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Haunted

Derek stared out his bedroom window. He could see the outline of Scott and Allison over by the creek. He sat there, thinking and wondering about what would have happened had the fire not have started. Would he have still been a werewolf? Would Scott have been a werewolf? Would they even be in this mess had he not been changed? Scott was a handful, he had to say that.

Scott was also young, but he still drove Derek insane. With all the questions, and having to cover tracks, Scott was all that Derek could handle. Laura hadn't been like that. But then again, Laura also hadn't been a teenage boy. And, she'd been his sister. But, she'd still been his younger sister and got on his nerves at times.

Derek walked down the hall. He was heading to the class he hated the most: math. Whoever had invented math should be shot. The 1800's did just fine without Algebra and Calculus and Geometry, so why did they need to have it? He wasn't failing math, but he didn't have the greatest grades. His father was always telling him that he needed to get that C up to a B at least. An A would be the best. Derek always shrugged him off and often forgot about the entire conversation.

"Derek, Derek, Derek," Kate said, sidling up next to him. "What have you been up to? You know, I waited last night for you to call, but…you never did. What's up with that, big boy?"

"Big boy?" he asked, raising his eyebrows. She shrugged.

"Answer my question," she said, crossing her arms over her chest.

Derek found that for some reason, Kate could be quite…frightening. For some reason, she had that edge. The edge that she could kick you down and kill you in an instant. One way of saying it is: she gave him the creeps.

"I was at home."

"Doing what?"

"Being bored," he said as he walked down the hall, trying to shake her off. She didn't budge.

"Well, if you were bored, you know my number, don't you? Phone book? Internet? It's all there, Derek boy," she said. Now he was creeped.

He had to keep a low profile for a few days since the full moon was coming up. How he was going to handle that, he had no clue. His sister would also be turning along with his uncle, and, well, his entire family. That would be fun.

"I was busy, actually," he said, turning to go down another hall. Perhaps he could take the long way today…She pulled him to a stop. Nope, apparently not.

"You're avoiding me, I can tell. I can practically smell it on you. What's up, Hale? Some big secret? The full moon's coming up, you know about all those superstitions, now don't you? About how werewolves howl at the moon?" she asked. He stared at her. "You probably think I'm crazy, don't you? Believing in werewolves."

"They're nothing but myths, Kate, no reason to believe in that silliness," he said. "Besides, what kind of wolf would howl at a stupid moon? If you were a werewolf for one night, what would you do?"

"Hunt the Alpha."

"You sound so sure about that. Isn't the Alpha the leader of the pack? The person who can create new werewolves?" Derek challenged, leaning against the wall. She raised her eyebrows at him.

"Now, you might want to be careful about what you say, Hale, people might think you believe in those myths," she said with a smile. She looked up as the bell rang. "So, I'll see you Saturday at eight. Pick me up then."

"For what?" Derek asked.

"Our date, Hale," she said and ran down the hall. Derek sighed. Argent's. They were a pain in his -

Derek bolted up when the door opened below and the floor creaked as someone stepped in. He didn't understand why it was that people would want to come to his house. But then again, as he thought about it, creepy houses were thought to be haunted. He was the only person who haunted this house. Well, him, the mice, and the memories that the walls held.

He crept down the hall to look over the banister, but still remaining hidden. He let out a low growl and the intruder looked up. A teenage boy. He turned and fled. Derek straightened. He might have just scarred the kid for life, but it wasn't his problem. He had to think of a way to make sure Scott didn't kill anyone.

A/N: Thank you to the roleplay by Aphrodite-Venus-u.k. who helped me to get some of the lines used in this chapter. I also want to thank Aphrodite-Venus-u.k. for giving me the idea of using Kate as a rebound.