"Liam." Eli walked into the locker room. "You've gotta get up, young one."

"I can't handle this." Liam nearly cried.

"Yes, you can." Mason encouraged him. "You've handled so much worse than this."

Eli reached down and pulled Liam into a sitting position. "Mason is speaking all the truth in the world. He's a truther."

"Yeah, you're practically the alpha now." Mason agreed.

"Woah." Eli gave him a look. "Too far."

"I'm nothing without her."Liam pouted as they began to get his lacrosse gear on him.

"Oh, come on. You're everything without her." Eli encouraged with a pat to the back.

"Liam, can you help me with this, please?" Corey huffed as he tried to get his gear on.

"Liam, come on." Eli huffed. "I'm tired of this now. I have to pull you out of bed, I have to throw you on my skateboard, I have to come to school everyday even though i've graduated, and now i've gotta put your clothes on? Do you honestly think i'd be a good teen Dad? Because I don't."

"Hayden left me." Liam shook his head.

"She moved." Mason corrected. "To protect her sister. And it's not like she dumped you or anything."

"Why is your arm so heavy?" Corey huffed.

"You just gotta-" Eli took it and bend his arm in an odd way, getting a yelp from Liam. "-there we go."

"Eli left me too." Liam announced.

"Eli is right behind you." he corrected.

"He's going to Paris with his girlfriend and leaving me." Liam huffed. "He graduated before me, two years before me."

"Liam, Paris isn't forever. I was always gonna graduate before you, doesn't mean i've left you." Eli circled him to tighten the gear up. "Besides, we already have a call schedule."

"Malia is gonna eat the call schedule and we're not gonna have the call schedule anymore." he gave him a look.

"I won't let her eat it." he patted his head, Mason grabbed his phone when it buzzed.

"Okay, Scott says coach is loosing it." Mason looked with wide eyes.

"Scott's leaving too." Liam pointed out.

"Going to college is not leaving." Mason spoke again. "It's called growing up and we're all gonna be going to different colleges eventually."

"I thought we were both applying to UCLA." Corey looked up.

"You're applying to colleges without us?" Eli's eyes widened.

"You guys are going to the same college?" Liams huffed.

"That is not the point." Mason put his stick into his hands.

"What is the point?" Liam asked as Eli forcefully pulled him to his feet. "I wish you were still human."

"Thank a blind alpha and Theo for that one." Eli patted him on the back.

"The point is that summers almost over, and Eli needs to go to the airport right now." Mason looked at him. "I can handle this."

"Liam, are you gonna be okay?" Eli sighed down at him. "I'm coming back."

"Don't let your girlfriend eat the call schedule." he gave a look as Eli smiled and hugged his head. "Don't be scared of boobs!"

"I won't!" Eli yelled, sprinting through the school.

"Noooo." Eli pushed Malias doors open. "Our flight was ruined?"

"Eli." Malia held the book up. "You got me hooked."

"It's so good, right?" he smiled.

"Oh, good." Lydia tossed her hands up. "You're also here. Please tell Malia that you both have plenty of time to help since your flight got delayed."

"Help what?" he leaned back on his elbows next to Malia.

"Dead wolves." Malia waved him off. "Tell her Liam has everything covered."

"I thought you were wanting to be alpha?" Lydia crossed her arms at Eli.

"I d-" he stumbled over his words.

"Parissss." Malia sat up to wrap her arms around him. "Then swedennnn."

Eli smiled up at Lydia. "Liam has it all covered."

"See, when has he ever been wrong?" Malia yanked him back onto her bed with her, using her arm around his neck to flip her page. "Anything else?"

Lydia huffed, Eli smiled at her. "Wanna join?"

"Oh my god." Lydia stormed out of the door, leaving the pair to giggle.

"Malia, don't-" Eli began, stopping as she lifted the dead rat. "-touch it."

"What do you think happened?" Liam looked over.

"Rats freaked out. Crawled all over each other. Got their tails knotted up." she confirmed.

"Rabies can still be given to were-coyotes." Eli gave his girlfriend a crazy look.

"You read up on rat kings?" Mason questioned.

"What's a rat king?" Malia held the rat a little higher.

"Malia, please put it down. I don't wanna hold that hand." he shook his head as she gave him a look of disbelief and dropped it.

"Happy?" she rose an eyebrow.

"Very." Eli agreed.

"Can you smell it? It's fear." Malia motioned to the rats. "I'd hold it for you but Eli is being dramatic again."

Liam winced. "Yeah, it's the same as the ones in the math classroom."

"Why were there rats in a classroom?" she look over.

"Did you get the possible basket case teacher?" Eli gave a painful look. "Are you having to dissect like I did?"

"Even worse, they were still alive." Lila shook his head.

"You had to dissect while they were alive?" he gapped in a panicked state.

"No!" Liam shook his head. "They ran in in second period, about fifty of them."

"Two minutes are up." Malia grabbed Eli's wrist and pulled him with her.

"Where are you going?" Liam called out to the pair.

"Paris." she answered. "This isn't my problem."

"I'll call you!" Eli called.

"So you think this is a problem?" Liam yelled to the couple.

"Maybe. Probably. But you've got it covered!" Malia agreed.

"Yeah, since I didn't get promoted to Alpha." Eli rolled his eyes.

"Aw, you'd be a good alpha, Eli." Malia pinched his face in a baby voice. "Let's go to Paris!"

He gave a cheer and danced out of the tunnels with her.

"Come on, Hjärtanskär." Eli stared at Malias laptop with her, holding her shoulders as they watched. "Come-"

On time.

"Wee-wee!" Malia yelled as she got to her feet.

"Bonjour!" Eli cheered as he lifted her up in a tight hug. "My camera is gonna have a field day!"

"Hurry, hurry!" Malia spoke fast as they grabbed their backs, turning on sync to see Scott and Lydia in the doorway. "No! No, no, no, no! It's just rats. Rates and wolves."

"And we are getting croissants and the eiffel tower." Eli gave a point with a smile. "My camera is gonna document it for all of you!"

"We need you. Both of you." Lydia stated.

"And we need Paris." Malia nodded.

"Paris has been around for 2,000 years and it's not going anywhere." Lydia tilted her head.

"You know what hasn't been around for 2,000 years?" Eli titled his head to her, as she did him. "Me. But, I stressed and put so much pressure on myself to graduate a year early so I can go on this trip. I didn't do that for nothing, so, Paris is awaiting us."

"Mhm." Malia grabbed his hand and pulled him toward the window.

"Malia." Scott spoke. "Eli."

"Eli, Liam and Mason called." Lydia for his attention.

"Do not guilt trip me, i've already given them all my love and said i'd be home soon." he held a hand up to her.

"We can't make either of you stay, and I don't want to try." Scott stared at the pair. "But we were hoping that maybe you'd want to."

"Well, we don't." Malia sassed as Eli agreed.

"Okay." Scott nodded, backing off, giving them space to move.

Lydia on the other hand blocked the doorway again. Scott pulled her out of the way. Eli smiled. "Be home soon."

As they entered the hallway, they both froze on sync. The pair shared a look. Eli frowned. "Liam and Mason."

"Scott and Lydia." she agreed.

"There's another fight in one month." he nodded. "We go then, and graduating early wasn't for nothing."

"And we stay double time." Malia nodded, leaning in to kiss him quickly before they walked back to meet Scott and Lydias knowing stare. She threw her bag at him. "What are we suppose to do?"

"Find a hellhound." Scott confirmed.

•

kylie speaks

I PROMISE I DIDNT
ABANDONED YOU GUYS!!
with the new season of
stranger things out i had to
add SEVEN book into my
schedule but i'm nearly finish
with all of them, even though i've got to add three back to
the schedule with tua cominh
back on the 22nd, BUT the point
is that i won't be as swamped
and will be able to update again