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Please read the Author's note at the end of the chapter
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Rayne's outfit

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Rayne and Scott sit on the hood of the Jeep at Lookout Point, watching the sky while Stiles has a map of San Francisco spread out on the hood of the Jeep next to Scott and is marking potential places to live for their upcoming freshman year of college.

"All right, so I found some cool two bedrooms in the Mission District, but they're pretty expensive. A couple in Haight and Ashbury, also expensive..." Stiles says
"What about Berkeley? Don't a lot of students live around there?" Scott asks
"Yeah, yeah, we could try Knob Hill. But, the Jeep would probably burn through a lot of clutches." Stiles says.

"You're bringing the Jeep?" Scott asks
"You know the plan, okay? No one gets left behind. That's the plan. Lydia's not gonna have a problem getting into Stanford. Rayne's thinking about San Francisco State. Kira's thinking USF. Malia's, uh, gonna, you know, she'll figure something out, okay. The plan's perfect." Stiles insists.

"Or we could also wait until we actually get into college and then figure out where to live." Scott suggests and Rayne nods
"I have a vision, dude. Okay? And it is a beautiful vision. Don't ruin the vision. Okay, we can check out the East Bay. Haven't looked at Oakland yet, you know." Stiles says and Rayne and Scott stay quiet.

"You're all right? You're starting to feel it?" He asks them
"No. Just thinking." Scott says
"About what?" He asks.

"Senior year." Scott says
"Senior year, come on, that's, that's... That's nothing. That's going to be easy." Stiles says
"It's more like something Deaton told me once. You ever hear of 'regression to the mean?'" Scott asks.

"No, I don't think so." Stiles says
"It was his way of saying that life can't ever be all bad or all good. You know, eventually, things have to come back to the middle. So, think about the last few months. Things have been good, right? But not amazing." Scott explains
"Yeah, but no one's tried to kill us in six months either." Rayne says.

"Right. We've been pretty much in the middle for a while... Which means, at some point, the scale has to tip one way or the other. Things are gonna get really good again..." Scott says
"Or really bad." Stiles says
"Great." Rayne says.

"Think it's been long enough?" Stiles asks
"Yes!" They turn to Liam who is chained to a tree
"Hey. Trying to have an adult conversation over here." Stiles says and he rolls his eyes.

"All right, you're two years older than me, and I'm fine. Just let me go." Liam says and they walk to him
"It's not that we don't trust you-" Scott says
"-It's that I don't trust you." Stiles says.

"But after that last full moon..." Rayne trails off
"It was one slip-up!" Liam says
"A slip-up? A dozen calls to the Sheriff's department about a monstrous dog boy running around the streets of Beacon Hills? Naked?" Stiles says.

"Why were you naked?" Scott asks
"It was really hot out that night, okay? Let me go!" Liam rushes out
"You sure you're okay?" Scott asks.

"It won't happen again." Liam says
"You're in complete and total control." Scott says
"Yeah. Complete and total." Liam nods.

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"Is it a party?" Liam asks as Stiles drives
"It's not a party." Stiles says
"Then what's at midnight?" Liam asks.

"Your bedtime." He says
"Why aren't the girls going?" Liam asks and Rayne hits his head
"What am I? A fucking goldfish?" She asks.

"They're meeting us there and so is Isaac, okay? And just stop asking questions, all right? It's a senior thing. You'll know when you're a senior." Stiles says
"You guys having trouble with your phones?" Scott asks and then suddenly the jeep stops
"Oh, what the hell?" Stiles says.

"You out of gas?" Scott asks
"No, it's electrical. Probably the alternator again." Stiles says and gets out the jeep followed by Rayne and Scott.

"Whoa, that's a lot of duct tape." Scott says once Stiles pops the hood
"Kidding. We'll fix it." He says
"I know. It's just the last night of summer, you know? So, I wanted to make sure everyone was there tonight." Stiles says.

"We'll make it. You got any tools?" Scott asks
"Yeah..." He says and holds up some duct tape
"Guys... Guys!" Liam shouts.

"Yeah, give us a second, please..." Stiles says
"Liam, stay in the car, okay?" Scott says and then suddenly lightning crashes close to them
"That was close." Scott says
"Very close." Stiles says and then Liam pops his head out the window.

"Can we go now?"

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Stiles then parks near at the hospital to get Malia
"Sorry we're late..." He says
"Hey." He says as Malia rushes to him and kisses him.

"Mmm." Rayne grimaces as she hears a hum come from her brother's mouth.

"I'm sorry, too." Liam says
"You boys do remember I own a gun, right?" Mr Tate asks
"Vividly." Stiles says and Malia gets into the jeep

"What?" Malia asks
"Did you find out yet?" Stiles asks
"Find out what?" Liam asks.

"They're gonna email me." She says
"Is this about summer school?" Liam asks
"You told him?" She asks her boyfriend.

"Uh..."

"Oh, no! All they said was you had to go to summer school 'cause the principal said your test scores weren't good enough and you might have to repeat junior year." Liam says
"We should have left him chained to the tree." Stiles says to Scott
"It's not too late. There's a tree over there." Rayne says.

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Rayne and Stiles stand in the hospital and Scott walks up to them
"Still can't reach Kira." He says
"Okay, you reminded her about tonight, though, right?" Rayne asks
"I think so... She only texted me once this week." He says.

"Once? How'd you guys leave things when she left for New York?" Stiles asks
"Well, they were good. Yeah, I just said, you know, 'Don't worry about anything. Just go and have fun.'" Scott says
"No... You told her to 'go have fun?'" Stiles asks.

"Why? What's wrong with that?" Scott asks
"Just... I don't know... That can be interpreted a lot of different ways." Rayne says
"Like what?" He asks.

"Well, like, "Don't worry, we're not exclusive-- go have fun with other guys." Stiles says
"No. No way-"
"Malia, if you were going away, and I told you 'Don't worry, go have fun,' what would you think I was talking about?" Stiles asks his girlfriend.

"Fun like bowling? Or sex with other guys?" She asks
"Okay, yeah... Now, I'm worried." Scott says.

"25-year-old male, unrestrained driver involved in..." The medic says
"Hey, Mom? Where's all this coming from?" Scott asks
"A jack-knifed tractor-trailer on 115-- caused a major pile-up." Melissa says.

"Okay, okay, there's only one way back into Beacon Hills from the airport."
"115." Scott says
"Kira's never gonna make it..." Rayne says.

"I can get her. You guys head to the school. Lydia's probably already there. We'll meet you by midnight." Scott says
"How are you gonna get to her in the middle of a traffic jam?" Stiles asks
"We'll make it. Trust me." He says.

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"Hey, I'm gonna find Isaac." Rayne says and Stiles nods. She walks through the crowds and finds him
"Hi." She hugs him
"Hi." He says.

"Senior Year." Rayne groans
"I know." He says
"You're okay, right?" Rayne asks.

"Yeah, it's just when I thought of Senior Year, I thought it would be you, me, Erica and Boyd." He says
"I know. It's not exactly what I was expected as well." She says
"But after this year we don't have to worry about anything like school again."

"You do understand we have collage right?" He asks
"Don't remind me. Trying to be sentimental." She says and they laugh
"Rayne!" She turns to see Liam, Stiles and Malia.

"Scott's in trouble."

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They all rush down to see Scott being impaled by someone. Scott then gripped his hand and broke his arm then tore his claws out of his chest.
"I don't know who you are, or what you thought you were going to do, but I'll give you a choice. You can stay, and I'll break something else... Or you can run." Scott says.

"I'd run." Stiles says and the creature runs off and they turn to the other werewolf.
"You don't remember me, do you?" He asks
"I guess I look a little different since the fourth grade." He says.

"Theo?" Scott asks
"You know him?" Malia asks him
"They used to. Trust me, I never thought I'd see you guys again. A couple of months ago, I heard of an Alpha in Beacon Hills. When I found out his name was Scott McCall, I just couldn't believe it. Not just an Alpha, but a True Alpha." Theo says.

"What do you want?" Scott asks
"I came back to Beacon Hills-- back home with my family-- because I want to be a part of your pack." Theo says.

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The group walks into the school together towards the library
"We haven't seen this kid in years-- you don't find that highly suspicious?" Stiles asks
"I'm kind of more concerned about the guy who just tried to kill me." Scott says.

They go to walk when they realise Malia is behind them looking at her phone
"I'm in! I passed. I'm officially a senior." She sighs with relief
"Thank God! Where have you guys been? The whole senior class is here! Are we doing this or not?" Lydia asks walking to them.

They all nod and walk hand in hand to the library and Stiles is the first to write his initials and then he hands the marker to Isaac who then hands it to Lydia and then to Kira
"This isn't vandalism, is it?" She asks
"Not technically." Lydia says.

Kira then hands it to Malia and she writes down 'MT' she then hands the marker to Rayne who looks at the blank space and takes a deep breath.

R.S

She then hands the marker to Scott who writes down his initials as well as Allison's
"She would have been with us." Stiles says
"Yeah..." Scott says.

"She still is." Lydia says and they all walk down the steps together.

Author's note

I really wanted to write Erica's, Boyd's and Aiden's initials in this chapter but I have a different plan. You'll just have to wait until future chapters.

TiaraKnightxxx