Soulmate Of A True Alpha
Scene 25

Doctor: The wound isn’t very serious Sheriff, you were lucky but we still have to check you for bullet fragments.

Noah: And this bill? Is it necessary?

Doctor: Yes, if you want to be treated!

Noah nods and the doctor leaves, I turn to Stiles who’s making the same face as me, Stiles’ dad is really broke.

Noah: Don’t make that face, kids, I was just asking a question.

Stiles: I know about the bills, Dad, I also know that Eichen housse calls you every week to pay them and that you’ve asked for an advance on your wages.

Noah: You’ve been going through my stuff!!!?

Noah starts to get angry. I really feel like I’m too much in the room and if Stiles hadn’t just grabbed my hand, I’d go out and leave them alone.

Stiles: Yeah, I’ve been digging, Dad, I need to take care of you!

Noah: You don’t have to do that! I’m the father and you’re the son! I’m taking care of you!

Noah is starting to fall asleep because of the morphine.

Noah: We’ll be fine, Stiles, it’s just a rough patch, that’s all… I’m not worried about it…

He falls completely asleep and I squeeze Stiles’ hand to show my support.

Stiles: I’m worried…

I hold him close and he puts his lips to mine.

Later on

We get out of the hospital because Noah’s in the middle of an exam and we’ll only be in his legs.

Stiles: Do you fancy going for a coffee?

I smile.

Me: That’s what I’ve been waiting for!

We laugh and go to the nearest cafe to the hospital. I get a simple coffee and Stiles gets a drink that looks like it’s got four kilos of sugar and a mountain of whipped cream with multicoloured sweets on top. We go and sit down and I just stare at his mug.

Me: What’s that?

Stiles: “Sweet coffee flavoured with cinnamon fields”.

I laugh and steal a sip but don’t want to spit it out because it’s so sweet.

Me: Where’s the coffee in that?

He takes a sip and makes the same face as me and I laugh even more and we spend the morning laughing and having fun like kids. I really do have the best boyfriend.

20 minutes later

Scott calls me and I answer immediately

Scott: I’m at Derek’s with Lydia and Parrish. How’s Noah?

Me: Good, the doctors are doing some tests on him, how’s Parrish?

Scott: Pretty good for someone just learning about the supernatural.

Me: You told him?!!?

Scott: He survived without a scratch an attempted murder where he was supposed to have burnt to death in a burning car, we had no choice.

Me: Is that what happened to him?

Scott: Yeah.

How did he survive that? He can’t be a werewolf, he wouldn’t have survived.

Me: Do you know what he is?

Scott: No. Even Derek’s clueless about that.

Me: Wow.

-How did Meredith get to the lake house?

Will you let me finish?

I hear Scott moving.

Me: You’re putting me on speakerphone?

Scott: Yeah, hang on.

Stiles: We have to go get my dad, the exam’s over.

I’m blocking the mic.

Me: Okay.

We get in the jeep and I turn on the speaker so Stiles can hear, too.

Lydia: My grandmother, Lorraine, was a computer scientist and one evening when her wife, Maddie, was out canoeing, Lorraine heard the rain and lightning slamming the lake but the sun was shining in the sky. The noise didn’t stop, it even got louder. So loud that she… She screamed… Like a banshee. Then she called Maddie to check on her and the sun was shining just as brightly but…

Scott: She kept hearing the rain…

Lydia: A week later, Maddie’s body was found. She had taken her own life when her boat capsized in a storm…

No one was talking and Stiles had stopped at the side of the road to listen to the story.

Lydia: My grandmother went almost crazy. She called in dozens of researchers to find out what had happened, but none of them could find an explanation. She then called psychics, still nothing. That’s when she found Meredith. She was hearing things too, so she agreed to take part in their search. They nearly killed her. She was in hospital for a year but never recovered. That’s why she went to Eichen housse…

Me: Was? She’s not there any more? Where is she?

Nobody says anything. I turn to Stiles

Me: Why “was”?

Stiles: She killed herself 4 days ago…

4 days ago? That’s… The day after we went to see her… Why didn’t they tell me?!? Stiles takes the phone and puts it to his ear

Stiles: We’ll call you back

He hangs up and turns to me

Stiles: I’m sorry… I wanted to talk to you about it but Lydia was against it. That’s when your powers got out of control and then there was so much we forgot.

I nod. There’s no point in us arguing about something like that… Oh my god! Lydia! She must have felt so guilty! I call Lydia back and she answers immediately

Lydia: Hannah I’m so sorry about/

Me: I don’t want to Lydia. I’m the one who’s sorry I couldn’t see you were feeling ill.

Lydia: You don’t have to be sorry, your powers were going haywire.

I smile. I really do have a golden friend.