Sorry it's been a week since my last upload, but I was too lazy to retype this to a computer with an internet connection, and I'm sorry that my first two chapters were short, especially the second one, but this one's longer. And I am going to apologize ahead of time in case people don't like it. Haha well here's chapter three of my first Fanfic story. Hope you guys like it.

Disclaimer: Once again I have to say I don't own the Darkest Powers Trilogy, no matter how much I wish I did. Lol

I Just Want You

Chloe POV

"Umm Chloe?" he asked looking at me, waiting for me to say something back.

I glanced around the kitchen, it was one of those types of kitchens that was so big you could have a large table in it and use the kitchen as a dining room too, and that's what they had done. I continued glancing around and my eyes landed on Derek. My face heated again and I looked away.

Wow, I almost wish I hadn't realized that I love him because right now I didn't know what to say. I was afraid to open my mouth because I love you might come out instead of just a simple good morning…

No. I don't wish I hadn't realized it. Now the weird feelings and butterflies had a name to go with them.

Love.

But I couldn't let Derek know that. He'd probably never speak to me again, and my heart couldn't handle that. Derek and I had definitely become closer during the time we were in Albany, but that didn't mean he liked me the way I liked him.

I had been so lost in my thoughts that I hadn't even noticed that Derek had gotten up and was now standing in front of me, of course he walks so quietly so that didn't help either.

"Hey Chloe, you okay today?" he asked me. His green eyes were filled with concern.

"Huh. Oh yeah I-I was just t-thinking." Of course I would stutter.

"Are you sure? You seem sort of…out of it" he asked as he lifted my chin so I could look him in the eyes..

His touch, just a simple touch woke something up inside of me. The feeling started from his finger tips and palm and sent waves of electricity and desire through my whole body. It's a wonder he didn't feel it too. And we were standing so close, he could probably hear my heart beating wildly in my chest.

But before my body or mind had a chance to react he had let go me and was sitting back down where he was before. Why am I so unlucky?

"Derek, what's wrong?" I asked just hoping he didn't hear how upset I was that he had moved away from me.

"I hear Simon coming down the stairs"

Oh, of course Simon would be coming down! Gee wonder why that happens. Karma sucks. Before when I thought I had liked Simon, Derek always managed to interrupt some moment I had with him. It only seems fair to the world that the same thing happens with Derek and I.

It might have been fair to the rest of the world but it certainly wasn't fair to me.

I sunk down into a chair and let out a sigh. Right before Simon walked in I felt Derek's gaze on me again, his green eyes pierced through the curtain of black hair and he looked at me until Simon walked in. There was something in his eyes, some emotion I wanted to place but couldn't, especially because he blinked it away as soon as Simon greeted us.

"Well good morning guys" he cheerfully said as he got something to eat. "How long have you guys been awake?"

"Since about five" Derek said

"Um, Seven" I mumbled.

Simon just started talking to us about whatever came to his mind, but the topic he talked about most was movies. It reminded me of when we were back at Lyle House talking about zombie movies after I had raised and then released the spirits of two of Samuel Lyle's experiments. That then reminded me that Derek had been the one to come and save me. I looked up at where he was sitting…but I didn't see him. I glanced around the kitchen and he wasn't there.

I had been looking at Simon pretending to be listening and I didn't even notice that Derek had gotten up and left. Great.

I tried talking to Simon a little bit more but I just couldn't do it, I had to go find Derek.

"I saw a commercial for a movie that's going to be on TV tonight, I was wondering if you wanted to watch it with me, Chloe" He sounded so hopeful, I could just watch the movie with him right? I mean, just as friends that's not so bad.

But I knew he wasn't thinking about it like we were just friends. I would have to tell him that that was all he could think of me as anymore later today. But my main concern now was Derek.

I said sure we could watch the movie not even wondering what the movie was about, and excused myself and ran out of the kitchen.

Derek wasn't in the living room. I walked around the lower floor looking for him. He didn't appear to be anywhere around, so I ran upstairs and stood outside his bedroom door. I had never even thought of what I would say to him. I knew I had to tell him I loved him but I didn't know how. No matter what I had thought before, when I was talking to Simon I realized that I had to tell Derek how I was feeling, my feelings couldn't be kept a secret. Even if he rejected me he would know how I felt, no matter how much that rejection would hurt, he would know.

Derek POV

I was sitting on my bed thinking about that look. The look she was giving Simon when he was talking to her. She looked so happy when he was talking about all those movies with her. I figured I should leave just to let them have their space.

But at the same time I was so mad! Simon liked Chloe, and based on that look she was giving him she really did like him too. Simon was good for her because he wasn't anything like me. I was nothing but a dangerous freak, people were always afraid to be around me, I had broken someone's back, and now they won't ever walk again, and almost done it again with the girl in the alley. I didn't want to hurt Chloe like that too. So they were perfect for each other. But I still felt like I wanted to rip his head off, or at least punch him, whether he was my brother or not. I wanted Chloe for myself but I couldn't keep her from Simon, keep her from being happy. No matter how much I liked her…

No, not liked, loved. But my love couldn't get in the way of her and Simon; I didn't want to be that horrible sibling that breaks up the happy couple because he's jealous.

Liam's words rang in my head. "The pups got himself a mate." Can she really be…I mean I've never paid any attention to any other girls before her, but can she really be my mate?

I heard footsteps coming up the stairs, run down the hall, and stop at my door. I could smell Chloe outside, she was just standing there. I guess she was debating on whether to knock or not. I saved her the trouble of deciding and just got up to open the door.

When I opened the door she was standing there with her hand poised, ready to knock. She looked up at me, her beautiful blue eyes staring at me as she lowered her hand. We stood there for what seemed like an eternity staring into each others eyes before I realized that I hadn't actually said anything to her, just let her stand outside my room.

"So, can I come in?" She asked jokingly

"Oh. Uh, yeah. Sorry." She walked in and stood in the middle of my room and I pushed the door to.

"D-Derek." Her joking tone was gone, and was now replaced with a nervous one. "Umm t-there's something I w-wanted to talk t-to you about…"

Chloe POV

Great now that I'd said that there was no way to take back this conversation and save it for another time. I'm doomed.

"Oh ok. So, what do you want to talk about?"

"Well…l-look Derek" am I really going to tell him. I glanced up at his face and one look into his eyes gave me my answer.

"I r-really like you. Well n-no actually more like l-love you. And I-I-I don't care what you have t-to say o-or think about that b-but it's the truth." I blurted it out in one quick stuttered sentence.

The look on his face was…shock I guess. I was kind of hoping for a different response.

"Oh man, I really shouldn't have said anything, just kept it to myself" I mumbled quietly to myself as I walked to the far corner in his room.

"No, Chloe you shouldn't have kept it to yourself."

I'd forgotten that he could hear what I said.

I had my back turned to him when he asked me 'what about Simon'. Seriously was he really thinking about how I felt about his brother when I had just told him I loved him?

"What about him Derek, I just told you I loved you and the first thing you think is 'What about Simon', seriously?"

"Well, I know he likes you and I know you like him too."

"What? Derek!" I turned to face him "Do you really think I would have come up to tell you that I love you if I liked Simon?"

"Well I saw the way you we're looking at him earlier, you looked so happy when he was talking to you…"

"Derek I wasn't even listening to him. As soon as he started talking about movies I remembered when we were at Lyle House talking about zombie movies, which made me think about the reason we were even talking about zombie movies in the first place. It was to forget about the two dead people I raised in the crawl space, but then I remembered that you were the one who came down to the crawl space and saved me and helped me release their spirits. What I was thinking about made me happy, the fact that you were there with me. That's probably why I looked happy talking to Simon, I was thinking of you. After I realized you left I excused myself and then came to find you, so I could tell you how I felt." The last part came out as more of a whisper than anything.

"But Chloe, I'm not right for you, I'm too dangerous, I don't want to hurt you. Simon could take better care of you" The look on his face was saying otherwise.

I was starting to get annoyed with him. "Derek! Was it Simon who has protected me for the past couple weeks or you? If my memory is correct it was you, all Simon did was comfort me like a good friend would! And I don't care what you say about it. I don't want Simon. Derek I love you, not him. I just want you."

He looked at me with the same expression he had earlier this morning. It was then I realized the emotion in his eyes. It was love. He loved me too, he just didn't want to hurt Simon.

"Derek ple-" I couldn't even get the whole sentence out before he was kissing me.

The kiss was soft at first, but became a little rougher, slightly more needing, but I didn't care. This was what I wanted. I wanted that electricity that made me feel so alive, that electricity that only Derek could make me feel, emanating from where his lips met mine and where his hands were placed on my back. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he moved one hand up to my face and he pulled away, but only far enough to rest his forehead against mine.

"Chloe?" He breathed

"Yeah Derek?"

"I love you too." he said while stroking my cheek with his thumb. Then he pulled me into a hug, both his arms wrapped back around me.

He loved me too. I felt like I was floating on a cloud but then I heard the door being pushed open.

We both turned to see Simon standing in the doorway.

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