The Reckless one

And he wouldn’t want you running around the streets missing a big chunk of your memory.

"Then we both stay...anyway..my way of thinking is this...if you were planning on bumping me off again--you wouldn't have told me about the other times...I would've been blissfully unaware"

You still don’t have your memory so you won’t have any where to go except be with Keir. I’ll be fine. And yeah, Derek’s your alpha.

"Don't go. Keir wouldn't want you to."

I’m sorry… I’m not that person anymore. You’re safe with him.. I’ll just move out until you get your memory back or something if it would make your comfortable with him. 

"No..I mean..just no..if anyone moves out it will be me. You're good for Keir...I've seen him around you..." Libby lets her gaze slip from him to the floor. "I just know that there's lies going off at the moment and I need the truth--and whether it's a truth I wanna hear..you still gave it me...so I guess that's something. So I will ask you one thing..just as a confirmation of what I have already been told...am I in Dereks pack?"

 … I tried to kill you… on several occasions…

"Great..that's just great...I mean, I admire your honesty and all, but Keir said I would be safe with him and now I find out he is living with a guy who's tried killing me...more than once!"

That’s a couple of months. Difficult, but I can try to find something… So you don’t… uh… remember what I did to you? 

" You can?" Suddenly her brow furrows and eyes narrow a little. "What did you do to me?...and please do NOT say nothing."

Right. Right. What was the last thing you remember? Like, before you lost your memory.

She furrows her brow and thinks back as far as she can. "Um...I remember a social worker saying that I would be coming to a place at Beacon hills to stay..and it would be the next day.but then .I don't remember arriving here." Libby swallows thickly and takes a deep inhale. "And then I remember feeling real sick and being in the woods, I thought--I mean..someone kicked me and I thought it was someone...this guy.....but then everything was pretty hazy and I may be mistaken..cause I think I may have gone unconscious after that"

Sure. [He hands her the whole box.] How are you feeling, Libby?

Gives him a small smile and takes them, popping the lid and shaking a few into the palm of her hand. "Thanks" Closing the box and handing it back she starting eating them and talking. "I'm okay..just trying to get things together ya know?"

Holding this makes me feel like a giant. Want one?

"Tic tacs?" blinks. "I'll try one."

"Maybe the woods can help, it’s always good been out here"

"I have always liked the woods..I mean..even before I received the bite ya know?..always felt at ease out here."

Hey, Libby. How are you feeling?

"Hey!" Libbys tone of voice showed she was happy to see Cora. "Feeling okay..was just seeing if anything would jog my memory, ya know?" Smiles. "How are you?"

"Hey, Libby," he smiled brightly, quickening his pace to a slight jog, "taking a walk?  I guess so… the weather’s nice.  Do you remember anything?"

The familiar voice has Libby turning around and a smile emerges on her face as Keir is there. "Hey...and yeah...just thought I would see if I could trigger anything ya know?--but it's not happening yet. I spoke to Cora though...she mentioned if Derek isn't able to help then her Uncle might--but she also mentioned he is a bit of a dick too, so I dunno" She gave a shrug."I brought your pups out earlier, they enjoyed a real good run through here, so much energy" chuckles

Noah blushed lightly at her words, ducking his head shyly. “Oh dunno about that… I’m only as good as the people around me. You just happen to be one of them.”

She noted the way he dropped his head and line of vision to the floor and she found herself smiling softly. Like she often said, compliments always came harder to digest than insults with people who weren't cocky and up themselves. "yeah well..." She glances to the floor too...a  hint of red hitting her cheeks, the only thing which actually embarrassed her. "We are good for each other then...I just...It's important to me I remember you though..ya know?"

"You should ask Keir if he is in Dante’s pack, I’m not really sure actually and It’s okay, you can call me and I can pick you when you want to go with me, you know, to our house"

"I--I will." Libby was pretty sure  with the past text she had read on her phone, that Keir was actually not in a pack since his brother left, but she would still check. "I'd like that...to come see our house and stuff...so I will ring you" It wasn't Cora or Derek that stopped her going there right now, it was the sense of knowing she must have found a home where she belonged and didn't feel like an outcast--yet because she didn't remember, it scared her--made her feel vulnerable. So staying  somewhere she had never stayed before, seemed the right thing at the moment. 

"You live with Derek Hale. He’s your alpha. I know you’re a kind, spunky person, and I’m honored that you’re my friend. You helped me out of a bind a few weeks ago…. Helped me get home and get me healed up." he said softly, looking at her as he gently took her hands, not wanting to scare her, "The best kind of friend."

His words backed up what she had already heard, so if Derek was her alpha then she couldn't see a reason why it would be him that had hurt her like Dante had inferred. A soft tired smile appeared on her face as he spoke about her--she was never one for being able to accept compliments, for some reason, insults were always more acceptable and believable. Yet he made her smile and she liked that. "Keir said I had good friends..and I might not remember...but I can sense you're one of them....thank you" she gave his hands a squeeze as he held them.

"Actually, I owe you some tasties, so you don’t owe me a thing,” he laughed.  It didn’t matter that Libby had lost her memory.  He’d promised her goods from the bake sale, and he’d see it through.  Besides, they were friends, and Keir didn’t want Libby to owe him a thing.  ”So, cookies, cakes, or whatever you’d like!  We can try a few, or all of them.”

"You owe me?" She didn't have a damn clue, but smiled at him when he said it. "Oh..okay..I will go with that then, treats on you this time, then on me the next" Her mouth felt dry and the idea of getting something sweet, made it water a little. Maybe she should've been going for a proper meal with not eating for a while, but it didn't matter to her. She had always been one for picking sugary things over healthy stuff anyway and it wasn't like she would pile any weight on. "Sounds like a plan to me...and I like your plan...a bit of everything" She gave a small chuckle.

"Which means you’re going," he smiled brightly, "because I’m definitely going!  It’ll be fun, ‘n I’ll be around to make sure nothing bad happens to you.  You’ve got a lot of friends… or people who know you, so you’ll be okay."  Keir kept his mood chipper, wanting to lessen her worries.  It’d be nice to do something fun… to get out and do something.  It was nerve-wracking worrying about things that might happen, and Keir wanted to give her a break from thinking about them.

She nodded and shot him a smile, his mood definitely helping to ease her anxiety and she realised she had made the right decision by contacting him. "Well in that case..I owe you a cookie..or a cupcake...whatever takes your fancy" Through her worries, tried to match Keirs upbeat mood, it took her mind off of things, if only for a while. Libby stood up from the bench and tugged on the material of Keirs jacket. "C'mon then..let me tuck into some yummy stuff"