Weither this story gets alot of views or reviews or whatever, I think I will continue it purely because i've fallen in love with writing it :) No werewolves, daraches, it's like taking a holiday in the Teen Wolf writing world! Anyway, enjoy!
Derek's p.o.v
Thursday Night
"So how was tutoring today?" I ask Cora as we drive home.
"Dani's really helpful, I think i'm staring to get the hang of it" she tells me. That makes me smile. Cora has always had trouble with English. Shes finally found someone who can help her. I'm glad it's Dani, I like her, she's nice, friendly, attractive- "Derek?" Cora calls out.
"What?" I ask her.
"I asked what we're having for dinner" she repeats.
"Uh..I might just order in, I haven't gotten anything ready"
"That's fine with me, as long as we get pizza" Cora says. I roll my eyes.
"Fine, we'll get pizza" I say, turning towards the pizza parlour.
"Derek, you know.." Cora starts, making me glance at her. "Maybe you should get to know Dani a little better.."
"What do you mean?" I ask her.
"I don't know..I..she doesn't really hang out with people her age. She's got Scott and Stiles but they're a year younger. She hangs out with Allison and Lydia who are her age but she has no guy friends that are..you know..her age"
"She's 18, i'm 22?" I remind her in confusion. "The others are only a year younger?"
"But they're..you know..they sort of, suck" she says. "Well not really, I mean they're funny but..you'd just be a better friend"
"Is that so?" I ask with a raised eyebrow, looking at my sister accussingly, what is she trying to do?
"And you have no friends anyways" she grins.
"I don't need friends" I tell her, pulling into the pizza place. There's no point in denying it, I don't have friends or family, all I have is Cora. And really, she's all I need. After the fire, i've been very delicate with trusting people and it turns out Cora's the only person I really trust.
"Don't go all brooding on me Mr Eyebrows, go get us some pizza" Cora interrupts my thoughts. I just huff and roll my eyes before getting out. Maybe I will try be friends with Dani. She doesn't seem like the type of girl to sleep with me then burn my family house down to try steal the insurance money from me, right? No, she's nothing like Kate. Besides, I said friends, friends don't sleep with each other..okay maybe Kate and I were just 'friends'. Anyway, i'm going to try be friends with her. She seems like a really nice girl, in fact I know she's really nice-i'm brought back from my thoughts again when Cora's banging on the car window. She points to me then wiggles her eyebrows then points to the pizza parlour. I nod and go inside, she's always teasing me about my eyebrows.
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Dani's p.o.v
Friday
I'm just about to the jeep, so close! I just want to go home and crawl into bed and not talk to anyone until I have to at school on Monday. Lydia and Allison have been bugging me all day about Homecoming. Lydia wants me to go with Camden becauses he's popular and handsome, more like a douchebag and..a douchebag, nice one Dani. Allison's more subtle about it, she does want me to come though, preferably with a date now that Scott maned up and asked her.
"Bye Dani!" Alli calls out as she drives past. I give her a smile and a wave.
"Remember, you're coming to Homecoming with a date!" Lydia winks as she drives past. I just give her a sickly sweet grin and pull the finger at her.
"See? You need a date" I hear Camden behind me. Oh my frigging god! Is he gonna be like this forever? He only started acting like this a couple weeks ago but it's already pissing me off. At first I was flattered that someone like him would notice someone like me but then he was just being cocky and arrogant.
"I don't NEED a date" I correct him, turning to face him. His eyes trace my body, landing and staying on my butt. "Dickhead, my eyes are up here" I snap.
"I know, but the view's better down here" he smirks. "You should always wear skinny jeans" he says. "The tighter the better"
"Camden" I warn.
"Okay, i'm sorry" he says with a chuckle. "But seriously, why don't you come to Homecoming with me? We can be king and queen, dance, go back to my place, have a little party of our own-"
"Okay seriously, stop Camden!" I snap. Camden looks up at me with that look of disbelief. He nods lowly before walking over to his own car. Was it seriously that easy? I turn and see Derek, he's glaring at Camden. No, it wasn't that easy, he's just scared of Derek. I smile at Derek and walk over. He gets out of his camaro and smiles back at me. "Waiting for Cora?" I ask. He nods.
"Waiting for Stiles?" he asks. I nod this time. "Oh, Dani..I wanted to ask you something" Derek says, sounding a little..shy? Nervous even? No way, he's Derek Hale.
"What is it?" I ask him.
"I was wondering if you'd want to go-" he starts.
"Dani! Let's go!" Stiles calls out.
"Hold on!" I yell back. "What were you saying?" I ask Derek. I swear he was about to ask me to go out with him.
"It doesn't matter..i'll see you Monday" he says, watching Cora walk over.
"Oh..okay, see you then" I say, going over to Stiles. I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up, why would gorgeous, green-eyed Derek Hale ask me out? Exactly, he wouldn't. I get into the jeep without a word, suddenly feeling really foolish and pathetic for thinking that.
"You okay there D?" Stiles asks, taking off out of the carpark. Derek catches my eye as we pass. I give him a weak smile.
"Perfect" I tell him with a sigh.
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Buzz, buzz. Buzz, buzz.
I roll over on my bed to grab my phone off the bedside table. It's Cora.
Cora: Hey, I saw you talking to Derek earlier. Did he ask you? How did Cora know about that?
Dani: Ask me what?
Cora: Out to dinner tonight? I told him you needed a good guy friend and I thought because we were going out anyway, he would ask you.
Dani: Firstly, Scott and Stiles are perfectly fine guy friends! And no..he looked like he was going to ask me something but just didn't.
Cora: I'm sure they are. Well, i'm asking you now. Dani Stilinski, would you like to go out to dinner with my brother and myself? ;P
Dani: Uh. Fine. But no funny stuff with Derek and I!
Cora: You have my word.
Dani: Good.
Cora: ;)
Dani: Cora!
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I stand in front of the mirror looking at my outfit. I wanted to stay in bed and wear no pants and an oversized jumper, not go out to dinner with my friend and her brother I have absolutely no chance with. But I know if my Mum was alive she'd tell me to not be stupid and go after what I want and all that. So now i'm wearing a tight black skirt and one-strap red singlet with a black bust belt. Nothing too fancy but at least I don't look like a hobo anymore. As promised, I hear the camaro beep, telling me they're here. I grab my phone and wallet before running down the stairs.
"Whoa!" Stiles says, grabbing me by the shoulders when I reach the bottom of the stairs. "Where are you going all dressed up?"
"I'm not dressed up Stiles and I need to go, Derek's grotchy enough as it is-"
"Why are you going out with Derek?" he interrupts. I groan.
"I'm not 'going out' with him. Cora invited me out to dinner with them, BOTH of them. Now come on, let me go" I say sweetly.
"Don't get into any trouble" Stiles says, letting me go and walk past him.
"Tell John i'll be home by curfew!" I call out, running out the door in my black ankle boots.
"Yeah, yeah" Stiles brushes off. I run out the door and out to the camaro.
"Hey, sorry about the wait, Stiles was being Stiles" I say, jumping into the backseat.
"It's okay, right Derek?" Cora says with a grin. I glare at Cora and see Derek look at me in the mirror.
"It's fine" he says. He takes off out of the driveway. After a long moment of silence he speaks up again. "You look nice Dani" he says.
"Thanks, not too bad yourself Hale" I say, a dark blush setting into my cheeks. Cora looks at me through the mirror, wiggling her eyebrows. I look away from her and instead focus on the road.
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"This place looks good" I say as the three of us walk into a small, cottage-style italian resturant.
"Derek and I used to come here as kids, the owner loves me" Cora says. Derek rolls his eyes and finds us a table. I can't stop myself from looking around the room still, looking at the old school art and deco.
"Cora! Cora is that you?" a loud, heavily italian accented woman calls out.
"Mama P!" Cora says, standing up as the lady rushes over. The two hug and Derek lets out a breath, standing up himself.
"Derek? Look who grew up!" Mama P says, hugging him tightly too. I can see he's more relaxed in this hug with this woman, they must go way back.
"Hey Mama P" Derek says when she pulls back. She smiles and her gaze falls on me.
"You must be Derek's girlfriend!" she says, taking my hands and standing me up, pulling me into a hug. She pulls back and holds my cheeks in her hands. "Gorgeous, very, very gorgeous. You and Derek will have beautiful children, no?" she says with a smile. Wow..this just got wicked awkward.
"No, Mama P, this is my friend Dani. She's my tutor" Cora clears up.
"I'm sorry dear" she says, looking a little guilty.
"It's okay, really" I say, feeling awkward now.
"But really, if he is single, snap him up" she says, nudging me. I blush and look away as she lets me go. "Sit children, sit, i'll take your order, get it to you nice and quick" she says, letting us sit again. We decide to get a platter of different pizzas, something Mama P was obviously excited about putting together for us. "I'll be back, quick as a flash" she says, rushing off into the kitchen.
"In case you didn't notice, that's the owner that loves me" Cora says with a chuckle.
"Loves both of you by the sounds of things" I say, smiling.
"You should have seen her when we were kids! She was always trying to get Derek a girlfriend! He didn't date much so-" Cora starts.
"Cora" Derek says, slightly embarassed.
"It's okay" I say, making Derek look at me. "I've only dated a couple guys. In fact my Uncle used to think I swung for a different team" I chuckle.
"What? Just because you didn't date much?" Cora says, joining in with my laughter.
"Yeah he wasn't the smartest person" I say, rubbing the scar on my inner arm without realising. The scar he put there. "What about you?" I ask Cora, trying to take the subject away from my Uncle before they could ask anymore questions. Cora's eyes flick to her brother nervously while Derek's are trained on her suspiciously. "Oh, right, older brother right there" I realise my mistake. I turn to Derek with a grin. "Cora's never dated, right Cora?" I say with a wink her way. Cora just throws her head back, laughing loudly, obviously calling out my lie. I can't help but join in. Even Derek chuckles a little, eyes twinkling with happiness as he watches his sister enjoying herself, just like I do with Stiles and he does with me.
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"Dinner was amazing, thanks Derek" I say when we pull up outside my house. Derek paid for the three of us so it was only fair to thank him.
"No problem" he says. I get out of the car.
"Be careful! If Mama P sees you out and about she won't hesitate to talk you through the benefits of dating Derek" Cora snickers, Derek smacking her arm, thinking I couldn't see. I did see..he obviously doesn't like me the way I like him and Cora's teasing is just pissing him off now so I decide to call it a night.
"I'll take note of that" I say to Cora. "Bye Derek, see you at school Cora" I say. I hear a beep as they leave before going inside and locking the door behind me.
"Dani?" I hear John call out.
"Yeah, it's me!" I call back, taking my boots off and dumping them. I walk up the stairs, going into his room. He's sitting on his bed, looking through files and paperwork. "Long day?" I ask him.
"The longest" he sighs. "What about you? How was your day?" he asks, putting the papers down.
"School was alright. I just got back from dinner. Cora, one of my students, invited me out to dinner with her and her brother. It was really nice, we went to that little italian place on the corner. It was good to get out for abit" I tell him.
"Cora Hale?" he asks.
"Yeah" I nod. He looks like he's thinking for a minute before looking back at me. "I'm glad you had fun. But it's late, get some sleep" he says.
"What about you?" I ask, biting my thumbnail nervously, something I picked up from Stiles. John gives me the same look he gives Stiles when he sees him doing it. I pull my thumb away from my mouth.
"Don't worry about me kid" he says like he can read my mind. "I'm not working this weekend unless they really need me, i'll have plenty of time to catch up on sleep"
"Okay..night John" I say, pushing off the doorframe.
"Night Dani" he says, reaching for his papers again. I walk down the hallway and into my room, flopping down onto my bed.
Buzz, buzz. Buzz, buzz.
I reach over and grab my phone, reading the text message from an unknown number.
Unknown number: Dani, it's Derek. I just want to apologise for Mama P and Cora this evening.
Dani: Hey Derek, it's fine, honestly. I get they were just joking around. Thanks again for dinner. I'll see you Monday :)
Unknown number: I'll see you then :)
I quickly add Derek's number into my phone under Derek. I sigh and throw my phone at the floor, not caring weither it breaks or not. Why the hell am I starting to get feelings for Derek when he obviously doesn't share them? Jeez being 18 is harder work than being 16!
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I know an italian woman that goes by 'Mama P'. She's loud and funny and an amazing cook so she inspired the Mama P in this fic :) Favourite, follow and review!