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EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED

CHAPTER TWENTY

HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM

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The horn sounded, signaling the end of the game and Beacon Hills' win. They were officially off to the State Championships The lacrosse players rushed at each other and celebrated in a tight huddle. 

The only one that didn't celebrate was Meilani as she was too busy looking for her boyfriend. He hadn't made it back to the game and she started to worry. She didn't know if he was injured or worse - dead. Derek wouldn't let anything like that happen to him though... right? 

Meilani rushed around the group of teens as she tried to find Stiles. So out of it, Meilani hadn't realized someone was behind her until she turned around and slammed into the person's chest. She stumbled back a step and she felt her heart stop at the sight of Scott and Allison. "Um..."

Allison nudged Scott in the side and he seemed to snap out of whatever daze he had been in. A small smile graced his face as he looked down at his twin. The tiny act alone had Meilani's hope of them fixing things sky rocket. "You were really good out there, wombmate."

Meilani giggled softly at Scott's nickname and scratched the back of her neck. "Thanks, you too. You know... the whole five minutes Coach let you play."

"What can I say? I'm a pro-player. I might be coming for your spot," Scott mused.

Their conversation was cut off when Greenberg broke through their small huddle chanting STATE over and over. Meilani glared at him when it broke the moment of peace between her and her twin because he and Allison walked away to Chris that stood by the doors. Greenberg seemed to get the hint and quickly darted down the hall to the locker room before Meilani could hit him.

Meilani turned to look for Scott, but he had already walked through the doors with Allison and Chris. He looked over his shoulder at her and offered her another small smile before he was gone.

"Well, isn't that just heart breaking," Jackson taunted as he stopped in front of Meilani. "Must cause a lot of sleepless nights. You know, McCall, I actually sympathize which is why I'm going to make this so beneficial. You give me what I want and, uh, I'll help you fix your relationship with Scott."

Meilani scrunched up her face as she didn't see what Jackson was getting at. The fact that he even offered to help her get Scott back in her good graces also threw her off. She didn't know how she felt about having his help. "What?"

"Well, in three days is the Winter Formal and I know how excited you guys were to go together with Allison and Stiles. So what do you say instead of Lydia and I going with them, you go?" Jackson smirked at her and tapped her cheek. "Three days."

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Meilani ran a towel over her wet hair as she walked over to her locker. She felt so gross after the game with dirt and grass sticking to her everywhere, Meilani desperately wanted to shower before she went anywhere or did anything. She still waited for Stiles to call or text her and the more time passed, the more she started to worry about her boyfriend. It wasn't like him to not call or text her at all when they were doing something important.

The lights suddenly shut off and Meilani froze in her actions of trying to dry her hair with the towel. She lowered her hands and slowly looked around her, slightly thankful for her werewolf senses because it was pretty damn dark in the locker room with the lack of windows to let in any sort of light the moon would offer. Tossing the towel into her open locker, Meilani walked over to the light switch and flicked the switch, but nothing happened.

A ball rolling behind Meilani caught her attention and she turned to see a green tennis ball roll and stop against the wall next to the lockers. Her eyes flickered up when she saw a figure step  into the room and she relaxed when she saw it was Derek.

"Finally! Where have you been? Do you have any idea what's been going on?" Meilani scolded as she made her way over to Derek. She furrowed her eyebrows when he didn't make a move to say something sarcastic back to her and just looked over her shoulder. Following his gaze, she whirled around to see a man stood behind her holding her lacrosse stick. 

Meilani stepped back to stand closer to Derek as she didn't know who this guy was or what he was capable of. He had slicked back brown hair, blue eyes and he didn't look any older than his fortys. 

"I don't really get lacrosse," the man said as he fiddled with the stick in his hand. 

Meilani looked to Derek and she seemed to read it all on his face without him even having to talk. She slowly looked back to the man and her breath caught in her throat. "It was you."

"When I was in high school we played basketball, there's a real sport," the man continued as if Meilani didn't speak.  "But still, I read somewhere that lacrosse comes from Native American tribes and they played it through conflict. Or did I read that?" He flipped the stick around and leaned it against the wall next to him.

"I have a little conflict of my own, Meilani. I need your help to do it."

Meilani scoffed and shook her head, stepping away from the man in front of her. "I am not helping you kill people."

The man tilted her head and gave her an exasperated look. "I don't wanna kill all of them. Just the responsible ones and that doesn't have to include..." He turned to Derek as he couldn't remember whatever name he wanted to say.

"Allison," Derek finished and flickered his eyes over to Meilani.

Meilani's eyes widened and she looked over to Derek. The alpha was after Allison and her family? When Derek didn't make a move to defend Allison, she furrowed her eyebrows. "You're on his side? Did you forget the part where he killed your sister, Derek?"

"It was a mistake."

"What?!" Meilani cried, throwing her arms out to the side. 

"It happens."

"Meilani," the alpha spoke, gaining her attention. "I think you're getting the wrong impression of us. We really just want to help you reach your full potential."

Meilani crossed her arms and raised her eyebrows. "By killing off my friends?"

"Sometimes the people closest to you are the ones holding you back the most."

"If they're holding me back from becoming a psychotic nutjob like you, then I'm okay with that."

"Maybe it'll help if you see it from my perspective," the alpha released his nails and dug them into the back of Meilani's neck.

Meilani gasped at the sudden pain that down down her back and neck, collapsing to the ground as she held her head. She could hear Derek and Peter walking away, but couldn't move to stop either one of them from walking away before she could get any more information out of them.

Flashes rushed past her mind of people burning down the Hale house, the man who just had flawless skin now with burns down the left side of his face and neck, a nurse flickering into his hospital room, and Derek's sister trying to talk to Peter - who she now knew was the one that sunk his nails into her - and getting killed.

Once the flashes suddenly subsided and her head didn't feel like it was going to explode, Meilani crawled over to the bench across from her and pulled herself onto it. She placed her head in her hands with a groan as she tried to process everything that Peter had showed to her. Just when she thought everything was as complicated as it could get, things just pile more on top of her shoulders.

"Babe, we have a problem!" Stiles yelled as he stumbled his way into the locker room, breathing heavily as he placed his hands on his knees.

Meilani slowly removed her hands from her face and sighed heavily.

"Trust me... I know."

authors note

Hi hey hello

I know this chapter is a bit short, but I wanted to put the rest of the episode in the next chapter because all the good stuff goes down. & LET'S ALL APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT SCOTT IS WARMING UP TO HIS TWIN AGAIN! FINALLY! I missed my babies and I need them back together like yesterday. 

ANYWAYS, DON'T FORGET TO VOTE AND COMMENT. I LOVE HEARING WHAT YOU GUYS THINK AS THE STORY PROGRESSES AND WHAT YOUR THEORIES OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT ARE!

EDITED ON: SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2019