Lydia Martin was not one to stand for her friends being unhappy unless she was the one making them so. This is why she was fed up with Stiles and Derek circling around each other. She had known almost down to the hour when Stiles started feeling something other than anger and fear towards Derek. She could see when he finally softened and noticed how much of a true Alpha Derek had begun to become.

Derek, on the other hand, had taken longer for her to ascertain his true feelings. For the longest time, she had believed that he did not feel anything for Stiles except for a mixture of fondness, annoyance, and worry. But, when Stiles started pulling away from him because of his fear over his feelings being noticed, she observed Derek becoming grumpier every time Stiles would shut down around him or leave early after a pack meeting. Derek had even come to her to ask for the reasons behind Stiles' pulling back. Sick and tired of the boys' inability to just confront their feelings; she finally decided to do something about the situation.

She had watched Stiles and Derek interact after Stiles' had made everyone lemonade and she had seen the tension from both of them. Stiles once again daydreamed about Derek and then when he realized what he had been doing, pulled back from the conversation and all but ran away. Derek still not understanding why Stiles was acting the way he did, did the same. Making sure to keep Derek in her line of sight, she deliberately brought up Stiles' feelings knowing that Derek would be able to hear.

"Another scenario where Derek professes his love for you?"

"No. We just kissed in this one."

Lydia glared at Stiles. She knew she should be sticking to the plan, but damn these boys were annoying! She just wanted to shoot them both.

Out of the corner of her eye she saw Derek's head snap up and whip around to look at them both. This got her back onto the task at hand.

"When are you ever going to admit your feelings to him?"

Derek's whole body stilled, waiting for the answer just as much as she was.

"Never."

Stiles just seemed to deflate into the porch swing with this answer. Derek on the other hand, just looked thoughtful. Hopefully now that he knew about Stiles' feelings, he would do something about it and end the horrible tension. The stress on the pack was definitely not good for her complexion.

Lydia stormed into the Hale house.

"DEREK! Get your insufferable Alpha ass down here!"

Derek came down the stairs with a glare on his face.

"What now, Lydia?"

Derek's casual indifference just served to enrage her more.

"Don't you 'what now, Lydia' me! I know you heard me talking to Stiles about his feelings for you. I expected you to have done something about it by now. It's been two weeks, Derek! Two weeks! What is keeping your stubborn behind from making a move? Are you really that dens-? "

Derek's face underwent a series of emotions in the short time it took her to rant at him. First annoyance, then apprehension, and finally just plain old fear. This made her pause.

"What's going on, Derek? Don't tell me you are afraid of admitting your feelings for Stiles? He's 18, legal, and obviously in love with you. The pack is good, the Sheriff actually likes you. What is holding you back?"

Derek rubbed a hand over his face and sighed.

"I wasn't aware that I had feelings for Stiles until two weeks ago…"

Lydia froze for a second and then smiled calmly at him.

"I'm sorry, I must have misheard you. I thought you just said you weren't aware that you were in love with Stiles until you heard the results of my ingenious actions. But, that obviously couldn't be right seeing as you let Stiles get away with almost anything, are territorial every time someone even goes near him, and you practically rip the packs' head off when they make him upset."

Lydia just looked at Derek and watched him start to get flustered. He looked away and fidgeted, finally looking back at her and sighing once more.

"I…I just thought that…." Derek started to say, and then trailed off. If possible, he looked even more weary and miserable than he had before.

"I don't know what I've been thinking. Every time I've thought of Stiles and me relationship wise, I just told myself that he was another member of the pack. I didn't know that Stiles felt anything towards me and then he started acting cagey and never wanting to be around me."

"So, you've been what? Using these last two weeks to confront your feelings? Do you know how hard I've worked at trying to get Stiles to admit his emotions to you? I finally had to give up and just get him to admit them where you could hear, and then you tell me you didn't know that you had feelings for HIM? I swear to god, I need to stage a revolt and become Alpha myself. The others in the pack would stand behind me, they are as equally tired of you two and your drama as I am."

At this Derek huffed lightly and muttered, "Well, if someone would have told me about Stiles maybe I would have done something about it sooner."

Lydia just rolled her eyes and started to leave. She turned around when she got to the door.

"You better get your shit together and go talk to Stiles. I am not going to go through another school year watching him be upset over you. If you don't want to be with him, fine. I know plenty of guys who do." At this she flounced out of the house, closing the door to Derek growling and by the sound of it, probably punching a wall. Well, if that didn't motivate him to get his ass in gear, then she would have to go through with her promise and set Stiles up.

Hmm...didn't Danny just break up with his boyfriend?