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[Derek POV]

I woke to the sound of screaming from a few doors down. I jumped out of bed with only one thought in my head, Help Chloe. I ran to the guest bedroom, making the door fly open; I then saw little Charlie trying to shake Chloe awake and it wasn't working. I could tell by the way Chloe kept wiggling that she was having a nightmare. I came to the side of the bed, I shook Chloe firmly but gently to try and wake her but it wasn't working.

"this happens sometimes, Momma told me that when this happens she's reliving the worst day of her life" Charlie told me while tears fell down his cheeks.

"oh...what day was that?" I asked him.

"don't know, Momma said when I'm a big boy I can know. Can you wake her up?" He asked with pure terror in his eyes as he watched his mother gasp for air and squirm around; but before I could even answer, Chloe started screaming my name over and over again, begging me to help her.

"does she usually scream my name when this happens?" I asked little Charlie who was covering his sensitive ears from his mothers screams.

"uh huh. Always your name, Momma says its cause she loves you and knows that you will always protect her." Charlie said looking at me with hopeful eyes. Chloe kept screaming in her sleep, I tried shaking her again and this time she woke up. She sat up bringing her knees to her chest, "I'm...sorry...f-for ww-waking you." she said to me looking broken in so many ways.

"Chloe, what was this about? Charlie told me that you were re-experiencing the worst day of your life...was it when you became a werewolf?" I asked her in a soft gentle voice.

She looked at Charlie and asked him if her could go get her a cup of ice water which he obliged to do. Once Charlie left the room she turned to look at me to explain her nightmare.

[Chloe POV]

I looked Derek in the eye as I began to explain my freak attack. " It will always be the worst day of my life..." He was about to interrupted me but I continued on before he could. "It was the night I became a werewolf...it was a bad thing to become a werewolf but what that rouge werewolf did to me...it scarred me for the rest of my life.."

"What did it do to you besides making you a werewolf?" Derek questioned me.

I took a deep but shaky breath. "It...umm..he raped me.." I responded in a quiet voice while looking down at my lap ashamed of myself.

"Oh...Chloe...please look at me Chloe" He asked me in a very gentle voice. I looked up into he's amazing green eyes. "Chloe, I've kept this secret from you for far to long time...I have a mate." he said to me looking for a reaction from me.

"oh...umm that's nice." I said because I didn't know how to really respond to that.

"Chloe, she's amazing, strong willed and has the most gorgeous blue eyes I've ever seen" Derek told me, I could hear the love in his voice as he talked about this beautiful woman that was he's mate. As he continued to tell me things about this girl he loved I couldn't help but start crying silently. How could I ever think I had a chance with Derek. He's an amazing good person with glorious looks and I'm just plain and boring as ever.

[Derek POV]

I was telling Chloe about all the things that made me fall in love with her. I then realized Chloe started to cry...I then thought of what possibly be wrong but then I realized she must be thinking I mean somebody else. She put her head down, looking at her lap. She thought I meant some one else. HELL NO! Nobody could even begin to compare to Chloe. I grabbed Chloe's chin gently with my hand lifting her head, forcing her to look at me.

"Chloe, my mate is you. I love you." I said in a calm even voice filled with complete and total truth and love.

[Chloe POV]

I was in complete and utter shock. Derek just told me that I was his mate and that he loved me. ME! I searched his eyes trying to see if he was lying or not to me. He wasn't lying. I was so overwhelmed with joy and happiness that I launched myself at Derek, attaching his lips to mine. His lips were so soft and warm but a little chapped, it felt perfect to just kiss him. I felt like this moment could never end.

"eeww Momma, why are you kissing?" Charlie said in a confused voice.

me and Derek pulled apart once we heard Charlie begin to talk. I was about to answer my son but Derek beat me to it.

"I was kissing your mother because I love her with all my heart, she was kissing me because..." Derek began he's explanation strongly but then it died out because he didn't know why I had kissed him.

"Momma kissed you because she love you...right Momma?" Charlie asked me tilting his head to the side.

"of coarse. I love Derek, I have and always will." I replied with a huge grin on my face as I turned to look at Derek. He smiled back at me but then turned to look at the bedside clock. I then realized it was only 2 in the morning. I looked over at my little boy who was rubbing his eyes signaling that he was still sleepy. I took the the glass out of Charlie's hand and took a big sip while I picked him up to put him back in bed. I crawled in next to my son and saw Derek almost out of the room.

"where are you going?" I asked as I yawned, exhausted.

"I'm going back to my room to go back to sleep?" He said it more like a question then a statement.

"Stay with me...please" I begged as I lifted up the covers of the king sized guest bed. He hesitated for a second but then obliged and scooted in next to me. I curled up into he's chest and hugged my son to mine. I felt so safe in his arms, it just felt right. "I love you, Derek Souza." I told him as I looked up at him.

"I love you, Chloe Saunders. Always have and always will." He told me before leaning in and giving me a gentle kiss. He pulled back but kept an arm around my waist. "Goodnight my love."

"Night my mate." I replied as I closed my eyes welcoming the dark abyss named sleep.

Kinda short but I wanted to get them sorta together for now. A lemon will make its appearance in one of the later chapters. Thanks again for reading my fanfiction

-AngRo97