Lydia Martin didn't mind that she wasn't a part of the popular crowd. She had her own group of friends that genuinely cared for her, unlike all the fake friends that were attracted to the popular kids.

There was Erica Reyes. Others might think that she's some sort of bitch, but really, Lydia knew she was one of the nicest people ever, even if she didn't want to show it. Erica was hot, and she knew it. She wasn't afraid to show people, and she really didn't care what other girls thought of it. Her confidence and disregard for other people's thoughts and opinions are the things that make her and Lydia such good friends.

Then there was Boyd. Boyd was the quiet one. He barely talked, but he knew where his friends were. He leans on Erica most of the time and they'd become good friends. Boyd works at the ice rink and many kids at school make fun of him for it, but they didn't know the many benefits that came with that kind of job. Boyd would always open the ice rink to his small group of friends after hours where they would skate and have fun all night long.

Isaac Lahey was Lydia's best guy friend. Everyone in their friend group could agree that Lydia was closest with Isaac. They talked about everything and were always together at school. Isaac was on the lacrosse team, and he was friends with many of the popular kids on the team, but he never strayed away from his best friend. Lydia knew that no matter how many times he got invited to a stereotypical high school party or invited to sit with the popular kids at lunch, Isaac would always pick her. Always.

Lydia always saw Cora and Malia Hale as the same person. Not only because they were related, Malia was Cora's cousin, but because their personalities were so similar. They were both sarcastic and harshly blunt with you, and sometimes it seemed as if they had no regard to your feelings whatsoever. But Lydia knew she could count on them for anything, and when the time came, they would back her up when she need them.

Lydia didn't really consider Kira Yukimura, Liam Dunbar, and Mason a part of her friend group. Kira was kind of in both groups; she was friends with many of the outsiders, such as Lydia, Malia, and Isaac, but she was also really close with Scott McCall, which boosted her popularity a plenty. Liam and Mason were both on the varsity lacrosse team as freshmen, which created them some sort of popularity, but they found much comfort in the non judging environment of their friend group. Liam also seemed to have a little school boy crush on Lydia, which she was aware of; she found it cute and adorable, and accepted the flattery gratefully.

So yeah, if you went up to Lydia Martin and asked her if she was fine with her friends now, she would have said, "Of course! Isaac, why would you even ask me that?" She looked up to her tall, handsome best friend and raised a questioning eyebrow at him. Isaac sighed as they approached her locker. He leaned next to her and crossed his arms as she opened the door to her locker.

"I don't know, Lyds. I really wasn't sure how you felt about us being on the sidelines all the time." Lydia glanced at him with a ridiculous look.

"Isaac, I love our friends," She told him simply. "And I couldn't care less where my popularity stands. As long as I have you, I'm fine." Isaac let out a breath of relief as he uncrossed his arms.

"Good. I just wanted to make sure."

As Lydia smiled at her best friend, she saw him look to the end of the hall where the star players of the lacrosse team were entering.

Stiles Stilinski and Scott McCall strolled down the hall with their school bags as well as their lacrosse bags on their shoulders. When they reached Isaac and Lydia, they stopped slightly in front of them.

"Isaac!" Stiles exclaimed with a grin. Isaac returned a small smile as he glanced at Lydia. Stiles noticed the strawberry blonde standing next to his teammate and waved. "Uh..Laura, right?" Lydia sighed with disappointment. Just as Isaac was about to correct him, surprisingly, Scott McCall beat him to it.

"No, it's Lydia, yeah?" Lydia turned to the tan teenager in front of her and gave him a big smile.

"That's right."

Stiles gave her a sheepish look as he turned to his best friend with a smirk.

"Scott was the one who was always better with names."

The bell rang, signaling the start of first period. Lydia looked to Isaac with a pleading look of getting out of their current situation, but Stiles spoke up.

"So, Lahey, we're going to drop off our lacrosse bags off to the locker room before first period, you wanna come with?" Isaac threw another confused look to Lydia and they stared at each other for a moment before she sighed deeply.

"Go." She told him. Isaac gave her a grateful look before heading down the hall with Stiles and Scott.

Lydia walked to her first class alone.

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"So, is Lydia your girlfriend or something?" Scott asked, trying to make conversation with his teammate. Isaac gave him a funny look before bursting into laughter. Stiles and Scott shared a look before looking at him with confusion.

"What? What's funny?" Stiles questioned. After Isaac finished laughing, he looked at them, trying to look serious.

"Lydia and I are purely just friends. Best friends, actually." Isaac answered with a big grin. "I don't think we could ever date. We just know each other too well." Stiles and Scott glanced at each other.

"Isn't that great for a relationship?" Scott asked him. Isaac simply just shrugged.

"I can't see myself dating her. She's a great girl and I think she would actually be a perfect girlfriend," He began to tell them. "But I'm not looking for perfect. Not now. And not her. She's great as a best friend." Stiles and Scott remained quiet for the rest of the way down to the locker room, and Isaac began to get suspicious.

"Why did you guys think she was my girlfriend?" The two stared at Isaac like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Really?" Stiles blurted. "It's just you two seem so close. You're always together…we thought that it was just always established that you two were a thing." Isaac shook his head immediately.

"No, no. Not me and Lydia," Isaac thought back to a certain freshman on the lacrosse team that had a a gigantic crush on the strawberry blonde. "Liam Dunbar though, he has a crush on Lydia." Stiles let out a laugh and grinned uncontrollably.

"I hope you know that I will never stop bugging him about that." Isaac shrugged as they walked back up to the hallways.

"You didn't hear it from me." The three shared a laugh before Scott brought up a topic that Isaac himself had thought from time to time.

"So, you and Lydia…you've never had feelings for each other? Ever?" Isaac was quiet for a few seconds because he was seriously contemplating it. He had never felt that way about Lydia, but what if she had for him?

"I never thought of her that way.." He said quietly. Stiles raised an eyebrow.

"But what about her?" He wondered. "You've seen those cliche movies. A girl and a guy are best friends, and the guy finds out the girl has been in love with him for years, and they end up dating." Isaac mentally shook his head out of that thought.

"Why do you two keep asking about her?" He questioned. "It's almost like you two want to date her."

"I'm just curious because I think it's almost impossible for a guy and a girl to be close friends without feeling some sort of feelings for each other at some point." Stiles huffed out.

Isaac thought about it until they reached their classroom and walked inside. Lydia was already sitting at their lab table, tapping a pencil on her notebook. She smiled brightly when she saw Isaac approaching in front of her.

"Hey." She greeted.

"Hi." He answered. "I'm sorry for ditching you. I just didn't want to say 'no' to them, you know?" Lydia gave him a soft smile before placing a warm hand on his knee.

"I understand. It's okay, really, Isaac." Isaac's eyes widened as he looked down at her hand and he quickly glanced up to see Scott and Stiles staring at him with knowing looks. When Lydia turned away from him to focus on her work, Isaac closed his eyes with worry.

"Oh shit."