REALIZATION
He didn't know what to think anymore. With all that has happened, the last couple of years, you would think he would be used to being surprised. But what does a person do when they figure out their true feeling for someone, especially when that someone is something totally out of the norm. There was just something about him that made Derek want to get to know him better, to become closer.
The changing point for Derek was when the Kanimia had attacked them at the pool. He had never felt so helpless and to have stiles be there totally for him, making sure he was ok and not letting him drown. Even if, for a few minutes Derek thought he was going to just let him go and leave him at the bottom of the pool, but he came back, he came back and pulled him to the surface. Derek could tell that Stiles was struggling that he was getting so very tired.
That skinny 140lbs of sarcasm kept him afloat for two hours never questioning why he was or what it could mean. He knows that part of it could be payback for Derek pushing him out of the way of the Kanimia in the first place, which resulted in Derek getting the scratch that caused him to be paralyzed and where they were now.
"Stiles just let me go you're getting weak. Just save yourself."
"No Sourwolf you need to be here for the pack, you're important, not me. I will keep you up as long as I can." He stuttered trying to breathe.
Stiles was steadily sinking further into the water, but at the same time pushing Derek up further. Just when Derek thought he was going to lose Stiles forever he felt someone pull him out and then they jumped in after Stiles, when he looked up he saw it was Scott. Stiles wasn't breathing when Scott pulled him out. He had been holding Derek up by having Derek stand on his shoulders and lean against the wall. Once Scott had Stiles out he started CPR breaking ribs in the process but he was able to get him to start breathing, but he wasn't waking up.
Derek pulled himself over to where Stiles was, the paralysis had finally made it so he could use his upper body but his legs were still numb. So he had to drag himself by his arms over to Stiles. He leaned down whispering into Stiles ear.
"Stiles, Please Don't go we need you." Leaning even closer "I need you, I can't let you go. Please come back to me." Derek said tears running down his cheeks.
Scott wasn't really paying attention he was happy Stiles was breathing again, He immediately called the ambulance , Then Stiles dad. He turned to see Derek holding Stiles, whispering to him. He heard what he was saying and was shocked.
Derek looked up at Scott. Scott had never seen him look so lost and helpless before. This was his Alpha he was normally the strong one of the group. He never showed much emotion. To see this side of him was kind of scaring Scott.
"Derek, Buddy he will be ok. He is strong. Don't give up on him ok. You know how stubborn he is. I mean seriously how often we have all told him to stay out of trouble to stay home and he never listens. He will be fine he will fight." Scott said with a sad smile pulling his Alpha into a hug. He felt the anguish washing over Derek, It seemed to make him heal and able to move but that was so not a good reason for all of that to be happening. "You need to leave Derek, before the cops get here, you are still a suspect. I will make sure everything is ok and keep you updated."
Derek looked at him giving a slight nod, looking at Stiles on more time before he hurried out a back door. Soon after Scott heard a pain filled howl. He wanted to go to him and comfort him but he knew right now he had to take care of Stiles. The others would make sure Derek was ok. They would take care of him the way he needed.
Tears coursing down his cheeks he explained how he had found Stiles in the pool. Telling them he wasn't sure how he got there just that he had gotten a phone call that he had missed. Stiles had sounded like he was in trouble. And was able to tell him where he was before they got disconnected. As soon as he got the message he headed over to the pool to find Stiles in the water not breathing. He pulled him out and started CPR until Stiles started breathing at that point he called the ambulance.
The cops took his statement with very little comment, Has the EMTS loaded an unconscious Stiles into the ambulance they stated that he might have got to much water in him or hit his head at some point. They weren't sure why else he wasn't waking up. They said X-rays would show if there was anything unusual going on. That really scared Scott. He wasn't sure how he was going to tell Derek all this. He wasn't sure he could handle the look that he was going to get. He never wanted to see that look of anguish on Derek again and if there was something very wrong with Stiles he knew that it would be there. He had never seen this side of Derek and it made him question everything he knew about the Alpha and made him realize just how much he had misunderstood.