#scottimagines

It was time for dinner so the pack gathered around the kitchen to cook together for Stiles and sherriff Stilinski. Everyone was in charge of something to make this perfect. The only thing ruining it was the tension between you and Stiles but, thankfully, you made an effort and it wasn't affecting the rest of the pack in anyway although they knew. You tried to talk to Stiles twice but it didn't work, he barely answered making you feel worse. You felt heavy inside. Like something wasn't letting you breathe triggering your anxiety but through the years you've started manage it better, keeping it under control. Meanwhile Liam and Mason kept making everyone laugh with their attempts in the kitchen. "Are you ok?" You turned around to see Scott next to you with his hand in your back. "Yeah.. Trying to, at least." You looked down trying to hide your vulnerable self from Scott but he could feel it. "He'll calm down eventually. He's just being his over protective self because he loves you." You glanced at him and saw him paying little to no attention at all to what was happening around him. Ocasionally he would and he would laugh but most of the time he was just distant. "Breathe, ok?" You looked back at Scott and smiled at him. "Ok." Sherriff arrived home a few minutes after walking in on a mess. But he was happy to see his house full of life and, most importantly, everyone ok and having fun for a change. He even came in to teach Liam and Mason some cooking skills but it was a disaster. Dinner was so much fun. You all talked a lot, joked around with each other, just an amazing evening. It was the most fun you were having together in a while since it's been very stressfull year. After cleaning the dishes you stepped outside to get some fresh air and Malia came with you. "You're holding up pretty well." She actually smiled at you and you smiled back. "I'm trying. Look I need to tell you -" "I know about you and Stiles. I've seen how you are around each other and I can smell it remember?" "Forgot about that. But I should have talked to you before anything happened. I just.. " "It's ok, you're talking now. I appreaciate it." You felt better now that you were being honest. "But are you ok?" Malia shooke it off. "I've gone through worse to be honest. I do still have feelings for him. He was my first everything you know? But we weren't meant for each other I guess. And that's fine. I actually have feelings for another person." "You do? Who?" You got too excited. "A pack member although he's not living here anymore. You haven't met him yet. Isaac Lahey." You've heard of him but you've never met him. "Yeah you're right. Isn't he in France?" "Yeah he left with Chris after Allison died. I never met her but I met him briefly before he left. I talked to him recently and it kind of affected me." "That's good right?" You were so interested and you sounded like a kind making her laugh. "I don't know. He's not around us a lot you know?" "We can try and make him visit us!" She laughed again. "How?" "I have no idea but I'm sure we'll plan it out!" It was actually really nice to hangout and talk to her. She was the only girl in the pack you weren't that close to because of the Stiles thing but she was also the only one related to you which made you want to get closer to her. And talking to her actually made you feel better about Stiles although inside your heart was still breaking because of your argument. It was getting late so you decided to head home. You got in to say goodbye to everyone individually and your heart nearly jumped out when it came to Stiles. "Hum I hope you liked our surprise." You said shaking. He avoided looking at you. "Yeah thanks. Have a good night." He gave you a awkward and short hug. Not that it surprised you, you were expecting something like this it made you feel even worse. You grabbed your backpack and left right away.

As you were coming down to join the rest of the gang, the three of you heard them argue. "No!" You heard Stiles raise his voice. "Stiles you have nothing to lose." Scott said calmly, it even seemed like he was laughing. "Yeah except for my dignity! No way!" "I'm sure Aria won't -" "I won't what?" You entered the room and they froze. After a few seconds Liam and Mason burst out laughing while you stood there clueless. "Nothing! FINALLY! What took you so long? Jeez!" Stiles looked like he was going to explode. "None of your business nosey." He looked at you annoyed and you smiled. "As we mentioned before, girl stuff." Lydia added. "I'm glad I'm not a girl." Liam said laughing and instantly regreting it when he saw all four of you girls shooting him a deadly look. "Can we please just -" stiles cried out while pointing at the tv. No one answered so he took that as a yes. "Aria where -" Scott started making Stiles pissed. "Oh my GOD!" You all laughed at him but you felt bad for him. "As I was saying" scott continued, "you were amazing back there when we paid the visit to Theo." "Really amazing. I was impressed." This came out of Malia's mouth making you feel happy since you felt like she didn't like you. "Where did you learn that? Can you teach me?" Mason asked excited making you smile. "Thanks. Hum I've been learning and training with.. Promise me you won't tell or get mad." You were scared to say because you didn't want anyone to get upset and cause drama. "I promise." Scott said putting his hand of your shoulder. You believe him. "I'm learning and training with Argent, Deaton and Kira's mom." Kira's eyes widened with shock and Stiles got off the couch instantly. "What?" You took a step back after you jumped with their reaction, looking at both of them. "Please explain." Lydia asked looking at both of them too. "I asked for help after I got hurt. I went to Argent's house to talk to him. Look I want to help you guys and I want to be able to do something! I don't have supernatural abilities, I'm not as smart as Stiles and Mason and I needed to do something. I need to protect my mom too." You saw the look in everyone's face and it made you extremely anxious so you kept rambling in hopes they would understand you. "Argent asked Deaton and Kira's mom for help. He's teaching me how to work with weapons and how to hunt any supernatural being if I ever have to, Deaton is teaching me everything he knows about the supernatural and since I'm a good dancer and good with knives Kira's mom is teaching me how to fight." They kept staring at you in silence making you feel worse. You couldn't tell if they were angry, surprised or happy about it. "Clearly you're smarter than me 'cause I've never thought of that. That's awesome!" Mason was always so excited and he made you feel a little bit better. "How come none of them told us?" Scott asked calmly. "I begged them not to. I was scared you would get angry and wouldn't agree. I'm sorry Scott I had to do something." "I understand. You can tell me everything." Stiles stared at both of you disturbed. "I'm sorry but are you crazy? That's too dangerous!" He got closer to you and this time you didn't move. You stared in each other's eyes. "I've told you why I did it." "You could get KILLED!" He raised his voice, scaring you a little bit since you know about his void side but you didn't move. "I'm actually trying to SURVIVE you dumbass!" You kept staring in each other's eyes and tension was growing stronger in between you. "We all are. Stiles calm down." Lydia got in the way. Stiles stormed off to the other room and the boys followed him to talk to him and calm him down while the girls stayed with you. You stood there watching them go feeling misunderstood. You thought Stiles would understand you the best. Your eyes filled up with tears and you broke down when the girls hugged you. "He'll come around. That's very brave of you." Malia said. "This is why I don't do relationships. We're not even in one and it's already complicated between us!" You were making an effort to continue to breathe and to stop crying. "That's because of your surroundings. These are hard times. It will get better between you. Meanwhile I'm impressed with you. But you were never useless to us. We're friends." Kira said trying to make you feel better. "You're definately a Hale." Malia added. "He will understand you. Don't worry." Lydia said. And they all hugged you again making you thankfull for the amazing, strong, badass girls you called friends.

Stiles finally got out of the hospital a couple of days after his scare. You all decided to surprise him and give him a awesome welcome home day. You bought his favorite treats, got his favorite movies, cooked for him and baked him a cake. His bed was full of pillows to make him confortable too. You were all so happy and relieved he was ok and all you wanted was for him to have fun and forget the problems for the moment. You were all waiting in the front door when sherriff Stilinski arrived with Stiles. He was so distracted he didn't even notice you until he got out of the car. He looked up and was surprised. "Guys wh - what are y - what are you doing here?" The look in his face was adorable. "Surprise!" Lydia smiled. "Welcome back home buddy." Scott added. "We missed you!" Mason said, hitting him in his arm. "Please dont scare us again, ok?" Malia added. Stiles was so surprised that he barely moved for a few seconds. After that he gave everyone a hug, thanking each and everybody for the love. You spent most of the afternoon watching Star Wars and it was, by far, the best thing you decided to do together. Although you weren't enjoying the movie as much as Stiles you made him happy. He was so excited and he could barely stop talking and moving and that entertained you all. And you couldn't help but admire him and melt everytime he smiled. You love him. You don't want to, because of your hate for relationships, but you do. And now there was no hiding possible since you told Stiles too. But Malia still likes him too. And it was all too much for your head and heart. Kira and Lydia noticed something was wrong so they interrupted your thoughts to get you out of there. "Ugh I need to go to the bathroom." Lydia said, getting up. "Yeah me too, I'll go with you. Aria could you come please? I need your help." Kira said looking at you with a funny expression while you tried to figure out what she meant. "Girl stuff." Both Kira and Lydia's eyes widened. "Sure. Wanna come Malia?" You asked. "No thanks. I am hungry though. I'm going to the kitchen." "Girls c'mon you're making us miss the best parts!" Stiles cried out waving his hands around. The rest pf the guys laughed making Stiles more annoyed. "We'll be right back!" When you got the bathroom Kira made surr the door was really closed and no one was near. "So how is your relationship with Stiles going?" God, Lydia was direct. You felt a nervous tingle inside you and tried to shake it off. "What? We're just friends." "Just friends don't stare at each other the way you guys do." Kira added. "Neither do they kiss or react the way you guys do." Lydia exclaimed. "I don't know what you mean." "You don't fool us! It's so obvious. Stiles is crazy about you. And you're crazy about him too!" You couldn't deny it anymore. They already knew. "Ok yes I am but I don't want to be. I hate relationships. They suck!" "Hey!" Kira gave you a look. "Oh not yours of course, I'm sorry." You gave her a hug. "Not all relationships suck Aria, what makes you think that?" Lydia crossed her arms waiting for your response. "I've seen my parents's marriage. It was horrible. I saw my mom suffer so much! And I've seen girls I know hurt too. I don't want to go through that. I don't want to suffer anymore." Your eyes were filled up with tears and you looked down, unable to look at them. "Sweetie you will always suffer in life." "Wow Lydia thanks." "But it make you grow, it will help you learn. It will make you stronger. And, like I said, not all relationships suck. Don't look at them like that!" "Aria not all relationships are like your parents's marriage. And just because they had one like that doesn't mean you will too." Kira said while she played with your hair. You kept looking down, trying not to cry and playing nervously with your hands. Lydia got closer to you and grabbed your hand. "Look at me." You did. "Relationships aren't easy. And yes they can suck. But they can also be amazing. And we know Stiles. He will be an amazing boyfriend and he's worth it." "But what if I mess up or ruin everything? Or he decides he wants Malia and I was just a moment thing?" "That won't happen." Kira said, not only trying to reassure you, but also being honest with you. "And even if it does c'mon! You're Aria Hale! You will get over it fabulous as always of course!" The three of you started laughing. You were starting to feel better and less anxious about it. Maybe they were right. "Thank you girls." You hugged them tight. They smiled back at you. "Now let's go before Stiles has a minor attack."

You were in your last class of the day when you're phone finally buzzed. You had been waiting for it to happen all day and when it did it caught you by surprise for a second. You were hoping it was Stiles answering your text since you texted him to meet you in coach's office but he didn't answer which was very unlikely from him. After your first time together you've been sneaking around every chance you got but no one knew yet although Scott almost caught you once. At first you tried to not care about Stiles not answering since you're still in the "I don't relationships" zone but then you started to worry. No one from the pack had seen him or heard from him yet either and were worried as well. You finally got the courage - and the opportunity - to see the text and after you read it felt like everything stopped. The world around you and your heart. The text was from sherriff Stilinski. Parrish found Stiles inconscious and hurt and they were taking him to the hospital. Suddenly you heard someone scream your name and the world was moving again. "ARIA!" You looked up with tour phone in your hand. It was your teacher. "Care to join us?" You didn't move. You were silent while staring at her. Her expression changed and she got closer to you. "Miss Hale is everything ok?" "N-n-no" when the teacher tried to touch you, you got up and ran out of class. You ran all the day to the hospital. You were so out of your mind. You felt someone grab you and holding you tight and you heard someone talking to you. "Aria!" Your mother was running towards you with Melissa. Liam was grabbing you firmly making sure you would calm down. "Baby are you alright?" "Stiles" you whispered, "where's Stiles?" "Stiles is fine. Parrish found him at right time and we already took care of his wounds. He is sleeping right now." Melissa said. She had her hand in your shoulder to help you calm down. Your mother grabbed your hand. "Do you need your inhaler? Are you ok?" Your mother asked. Liam kept holding you but this time not so tight. "Let me see him." "Not right now sweetie. Are you ok?" "Please let me see him!" You begged. "Scott is there at the moment." Your mom was surprised to see how affected you were. She didn't know you were this close to Stiles." The rest of the pack must be here any minute." Melissa added. A couple of minutes after they all came running in asking for Stiles. Elena and Melissa told them the same thing they told you. They all gathered around you and Lydia got close to you placing her hands of your face. "You are insane. Running all the way here when you have asthma. Are you ok?" You looked at her with water in your eyes. "I'm fine." You said. She kissed you in the forehead. You knew she knew about you two. After a littlw while Scott finally came out and sherriff Stilinski went in. You all got up when you saw Scott hoping that he would bring good news. "Hey guys. So Stiles is ok. He is awake but he doesn't remember much." "Thank God he ok. But what does he remember?" Mason asked. "Noises outside his house. He went to check it out and saw nothing but he felt this awful pain in his head and that's it." You were all clueless. You didn't know what to think. "I bet it was Theo." Malia said. "I'm with you." You added. She looked at you for a while. "But I don't understand why." "I suppose we should pay him a visit." Liam suggested and you all agreed. "Aria!" You looked to see who was calling you. It was the sherriff. "You can see him now. He wants to talk to you." You felt your heart beat faster and your stomach turn. "I'll be back." You ran to his room. When you got there you finally saw him. He was still very attractive even with scratches and a few bruises. As soon as he saw you he smiled. "Hey baby." You were finally hearing his voice again. You got closer to him and grabbed his hand gently. "Hey." You sit on top of the bed right by his side. Your other hand travelled his face while you were obvserving his bruises and cuts. Your eyes met his and you smiled back at him. You sat there in silence just looking at each other for a few minutes. That moment screamed love and you could feel it. Eventually he broke the silence and spoke to you. "I'm sorry if I worried you guys." "That doesn't matter. What matters is that you are ok. I'm so happy to see you!" You hugged him. He smiled and went for a kiss on your forehead but you turned around and kissed him on his lips. You felt butterflies in your belly and his hands holding you close. You pulled apart from him just to look at him again. "I get to see that beautiful face. I'm almost healed!" You laughed and rolled your eyes at him. "Is it true you ran here all the way from school?" You froze. You didn't want him to know that. "How do you --" "My dad told me." "Hum yeah, I did." "Why?" "I just wanted to see you as fast as I could. I wanted to know if you were alright." "Meanwhile you almost gave yourself an asthma attack!" You looked down feeling kind of embarassed for being irresponsible. He put his hand on your chin and made you look at him. "You're insane." "I've been told." You made a silly face at him which made him laugh. "Insanely in love with you." These words just slipped out of your mouth without even thinking. But they were true. You were insanely in love with him. He looked at you and then smiled. "And I'm insanely in love with you."

The next couple of weeks were insanely busy for you. You had school, training with Chris and pack meetings. It was a little overwhelming but you felt good about it. You were able to handle everything quite well, for your surprise. And Chris brought in Deaton, Braeden and Kira's mom for extra help. You already learned so much in a short amount of time, you extremely proud of yourself. The only thing bothering you was the lack of fun moments with the pack. Especially with Stiles. Although you texted and saw each other almost everyday you couldn't help but want more time with him. And recently Malia has been talking to him which kind of annoyed you. You finally had some free time after school. There wasn't any homework and no training for the first time in days. All you could think about was Stiles. You were missing him so much that it was messing with you and you wanted to see him. Your thoughts were interrupted by your phone ringing. It was Scott. "Hey ya! What's up?" You answered happy to hear about him. "Please help me. I'm going to have a home dinner date with Kira since my mom's on the night shift and I have no idea what to wear or how to decorate the house." You laughed. You could feel Scott's panic through his voice. It made you smile. It made you happy yo see your bestfriends so in love which each other. "Ok ok I'll help! Have you called Stiles? He can help you too." "I did but he's not feeling well." You felt something in your heart. "Why? What happened?" You asked just hoping he was ok. "It's his mom's birthday. He always gets like this but to make it worse his dad isn't home tonight." You knew what it felt to be alone and to suffer from anxiety and instantly your heart broke. But you had a plan. "Poor Stiles. I'll do something. Anyways, back to you!" After almost an hour, Scott hung up to get ready. You texted Stiles with the excuse that you really needed his help on something and since he agreed to come over you decided to do something to cheer him up. You did everything you could to surprise him and to look cute too. Not too long after your text you heard Roscoe arriving so you ran downstairs to open the door to Stiles. "Hi! Finally!" You greeted him with a smile and hugged him. He was surprised but hugged you back. "Hey." He said looking at you with the sweetest look. "How can I help you?" You grabbed his hand and took him to your bedroom. "Ok so I need your help choosing what to do." He didn't seem to understand you. "Hum.. Ok sure." "So we can watch Star Wars and eat some popcorn, we can play videogames or we can just blast out songs and dance it out!" He still looked confused. "We? This is what you need help with?" "Yes! Since everyone's busy and both our parents are working night shifts I thought we could have fun together." Your heart was pounding. You were scared he wouldn't want to do anything. "Good thinking." He smiled at you and got closer. "I'm always down for Star Wars!" You smiled back at him, extremely happy. A lit bit into the movie you could see Stiles was feeling better. It was exactly what you wanted. You didn't notice you were staring at him for so long until he looked at you. "What wrong?" He asked. "What? Nothing." "Then why are you looking at me for so long?" You didn't know what to say and since you were so nervous it was obvious you were going to say something stupid. "You're stealing all of the popcorn." He laughed. "What?" Are you serious?" "Yes Stilinski. You need to learn how to share!" He took the popcorn from you. "No." You look at him pretending to be shocked and decided to fight for your popcorn. One thing led to another and he landed on top of you. You were laughing a lot together and it felt so good. You were both having a good time. But his smile vanished as he kept smiling at you. "What?" You asked him scared of his answer. "You're beautiful." Your heart jumped. No one has ever said that to you. "So are you." He laughed. "Me? No." "Yes, you. You are beautiful and very charming." "You really think that?" "Yes I do." You stared in each other's eyes for a while and your heartbeat rised even more. You could also feel his heart beating fast and a difference in his breathing. Finally he got closer to you and kissed you. It was exactly what you wanted and it felt right. The kiss was very passionate and he grabbed you and tried pulling you closer to him like he couldn't get enough of you and you did the same. You grabbed his shirt and took it off, kissing him all over. Things got a lot more heated between you and you had sex. After it happened you felt good like it was right. You hugged him tightly and he kissed you in your forehead. "I know why you called me here." You looked at him. "Scott probably told you." "He did." He remained silent. "I wanted to make you feel better. And I missed you." He looked back at you. "You did?" "Of course." He smiled at you, holding you tight and really close to him. "I missed you too. Oh and thank you." You answered him with another kiss.

After the amazing night you had with Lydia you were excited for the day. It was game day and you never saw a lacrosse game before. You were nervous to see Stiles especially since your talk. You tried calling him several times but he didn't answer. But Lydia and Scott weren't letting you lose hope and were going to help you. Scott even promised he would try to talk to him for you. You felt ridiculous for trying all these things but you couldn't live with yourself knowing he was hurting because of you. So you had to try your best. Although you were feeling the game vibe and wanted to wear a jersey or something, Lydia didn't let you and made you wear something cute. With her help you decided to wear skinny jeans and a big burgundy sweater. Your hair curled, as usual, but this time no lipstick. You watched the game with the Mason, Lydia and Malia and sheriff Stilinski, momma McCall, your mother and Chris Argent. It was an exciting and fun game and you loved every minute of it. Your mother was having a lot of fun as well and she loved all of your friends which made you happy. The only thing bothering you was Stiles not speaking to you. You kept trying but nothing worked. Until you remembered what Lydia said, about making him forgive you, and decided to try something else. Stiles was on his way to his car looking at his phone. He had 6 missing calls. He thought about calling back but then he didn't. He had to resist the urge for his own good. He wanted to forget the kiss and your words but they kept replaying in his head. Especially the part where you said it was a mistake. He has gone through too much, he didn't want to get stuck on someone who doesn't feel like he is enough. Suddenly he looked up and his heart jumped. "Jeez you scared me. What are you doing here?" He put his phone in his pocket again. You got his full attention, exactly what you wanted. "I called you. A lot. You didn't answer. I was worried." You were standing next to his car. You could feel your heart beat in your ears. It took him a while to answer you. "No need for that. I'm fine." He wouldn't look you in the eyes. "You could've called at least once Stiles." "I was busy." "With what?" "Things." He kept looking down while playing nervously with his hands. An awkward silence installed itself between you both, making you feel even worse. "I'm sorry." You took a step foward reaching his hands. His breathing changed. "I didn't mean what I said." "Which part? You wanting to kiss me part or it was a mistake part?" "The mistake part. It was never a mistake." He finally looked at you. You couldn't help but get lost once again in his eyes. "Are you sure about that?" "Yes." "Then why did you say it?" "I'm stupid." Now you couldn't look him in his eyes feeling so ashamed. He gave you a disagreement look and hugged you. The way he hugged you made you feel safe. It made you feel like home. And you wished you could stay like that forever. "You're not stupid. But don't do that again. Ok? Please. You got hurt." "Yes. I'm sorry." You hugged him tight feeling how warm he was and his smell. He gave you a kiss on your forehead and smiled. "It's ok."

The sleepover with Lydia was really fun, exactly what you needed to get your mind off things. You got to spend time with your mom and Lydia already won her over right away. You also talked for hours about everything that happened to the pack and everything that happened to you, you saw some tvshows and you also called Scott for help with Stiles. You had no idea how they overcame such hard things especially Stiles. It broke your heart to know how much he had gone through. "I don't really know much at the moment. As you know we kind of broke up and it was bad. We're a lot better now but I haven't talked to him about love recently. Too much happening. But don't really worry about Malia. She also has feelings for somebody else." "Of course I worry, we're in the same pack and I don't want to hurt her in any way possible. Plus, we're famoly right?" Family is very important to you. Even if you only know her for months she's still family. "Yeah, I guess.." "You have a good heart. Too good actually!" Lydia said giving you the sweetest smile. "But let's start with making it happen with Stiles. First step is to talk to him." She seemed really determined to help you and Scott was in it as well. "Ok I'll call him. But what if he doesn't answer? And what if he doesn't forgive me?" You were already anxious. "It's Stiles. He'll forgive you." Scott added trying to reasure you. "And have you looked at yourself?" That made you look at yourself trying to understand what was wrong. "You're gorgeous!" You blushed. "If he doesn't want to forgive you it's easy!" She kept smiling at you but this time it was more of a naughty smile. Scott started to laugh, he knew her too well. She raised her eyebrows. "You'll make him!"

The night came and you were finally going home. You weren't feeling much better but you tried hard to convince them that you were and Deaton finally let you leave. Stiles left after your talk with the excuse he was going to meet the others and help them in the hunt for Theo but you knew it was because of what you said to him. You felt awful. You didn't know what to do or why you said what you did. Not only were you hurting but Stiles was as well. Mason and Lydia stood by your side and did everything they could to make you feel better and you felt insanely lucky to have them in your life. Lydia drove you home and decided to stay at your house for the night. You were actually glad for that, she was always so funny and she would help you take your mind off Stiles and, most importantly, she would help you dodge your mother's billions of questions. "Ok so you've been quiet for most of our rode and I can see something is bothering you. What happened with Stiles?" Lydia asked. You tried avoiding the question. "I'm fine." She gave you a stare. She knows you too well. "What makes you think it's about Stiles?" She gave you another stare. Shit. You couldn't hide anything from her even if you tried. "We kissed at the party. I kissed him first and then he kissed me. But I freaked out and ran away and that got me hurt." "FINALLY you guys kissed!" Lydia seemed really happy about that and completely ignored the part you ran away. "What? Why?" "The way you guys look at each other is intense. The way you act around each other too. Seriously we can feel your tension." "We?" You were getting a little bit confused. "Yes. The WHOLE pack." You had no idea it was that obvious how you felt towards Stiles. "Anyways why did you freak out?" "I don't know. I don't do relationships. I don't believe in them neither do I understand them. Plus Stiles didn't seem to like it since he said nothing about it after it happened. And Malia is still in love with him." You finally arrived and you got out of the car. Before getting inside Lydia approached you with a smile on her face and grabbed your hand. "You shouldn't be afraid of love. It's a beautiful thing even if it's complicated. It's worth it. And Stiles is worth it. He was just shocked by what happened but in a good way. And forget Malia. They broke up for a reason! If she botheres you that much then talk to her. But first talk to Stiles." "I don't know what to say and I'm too afraid to call." The idea of calling him and him rejecting you was already making you feel sick. You still couldn't believe how stupid you were by hurting him. Lydia laughed. "Aria that doesn't seem like you at all!" She was right. "We can call Scott later and he can help you out. Everything is going to work out." You smiled at her, hugging her. "Thanks Lyds, what would I do without you?" "Oh don't thank me just yet! Let's deal with your momma first and then you can thank me!"