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Sydney should've known this wouldn't last forever. One year for their birthday, Sydney had planned this big surprise party for him since he had, had to compromise the last couple of years since they shared a birthday. The day before it was supposed to happen he had figure it out. He still pretended like he didn't know but they could all tell.

Now he had figured out that Sydney and Vivian were hiding something. That's why he had been ignoring them both. He never liked being around people he thought were lying to him. This was just the first time it had been Vivian.

Sydney needed to take a minute for herself. She didn't need Vivian, so she was glad that Mikayla was keeping her there while Sydney walked over to the bathroom. She just needed to think it all over. She knew that Stiles wouldn't stay mad at Vivian forever which was good, but she wasn't too sure he wouldn't turn that energy at herself.

She splashed some water on herself and stared at her own reflection for a few seconds. The full moon had been messing with her. More than usual. It was affecting her thoughts and feelings into something different. She wanted to do something spontaneous. Reckless.

Sydney made eye contact with herself for a second before walking out of the bathroom with one thought in mind. Something that would take her mind off everything, something that would anger Vivian and make sure she wasn't as involved as she had been. Hopefully getting her off the hook.

Lydia was standing alone, waiting for practice to start. Sydney marched over to her and tilted her chin up with her fingers before leaning down and kissing her, hard. Lydia kissed back after a second before they both pulled back. Sydney gave her a smirk before wiping her lips off.

"You said you wanted to make Jackson jealous." Sydney said before walking away.

Not regretting a single thing.

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Vivian regretted it the moment it happened.

She doesn't even know why she did it. Stiles hadn't done anything to her, neither had Tara. They had just been there when it had happened. She's so glad they couldn't see her and Scott. When she looked at Scott she expected to see the same look but he just had this self assured smile.

"Scott? We can't tell them." Vivian said leaning against the desk.

"'Cause you liked it too much?" Scott asked that same stupid smile on his face.

"No, god, what is wrong with you today?" Vivian said before walking out of the room grateful that the group had left already. She walked back as smirking Lydia, which she did not have time to think about.

When she got to the field she made a beeline for the bleachers instead of the benches she usually sat at. Mikayla was waiting for her with a huge smile and Vivian just had to keep her composure. Sydney joined them soon after with that same look in her eyes that Scott had. That did not reassure Vivian at all.

Tara was on the bench with Stiles, both waiting for Scott. He joined them a moment after Vivian got to the field. Stiles had been waiting anxiously and was just ready to burst when Scott sat down.

"Hey. What happened?" Stiles asked the minute Scott took a seat. Tara also interested in what Vivian had to say.

"What?" Scott asked adjusting his gear.

"What do you mean, what?" Stiles asked. "Did you ask her?"

"Did she say anything?" Tara questioned leaning over Stiles to looking at Scott.

"Did she say she likes me? Did she imply she like me?" Stiles continued to ask starting to ramble but stopping just for Scott to give an uninterested response.

"Yeah." Scott said not even looking at either one. "Yeah, she likes you. In fact, she's totally into you."

Stiles started to do his celebration, looking over at Tara with his wide smile. "That's probably why she's not sitting with us, she's too embarrassed."

"Yeah." Tara said looking over at Vivian, who had been already looking at them. She immediately averted her gaze and started a conversation with Mikayla. "You two should get lined up."

Stiles and Scott both ran over to the small line starting to form. Two guys were in front of them, they both ran and one was able to get a goal the other was blocked. Scott was up next and took one of the balls in front of him, he started running getting tackled immediately by the two defending in front of him who formed a wall. Scott stayed on the ground for a second while Coach walked over to him.

"Guess some people don't appreciate your new status there, McCall." Coach said leaning down to taunt Scott better. Tara sighed and looked at her clipboard.

"Who's next?" Tara asked while Scott pushed himself up.

"Let's go." Coach yelled while Stiles looked around confused. "You have a problem with that Bilinski?"

"What? Yeah, no." Stiles said quickly adjusting his stick.

"All right, you're up next." Coach said, Stiles went to pick up a ball but was aggressively pushed back by Scott. Sydney sat up straighter with a slight growl.

"That's it, McCall! That's the spirit!" Coach yelled "Earn it!"

Tara just gripped her clipboard tightly in her hands. Everyone watched with caution as Scott ran over again and knocked over the two defenders before running straight for Danny and hitting him across the face before scoring. Danny staying the ground. Everyone ran over to Danny, while the rest of the group ran to Scott.

He tore off his helmet not paying attention to his concerned friends.

"Dude, what the hell are you doin'?" Stiles asked tearing off his helmet.

"He's twice the size of me." Scott defended getting in Stiles face.

"Yeah, but everybody likes Danny." Vivian explained. "Now, everyone's gonna hate you."

"I don't care." Scott said with an edge to his voice. They couldn't dig too much into it since they all heard Lydia run over.

"Is he okay?" Lydia asked brushing her hair away from her face.

"It looks like he just has a bloody nose-" Jackson said stopping when he finally saw Lydia's face.

"What?" Lydia asked, not seeming to have noticed her appearance for once.

"Your lipstick." Jackson said staring at her lips.

Lydia's lipstick was smudge at the top, and Sydney who was surprising quiet this whole conversation turned away with a smile.

"Sydney." Vivian whispered over with a look.

"You got your fair share too, Vivian." Scott said with that same look in his eyes from before.

Vivian was glad that she had left before seeing the reactions from her friends.

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Vivian opted out of the ride to Scott's house. She just wasn't ready to face them after what happened. She was more worried about Tara, because why would Stiles care if Scott and her kissed. She decided to walk so she was later than the others.

Stiles and Tara got there, both dreading the night more than before. Stiles used the key he had to unlock the door and walk in with Tara. Stiles locked the door behind them just as Melissa walked into the front room.

"Scott?" She asked arms full with her purse and jacket. She looked up and her smile turned into surprise.

"Stiles." Stiles said back with a dopey smile.

"And Tara." Tara said the same expression.

"Where's your third and four?" Melissa asked looking behind them and noticing Vivian and Scott absent.

"Vivian wanted a nice walk and we were just gonna wait for Scott." Stiles said having to hide the hurt in his face with an even wider smile.

"With your key." Melissa said noticing the key in Stiles hand.

"Yeah, well I had one made, so.." Stiles said trailing off and holding the key out even farther.

"That doesn't surprise me. It scares me, but it doesn't surprise me." Melissa said mutter to herself mostly.

"Well." Tara said trying to find a segway. Melissa took a deep breath before leaning lower.

"How is he? How is Scott?" Melissa asked quieter than she was before.

"Who? Scott?" Tara said quickly getting nervous. "He's great, um, he's good."

"He just doesn't talk to me that much anymore." Melissa excused giving them a small smile.

"Been a tough week." Stiles said getting serious.

"I know, I know. I should get going." Melissa said checking in her purse again. "Say hi to Vivian and Scott for me. And I was talking about your sister."

"She use to be your fourth."

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Vivian got inside when Melissa had just left. Her car had been pulling out when Vivian walked up the grass. She opened the door that Melissa left unlocked for her specifically. Tara and Stiles were just climbing up with stairs, Vivian walked quickly to catch up to them.

They all walked into Scott's dark room. Stiles flipped on the switch to reveal Scott sitting in the corner on his chair. They all jumped when the realized he was there.

"Oh, my, god." Stiles said letting out an awkward laugh. "You scared me dude."

"I snuck in through the window." Scott said with an edge to his voice and staring straight ahead.

"Okay. Uh, Well, um, let's get this set up." Stiles said back bending down to the duffle bag. Tara and Vivian just stood to the side both not really knowing what to do with themselves. "I want you to see what I bought."

"I'm fine." Scott said with a leveled glare at Stiles. "I'm just gonna lock the door and go to bed early tonight."

"You sure about that?" Tara asked softly. "'Cause you got this kind of serial killer look going on in your eyes, and I'm hoping it's the full moon taking effect, 'cause it's really starting to freak me out."

"I'm fine." Scott said again the look not going away but not aimed at Tara. "You should go now."

Vivian sighed and crossed her arms. That's when it hit her that she should check on Sydney and see if she feels the same way Scott does. "All right, I should leave. I have another thing to do anyway."

"Well, look, can you just look at the bag and see what I bought." Stiles said more towards Scott but Vivian was slightly interested too. Scott slowly moved down from the chair and reached into the bag. He pulled out a line of chains and slowly looked back up at Stiles. A dangerous look in his eyes.

"You expect me to let you chain me with these? Like a dog." Scott asked his voice low. Stiles got this look in his eyes too. A dangerous look that only true friends of Stiles can recognize.

"No." Stiles then shot forward and shoved Scott's arm into the heater. He then took the chain and did exactly what Scott had just said.

"What the hell are you doing?" Scott asked, now laying on the ground with one hand chained and the other trying to pull it away.

"Protecting you from yourself." Stiles said a cold look on his face. "And giving you some payback."

"Stiles?" Vivian asked confused at Stiles statement. "I thought you were over when Scott ditched us."

"Vivian. Just leave."

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Mikayla hummed to herself as she browsed the activities section. She found the lacrosse section looking for the perfect helmet. She had finally found it and turned around to be faced by Allison holding up an aiming device pointed right at her. When Allison noticed who she was pointing it at she smiled and held it down.

"What are you doing here?" Mikayla asked with a smile as she walked closer to Allison.

"Oh, I was just thinking I might get back into something I haven't done in a while." Allison explained vaguely. "What about you?"

"Well I wanted to get something for Stiles and I needed the practice with driving so I asked if I could borrow Jacksons car. In exchange I had to get Danny's new helmet. Scott got him bad." Mikayla rambled holding up the helmet and then the random box of cookies she had grabbed for Stiles, and maybe a few for Sydney. She loved double fudge.

Allison looked down and her smile disappeared after Scott was mentioned. Mikayla got a soft look in her eyes. "Why do I get the feeling that you could use someone to talk to?"

"Is it that obvious?" Allison said with an exasperated look.

"Maybe I'm just very good at reading people." Mikayla joked then went serious.

"Or I could use someone to talk to too."

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Vivian had left the minute Stiles had said what he said. Tara might have thought he was being too harsh but she was feeling a similar way. Vivian might have seemed regretful but Tara still needed some time.

She was sitting on Scott's bed waiting for Stiles to get back with the water. She was looking away from Scott. He hadn't said a word to her since they had tied him up. Tara just wanted the day to be over already.

"I brought you some water." Stiles said entering the room again. He held up a bottle and then a bowl that had Scott duct taped on.

"Stiles-" Tara said but got a quick look from him that shut her up. "I'll wait outside."

Stiles poured the water in the bowl and set it in front of Scott before walking with Tara. Before they could even get out the door Scott hit it back to them.

"I'm gonna kill you." Scott said rage seeping into his voice.

"You kissed her, Scott, okay? You kissed Vivian." Stiles said turning back to Scott. "That's, like, the one girl that I've ev- And, you know, the past three hours, I've been thinking, it's probably just the full moon, you know, he doesn't even know what he's doing, and tomorrow, he'll be totally back to normal. He probably won't even remember what a complete dumbass he's been. Son of a bitch, a freakin unbelievable piece of crap friend."

"She kissed me." Scott said and if that wasn't an arrow to the heart for both of them.

"What?" Tara asked taking a step closer.

"I didn't kiss her. She kissed me. She was so pissed at you that she kissed me." Scott said looking up at them with a smirk.

Tara looked at him in disbelief. She turned to Stiles and grabbed the collar of his shirt. She pulled him down and kissed him. It last a second before she pulled back. Tara doesn't know why she did it. Scott obviously doesn't like her so it wouldn't affect him and Vivian's not even here to see it. But afterwards she felt better.

Tara walked out of the room afterwards with a still stunned Stiles behind her. She sat down right outside the door and let herself cry. Stiles sat down next to her, letting her lay her head on his shoulder.

And they both just let it sink in.

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Mikayla and Allison were now sitting in Jacksons car. They were still in the parking lot of the store but it felt more intimate. They were facing each other and leaning closer than the seats aloud.

"If I tell you something, will you promise not to laugh?" Allison asked making direct eye contact with Mikayla, who seemed to always have that soft look in her eyes.

"I would never laugh at you." Mikayla said the sincerity in her voice selling it.

"I don't think it was Derek in the school." Allison said breaking the eye contact to look out the front window.

"Neither do I." Mikayla said after a minute. Even if they had only known each other for a year, Mikayla knew those five. She knew when they were scared and when they were lying.

They had been lying for awhile now.

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Stiles looked heartbroken. Tara wanted to fix it, but she couldn't think of a way how. Vivian had never openly confirmed what Tara suspected, that she liked Stiles too. So she couldn't say that to Stiles. They could both hear Scott struggling against the chains. He seemed to be more desperate to leave than before.

"Stiles, please let me out." Scott said as he stopped moving. "It's the full moon, I swear."

After getting no luck with Stiles, he tried to continue. "Tara, you know I wouldn't do any of this purpose. Please, Tara, let me out. It's starting to hurt.

"It's not like the first time. It's the full moon. It's Allison. Breaking up with me." Scott confided after no one responded to him.

"I know.. that it's not just taking a break. She broke up with me and it's killing me. I feel completely hopeless." Scott said making Tara's heart, break herself.

"Just, please, let me out." Scott finished hoping it worked.

"We can't." Tara let out as if it pained her. Her head was off of Stiles shoulder now. Scott started struggling as much as he could. He was screaming in pain. They both knew that the moon was fully in the sky now.

"Do you think what he said before was true?" Stiles asked trying to distract from their friends pain.

"No." Tara said instantly, because no matter how hurt she felt. How much she wanted to hate Vivian just to hate someone, she knew that Vivian would never do it on purpose. "I think like all of us, she had a rough couple of weeks, and today... being excluded, was her breaking point. I think she really does regret it. You didn't do anything wrong."

"I hope you're right."

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"Is there something else?" Mikayla asked after seeing the concerned look on Allison's face. Allison nodded by kept quiet. "Look, Allison, just because you can't trust Scott, doesn't mean you can't trust anybody."

"That's the thing. There are people lying to me, people closer to me than Scott." Allison responded making Mikayla lean closer, worried.

"Who?" Mikayla asked, Allison hesitating before responding.

"My father." She said making Mikayla slightly lean back in shock. "It's-it's not like I don't realize that we're not exactly the most normal family on the block. I mean, not every teenage girl comes home to a garage full of glocks and AK-47's."

"But, um..?" Mikayla asked urging Allison to continue.

"I just have this weird feeling like my dad knows more about what happened at the school than we do." Allison finished Mikayla nodded.

"We should talk to Sydney. She seems different, I think she knows something too. I don't know why, but, she just isn't herself sometimes." Mikayla explained.

"Let's give her some cookies and see what she knows."

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They had to close the door because they couldn't handle the sound anymore. It made Tara want to tear her skin off. Scott in pain was the worst sound in the world currently. They were both getting ready to find Derek's corpse and find some necromancy shit to get it to stop when the screaming stopped on its own. They looked at each other in confusion.

"Scott, are you okay?" Stiles yelled through the door. After getting no response they rushed into the room and saw the chains on the ground with blooding leading out the window.

"No, no, no." Tara repeated. "He has to be going to Allison. Where should we go?"

"Sydney would know if she's anywhere except her house." Stiles said looking through his phone.

"Sydney." Tara realized. That's where Vivian was going, and she wasn't as prepared as they were for Scott. "Vivian."

Tara sprinted out the house not even stopping to see if Stiles was following.

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Vivian decided that she would force someone to give her a ride next time she and Stiles were on bad terms. She did not like walking from Scott to the Stilinski's. It made her realise she had to workout more if she would make losing her only mode of transportation a habit.

She may have stopped a few times along the road, like an idiot. You'd think Vivian Gasko with a 3.0 grade average would at least know to make a walk at night when there are killer werewolves out quick. She just didn't have it in her to care at the moment. Of course if a werewolf did stop her at any point she would quickly change her tone, but luckily none did.

She got to Sydney's house later than she should if she wanted to get there before a huge transformation. But once again the dumbass that is Vivianna Gasko thought 'oh well she seemed normal today'.

When she got there a car was in the driveway. One she recognized very well, Jacksons car. That's what made her speed up. She went in the backway hoping that whoever was still in the car, cause the lights were on and it was running, someone was in that car, didn't see her. She rushed to Sydney's room but bumped into someone halfway up the stairs.

"Mikayla?" Vivian asked out of breath.

"Vivian?" Mikayla asked a wide smile on her face. "Have you seen Sydney?"

Before Vivian could answer she heard rustling from Sydney's room. She was too late. She grabbed Mikaylas arm which now that she noticed had cookies. She dragged her back down the stairs and ran as fast as she could with Mikayla to the backdoor. It was then that they bumped into two more people. Tara and Stiles.

"What is going on!?" Mikayla yelled scared out of her mind at how freaky Vivian was being. "Where is Sydney and why are we running?"

"Why are you two here?" Vivian asked looking at the two and then behind them.

"Scott got away and we need to know where Allison is." Stiles explained. "Where is Sydney?"

"Why are you looking for Allison." Mikayla asked looking frantically at Stiles.

"Scotts looking for her and we need to stop him." Tara said her voice hard and leaving no room for rambling. Mikayla looked at her and took a quick breath.

"She's with me. I told her to wait in the car while I got Sydney." Mikayla explained, all three of them exchanged looks and Vivian, the fool, Gasko forgot for a second why she was running. She was reminded quickly why.

Before they could all run to get Allison the hell away, Sydney came sprinting down the stairs. Fully wolfed out. Sadly she looked enough like herself that Mikayla and Stiles recognized her as she stared at them. Before she could charge the group frozen in shock there was a loud sound outside that snapped her attention. She ran outside from the front door, the group following her even if Stiles and Mikayla were trying to process they both followed.

When they got outside the saw Sydney tackle Scott and then both of them get dragged away by a third presence. The only lucky thing was that Allison was covering her head and looking away so she didn't notice.

"Take her home and then come straight back. Tell no one what you saw. We'll explain everything when you're back." Vivian said while Tara went to go calm Allison down. Mikayla nodded and left without saying a word but looking shaken.

"Vivian, tell me you didn't know." Stiles said before Vivian could even respond. "Please."

"Stiles." Vivian said softly. "I'm sorry. You can hate me later but right now we need to help Mikayla through this."

"I don't hate you." Stiles said quietly. "I could never hate you."

Vivian and Stiles kept eye contact before his phone buzzed. He left it for a minute before he looked down at his phone, and Vivian tried to ignore the gleam of tears that were starting to build up.

"Something happened."

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Sydney felt insane. Everyone's emotions were amped. She had been resisting the moon but then Allison and Mikayla arrived and she could feel the confusion. Vivian was next, fucking Vivian, with her hurt and her worry. Last was Tara and Stiles who were both so scared. The full moon was calling her and she answered.

She doesn't even know who she was looking for, maybe Vivian. Could've been Stiles. She was going to get someone in that group and it would end badly. Luckily she heard Scott and she didn't like that. So she ran and attacked.

Then the last person she expected grabbed her and Scott. Suddenly she was in the forest. She felt this urge to hurt someone, more than usual. Derek managed to fight off both of them at once and was able to get them both on the ground.

He did something to them because suddenly it was easier to breath and Sydney could understand who was near her. She looked over at Scott who was confused and scared, exactly like her.

"What is happening to us?" Scott asked looking up at Derek who was now fully human.

"Exactly what he wants to happen."

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They really needed to stop being around police vehicles and ambulances. Stiles pulled up to the scene in the middle of the woods with Tara and Vivian. As they pulled up they saw a covered body being wheeled into the ambulance. From afar it could have been Stiles dad but they couldn't see the face.

Stiles slammed on the breaks and they all rushed out of the car. They ran to the cops and kept asking for Sheriff Stilinski. They kept getting ignored until they made it to the body and saw a charred arm fall out.

"Stiles?" said a voice from behind them. They all whipped to find the voice and were relieved to see Noah standing there, looking fine as can be. "What are you doing here."

Stiles just hugged his father. Glad to at least see him alive. Tara was the next person to hug him. Vivian gave him a smile while Stiles explained everything. She just thought about what was waiting for her back at the Stilinski's

Explaining all the secrets that accumulated over these last few months.

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