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"Hey."

Brooke could've sworn her heart stopped. She quickly turns from her locker and is met with her boyfriend. She frowns as she looks him up and down. He was dressed in all black with a leather jacket and a smirk sitting on his features.

"Hi?"

"What's wrong?" Isaac chuckles

"Uh, nothing." She says hesitantly, "I just haven't seen you in days and the last time I talked to you, you told me not to text you anymore."

Isaac looks down, "Yeah, I'm sorry about that, but I'm here now. My name got cleared."

"Oh, that's good." She smiles lightly, "Are you with Derek now?"

"Yeah." Isaac nods. His face hardens when he sees her face drop, "Is that a problem?"

"It is when you're around someone like Derek."

"And what kind of person is Derek?" He says stepping up to her

Brooke takes a small step back, "An asshole. And clearly you are now too."

She slams her locker shut before walking off down the hall. Isaac's eyes following her until she disappears around the corner.

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Brooke looks up as Scott and Stiles walk into the class. She looks back down at her notes again before hearing rapid footsteps. She jumps as Stiles snatches the seat next to her and sits at the next table with Lydia and Scott.

She looks back and sees Erica and Isaac sitting at the table behind them. Isaac's eyes trail over to her as Allison walks in. Brooke quickly turns back around as Mr. Harris starts talking.

"Einstein once said, "Two things are infinite: The universe and human stupidity; And I'm not sure about the universe." I myself have encountered infinite stupidity." He says patting Stiles' shoulder, "So to combat the plague of ignorance in my class, you're going to combine efforts through a round of group experiments. Let's see if two heads are indeed better than one. Or in Mr. Stilinski's case, less than one. Erica, you take the first station. You'll start with-"

He's cut off by students immediately raising their hands, "I didn't ask for volunteers. Put your hormonal little hands down. Start with Mr. McCall. All right, next two."

After being assigned partners, Brooke got stuck with Isaac as her first partner. She was more than annoyed as she began mixing the liquids as it said on the paper. She sighs as she rolls her eyes, "Why are you staring at me?"

"What? I can't stare at my girlfriend?"

"Your girlfriend?" She scoffs, "You sure haven't been treating me like it."

"Look, I know I haven't seen you in a few days, but it was for a good reason." He says. Brooke's looks over at him raising her brows, "I've been getting stronger."

"Stronger." Brooke repeats with a chuckle

"Derek's been helping me."

"Helping you what? Learn how to hurt and kill people to get what you want?"

Isaac lets out a chuckle through his nose, "You know, you haven't given me a quote in a while."

"You haven't exactly been around."

"So, you don't have one for me?"

Brooke looks up at him, "The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."

"And what does that mean?"

"You're an idiot." She spits just as Mr. Harris rings his bell. Brooke looks back down at her work as Isaac stands up with his tongue against his cheek.

Stiles turns in his seat just as Isaac sits beside him. He lets out a huff as Isaac looks at him. He unscrews a bottle to continue the assignment, "If you harm one perfect strawberry blonde hair on her head, I'm gonna turn your little werewolf ass into a fur coat and give it to her as a birthday present."

"Really? I've never actually been to one of her big, invite- only birthday parties. I did ask her out once though."

"Sounds like the beginning to a heartfelt story. I'm gonna pass, thanks."

"It was the first day of freshman year-"

"And you thought everything was gonna be different for you in high school, but she said no."

"Yeah. Yeah, she even laughed." Isaac chuckled, "Told me to come back when the bike I rode to school had an engine, not a chain."

"Mm, unrequited love's a bitch."

"Sure is, but then I found Brooke."

"Hm." Stiles hums, "I'm shocked she gave you a chance."

"So was I." Isaac says, "She's barely talking to me now."

"Maybe you should write about it in English class, you know? Channel all that negative energy."

"Nah, I was thinking I'd channel it into killing Lydia." He says. Stiles whips his head around as Isaac looks up in thought, "I'm not very good at writing."

Mr. Harris rings his bell again making the students switch. This time, Brooke gets up and switches to another station across the class. Luckily, it seemed the students that had worked there were following the assignment. She and her partner finished the last few steps just as Mr. Harris rang his bell.

"Time. If you've catalyzed the reaction correctly, you should now be looking at a crystal." The girl next to Brooke takes the tweezers and lifts the crystal from the container. Brooke smiles at her as she looks to Brooke in excitement, "Now for the part of that last experiment I'm sure you'll all enjoy- You can eat it."

The girls each took a piece of the crystal. Brooke frowned as she bit into it. It was a little bitter, but still edible.

"Lydia!" Scott yells causing Brooke to jump

"What?" Lydia says exasperated

Scott finally notices the other students eyes on him, "Nothing."

Brooke looks to Stiles with furrowed brows. He then mouths to her.

Kanima Venom

Brooke's eyes widen as she stares back at Lydia. She remembered the night before when she and Stiles stayed up late to research information on the kanima. She also remembered that a kanima couldn't be effected by it's own venom.

Brooke lets out a long sigh as Lydia takes a bite out of the crystal seeming to enjoy the taste. She watches as Stiles deflates and defeat covers his features.

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