2He sits at the lunch table by himself.
A new werewolf, an supernatural being, an enigma.
Still alone. Still a freak, still a loner.
Erica has swimming practise and Issac's officially dating Tracy. Without pack he's still reminded, that he's one argument away from being an omega. It scares him. It keeps him up at night a lot actually. There was a light at the end of the tunnel. The amazing super tech, Danny Mahealani. Smart gorgeous, cynical. He couldn't believe it, when he'd asked him out at the libaray. He thought Jackson had him up to it. Like some kind of Jock prank. Until Danny actually started sitting with him at lunch.
For someone so guarded, Boyd caught feelings quicker than he'd thought. Texting Danny rather than calling. Buying Danny lunch when he could, trying to impress him with facts about the ITO pack. Pushing open his windows with huge bestiaries. Maybe that what ruined it. Maybe he was too factual. Too boring.
Erica obviousy could smell that Danny was cheating, but Boyd wouldn't hear of it. He told her that she was being paranoid. That he was surrounded by dudes all day and that why he smelled of weird aftershave and baguettes that they didn't have at the school. But Danny was still texting him funny memes. Still smiling at him in the hallways. Still making out with him inbetween classes. So Boyd convinced himself that Erica was wrong for once.
He sips a soda as he remembers trying to find Danny on his ew cabirthday. Boyd had brought him a new camera. Only to find him making out with Josh at Ethan's place.
"Get back here!" Erica orders.
"Shall I"
"No way, take the fucking camera! You owe that asshole NOTHING!"
She was right. Erica was always right. How many times had he sat in her arms trying to hold the tears in?
He cursed in present day. He forgot his mini sticky toffee pudding. It was the only dessert that the kitchen got right. He wants to get up, but the Jocks have just come in. He doesn't want to deal with Danny, Jackson and Brett laughing at him right now. He catches Danny waving before he sits down. Jackson laughs, and he instantly feels like shit.
He's done.
He's the one that got cheated on, and he's still treated like shit. He needs to throw Danny. Throw stupid stuff like feelings and, crushing, and libary dates in the bin. Drown it in the pool, bat it away like a tennis ball. Relationships just aren't his thing. Hell a few months ago friendship wasn't even his thing. He could barely spell the word. He needed to focus on Derek. Focus on Isaac. Focus on being the best friend to Erica that he could be.
This whole Girlfriend slash boyfriend slash open to anyone experiement had been a waste of time. Maybe he should be thanking Danny instead of feeling as bitter as the sausage rolls he can smell burning in the canteen oven. He reaches for a serviette, only to hear his name frantically being called,
"Boooyd! Boyd heeeey!" Stiles is literally leaping over chairs and Aaron, who's tying his shoelaces. He falls ove and toples over Lydia's rice pudding, which is now splattered over his shirt. "Shit! Sooory Lyd! Here's..." He fumbles for change, putting a meek handful of quarters on her tray.
"Stiles what the fuck!" She rants in disgust as he ignores her. Boyd gets out his phone as he comes over, pretending that he didn't see that whole exchange.
"Hey Boyd! Had to race over here!"
"Is Scott okay?"
"Oh? Yeah Scotty always okay with me as his Robin! We're actually two Batman's but don't tell him that! One exclusive Limited edition Sticky Toffee pud!" He triumphantly slides it towards him on the table. "
"I thought they were long gone?"
"They are now, that's the last one!" Stiles coughs, still trying to catch his breath.
"It's warm?"
"Yeah, I heard you prefered the hot stuff! Snuck into the staff room and heated it up!"
"Stiles, I don't want nor need a pity pudding"
"Pity?" Stiles, huge fawn like eyes grow bigger with confusion. "Pity what happened? What do you require my pity for young scholar?"
"Oh...nothing much" Boyd changes tack. B plus instead of a usual A" He lies.
"The horror!"
"Here's a dollar for the pudding..."
"Nooooooo! I won't here of hear of it! Oh guys are drooling, Erica's back!"
"Thanks Stiles" Boyd notes a twitch of smile, maybe outside of pack he could entertain another friend after all?
He waits until the Beta and the blonde are gone, before he calls Scott. Moments later His best friend comes in with Kira, and sits down on Boyd's former side of the table.
"Hey Stiles we've got..." Kira begins as Stiles stares into Scott's brain.
"Sorry Kira washedumped? Washedumped? Did Danny dump him? Did he end it? Are they done? Is he dumped?"
"I'm just making sure Boyd and Erica are really gone"
"Like gone to cuddle together and cry in the library, because he got dumped? Did he get dumped? Are they done? Are they kaput? Are they finito? Is Mr Cruz gonna tell me in history that Danny and Boyd are ancient history? Did Danny give him the dear John Letter? The you're fired apprentice finger? The pink slip?"
"Stil..."
"Are they avartvel e? koen, skończone?"
"You can take down the break up star wars calendar" Erica told me they've been done for a few weeks" Kira smiles.
"No shit! Danny dumped him right?"
"Kind of" Scott said, shyly stroking Kira's arm. "Danny cheated with Josh?"
"SKANK!" Stiles yells, grabbing unwanted attention from Hayden and her friends nearby. "Sorry ladies that one wasn't for you, well...not today anyway! He scrambled up out of his seat.
"Where are you going?"
"Heard coach earlier. They're gonna get rid of Boyd's little sticky toffee puddings. Cost cuts. We can't let that happen!"
"Stiles it's a dessert! Relax, they'll replace it with something else" Scott tells him as Kira rubs his shoulder.