Chapter 02: Home
Three hours later and it was nearing midnight and the surgery had been finished and both Scott and Liam had fallen asleep in the waiting room chairs. Melissa and Grace took Theo into one of the recovery rooms before going over to Liam and Scott and waking them up though they both felt guilty for doing it. It was then that Melissa noticed that Grace was much older than Liam she questioned how it was possible.
"Sorry, if you don't mind me asking how old are you?" Melissa questioned as Scott yawned looking at his mother and then glancing at Liam who seemed to be fast asleep.
"Just turned twenty-nine, I know. Liam's parents adopted me when I was twelve...and then Doctor Geyer did after he married mom," Grace said, she didn't mind telling Melissa it was bound to be discussed at some stage. "I don't mind the questions. I know they're bound to come,"
"Not going to wake Liam?" Melissa asked, noticing that Grace hadn't even attempted to wake him.
"No, he's cranky when he first wakes up and I really don't want anyone on the other end of that," Grace explained, she was used to it. "I'll let him sleep some more. I'll stick around until Derek gets here,"
"Derek, as in Derek Hale?" Melissa questioned, she knew the name but hadn't heard that he was back in a while.
"Yeah, Derek's parents adopted Theo after his parents died. He's going to be grumpy when he comes to – hospitals freak him out a little bit," Grace explained pausing briefly before she continued noticing that Scott had closed his eyes again. "Theo was there when it happened,"
"I see," Melissa nodded, both women looked towards the room that they'd put Theo in silently hoping he'd stay out of it a little bit longer. "I'll stay here if you want to go in to him?"
The second that Grace stood up to go into the room Derek walked through the doors. Grace figured that he must of sped to get there an hour and half earlier than what he said he would. Derek stopped the second he saw her and smiled, it had only been three days since they'd last seen each other but she had flown back while he'd driven. Grace smiled back and walked over to him, quickly wrapping her arms around him. Grace hadn't needed her car while she was gone due to living a short walk from the hospital.
"Hey, come with me," Grace said pulling away from the hug and motioning for him to follow her to Theo's room.
"Hey, what happened?" Derek questioned following into the room where they both saw that Theo was starting to stir.
"Well according to him it happened at a game, but I don't think that's the case," Grace said, she knew that Derek knew exactly what he was talking about.
"You don't think he had something to do with it do you?" Derek questioned, he was referring to Theo's ex who had a violent past.
"I think so," Grace nodded as both of them quickly moved over to Theo, Derek to reassure him and Grace to make sure he didn't try and move his arm/shoulder.
"Theo, hey it's okay," Derek said almost instantly grabbing him as he sat up. "I'm here, and Grace's here,"
"She did this," Theo muttered, motioning with his head to his arm and shoulder.
"I know, it's Grace's job," Derek smiled at him, as he started to relax somewhat in Derek's arms. "Want to tell us what happened?" Theo shook his head, he didn't want to say anything while he was at the hospital. "Fine, you can tell me when we go home,"
Theo looked between Grace and Derek resigned to staying in the hospital until the morning when it was time to be discharged. He didn't want to stay by himself as he knew that he wouldn't get any sleep,while Derek and Grace went home. Grace walked back out to where Melissa was sitting with Liam and Scott still asleep before she decided it was time to wake the sleeping midget.
"Li, wake up kiddo," Grace gently nudged Liam, motioning for Melissa and Scott to move as Scott had been sitting closest to him. "Come on grumpy pants,"
"So you really are his sister?" Scott questioned yawning as he looked between Liam and Grace, Grace nodded as Derek joined them and put an arm around her waist. "Derek?"
"Hey Scott, you've met Grace?" Derek laughed, stepping back as Liam moved to swing at the closest thing to him. "Uh Grace?"
"I got him," Grace grabbed hold of Liam's arm crouching back down to him. "Hey, come on, you can go back to sleep when we get home,"
"You're not real," Liam mumbled, Grace sighed it would take a while for Liam to get used to her being home after being gone since he was ten.
"I'm very real kiddo," Grace said not letting go of his arm as she spoke softly to him. "We didn't spend all afternoon talking for nothing,"
"Grace?" Liam mumbled, realising that she really was standing or well crouching beside him and that Derek was standing behind her.
"That's me," Grace yawned she was getting tired, and just wanted to fall into bed. "Come on,"
As they all departed the hospital Scott said that he'd drop by to see Liam the day he was due in for surgery something about feeling guilty which caused both Melissa and Grace to look at him. Derek shook his head, he didn't know why he'd bothered trying to help the teenagers out sometimes. Liam started to shake his head, he knew that it wasn't Scott's fault and that it was his own. Grace wanted to know exactly what had gone on while she was away.
The next morning after Derek had picked up Theo from the hospital, he dropped by Grace's house – he still didn't know why she had trusted him to purchase it without her actually seeing it first. Apparently she had trusted his opinion as long as there was at least three bedrooms she didn't care. Theo was muttering that he just wanted to go home and sleep in his own bed, Derek had told him he could probably nap at Grace's like when they visited her.
"Hey, you guys up?" Derek called knocking on the screen door-frame as he pulled open the screen door.
"It's open," Grace called back she'd already gone for an early morning walk and was currently making coffee and breakfast. "I'm in the kitchen, Liam's still in bed,"
"Hey you," Derek smiled at her as he walked in and gave Theo a gentle shove. "This one wants sleep,"
"Come with me and you can sleep in the room opposite Liam," Grace said, still holding the knife in her hand which stopped Theo from following her. "Theo, did it happen again? Is that why you ended up in the ER last night?" Grace said quickly walking back into the kitchen and depositing the knife.
Theo followed Grace down the hall to the bedroom, kicking his shoes off when he got to the bed and sitting down. Grace smiled at him before she sat beside him, Theo raised his eyebrow at her – sure he'd known her since Derek had started dating her but sometimes he just wanted to be alone. Grace undid the sling from around his waist and carefully removed it making him hold it while she moved all the pillows around.
"I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark here and guess that you didn't listen when they told you what to do when they discharged you did you?" Grace questioned watching as Theo attempted to get comfortable on the mound of pillows.
"Half listened...Derek told me off in the car for it," Theo muttered, staring at Grace as he spoke and then down at his arm. "How long?" Grace moved his arm slightly so that his elbow was above his heart.
"Your shoulder, around a month. Your elbow since I had to put a plate and screws in it to hold it together, six to eight weeks maybe longer," Grace replied running a hand over her face before she continued. "I will be checking the healing of the incision every day though,"
"Are you serious?" Theo gasped, he couldn't believe that he wouldn't be using his arm for up to two months.
"I am, now do you want to tell me what really happened?" Grace asked, gently putting her hand on his uninjured shoulder as she spoke. "I won't tell Derek as long as you promise me that you will when you're ready,"
Theo thought for a moment wondering if he should tell her or if he should tell his brother, which of the two was less likely to kill. "Gabe..." Theo muttered looking at Grace as they heard a noise coming from the opposite bedroom.
"Oh sweetheart," Grace sighed, moving up so that she could hug him and that he didn't have to finish the sentence. "Try and get some sleep, I'll bring some water and painkillers down in a little while," Theo nodded lay back as far as he could and closed his eyes.
Grace left Theo in the bedroom closing the door behind him as she saw Derek headed her way. Both of them stopped outside Liam's door and listened to the swearing coming from the other side. Grace started laughing when she realised that he'd dropped his phone.
"I think he was talking to Mason," Grace managed to get out before she opened the door and looked at Liam who was leaning over the bed. "That you on the other end Mase?" Grace questioned loud enough that he should be able to hear her.
'Doctor Dunbar?' Mason all but squealed, Grace laughed even harder at Mason's response than the precarious position that Liam was in.
"Very funny Mason," Grace laughed as she picked up Liam's phone and held it to her ear while Derek sat Liam up again as he was having trouble doing it himself. "And you don't need to call me Doctor Dunbar, you've known me since you were like twelve years old,"
'I know, but Liam said that you'd become a doctor officially,' Mason replied, he was almost as proud as what Liam had been the day he'd told Mason about it. 'When will Liam be back at school?'
"Maybe next week...wait do you have a free period or something?" Grace raised her eyebrow glancing at Liam who nodded at her and held his hand out for his phone. "Here's the doofus," Grace tossed Liam his phone before she and Derek made their way back out of Liam's bedroom but not before Grace spoke again. "I'm coming back in like 10 minutes to get you out of bed mister,"
"So, you took your time with my kid brother," Derek said as they walked into the kitchen and he picked up one of the coffee's handing it to her. "Did he speak to you?"
"Yes and no, he wanted to know how long it would take before he could use his arm again," Grace said leaning against the counter as she had a mouthful of coffee before finding Derek kissing her. "Miss me that much hey?"
"It was three days, three lonely days," Derek mumbled into the kiss before drinking some of his own coffee. "Prepared to actually start work tomorrow?"
"Yes and no, first two surgeries and they had to be on people I know," Grace sighed, she hadn't wanted to operate on Theo but his elbow was that bad that it needed it. "We've gone longer without seeing each other and you know it,"
"Two people?" Derek raised his eyebrow, he knew that Theo had been her first surgery but didn't know that Liam was meant to be her first official surgery.
"Yeah, the munchkin," Grace shrugged, it was either her or the doctor that they couldn't seem to get a hold of.
Derek took Grace's coffee off her and put both of them on the counter as he pulled her closer to him as there was a knock at the door. Grace raised her eyebrow the only people who knew where she was living were her parents, Derek, Liam and Theo. Derek shrugged before they both headed towards the door, although Grace headed for the window first and peered out smiling when she realised it was her mother.
"It's open mom," Grace called, but not before Derek opened the door to greet her. "You remember Derek?"
"How could I forget my baby girls partner," Jenna Geyer said with a laugh as she and David entered the house. "Hello Derek," she smiled at him, Derek smiled back as he stepped back giving them more room.
"Mom," Grace muttered, walking over to her mother and hugging her tightly. "Thanks to Dad going on leave yesterday, guess who got called in early,"
"Your father told me," Jenna said hugging her daughter just as tightly before pulling back. "Where's that son of mine?" she asked looking around the living room for where Liam could possibly be.
"I'll get him, he was talking to Mason in bed," Derek said, walking away allowing Grace to talk with her parents. As Derek made his way back to Liam's room he heard the end of the conversation which sounded like Liam telling Mason to visit after school. "Hey Liam, Grace sent me down,"
"Bullshit," Liam laughed but quickly stopped when a shooting pain went up his leg. "Fuck,"
"Have you told Grace what really happened yet?" Derek questioned closing the door behind him and making his way over to the teenager.
"Fuck off," Liam muttered, he didn't know how Derek knew what had happened but somehow he did. "How do you even know?"
"Scott," was the only word that left Derek's mouth as he helped Liam into the wheelchair that Melissa had made them take home.
"Asshole," Liam muttered again before he realised that he could hear his parents talking to Grace in the living room. "You met mom and dad?"
"I've known them since before I started dating your sister remember?" Derek laughed before getting behind the wheelchair and pushing him towards the door only stopping so that he could open it.
Although Derek and Grace had been dating on and off since they were teenagers, their younger brothers had never met to the best of the knowledge. They were in slightly different circles at school, Theo had never quite been in the same circle since his parents had died when he was child. Derek let go of the wheelchair and gave it a push almost forcing Liam to make it move on his own.
"Go, I'll be there in a minute," Derek nodded, Liam glanced back at him as he opened the other bedroom door checking to see if Theo had made it to sleep. "Thank fuck for that," he muttered under his breath, Theo could be grumpy when he didn't sleep.
"Derek, Grace was just telling us that she got called into operate on Theo last night is that true?" David questioned, once Derek had joined them in the living room he also noted that Liam was sitting grumpily in the wheelchair. "Who managed to get Liam in the chair?"
"Yeah, she operated on Theo's elbow last night. And I believe it was Melissa," Derek answered, Liam nodded reluctantly he hated being in the chair and just wanted to walk already. "So what are you doing on your vacation?"
"Oh, we're going Europe," Jenna replied with a smile, they had been looking forward to it all year having saved for the better part of two years.
Jenna and David spent the morning with them while Derek had to run off to do some errands leaving Theo sleeping in the spare room. Grace checking on him occasionally when she heard noises that she didn't like. The final time she had checked on him he was near crying from the amount of pain he was in and from what she assumed was a nightmare.
"Hey, hey it's alright," Grace whispered sitting on the bed beside him, Theo shook his head it wasn't just the pain that was making him cry. "Did I ever tell you about the time I woke up screaming in bed?"
"No..." Theo sniffled, his face tear stained as he looked at her.
"When I was your age, so roughly ten years ago I woke up screaming in the middle of night from a nightmare about when my parents died. It was before I left so Derek was there but we were looking after my little brother at the time and he was maybe seven years old he came running into my and threw himself onto the bed," Grace laughed a little when she remembered Liam jumping on her tiredly and throwing his little arms around her. "Come here," she held her arms out to him offering a hug which he took before she put his arm back in the sling and secured it to his body.
"Derek or Cora usually make things better," Theo told her before adding. "I stink," Theo said with a slight laugh before wincing.
"I know they do, and yes you do but you can shower when Derek gets back. I promise," Grace smiles we him as she fished around her pocket for the bottle that Derek had left for Theo. "Take these, they'll help with the pain somewhat,"
Grace and Theo made their way to the living room where Liam looked up in surprise when he saw the older teen with his sister. Liam stared between Theo and Grace wondering why he was in her home as she made him sit down. Grace noticed the confusion but also the look of knowledge on his face.
"What are you doing here?" Liam questioned, raising an eyebrow at Theo and then at Grace. "Grace?"
"He's your brother?" Theo questioned glancing at Grace as he moved to sit on the couch while Liam watched his every move.
"Yeah, Li's my kid brother. Theo is Derek's brother," Grace paused a second before she continued. "Okay when did you pair meet?" Grace looked between the two of them as Derek returned, and almost instantly started backing away. "Derek get your butt back in here,"
"When he started at school last year," Liam answered, he didn't like giving his sister non answers and he knew that she didn't like taking them.
"Derek did you know?" Grace questioned running a hand over her face as she motioned between the two boys.
"Yes and no, I figured your brother would tell you sooner or later," Derek replied with a somewhat innocent shrug as he stood leaning against the door frame.
"How could we? We didn't know you knew each other!" Liam exclaimed looking between the two of them as the doorbell rang. "I thought it could have been some other Derek or some other Grace...I didn't put two and two together,"
"I worry about you you want to help Theo out in the bathroom while I get the door?" Grace said, motioning to Theo who had just sat down and was attempting to get comfortable. "Sorry Theo, you did just tell me you stink," Grace paused before staring at her Liam who was looking innocently around the room. "Liam, who did you tell?"
"Only Mase...but who knows who he told," Liam answered honestly as Mason was his best-friend he could have told Corey and Nolan and possibly Scott and Lydia.
Grace sighed picking up a pillow and throwing it at Liam as she headed for the door listening to the thud it made as it hit him square in the head. Liam picked up the pillow and hoisted it back at her, not expecting her to spin around and catch it at the same time. Grace opened the door and was face with Mason and some teenagers that she had never met before.
"Hey Mason, come in," Grace smiled at him before she found him hugging her nearly as tightly as what Liam had done the day before.
"Hey Doctor Dunbar," Mason smirked pulling away from her before he spoke again. "I mean Grace," his time he smiled at her. "This is Corey,"
"Nice to meet you Corey, I'm Grace. Liam's sister and this would be my house," Grace said shooting a glare at Liam and throwing the pillow back at his head.
"Sorry Grace!" Liam yelled this time catching the pillow before it could hit him. "That's Scott, Malia, Lydia, Allison, Isaac, Stiles, Kira, Boyd and Erica trailing in behind them,"
"Thank you Liam," Grace laughed, motioning for them to head into the lounge room. "Find somewhere to sit and chat,"
"Sorry to barge in on you, I'm Scott," Scott held out his hand to shake it before laughing as he vaguely remembered meeting her while half asleep the previous night.
"I know who you are Scott," Grace smiled but shook his hand nonetheless. "Liam told me that you and Stiles? Took him under your wing with lacrosse,"
"We did," the boy who Grace assumed was Stiles said with a grin and nod as he sat down on one of the armchairs. "Why'd Mason call you Doctor Dunbar?"
"Because I am a doctor, surgeon specialising in emergencies," Grace said pausing as she looked at Liam and then at Mason who was hanging on her every word. "Most of what I dealt with the last few years has been been, gunshots, shrapnel...among other things...I worked at a hospital a fair way away,"
"And she only got back yesterday," Liam added with a nod looking at Mason whose mouth had dropped open.
Everyone stared open mouthed at Grace and then looked at Liam wondering why he hadn't ever said anything about having an older sister. Lydia was the first one to question why Derek's car was parked in the driveway. She'd noticed it as she and Allison had pulled up behind Mason's car.
"Why's Derek's car here?" Lydia raised an eyebrow before she noticed a framed photo above the television that neither Liam or Theo had noticed.
"I've known him since I was a kid..." Grace trailed off as she noticed Derek and Theo leaving the bathroom. "Excuse me for just one second," Grace stood up darting towards the bathroom when she saw the look on Theo's face that said pain. "Der?"
"It was him," Derek said low enough that only Grace and Theo could hear him. "I'm going to kill the bastard," he muttered as Theo glanced behind Grace and saw everyone sitting talking.
"I know, babe don't do anything yet. Okay?" Grace smiled at him before she grabbed his hand pulling him towards her and kissing him. "Also they just saw the photo that mom framed from my birthday when we were eighteen,"
"What'd you tell them?" Derek questioned kissing her back and ignoring her plea for not doing anything.
"Not until you promise not to do a damn thing," Grace said hugging him and then giving Theo a reassuring hug whispering in his ear. "You know we won't let him hurt you ever again,"
"I know," Theo mumbled, he just wanted to shrink away, Derek should never have re-enrolled him at the high-school but they didn't know that Gabe was there.
"I'm going to have to show you how to do this without killing him," Grace said as she readjusted the sling so that Theo's arm was immobile again. "That feel better?"
"Fine," Derek muttered almost angrily leaving Grace to smile satisfactorily. "You hungry Theo?" Theo nodded he was slightly hungry after not having eaten all day.
"I'll make pizza," Grace said, making Derek grin he knew how good her pizza's could be. "Pretty sure I saw mom had bought all the ingredients,"
As Grace walked past everyone Liam looked up wondering what she was going to do, while Theo and Derek made there way back to the living room. Theo contemplating briefly if he was going to join the others, changing his mind and following Grace into the kitchen. Derek sat down with them, being bombarded by questions.
"Grace is making pizza," Derek said eliciting a grin from Liam and Mason. "You know her pizza's?"
"Her pizza's are the best. Pepperoni and pineapple," Liam grinned, while Grace made a gagging sound from the kitchen. "Pineapple!"
"No!" Grace laughed as she started kneading the dough while Theo watched. "Pineapple does not belong on pizza or in this house,"
"Yes it does!" Liam yelled back before finding a pillow being thrown at him, this time by Derek.
"Any requests?" Grace called, Theo had already told her that he was good with cheese and bacon.
"Just how good are these pizza's?" Scott questioned, raising an eyebrow as they all looked at one another.
"Amazing. When we were kids she would put whatever we wanted on them," Mason said remembering one day that he had Liam had asked her to make a chocolate pizza.
"I'm waiting," Grace laughed as she covered the dough over to rest. "You have roughly half an hour to decide what you want,"
