Part 3

"I-I don't know what it was. It was like I had all the time in the world to catch the ball," Scott said.

"Uh-huh," Alex said, as she walked between Scott and Stiles.

"And that's not the only weird thing. I-I can hear stuff I shouldn't be able to hear. Smell things," Scott said.

"Smell things?" Stiles asked, not believing Scott. "Like what?"

"Like the mint mojito gum in your pocket," Scott said. "And the vanilla chapstick that Alex is wearing."

"I don't even have any mint mojito-," Stiles said before stopping as he finds a piece of gum in his pocket.

Scott gives Stiles an "I told you so" look.

"So this all started with the bite?" Alex asked.

"What if it's like an infection?" Scott asked, sounding worried. "Like, my body's flooding with adrenaline before I go into shock or something."

Stiles and Alex looked at each other before smirking. Stiles then pulled a straight face and turned to Scott.

"You know what?" Stiles asked, getting Scott's attention. "I actually think I've heard of this."

"It's a specific kind of infection, isn't it?" Alex asked.

"Are you serious?" Scott asked.

"Yeah, I think it's called "lycanthropy"," Stiles said.

"What's that?" Scott asked. "Is that bad?"

"Oh, yeah," Stiles said. "It's the worst. But only once a month."

"Stiles, cut to the chase," Alex said. "You're making this sound like a period."

"Wait, once a month?" Scott asked.

"Mm-hmm," Stiles said. "On the night of the full moon."

Stiles and Alex glance at each other before letting out a howl.

Scott rolled his eyes and pushed Stiles away, shoving him into Alex who, in return, shoved Stiles away from her.

"Hey," Stiles said, steadying himself again. "You're the one who heard a wolf howling!"

"Hey, there could be something wrong with me," Scott said.

"You're going to be fine, okay?" Alex said, making Scott blush. "We're going to figure this out together."

"Thanks, Alex," Scott smiled.

"No problem," Alex said, smiling back.

"Okay, so obviously I'm kidding," Stiles said. "But, if you see me in shop class trying to melt all the silver I can find, it's because Friday's a full moon."

Scott gives Alex a panicked look.

"You'll be fine," Alex said, putting a reassuring hand on Scott's shoulder.

Scott smiled at Alex.

"Anyway," Stiles said, interrupting Alex and Scott's moment. "Where'd you drop your inhaler?"

"I could have sworn it was here," Scott said before recalling events from last night. "I saw the body, the deer came running. I dropped my inhaler…"

"Maybe the killer moved the body?" Stiles said.

"If he did, I hope he left my inhaler," Scott said. "Those things are, like, eighty bucks."

Suddenly, Alex started frantically tapping Stiles' shoulder. Stiles brushed it off as he continued looking for Scott's inhaler. Alex's taps turned into slaps until Stiles finally looked up.

"What?" Stiles asked, sounding annoyed until he spotted what Alex was looking at.

Stiles then jerked Scott up so he could see too.

"What are you doing here?" the man asked.

Scott and Stiles started panicking and Alex's mouth became dry.

"Uh, we're looking for my friend's inhaler," Alex said, her voice shaking.

"This is private property," the man said.

"Uh, sorry, man," Stiles said, finding his voice. "We didn't know."

"Yeah, we were just looking for my…" Scott stopped. "You know what, forget it."

The man then tossed Scott's inhaler at him before walking away and disappearing into the forest.

"Um… All right, come on," Scott said. "I've gotta get to work."

Before Scott can walk away, Stiles grabs his arm. "Dude, that was Derek Hale!"

Scott gave Stiles a confused look while Alex looked at Stiles in shock.

"That was Derek?!" Alex asked.

"Wait, who?" Scott asked, sounding as confused as he looked.

"You remember, right?" Stiles said.

"Remember what?"

"He's only a few years older than us," Alex said.

"Okay, but what am I supposed to remember?" Scott asked.

"His family," Stiles said. "They all burned to death in a fire, like, ten years ago."

"Oh?" Scott asked, sounding intrigued and concerned.

"I wonder what he's doing back," Alex said.

Stiles scoffs. "Come on," he said, walking away.

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Once Stiles and Alex dropped Scott off at work, the two decided to go to Stiles' house.

"So what do you think is wrong with Scott?" Alex asked, flopping onto Stiles' bed.

"I think he's overreacting," Stiles said.

"Then what do you think is wrong with him?" Alex asked as thunder was heard in the distance. "I mean, there's gotta be something."

"I don't know," Stiles said, flopping onto his bed next to Alex. "We might have to do some research."

"So that means pulling all-nighters over here until we find out?" Alex asked.

"Yeah," Stiles said. "Are you up for it?"

"Let me think. Do I wanna pull all-nighters with my best friend or do I want to go to my boring house?" Alex said, pretending to think. "I'm staying here."

"I knew you would," Stiles winked.

"Oh shut up," Alex said, shoving Stiles away.

"You know you love me," Stiles smirked.

"Yeah," Alex said, turning away so Stiles couldn't see her blush.

"Hey, why won't you look at me?" Stiles asked in a complaining tone as he scooted closer to Alex on the bed.

"Because I'm thinking," Alex said as Stiles put his head on her shoulder.

"About what?" Stiles asked.

"None-ya," Alex said.

"None-ya?" Stiles asked confused.

"None ya freaking business," Alex said, pushing Stiles' head off her shoulder.

"Stahp," Stiles said, scooching close to Alex again.

"Get away ya dork," Alex said, sitting up on the bed.

"No," Stiles said, continuing to scooch closer.

Alex laughed, shoving Stiles away again.

"Alex," Stiles whined, reaching towards her.

"Stiles? Alex?" Noah asked, walking towards Stiles' room. "What are you two doing in here?"

"Can Alex stay for a while?" Stiles asked as Noah walked into the room.

"Yeah, why?" Noah asked. "Is everything okay at your place?"

"Yeah," Alex said. "I wanna spend more time with Stiles though. If that's okay with you."

"I don't see why someone would want to spend time with Stiles, but yeah, you can stay for a while," Noah said. "You know where your room is and don't stay up too late."

"Okay, thanks Noah," Alex smiled before Noah left the room.

"Dick move, dad," Stiles mumbled, making Alex laugh.