8-The Truth
Dani's p.o.v
I woke up feeling..light. I just felt good, instead of my usual grogey, angry morning self. I kicked Lydia, waking her up.
"Get up sleeping beauty!" I call out to her, getting out of my double bed. Lydia groans but I need to make the bed so I kick her again, this time she falls out and onto my maroon coloured carpet.
"You are a horrible person" she whines, pulling herself up. I just smirk and go to her side, tucking the blankets in and fixing the pillows. "Here I thought people in love were supposed to be nice" she whispers as she passes me. I turn and throw a pillow in her direction, hoping to hit her in the face. Lydia ducks and laughs at my childish, angry features. She picks up the pillow and tosses it back on the bed.
"What are we doing today Lydz?" I ask her, doing a quick tidy-up of my room. Lydia plops herself down at my desk.
"I was thinking we could go to the beach, haven't gone in awhile and it's gonna be really hot out today" Lydia replies, rubbing the sleep from her eyes.
"We should invite Cora" I tell her.
"Yeah, she's pretty cool" Lydia says with a smile. I hear banging and clashing from down the hall. Stiles.
"Why don't you get dressed and we'll go? I just need a minute to talk to Stiles about..you know.." I tell Lydia.
"I can help you?" Lydia offers.
"No, it's fine, I can do this Lydz, you just get ready and i'll be back in a minute" I say with a smile. "Bikinis are..somewhere" I say walking towards Stiles' room. I knock on the door, the banging stopping. "Stiles? Can I talk to you?" I call out. Stiles opens his door, his room a mess.
"I wasn't tripping over.." Stiles starts with a goofy smile. "Come on into Casa Del Stiles" he says, opening the door up for me. I step in, doudging the paper covering the floor. I plock myself down on the edge of his bed. "So what's up Dee?" Stiles asks, sitting down on the floor, picking up his papers.
"I uh..I need to tell you something. Something from before I came here" I start. Stiles makes a mmmm noise and nods his head. "I wasn't just put up for adoption and adopted by your Dad..there's more to it than that.." This got Stiles' attention. He jumped up on the bed next to me.
"What is it?" Stiles asks softly.
"I..I lived with my uncle before I was put up for adoption" I started. I could tell by Stiles' face he was confused but wanted me to continue. "He was my Dad's brother. When he heard about what happened to Mum and Dad..he offered to take me in. I always knew he had a drinking problem but I didn't realise how bad it really was until I lived with him" I let out a nervous chuckle. Stiles' hand moved to my back, rubbing soothing circles. "He was constantly drunk..always yelling at me for no reason. Then one day he-he.."
"It's okay Dani, you're safe with me" Stiles says softly.
"Thanks..uh..one day he..he got really angry and I tried to leave..he really didn't like that. He grabbed me and tried to force me to stay..I really didn't want too. He smacked me across the face and..and..I tried to get away again. His bottle broke and he cut my arm open.." I showed Stiles my scar and he gasped, rubbing his thumb over it softly. "One of the neighbours called the police and..soon after they arrived I was being shipped off to an adoption house. I didn't pack anything, didn't even step back into the house. I'm so sorry I didn't tell you Stiles, I just couldn't. I didn't speak to Samuel again after that..well not until yesturday.."
"It's okay Dani, I understand..wait, what? Where? Why?" Stiles asked.
"He and John talked..he found me and Lydia at the park yesturday and then later on at the supermarket when I was with Derek-"
"My Dad sent him to you?" Stiles asked angerily.
"He didn't realise-" I tried.
"DAD!" Stiles yelled.
"Stiles! Shut up!" I said, covering his mouth with my hand. Not too long after, John came through the door.
"Yeah Stiles?" he asked. "Uh.." he said when he saw my hand over Stiles' mouth. Stiles ripped my hand off his mouth.
"You sent Dani's uncle after her?!" Stiles asks his Dad, outraged. I gaped at Stiles.
"How did you know about that?" John asked his son.
"Dani just told me!" Stiles barked, getting up off her bed, walking over to his Dad.
"It has nothing to do with you Stiles" John tells his son calmly.
"She's my sister!" Stiles yelps.
"He told me he was sober, I thought things would be different" John says to me more than Stiles.
"Well he's still an asshole" I reply.
"I'm sorry Dani, I didn't realise"
"It's okay..Derek he..sort of..punched him in the face.." I said awkwardly.
"Good" Stiles said firmly. "Wait, Derek?" Both John and Stiles are looking at me now.
"Yeah..i've been hanging out at the loft with Cora alot lately" I explain.
"Loft? You mean Derek's apartment?" John asks, folding his arms in front of him.
"Yeah..with Cora" I say again.
"He has a criminal record Dani" John states.
"He got in a bar fight, guy deserved it, he tried to hustle him" I say with a shrug. Both the Stilinskis are looking at me with an eyebrow raised.
"I'm ready Dani!" Lydia calls out, walking into Stiles' room to see us standing to awkward silence. "Oh..sorry" she says. She's wearing my white, spaghetti strap bikini with a summery red dress over the top.
"No, it's fine. This conversation is over" I say, directing the last words at John and Stiles. I can tell they want to say something but luckily, they don't. I led Lydia back into my room. I get changed quickly into my aqua and black fringe bikini and wear a long, grey singlet over top. I send Cora a quick text, telling her we're leaving for the beach and she should tag along. I then purposefully leave my phone on my bed, I don't want anyone texting or calling me today. Me and Lydia are in silence until we're inside the car and driving.
"How did he take it?" Lydia asked carefully.
"He understood, like Derek said he would, but he was mad that John sent him after me. It wasn't his fault, he thought he had changed, shit, for a second, I thought he had as well" I tell her, gripping the steering wheel of Stiles' jeep that I had taken, without asking. Lydia takes note of that and doesn't say anything else. We pull up at the beach and I see a sleek, black camaro parked up. I get out with Lydia and we make our way over as Cora winds down her window. I can see Derek is sitting in the driver's seat beside her. I smile at him and he smiles back. "Hey C" I say and she replies with a hey to me and Lydia.
"Well..come on, we don't have all day" Lydia says, motioning to the ocean. Cora gets out, wearing a green bandeau bikini. Lydia slips of her dress and I pull my singlet off over my head. Cora and Lydia take off as I put our clothes back into the jeep. When I turn to walk after them, not feeling as great as had this morning, Derek is still there in his camaro.
"You okay?" Derek asks, turning towards me.
"Yeah.." I say, my voice lacking the proof. I hear Derek's passenger door click as he pushes it open, motioning for me to sit. I look to the girls, they're already in the water. I get into the camaro with close the door behind me, leaning into the leather of the seats.
"Did you talk to Stiles?" Derek asks, taking off his sunglasses. He looks so casual. He's wearing a black singlet and cargo shorts with jandals. My eyes snap back up to Derek's face when he repeats the question.
"Yeah, I did" I tell him.
"So..is everything okay between you two?" he asks.
"I guess, he understood my reasons for not telling him earlier, just like you said. He was angry at his Dad though, for telling Samuel where to find me" I said with burrowed eyebrows. "I didn't want to cause any trouble between them, I just wanted Stiles to know the truth.." I said quietly.
"They'll be okay Dani" he reassures. I look into my lap and nod, I know they can't stay mad at each other for too long. "You better go" Derek says and I look up at him. Cora and Lydia are soaking wet, yelling out to me to hurry up.
"I better" I say, a small smile coming upon my lips.
"Catch you 'round Dani" Derek says, turning the car key and starting up the camaro again.
"See ya later Derek..thanks for this" I say and quickly kiss his cheek again, getting out and making my way over to Cora and Lydia. I don't hear the camaro take off until i've met up with the girls.
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Cora and Lydia tease me like crazy about Derek for the rest of the day out. Cora tells me I would be really good for Derek, that I should try, she joked that she'd like to have me as her sister. I brush it off, knowing Derek would never want to date me, i'm like 5 years younger than him and he's insanely gorgeous, he could do alot better than little-old-broken me. I wish Allison was here, she'd make them shut up. Too bad she decided to turn her little day out with Scott into a few-days-away holiday. I drive Cora home, noticing Derek's camaro isn't parked in it's usual spot. I drop Lydia off, thanking her for the day out. By the time i'm home, it's lunchtime and i'm suprisingly tired. I pull up next to Derek's cama-WHAT?! Why is Derek's camaro parked outside my house? I get out and cautiously walk through the front door. I see him straight away, he looks so uncomfortable. John and Derek are sitting at the dining table, sitting in awkward silence. John is wearing one of his nicer shirts and his usual around-the-house jeans. Derek's wearing a new red henley and those nice fitting black jeans of his. He's recently shaved, his milky skin on full display for everyone to see. His green eyes flick to me in the doorway and I see relief flood his features.
"You took my jeep" Stiles says from behind me. I turn around to his smug grin.
"Why is he here?" I whisper under my breath.
"He's here to have lunch with your family" Stiles whispers back innocently.
"How did he even know to come here?"
"You left your phone on your bed..I text him"
"Why'd you do this?" I ask Stiles angerily.
"You took my jeep" Stiles says again with a shrug of his shoulders, walking back over to John and Derek. I give Derek a sheepish grin and make my way over to the table, joining them. I lean over and whisper in Derek's ear.
"Sorry..again" I say. First Lydia tells my crazy uncle that Derek's my boyfriend of one year and now John and Stiles think something's up too. Oh God, John's gonna go all detective and Stiles will be all protective..oh God..we aren't even dating!
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