Chapter 7

I do not own Teen Wolf in any way.

A/N-I know it seems like Paige is just an annoying 15 year old, but she was 9 years old when the Hale House caught fire and she ran away to Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, she was treated like a princess by the family that took her in and she was spoiled. She never had to go through what Derek had to. But I promise she will toughen up going into the second season. And although she wants revenge on the Argents, I promise she won't go completely insane like Peter.

A few days later, Paige walked up to Scott in the hallway.

"If you keep muttering to yourself, people are going to think you're crazy", she told him.

"You know, your brother is being very cryptic", he said, "He attacks me in a parking garage, proceeds to break my phone, and then shows up in my room".

"Derek does what he pleases", Paige said.

"What does a spiral mean? Derek won't tell me. He says it's nothing", Scott said.

"And it is nothing", Paige lied perfectly.

"Paige, come on", Scott said.

"You don't want to know", she said and walked off as the bell rang. She skidded into English.

"Pleasure of you to join us Ms. Hale", the teacher said.

Paige froze when she noticed the only seat open was next to Isaac. She sat down and didn't look at him. She noticed he hissed when he moved and kept rubbing his ribs. "Are you okay?" she asked him.

"Lacrosse", he said.

Paige had a feeling he was lying, but lacrosse was a violent sport, so she didn't press.

When the bell rang, Isaac shot out of his seat.

Paige sighed and packed up her stuff.

At lunch time, she sat with Scott and Stiles like usual.

"Deciding to eat with us did you?" Stiles asked.

"I already told you. I don't like big groups. I was uncomfortable", she snapped.

They sat at a table so close to Lydia and Allison, that Scott tried to hide behind his history book.

"I think the book's making it more obvious. Besides, she's reading, anyway", Stiles said.

"So did you come up with a plan yet?" Scott asked him.

"I think so", Stiles said biting into his apple.

"Does that mean you don't hate me now?" Scott asked.

"No. But your crap has infiltrated my life, so now I have to do something about it. Plus I'm definitely a better Yoda than Derek", Stiles said and Paige smacked him on the arm.

"Jeez woman!" Stiles snapped.

"That's my brother we're talking about here. Watch what you say", Paige scolded him, "Teaching someone who's bitten isn't easy".

"Okay, yeah, you teach me", Scott said sarcastically.

"Yeah, I'll be your Yoda", Stiles said.

"Yeah, you be my Yoda", Scott said going with whatever Stiles was saying.

"Your Yoda I will be", Stiles said, his imitation really bad.

Paige giggled as Scott shook his head.

"I said it backwards", Stiles said realizing.

"Yeah, I - I know", Scott said.

"All right, you know what? I definitely still hate you. Uh - huh. Oh, yeah", Stiles said grabbing his stuff and getting up.

As Paige was packing her stuff up, she caught Isaac's eye for a second. She could smell the jealously rolling off of him. She quickly looked away and followed Stiles out of the lunch room.

That afternoon, Paige, Stiles, and Scott went out to the lacrosse field.

Paige was there to merely supervise in case Scott got out of control.

"Okay. Now - put this on", Stiles said handing Scott a heart monitor.

"Isn't this one of the heart rate monitors for the track team?" Scott asked.

"Yeah, I borrowed it", Stiles said.

"Stole it", Scott corrected.

"Temporarily misappropriated. Coach uses it to monitor his heart rate with his phone while he jogs, and you're gonna wear it for the rest of the day", Stiles told him.

"Isn't that coach's phone?" Scott asked.

"That, I stole", Stiles admitted.

"Why?" Scott asked.

"All right, well, your heart rate goes up when you go wolf, right? When you're playing lacrosse, when you're with Allison, whenever you get angry. Maybe learning to control it is tied to learning to control your heart rate", Stiles said.

"Yeah, but your heart rate is more likely to rise when you're aroused", Paige said, "So unless you want to wolf out during sex…"

"Paige?" Stiles asked.

"Hmm?" she asked him.

"Too much information", Stiles told her.

"I hate to break up your lover's quarrel…" Scott said smiling.

"Would you shut up and put the strap on?" Stiles snapped.

After Scott put the heart rate monitor on, Stiles duct taped his wrists together.

"Yeah, because that's going to hold him", Paige said.

"Can you be positive for once in your life?" Stiles asked her.

"This isn't exactly how I wanted to spend my free period", Scott said.

"All right. You ready?" Stiles asked.

"No", Scott said.

"Remember, don't get angry", Stiles told him.

Paige took a spot on the grass.

"I'm starting to think this was a really bad idea", Scott muttered.

Stiles scooped up one ball and hit Scott.

Scott groaned.

Stiles scooped up another one and hit Scott again.

"Oh, man. Okay, that one - kind of hurt", Scott groaned.

"Quiet. Remember, you're supposed to be thinking about your heart rate, all right? About staying calm", Stiles told him.

"Stay calm. Staying calm. Staying totally calm. There's no balls flying at my face…" Scott muttered to himself as he was hit with more balls.

Stiles hit Scott a few more times.

"Aah! Son of a bitch!" Scott yelled.

"You know what? I think my aim is actually improving", Stiles joked.

"Wonder why", Scott said.

"Don't get angry", Stiles reminded him.

"I'm not getting angry", Scott told Stiles.

Stiles continued to hit Scott with balls.

"Stop. Just - can we just hold…" Scott said and dropped to his knees.

Paige could hear his heart rate rising.

Scott ripped the duct tape and banged his fists on the ground.

"Scott?" Stiles asked.

Paige ran over to him.

Stiles walked over to the two. "Scott, you started to change", Stiles said.

"From anger. But it was more than that. Was like, the angrier I got, the stronger I felt", Scott told him, panting.

"So it is anger, then. Derek's right", Stiles said.

"See? My brother knows what he's talking about", Paige said.

"I can't be around Allison", Scott said.

"Just because she makes you happy?" Stiles asked him.

"No, because she makes me weak", Scott said.

"She's your anchor Scott. An anchor keeps us human. For my brother, it's anger. Allison can be your anchor", Paige told him.

"And what's your anchor?" Stiles asked.

"My brother", Paige said, "I'll meet you guys in Econ".

Paige was the first one of the group to make it to Econ, the only class she didn't share with Isaac.

Stiles started to sit down behind Scott, but Allison beat him to it. Stiles took a seat behind Paige, who was sitting next to Scott.

Paige slouched in her seat and her shirt moved down, exposing the top of her tattoo.

"What is that?" Stiles asked.

She pulled her shirt up and said, "Nothing. It's nothing". She spaced out for a few minutes until Coach Finstock said, "Let's settle down. Let's start with a quick summary of last night's reading. Greenberg, put your hand down. Everybody knows you did the reading. How about, uh – McCall".

"What?" Scott asked.

"The reading", Coach repeated.

"Last night's reading?" Scott asked.

"How about, uh, the reading of the Gettysburg Address?" Coach asked.

"What?" Scott asked getting annoyed.

"That's sarcasm. You familiar with the term "sarcasm," McCall?" Coach asked.

"Very", Scott muttered.

"Did you do the reading or not?" Coach asked him.

"Uh - I think I forgot", Scott said.

Coach continued to berate Scott and Paige could hear his heart rate rising.

Both Stiles and her were afraid Scott was going to shift in class.

Slowly his heart rate returned to normal.

Stiles and Paige looked over and saw Allison holding Scott's hand.

Deep inside, Paige's wolf howled for her mate.

When class was over, Paige quickly left the classroom. She needed to calm down her wolf, before she got out of control. She quickly dialed a number.

"Hello?" the person on the other end said, "Paige, what's wrong?"

"My wolf", she said, "I miss you".

"I miss you too P.H.", the person said.

She smiled at the nickname. "I have to go", she told them, "I just needed to hear you".

"If I could be there, I would be. You know that Paige", they said.

"I know. I'll talk to you later", she said.

"I'll be awaiting your call", they said and hung up.

Paige took a deep breath and pushed her wolf back down. She made her way to the front of the school and her brother's car drove up. She got in and said, "Where are we going?"

They walked through the halls to Peter's room. They entered and Derek sat on the bed.

"I need your help. If you can hear me, I need you to give me a sign. Blink. Raise a finger. Anything. Just - Just something to point me in the right direction, okay?" Derek asked. He paused a moment before continuing. "Someone killed Laura. Your niece. Laura? Whoever he is, he's an Alpha now. But he's one without a pack. Which means he's not as strong. I can take him. But I have to find him first. Look, if you know something, just give me a sign. Is it one of us? Someone else make it out of the fire? Just give me anything. Blink. Raise a finger. Anything", Derek said, his anger rising, "Say something!"

"Let him go. You think after six years of this, yelling at him is going to get a response?" the nurse asked.

"Got a better method?" Derek asked her.

"Patience. He'll respond if you give him the time", the nurse said.

"I don't have any more time", Derek said storming out of the room.

"I apologize for my brother", Paige said.

"It's quite okay miss", the nurse said, "I've dealt with him for 6 years".

Paige looked at Peter.

"Try talking to him. He might not be able to respond, but he still understands what you're saying", the nurse told Paige.

The nurse left and closed the door.

Paige knelt down in front of her uncle. "Uncle Peter? It's me Paige. I know I never thanked you for saving me, so I'm doing it now", she said. She took one of Peter's hands in her own. "When I get my hands on the Argents, I promise you they will pay for what they did to our family", she said. She got up and kissed his head. She left the room and found Derek waiting for her. "What?" she asked him.

He reached out and whipped away a tear that was falling down her cheek.

"It's just so hard to see him this way and not being able to do anything about it", she growled.

"Come on. The night's not over yet", Derek said leading her to the car.

Tucked into his windshield wipers was a sheet of paper.

Derek opened it and looked at it.

"What is it?" Paige asked.

Derek said nothing and got in the car.

Their next stop was the Animal Clinic.

The sign read closed, but Derek and Paige entered anyway.

"Scott, you're late again. I hope this isn't getting to be a habit. Can I help you?" Deaton asked, noticing the two werewolves.

"Hope so. Want to know about the animal you found with the spiral on its side?" Derek asked him.

"Excuse me? What animal?" Deaton asked.

"Three months ago. The deer", Derek said. He opened the paper and showed Deaton. "You remember this?" Derek asked him.

"Oh, yes. It's just a deer. And I didn't find it. They called me because they wanted to know if I'd ever seen anything like it", Deaton answered.

"What'd you tell 'em?" Derek asked.

"I told them no", Deaton told him.

The two Hale's noticed the jump in his heart rate.

"Did you hear that?" Derek asked him.

"Hear what?" Deaton asked.

"The sound of your heartbeat rising", Paige answered.

"Excuse me?" Deaton asked.

"It's the sound of you lying", Derek said. Derek grabbed Deaton and proceeded to beat him until he was unconscious. Derek tied him to a chair and the two siblings waited for him to wake up. "Are you protecting someone?" Derek asked once Deaton had woken up.

"All right. The key to the drug locker is in my pocket", Deaton said.

"I don't want drugs. I want to know why you're lying", Derek said grabbing Deaton's neck.

"I don't know what you're talking about", Deaton said.

Derek lifted Deaton and the chair off the ground.

"What are you doing to me? What do you want?" Deaton asked.

"I want to know who you are or who you're protecting", Derek told him.

"What are you doing?" Scott exclaimed.

"Scott, get out of here!" Deaton yelled.

Derek set Deaton down and punched him again.

"Stop! Stop!" Scott yelled running over to Derek.

"Look, when he's conscious, he can keep himself from healing, but unconscious, he can't", Derek explained.

"Are you out of your mind? What are you talking about?" Scott asked him.

"You want to know what the spiral means, Scott? It's our sign for a vendetta, for revenge. It means he won't stop killing until he's satisfied", Derek snapped.

"You think he's the Alpha?" Scott asked him.

"We're about to find out", Derek said. Derek pulled his fist back to hit Deaton again, but Scott wolfed out and grabbed his arm.

Scott growled and said, "Hit him again, and then you'll see me get angry".

Derek paced around the room, while Scott cleaned Deaton up. Derek, fed up of waiting, walked over to Scott. "Do you have a plan?" he asked.

"Just give me an hour", Scott said.

"Then what?" Derek asked.

"Meet me at the school. In the parking lot", Scott said and left.

Derek sighed and untied Deaton. He carried him to the car, where he put him in the back seat.

Derek and Paige pulled up to the school and got out of the car.

"Where's my boss?" Scott asked.

"He's in the back", Derek said.

The two boys looked in.

"Oh, well, he looks comfortable", Stiles said.

Scott and Stiles started to head towards the school.

"Wait. Hey. What are you doing?" Derek asked.

"You said I was linked with the Alpha. I'm gonna see if you're right", Scott said and continued walking.

A few minutes later, Paige and Derek heard a howl that sounded like a dying cat.

"You've got to be kidding me", Derek sighed.

The second howl sounded like the real thing and would've turned any beta's eyes yellow had he been an alpha.

"I'm gonna kill both of you", Derek said, when Scott and Stiles came out of the school, "What the hell was that? What are you trying to do, attract the entire state to the school?"

"Not to mention any werewolf in the state", Paige said.

"Sorry. I didn't know it would be that loud", Scott said.

"Yeah, it was loud. And it was AWESOME", Stiles said.

"Shut up", Derek said listening.

Paige could hear growling.

"Don't be such a sour wolf", Stiles said.

"What'd you do with him?" Scott asked.

"What?" Derek said turning back to the car, "I didn't do anything".

The alpha suddenly appeared behind Derek and blood started coming out of his mouth.

Stiles and Scott grabbed Paige and ran inside of the school.

"DEREK!" Paige screamed.

Is that jealously I'm detecting? Does Paige already have a mate? If she does, does she know who he is? Who is the person on the phone? Is Derek dead? Tune in to find out.