Established Stydia and Scallison. No werewolves or Darachs, just friendly adventures :D
1-Introduction
I jumped into my brother's-well my adoptive brother's- jeep. "I'm just saying, this isn't fair" I complain. Stiles turns to me with an eyebrow raised. "Why does Scott get shotgun?!" I whine.
"Because i'm the best friend not the whiny baby sister" Scott says, tapping my nose.
"The baby sister that's older than you" I shot back playfully.
"Only by two years" Stiles cuts in.
"Still older!" I sing. Both boys sigh in defeat and face the road as Stiles takes off for the cute, little rustic restuarant he offered to take me to because we had nothing to do today. Scott, naturally, was coming without invitation. And of course with both boys came their girlfriends, Allison and Lydia, who i've become close with myself. It was true though, i'm 19. I only finished school this year though because I was held back after missing my 2nd year of high school. I wasn't held back because I was stupid, I have a higher than average I.Q but when I was 15, my parents died in a horrible plane crash. One of the plane's engines caught on fire, still unknown how, and the plane went down, everyone on board died. Everyone including my mother and father who were coming back from their holiday in Hawaii for their honeymoon. The one and a half month school holidays were finally upon us, FINALLY. Not that I would be going back to school afterwards, I would have to get a job, but I wouldn't have Scott and Stiles to hang and goof around with. I had spend the first 5 days of my holiday just sleeping, eating and watching movies with the boys so it's about time we went outside. The rest of the car ride was silent, well apart from a few punches aimed at Scott and then small laughs from both me and Stiles. When we pulled up I got out and straightened up my shirt.
"I like the outfit" Scott says with a smile.
"I guess it's a little better than my sleep shorts and dirty, grey shirt I sleep in" I say with a chuckle. I'm wearing my favourite earrings, dangly double dreamcatchers with purple feathers, my black and floral ray-bans that Stiles brought me for my last birthday sitting on my head with my light brown hair with dark brown highlights tied into a messy bun. I'm wearing my faded red coca cola singlet and loose black fabric shorts with my tan strappy gladiator sandals, perfect outfit for this hot summer weather. The indentical blood red roses I have tattooed on my shoulders peeking out from the thin straps of my singlet. There is an identical rose on each shoulder blade, a short vine coming down towards my spine with a few lime green leaves and sharp thorns coming off of it. I got them done once I turned 16 in memory of my mother an father, it took awhile to convince my adoptive father, Shrieff John Stilinski, to sign the papers allowing me to get them but he did and I love them.
"Come on, we were supposed to meet Lydia and Allison 10 minutes ago and you know how Lydia gets" Stiles says and Scott and I follow him inside. I spot the girls, Lydia looks impatient but waves happily at us and Allison smiles warmly at us as we walk over.
"We know we're late" I say before Lydia can open her mouth. Lydia just smirks and gives Stiles a hello kiss on the cheek as Scott does the same for Allison but a it's a peak on the lips. "Gross you guys, get a room" I complain.
"Okay, okay" Lydia says and everyone pulls their mouths away from each other. "What are we having?" she asks the whole table.
"We could split a couple sourdough rocket and pepperoni pizzas?" Allison offers.
"Look at this! A rustic raspberry lemon cheesecake tart" Lydia says excitedly, Lydia and I love our tarts and especially our cheesecakes.
"Wait, what about the lemon thyme and garlic chicken drumsticks" Scott says, his eyes glazing over at the thought of chicken.
"No, no, no, we should get the lasagne! I don't care if it's not tht rustic, it's chunked fill of cheese, pasta and red meat" Stiles explains with erratic hand movements.
"Well while you kids decide, i'm going for a quick smoke" I say and stand up, leaving them to decide what we have, everything sounded good so I didn't mind. Stiles hated that I smoke but it was only one or two a day, not as bad as most people. I know it's still a dirty habit but until I got my ADD medication, this is what helped me be calm. I started smoking after I turned 18, finding peace in it, my own personal quiet time. I slipped out the door I assumed was the one leading outside and pulled my smokes and lighter from my pocket. I sat down on the worn wooden outdoor table, wisteria hanging over it, the whole setting quite beautiful. I lit it and took a long drag, zoning out, finding peace.
"You must be new in here" a voice behind me said, bringing me back from my thoughts. I turned around to see a short, petite brown haired girl with a small smile on her lips. "This is the staff area" she explained.
"Shit, sorry" I said, putting out my smoke and getting up.
"Nah, it's fine. Here" the girl said and sat down next to where I just was. She held another smoke out to me. I took it and sat back down, nodding thanks to her. "I'm Cora" she said as we lit our cigarettes simultaneously.
"Hey, i'm Dani" I say and we shake hands.
"You new in town?" she asks, blwoing out a puff of smoke.
"Nah, 4th year in Beacon Hills, I just don't go out to places like this often. I prefer the beach and the parks then paying for food you could make yourself, no offence" I said with a smile. Cora chuckled.
"I actually agree with you there" she says.
"How come you're working here then?" I ask her out of curiosity.
"You see the name when you came in?"
"The Hale Estate?" I say, I remember seeing the cursive white writing over the worn, rustic black wooden sign.
"Yeah. Hale, that's me. Cora Hale" she explains.
"You own this restuarant?" I ask suprised, she can't be any older than me.
"With my older brother" she tells me. I nod and we sit in silence for 5 minutes, finishing our smokes.
"You better not be smoking out there Cora" a husky, deep and slightly angry male voice calls out. I can hear his footsteps getting closer.
"Shit" Cora mutters and shoves her smoke into the ashtray on the table. I follow her lead. "And you're about to meet my brother" As if on queue, the footsteps come to a stop at the doorway, not to far from us. I see steal-cap black boots first. My eyes travel up until they land on the face of Cora's brother. He's..hes..he's gorgeous. He has pale green eyes and thick black eyebrows that match the 4 o'clock shade of facial hair he's got going on. His hair sticks up effortlessly but it's short enough to look like he pays attention to it which, by looking at his shoes, I don't think he does. I look at his big, muscular chest, it's covered by a well-fitting navy blue henley. He wears dark grey jeans, not the skinny ones that lanky teenaged boys wear but ones that fit him perfectly. Cora must have noticed I was staring because she clears her throat. My eyes shot back up to his face and it's twisted with confusion. "This is Dani, she's new in here. Dani this is my brother Derek, the other owner" Cora introduces. Derek slowly steps forward and puts his hand out while studying my face. I take his huge, callosed hand with my smaller one and shake it, giving him a small smile.
"You realise this is the staff area right?" Derek asks me.
"Uh yeah..Cora told me but we were just talking..i'll go" I say, getting off the table. "Maybe i'll see you round Cora" I say, giving her a big smile which she returns. "Bye Derek" I say quietly and quickly find my way back to our table.
"Where'd you go?" Stiles asked when I sat down.
"Just outside, ran into one of the owners, she's a pretty cool chick" I tell him.
"Maybe you can come work here when we go back to school?" Stiles offers and I actually start considering it. "Or, you can stay home and cry because you won't have me or Scott to hang out with" Stiles says with a laugh and pinches my cheek. I playfully slap his hand away earning a laugh from the others at the table. I look up and see Derek walking over to us in a sleek, black apron. He gives me a small smirk and pulls out an order pad.
"What can I get for you and your friends Dani?" Derek asks and I feel all eyes on me. I know i'm blushing slightly but I try force it away.
"We'll have the raspberry lemon cheesecake tart please" I say, giving him a smile of my own. Aw yeah! I don't care if the others don't like it, me and Lydia will go to town on that tart all by ourselves.
"Okay, won't be long" Derek says.
"Thanks Derek" I say as he's walking away. He does a thumbs up and disappears into the kitchen. I turn back around and Allison and Lydia are smirking while the boys eyebrows are burrowed.
"So. What was that?" Stiles asks, turning to me.
"I just met him before, Cora introduced me. Him and Cora own this place" I explain with a shrug. Stiles makes a 'mmm hmm' sound as his eyes narrow sligtly.
"You made a good choice" Lydias says and I nod. "Bet you can't wait to dig into it" she says with a smirk and I raise my eyebrow.
"I..I guess" I say, slightly confused.
"And I bet you'll love the cheescake tart too!"Lydia says laughing, Allison joins in and the two high five. Scott shakes his head and puts his hands over his face. Stiles gives me a 'is that so?' look.
"Shut up Lydz" I say and brush it he's attractive but I just met the guy. I sit with my head down, fiddling with my shorts' drawstrings while we wait for our food.
"Raspberry lemon cheesecake tart" Cora says suddenly, putting it down in the middle of our table with plates and cake forks. We all look at it hungerily. "And this is for you" Cora says, giving my a piece of paper. I look at her in confusion. "We should hang out sometime, I don't get out alot either but give me a call if you're ever free and wanna chill out at the beach or something" Cora says with a smile. She leans down in my level. "Derek made that tart himself" she whispers and stands back up, giving me a wink before walking away again. I stuff Cora's number into my pocket and dig into my food before anyone can ask why i'm blushing..again. After an hour, we've all finished the entire tart.
"Well, this was my idea so i'll pay" Stiles says, getting up. Lydia catches his arm.
"Maybe Dani wants to go and pay" Lydia says looking at me. What is with Lydia today? And then there's Allison smiling along evily.
"No, I got it" Stiles says and tries to stand again holding his card. Lydia snatches it from his hand and passes it to me.
"9622 and it's in cheque" Lydia says with a sickly sweet smile, motioning for me to go pay. I nod slowly, taking the card and walking over to the counter. I look around at the old school art hanging on the wall behind the counter. There's vases with dried roses, giving off a delicious smell, and sea shells covering the shelves. I turn to the person I realise is waiting for me to speak. Derek, of course.
"Hey Derek, just needa pay for the food" I say.
"Eftpos?" he asks and I nod. He hands me the card reader, our hands touching for just a moment. I put in Stiles' pin and pay. I pull out the card and find myself still standing there. "Anything else I can do for you?" he asks me.
"Uh..I was wondering what time Cora gets off?" I asked, hoping it's not pushing it asking employee information.
"We're all off at 5, so a few hours. Have you two got something planned?" Derek questions, curiously.
"Not yet but I was hoping to plan something, she seems really cool"
"Well she likes you so you must have done something right, she doesn't warm up to people very often. She's pretty reserved" Derek tells me.
"I hope i'm not intruding on anything, if she has family stuff then-" I say, sensing i'm out of line.
"No, no, she's free. Come by around 5, i'm sure she'll love to get away from me for an afternoon"
"Okay, I will. Thanks Derek" I say and wave before returning to the table where my friends are getting ready to leave. "Are we going?" I ask Stiles, seeing as i'm going with him.
"If you're done eye-fucking the waitor" Stiles says in a sarcastic tone.
"He also made our food and works the register" I say without thinking. I interally cuss myself otu when Stiles' face screws up and he sighs.
"Let's go" Stiles says and we all follow him out. I jump into the backseat, knowing Scott can't stand to be too far away from Stiles so he'll call shotgun. I'm excited to hang out with Cora. As much as I love hanging out with Allison and Lydia..sometimes they're too girly for me, Cora seems abit more like me. And maybe, just maybe, i'll get to see tall, green-eyed and handsome again.
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Might turn this into a multichapter but I have no idea. I haven't written a story when Cora is a big part of the story yet but i'm willingly to try :) Please, please, please review! I'd love to hear what you think about this or any ideas you have for this story so please review! Also favourite and follow :)