for kat } { let's play character smash!

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Step 1: Comment with a character of your choosing.
Step 2: Specify the character you want to bounce them off of (or offer to be surprised!)
Step 3: Shenanigans ensue.

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[wildkingdom]

[Malia is quiet for most of the drive, not really sure what to make of any of this, but she also loved Stiles, and didn't want this to be the end of them. She just wasn't sure if this is going to make things better or worse.

So silence seems best for now. Stiles will probably start talking eventually.]

[cant_take_waiting]

[Stiles loved Malia and would do anything for the coyote. It just took losing her to find that out. Something that she really hated. She wasn't meant to find out the hard way. Definitely not like that.

The silence continues on for half of the drive.]

What do you plan on doing later?

[With her life, that was. Not just the here and now.]

[wildkingdom]

[She shrugs because she doesn't actually know the answer to either question.]

My dad said he'd pay for me to travel if I wanted. I don't think he's expecting me to go to college.

[cant_take_waiting]

[She can't help but give a small smile. Stiles knows that Malia doesn't really see Peter as her father, even if he is. That's not something she's going to bring up though.]

Did you have a college in mind? I think you could get in anywhere you wanted.

[It's not like Malia wasn't smart, she was.]

[wildkingdom]

[She shakes her head.]

Maybe, but I'm not really interested. Seems like it would be a waste of time.

[She is not the school type.]

[cant_take_waiting]

I think that you could do college just fine. You'd just need to figure out what you wanted to do.

[There's a smile out of Stiles.]

Though I'm behind you 100% no matter what you decide to do, Malia.

[wildkingdom]

Well, right now I want to travel. I want to see things, rather than read about them.

[cant_take_waiting]

Maybe we should go backpacking then.

[She'll explain all of that to Malia if she needs to.]

You'd be able to see the world.

[wildkingdom]

[She tips her head to the side.]

Aren't you supposed to go to school?

[cant_take_waiting]

[She gives Malia a bit of a smile.]

I can take some time off. It wouldn't really be that hard.

[wildkingdom]

Will your dad be okay with that?

[The Sheriff had always leaned pretty hard on the "stay in school" line.]

[cant_take_waiting]

Dad would have to get over it. I make my own choices, Malia.

[wildkingdom]

[Maybe. But she likes the Sheriff and doesn't want to disappoint him.]

I guess.

[cant_take_waiting]

[Stiles doesn't want to disappoint her dad either. Though she doesn't want Malia to be alone. That's a big factor in a lot of things.]

Would you want me to come with you? If dad had no problems with it. I could always take time out from school. Give myself a bit of leeway. That way we had time together and we could explore the world.

[wildkingdom]

[As much as Malia doesn't want to be alone, she doesn't want Stiles to be with her just to fill that purpose either. There's a difference, she's learned, between being with someone because you want to be with them, and being with them out of obligation.

She pauses for a moment, before shrugging.]

I don't want you to come if you're coming just because I'm going to be by myself.

[Traveling with Stiles could be nice, but she wants her to want to be there.]

[cant_take_waiting]

I'm wouldn't be going just because you'd be by yourself, Malia.

[That's probably a big factor, but it wasn't the reason that she wanted to go.]

I want away from Beacon Hills. From the crazy.

[wildkingdom]

Okay.

[Because that's a good reason, but it's still not a reason to go with her specifically.]

Why not go somewhere with Scott?

[cant_take_waiting]

[Why does she need a reason to go with the one person that she cares a great deal for? She hazards a look over to Malia before shaking her head.]

Maybe because I want to go with you, Malia. I can call Scotty up any time I want and go somewhere with him.

[wildkingdom]

[Well you could just SAY that, jeez Stiles.]

Just making sure.

[cant_take_waiting]

[She gives a small smile before shaking her head.]

Besides, I care about my best friend but I love you, Malia. So I want to go with you. Not him.

[wildkingdom]

[And now she's actually starting to believe her.]

Okay. Okay.

[She exhales slowly.]

Let's hope it's not totally lame.

[cant_take_waiting]

[Stiles shakes her head, getting them to the diner and stopping the jeep.]

It won't be, Malia. We'll have the time of our lives.

[wildkingdom]

Good.

[And she'll immediately slide out of the car, yay for not being in a confined space.]

I'm starving.