Alpha and Omega
Redbanker
Disclaimer: As per usual I own nothing.
Author's Notes: So here's chapter 2, where I'm going to start really building the relationship between Derek and Scott. I hope you enjoy and remember please, please, please review. They really do inspire me to keep writing. Oh and also these are unbetaed so all mistakes are mine. Sorry.
Chapter 2 – Omega
"Everything okay, Scott?" Dr. Deaton asked his employee, Scott had been distracted ever since he showed up for work that day and Deaton was concerned.
"Sorry." Scott said sheepishly trying to get his mind to focus on his job rather than the questions swirling through his brain. He looked at Deaton wondering if maybe he might be able to give Scott the answers that had eluded him and Derek. "Doc, can I ask you a question?"
"Of course." Deaton said in his usual pleasant manner.
"Okay, you know all about this werewolf stuff." Scott began tentatively. "Well, Derek and I were talking yesterday, just trying to get on the same page but we're both confused about something."
Deaton nodded, signally Scott to continue.
"Why don't I submit?" Scott blurted out quickly. "I mean I'm a beta but I can't seem to submit to Derek or Peter. Derek says I'm stronger than I should be as well but neither one of us knows what it means."
"Do you want to submit to Derek?" Deaton asked calmly, though inwardly he cheered at this news as it confirmed what he'd always believed about Scott.
"Not really." Scott admitted. "But I do feel this connection between us that I never felt with Peter." He explained. "And I know it bothers him that I don't want to be a part of his pack. I just don't understand what's wrong with me."
"Scott there's nothing wrong with you." Deaton stated firmly.
"So you know what's going on?" Scott's eyes lit up at the prospect of getting an answer.
"Let me ask you some questions first." Deaton replied with a small smile. "What did you mean when you said you felt a connection to Derek, and does he feel it too?" This was a development Deaton needed to clarify.
"Uhm, I don't know just that I feel like I'm connected to him somehow." Scott tried to explain. He suddenly understood why Derek had so much difficulty communicating. "It's like even when he's driving me crazy or when I'm mad at him, I also want to keep him safe and out of trouble." Scott looked at Deaton to see if he understood what Scott was trying to say. "And Derek feels it too, that's why it made him so crazy that I denied him as an Alpha. We sat down yesterday and talked, so he understands now that I wasn't intentionally trying to hurt him or insult him, but it did and I don't know why. I mean how can my instincts be telling me not to submit but then also telling me that Derek's important?"
Deaton's face remained impassive though on the inside he was shocked. That Scott would be a True Alpha he'd predicted but this connection to Derek Hale hadn't and if it was what he thought, he wasn't sure how either man would react. "Have you ever felt a connection like this with anyone else?" He asked needing to be sure of his theory before he shared it.
"No." Scott stated as he thought about his relationships with other people. "Not like this, not the same way. I mean I feel connected to other people, my mom, Stiles, Allison, but those are all human connections. The one with Derek it's a wolf connection. We just don't know what it means."
"Scott, I know you were hoping for some answers now but I need to check on a few things before I give you my ideas." Deaton told the younger man seriously. "I must also warn you I won't be able to state anything definitively simply offer what I think will be the answer." Deaton didn't want to mislead Scott about that, it was too important.
Scott wanted to protest, to demand whatever answers or theories Deaton had right now, but he could tell the good doctor wasn't going to budge on the issue. So he bit his tongue and nodded resigned to another sleepless night plagued by unanswered question.
"I know this is frustrating, Scott." Deaton said appearing to read Scott's mind. "And I won't keep you waiting long. Just give me till tomorrow please. You and Derek both can meet me here tomorrow afternoon and I'll tell you both what I know and what I believe."
"Okay, thanks." Scott said grateful to have Dr. Deaton in his life.
"You're very welcome. Now do you think you can focus on work now or should I just send you home?" Deaton asked jokingly.
"I'll work." Scott said smiling back.
"What?" Derek said into the phone, as was his usual greeting.
"Okay we really need to work on your people skills man, because that is not how you're supposed to answer the phone." Scott said with a joking tone.
Derek rolled his eyes, he would never understand why Scott got so hung up on the smallest things. "Hello, Scott. What do you want?"
Scott let out a small laugh. "I give up." He muttered. "Hey, Derek. I'm calling to let you know I talked to Dr. Deaton tonight and he wants us both to meet him at his clinic tomorrow afternoon. He's got some ideas he wants to share with both of us about my situation. So can you meet me at the clinic around 4:00pm?"
"He wants me there, why not just you?" Derek asked sounding apprehensive.
"I don't know, he wouldn't say or give me any kind of hint." Scott explained. "But you can make it right?" While he didn't know what Deaton was going to say he did know he wanted Derek there for support.
"Yes, I'll be there." Derek said easily.
"Thanks, so I'll see you tomorrow." Scott said trying to stifle a yawn.
"Tomorrow." Derek assured his tone amused. "Get some sleep, Scott you sound like you need it." Before hanging up as abruptly as he answered the phone.
"Dude seriously." Scott muttered shaking his head in amusement. "People skills, major priority." Before getting into bed.
"Thank you both for coming." Deaton said to Scott and Derek ushering the two anxious werewolves back into his office and closing the door. He gestured for them to take a seat as he leaned against his desk.
"First, Derek I want you to know like I told Scott, I have no absolute answers, only theories and what I believe to be true. Time will tell if they are but there are no guarantee's in this world."
Derek nodded his manner clearly indicating he wanted Deaton to stop stalling and get on with it.
"I believe, from having known Scott for years and seeing the kind of man he is the kind of man he tries to be that the reason he can't submit to you or any Alpha is because he is a True Alpha." Deaton paused to let his words sink in.
Scott looked between the two men his confusion evident, while Derek sat in stunned shock.
"What the hell's a True Alpha?" Scott asked. Looking between the two men, waiting for someone to give him an answer.
"I thought they were a myth." Derek said at last, still looking shocked.
"Rare but not a myth." Deaton assured Derek before turning to Scott. "Every once in a while a beta can become an alpha without having to steal or take their power. They call it a True Alpha. It's one that rises purely on the strength of character, virtue, by sheer force of will." He explained. "Since I found out you were bitten, I've believed that you would be a True Alpha, Scott. Of course we won't know for sure until you rise up, but I truly believe that is why you cannot submit to Derek."
It was Scott's turn to sit in stunned silence, thinking about what he'd just been told. He didn't know how long he sat there thinking before he turned to Derek and asked. "Derek, do you think he's right?"
"It makes sense." Derek said, still contemplative himself. "I heard stories growing up, but there hasn't been one in so long I think I just gave it up as a fairy tale."
"So what does that mean for me?" Scott addressed both men. "I mean how do I rise in the first place?"
Derek shrugged, in this he was as clueless as Scott.
"It's different for each True Alpha. So I don't know how, when, or if it will happen with you Scott. I just believe it will." Deaton placed a hand on Scott's shoulder. "This isn't a bad thing, Scott." He assured. "And now that you both understand it will make getting along much easier."
"So how does the connection we have play into this True Alpha stuff?" Scott asked still trying to sort everything out in his mind.
Deaton inwardly winced, he'd hoped discovering Scott was a True Alpha would make them forget about their connection, apparently not. "It doesn't, I think it's a separate occurrence."
Scott saw Derek's head whip up at Deaton's words and if he'd looked shocked earlier he now looked shell-shocked.
"What?" Scott asked getting a little annoyed at never knowing the hidden meaning to anything.
"Nothing." Derek said sharply shooting daggers with his eyes at Deaton. "It's nothing to worry about."
"Derek, man come on didn't we just figure out that you can't make me stop asking just because you say so." Scott argued, "I know it's something so one of you need to tell me right the hell now!" Scott was yelling when he finished speaking and any doubts about him being a true alpha disappeared under the authority in his voice.
Derek turned and looked directly into Scott's eyes and said with a purely evil smirk. "He thinks we're mates."
"WHAT!"
To be continued.