hospital visit

|A few minutes later - at practice|

"Let's go one on one's from up top" Coach says after blowing his whistle. Seeing Jackson approaching from the side Coach turns to him and says "Jackson take a long stick today."

Jackson following his coaches order takes a long stick and moves into a defensive position.

After beating a few players who went up against him Jackson is facing off against Scott, who for the moment was not mentally present. Seeing that Scott is not running the practice drill Coach says "McCall. What are you waiting for?"

Hearing his name Scott snaps back to reality out of the daydream he has, because he got finally acknowledged by Lydia.

Refocusing on Lacrosse Scott waits for Coach to blow his whistle again and takes off facing off against Jackson, who then throws him back by using his stick from a lower position to get more leverage. After Scott is lying on his back Jackson tries to get a raise out of Scott by saying "You sure you still wanna be first line McCall?". Coach approaches saying "McCall. Hey McCall, my grandmother can move faster than that and she's dead. Do you think you can move faster than the lifeless corpse of my dead grandmother?"

"Yes Coach." Scott replies standing hunched over with his eyes glowing showing that his animal side is gaining ground on the inner war of control.

"I can't hear you." Coach says trying to get Scott angrier to make him play more aggressive.

"Yes Coach!" Scott says with more conviction.

"Then do it again!" Coach says getting close to Scotts face but unable to see it because of it being covered by Scotts helmet.

"McCall's gonna do it again!" Scott yells to inform the other players.

Scott then moves back to his starting position looking as if he is about to attack someone.

After hearing the coaches whistle blow he does just that. Charging Jackson shoulder first Scott throws him down where he now lies moaning in pain while Scott grabs his helmet and retreats back to the locker room since he can feel himself loosing control. Unnoticed by him Derek watches with a grim expression on his face, thinking "Scott is gonna blow our cover about being shapeshifers, I gotta do something to keep that from happening.

The other players and Coach hustle around Jackson to see what's wrong, since he fell rather hard and was still lying on the ground.

|locker room|

Getting to the locker room Scott shifts almost the whole way and starts to get his heat vision back, when Derek comes in and throws Scott back against the lockers to keep him from escaping. Struggling against Derek Scott tries to slash him with his talons but Derek being able to control the shift and having experience fighting dodges the slash and bashes Scott in the head. Using the brief moment of vulnerability Derek grabs one of Scotts hands and dislocates it. Scott screams out in pain holding his now dislocated hand, while Derek waits for him to shift back completely and then pops his hand back in. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" Derek says angered by Scott not being able to control himself at practice. "That's what I was about to ask you, why the hell did you dislocate my hand?"Scott asks shocked

"Pain stops us from shifting that was the easiest way to get you back to normal. So you wanna explain now what you are thinking, playing Lacrosse even though you don't have the tiniest bit of control over your shift? Because if they find out about what you are they find out about me about all of us and then it's not just the hunters coming after us it's everyone."Derek says getting angry

"They didn't see anything, I swear." Scott replies downcast.

"I know, this time but this will happen again, so if you even try to play in that game on saturday I'm gonna kill you myself!" Derek threatens.

"Fuck! he's right, what am I gonna do?" Scott says too himself totally lost on how he should handle this new part of his life and getting Dereks point about not playing in the game on saturday, it's just to soon he won't have gained control over himself by then if ever. Scott then changes his clothes and makes his way back home deciding to get the info on how Jackson is doing by asking Stiles later on.

|McCall house|

Arriving home Scott goes up to his room flopping down on his bed, his mom following him up wanting to talk to him since he has behaved unusual lately. "Hey, late shift again for me, but I am gonna take Saturday of to see your first game." Melissa informs Scott, who grunts in reply before telling her "No mum, you can't."

"Oh no I can and I will. Come on one shift is not gonna break us. Completely." Melissa says approaching Scott.

"Hey what's wrong with your eyes? You look like you haven't slept in days." Melissa asks looking down at him.

Scott getting a shocked look on her face and sitting up comes up with the excuse "Oh it's nothing I'm just stressed."

"Just stress? Nothing else? I mean it's not like you're on drugs or anything right?" Melissa asks doubtful.

"Right now?" Scott asks unsure.

"Right now? I'm sorry what do you mean right now? I mean have you ever taken drugs?" Melissa says dumbfounded.

"Have you?" Scott replies.

"Get some sleep." Melissa says going downstairs and leaving the house to go to work.

Half an hour after Melissa left Scott decides to call Stiles to catch up with him and ask what happened with Jackson, so he calls him over skype and soon sees Stiles grinning at him over his webcam.

"What did you find out?" Scott says wanting to get the topic of Jackson over as soon as possible.

"Well it's bad, Jackson has got a separated shoulder." Stiles says indifferently.

"Because of me?" Scott asks feeling guilty.

"Because he's a tool." Stiles remarks.

"Well is he gonna play?" Scott inquires worried about the upcoming game in which he most likely will not be playing in because of his control issues.

"Oh they don't know yet, now they're just counting on you for Saturday." Stiles explains.

Sighing Scott shakes his head, turns off the computer with a quick goodbye to his friend and lies back down not being able to wait till this day is over.

|next day- Coaches office|

Scott and Coach go into the Coaches office because Scott wants to talk to him about not playing in the game tomorrow. Coach asks confused "What do you mean you can't play in the game tomorrow night?"

"I mean I can't play the game tomorrow night." Scott says closing the door behind him and feeling guilty about bailing on the team.

"You mean you can't wait to play the game tomorrow night!" Coach says hoping to change Scotts mind because with Jackson injured they are really gonna need Scott.

"Coach I can't play! the game tomorrow night." Scott says even more direct.

"I'm not following" Coach says squinting because he can't believe that the new guy on first line doesn't want to play.

"I'm having some personal issues." Scott says hoping to avoid having to explain himself.

"Is it a girl?" Coach asks grinning lightly.

"No" Scott replies.

"Is it a guy? You know our goalie Danny is gay." Coach tells Scott hoping to encourage him to open up about what's bothering him.

"Yeah I know Coach, but that's not it." Scott says wanting Coach to stop asking questions.

"You don't think Danny is a good looking guy?" Coach asks knowingly.

"I think he's good looking, but I like girls! and that's not it anyway." Scott replies getting annoyed.

"What is it drugs? Are you doing meth? Because I had a brother that was addicted to meth, you should have seen what it did to his teeth they were all cracked and rotted it was disgusting!" Coach says.

"Oh my god what happened to him?" Scott asks a bit moved.

"Got veneers." Coach retorts. "Is that what this is about? Are you afraid of getting hurt McCall?" Coach asks disbelieving.

"No, I'm having some issues dealing with aggression." Scott confesses.

"Well here is the good news. That's why you play Lacrosse! Problem solved" Coach tells him confidently.

"Coach I can't play the game tomorrow night." Scott says beginning to loose his temper.

"Listen McCall, part of being first line is taking responsibility of being first line, now if you can't shoulder that responsibility then you're back on the bench until you're ready." Coach decides.

"You mean if I can't play the game you're taking me off first line?" Scott asks disappointed.

"McCall. Play the game!" Coach tells Scott one final time and then ushering him out of his office.

|school hallway|

Stiles is on his way to his class looking at a text from Scott about not playing tomorrow night, when he runs into Allison. She greets him "Hey. Busy?"

"No, no it's just Scott he is a bit scared about playing first line tomorrow." Stiles answers putting his phone away.

"Well I have to run to french class but I wanted to let you know that I'm gonna come see your team play tomorrow night, who knows maybe with Jackson hurt I will get to see some of your Lacrosse moves." Allison says smiling.

"I don't think so and even if I were getting put in the game tomorrow the most I will probably do is drop he ball." Stiles replies sheepishly.

"Ah don't underestimate yourself I bet somewhere in you is at least a decent Lacrosse player, also Lydia is coming too, she said she'll probably tell Scott during her next class. Well I better hurry I gotta go." Allison says taking off to class.

|math class|

Scott and Lydia got picked to solve an equation on the chalkboard. While both were standing in front of the board Lydia was busy writing her answer down while talking with Scott who is still hung up on what to do about the game tomorrow night.

"Why is there a rumor going around that you're not playing tomorrow?" Lydia asks since she was pretty sure that playing first line was one of the more important goals he set for himself this semester.

"Because I'm sort of not." Scott says depressed.

"I think you sort of should, I mean you finally got the chance to prove yourself to everyone, why pass it up?" Lydia asks curious about Scott since he is one person she can't figure out, not that she really noticed him much till he helped her a few days ago.

"Also I heard that you injured Jackson by ramming into him, did that have anything to do with you wanting to get revenge for me, because of what he did to me?" Lydia asks since she is sure that Scott who can't hurt a fly, usually doesn't go around tackling people into hospital care.

"No, well not exactly, I mean it had to do with me being angry at him but I already didn't like him before that and when he was being an ass during practice I must have rammed him a little too hard." Scott answers not exactly sure how Lydia feels about him injuring her ex-boyfriend.

"Well kudos, I hope that takes him down a peg. Well anyway Allison and I are gonna come to see the game tomorrow I hope you change your mind and I get to see you play otherwise I will have to cheer for all the other hot players on your team and who knows if you play and end up winning maybe I will give you a prize." Lydia says winking at Scott hoping to encourage him and having finished her math problem she goes to sit back down.

"Mr. McCall, you are not even close to solving your problem." their math teacher says wanting to check Scotts work to see him not finished.

"Tell me about it" Scott says to himself. Now added to the fact that he can't control himself at all everyone, including his long time crush wants to see him play and doesn't seem to take no for an answer.

|school hallway|

"Hey Scott. So what is this I hear about you chickening back out of playing tomorrow night?" Stiles says approaching his friend.

"I'm not chickening out, I just can't risk hurting anyone else like I did Jackson." Scott explains himself to Stiles.

"Ah that's just an excuse I think you should play, well anyway I just overheard my dad talking with the guidance counselor, they are gonna order a curfew to be placed at 9.30 p.m. they think it was an animal what killed the bisected body, I don't think so though." Stiles tells Scott lost in thought and leaving Scott alone in the hall.

Turning to his left Scott sees Allison with Lydia, who was currently grinning at one of the players on the team while chatting with him till she sees him looking at her while leaning against a wall. She then grins and raises her eyebrows as a means of expressing, this is what will happen if you don't play, at Scott, grabbing the players hand and walking off with Allison in tow.

Scott getting frustrated at the situation decides to go to the one person who might actually be able to help him even though he is against Scott playing in the game.

|Hale ruins|

"Derek!" Scott yells while looking around, when he arrives at the burned down house that belonged to Dereks family. While looking around he notices a patch of newly dug up earth and can catch the feint smell of human blood in the air.

Turning to his right Scott can now see Derek standing on his houses porch and asks him "Derek I know you don't want me to play in the game but please you gotta help me out, everyone is counting on me in this game."

"No I won't, you don't get it yet Scott but I'm looking out for you, think about what could happen. You're out in the field, the aggression takes over and you shift in front of everyone!"Derek says making his point, while grabbing Scotts Lacrosse stick from his bag. "Your mom, all your friends and when they see you everything falls apart." Derek continues on ripping the net of his Lacrosse stick to pieces and then throws it up getting Scott to focus on it and vanishes while Scott isn't looking. Being angry and disappointed at Derek Scott gets back on his bike and takes off, since there is no point in staying here if Derek doesn't want to help him at all. On his way home Scott texts Stiles: come to my house I think I found the other half of the body.

|McCall house|

Stiles tumbles into the house and races upstairs almost tripping several times and practically falls into Scotts door asking" What did you find? How did you find it, where did you find it? And yes I've had a lot of aterol, so..."

"I've found something at Derek Hales' it looked like there was something buried there." Scott replies fixing his Lacrosse stick.

"That's awesome, I mean that's terrible. What do you thing it is?" Stiles questions excited

"I don't know but when we do your dad might have a lead suspect for the murder. And then you really gotta help me figure out how to play Lacrosse without loosing my temper." Scott says implying that Derek killed the girl and still hoping to somehow manage to play the game.

Stiles then left the house and agreed to meet up with Scott later that evening to check out the Hale house.

|a few hours later - Beacon Hills hospital|

Scott left the house about 2 hours after Stiles did, then went to a local diner and got some dinner for his mom, since she often forgot to get herself some food, because of how busy she is in the hospital, Scott usually brings her some food whenever he's got time and she has a late shift.

So coming into the hospital Scott heads for the nurses station, the other nurses already knowing why Scott is there based on the food container he carries they tell him to wait a sec and that his mother should be back in a few minutes. So Scott decides to wait leaning against a wall, food carton still in his hand and looks around, looking to his right he recognizes Lydia sitting there listening to some music. Approaching her Scott slowly comes up beside her and pats her on her shoulder to make his presence known. Lydia feeling the hand on her shoulder looks up pulling out her earbuds and says "Oh hi Scott, what are you doing here?"

"Oh I'm just here to bring my mom some food, she is a nurse here and would usually forget to eat till her shift is over if I don't bring her something."

"That's sweet of you and I know here I see her here all the time." Lydia tells him.

"Huh she never mentioned you, must not have known that I know you, anyway what are you doing here?" Scott then asks sitting down on the empty chair beside hers.

"Well my mother makes me go to a psychiatrist every now and then, because my grandmother had mental problems and killed herself and figuring that since I'm extremely talented I might be in danger of getting a mental illness. But if you ask me she is just being over protective I feel quite normal for a genius." Lydia says smirking by the end.

"Oh sorry about your grandmother and I don't think your mother being overprotective is a bad thing, who knows if you really are in danger of getting a mental illness maybe your check ins can prevent it from ever happening." Scott replies.

"Hmm, time will tell." Lydia replies "And I think your mother just arrived, plus I gotta go as well for my check up." Lydia then adds.

"OK, hey do you want to hang out a bit after you're done?" Scott asks hoping to get to spend some more time with her before he has to meet Stiles.

"Sure I don't see why not, see you in a bit." Lydia says, then walks away going to her psychiatrists office.

Scott goes up to his mom and hands her the food asking "Here's your food mom, do you want me to keep you some company while you're eating?"

"Sure but how come you are offering to keep me company most of the time you are dashing off to meet up with Stiles. Does this have something to do with the girl I saw you talking with?" Melissa asks knowingly.

"Maybe but don't begin to imagine things again, we're just going to hang out after she's finished here and maybe do some homework together or something, I didn't really think it trough." Scott

says getting nervous about spending time alone with Lydia by the end.

"OK, OK as long as you promise me that there won't be little McCalls running around in the near future." Melissa jokes.

"Promise, also this isn't even a date and I doubt she would ever go on one with me, she usually goes for the flashy Jock types." Scott replies following his mother to the break room where she starts eating while talking with him about school and what's going on in each others lives lately.

Shortly after Melissa finished her meal she goes back to work and Scott decides to go wait for Lydia where they had previously talked. He doesn't have to wait long and then spots her coming towards him, much to his misfortune Jackson finished meeting with a doctor that minute and steps out into the same hall Lydia was walking down and starts to talk to her.

"Hey Lydia, can I talk to you, you have been avoiding me since the incident at the party." Jackson says blocking her way.

"Jackson I already told you everything when I kicked you out." Lydia answers harshly while trying to get past him, with him moving to further block her from getting away from him.

Scott then decides to help Lydia out and approaches Jackson from behind, saying "ah there you are Lydia, I've been looking everywhere for you, so do you have time to help me with my math homework now?" while moving past him to stand next to Lydia who smiles at him thankful for trying to give her an out of her meeting with Jackson.

"Yes, come on let's go." Lydia says going past Scott who was keeping Jackson from blocking her and grabs his hand in order to tug him along but was stopped by Jackson asking "What the hell do you think you're doing McCall?"angered.

"What do you mean? Lydia told me to come meet her here after she was done, so that she can help me study." Scott answers plainly.

"Don't feed me that crap, as if Lydia would willingly help anybody other than me." Jackson says trying to get a raise out of Scott.

"You shouldn't judge Lydia based on how she behaved around you." Scott tells Jackson.

Lydia being surprised that Scott someone she almost constantly ignored up till a few days ago would defend her also cuts in saying "Well Jackson what you're saying is partially true but the reason I didn't help anyone when we were going out, was because you were too helpless to be left alone, so you took up all of my time." taunting him.

"Shut up!" Jackson says angry and stepping forward to try and intimidate Lydia but was interrupted by Scott moving in front of him saying "I would leave now Jackson if you don't want to have your other shoulder separated as well that is." Scott threatens Jackson having enough of him bothering Lydia.

"As if you would be able to do that, but I will leave anyway because apparently there is no point talking to this bitch." Jackson says leaving them alone and hoping to safe face.

"Don't let what he said get to you." Scott then tells Lydia who was visibly down by Jacksons appearance.

"I'm not it's just hard to believe that guy who I once thought was a nice guy has now turned into a giant ass." Lydia replies.

"Well if you ask me Jackson always was an ass, you were just to good to see it." Scott says smiling at her.

"Thanks, also were you serious about you wanting help with your math homework?"

"Kinda, or at least I think it would be something we could do to hang out now, cause I don't know what you might have in mind." Scott replies sheepishly.

"I was more thinking go home see a movie or something when you asked me to hang out, but if you want I guess I could help you with your math homework." Lydia says confused as to why Scott didn't try to make a date out of them hanging out since every guy who asked her to hang out ended up turning it into a date and ruining the day.

"Cool thanks, I'd really appreciate it I suck at math and I know that you are probably even smarter than the teachers at our school even if you try to hide it." Scott tells her relieved she didn't shoot down his only plan on what to do to while hanging out.

"Hmm how come you know that?" Lydia asks curious.

"I have known you since forever and I'm a good observer I'm bound to pick up some information on the genius Lydia Martin." Scott jokes.

"Makes sense, well come on Let's go." Lydia says dragging him out to the parking lot where she gets into her car and drives home ahead of Scott to clean up her room. Scott gets his bike and gets on his way to Lydias home as well, taking some time because if he were to hurry there with his new "were-Eagle" Derek guessed strength he might just arrive before her.

|Martin home|

When he arrives at Lydias house he greets Lydias mom, who let him in saying that Lydia is upstairs, takes off his shoes and goes to Lydias room where she was finished with what little cleaning she wanted to do and had Prada on her lap while sitting on her bed.

"Say hi to Scott Prada." Lydia says playfully.

"Hi Prada, I see you got your bandage taken off by Deaton, what did he say by the way?" Scott says , turning to Lydia by the end hoping he didn't screw up while helping Prada.

"He told me that everything is fine and you did everything well, so the wound won't be opening up again." Lydia tells him

"That's great I'm glad everything went well." Scott then says moving to sit down at her desk chair, getting out his math book.

After about one and a half hours of Lydia explaining him how to solve various math problems he thanks her again and leaves, saying goodbye to Lydias mother, to meet up with Stiles at the entrance to the woods.

After Scott left Lydias mom went upstairs and asks "Who was he? I don't think I've ever seen him here before also I would have remembered someone with good manners." Lydias mother asks curious about the new boy in her daughters life.

"That was Scott, he is a new first liner on the Lacrosse team, also he's the one who helped me with Pradas injury. I offered to help him with his math homework since he seemed to have some problems with it." Lydia tells her mother while smiling slightly.

"Well I think I like him already, feel free to bring him by more often" Lydias mother says seeing that Scott would be a good influence on her daughter and if Lydia wanted him to, would probably make a pretty good boyfriend. At least better than Jackson was, she never really liked how he made Lydia hide herself in order to not diminish Jacksons abilities.