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chapter twenty five a trip to mexico
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A LOT can happen in a month. A funeral, the welcoming of a new pack member, getting used to wanting to hold someone's hand for no reason at all... a lot can happen in a month.
Odessa Stone had finally come clean to her friends about the research and late nights she had conducted, and spilled everything that came from the nights she did sleep, which were her nightmares. The dreams of her past. The place she came from. Silas. They now knew about all of it.
She did get an earful from Stiles, as expected. The boy could not believe she didn't tell him the second they started happening or the late nights she spent, saying he would've been up with her. That made her bite down the biggest smile.
The pair made the decision to not become official, but they knew—everyone knew. Something was there. The longing glances they made that they desperately tried to keep unnoticed became so long everyone in the room noticed them—and they didn't care. Odessa had made the first move in holding his hand without the need to calm him. She held his hand just because she wanted to, and he didn't push her away or give her a questioning look, Stiles simply squeezed her hand back. The more they did it, the more comfortable they were. Playing with each other's fingers or a comforting rub on the back. One of Odessa's favorite things to do was caress the nape of Stiles' neck. Just simple gestures that made the other know they were there for one another.
Amongst the coming clean and new relationship territory came a new change in the pack, Malia Tate. A week after defeating the nogitsune and the oni, Malia had showed up to school and asked Scott to help her adjust to the mundane world and control her coyote side. The McCall sensed deja vu in the situation when saying yes—knowing he said yes to a certain blonde 5 months prior with the same thing. Malia was welcomed into the pack with open arms and Scott, Stiles and Odessa were teaching her control.
Even with all the normalcy around them, the lingering effects of Void and his destruction was prominent. Odessa had been called over to the Stilinski's often to help Stiles calm down from nightmares. Compared to when Odessa would come over and calm him from his night terrors caused by his sacrifice to the Nemeton and leave his room right after, Stiles actually talked through his nightmares with her, sitting on his bed together until he fell back asleep, his hand usually in hers as he did.
Another topic of discussion they weren't shy about was why Void had such an attraction to Odessa in the first place. It didn't surprise the blonde when Stiles told her the nogitsune used Stiles' personal feelings toward her to try to seduce her and taunt Stiles in the process. Thinking of someone, even an evil fox spirit, using Stiles' feelings for her against him made her sick.
