing with Brett, I sat down on the couch running things through my mind.

Brett and I hated each other. My hate was a genuine dislike. But now I'm starting to think Brett's wasn't. And it made me rethink my actual feelings for him.

To say I was confused was an understatement.

And Liam? I still wasn't over him. I still missed him.

I hadn't been sat there drowning in thoughts and feelings for long when I got a text from Liam.

I rolled my eyes, wondering why the hell he was texting me.

His text was short and read: At sinema with Scott. Need your help.

Now I was tempted to ignore the message. But if Scott was in trouble, I had to do something.

So it didn't take me long to reach the club.

"Liam!" I yelled. "Liam!"

"Becca duck!"

I dropped to the floor, hearing the sound of something swooshing past me.

When I turned back around, one of the dread doctors was standing above me.

It looked behind me and I followed suit, noticing it was where Hayden was stood.

So we were protecting Hayden now?

I scrambled up quickly, backing up and pushing her behind me.

I wanted to let her die. Okay, maybe not die that's a bit extreme. But I wanted her to maybe be mortally wounded. Yet, naturally as a McCall I had a freaking conscience.

"Run! Now!" I yelled at her.

Where the hell was Scott?

The doctor started to head towards us and I tried to push it back. It had no impact on it whatsoever.

They're getting stronger.

Liam ran towards it, trying to knock it down, but he had no success either.

"You told me Scott was here" I yelled to him as the two of us backed away from the dread doctor.

"I needed your help, I'm sorry"

"You lied to me? Again!"

"I'm sorry"

"Fuck you Liam Dunbar" I swung my leg up, hitting the doctor. It grabbed my arms and twisted me around, throwing me against the wall.

I heard a roar and Scott entered, attacking the dread doctor.

His timing will be forever on point and I will always be thankful.

Scott was knocked to the floor and I ran over to the dread doctor throwing punches. It blocked every single one of them and grabbed my arms, lifting me and throwing me to the ground.

I groaned in pain, watching as Liam went to attack it.

I heard the slam of someone falling to the floor and tried to sit up.

The doctor started to head over to my brother and I ignored the pain and pulled myself. I screamed as I ran towards the doctor, not because I thought it was badass but because I was absolutely terrified of attacking it.

I grabbed the dread doctor's neck and yanked it backwards. This only caused me to stumble backwards though because that thing weighed a ton.

It turned around and connected it's fist with my face. The impact was so hard that I fell to the ground.

Determined to still fight, I stood up and grabbed the doctor from behind before it could hit Scott.

As I spun it around, the doctor grabbed my wrist and twisted it.

I screamed out in pain, letting go and crashing against the wall.

I looked down at my wrist, which was practically on fire with pain, realising it had broken.

Liam crawled over to me, asking if I was okay.

"This is going to hurt" he said, placing his hands over my wrist.

"Great"

He twisted it and I let out a groan of pain.

"Okay, okay. It's done. You okay?"

"Fine"

"Hey" Theo bent down next to us.

Since when did he get here?

"Get out of here" he said.

Liam looked at me.

"Go" I said. "I'm gonna stay and help"

He nodded, calling Hayden's name.

I headed over to my brother who was lay on the floor in pain.

"Scott" I shook him. "Scott"

The lights turned on and Scott seemed to wake up.

"Where's Hayden?"

The three of us headed through the club where we eventually found Liam and Hayden.

"I saw the needle go in" Liam said. "Her eyes just filled up with Mercury. They turned completely silver"

"Well she looks okay" I pointed out, arms crossed as I stared at her.

"Maybe she'll heal" Theo added.

"Or maybe she won't" Scott said.

"What if something's happening to her on the inside?" Liam asked.

My brother looked at Theo. "Get them to the Animal Clinic. I'll meet you there"

~

When one has to choose between getting in the passenger seat beside Theo piece of shit Raeken or getting in the backseat next to Beacon Hills' new couple, one always chooses Theo Raeken.

"Keep her awake" Theo instructed as he drove. "I don't think it's a good idea for her to fall asleep"

"Hayden? Hayden, you gotta stay awake"

"I'm so tired"

"Yeah, I know, but you can't go to sleep"

I rolled my eyes, leaning my head against the window.

"How do we help her?" Liam asked.

"I don't know" Theo admitted. "When it's wolfsbane poisoning, you burn it out. But I don't know anything about mercury. Especially a kind that's probably been altered by them"

"Is she going to heal?" He asked.

"The problem is she's not really like us, Liam" Theo said. "None of them are. They're more like-like cheap knockoffs"

I tried not to laugh.

"She might not be as strong as we are"

"Or heal like we do" I added.

Theo nodded. "She's not a real werewolf"

"What if we turn her into one?" Liam suggested.

"Nice idea" I said sarcastically. "Except we can't do that"

"But Scott can"

~

"Why doesn't Scott believe him?" I wondered out loud, listening to the argument outside between my brother and Stiles.

"I don't know" Theo replied. "Maybe he just isn't taking it well"

"But he should believe him. It was an accident. Self defence. His heartbeat was steady when he told me" I said with a frown.

"I just don't know" Theo shrugged.

I sighed, leaning against the wall, continuing to eat my crisps.

Liam gave me a disapproving look.

"What? Am I not allowed to eat"

"At a time like this?" He asked.

"Whatever" I mumbled, offering one to Theo, who declined.

I heard the animal clinic door open and Scott stepped inside.

"She's getting worse, I think she's dying" Liam exclaimed, still holding Hayden in his arms.

I rolled my eyes, popping another crisp into my mouth.

She's going to be fine. I know it. Scott will surely say yes to biting her.

"It's got to be some kind of mercury poisoning" Theo said.

"Scott, remember what you promised me" Liam reminded. "You said you'd do everything you could to save her" Hayden moaned in pain. "If she's a real werewolf, we can save her" Liam said. "You gotta give her the bite"

I looked up at Scott expectantly.

"No"

I crunched the crisp in my mouth whilst the others stared at Scott in shock.

"Well" I spoke up, looking at Liam. "Karma's a bitch, right"

~

A/N

So Brett and Becca happened...

I'm hella not over the last episode but hella excited for the next episode (even if it's the last one until March)

I know a lot happened this chapter but I hope you all liked it 😂