It was around one in the morning when I was trying to get back up to my room without waking my dad up. He was the sheriff of Beacon Hills and there was a girl murder earlier that night, so he was tired and needed to sleep. Plus, I was okay with him not knowing I was out until one. I was relieve when I had reached my room. I turned on my light and barely withheld a scream when I noticed someone sitting on my bed.
"Dad! What are you doing in here?" I yelled at him.
"Wondering why you were not." He said in an eerily calm way, " Considering what time it is, you might want to reconsider your tone with me."
I looked away guiltily.
"Where were you, Jasmine?" Dad asked me.
"I was out with friends, Dad," I told him "We lost track of time I'm sorry"
"By friends, do you mean Jay?" He asked knowing the answer, "I can't make you stay away from him, but that doesn't mean I have to like you being with him. I don't mind you having a boyfriend, Jas, what I mind is when you repeatedly ignore your curfew, and think that it is okay."
" I don't ignore it Dad, we lost-" I tried to say.
"Track of time, I know, I've heard it before Jasmine. This is the third time in two weeks you've been late. You are on thin ice, young lady, be home before eleven and we won't have any problems. Break curfew again, and you won't like the consequences. Now get some sleep you have school in the morning." He said before walking out of the room.
The next morning I wanted to throw my alarm clock across the room when it went off at six thirty. I hated mornings with a burning passion. And, no my sleepiness had nothing to do with being out late.
"Good Morning, Jas" Dad nearly yelled, when I walked into the kitchen. Knowing how tired I would be.
"Shhhh, Daddy-o" I tell him, "Normal people are still half asleep at this time."
Laughing to himself, he left the room. I ate breakfast and went back upstairs to get ready for school. I got dressed into my favorite pink plaid shirt I put on some makeup and make sure I have my mother's ring on. On the way to school, Stiles was telling about looking for the other half of the body with Scott last night. At school, we met up with Scott.
"Okay, let's see this thing. Ooh!" Stiles said when Scott showed him the bite from last night.
"Yep, that is gross" I said not being able to look away.
"Yeah. Whoa! It was too dark to see much, but I'm pretty sure it was a wolf." Scott told us.
"A wolf bit you" Stiles questioned.
"Yes" Scott told him.
"I heard a wolf howling" Scott explained
"No, you didn't." Stiles aguered
"What do you mean, no, I didn't? How do you know what I heard?" Scott said confused.
"Because California doesn't have wolves, okay? Not in like 60 years" Stiles told him. .
"Really?" Scott said not believing him.
"Yes, really. There are no wolves in California." Stiles told him.
"All right, well, if you don't believe me about the wolf, then you're definitely not gonna believe me about when I tell you I found the body." Scott told us.
"You - are you kidding me?" Stiles nearly yelled
"No, man, I wish. I'm gonna have nightmares for a month." Scott explained.
"Oh, god, that is freakin' awesome. I mean, this is seriously gonna be the best thing that's happened to this town since - Since the birth of Lydia Martin. Hey, Lydia - You look - Like you're gonna ignore me. You're the cause of this, you know." Stiles said stilling looking at Lydia.
"Uh - huh." Scott said trying not to laugh at
"Draggin' me down to your nerd depths. I'm a nerd by association. I've been scarlet - nerded by you" Stiles mockingly told him.
"You both are nerds forever, deal with it" I said before leaving them to go to my first class.
I had my first class with my boyfriend Jay. We have been together for about eight months. I met Jay at a party last year I was at with Scott and Stiles. Neither Stiles nor my Dad like Jay very much. For the first three months we were together Stiles would find any excuse to not let us alone. This stopped when I accidentally pushed him down the stair when he came into my room when I was doing things with Jay.
"Hey, babe," Jay said to me before kissing me in front of the whole class.
"Jay, stop doing that" I told him while slapping his stomach.
"You know you love it," He said.
"Shut up," I told him while slightly blushing, "We need to be more careful with getting home on time."
"Your dad on you again" He asked.
"Yep, so you know the drill" I told him.
"Yes, I know. You can't be late for a week so he gets off your back about it" He said rolling his eyes.
"Hey, don't say it like that" I told him.
"I just don't see why you think it actually matters" He responds.
"Because unlike you, I don't like my Dad being mad at me," I told him for what felt like that millionth time.
"He would get over it" He said before turning his attention to the teacher as she began class.
Later that day I went with Scott and Stiles to look for Scott's inhaler that he dropped last night in the woods.
"I don't know what it was. It was like I had all the time in the world to catch the ball. And that's not the only weird thing. I can hear stuff I shouldn't be able to hear. Smell things." Scott was telling us as we walked deeper into the woods.
"Smell things? Like what?" Stiles asked confused.
"Like the mint mojito gum in your pocket." Scott told him.
"I don't even have any mint mojito. So all this started with a bite" Stiles questioned him
"What if it's like an infection, like, my body's flooding with adrenaline before I go into shock or something?" Scott said starting to freak out.
"You know what? I actually think I've heard of this - It's a specific kind of infection." Stiles said smirking. I had to bite my lip to stopped myself from laughing.
"Are you serious?" Scott asked.
"Yeah. Yeah, I think it's called - lycanthropy." Stiles told him.
"What's that? Is that bad?" Scott asked freaked out.
"Oh, yeah, it's the worst. But only once a month." Stiles explained
"Once a month?" Scott asked still not getting the joke.
"On the night of the full moon." Stiles said before howling as I busted out laughing. " Hey, you're the one who heard a wolf howling."
"Hey, there could be something seriously wrong with me." Scott half yelled at us.
"I know! You're a werewolf! Rrr! Okay, obviously I'm kidding." Stiles said laughing "But if you see me in shop class trying to melt all the silver I can find, it's 'cause Friday's a full moon."
"No, I - I could have sworn this was it." Scott said getting frustrated " I saw the body, the deer came running. I dropped my inhaler."
"Maybe the killer moved the body." Stiles offered for an explanation.
"If he did, I hope he left my inhaler. Those things are like 80 bucks." Scott mumbled.
"What are you doing here?" A man in a leather jacket said "Huh? This is private property."
"Uh, sorry, man, we didn't know." Stiles weakly explained.
"Yeah, we were just looking for something, but - Uh, forget it." Scott said then the man tossed Scott his inhaler. "Uhm. All right, come on, I gotta get to work."
"Dude, that was Derek Hale." Stiles said once the man was gone. "You remember, right? He's only like a few years older than us."
"Remember what?" Scott asked. I remembered the fire.
"His family. They all burned to death in a fire, like, ten years ago." Stiles told him.
"I wonder what he's doing back." Scott said. I wondered if I would see he again.
Later that night I was getting ready to go out with Jay and his friends. I had changed into some shorts and my brother's hoodie that I stole.
"Dad, I am leaving" I shouted to him as I came down the stair.
"Alright Jas, but you better-" He started to say
"I know, home before eleven" I said that kissed him on the cheek and went to the door. "I will be, Dad."
Jay was waiting in his car when I ran out the door. I could hear the music as soon as I had opened the door. I ran up to the car and stuck my head in the car to kiss him.
"Hey, babe." He said when I got in the car.
"Where we going tonight?" I asked him.
"A bonfire in the woods," He told me.
"That doesn't sound like a start to a horror film" I said while smiling.
"Don't worry, Jas. I'll protect you for the scary monsters." Jay joked.
We were literally in the middle of the woods and having a bonfire. It was getting late and I was trying to get Jay to leave.
"Jay, I have to get home." I told him for the third time.
"In a minute, Jas." He told me again.
"I don't have a minute!" I yelled at him.
"Really Jas, you're going to make a big deal about this?" He asked me.
"Yes, now take me home" I yelled at him.
"Calm down, Cinderella." He said while trying to pat me on the head.
"Jay! I have to go home, NOW!" I yelled at him actually mad at this point. It was already ten thirty. I needed to go now if I was going to make it home in time.
"Find a different way if your are going to be a bitch about it." He told me before walking away.
"Fuck you, Jay" I yelled at him.
I was going to be late. I knew it. I was now lost in the middle of the woods. It was dark and I was starting to get scared. I was going to call stiles but I didn't have any signal in the middle of the fucking woods. And, then I got lost. I had twenty minutes to get home. Great. Fantastic. Wonderful. My dad is going to kill me.
Suddenly I was falling but before I reached the ground I felt someone catch me. I screamed before looking up to see who caught me. It was Derek. Derek Hale.
"What are you doing out here?" He asked me for the second time today expect now Scott and Stiles weren't there to answer for me.
"Um" I stuttered "I was trying to go home."
"You are in the middle of the woods" He said not believing me.
"I was at a bonfire with my boyfriend. We got into a fight and now he won't take me home." I told him. " Now if you will excuse me, I need to get home.
"I'll take you home," Derek told me.
"Why," I asked him
"You never know what come be out in the woods" He said.
We didn't say anything as he drove me home. I couldn't believe the series of events that happened today. I don't know why, but I trusted Derek. Even though I didn't have to tell me where I lived.
We made to my house at five til eleven. I was so happy I wasn't late.
"Thank you" I told him as I was getting out of the car.
"Stay out of the woods, Jasmine." He told me before driving away.
I ran inside. I don't know why Derek wanted me to stay out of the woods but I wasn't about to go back into them after tonight. However, I wouldn't be opposed to seeing Derek again.
"Right on time" Dad said when I walked in.
"See I told you I didn't injore my curfew" I told him before going up to my room.
I didn't realise how tired I was before I laid down. Jay had texted me to see if I had gotten home, but I didn't reply to him. He could wait til morning for being a jerk. I fell asleep that night thinking about Derek Hale.