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2005

"I'm sorry, Mr. Hale, there is simply no way I can give you an extension on your final report."

'Fuck!'

Derek had royally screwed himself over this time. He had known the assignment had been due soon but had ignored it in favor of spending more time with the most awesome girl in the world, Kate Argent. Now the young man was not the greatest scholar in the US but he certainly wasn't a pot-smoking, lazy bum like some of the kids in his class. He was a solid Bs and high Cs student with a knack for turning in almost all his work in on time. Then Laura, his older sister, brought home a new friend from school who had just moved into town.

Kate was like no one he had ever met.

Beautiful beyond words and a wild spirit that was completely untamable.

It was all he could do to stop from transitioning the first time he saw her. That seemed to stop happening the more time he was around her. But that was also a problem. The more time he spent with the wonderful Kate Argent, the less time he wanted to spend doing other things. Then one day it was too much and, in the heat of a moment, he pulled her into a long, hard kiss before pulling back and asking her out on a date. The teen would remember that moment forever as it was one of the few times he ever made her truly blush and it was the first time she said yes to a date with him.

Of course, all of that led him to where he was possibly about to fail his freshman year.

"Please, Mrs. Leary, are you absolutely sure there is no way I can fix this?" Derek practically begged.

His teacher seemed to consider him a moment before a small smile spread across her face. "There is one way I can let you pass my class. A sort of extra credit if you are willing to put in the time and effort." The Hale boy did a victory dance in his mind before quickly agreeing to do anything he needed too. She seemed happy to hear that as she opened a draw to her desk and pulled out some kind of sign-up sheet.

A confused look crossed his face as he read the bold lettering across the top.

"Big Brothers, Big Sisters Program?"

Mrs. Leary nodded.

"Yes, I just so happen to be member of the local one and it is sad to say we are seriously lacking in volunteers this year. So I'm going to make you a deal. An old student of mine has just gone through a very sudden divorce and her son has been taking it pretty hard. Now grades aren't set in stone until the middle of July, Derek. That is close to two months from now. If I see a significant improvement on your little brother's behalf, I'll pass you. Do we have an agreement?"

The woman gave her normally good natured student a strange look as his face seemed to harden slightly.

What Mrs. Leary was not privy to was the war going on in Derek's mind. His inner wolf was trying to claw its way to the surface in rage. To him and his family, family was pack and pack never abandoned each other. The mere idea of his own father, hell any member of his family from his oldest cousin, Sasha who was leaving for college soon to his Uncle Peter who still had not found a mate yet, leaving and never coming back nearly made him physically ill. A family without an 'Alpha' was weakened and unable to protect itself from attack. His inner wolf seemed to rein in its anger as he came to a decision. The Hale boy would do everything in his power to help.

"I'll do it."

The teacher could feel her smile widen. This was the kind of thing that made the young man in front of her one of her favorite students in a long time.

"Excellent!" the woman exclaimed as she began gather her things together to leave for the day. "Now with a week of school left, you will only be meeting with Scott McCall in the afternoons and then when summer starts you can setup a schedule that works best for you. There is a minimum time you must spend with your 'sibling' so do think carefully about it."

"You don't have to worry. I promise you won't regret this."

'No, I don't think I shall,' thought Mrs. Leary as she watched him leave.

Derek immediately headed for his sister's car as soon as he left the room. To his surprise, Kate was chatting away with Laura when he finally got to the vehicle. The next moment, the Argent was in his arms and a quick kiss had whatever remaining anger he had dissipating into nothing.

"So? What's the verdict, Bite Size?" Laura asked when her little brother finally stopped kissing her friend.

The teen glared at his sister for the nickname before telling her it was a no go on an extension.

"The Old Man is gonna have your hide for this…"

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The next afternoon saw Derek sitting in the Beacon Hills Elementary principal's office, his leg bouncing a mile a minute as he went over what had happened when he got home the day before.

To say his parents were not pleased with him was a bit of an understatement, though his dad more than his mom. He was pretty sure his father would have fully wolfed out if not for his mother, whose glowing eyes still meant he was in a whole mess of trouble. The teen had gotten off pretty easy in the fact that all he really lost was car privileges and that he had to do whatever it took to make sure he passed. His parents seemed to calm down a little when they found out everything was taken care. Then they had to ask him how.

And so Derek had to tell them about the program and young Scott McCall, which, in a house full of werewolves, was heard by all.

Rage permeated the house from the Hale men while the motherly urge to protect rolled off from the Hale women in waves.

His mental flashback ended abruptly as the final bell rang.

Mrs. Leary had told him that at the end of the elementary school's day, to head for the gym where he would meet Scott and his mom. The trek to the gym was rather funny as each kid he passed seemed to get smaller and smaller. The idea that the six foot tall teen was ever that small just seemed ridiculous to him.

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Melissa McCall had to force her eyes stay open as they continued to slowly droop from the little to no sleep she been having recently. Between her spastic schedules as of late, taking care of Scott, and her husband…

She had to cover her mouth to choke back a sob as the tears started to flow.

The woman would never truly understand what happened with him. It was like one moment he loved them and the next they were sitting down with Scott telling him his dad was leaving. "Don't cry, Mom. He's not worth it. We'll be happier without him." Melissa slowly looked up at her son and gave a small grin. He was her one and only light in the world when everything else seemed bleak.

That was why she followed her old teacher's advice when she told her about her program. Her son had closed himself off from everyone but her. Not even the wacky antics of his best friend, Stiles, could pull him back. Whoever was slated to help him would have their work cut out for them. The sound of boots echoing in the gym alerted her to a new presence.

The young man walking towards them was not like anything she had expected. Minus the white shirt, everything else covering his body was black. Add that to his already large and imposing build for a fifteen-nearly-sixteen year old and Melissa had to stop herself from protectively pushing Scott behind her. The only thing stopping her from picking up her son and running was the strangely calming smile on his face.

Derek was pretty sure he was going to like this Scott McCall quite a bit as the boy moved from behind his mother to stand between them as he got closer. The wolf-man had heard the child's declaration that they should not even think of his father and that they would be happy with or without him. That combined with the look in his eyes told him that no harm would come to his pack. The boy had the heart of a wolf and that was something a werewolf could truly admire.

The Hale's grin widened slightly.

'Definitely going to like this kid.'

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Now to those who caught it, yes Derek is nearly 16 and just finishing his Freshman year of high school. How is that possible? Because I am using Tyler Hoechlin's actual birthday which is Sept. 11 and 10 days passed the deadline for starting school when he was little. Thus he was actually a little over a month from being 7 when he started kindergarten.