𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊'𝚜 𝙿𝙾𝚅

"Hey, dude, where the hell have you been?" Stiles hollers at my brother as we approach him.

"The police are leaving!" Lydia snaps, walking up to us "Why are they leaving?"

"The police?" Scott asks in confusion.

"They must have cleared the building and grounds, which means he's not here" Stiles explains.

"Who? What are you guys-" Scott is cut off.

"He has to be here!" Lydia argues in frustration "That sound- The buzzing I've been hearing? It's getting louder"

"How loud?" I ask curiously.

"It's like they're right here" She answers.

Stiles and Lydia head outside to talk to the Sheriff while Scott and I head to the south hallway to meet with our mom. We turn the corner and I see our mom walk towards us with a plastic bag in her hand.

"You got it?" Scott asks and she opens the bag to show him inside before he takes it from her.

"Promise me you'll both be careful" She demands "I looked right in this guy's eyes, and it was terrifying"

"Yeah. Okay, Mom. I promise" Scott nods and she looks to me.

"I promise that I'll be careful, Momma" I assure her "Okay?"

"Okay" She sighs.

Scott kisses her forehead and I peck her cheek, making her smile softly at us. My brother heads off to meet with Isaac and the twins to see if they can sniff Barrow out while I set off in search for Lydia, Allison and Stiles. I find them in an empty classroom and enter as Allison pulls up the blinds. They all greet me with small smiles, Stiles nodding at me and I nod back.

"The Bestiary is literally 1000 pages long" The Argent girl declares, opening the window "If I'm going to find anything about flies coming out of people's bodies, it could take me all night"

"Where is Garcia when you need her?" I mumble under my breath, causing Stiles to smile at me in amusement.

"And remember, the word in Archaic Latin for fly is musca" Lydia tells the raven haired girl who is climbing out the window.

"Got it" Allison chirps.

The window closes behind the girl and Lydia turns to Stiles and I.

"Where do we start?" She asks.

"Upstairs" Stiles answers before looking at the clock "We gotta go"

The three of us run up the stairs and start searching the classrooms as thoroughly as possible.

We walk towards the last art class on the hall and I decide to check the supply closet first. Once I confirm that it's empty, I shut the door and turn, bumping into someone.

Hands grab my waist to steady me and I grab their shoulders. I look up and my eyes meet with the chocolate brown pair that belong to Stiles.

"Are you okay?" He breathes out quietly and I nod silently, getting lost in his puppy dog eyes.

He licks his lips nervously and my eyes glance down from his eyes to his pink lips. I feel his thumbs rubbing small circles on the bare skin on my waist and it makes my stomach flutter in a way that only he can make happen.

As we stare at each other in a trance like state I begin to think back to my best friend's words.

"You like him"

"The nerd. You like Stilinski"

"Then why did your heart beat speed up when he touched you?"

I begin to think that she's right, that I really do like Stiles Stilinski. I like my brother's best friend.

wow, I have feelings for the dork

"Nat? Stiles?" Lydia calls out and I immediately drop my hands from Stiles's body to my sides, turning as the girl exits the classroom "You two coming?"

I nod and follow her into the classroom, Stiles' eyes burning into me as he walks behind me.

"Scott and Isaac are in the basement, right?" Lydia asks.

"Yeah, with Ethan and Aiden. The plan is we meet in the middle, in the boiler room" Stiles answers.

"All of the wolves...All of the ones with glowing eyes are in the basement at the boiler room?" Lydia questions in disbelief.

"Oh my God" I breathe out, hating what she's implying.

"An engineer could use a boiler room to blow up the whole school" Stiles states.

"We have to get them out of there" Lydia declares.

"We have to get everyone out" Stiles counters.

"How do we do that?" I ask curiously.

Stiles starts running, Lydia and I on his tail as we race through the halls. We reach the fire exit doors and Stiles pulls the fire alarm. Everyone starts evacuating the building and Stiles looks at us with a big cheesy smile on his face that makes me smile in return.

Though Coach appearing behind the Stilinski boy wipes the smile straight off my face, my eyes widening in concern. Stiles turns his head and immediately jumps back in fright at how close Coach is to him.

"Wow" The boy huffs.

Coach grabs Stiles by the ear and starts dragging him out of the school in anger, Lydia and I trailing behind the pair.

"Pulling a fire alarm on Mischief Night is one thing. Doing it when there's a mass murderer spotted nearby is insane!" Coach scolds the boy, letting go of him as we reach the outdoors "If I was four years younger, I'd punch you!"

"What? Coach, that doesn't make any sense" Stiles frowns in confusion.

"Oh, well, it does to me!" Coach retorts before storming away.

Stiles turns to Lydia and I before looking around the campus.

"There!" He speaks up, grabbing my hand and pulling me forward.

We reach Scott, Isaac, Ethan and Aiden, the latter of the four looking down between Stiles and I with a frown. I look down and realise that Stiles' hand is still holding my own, causing me to pull my hand away. Stiles glances at me but I cross my arms over my chest and look to my brother for an answer.

"We didn't find anything" Aiden says monotonously.

"Not even a scent" Scott adds.

"It's 3 o'clock, so school's over. If there was a bomb, wouldn't he have set it off by now?" Stiles asks in confusion.

"Does that mean everybody's safe?" Ethan wonders.

"I don't know" Lydia answers "I just...I don't know"