Chapter 33

That night in Becon hills preserve, Scott and Stiles have just crossed the creek in the nature preserve as they attempt to find so called body Scott found the night before as well as the inhaler he dropped in the process. The two are talking about the day's practice as their feet get wet in the water.

Scott was explaining to Stiles about everything that he felt in the pitch"I-I don't know what it was. It was like I had all the time in the world to catch the ball. And that's not the only weird thing. I-I can hear stuff I shouldn't be able to hear. Smell things."

Stiles questioned"Smell things? Like what?"

Scott replied"Like the mint mojito gum in your pocket."

Stiles makes a face as though he thinks Scott is crazy and said"I don't even have any mint mojito."

But then Stiles checks the inner breast pocket of his blazer and finds, much to his surprise, that there is a single piece of folded-up mint mojito gum, just as Scott sensed. Scott raises both of his arms to the side as if to say, "I told you so." Stiles considers this for a moment before he continues"So all this started with the bite?"

Stiles seems to find this intriguing, while Scott, ever the nurse's son, is concerned that something is wrong with him and asked"What if it's like an infection? Like, my body's flooding with adrenaline before I go into shock or something?"

Stiles gets a small smirk on his face before trying to make himself look as serious as possible, which Scott, who is walking in front of him, doesn't catch and said"You know what? I actually think I've heard of this-- it's a specific kind of infection."

Scott worried and unaware questioned"Are you serious?"

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

Scott, still not realizing that Stiles is messing with him, starts to panic and asked"What's that? Is that bad?"

Stiles replied"Oh, yeah, it's the worst. But only once a month."

Scott still confused asked"Once a month?"

Stiles: Mm-hmm. On the night of the full moon. Aroooo!

Stiles fake-howls like a wolf, and Scott, annoyed, shoves him away, causing Stiles to giggle in amusement

Stiles then asked"Hey, you're the one who heard a wolf howling!"

Scott with annoyance said"Hey, there could be something seriously wrong with me!"

Stiles nodded and replied"I know! You're a Werewolf! Rawrrr!"

Scott is clearly not impressed by this joke, and Stiles' demeanor becomes serious added"Okay, obviously I'm kidding. But, if you see me in shop class trying to melt all the silver I can find, it's 'cause Friday's a full moon."

Scott stops walking and looks around, frowning when he doesn't see anything 

remarkable where they're standing, while saying"I, I-I could have sworn this was it. I saw the body, the deer came running. I dropped my inhaler..."

Stiles being thoughtful added"Maybe the killer moved the body?"

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

Scott and Stiles are still looking around when suddenly, a two men who looked in there early twenties.On of them with pale skin, black hair, a black leather jacket, and a scowl appears in front of them

Scott reognized the other as Allison's uncle,while

Derek questioned"What are you doing here?"

When Scott and Stiles, both of whom are visibly panicking, don't respond, the man's tone gets even gruffer and continued"Huh? This is private property."

Stile quickly apologized"Uh, sorry, man, we didn't know."

Alexander added"You are Sheriff Stilinski's son."

Stiles nodded,while Alexander added"Quickly leave,I don't think people happy knowing Sheriff son is breaking he law."

Stiles winced,while Derek's attention is focused on Scott, who picks up where Stiles left off to try to relieve the tension"Yeah, we were just looking for something, but..."

Scott was about to continue until Derek glares at him, after which point Scott loses his nerve and drops the subject

Suddenly, Derek tosses Scott's inhaler at him before turning and heading back the way he came without a word, giving Scott one last look and seemingly paying Stiles no attention whatsoever. Scott sighs and gets ready to turn back the opposite direction saying"Um... All right, come on, I gotta get to work."

Before Scott can move, Stiles holds him his hand to physically stop him from walking away whispering"Dude, that was Derek Hale!"

When Scott looks at Stiles blankly, Stiles' expression becomes incredulous as he explained"You remember, right? He's only like a few years older than us."

Scott frowns and asked"Remember what?"

Stiles replied"His family.They all burned to death in a fire, like, ten years ago.But I don't the other one."

Scott nodded and then spoke up"That is Allison's cousin,he was with her in school." he looks both intrigued and concerned by this news and muttered"I wonder what those doing back..."

Stiles scoffs, as though he thinks that nothing good can come of it, before walking away

Stiles finally turns back, and Scott, still looking toward where Derek headed out, slowly.