Soulmate Of A True Alpha
Scene 62

I wake up to my phone ringing. 3am. I breathe in and get out of my brother’s arms to answer it. It’s Allison

Me: Hey Alli… how are you?

Allison: I guess you heard.

Me: Yeah, you feeling better?

Allison : Can you please come over? I need to talk to you.

Me : Yes, where are you?

Allison : At the flat

Me : I’m coming, I’m teleporting.

I hang up and teleport to the front door and knock. It automatically opens to reveal my best friend, a bun undone on her head and mascara residue under her eyes. She lets me in and we sit down on the sofa.

Allison : Do you think I’ve made a mistake?

I’m fed up with being sad and want to be happy, so I’d say yes. Things were about to get better and then she broke my brother’s love for Kira. But in reality, hiding her feelings for him for so long must have made her sick. And if I want to be the happy girl, my friends have to be too, otherwise my happiness would only be superficial.

Me: It’s hard at the time, but you were right to talk about it. Later, with Scott or without him, you’ll be better off than when you were hiding your feelings.

She nods

Allison: Is he sad?

Me: He’s… lost… plus Kira’s gone…

Allison: Yeah, I know, we talked on the phone. I feel so guilty, Hannah.

She rests her head on my shoulder and sobs. I let her calm down and slowly rub her back with my hand.

A week later

I’m walking through the corridors, alone. Little by little, the pack have stopped talking to each other. First Liam, who’s been spending all his time with Hayden since they’ve been together, then Allison, who was too uncomfortable with the latest events. Lydia searches for chimera bodies every day, without success as you can imagine, and lastly, Scott stays with Theo most of the time, who’s the only one who’s been optimistic lately.

At school, nobody smiles any more. Everyone has to wait for the next shit to happen without really knowing what it is.

I gasp at this sad thought and look up to try and concentrate on the lesson, but it’s no use, I miss my friends… I take out my book and write. Write the life I would have liked to have. A normal life with the people I love. Having to worry about my final exams, not having to stay alive.

I look up and see a girl running out of the classroom. I think it’s Beth. I look over to where she’s sitting and there’s… a fingernail covered in… mercury. Crap! I run outside too, under the teacher’s warnings, and see Beth at her locker, putting her things away.

Me: Beth!

She turns around for a split second then continues her task. I run over to her and rest my hand on her shoulder. She flinches and pulls it away.

Beth: I’m fine, Hannah. Go back to class.

Her nose is dripping with mercury. She wipes it off.

Me: Beth I’m/

Beth: I don’t care! Go away!

She growls and pushes me away with superhuman strength. She runs outside and by the time I get up she’s out of my sight.

Me: Shit!

I run everywhere looking for her and end up on the cross-country course. There she is. Lying in her own b***d. I look around for the doctors but I can’t see them.

HANNAH!

Stiles! I turn around and hug him. The only one I talk to all the time. The only one who stays by my side and keeps me from sinking and… leaving…

He holds me close. More to comfort himself than me, I guess.

Me: We need to call Noah

He nods against my body and we take off. Stiles calls his dad and I wait, helpless. Beth didn’t deserve this. Nobody deserves this. To be the subject of laboratories and end up a failure. Nobody deserves what happens to all of us. It’s clear that everyone is in over their heads. The lack of smiles is proof of that. Mine in particular.