the_healer | let's have a heart to heart [for Scott]

Melissa knew that it was time to tell Scott the truth about her and the father of his best friend but she couldn't help being a little nervous about it. It wasn't that she really thought Scott would react badly but she figured it was a bigger thing than her just dating someone random. This was someone he knew, someone that he was close to and it would definitely change the dynamics of their whole family in a big way. At least, she thought it would.

Still, she tried to tell herself it wouldn't be so bad as she stood in the kitchen of their apartment, clutching a cup of coffee between her hands as she waited for him to come out of his room. She had thought about making him breakfast, maybe something really big and extravagant, but she was pretty sure that would be coming across as trying too hard.

There was a plate of waffles and a cup of coffee waiting for him though. Which she pointed to as soon as she saw him wandering out. "You." She snapped her fingers to catch his attention first before pointing. "Sit. I need to talk to you before you go out for the day."

That seemed normal, right?

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Scott stopped in his tracks, eyebrows raising. "Uh...okay. Did I do something?" he asked, sliding into the chair and looking at the food laid out there. He looked up at his mom, narrowing his eyes suspiciously at the generous breakfast. "Did you do something?"

Scott's suspicious nature and odd question gave Melissa pause as she narrowed her eyes slightly. "Not that I'm aware of? Why? Did you do something that I should be aware of?" It was possible. She did give him a lot of trust and leeway with him being a werewolf but she also expected him to keep her up to date with things.

Which was another reason she felt bad for keeping the truth about her and Al from him.

"No! I mean...I can't think of anything? So why am I getting waffles and a talk, then?" Not that he was going to let any suspicions or concerns stop him from taking advantage of breakfast. He dug in as he waited for her to get to the point.

"Hmm." She still eyed him before nodding her head and deciding to let it drop. "Okay, I trust you and so I will believe that there isn't anything you should tell me about."

She fell silent then, drawing in a breath as she continued to clutch her coffee cup between her hands. "Do you remember when I told you that I wanted to start dating? I know it must have seemed a little weird for you. Especially when it turned out I was going on a date with a sociopath who turned you into a werewolf."

"Anyways." She brushed that aside too with a frown. "I never really try dating after that and then your Dad showed up. And I know that sometimes kids of divorced parents might get it in their head that their parents might get together..."

Scott nodded as she started talking, getting an idea of where this was going. She'd started seeing someone in Darrow. Which was...weird, but good. She deserved to find someone that would make her happy. He was definitely in support of that.

And then she mentioned his dad and derailed any other train of thought. "Wait, what? Dad showed up? Why? What did he want?"

Immediately Melissa wanted to kick herself and hard. "Right. You're from before he came back..." She closed her eyes with a little groan.

Then she lifted her hands as he started to get a little riled up. "Scott, it's okay. He came back because he wanted to make things better with us, that's all. He just wants to try again. With you!" She rushed to add. "He wanted to try again with you."

She hesitated with a little frown. "Though now you know, would you want your dad and I to get back together? Or would you still be okay with me dating someone else?"

"What? No! I don't want you to get together with him! Unless you want to." Scott took a second to compose himself, taking a deep breath and trying to keep the anger and resentment he felt toward his father suppressed. "I want you to be happy, mom. If you're happy dating, then...good." Although it was sweet that she was asking his permission. And he would totally give it, even though the thought of his mom with, well, anyone was weird. "Just not Peter," he added with a chuckle.

"Oh god." Melissa groaned a little as she dropped her head for a moment. "Please don't remind me of that. I still fell really stupid that I didn't pick up on something there." That Peter had been trying to use her to get to Scott.

Clearing her throat, she straightened with a shake of her head. "But no, it's not him." She frowned briefly. "He's not here, is he?"

She waved it off quickly. "Never mind, we're getting sidetracked." She focused on him again, trying not to let herself get too nervous. "What I really want to know is...would you be okay with me dating...Al?"

Scott's brow furrowed. "Al who?" he asked, his mind catching up to his mom's words a few seconds later. His eyes widened and he stood up. "Wait. Stiles' dad?"

Melissa opened her mouth to clarify but Scott caught on pretty quickly then and she felt a blush creeping into her cheeks as he shot to his feet. "Yes." She nodded, clearing her throat. "But..." She was about to say that they would stop if the idea bothered him but she wasn't sure she could say that.

"Are you okay?" She asked softly instead, concerned.

Scott opened and closed his mouth a few times, trying to wrap his brain around the idea of his mom and Stiles' dad. "I--I don't know. I mean..." He shook his head. "No, yeah. Yeah, I'm okay." He wasn't sure how true that was. He was stunned, more than anything. He needed time to process this information, but at the end of the day, his mom had been through a lot. She deserved happiness, and if Al Stilinski made her happy, then...he'd find a way to be okay with it. "It's fine, mom. Just...surprising."

"I know." Melissa nodded slowly, still watching him closely. She could see how stunned he was which made her worry a bit more that maybe he wasn't being completely honest with how he felt about the whole thing. "And we had talked about it, about how it would affect you two, but...we really want to try to make this work, Scott."

And even though Scott's head was still spinning with a confusing mix of emotions, he was completely sincere in his reply. "Good. I mean, if he makes you happy--then I want it to work, too." And he'd get used to the whole thing, just like he'd gotten used to Stiles and Derek being a couple. The people he loved clearly just liked throwing relationship curveballs at him, that was all.

"Okay, good." Melissa blew out a small breath of relief before smiling. "Then maybe soon we should all have dinner together? You, me, Al, Stiles and even Derek? Oh, you should bring Bay!" She added quickly, almost excitedly, as she nodded. "I haven't seen her for awhile. Maybe we should have dinner just the three of us too."

"Yeah, sure. That'd be cool. Awkward, maybe, but cool." Scott chuckled, trying to imagine the six of them sitting around a dinner table together. He just hoped Bay wouldn't feel like the odd one out, with Scott surrounded by his family and friends from home, and Bay being the only one of them from somewhere else. "And I'm sure she'd love that. I can check with her, just let me know what nights you're available."

"It shouldn't be awkward if you're not being awkward, Scott." Melissa pointed out with a faint smile though she would definitely do her best to help Bay feel at home and relaxed if she felt weird. Then she nodded again. "Well, I will check with the others and set something up soon."

"And you're sure that you're okay with this, right?" She moved to rest her hands on his shoulders. "You would tell me if you weren't?"

Scott reached up and covered one of his mother's hands with his own. "Look, I'm not gonna lie and say I'm not a little weirded out, but if you're happy, I'm happy. Okay?" She deserved this, and there was no way he was going to stand in the way of it if it was what she really wanted. He'd adjust, just like he had when he'd found out about Stiles and Derek.

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