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Lydia Martin ([personal profile] quiritatus) wrote2013-07-24 08:45 am

VOICE TESTING

If there was one thing Lydia Martin couldn't tolerate, it was deliberate stupidity. But that just seemed to be her lot in life, to be surrounded by deliberate stupidity until she could escape.

It really wasn't fair that she had to be trapped in an ordinary school in an ordinary - well, not completely ordinary - town. Being a teenager meant that she had to put herself in a nice little box, and be what was expected of her, until her escape. She had a calendar in her room. Hidden under her bed. In which she'd mark off the days until her graduation, and then the days until she was at Princeton in the pure math program. So close, she could taste it. Yes, Berkeley had figured into her plans once, and so had MIT. But Princeton had now been ranked the best. So she would get in there, that simple. Her 720 SAT score would make it happen, and she anticipated no problems.

Well, aside from the usual werewolfy kind of problems.

Honestly, it was getting annoying. She could set her watch to it. Ever since Derek Hale had returned, she'd had enough weirdness in her life to last a lifetime. And yet, with distressing regularity, she had another...episode. And now, it was just getting to be about the time that somebody would approach her with the latest supernatural crap.

Head held high as she dominated the school's hallway, heels clicking competently against the linoleum, she counted down in her head. Five, four, three, two...
studmuffin: (burned down their hanging trees)

[personal profile] studmuffin 2013-07-24 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"Lydia."

He appears out of nowhere, pulling away from where Scott and Allison are having a deep and meaningful conversation to fall into step at her right side. His backpack is slung over his shoulder and Stiles could pretty much do his classes in his sleep - has been ever since Scott became a werewolf. So his immediate flocking to her isn't academic. ( If Stiles could concentrate, he would be just like Lydia. But there's so much to worry about. )

"I need to talk to you about something."
studmuffin: (now that we got you gone for good)

you've seen this week's episode, right?

[personal profile] studmuffin 2013-07-24 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
He opens his mouth to tell her about it, then seems to realise the masses of other students and shuts it again. Scott's not exactly the best at keeping stuff on the down low and Stiles has been trying to make it look less like they're in some sort of super creepy internet gang.

So he slows his pace and keeps at her side like he's maybe discussing homework or something. "Maybe later?" A glance around, "That'd be okay, right?"
studmuffin: (shines when the sunset shifts)

OH GOOD ME TOO

[personal profile] studmuffin 2013-07-24 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
( Wow Lydia, not his fault. )

"Music room?" He knows it will at least be free. Ever since the teacher disappeared ( read: vicious sacrificed ) everyone avoids it. So they'll have space to talk.
studmuffin: (shines when the sunset shifts)

i am so mad aaaaaah. next week, pls be better.

[personal profile] studmuffin 2013-07-24 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"Okay."

He could tell her to have fun in class - he knows her schedule better than anyone bar Lydia herself. But he senses that they have more serious stuff to be worried about. He worries sometimes that even that ten year plan of his will be killed off due to the Alphas, to Derek, to Peter, to everything.

"Later."

And off he goes, back to Scott.
studmuffin: (let me waste to thee)

me too.we can become vigilantes.

[personal profile] studmuffin 2013-07-24 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hi."

He's already sitting on the edge of a desk, his feet up on the chair in front of it. There's a notebook on his lap - leftover homework maybe. He smiles when he sees her though.

"You okay?"
studmuffin: (there's a cure that comes with a kiss)

sorry i am so slow tonight, so sleepy omg

[personal profile] studmuffin 2013-07-24 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Stiles can see through that like it's glass - but then everything about Lydia has always been like that. Delicate and clean and sparkling. But he understands, he does. Everyone involved in this business is two seconds away from crumbling.

"The Hales."

He fidgets with his pen. "I just - Scott's got ... I don't know what Scott's got going on. I figure maybe me and you could hash this out."

He still thinks Lydia can do more than she's letting on, but maybe she's not being used this time.
studmuffin: (let me waste to thee)

[personal profile] studmuffin 2013-07-25 02:29 pm (UTC)(link)
He thinks about reminding her of all the stuff Peter has put her through - put them through. That Peter is their business, by extension Derek and Cora. Instead he bites back his sigh.

"Lydia, this isn't a season deal. You know about all of this now. They're going to keep pulling you back in whether you like it or not. Don't you want to be ahead of the game?"
studmuffin: (got a curse we cannot lift)

that's okay, real life is a bitch like that.

[personal profile] studmuffin 2013-07-26 12:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"You can do so much more than that."

Stiles is the one with the running and the screaming. Lydia has something, some magical aspect of her already awesome personality. So maybe the hero worship has begun to wear off, maybe Stiles is seeing her for the person that she is. But that's a good thing, right? It means they can work together.

"Just because we're Team Human doesn't mean we suck, Lydia. And besides you and Allison are kind of besties, right? It makes sense you stick with us."

Yeah, including himself in that.
studmuffin: (open my heart and let it bleed on yours)

[personal profile] studmuffin 2013-07-26 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"And I still wouldn't want to get the crap beat out of me by that bag."

He gets it, he does. Sometimes he dreams of Gerard and wakes up with his heart in his throat. And he remembers Peter, remembers Lydia's blood everywhere and him not being able to help her. He hates it too.

"Could you really pretend you didn't know about any of this - the werewolves, the druids, the magic. Could you just go back?"
studmuffin: (Default)

[personal profile] studmuffin 2013-07-28 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"Something's up with Derek. And I know he's not your favourite person - he's not mine either - but I just ... we need him on board, right? If we're gonna get through this."

A pause, "I need you to help me find him."
studmuffin: (the bite that binds the gift that gives)

[personal profile] studmuffin 2013-07-29 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"You're something, Lydia."

He wonders if she'd be able to find Derek any better. "Besides, I just - maybe if we go for a walk around, see what we get the feel for?"
studmuffin: (show you what all that howl is for)

[personal profile] studmuffin 2013-07-30 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"You might get a sense for him! Feel his brooding greatness somewhere."

He'd ask Scott to help him sniff Derek out but he doubts that would go down well. Besides, it kills two birds. Helps him find Derek and keep an eye on Lydia.

"Please, c'mon. I'm worried about him and I could do with your help."