Eyes Wide Open
Stiles laid his head down on Peter's chest. "What's going to happen once I graduate?" he whispered while listening to Peter's heartbeat.
"Whatever you want to happen Stiles. If you're a bird then I'm a bird too, remember? Wherever you go, I'll follow. Thems the rules. Right?" Peter replied with a soft smile. Stiles chuckled and slightly shook his head.
"You're such a creeperwolf."
"Well at least I stopped being a stalkerwolf." Peter replied and continued rubbing Stiles' back. "Stiles, you know I love you with my entire being, right?"
"And I love you too Peter. But that does-"
"And you know I support you, right?" Peter asked cutting Stiles off.
"Yes I understand babe. But that doesn't exactly stop the fact that after graduation I have to pick a school and move on from Beacon Hills and its crazy supernatural-ness." Stiles said as he sat up. Peter sat up with him with a huff and nodded.
"Look Stiles, you're absolutely brilliant and have a choice from 3 wonderful schools, all out of state, free of charge. You have a full ride to basically any school of your choosing. And any school who won't offer you one, I already told you that I will finance you. Please just let me take care of you and worry about everything. All you have to worry your pretty little head over is how to survive until graduation and which school you want to go to. Deal?" Peter replied and Stiles nodded his head slowly.
xXx 3 Hours Later xXx
Stiles walked though the front door and saw Melissa and his father asleep on the sofa. He smiled and walked over to gently lay a blanket on top of them and kissed both of their heads. Then he walked quietly upstairs to his bedroom. He stopped by Scott's door and knocked. Isaac answered the door. "Hey Zac, is Scott asleep?" Stiles said softly and Isaac shook his head then let Stiles into the room.
Scott came out of the bathroom without a shirt on. "Hey bro, you alright?"
Stiles shook his head and sat on the edge of the bed. Scott and Isaac shared a look and sat down with Stiles in between them. Isaac wrapped his arms around Stiles and Scott placed his hand on Stiles' knee. "Tell us what happened bro." Isaac said reassuringly.
Stiles took a deep breath and looked at Scott then Isaac. "I think.. I'm.." he let out a deep breath. "I'mInLoveWithDerek'sUncleAndWe'veBeenDatingForAlmostSixYears." Stiles said quickly in one gust of air.
Isaac's eyes bulged out of his head and Scott kept opening and closing his mouth, looking like a fish out of water. "I.. I'm sorry. It sounded like you said you were dating Derek Hale's older uncle." Scott said in a accusing yet non judgmental tone.
Stiles looked at Scott sheepishly and said in a small voice, "Yeah.. I am. I asked him to keep it a secret considering the age difference but I don't count him being in a coma, so technically he's about Derek's age. Which isn't so bad.. Is it? I'm in love with him Scott. I haven't been this happy since.."
Scott and Isaac understood exactly what Stiles meant to say. Since his mom, was what was left hanging in the air between them. And who the hell were they to take away any kind of happiness from their pack mom.
"But the thing is... I don't think he's even that serious about me and our 'relationship'. If you can even call it that. It's more like a continuous string of late night booty calls." Stiles said struggling to hold back his tears.
xXx Eight Months Later xXx
"Oh my God! Can you guys believe it?!" Kira yelled excitedly. Malia smiled at her girlfriend.
"Yes, we know. We finally graduated!" Aiden replied laughing, then putting his arm around Lydia.
Liam looked at his friends and went to go sit next to his pack mom, he leaned down into Stiles, rubbing his scent all over him. Liam placed his head in Stiles' lap. His eyes flashed yellow as Stiles started running his fingers through Liam's hair. "What's gonna happen with me Mom? Who's going to look out for me and what's left of the pack, once you guys all leave for college?" Liam whispered in a worried tone.
Stiles looked down at Liam and smiled gently. "Well pup, here's what's going to happen.. Me and your Alpha are going to go to our separate schools within driving distance of each other. Then the rest of the pack will be scattered around the States but we'll all be home for the holidays and the weekends. We're just one phone call away. Some of the pack is going to be only an hour away and you can take turns staying with one of us. Alright? We'll never leave you to defend for yourself pup." Stiles reassured Liam. Liam nodded his head and closed his eyes, slowly drifting off.
Hayden stood by the back of the yard of the Stilinski residence with Mason and Corey. The trio discussed what was to become of the pack. Hayden kept her eyes on Liam and Stiles. The Sheriff and Melissa walked over to them. "You guys alright?" Melissa asked while the Sheriff looked concerned.
"Yeah we're okay Mama Stilinski. Good to see you out of your Sheriff's uniform, Papa Stilinski." Mason said with a dimpled smile. The Sheriff laughed at their grandparent nicknames. The couple walked to the center of the yard and called for everyone's attention.
"Hey guys." Melissa hollered at everyone with her arm around the Sheriff's waist and his around her shoulders. The Sheriff smiled and waved at everyone. "We want you guys to come to the BBQ at the end of the summer to properly send off the pack, alright?" Melissa said with a bright smile while everyone else cheered and nodded.
Erica sat in Boyd's lap by the fire pit; the two whispering amongst themselves, even keeping it from all the werewolf ears. Scott and Isaac walked hand-in-hand to sit in the hammock on the opposite side of the fire.
Derek and Paige were looped together, leaning against the tree house. Derek looked at Paige with such adoration. Boyd and Erica stood up abruptly, which caught everyone's attention. Their heartbeats were rapid and it started worrying everyone.
Peter finally took his eyes off of Stiles for the first time that day and walked carefully toward the couple, ready to take out any threat to his mate's betas.
"Boyd and I have an announcement everyone.." Erica said unsure of her own voice. "We uh.. We're.. Uhm.." Erica stuttered.
"What my fiance is trying to say, is that uh.. Wow this is a lot harder than I thought.. Whew! Uhm.. Well.. Uhh.." Boyd took a deep shuddering breath and smiled to everyone in the yard. "We are... Uh.. We're pregnant!" Boyd announced proudly as Erica cried happy tears. Everyone cheered and crowded around them giving their congrats with hugs and handshakes. They all had tears in their eyes.
The only one missing from the puppy pile was Stiles, their pack mother.
xXx Later On That Night xXx
"It's just notfair. I'm happy for them, in fact I'm ecstatic, but how can I be happy for the pack when their own pack mother can't even keep it together. I don't know where my boyfriend and I even stand at this moment in time and then there's the whole leaving the pack and my dad. Oh God, my dad.. And then what school do I even go to because the option moved from three schools to twelve schools. I'm just.." Stiles took a deep breath and deflated against the wall.
He looked down at his shaking hands and let out a few shuddering breaths. He silently started counting his fingers. He could feel a panic attack coming. "I'm just falling apart at the seams and I don't know how to be happy for everyone when I can barely be happy for myself. I just feel like a complete dick for feeling this way." Stiles whispered and looked up at Paige, Derek's mate.
Paige got up from the bed and came to sit next to Stiles on the floor. She placed her hand on both of his. "It's okay to feel this way Stiles. We know you're very happy for Boyd and Erica and that you support them 100% but then again we understand that you being pack mom is a bit too much sometimes. And as for the whole Peter thing, I think you need to discuss that with him. He's actually in his room down the hall. Thank God Derek sound proofed all the bedrooms against wolf ears, right?" Paige said with a nervous chuckle.
Stiles let out a sarcastic chuckle and fell into Paige's lap, crying silently. Derek chose that exact moment to walk into the room. "Well well well... Everybody has been looking for you for hours Stiles and yet, here you are seducingmymate." Derek said jokingly with a laugh. Stiles stood up on wobbly legs and wiped away his tears. Paige stood and greeted Derek with a kiss on his cheek.
"I think I'm going to go to the preserve to clear my head. Please tell the packs not to follow me..." Stiles whispered and walked out of the room, looking as fragile as ever. Little did Stiles know that Derek and Paige, along with everybody else, already know that Stiles was Peter's mate and that was why Peter had been acting so strange in the last 10 months. But nobody could really blame him since his last mate burned in the fire all those years ago.
xXx One Hour Later xXx
Stiles sat in his jeep, with all of his belongings in the back, at the state line and sighed. He looked down at his phone, sent the texts to the pack and his dad and not bothering to wait for the replies he knew was going to come, he turned his phone off and place it in his glove box and drove off into the sunset.
"Hey guys, I just wanna say that I love you all and I support everything that you guys are doing. I've never been so proud to be your pack mom in my entire life. We finally made it through all this fucked up shit and now we finally get the chance to have a real life. I know we all made plans for our last summer together, but I just really want some alone time with my Dad before I leave him for the next 4 to 8 years lol No hard feelings okay? See you all at the BBQ pups and be good! By the way Peter, I'm sorry for making such a big deal of things. I guess I'll see you around Peter, please take care of yourself and don't worry about not returning any of my calls or texts before; I got the message. Loud and clear. I've always had a flare for the dramatics anyways. But uhm anyways, I love you pups so much, thanks for making high school memorable and enjoy your last summer as kids! Fuck yeah! WE MADE IT BITCHES!!!!!!!!!<3"
Little did the pack know that that would be the last time they will ever see or hear from their pack mother ever again.
"Hey dad. I'm heading out to check out my apartment near campus. Be back in a week or so! Love ya! And don't forget to eat healthy! <3"
The Sheriff read the text and put his phone away not even realizing that nobody, including him, knew which school Stiles actually chose.. "Okay, tell me again why Stiles being your mate makes it okay for you, a grown man, to have been sleeping with my son, who was underage, okay. Because well Peter, I'm just not seeing why I shouldn't shoot you."
Peter sucked in what could be his very last breath. He knew Stiles was the one to text the Sheriff but he also knew that the Sheriff wanted to deal with him first. Besides, he would just see Stiles later on so they could discuss things between them. But little did they know that that text would be the last they'll ever hear from Stiles ever again.
xXx Six Months Later xXx
The doorbell goes off.
"Finally the pizza is here!" Stiles thought to himself as he got up from the couch and walked towards the front door.
Stiles opened his front door. "Look, you took more than 30 minutes to get here. So that means my pizza is free.." Stiles said in a frustrated voice as he dug through his wallet looking for money. He looked up and stopped talking, coming face to face with his ex boyfriend, Peter Hale. Stiles stood frozen in place.
"P-Peter.." Stiles whispered brokenly. "How.. Uh.. How'd you find me?"
Peter chuckled and smiled his famous Hale grin. "You didn't really think that you could actually skip town without so much as a goodbye to your brother and all your pups did you?" Peter chuckled and shook his head. "Stiles... You gotta know," Peter took a step towards Stiles. "I'll always be able to find your scent. You're my mate." Stiles and Peter both had tears in their eyes when Stiles tackled him in a bear hug and Peter peppered his face with dozens of kisses. Stiles rubbed his face against Peter's face and neck and shoulders. "Oh how I've missed you my darling, darling boy." Peter whispered into Stiles' hair.