Two weeks after having Chris Argent threaten her, Rose had managed to successfully avoided Derek and managed to put distance between herself and Alice which was getting harder and harder to do. With scott constantly hanging around the girl.
Rose was happy it was finally friend and the night before she had stayed up late studying through some things that would possibly be on the Biology test the next day. She was sound asleep when the sound of her phone vibrating on her bedside table woke her.
"What do you want Scott?" She mumbled to the boy on the other end she knew she still had at least and half an hour before she actually had to get up for school.
"Can you come pick me up for school please. I'm really freaking out over a dream I head last night" Scott told her.
"Sure when do you want me to pick you up?" Rose mumbled again.
"As soon as you can please I'm really freaking out" Rose let out a groan as she told him she would be there shortly. Once she rolled out of bed making her way to her bathroom and making herself presentable she changed into a pair of skinny legged jeans and shirt with a light jacket over the top.
She smiled softly at Deaton as she made her way down stairs telling him she need to see scott before school and would grab something on the way. Once she was in the car she rubbed her hands over her face trying to ride herself of any of the sleep she still felt before putting the car into drive and heading to the teen wolfs house.
She was thankful she didn't have to wait long for him he was already out the front. Once he was in the car he started telling her about the dream he had the night before and how it ha felt so real to him.
"It felt so real Rose what if I actually hurt her" Scott stressed as he message Alison.
"I think its just because your sensors are heightened its nearly the next full moon your just tapping into everything" Rose tried to explain to him.
"But it felt too real like I was actually there and so was she"
"We all have those kind of dreams Scott there natural to have those ones that are just that little bit too real" She explained as she pulled the car up in front of a café on the Main Street people where up and getting ready for the day there where several other cars she recognised from school already parked out side.
"Do you want anything?" Rose questioned as she pointed to the Café. Scott shook his head as he texted Alison again. Rose jumped out of the car sighing with relief as she found the Café not too busy.
She gave a small wave to a couple of the students she knew before she ordered herself a coffee and a muffin. Once she had finally taken a sip of the coffee she felt much more ready to start the day a small smile was on her face once she got back into the car with Scott she pulled put of the parking spot and headed towards school.
Once they arrived they saw Stiles standing in front of the building waving his arms at them. She both rushed out of the ca to meet him, Scott filling him in on the dream as they walked into school heading to Rose's locker first.
As she listened to the boys talk for a little while before Scotts speech became repetitive.
"Rose do you mind if I talk to you?" a soft voice came beside her making her and the boys jump.
"Hey Isaac, ummm yeah sure. I'll catch you guys later" Rose waved the two boys off, before turning her attention to Isaac. "What can I help with?".
Isaac looked nervously down at his feet, "I was wondering if you would be able to help me with my Chemistry work. I'm falling a little bit behind"
"Do you think we would be able to work on it during lunch?" Rose smiled, Isaac was one of the more quiet people in her year, they had several classes together.
"Yeah, that would be fine. I have practice after school anyway" Isaac smiled nervously back at her.
"Great, I'll see you in the Library then" Rose gave him one last smile just as the first bell for class echoed through the halls. She waved at him as she headed for their Biology class.
Stiles and Scott walked a few minutes after Rose had already taken her seat. They informed her about the bus behind the school which in Stiles words was a complete mess. Mr Harris tried to get the classes attention on the lesson but then they seen someone being wheeled to an ambulance.
"I did that" Scott muttered as he back away from the window towards the desks.
"You don't know that, if this was the Alpha it could have been that he was just projecting the kill in order to get you to work with him" Rose tried to explain.
"You still haven't told me how you know all of this" Scott looked at her exhaustedly.
"Now's really not the right time Scott maybe later" Rose placed a soft hand on his shoulder before moving back to her seat. The rest of the morning went fairly quick, Rose was soon setting up in her lunch break waiting for Isaac.
She was flicking through her Chemistry book when her phone started ring. She rolled her eyes as she looked to see that Derek was calling, over the past couple of weeks he would call from noon till night.
"Don't you want to get that?" Isaac asked as he put his bag on the table.
"No, I don't want to talk to him" Rose says as she stuffs her phone back into her pocket. "Now what were you having trouble with?"
Isaac eyes her pocket as the phone started vibrating again, "In my last exam, I got a B. My dad doesn't like my grades dropping below an A".
"One B wouldn't bring your grade down by that" Rose frowned, she had often seen Isaac come to school with bruises.
"My dad really worries about my grades"
Rose gave a soft smile, before starting to to go through what had been on the last exam. They spend the whole of lunch going through everything, which to Rose was fairly simple because he already knew everything.
She was more then happy when school finally ended, though her phone still hadn't stopped ringing from Derek. Coach had a couple of times nearly given her detention but Rose had managed tot talk her way out of it.
Her phone rang several times ad she drove home and each time if was Derek. It was nearly past annoying by this time, and once she had parked in the drive way of her house. She answered with a groan.
"I have been ignoring you for 2 weeks Derek can't you take the hint. It isn't safe when either of us to be around people and each other. So take the hint and leave me alone" Rose hung up the phone before he could respond.
She sat back in the car for a few more minutes, it was safer this way. Even though a small part of her knew that she felt so much safer with Derek then with out him, Rose knew she was trying to protect him just as much as she was protecting herself.
After she had finally made it inside she started working on making dinner for herself and Deaton. A small pasta dish with some vegetables mixed in. She let it simmer in a pot for a little while, while she went upstairs and had a shower.
Once she was out she could hear Deaton moving around downstairs, she smiled softly to herself as she moved into her wardrobe to get dress pull on a pair of tracksuit pants and a singlet top. As she walked out of the closest her sensors went into overdrive, she moved to cast a ball of electricity at the person perched on her bed.
But she was too slow, she arms were pinned above her head on the bathroom door. Her hips pined by the persons own hips and a hand across her mouth. She looked up in alarm but it soon fizzled out as she came face to face with Derek. His blue eye bore into her green ones his stare intense.
"I'm going to move my hand from your mouth and once I do, I want you to explain why you have been ignoring me and why we are so dangerous to each other" Rose held his stare strongly trying not to weaver, "And if you start getting sidetracked, I will silence you until you are back on track understand"
Rose tried to nod her head at him but his hand made it pretty impossible. He seemed to understand though because his hands dropped from her mouth and her arms but he didn't move back from her making sure he kept her pinned.
"Now tell me why you've been ignoring me? And tell me the truth. I'll know if your lying to me"
Rose swallowed thickly, she knew from experience that Derek was good a spotting a liar a mile away.
"With the Argents in town I though it would be safer for the both of us if we kept our distance from each other. I mean there more of a threat now and once I turn 17, I'll have no idea weather or not I'm even going to be able to control my powers when I inherit them. Plus I'm scared that there going to com….."
She didn't get to finish what she was saying as Derek's lips came crashing down on her, stopping her mid sentence. It was only for a mere second and they where gone again.
"You where rambling" Derek muttered softly his eyes glazed over slightly. Rose's face had pinked slightly as one of her hands coming up to brush against her lips absentmindedly.
Derek moved back at this moment running a hand through his hair.
"Why is it dangerous for us to be around each other and other people?"
"Look at the body counts around us Derek, honestly the more people who get closer to either of us the more likely they'll end up dead. I wouldn't be able to live if you got killed because of me" Rose mumbled the last part.
Derek stared at her for a few moments before letting out a sign.
"We need each other Rose, the Argents have a lot of people in town to help them. You're the only person I trust here until we find out who this Alpha is it's safer for us to stick together"
Derek reached out cupping her face, "I won't let anything happen to you or anyone around you. I promise" Derek kissed her forehead before letting her go completely moving to her window.
"Go have dinner with your guardian, I'll wait outside for you. I need your help with something tonight" Derek disappeared out the window without another glance.
Rose changed out of her sweats and into a pair of skinny legged jeans and a shirt braiding her hair in two halves before grabbing a jacket and bringing it with her as she headed down stairs to where Deaton was setting up the table. He smiled at her.
"Heading out?" He asked as he pulled the pot of food from the stove and put it in the middle of the table.
"Yeah, Stiles wanted to pick something up and wanted me to go with him" Rose lied easily plastering a smile on her face.
"He's always up to one thing or another isn't he" Deaton stated rather the asked.
"You know him, he's unstoppable when he puts his mind to it"
"You're both ever similar in that aspect. Oh, I forgot to tell you, an old friend is coming to stay with us from England. She was very close with your mother" Deaton informed her as he put a mouth full of food in his mouth.
"Really, strange to be coming all of a sudden isn't it?"
"I asked her to come over, she was in a situation similar to you when she turned 17 and I believe she would be able to help"
"Why will I suddenly need help, I've managed fine on my own all these years without anyone else. Why are the covens suddenly so very interested?"
"It's not the Covens that are interested just this one friend of your mothers and a lot of the Covens refuse to come anywhere near Beacon Hills after your mothers death"
Rose shifted her food around her plate, she knew a witch with no coven can be strong but a witch with the power of a coven at her back was stronger. After her mothers death every other person in her mothers coven left, disbanding and joining others leaving her as the only witch left in Beacon Hills.
"Her coming here will be a good thing, she'll help a lot" Deaton says again, moving over to the sink.
"Stiles is waiting outside for me, I better head" Rose said as she stood leaving her plate and grabbing her bag and jacket.
Derek's car sat perfect out the front of the house, with Derek seeming patiently waiting inside. Once she was in Derek took off down the streets, they had made it a little way on town before Derek spoke.
"So who do you think it is?" He asked as he drove through the streets.
"Who the Alpha?"
"No the person your guardian has brought to town to help you?"
"Oh, I have no idea. None of the Coven back when my mother was leading it they have all sworn to never step foot back into Beacon Hills. So I'm stumped" Rose shrugged as she got her phone out. She shifted so that she wasn't sitting on her hair letting the braids fall like two blue ropes down her front.
"Eve always did have a lot of people around her" Derek pondered.
"We witches are social creatures. Not like wolves at all really" Rose teased getting a small smirk out of him.
"I just need to fill up on gas before we go to the hospital" Derek told her as he pulled into the gas station.
Rose went to ask why they where going to the hospital but Derek had already gotten out of the car and headed for the pump. Giving a groan of annoyance Rose undid and seat belt and hopped out moving to the boot of the car and leaning against it next to the fuel door.
"Why are we going to the Hospital?" Rose asked pulling her jacket around her as the cold air nipped at her skin.
"We're going to talk to the driver about what he saw" Rose was about to ask why he needed her for this when two cars pulled up to them one to the rear and the other to the front of Dereks car. Roses sensors where going into over drive as two men got out of the back car and Chris Argent got out of the front.
It was completely silent for a few moments the only noise was the beep as the fuel pricing up with every gallon that went into the car. Derek glance around before giving Rose a soft look trying to say that he would protect her.
Derek pulled the hose from the car when it was only half full putting the cap on and putting the pump back into the holder. He pulled Rose closer to him as Chris moved closer to them.
"Nice ride," Chris said as he tapped on the hood of the Camaro, "Black cars thought, very hard to keep clean. I would definitely suggest a little more maintenance"
Derek kept his eyes forward but his hand moved slightly to touch Rose's hip, making sure she was still close to him. She moved to touch his hand in reassurance but her movement caught Chris's attention causing him to smirk at her.
"You have something that's nice, you want to take care of her right" Chris looked pointedly at Rose as he started cleaning Derek's windscreen. "Personally, I'm very protective of the things I love, that's something I learned from my family. You don't have much of that these days do you?"
Rose felt the tension roll of Derek as he clenched his fist. She moved slowly, trying to remain unnoticed by the hunters, putting her hand on Dereks clenched one. She felt him relax slightly, unclenching his fist slowly before intertwining her hand through his. This didn't go unnoticed by Chris, whose smirk turned to a more serious expression as he eyes the two of them.
Chris gave Derek a nod, "There you go, you can actually look through your windshield now. I'm sure that makes everything so much clearer" he said before making to leave.
Rose knew it was coming before Derek even opened his mouth. Derek always being the person who needs to have the last say went for it before Rose even had a chance to stop him.
"You forgot to check the oil" Rose wanted to hit him, hard with a base ball bat. Chris turned slowly back towards them with a smirk on his face.
"Check the mans oil" Chris ordered as he nodded his head to one the the men from the other car. The guy moved forward stopping at the passenger window before slamming the butt end of his gun into it.
"Looks good to me" he told them almost cheerfully. Chris waved them off and moved back to his car pausing once the other car had taken off. He turned back to Derek and Rose who where still frozen on the spot watching him.
"You should really reconsider who you have relationships with Rose, it could affect our deal" Chris warned as he turned back to his car. "Drive safely" Chris told them before he got in and drove off.
Rose released a breathe she wasn't aware she was holding onto but quickly drew back in a gasp as she felt Derek's grip on her hand tighten. He turned to her backing her into the car and putting hands on either side of her glaring at her.
"What deal do you have with Argent?" He snarled at her his eyes flashing bright blue.
"It's not a deal, after the first lacrosse game he used Eye of Newt on me before telling me his daughter doesn't know anything about our world and if I didn't reveal myself to her he wouldn't let anyone know I was still in town" Rose ducked her head as she told him feeling him scrutinise her words.
"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"
"What so you can storm into the Argent house and kill them because they threatened me" Rose drawled out as she moved to the broken window.
She concentrated her magic into her right index finger before tracing a curving pattern up the empty space. Once her finger reached the top of the car the window had been completely restored. She flicked her finger against it and smiled brightly at Derek.
"So what that's the real reason you've been avoiding me?" Derek asked as he got behind the steering wheel.
"I honestly don't really know why, I think it was because I thought I was protecting you" Rose mumbled once she had seated herself and buckled in.
He pulled out from the petrol station and headed in the direction of the hospital. He took one of his hands off the steering wheel to take Roses bring in onto his lap.
"I will only ever worry about protecting you Rose" He told her as he laced his fingers through his thumb drawing soft circles on the back of her hand. As she stared down at there hands she couldn't help but notice how dainty her hands looked in his.
"I want you to promise me Rose, that you will tell me the next time an Argent gets anywhere near you"
"Kind of hard Derek, I go to school with one of them, remember" Rose gives him annoyed look as they pull into the hospital.
"You know what I mean. If any of the older ones approach you" Derek parked the car and let go of her hand getting out of the car. He stood with the door open poking his head down to Rose and jerking it towards main entrance.
Giving a loud sigh Rose pulled herself out of the car. He stopped her right before they went inside letting her know that he need to see the bus driver that had been brought in earlier and he wanted her to keep the all the staff from noticing him.
Which for Rose was easy enough to do, a simple glamour was not difficult magic. They headed into the hospital, Rose keeping in close steps behind Derek. She easily made it so that people would look right through them rather then at them, like they were there but no one actually saw them.
Once they where in the bus drivers room Rose peaked out from behind Derek to look at the man, he was covered in bandages and the looked as pale as the bed sheets he laid on. Derek moved close holding up his hand to Rose telling her stay back.
"Open your eyes" Derek repeated this a few times before he actually did.
"Look at me… Look at me" Derek urged once the man finally did, he lifted his head to get a good look at them.
"Hale, Veller" He whispers, making both Rose and Derek tense up.
"How do you know our name?" Derek questioned his tone strong.
"I'm sorry…. I'm sorry" he said to them before he laid his head back on the pillow. Rose felt it before happened, she lunged forward just at the machines start blaring at them. The bus drivers heart started flat lining. Rose cast a quick see me not spell around them as they moved through the people rushing into the room.
"We did that" Rose mutter once they were finally at Dereks car, her heart was racing.
"No we didn't, the Alpha did that" Derek said as he stood next to her, he put an arm around her shoulders pulling her into his side.
"No, the moment he saw us, he was starting to die, I felt it" tears started welling up in her eyes, it wasn't something she had felt before and now she understood why Deaton never took her to the clinic with him. You'll feel too much, he'd once said to her. She started sobbing into Dereks side.
"I know" Derek whispered into her the top of her.
She continued to sob into his side for a few minutes up until the sound of police sirens could be heard by Derek's wolf hearing. He moved her into the car before getting into the other side and driving off. He drove through the streets with only Rose's soft sniffles filling the car cabin.
He hesitated to take her home, then decided he wanted to spend more time with her and turned the car towards the burnt out remains of the Hale house.
Following the winding mountain road, Jessica Ciappara had the window down and the radio blaring out tunes as she tried to keep herself awake, after her eleven hour flight from England.
The lights of her rental car, illuminated the Welcome to Beacon Hills sign. Turning down the radio, she ran her hand over her, suddenly agitated stomach, feeling as though, a dozen bats had abruptly taken up residence in there. It had been over fourteen years since she left the town, returning to her home in St Ivy's in Cornwell, to help out her brother. It would never be the same coming back here, most of her beloved friends had long since gone, in the Hale fire.
Slowing the car, Jessica pulled to the side of the road, she glanced across to the dirt lane, that lead to the abandon Hale house, not really sure why or what she expected to see, she looked back to the on coming car. The driver looking intently at her.
"No… no it can't be" she shook her head, nervously uttering to herself, glancing back over her shoulder she watched the red tail lights disappear into the distance. Pulling her car back onto the road, she was more alert now, than she had been through most of the long drive from LA. An urgency now filled her as she swerved, trying to find a safe place to turn around.
Blue lights suddenly flashed behind her, a screaming siren grabbing her attention, "Not now" she grumbled, again pulling her car over.
"License and registration paper, please ma'am".
Jessica rummaged through her hand bag, cursing under her breath as she pulled out her purse handing him her license, her hand trying to shade her eyes from the bright torch light shining in her face.
"Please step out of the car, … Mrs Ciappara" he ordered.
"Miss Ciappara… but I prefer just Jess" she corrected him as she slid out of her seat, her gaze on the road beyond, the other car well and truly gone now.
"Ma'am, do you have your registration papers", he asked.
Jessica shrugged her shoulders, "I guess they are there somewhere, its a rental, constable". She tiredly leaned against her car.
"Its Sheriff, ma'am….. Sheriff Stilinski".
"Sorry Sheriff" Jessica mumbled from the depths of the car, as she leaned across to the glove box, retrieving the required paper work.
Clearing his throat, he glanced over at her tired appearance, her long hair in a plait, old ripped jeans and a crumpled t-shirt, "Ma'am, do you have another license? Your British License is invalid over here" he dutifully informed her.
Jessica bit into her bottom lips, silently cursing herself for not taking the necessary steps, but Deaton had given little to no warning when he called her the other night. "No sorry that's my only license, officer".
"Sheriff!" he corrected her again "Ma'am you will have to accompany me back to the station" he raised his brow sharply.
"Jessica, not ma'am" she said now overtired and feeling defiant, "Fine" she mumbled, snatching back her papers, she got back into her car, and started the engine.
A loud knocking on her window drawing her attention again, "Yes?" she questioned the sheriff as the window rolled down.
"You will be coming with me" he firmly stated, reaching in and taking her keys from the ignition.
"But" Jessica growled getting out of the car again, she flicked the trunk and walked to the back of her car, under the watchful eye of the persistent sheriff. "Well can you give me a hand with my luggage".
Walking over towards her, he closed the trunk, "You can get you belongings later" his hand pointing to the cruiser, its lights still flashing.
"I'm not leaving my things out here, there is expensive items in my luggage" now feeling rather irate at the situation she found herself in, "Can I at least call Alan Deaton to come and pick me up?" she asked, raising an annoyed brow, at the seemingly amused expression on Stilinski face.
"At the station" he told her as he opened the back door of the police car.
"I'm not a criminal" Jessica defiantly informed him, she stood with her arms folded across her chest, near the front passenger door.
"You'll be sitting in the back, or do I have to cuff you?" he warned.
This had gone far enough, Jessica placed her hand on sheriff Stilinski shoulder, her gaze meeting his. He looked down at his shoulder, "Ma'am please remove your hand" he warned.
Her night was far from going as planned, she had just wanted to get to Deatons house freshen up, have a much needed coffee and spend sometime with her goddaughter, but that's not the way it was panning out, even her energy had deserted her. Throwing her handbag across the seat, she reluctantly climbed into the back of the police car. She watched as the Sheriff walked back over and secured her car, before getting back into the drivers seat.
Sheriff Stilinski glanced back at her as he started the engine. Jessica closed her eyes, focusing on regaining some of her spent energy. It was only a matter of minutes before they pulled into the Beacon Hill police station. Opening the door for her, sheriff Stilinski ushered her into the relatively quiet station, taking her into his office, he offered her a seat, before sitting down behind his desk.
"I'll just be a minute, then we can get into the paper work" he informed her as he looked up her details on his computer, "You've lived here before?" he questioned, frowning at her, like he was trying to remember her.
"Yes, I moved here when I was seventeen, just after my parents were…. When they passed away" she said clearing her throat momentarily, "I stayed with Eve Veller".
"Excuse me sheriff" a deputy poked his head in the room, "Do you want coffee?".
"Oh I'd love one thanks, one sugar and a dash of milk, please" Jessica put in her order before the Sheriff could even open his mouth.
The deputy smirked as Sheriff Stilinski glanced over at her, before nodding his approval.
"You were saying Miss Ciappara".
"Please just call me Jessica" she asked him again.
"Jessica" he willingly complied.
"I stayed with Eve, for close to seven years" a sadness touching her words, "I went home to help out my brother Nikolas,…..a few years before… before the fire at the Hale house".
He sat back in his chair regarding her as the deputy brought in their coffees, handing one to her.
"Deputy, give Alan Deaton a call, and ask him to come down to the station" he ordered the young man.
Relaxing back in the chair, she sipped on the hot coffee, feeling it revive her sagging energy.
"Now as you were driving without the proper license, and being your first offence, you'll be issued with a fine, of around five hundred dollars, and will be issued with a court notice" the sheriff explain, much to Jessica's disgust.
"Can't I just pay the fine?" she pleaded.
"No its not that simple, and while you are here, you are not permitted to drive, unless you get the proper license".
Pondering the consequences of her actions, she knew there was only one option, her finger tips tingling to life.
Alan Deaton promptly arrived at the station, after leaving his vet surgery, the deputy directed him into the Sheriff's office.
"Alan" Jessica excitedly squealed, resting her coffee cup on the desk, quickly embracing him.
"It didn't take you long to find yourself in trouble" he quietly teased her, he smiled as she groaned, kissing his cheek.
Sheriff Stilinski moved around from behind his desk, "Alan, nice to see you again" he greeted, shaking Deatons hand.
"Sheriff, what seems to be the problem?".
"There's no problem" Jessica quickly interrupted, reaching over, she again gently squeezed Stilinski's shoulder.
"Jess!" Deatons tone deepened to a warning.
"Shh". She looked over at the Sheriff, "Thank you so very much Sheriff Stilinski, for all your hospitality, I don't know what I would have done, if you hadn't come along".
"You are more than welcome" he smiled somewhat confused, at her.
She looked over at Deaton, giving him a cheeky wink, "My rental car broke down just out of town, thankfully the kind Sheriff here, brought me into town. Isn't that right Sheriff?".
"Yes…. yes, just lucky I was out there, I guess" his hand coursing over his furrowed brow.
She released her grip on his shoulder, taking hold of his hand as she thanked him again, as she picked up her bag.
Sheriff Stilinski, courteously walked them to the door, still unsure what had just happened. "Lets hope now, you have a trouble free holiday".
"That's not very likely" Jessica laughed.
Deaton took hold of her hand as they left the station, "You can't go around compelling people" he chided her.
"Why not, its what got me upgraded to business class, and a free rental car" she wickedly grinned.
"Jess" Deaton growled as he opened the passenger door for her.
"I'm sure you didn't want to see the court deported me over a simple license mistake" she said as he sat in the drivers seat.
"Hmm tempting as that sounds, no, I need you here" he teased her.
They made there way back out to her car. Deaton opened the trunk of the little white sedan, looking slightly astounded at the amount of luggage she had. Jessica lifted the bonnet as Deaton loaded her baggage into his car, pulling a couple of wires she closed the hood, wiping her hand across her forehead.
Leaning into his car Deaton grabbed some wipes, and walked back over to her as she leaned against the car. "Here" he smirked, wiping the grease smudge from her forehead.
Driving back into town, they made their way to Deatons home. Jessica helped him unload her luggage, the darkened street worked to her advantage much to Deatons disgust, she levitated the baggage and promptly followed it up the garden path to the front door. Deaton constantly looking around to see that no neighbours seen her actions, "Stop worrying Alan" she smirked at his concerned groan.
"You take your bags upstairs, your room is the first on your left and I'll put the coffee on" he told her before disappearing through the dinning room to the kitchen.
Jessica followed her luggage up stairs and wandered into the her room, smiling to herself, she looked over at the fresh flowers, Deaton had put on the dresser for her.
Having freshened up in the bathroom and taken her long hair out of the restrictive plait, she wandered back down the stairs and into the warm kitchen.
"Your coffee" He smiled handing her the steaming cup.
"Thank you" she said placing the cup on the round kitchen table, leaning in she kissed his cheek.
"What was that for?" he questioned.
"For the lovely flowers in my room" she said, her thumb gently wiping away the lip stick mark from his cheek.
"Well I remembered that you always loved fresh flowers in our room" he reminisced.
Jessica warmly smiled as her thoughts turned to their romance, all those years ago, they were happier times, "I see we will be sharing the bathroom" she brashly grinned, "Maybe we can revisit some of those times".
Deaton couldn't hide the colour flushing his face, "Ah …. I don't think so… not with Rose here anyway…" .
"So if Rose were out, say?" she teased him.
"Err no".
"I know" Jessica laughed "That ship has long gone".
Leaning on the table she looked over at him as he took a sip from his cup, "When were you planning on telling me about the Argents?" she questioned a more serious note to her tone.
Deaton rubbed his hand over his forehead, this was something he was going to discuss with her later, much later. "I was going to tell you,…. Just not yet".
"I passed Chris on my way into town, so I gather the whole clan is here?".
"Yes" he confirmed, "That's another reason Rose needs you here".
"And Gerard?" her expression darkened.
Deaton shook his head Jess feeling slightly relieved, the front door opening came as a reprieve for him, he knew exactly where the conversation was headed.
Rose sat up on Derek's make shift bed, a chill running down her spin, Derek who had been laying beside her tilted his head away from his phone looking at her. He raised an eyebrow at her is if to ask what was wrong.
"It's nothing, I just felt like something was here" Rose muttered laying back down.
She rolled onto her side to face him, thinking about when they were younger, Rose would be sleeping over and always managed to sneak into his bed.
"It seems like a lifetime ago" Rose mumbled.
"It was, we're completely different people then who we were before" Derek told her as he put his phone on the floor, he rolled to face her resting his head on his arm.
"I wonder why he was saying he was sorry" Rose thought aloud. Before Derek could respond to her the door of the burnt out house, Scott started calling out for Derek. Derek motioned for Rose to stay there while he sorted it out.
Derek messed around with Scott for a few minutes until Scott brought up about Derek actually killing Laura. She heard a thud as she guessed Derek threw Scott down the stairs, another thud followed more softly after which she figure was Derek showing off.
There was another loud crash which got Rose off the bed after it caused the house to shake. Rose darted out the door and stood at the top of the stairs watching Scott disappear into what used to be the sitting room of the house. She heard Derek let out a snarl and knew better then to go down and interrupt them.
Shifting from foot to foot for a few minutes as she continued to hear the two of them beat each other up. There was silence for a few seconds and Rose risked a chance quietly making her way down the stairs. She edge into the room looking at the two wolves panting heavily as they were now back in human form. The front of Scott's shirt was ripped and he had the remains of blood from a wound that had already healed.
"I didn't kill him, neither of us did. It's not your fault and it's not mine" Derek panted out slightly.
"This, this is all your fault! You ruined my life" Scott yelled as he got in Derek's face.
"No I didn't" Derek told Scott as he moved having noticed Rose had edge into the room. He put himself between her and the young wolf.
"You're the one who bit me" Scott argued, as he clenched his teeth.
"No, he's not" Rose said finally making her presence known to Scott getting an annoyed looked from Derek for doing it.
"What?!" Scott yelled after a moment of looking at her before turning his attention back to Derek.
"I'm not the one who bit you" Derek clarified to him.
Scott looked down at the blood on his chest and zoned out as he looked at it.
"There's another?" Scott questioned as he sat down on the degraded couch.
"It's called an alpha, it's the most dangerous of our kind. You and I we're beta's" Derek told his as he turned towards Rose weighing up on telling Scott about her. "This thing is more powerful, more animal then either of us. My sister came here looking for him, now I'm trying to find him. But I don't think I can do it without you"
Scott looked around the room casting a quick glance at Rose. Before turning his head down and talking to Derek again.
"Why me?"
"Because he's the one who bit you, you're part of his pack. It's you Scott, you're the one he wants" Derek said as he stared down at the young beta.
Rose felt is as soon as Derek stopped talking another shiver running down her spin causing her to shift uncomfortably in her position against the wall of the room. Derek looked at her again with a raised eyebrow.
"That's twice in one night Rose" Derek said as he picked up his jacket from the floor and turned his attention away from Scott.
"Something's changed, someone's here" Rose said as another chill ran down her spin.
"Is this how you know so much about werewolves Rose because your with him?" Scott asked as he stood up from the couch and made his way towards her, only to have Derek stop him by putting a hand up.
"No, I grew up around them. My family are like protectors of the supernatural. Derek's family, my mother and I were extremely close before the fire" Rose explained with a soft smile.
"If your protectors then your like the Argent but just on a different side?" Scott got a snort from both Rose and Derek at that.
"No, see if the Argent's saw me they would most likely try to kill me on sight whereas I know better to alert them to my presence by becoming too close"
"Why would they want to kill you on sight, you a human" Scott looked confused, he'd never known Rose to pose any kind of threat to anyone.
"I'm a witch, Scott. I'm in there like top 5 kill list right now" Rose told him ignoring the look from Derek as she did so. "Oh stop it Derek, there isn't any point in keeping it a secret anymore from him. He's just like you and at least now if he knows he'll know better then to go and expose us"
"He's nothing like me" Derek huffed as he put his jacket on.
"So, they will kill you if they know what you are?" Scott asked.
"Yes, they'll kill her and me and you if you go and pull stunts like you do on the lacrosse field. So just keep a low profile and don't bring any trouble. Now go home Scott I have to get Rose home" Derek ordered as he nearly pushed the young Beta out the front door.
Scott gave Rose an over the shoulder wave as he was pushed before disappearing into the dark woods. Derek turned to Rose he moved up stairs grabbing their things and bring them back down. He handed Rose her bag and jacket before opening the front door for her. Rose walked to the car feeling slightly lighter knowing that now Scott knew the truth and she didn't have to keep hiding it from him.
Once they where on the road, Derek stayed fairly quiet for the ride to her place it was only once they pulled up in front of her house did he say anything.
"Call me the next time you have one of the Argent's threatening you" Derek said as he pulls the hand break on but doesn't turn the car off.
"Yeah, sure thing Dad" Rose muttered out sarcastically.
Derek tapped his fingers on the steering wheel a couple of times before he moved across the car catching her off guard and capturing Rose's lips against his. She let out a soft gasp which he used to explore his mouth with his tongue. She reached over grabbing at the back of his neck as she responded to him. But just as quickly as she started responding to him he pulled back.
"I'm definitely not your father" Derek told her. "Go to bed there is a curfew on"
Rose nodded numbly her mind still reeling from the kiss. She fumbled with the door once she got it open the cold air feeling nice against her now flushed skin. She walked up to the porch and gave a soft wave to Derek as she headed in the door.
Once she was in she leaned back against the door closing her eyes and leaning her head back as she heard Derek take off. Letting out a sigh she open her eyes to see Deaton walking in from the kitchen.
"So, I'm guess the sheriffs son doesn't take well too curfews either" Deaton said to her.
"Oh, right the curfew I forgot about it" Rose replied putting on a fake smile. "We where just at Stiles place watching tv".
"Well, you better come in to the kitchen and say hello to our guest before you head up to bed hey" Deaton said as she left her in the entrance heading back into the kitchen. Rose followed slowly behind him looking around the kitchen to see a women with waist length light brown hair drinking a hot coffee as she absentmindedly fiddled with a book lying on the table.
"Oh Rose" the women said as she jumped up from her seat and drew Rose into a hug. Rose looked at Deaton in alarm as the stranger wrapped herself around her.
"Rose this is Jessica, your god mother, she's the one I told you about this morning" Deaton explained as he saw Rose relax slightly under the women.
"Right, sorry" Jessica said as she pulled back from her, giving her a bright smile. "I used to live with your mother and father before you where born"
"So you're a witch" Rose said once Jessica had moved back to her seat.
Jess smiled again brightly at her, "Good to see your sensors are working" Jess said as she took a sip of her coffee. "I'm here to help you when you inherit".
"Why are you bothering the Coven didn't care before" Rose said as she stayed standing close the kitchen door.
"I can understand your hesitation, but I'm not with a Coven"Jessica told her with a smile.
"Yeah sure whatever. I don't need anyone ones help so thanks but you can go" Rose said as she turned to Deaton. "I'm heading to bed Alan night"
Rose wave Deaton off as she left the kitchen. Jess gave a soft chuckle as she heard the the younger witches footsteps head up the stair.
"Well this is going to be fun isn't it" Jess tells Deaton as he rolls his eyes at her. He knew one thing with jess around thing where going to become a lot more interesting