Chapter 3
Chapter III
He knew nothing was incriminating anywhere near his house so he wasn’t worried about who could be waiting on him. He was curious as to who it was thought, he had never told any of them where he lived. He realized that any members could know where he lived; they only had to ask Stiles and Liam. he had forgotten all about the night and the unsuccessful tried to gather evidence on him. Their attempt at remaining hidden while watching him was laughable, he could hear Liam’s phone go off the entire night and the monstrosity Stiles called a jeep had a specific sound to it.
He knew he needed to hurry up and get rid of whoever was at his house. He needed to rethink all his plans; it was the only way he was going to be able to concentrate. He wasn’t all that surprised to find Scott on his porch when you talked about the limited amount of people Theo actually knew in Beacon Hills. “Look Scott if this is about me punching Stiles, can it wait till tomorrow I just want to sleep.” if this had been yesterday he would have all but jumped at the chance to spend time with Scott one on one, but right now he had too much information to sift through.
“No no I understand how it must have felt and I tried to call you, I just want to make sure you are all right.” Scott looked at Theo with big earnest puppy dog eyes. He had wanted to follow Theo after he stormed out of the house, but his mother told him that it would be best to give the boy some time. “It’s just a lot, I used to be able to say that becoming a werewolf was the weirdest thing to ever happen to me but it seemed that not true. I just don't know how my life became so complicated.” when talking to werewolves the best way to keep your heart steady is to tell half-truths as much as possible. “I felt the same way when I became an alpha. Are you going to tell your parents?” Scott asked only because he didn’t imagine how he was going to be able to keep it from them. “Scott, my parents aren’t like your mother, they don't care. They aren’t even in the country right now and I doubt that I will be seeing them anytime soon.” Theo saw how Scott’s eyes softened towards him and he knew he had him. “It's okay you got me if you ever need anything. The test results will be back tomorrow, either way, they come back. I got your back. Let me know if there’s anything I can do.” Scott saw the hesitation in Theo’s eyes and took two steps into Theo’s personal space, “I mean it Theo let me be there to help you.” Theo kept tight clamp emotions, not wanting him. “Are you sure, because you don't have too. I’m not part of you,” Scott wrapped his around Theo effectively cutting off the rest of his sentence. Although he felt mild annoyance at being so much shorter than Scott that he had little choice but to lay his head on the alpha’s chest, he couldn’t deny that he loved the smell that Scott gave off. “Just tell me what I can do.
“Could you maybe be there when the test results are revealed? You don't have to at all if you think it’s weird or anything.” Scott smiled down at the brunette hoping to calm his nerves. “Of course I’ll be there.” Neither wanted to move but, Scott knew he had to get home or his mother would worry and Theo needed to think. Scott was the first to take a step back but, he didn’t leave until he heard the flicker of the living room light come on.
Theo thought long and hard and he still couldn’t decide whether not him being Peter’s son would be a good thing. On one hand, he doubted that Peter would ask his kid to do something that could get him killed or cause him serious harm after pointing out that they could be related in the first place, and he could use his relation to Malia to get closer to the pack. But he could not see how he could keep this hidden from the dread doctors for long and didn’t know if it would be good or bad to have Peter on his side in the long run or even if Peter was actually on his side. On the bright side, it seemed that Scott was determined to help him through what would be a hard time for anyone else. He got up around lunchtime and told him the test result wouldn’t be back until late in the afternoon, which didn’t surprise him at all.
He made no move to leave after sharing the little bit of info, so he invited him in to play video games. After about twenty rounds of Call of Duty, he asked if Theo had eaten anything today. When he shook his head he got the same little concerned frown on his face he always got when he worried someone wasn’t taking care of themself as they should be. It was really was an admirable trait, it was also easily manipulated. They went to a local diner that Theo didn’t even know existed. It this retro vibe that made it seemed like it had been around forever.
“Scotty who’s your new friends. He must be new in town.” Scott looked everywhere but at Theo, As a dark red blush crept up his neck “Missy this is Theo, he isn’t exactly new, but he hasn’t been here since the fourth grade.” Just when he thought he was getting his feelings under control he chanced a look at Theo. Luckily he wasn’t looking at Scott, but at Missy instead. He watched with a little awe as Theo charmed the pants off the older women easily.
Theo liked talking to Missy, the older woman had long grey hair and dark blue eyes. She had an air about her and a look in her eyes that put him somewhat at ease. “I like your friend here, you should bring him around more often. I’ll have your orders ready in a jiffy.”
After the food arrived Theo looked at Scott and smiled teasingly “So Scotty?” He loved the nickname, it was just another thing that would bring him closer to him. “It’s an old nickname, no one but Stiles and Missy has called me it since sophomore year.” Theo had an easy-going smile on his face, but his mind was working full speed. “Would you mind if I called you it sometimes?” Scott laughed “No of course I wouldn’t mind.” Theo looked at him suspiciously only serving to make Scott laugh harder. “What is so funny?” Theo mentally growled at how much of a whine it sounded like. When the Alpha regained enough composure he handed Theo a napkin, “You have a little something on your lip.” Theo actually blushed and it made Scott want to do anything to see it again. It did something to the wolf in him. “Thanks,” The werecoyote couldn’t believe he let himself relax like this around Scott. Usually, he never would have let anything mess up his carefully crafted appearance, but with Scott sometimes he forgot he was pretending.
After lunch, it was time to go to the hospital and much to Theo’s pleasure Scott held his hand the entire time. Sure it was because he thought that the omega was nervous, but it didn’t take away from the soft comfort it provided.
Peter would never admit that he was nervous but he was. It was a foreign feeling that he hadn’t felt in a long time if he had to guess he would say that the last time he felt like this would be before the fire. Much to Melissa’s annoyance, he had been at the hospital for two hours.
Malia couldn’t believe how much could change in one weekend. Friday she was an only child of a psychopathic wolf who had tried to kill all her friends and was dating Stiles, who she kind of thought she loved. Now she might have a twin brother and was single. She would never be able to look at Theo the same again even if it turned out not to be true. She could not believe she had flirted with someone who maybe her brother. When she thought back to the times she and he were together, she was reminded of the connection she felt between them. She had just assumed it was because both of them were attractive wolves.
After leaving Scott’s house, she confronted him about his behavior. He refused to acknowledge that he had done anything wrong. Shuffling the blame between Peter and Theo, she might have been able to overlook that if his reasons hadn’t been so childishly stupid. One of them being that “Theo had no right to hit him because he was evil.’ and when she brought up what Peter said he just blatantly lied like she would be able to hear his heartbeat. He had treated her like a fool and she had fallen for it, now she was determined not to let it faze her anymore.
He was anxious, but not as much as Scott thought he was. He had a plan, either way, the test came out, but there was still the matter of how to deal with Peter if the test came back negative. If it did he would have no reason to keep his secret. Mellisa rounded the corner in her standard scrubs with a manila envelope in her hands and Peter right behind her nipping at her heels. Theo was a little surprised that he hadn’t just taken the envelope from the women alright. From the look on the nurse’s face, he was sure that she could give him a run for his money, it made him wonder how long the man had been at the hospital.
“I had the lab run the test three-time and the test all came back the same. Theo, it turns out for once Peter is for once telling the truth. You are his son.” the grimace on her face only makes the grin on Peter’s more pronounced. “Excuse me I need to have a word with my son.” At the moment Peter was the personification of self-satisfaction. “Maybe you should give him time to process the information first before trying to get him to do you bidding for you.” Mellisa snapped having reached the end of her rope today with the man. He raised his hands up in mock surrender but made no effort to go anywhere else. “It's fine Mrs.McCall” Theo stood up and made sure to walk out of werewolf hearing range. “So now that we have taken care of that we need to take care of our other matter.” Theo only signed and gave him a get on with it look.
“First I’ve decided that you can keep your cover with the dread doctors.” The teen rolled his eyes at that. “ Secondly I want you to get Malia on my side, talk to her get her to spend time with me.” This time Theo outright looked at him like he was crazy. “How the hell am I supposed to do that. I’m a stranger to her.” Honestly, he knew that the man might be a little off from his time in supernatural jail or whatever. “No, you're her twin brother a part of her family that as far as she knows isn’t a murder.” One quick flash of his eyes showed Peter just how wrong he was. “That’s a neat trick. That was the first thing he and Peter have agreed on since he met the man. “Yea it’s supposed he something only chimera’s can do among other things. Speaking of what made them think they made me if I was born this way?” it had been bugging him from the beginning. The Dread doctors were not idiots, how did they mistakenly take a born wolf by accident.
“Am I really even your son or do you just want to use me, so you can get closer to the daughter that wants nothing to do with you?” He didn’t put it past the man. “And they are going to pay dearly for picking you. I know how they operate, no one chooses to be one of their experiments by choice. You are my son and no one harms my family. This brings us to my second demand, I want you to come live with me.” Theo was alarmingly close to trying to push the older wolf through the wall of the hospital. “What the fuck do you gain from me moving in with you!?”
“You seem to be under the impression that you actually have a choice in the matter. You're going to come live with me and I’m going to train you to fight. Lastly when I think you are ready and only then I want you to join my pack.” This time Theo simply gaped at the man before him, “You're not even an alpha.” For the first time since his escape from Eichen's house, he flashed his eyes, and they were a blood red that only an alpha can have. “I killed my way out of that prison and one of the ones in my way was a lone alpha.” Theo was a hundred and ten percent sure that it was a lie or at least only a partial truth, but he found that he didn’t care enough to call him out on it. “You’re crazy totally fucking insane.” those were his last parting words before he turned and hightailed it out of there. Just when he thought that he might have everything under control, his newfound ‘father’ came up with this insane list of demands.
He made it all the way to the parking lot when he realized that he was on the wrong side of the hospital and decided to just dammit all. He transformed into his wolf right there and ran through the reserve. He just ran and ran for hours, only stopping when he had just enough energy left to walk home.