I present you with another chapter.
A special werewolf makes an appearance. ;)
Enjoy.
Ellie sat on her bed as she braided her damp hair and thought back to the last 24 hours. For almost an entire night she had forgotten about the hole in her heart that only seemed to grow larger with every passing day and now she felt it healing. It was slow, but if she was lucky, maybe after a couple of months in this new place and she would finally have a whole heart again.
After tying her hair off, she pulled her messenger bag over to her and opened it, pulling out her laptop. She was thinking about checking her email when there was a knock on her door. "Come in."
Melissa walked in a moment later, saying nothing as she sat on the bed next to her. "Long time no see."
"I'm really sorry aunty."
Melissa only nodded. "Your dad told me."
Ellie stared at her and tried not to start crying; she had been on the verge of crying whenever someone brought this up for months now. "I wish he hadn't."
"He's worried about you Ellie. We all are."
Ellie nodded. "That's why I came here. I was hoping that if I got away from him and her, all of it that it would be better."
"I hope it is." Melissa patted her thigh affectionately.
"I already feel better. I feel like a weight has been lifted off my chest and I can breath again."
"Oh honey." Melissa pulled her into a tight hug and this was one of those moments that she missed having a mom.
When Melissa pulled back, Ellie smiled for her. "Thanks aunty."
Melissa nodded as she stood from the bed and smiled. "I'm ordering pizza for dinner. You picky about anything?"
"Nope. Still not picky." Melissa smiled again as she left the room.
Ellie looked over to her computer, trying to decide whether or not it was a good idea to check her email. She knew if she didn't, the people she had left behind would find other ways to talk to her and she did not want to think about how bad that could be.
After the internal battle with herself, Ellie grabbed the computer and opened it. She put her password in and waited till her computer decided to wake up.
When she finally it to her email, she saw that she had twenty unopened emails, all from the same person or persons. Ellie bypassed reading any of the emails, knowing exactly what they were going to say, "Are you okay?"
"Do you like you're new house? You're not smiling."
"How is everyone treating you? Why are you eating lunch alone?"
She opened a new email and began to type. "Dear Alice and Jasper,"
As she was wrapping up her email to them, Scott knocked on her door frame and leaned in. "Pizza is here and if you're not down in at least three minutes. I'm eating all of it. Smells really good." He said with a smirk as Ellie nodded, hit send and pushed her laptop off her lap and bolted passed Scott.
He stood there for a second, wondering when his cousin had gotten so fast when he turned and ran after her, knowing that if he did not get there soon, she would eat all of the pizza; she had done it before.
Melissa sat at the table with Ellie, both of them talking quietly when Scott walked in and grabbed the box. "Please do not tell me that you somehow ate it all before I got down here." He said, looking into the empty box with a frown.
Ellie and Melissa smiled wickedly as Ellie pulled out Scott's chair, revealing his share of the pizza. "Just screwing with you." She said with a wink as Scott rolled his eyes, grabbed his pizza and sat with them.
For Melissa, this was a nice change; most days she and Scott didn't see each other meaning they had not shared a meal together in a long time. She smiled as she looked over at Ellie. "So, Ellie, are you excited to start school tomorrow?"
Ellie nodded as she chewed and then swallowed. "I am. I never felt like I was being challenged back home."
Scott snorted. Ellie turned to him, "Yes?"
"Nothing, I just don't think you're going to find Beacon Hills High is going to be any different."
Ellie shrugged and took another bite of her pizza. "We shall see."
Melissa looked between the two and was happy to have Ellie here; she had noticed that Scott had been quite distracted lately and was not doing very well in his classes and she hoped that maybe Ellie could inspire him to do better. "So Ellie, I don't mean to give you the third degree, but have you figured out what you want to go to college for? I know its a ways out, but I remember your dad saying something about Native American Histories?" Scott heard Ellie's heart nearly stop beating, which was a first for him, before is started beating erratically.
Ellie cleared her throat and started to lie. "I have since changed my mind. I'm leaning more towards World History, focusing on the Classics, maybe Comparative Religion. I'm not sure. I could always major in both. The colleges that I was looking over had a lot of overlap for the two majors."
Melissa looked at her niece impressed. "Well, that sounds like you know what you're doing."
Ellie waved her off. "Who knows, I might change my mind next week and want to be a heart surgeon."
Both Melissa and Scott laughed. "What?"
"You're terrified of needles." Scott said as Ellie merely shrugged. "I've gotten over that." She said as she finished off her pizza. "I'm going to go make sure that I have everything ready for tomorrow. Don't want to be the new girl and forget something important, like a pen."
That caught Scott's attention. "What?"
"I don't want to forget a pen. That would be terrible." She said as she left the room, leaving Scott there wondering how she knew that.
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Ellie not been sleeping. Sometimes she attributed it to her broken heart and other times she blamed it on her inability as of late to shut her mind off. If she was back home, she would have called one of the boys or Alice to come and keep her company till she either fell asleep or the sun came up.
But now she was without that support structure and she found herself wondering whether it was a bad thing or not. As her mind bounced between the pros and cons she realized this was the very thing that kept her awake.
She grabbed her phone and began scrolling through her contacts, a small smile spreading across her lips when she came to Stiles number; she was not sure what it was about him, but she knew he was going to be good for her.
While she was contemplating texting him to see if he was awake, Ellie decided against it and pushed herself out of bed. As she looked for a pair of shoes to wear, she wondered if taking one of her midnight strolls would help her clear her mind and relax. She quickly left a note for Melissa and Scott so they wouldn't worry if they happened to look in on her for some reason and found her missing.
Quietly, Ellie walked down the stairs, grabbed the spare key from its resting place and left the house.
As she walked down the sidewalk, Ellie could already feel a sense of calm come over her, something that she was only able to achieve by her late night walks. It used to drive her dad crazy, but when he noticed that she actually slept better after them, he could no longer ask her not to do it.
When she looked up to the sky, she smiled at the almost full moon; full moons was her favorite moon phase because she loved the way the blue white light glowed and lit the dark night.
She sighed in content as she continued to walk, not even paying attention to where she was going or how far she was drifting away from the house.
In the past year, Ellie had gotten very good at knowing when she was being watched and followed.
She turned her head slightly, letting her instincts take over as she looked around; there was definitely someone watching her and they were clever by keeping a good distance from her. "Scott?" She called out, only waiting a moment before nodding.
"I can promise if you're a predator of some kind that my dad is a cop and I have friends in very high places, so I would advise you to look elsewhere for your prey." Ellie stood there for a moment and when she heard the bushes rustle, she felt her muscles tense and prepare themselves to run.
Out walked a quite attractive older man, with a permanent scowl on his face and a leather jacket. Ellie stared him down and he did the same as he made his way closer to her, stopping right in front of her.
She wondered which scent was causing him to look at her strangely; the pack or the Cullens. "Who are you?" He asked as she looked at him, her body still ready to run even though her instincts were telling her that this was not a predator she should fear.
"Ellie Swan."
"And what are you doing out at night Ellie Swan? Didn't you hear about the mountain lion that's killing people."
Ellie couldn't help but smirk at the mountain lion comment; she knew a couple of guys that happened to love mountain lions. "I just got to town, so no."
He took a step closer but she stood her ground. "You're Scott's cousin."
She looked at him strangely, discreetly taking in his scent to try and figure out what he was. "How do you know Scott?"
The man crossed his arms over his chest, sizing her up. "We're friends." She could see how difficult it was for him to say the word 'friends' and smirked.
Ellie crossed her arms over her chest, mimicking him. "So, who are you?"
"I'm Derek."
"Now come on Derek, I told you my full name."
He clenched his jaw. "Hale. Derek Hale."
Ellie smiled widely and held her hand out. "Its nice to meet you Derek Hale." He stared at her hand for a moment before shaking it.
When he released her hand, he stared at her. "What are you?"
Ellie's smile never smiled. "Little old me? I'm just a lonesome human. But those friends I have in high places, not so much."
Derek nodded, understanding what she meant. "Does Scott know?"
"Scott doesn't need to know."
Derek nodded again, realizing she had no idea that her own cousin was a werewolf. He would leave that to Scott, it was not his place.
"And you?" She asked calmly, which Derek knew was not an act because her heart rate was completely steady.
"I'm a 'not so much'."
Ellie sighed and shook her head, then chuckled. "And here I thought I was moving away from the 'not so muchs'." She looked up at Derek and sighed again. "Wanna walk me back to the house?"
"You're trusting me?"
Ellie shrugged. "Call it the Swan gene. We make dumb decisions, although I'm hoping this one won't be one of those."
He smiled and she felt as if this was a rare occurrence for him. "Why not? I should make sure that mountain lion doesn't get you."
Ellie smiled as they turned and started walking back towards the house. "I'm going to guess that its not a real mountain lion." His silence gave her the answer. "Awesome." she looked up at him. "So, do you think I could get away from the 'not so muchs' if I moved to Missouri?" He once again only offered her silence and she cursed. "Awesome."
There were no goodbyes between them after they stopped in front of her house for a moment and then he was gone. That didn't bother Ellie because she figured that she was going to see him again, even if she didn't want to.
And there you have it. I would love any and all feedback. Did you like Ellie and Derek's surprise meeting? Any questions regarding Ellie? Please review, follow and favorite. Good day my lovelies.
