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2. Next Time

It had been one week so far and Payton had pretty much survived high school, well almost. The math teacher Mr. Peter's loved, math came natural to her, but the science and spelling not so much, those were her worst subjects. She was acing gym, it came to her so easily, partly from her werewolf side. But, gym also looked like it came to easy to Derek, She had been watching for some time now, but not like stalking, just to see if she can trust him, and noticed that he was quite different than the other boys. She could sense some super natural things going on, or maybe it was just the stench of sweat from the others.

"Pay! You coming to the game?"

Payton looked up from her sketching and nodded, "I promised didn't I? And when I promise something, I promise,"

"Oooh I can't wait! We can see all the cute guys!" Mal squealed, and pounded her hand son the table with glee, Lily gasped with a smile, "Speaking of cute boys, check out Mr. Hottie! He's so checking you out!"

Payton turned her head and saw the captain of the basketball team, James, looking at her with a boy-ish smile that made her heart flutter. She smiled a bit and waved, James smiled and waved back, his friends pounded him on back and whistled.

"He is so cute Pay, you too would be perfect!" Mal said with a sigh.

Payton shrugged and went back to drawing, "I mean- yeah sure, he's good looking but, is he all that?"

"All that?" Lily took a bite of her apple and looked up at her.

"Yeah, like, will he care about me, or him self?" she glanced over her shoulder expecting to see him, but this time seeing Derek staring at her, her eyes glazed over and she quickly put her head down.

"Pay? You okay?" Mal asked, worried about her friend.

"Uh- yeah, I'm fine," she paused, thinking of what to say, "Um, when is gym?"

"Its in-" She checked her phone, "Five minutes! I need time to fix my hair!" she shrieked and ran for the lockers, Lily trailing after her. Payton rolled her eyes and grabbed her bag, she glanced back at Derek and headed after her two friends.

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"The goal of the object is for you to climb to the top of the rope as fast as you can, ring the bell and come back down quickly, and I'll grade you." The coach was saying.

Payton walked in with Lily and Mal, the boys started hooting and wolf whistling, Mal giggled and posed for them while Lily waved. Payton rolled her eyes and set her bag down on the bleachers, she looked up when a shadow was cast over her. James stood beside her, "Good luck out there Pay," he said with a smile. "Thanks, James," Payton said with a blush, "You two."

"Well catch you later." James replied and walked over to where his guy friends were, including Derek, who wore a slight frown. She looked at him, then walked back over to Lily and Mal and stood in the girl group.

"Now, when I call your names, you will go to your partner and get ready to climb." Coach looked down at the first name and read, "Let's see... Payton Myers and..." she paused, Payton was crossing her fingers for James, he would be an awesome partner. "Derek Hale."

Payton's eyes widened and she slowly walked over to her partner, "Derek.." she muttered. "Payton." he said, under his breath. "Partner." she turned towards her rope and waited for the whistle.

"And, go!" Coach shouted, Payton grabbed on began climbing with each push her feet gave her. She looked up and saw Derek way ahead of her on his rope, growling quietly she climbed faster and reached the bell in seconds after he rang his.

"Nice try Lahey, another time, next!" Coach shouted.

Payton clenched her teeth and made her way down, "I could of had that." she muttered.

"I'm sure you'll get it next time Pay," Lily said.

"Agreed." Mal placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Yeah, next time." Payton muttered with a glare.