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[anticonvulsant]

[ Just after this, Erica shows up on the network. She's tried to make this private to just the people she knows, but she's so pissed off that she utterly fails at it. ] What the fuck else aren't you telling me!?

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[black_widow]

Someone hid something from you?

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[anticonvulsant]

[ Shit. This was supposed to be private. She's still seething, but her anger is directed towards a specific group of people, not.. Natasha Romanoff. ] Yeah. Something pretty important.

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[black_widow]

Important things are often hidden to protect someone. [A pause.] Who hid it? Friends?

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[anticonvulsant]

I thought they were. [ She mutters, swallowing thick. ]

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[black_widow]

Friends are still friends, no matter what they hide.

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[exercise]

[ Scott's not proud of the amount of time it takes to respond to this.

Which is probably a good hour or so after they meet. What's he supposed to do? He obviously already dropped the ball on this one - lost all hope of ever befriending Erica again. Though, befriending her in death is probably the cruelest act he could manage, huh?

He starts up the feed. ]

I can tell you whatever, if you want.

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[anticonvulsant]

[ Okay, she feels bad. Sort of. For the way she kicked him out after he told her. But she's still mad, and its obvious in the set of her jaw when she talks to him. ] You better tell me everything.

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[exercise]

Even if it hurts more than this?

[ He's thinking about Boyd, because that's been the other thing he's dreading telling Erica. But... well, there's no point now, right? ]

Yeah, I'll tell you everything.

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[anticonvulsant]

[ She barks out a bitter laugh. ] Pretty sure nothing could hurt more.

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[exercise]

Not sure about that. [ He shakes his head, but he's in agreement that it's better to get all the truth out now - not stretch it out and tell her later and have her get more mad. ]

So - last thing you remember?

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[distract]

Well -

[ a part of her is glad that she wasn't the one to break the news, although that begs an even bigger question. and she's pretty sure she knows who the culprit is. ]

- there's a lot.

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[anticonvulsant]

No shit, Sherlock. What else do your acute powers of observation deduce?

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[distract]

Do you want to know or not?

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[anticonvulsant]

Please, enlighten me.

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[distract]

How much did Scott already tell you?

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[hypercompetent]

[ Oh no. Stiles takes a little while to answer this one, and he even makes it private. ]

I didn't know, either.

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[anticonvulsant]

You knew about the Argents and kept that from me. [ Sorry, Stiles. She's angry and hurt. ]

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[hypercompetent]

[ Well he totally deserves this. And she's about to get even angrier, but he lets out a sigh. ]

...I was there, too.

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[anticonvulsant]

Yeah, I know. [ Surprise!! ] Scott told me. [ She's about ready to throw her device across the room, but she doesn't. Because destroying Stiles instead of it right now? Will hopefully make her feel better. ] Why didn't you?

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[hypercompetent]

[ It's like a total stab in the gut--at least the reminder is. What happened in Gerard's basement is something he's not proud of. Scott wouldn't have left, wouldn't have let Gerard let him go, no matter how hard he got his ass kicked, and Stiles did. ]

Because it--it wasn't my place, alright? Who's supposed to just go up to someone and be like, hey, by the way, you ran away from Derek and then got kidnapped by a John McCain lookalike? I didn't even tell my dad the truth about it, and you...you're here, and not--like that. [ Not dead. ] So it's like a second chance, I guess.

[ This is sounding lamer and lamer the more he talks about it. ]

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[driven]

[ allison might not like you at all, erica, but that doesn't stop her from feeling slightly guilty about this. and a little sad, for her. ]

How'd you find out?

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[anticonvulsant]

[ Erica scowls darkly, before it morphs into a big, sarcastic grin. ] Scott told me. What a good friend.

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[driven]

[ she just nods. ]

It's not- [ what is she even supposed to do here? defend scott's decision not to tell her in the first place, even when allison didn't agree with him? no. ]

There's not a lot of good news. About the future.

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[anticonvulsant]

[ Erica huffs, and rolls her eyes. ] Really? Because I'm pretty sure the fact I'm dead could only be a precursor to sunshine and rainbows.

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[driven]

That's not what I meant.

[ and maybe her voice comes out a little snappier than she means. ]

You can't blame Scott for not wanting to tell you.