"Don't look at me!" Tantalus holds up one hand. "I've got nothing."

Except for the gun in his hand, but like hell is he parting with that.

"Don't even have any information I could give you, I'm afraid."

"I'm sorry. You'll be better off out there," and that seems quite sincere.

Jay tries to look more apologetic than she really feels.

Tantalus manages to look slightly more apologetic. "There'll be other towns with packs , and probably less hunters to boot."

He's starting to really wish he was home in bed right now. He's wiped out.

He sighs.

"Thank you. I guess I'll let you pretend I survived, then. You did a good thing. Congrats."

And he walks away. 

"Does one of you need to make sure he leaves, or is it okay if I do that?"

Jay thinks for a second. She would rather be sure he's gone, but the teenager seems just as determined to see the back of the guy.

"All yours," she decides. "Although we will want to talk to you later."

Because him being out here wasn't suspicious at all. Ignoring the fact that her and Tantalus has both followed people here.

Tantalus waves magnanimously. "Go ahead. It's been a long day. We should get back to ours."

He's careful not to say Jay's name, just as she's been avoiding his. Although no doubt she'll meet this teen in school.

So he goes, and they're alone at last. 

They can wait, if they like, or they can follow. 

"He's lying," Jay says as she moves to follow. "There is an alpha in town. Can't figure out why he's lying about it though. Something is really not right."

"Well we already knew something wasn't right," Tantalus points out. "This just confirms our feelings on the matter."

He looks over at her as he removes the suppressor from his gun and tucks both away.

"And where, precisely are you going?"

"To follow them," Jay says slowly. "Y'know. Make sure they follow through. They seemed genuine, but..."

Tantalus shakes his head. "No. Not happening. You remember the part where you have school tomorrow? We are doing no more traipsing through the wood tonight. Back to the car. Now."

Which is what they do, despite the grumbling.

The woods appreciate this lack of traipsing.

Would they like to listen to their police scanner, acquired through totally legal means?

Jay doesn't give Tantalus a chance to object, flipping it on with a hard look at him.

Tantalus sighs, but concedes this round, and reminds her that they're not doing any more running around tonight.

Apparently, a girl who recently vanished from the hospital was found naked in the woods. She's perfectly alright, despite the day she spent missing. 

Tantalus is relieved. The girl is fine, the police have it in hand, there is no reason for them to go back out.

Jay is almost put out by the lack of reason to head back out. But tomorrow is going to be exhausting. So, she'll never let him know it, but Tantalus is right about that.

They make it back to the house they've acquired for their stay, and Jay heads straight for bed.

The next day, Jay has legally-mandated education. 

"Please don't kill anyone," Tantalus says as he drops Jay off - they'd done all the registration stuff yesterday afternoon. "Or maim. Or declare war on."

"I promise the only warfare I will wage will be psychological," Jay says, sliding out of the car.

She looks around. "Wish me luck."

She isn't looking forward to being the new girl.

"You got this, girl."

Jay nods, steels her shoulders and heads for the steps into the school.

Very little of the attention is on her. Most of the gossip seems to revolve around the youngest Argent. Apparently her aunt was some kind of psycho. She lived in her house for a month before they finally figured out she was behind the Hale fire. 

The Hale fire, really? The mysterious arson, finally solved.