3 Wolf Moon

It was the night before the first day of school and I just hopped out of the shower. I could hear my brother in the room next to mine preparing for his lacrosse practice tomorrow. As I was setting my phone down to charge I heard a creaking noise coming from downstairs. I quickly poked my head out of my room, "Scott? Did you hear that?"

Scott appeared from his room with a metal bat in hand, "Yeah, stay behind me."

"You're the one with asthma, maybe I should protect you." 

"Really Scar," though I couldn't see my twins face I knew he rolled his eyes when he answered. 

As we slowly descended the stairs, my hand on Scott's shoulder, we kept our eyes and ears peeled. We couldn't see anyone inside so Scott slowly opened the front door and screamed. As soon as I saw who the intruder was I rolled my eyes and leaned on the door frame.

"Stiles, what the hell are you doing?" Scott exclaimed.

Stiles Stilinski, my brother's dorky childhood best friend, was hanging upside down from our roof. "You weren't answering your phone! Why do you have a bat?"

"We thought you were a predator!" 

"Predator?" I mumbled giving Scott a questioning look.

Stiles laughed as he clumsily got down from our roof, "Look, I know it's late, but you guys got to hear this. My dad left twenty minutes ago. Dispatch call. They're bringing in every officer of the Beacon department and even the state police."

"For what?" Scott and I asked in unison.

"They found a body in the woods," Stiles replied.

"A dead body?"

I scoffed, "Obviously Scott. They wouldn't send that many people out there if they were looking for a body of water."

Scott glared at me and then turned to Stiles who was trying to hide a snicker by continuing talking. "It was a girl probably in her twenties. Nobody knows what happened to her yet."

"Wait, if they found the body, what are they looking for?" I question Stiles, as I stood up straighter and Scott nodded in agreement, wondering the same thing.

Stiles started to grin, it was the same grin he gets when he's about to tell us some stupid idea, "That's the best part... They only found half of the body! We're going, so get dressed."

My eyes slightly widened as I started shaking my head, "Yeah right, we have school tomorrow and I am not stomping through the woods looking for half of a body. You two idiots have fun and tell me about it tomorrow." I then waved goodbye over my shoulder as I headed upstairs to get a good night's sleep for classes the next day. 

*_*_*_*_*_*

~BEEP BEEP BEEP~

I quickly slammed my hand down to shut off my alarm then let out a groan. I slowly pulled my blankets off and stretched before getting fully out of my warm bed. I went to my closet and pulled out a black long sleeve crop top, black skinny jeans, and gold heels. I applied my usual smokey eye and mascara then brushed my chocolate brown hair. I checked my mirror to make sure my outfit, makeup and hair all looked good then made my way to the bathroom Scott and I share. I quickly brushed my teeth then headed downstairs with my bag and phone. 

"Morning, mother," I gave my mom a quick kiss on the cheek and grabbed a granola bar from the pantry. 

"Goodmorning, sleep well?" She questioned as she sipped her coffee.

"Yeah, just wish I could have slept longer."

My mom chuckled, "Of course you do, that's all you ever want."

I dramatically gasped and put my hand over my heart, "Mother! That is not true! How could you say such a thing!"

She then rolled her eyes and smiled, "Is your brother up?"

"I think so, it sounded like he was getting ready when I was in the bathroom."

"Could you double-check for me, I don't want you two to be late on your first day back."

"Sorry, no can do. Lydia texted, she just pulled up." I then headed out the door and shouted a quick goodbye and I love you to my mother.

*_*_*_*_*_*

When Lydia and I arrived at the school we were talking about the classes we had together and what we were looking forward to for the coming year. 

"Hey, Lydia! You look --" I glanced to the side, recognizing the voice, and rolled my eyes seeing Stiles call for my best friend. I admired his persistence but wished he would stop trying, knowing that he was just embarrassing himself. Lydia and I continued walking and stopped by our lockers that were right next to each other. 

Someone came up behind me and grabbed my waist as I let out a shriek.

"I told you to stop doing that!" I said turning around and slapping the arm of the culprit. 

"Sorry babe," my boyfriend, Nate, replied with a smirk then pressed a quick kiss to my lips. 

Nate and I have been together for a little over a year and we have been in the same friend group since I can remember. He was my first everything. First boyfriend, first kiss, first time, and first love. I honestly don't remember a time when I didn't have him, Lydia,  Lydia's boyfriend Jackson, and Jackson's best friend Danny by my side. 

I shook my head but smiled quickly shutting my locker, then turned to Lydia, "See you after first period!" 

She gave me a bright smile and a nod then turned walking away, probably to find Jackson. Nate then grabbed my hand and walked with me to our first class, History. 

History dragged by with the only interesting thing being that the teacher brought up the body in the woods before class began.

After class Nate and I met up with Lydia who immediately grabbed my hand and dragged us over to a girl I didn't recognize. "This jacket is totally killer. Where did you get it?" Lydia asks bringing the girl's attention to the three of us.

"My mom was a buyer from a boutique back in San Francisco."

Lydia glanced at me then smiled at the new girl, "And you are our new best friend."

I quickly smiled and stuck out my hand, "Scarlett McCall, that's Lydia Martin. A pleasure to meet you."

"You too, I'm Allison Argent." she smiled back and shook my hand. I saw Allison glance behind us so I turned my head just in time to see Jackson grab Lydia's waist and kiss her. 

"So, this weekend, there's a party..." Lydia quickly invited Allison.

"Friday night, you should come," Jackson continued.

"Oh, I can't, it's family night on Friday... But thanks for asking." Allison quickly declined. Little known fact about me, I can easily pick up when someone is lying and without a doubt in my mind I knew Allison was lying. I do have to give her credit though, she said the lie so fast that it was very believable for the others around me.

"You sure? Everyone's going after the game." Nate joined into the conversation, his arm casually slung over my shoulders.

"You mean like football?"

"No, football here is kinda a joke. He's talking about lacrosse." I said, "They have practice in a few minutes. If you don't have anything else to do Lydia and I were going to watch."

"Well, I was going to..."

"Perfect! You'll come!" Lydia exclaimed before Allison could complete the sentence.

*_*_*_*_*_*

As soon as we got to the field Lydia, Allison, and I found a seat on the bleachers. I looked towards the field so that I could find Nate, Scott, and Stiles. I quickly found all three but frowned when I saw Scott making his way to the goal. "He's never played goal before, why is he starting now?" I quietly mumbled.

I then heard Allison ask Lydia, "Who is that?"

"Him? That's Scott, Scarlett's twin. Why?"

"He's in my English class, first period."

The whistle blows, letting everyone know that practice has begun and Scott immediately takes a ball to the head. I winced and crossed my fingers hoping that he would start actually stopping balls, and not with his face. The next few shots turned out a lot better. Scott was stopping every ball that came his way and to be honest, I was quite surprised by how well he was doing. 

I couldn't help the wide smile that was on my face as he was catching the balls. "He seems pretty good," Allison says after a little bit.

"He's been practicing all summer," I smiled at her.

I could tell that Jackson and Nate were both getting annoyed. They were the two best players on the team and watching Scott outshine them made them angry. Jackson quickly pushed his way to the front to take a shot and try to scare my brother. I rolled my eyes and waited in anticipation. Scott easily blocked the shot and I jumped out of my seat, "Woohoo, Scott!" He looked my way and sent me a big smile.

*_*_*_*_*_*

When school ended Nate walked me out of the building, "Are you coming to my house?"

"Sorry, I can't. I promised my brother I would help him with something." I gave him a quick kiss, "I'll call you later."

I headed to Stiles' jeep where the two dorks were waiting for me. "I don't know why you are dating him," Stiles groaned as soon as I was sitting in the back seat.

I rolled my eyes and started changing my shoes to my black vans. "Good thing you don't need to know why since you aren't in the relationship." 

"Stiles has a point Scarlett, Nate's kinda an asshole."

"Jackson is kinda an asshole. Nate is sweet, I know he doesn't really get along with you guys but he's working on it. I'm making him."

Soon we were at the Beacon Hills Preserve, where Scott lost his inhaler and apparently got bit by a wolf. The boys caught me up in the car about what happened last night. And yes, I became the usual protective sister when he said a wolf bit him. 

Once I was caught up and we were trekking through the woods I tuned out the boys so I could focus on searching for Scott's inhaler. Those things are expensive and mom does not have the money to replace it. When I finally decided to listen to the conversation I wasn't sure if I heard them correctly. "You smell things? Like what?" Stiles was asking Scott.

"Like the mint gum in your pocket."

Stiles started to reach into his pocket while mumbling that he didn't have gum in his pocket, only to pull his hand out with a piece of mint gum. Stiles and I both looked shocked that Scott guessed that correctly. "So, this all started with the bite?" I questioned my twin.

"What if it's like an infection? Like... my body is full of adrenaline before I go into shock or something." Scott was starting to panic. 

Before I could try and calm him down Stiles replied, "You know what, I actually think I heard of this, it's a specific kind of infection."

Scott and I both gave Stiles a questioning glance waiting for him to continue. "Yeah, I think it's called lycanthropy."

I smirked and shook my head as Stiles continued, "It's pretty bad but only once a month."

"Once a month?" Scott was now looking between Stiles and myself. 

I nodded my head agreeing with Stiles, "Yeah, I've heard of this too. It's only bad on the night of the full moon." Stiles and I then shared a knowing glance and both started to howl. Our howls got cut short as Scott hit our arms and the two of us started laughing. 

"It's not funny, there is something seriously wrong with me!"

"We know! You're a werewolf!" I exclaimed with a huge smile on my face. If looks could kill, I would be dead because of the intense glare Scott gave me. "Friday is a full moon, Stiles make sure you keep an eye on him and melt all the silver you can find." I winked at my brother's best friend. Stiles tried to hide his snickers behind his hand but failed horribly as Scott walked away from us continuing his search for his missing inhaler. 

Once we reached a specific spot Scott sighed, "I could have sworn it was there. I saw the body, the stags running, and I dropped my inhaler. 

"Maybe the killer moved the body," Stiles suggested with a shrug.

"Or we're just in the wrong spot, it was dark maybe you just remembered wrong." I then looked up and saw a very attractive gentleman watching us. I coughed to get the boys' attention. 

"What are you doing here? This is private property." The mystery man had a gruff voice as he spoke to the three of us. He seemed ticked off that we were here but it's not my fault my idiot brother lost his inhaler. 

"Sorry man, we didn't know," Stiles replied quickly, he seemed a little nervous. The guy in front of us did seem sort of intimidating but I was too busy checking him out to worry about that. What? I may be in a relationship but I can still look. 

"Yeah we were just looking for something, forget it." Scott continued when Stiles finished. The attractive mystery man tossed Scott his inhaler than turned around walking away. 

"Dude, that was Derek Hale! You guys remember, right? He's just a few years older than us." Stiles said as soon as Derek was out of earshot.

Scott still looked clueless but the name Hale sounded familiar to me, "Wait, you mean like the Hale fire?"

"That's the one. It happened like 10 years ago. He lost almost all of his family." 

"I feel sorry for him, I can't imagine what that must have been like." I bit my lip and shook my head as I stared off in the direction that he went in.  

We quickly made our way back to the Jeep, Stiles dropped Scott off at work and then quickly brought me back to my house.

*_*_*_*_*_*

The next morning I got dressed in a short sleeve, cold-shoulder, black crop top, high waisted gray and black plaid pants, and black heels. Yes, I wore more black, that is pretty much all that is in my wardrobe and Lydia hates it. Lydia and I once again drove to school together and stopped at our lockers before first period. The minute first period ended Scott pulled me away from Nate to talk to me. "What's up?" 

"Your boyfriend and Jackass think I'm on steroids" Scott deadpanned.

My eyes almost bulged out of my head, "What? Why?"

"I don't know, probably because I suddenly got a hell of a lot better at lacrosse." 

I sighed, "I'll talk to them, sorry they're both idiots." I turned and walked away starting my search for Nate and Jackson. Nate may be my boyfriend and Jackson may be one of my best friends but sometimes I seriously can't stand them. 

I soon found them already on the field preparing for practice. "Hey jackasses!" I stopped in front of them. They both gave me questioning looks and glanced at each other probably wondering why I was mad at them. "My brother isn't doing drugs. He's been practicing nonstop this summer so he could get better and make first line. I get that you two are so egotistical that you can't let anyone one-up you but do not start making false accusations about my brother." Before they could get a word in I stormed off looking to find Lydia knowing that she always helps calm me down. 

*_*_*_*_*_*

I was at Lydia's house getting ready for the party with her. This is our party ritual, go home together and help each other get ready for a kickass party all while gossiping about the things going on in our lives. 

After telling Lydia about the argument I had with Nate she claimed that I needed to look hotter than usual so he would regret ever making me mad. This right here, ladies and gentlemen, is the exact reason why I love Lydia Martin more than anyone. Working together we picked out a patterned black and white strapless dress with a gold belt that hugged my waist. The dress perfectly showed off my curves and adding a pair of black pumps completed the outfit.

Not too much later the party was in full swing. Pretty much the whole school was there, which is not surprising for a Lydia party. Stiles pulled me to the side as soon as he saw me, "Have you seen Scott?" 

"No why?" Stiles glanced nervously around then pulled me into the laundry room so we could be alone. 

"That werewolf joke, not a joke anymore," he whispers. My eyes widen and I start giggling. "It's not funny Scarlett! I know it sounds crazy but I've been doing a bunch of research, it's the only thing that makes even the slightest bit of sense."

"Okay, well we will keep an eye on him. I'm sure he'll be fine. But if this happens to be true, we will figure something out. Don't stress though, Stilinski. We are at a party, come dance with me." I tugged on his hand and led him out of the room and into the back yard so that we could dance together. As soon as we stepped outside we spotted Allison and Scott so this also gave us a good view to keep an eye on my twin.

Soon after Nate walked up to us with a clenched jaw, "Mind if I step in, Stilinski?" 

"She's all yours," Stiles sent me an awkward smile and stepped away, making sure to stay close so he could step in if Nate did something that would make me uncomfortable and still keep an eye on Scott. 

"We need to talk." I sighed and was about to follow him until I saw Scott rush out. 

"I need to make sure my brother is alright, we can talk later." 

Before I could walk away Stiles rushed past, "I got him, don't worry."

Nate then gently tugged on my hand, "Come on."  As soon as we were somewhere quiet Nate started speaking, "I'm sorry I can be an asshole and I accused your brother of doing drugs." I stared blankly waiting for him to continue. He threw his head back then slowly looked into my eyes, "I won't do anything like that again, I promise. I love you, Scar." 

I bit my lip then slowly leaned up to kiss him, "I love you too." I mumbled against his lips.