Chapter 2 – Telling Erin

"Bye Mom," Scott said through a mouthful of cereal. He scrunched up his face in protest as she kissed his cheek goodbye.

"Bye honey," Melissa McCall said as Erin entered the kitchen and poured herself some coffee. "I'm working 'til twelve. I'll be home late, so look after your brother"

Erin rolled her eyes. Scott was sixteen, he didn't need someone to look after him. "Sure, Mom. I'll be sure to keep the firearms and sharp things away from him, too."

"Funny," Melissa commented dryly before kissing her cheek as well.

Erin watched Scott eat his cereal and waited to hear the sound of the door closing before talking to him. "Get dressed," Erin ordered.

Scott nearly choked on his breakfast. Milk slipped from his mouth and rolled down his chin.

"What? Why? Stiles is coming over in like ten minutes. We're going to hang out."

"Cancel your plans, baby brother," she said mockingly. She loved being the older sibling.

"Derek's coming over and you're going to explain just what the hell happened last night"

"You can't just...," Scott began.

"His idea!" Erin interrupted him with a somewhat smug smirk playing on her lips. "He was waiting for me on the porch last night-which was kind of creepy-, but told me he would come over at noon so you could explain together."

"Ahoy there," Stiles voice rang through the house. Stiles entered the kitchen whilst Scott was still starring at Erin. "Whoa, what's going on here?"

"Derek's invited himself over to explain everything to Erin"

"Explain what?"

"Stiles you're cute, but you can't pull off dumb," Erin told him

"You think I'm cute?" Stiles inquired sliding across the floor towards Erin.

"Would you focus?" Scott told him, getting up from the seat and dumping his empty bowl into the sink water.

Erin joined her brother by the sink and started to clean the bowl. "What's the problem?" she asked, noting his expression.

"Nothing's the problem. I just, it's just that…," he stammered.

"Quit stalling and go get dressed"

Scott was nervous about this whole thing. He wasn't sure what game Derek was playing, but he didn't for one second think he would tell Erin the truth. Scott didn't want to lie to Erin but he knew he couldn't tell her the truth either. He wished Derek had told him before he arrived what he was planning on telling her.

"What is Derek doing?" Stiles asked and sat on Scott's bed whilst Scott brushed his teeth in his bathroom. "There's no way he's going to tell her the truth"

"I don't know," Scott replied, rinsing his mouth.

"Maybe he's going to kill her," Stiles speculated. "Maybe she's too much of a liability"

"Stiles."

"What? He is a werewolf after all." Scott didn't get a chance to reply because there was a knock on the door and rushed down the stairs in time to see Erin answer the door and let Derek in.

Erin rounded the area where the boys were sitting and offered each of them a drink. Derek had declined and Stiles and Scott had asked for a soda each. Erin thought they were stalling as long as possible.

After fetching Stiles and Scott their sodas, Erin stood near the countertop and leaned against the surface. Derek stood near the door, his arms folded over his chest. Erin shifted her weight from one foot to the other feeling uncomfortable. She felt as though he liked the idea of her not having an exit. Scott and Stiles sat opposite one another at the table. Erin joined them and sat at the table. Stiles the goof ball he was, slurped his drink loudly.

Breaking the awkward silence was left to Erin. The girl laughed loudly. "So no one is willing to start?"

"I don't know where to start," Scott explained to her. "I don't know what I'm allowed to tell you," he said while he looked at Derek.

Derek nodded. "The entire truth."

"Oh for God's sake!" she exclaimed, climbing to her feet. Her frustration was starting to show as she looked at the boys. "Can someone please just spell this out to me? I have to be at work in an hour!"

"We're werewolves," Derek announced like he was telling her it was raining outside. "Me and Scott," he clarified.

Erin looked at the tall, dark haired man standing in the door way with his strong arms folded across his chest. He was looking like he was the poster boy for being healthy after being so close to death only hours before or maybe he wasn't that healthy. Well, not mentally anyway. She laughed. "And Stiles is a vampire, right?"

"It's the truth," Scott told her. His sister took notice of the relieved persona he was giving off. He seemed so at ease with himself now. "I was bitten about six weeks ago, and now I'm a werewolf"

He received another laugh from Erin. "Are we talking American Werewolf in London werewolf or Jacob from Twilight werewolf?"

"You're so embarrassing him right now," Stiles told her

"Look, if you didn't want to tell me then fine. I didn't expect you guys to come up with something as ridiculous as this-," she said until Stiles cut her off.

"Think about it, Erin. Scott is asthmatic. He couldn't walk ten steps without needing his inhaler. When was the last time you saw him use it?" Stiles pointed out to her and watched as the realization washed over her "You saw him at the lacrosse game. You said it yourself, he was like an animal. Well, you got it right."

Everyone stayed silent whilst they watched Erin's face change from anger at being kept in the dark. Confusion took over her expression as she considered what they were telling her. Then, finally, realization that what Stiles had said was the truth. However, fear registered last. Her brother was a werewolf.

"Did you bite him?" Erin asked looking at Derek accusingly. The anger had returned. Werewolf or not, she would protect her brother.

"Not me. It was another werewolf-the Alpha," Derek explained to Erin. "I've been trying to help him, but he doesn't listen."

"I wouldn't call it helping," Stiles disagreed.

"He's alive isn't he?" Derek growled at Stiles. His patience for Scott's friend was wearing thin.

"There's more." Scott interrupted Stiles and Derek's budding argument. Erin shot her head around to look at Scott. "There are werewolf hunters and Allison's dad is one."

"I've been telling him to stay away from her, but like I said; he won't listen."

Erin chuckled at the typical teenage love. Tell them not to do something and they want to do it more. A second silence settled over the group as each of them became alone with their thoughts. "So what does being a werewolf mean?"

Derek spoke up first. "We have super hearing, strength, ability to heal like you saw last night, agility, and super speed."

"Howling at the moon?" Erin joked

"We don't need a full moon to turn. Although a full moon intensifies everything, unless you learn to control it."

"Turn?"

"Claws, teeth, fur," Stiles told her as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Try to keep up"

Erin ignored Stiles' comment. "So why Scott? What does this Alpha want with him?"

"I don't know," Derek answered honestly. "All I do know is he wants Scott in his pack and I don't think there's much he won't do to get him"

"Meaning?" Erin prodded.

"Killing anyone who stands in his way." That made Erin stiffen in her spot.

"How do we stop that from happening?" Stiles asked " 'Cause I kind of like being alive and all."

Derek shrugged his shoulders, not answering the question at hand. Erin threw up her hands. "Great. Two werewolves and no plan."

"Scott needs to stay away from Allison," Derek prompted once more.

"No," Scott spat, standing up and crossing the room. Scott walked towards Derek, forcing Erin to stand in his way to calm him down. "Why can't you just leave us alone? We helped you last night! We saved your life! Just leave us alone. If you don't then I'm going to go to Allison's dad and tell him everything."

Derek's face turned stern as his eyes hardened. "So you're going to trust them?" Derek asked him. "You think they can help you? You think they won't kill you when they find out what you are?"

"Why shouldn't I trust them?" Scott asked, avoiding the second question.

"Scott, you said it yourself. They're werewolf hunters. They're not going to let one date their daughter!" Erin reminded him.

"They're a lot nicer than he is!" Scott said, gesturing to Derek.

"Yeah, I can show you how nice they are" Derek announced.

"What do you mean?" Scott asked.

"Come with me."

Scott turned to look at Stiles, who shrugged. He didn't know how to answer so Scott looked at his sister and she nodded. "Give him a chance at least."

"Are you coming?" Scott asked her.

"I can't, bro. I got to go to work."

Erin stood outside the animal shelter waiting for Scott to pick her up. He had borrowed her car to go and see Allison on the condition he picked Erin up from work at eleven. It was 11:20 and there was no sign of Scott. She had tried calling his cell phone four times and each time it had gone straight to his voicemail. The fourth time she left a message: "Scott, I swear to God if you are not here in ten minutes you will NEVER borrow my car again! I'm freezing my ass off out here, get you're...," she stopped mid sentence after seeing a car pull in to the otherwise empty car parking lot. Derek rolled down the window to show her it was him.

Erin took a deep breath before opening the passenger side of the car. She plastered on her most sincere smile and got into the car. "Thanks." Derek didn't reply as he reversed the car and began to drive. Erin was unsure of Derek. She didn't know whether she trusted him or not. "You know... you just showing up like this is starting to get a little creepy."

"I need your help," was all he said.

"I thought as much," Erin sighed. "What now? Need a leg chopped off?"

Derek didn't laugh. "No," he said, tightly. Derek pulled over to the side of the road. He couldn't concentrate on keeping the car straight or drive them safely to somewhere familiar.

"What did you show Scott today?" Erin enquired, she hadn't had chance to speak with Scott since leaving for work.

Erin watched as Derek starred in to space, debating what to tell her. "My Uncle," he began. "He's in Beacon Hill's Long Term Care Facility. Six years ago, while I was at school, there was a fire at my house. My entire family were killed. My uncle was the only survivor, if you can call what he is surviving."

"I'm sorry." Erin didn't know what else to say.

"It was Allison's family that started the fire. They went against their own rules, to only kill an adult and if they had absolute truth of what they were. There were 11 people in that house, some of them completely normal" Derek was silent and Erin didn't know what to say.

"Derek, I want to help, but you need to tell me what it is you want from me"

"I think I know a cure for Scott."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean Scott was bitten and turned. I was born this way, I'll always be what I am, but I've heard of a cure, I don't know if it's true."

"Riddles Derek," She reminded him in a sing-song voice.

"If we can find the Alpha and kill him, Scott will go back to normal."

Erin starred at Derek for a second, trying to figure out if he was being serious or not; "Derek, you're talking about killing someone- a person."

"Not a person. They're more animal than human now," Derek waited while Erin thought about it.

"Can we at least find out if it's true or not first?" When Derek didn't answer, she assumed he wasn't sure how to find that out. Erin sighed and ran her hands over her face and through her hair. She was tired. "Let's figure out who it is first then we'll decide who or what we need to kill"

Derek nodded and started the car again. They drove in silence until they pulled up outside Erin's house. "I'm...sorry for bringing you into this," Derek told her.

"Thanks for the ride," Erin said simply then, exited the car.

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