Chapter 8

Derek

He dosed a couple times, but mostly he focused on her heart beat, soft and steady, and strong. He felt Marie relax and her heart slow, just as a small snore left her lips. He had to try not to laugh as he looked down and noticed drool leaking out of her mouth, he grabbed his phone and looked for the time. Ten thirty, defiantly time to go, don't want to push his luck. He gently slid out from under her and put his shirt back on, he pulled her blanket over her shoulders and pressed his lips to her forehead.

"Good night." He whispered as made his way out of the room. Suddenly, he heard a moan and he turned to look at her.

"St- stop…" Marie cried barely louder then a whisper for human ears. "Stop it." She commanded louder this time. He could only imagine what Marie was dreaming of.

He made his way out to his truck and got in the cab. Marie's scent still filled his car from earlier today and sent desire racing though his body. He couldn't get the idea of someone hurting her out of his head and it was driving him mad, he wanted to tear that jerk apart! What kind of person would do that to someone? It was a good thing he didn't live close. He pulled onto the long road to his house and rolled down the windows letting the crisp air rush around him. He wished he could drive down this road for hours, with the cool breeze in his face, Marie on his mind. He pulled into his trucks usual spot and sleepily made his way to the house.

Quietly, he stepped though the doorway and started up the stairs. He turned for his room and stumbled onto the bed, too lazy to get up and take off his clothes, he kicked away his jeans and pealed off his shirt, leaving him in his boxers. He blindly searched for his blanket and pulled it over his shoulder and sank in the arms of sleep.

He and his family were running through the forest, but it was different, he was closer to the ground some how. He looked down and suddenly saw black paws, wolf paws, he snapped his head up and each of his family members had turned into wolves, actual wolves! His dad, currently a very large charcoal black wolf, was at the head of the pack and was leading the group though the woods when they broke into a open field and the full moon saturated the forest around them. As if they were one unit, he and his family sat on their haunches and bayed at the moon. He had this feeling, this need for something that wasn't there, they were looking for something, someone. Without warning his dad took off, everyone trailing behind him. Derek ran beside them and suddenly he could smell something wonderful, absolutely divine. It was cinnamon, and snicker doodles and something else…Marie! He snapped his head to the right and saw the most exquisite light gray wolf running next to him and knew it was her. Suddenly, something changed, they were getting…blurry? Slowly, each figure began fading and eventually disappeared and he was alone. He lifted his head and howled, hoping for a response, but heard nothing.

Derek opened his eyes and looked around, he was still in his house…he must have been dreaming. He hated dreams that ended with him being alone. He shook away the cloud of despair and stretched out on his bed again hoping for sleep, but didn't have any luck. Laying in bed, couldn't help but think of Marie. It seemed like she was all he thought of lately, he wished she was there with him, but he knew it was only a few more hours until he could hold her. He felt insane for falling for someone so fast, but something about it was so right, so natural. He remembered hearing his grandpa talking about how his grandma was his "mate" and that only the lucky ones actually find the person they were meant for. But he was only in high school, there was no way he could have gotten so lucky…was there?

He closed his eyes for what felt like a second, but when he opened them the sun shone through his window and his alarm blared. Thirty short minutes later the engine of his truck roared into the parking lot of Beacon Hills High. He made his way into the building and could already smell hints of her scent. Marie stood at her locker and flashed a smile as he caught her eye.

"Good morning." Marie greeted as she continued to smile. The light coming through the large windows played off Marie's blonde hair and made her shine. He looked into her eyes and noticed how tired she looked and wondered what she was dreaming of last night.

"Good morning beautiful." Marie reached inside his leather jacket and wrapped her arm around his waist, resting her head slightly above his chest. He wrapped his arms around her shoulders and held her tight against him, breathing her in.

Marie

She sat, completely focused on what was on TV, and heard her mom shuffling around in the other room.

"Marie! Help me clean!" Her mom shouted.

"Whaaat?" She yelled back. Still focused on the show.

"Help me!" Her mom replied louder. She rolled her eyes and turned off the television. As she walked by the kitchen she caught the time, wow seven o'clock already.

"Mom, its fine, they wont mind. Its not that messy any way." Just as she finished her last word the door bell rang. "Too late." She said as she swung open the door. Tess smiled and stepped inside, clutching a large pink duffle bag. Mrs. Hale stepped in behind her and waved at Marie's mom.

"Hey, I hope I'm not early." Tess asked Marie as she looked around for the other girls. Marie's mom raced over and took Mrs. Hale's hand.

"Hi, it nice to finally meet you, I'm Ann Nichols." Her mom greeted.

"Katherine Hale." Tess's mom explained. She watched as their moms started talking about work and the economy, she nudged Tess and grinned.

"Here, come put your stuff down in my room." Marie offered and led her to the end of the short hall, she hoped Tess wouldn't think anything of her sparsely decorated room. "Here it is, in all its glory, pretty boring." she laughed as they walked in.

"No, I like it, its cute." Tess replied as she swung around and took in the beige walls with no decorations. Tess sat down on Marie's bed and yawned, "Where's your dad?" Tess asked innocently. Marie looked down and sat next to her on the bed.

"He's…incognito…" Marie whispered playfully as she waggled her eyebrow. "Nah, he lives in San Francisco." She answered.

Tess nodded, acknowledging her, and got up to walked to the door. "I think someone's here, come on.." Marie didn't hear anyone, but seconds later the doorbell rang again. She followed an eager Tess to the door and saw her mom letting in Katy, followed by her parents.

"Hey, come put your stuff down." Marie offered. They all went back into the room and sat on her queen sized bed. Katy curiously looked around her room.

"Where's Bridget?" Katy question.

"Oh, she cant make it, she got and extra shift at work. But maybe another time." She explained to her friends as she leaned back casually on her pillows. "How's Dylan?" She asked Tess.

"He's good, we had a fight though. He just, he can be so pushy sometimes, ya know?" Katy and Marie looked at each other knowingly and grinned.

"Yeah, we know." They both answered.

"But enough about her, tell us about you and Derek!" Katy chirped. Marie rolled over on the bed in embarrassment.

"Did you guys eat dinner yet, we were gunna order pizza." She suggested nervously, trying to change the subject and glanced at Tess looking for help.

"Oh no, you don't get off the hook that easy!" Katy said with a grin. "Come on, you are dating the guy every girl in this school, and not in this school, would die for."

"Uhhh." Marie let out a large huff. "Come on, I, I don't want it to be awkward for Tess…"

Tess let out a laugh, "Oh I'm fine, believe me I've heard worse."

"Phfft! Fine, but later… Who do you like Katy?" She questioned, genuinely curious. She noticed a blush sprinkle over one of her best friends cheeks as Katy looked at the ground.

"I know who she likes!" Tess burst, she instantly slapped her hand to her mouth and gasped.

"What?! Who? Who is it?" She begged. Tess giggled and pointed at Katy accusingly.

"It's…" Katy started, with both hands over her face, "Josh."

"Awww! You guys would be so cute together!" Marie said. They both stared at Katy.

"And he's on the baseball team with Derek." Tess teased, with an enormous grin spread across her face. Marie realized how hungry she was and looked over at Tess just in time for her stomach to let out a huge growl.

"So, do we want pizza?" Marie asked.

"Yeah sure, I'm starving actually…I could eat as much as Derek does, and that's saying something." Tess joked. They walked out into the living room and into the kitchen. Marie grabbed the phone and looked at Tess.

"Do you know the number for Domino's?"

"Yeah, here." Tess grabbed the phone and typed in the number and gave it back.

"Do you guys want pepperoni?" Both girls shook their heads in obvious agreement. While she made the order Katy and Tess made their way into the living room and scanned the movies on the shelving. Katy pulled out Titanic and popped it in the DVD player.

"I haven't seen this movie in years." Marie mentioned as she plopped on the couch. Thirty minutes later, just as the plot was thickening, the door bell rang and all three jumped to their feet and ran to the door. Marie swung it open and reveled Josh standing with two pizzas that radiated heat.

"Josh." She laughed as she slowly turned her head and smirked at Katy.

"Ma-Marie, you live here? Hi, Katy…and Tess. Um, its gunna be ten twenty nine." Josh answered slowly. She noticed him glance at Katy every couple of seconds and get this goofy grin on his face. Was this what her and Derek looked like on the outside? Maybe she would try and contain her joy more often. She handed him the cash and took the pizza.

"Well…I guess we'll leave you two alone." She said as she winked dramatically to Katy and dashed into the kitchen with the pizza. She whipped out the plates and piled three on hers. She turned to look at Tess and smiled.

"I regret nothing." She chuckled as she returned to the couch.

When the movie was almost over Marie stared and watched as Jack made Rose promise to survive. She didn't know if she could do that for Derek. Watch him die and then promise to survive, she wouldn't know how. She turned and looked at Katy just in time to catch two tears fall down her cheeks.

"Katy, are you crying?" she wondered aloud.

"N-no." She said with a sniff. Marie let out a quiet laugh and focused on the movie again,. When it was over the girls wandered back to Marie's room and curled up together on the bed. The lights were off, but the light from the moon shone in, giving each girl a pale blue tint. The three girls laid long ways on the bed Tess and Marie on the outside and Katy shoved in the middle. Tess stared out the window into the woods that came up to the back of her house and Katy turned and looked at Marie.

"So, you said you'd spill later. Its later…" Katy prodded.

"What do you wanna know?" she asked.

"Is he good kisser?" Katy asked excitedly. Marie looked down and laughed a little.

"Yes…" she chuckled and tried not to look in Tess's direction.

"Hmm. Is there sparks, like you know what I mean?" Katy kept on.

"Yeah I know, and yeah there are. Its crazy it like every time he touches me, I'm being electrocuted, I can hardly think around him." Marie confessed.

"Awww." Katy began as a word but half way through it became a yawn. She laid her head down and smiled. "I'm gunna sleep, good night guys."

"Yeah me too, good night." Marie whispered as she laid her head down. She snuggled into her pillow and was out.

It was the same as before, as all the other night, but different. Everything was crisper, it seemed real…She stood in a doorway that looked into an ally. She knew she was at Jacobs place, down town San Francisco and only about ten blocks from her dads. The yellow light from the street lamp only covered a section of the ally, leaving the rest pitch black. She could hear the gravel crunching as someone approached out of the darkness and looked up to see Jacob. Her heart jumped with his handsome smile, but something was different about his eyes. Even though they were black, they were usually full of depth, but these seemed flat somehow, different in a way she couldn't place. He sauntered over to her and kissed her rough on the mouth. He put his face to her ear and chuckled.

"Lets go inside…" He whispered. He took her hand and pulled her through the doorway. She looked around, it was just like she remembered, every piece. His dad wasn't there that night, must have neeb working. He grabbed her waist and kissed her again, she let him take control as he kissed forcefully. She could feel him pushing her as he kissed down her neck and they stumbled onto his bed, him heavy on top of her. He was being more forceful then he usually was, which had her worried. She knew she should tell him to stop soon. She laid under him as he continued violently kissing her, he brought his hand to her waist and she cringed away as his fingers tried to find their way up her shirt.

"J-Jacob not tonight, not yet." She managed through kisses. She thought he would stop, but he didn't. "Jacob." She struggled under him and pushed him away with one hand, the other he had pinned above her head. She yanked to get it loose and he pressed harder, hard enough to badly bruise a human. She moved her head away from his mouth roughly and he kissed down her neck.

"Jacob!" He was so heavy on top of her she felt like she would suffocate. He kissed her lips again, shoving his tongue in her mouth, stealing her air. He reached for his pants and undid them, kicking them away and she could feel him hard against her. All of the sudden she realized exactly where this was going. She struggled under him but he was so heavy, she couldn't get free.

"Come here baby doll." He cooed, as if he were about to make love to her instead of rape her. He reached upward and grabbed her free hand and pinned it with the other, she fought him with everything she had but it wasn't enough. In the back of her mind she couldn't help but kick herself for going for a guy who could bench 300 and was 200 pounds of straight muscle. She was so angry, how could he do this! She fucking trusted him! She felt his hands pealing away the only barrier between them and she couldn't handle it! No! this couldn't happen! But they were almost gone and she couldn't get away…

Suddenly a red haze clouded her eyes and rage overtook her soul. She wrenched her arms away from him and growled. She grabbed his shoulders and pushed away as hard as she could, lifting him off of her and rolling him onto the bed.

"What the fuck!" He yelled. She straddled him, no longer afraid, and punched him as hard as she possibly could in the nose. His eyes watered and he let out a loud yell, she jump away and grabbed her pants and ducked out the door. She ran on the glass littered streets of San Francisco bare foot and didn't feel a thing. She didn't know how fast she was going and she didn't care who saw her, the only thing she currently gave a fuck about was getting home. She busted open her dads door and looked in at her father on the couch. The expression he wore was one of horror, she looked around and realized she must look like shit. Besides her complete lack of pants, her hair was wild from all the struggling. She turned and looked in the mirror next to the door, and saw two glowing eyes that she couldn't decide were more purple or pink…

"Marie?!" Her father yelled, she turned her head back to him, but it felt like slow motion. She felt his arms wrap around her as her knees gave out and she felt safe, completely protected. She closed her eyes as she listened to him shout her name again, she went into the sleep she longed for.

Monday afternoon:

"Do you want me to stay until your mom gets home, I don't think my mom would care, especially if I told her you were alone." Derek asked her in a voice that flowed down her ears like magic. She loved when he was feeling protective.

"You don't have to stay that long. Are you sure she's even ok with this, I mean, she knows we're alone…" She asked, wondering why Derek's mom would be so lenient. She laced her fingers through his free hand as he drove to her house and she turned the air conditioning vents on them.

"Well, I uh, sort of told her we were also watching Lauren…" Derek explained, she noticed him glancing between her and the road trying to figure out if that was ok.

"So, you lied about my little sister for our advantage?" she asked skeptically.

"Yes…" Derek admitted.

"This is why I like you." She laughed with a grin as she pecked his cheek and scrunched her nose when his whiskers scratched her. She sighed and laid her head on his shoulder. They pulled up to the house and she led him inside. Once in the house, she went strait to her room and through her things in the corner.

"You can put you stuff down with mine, we can study after a little break." She whipped around and accidentally walked right into him. She jumped back and hit her ankle on her bed frame and lost her balance. Derek's hands gripped both sides of her waist and steadied her, as he pulled her up against him. She could hear her heart pounding in her ears and was caught off guard by the sudden closeness. She stood in front of him next to her bed and looked into those eyes. She was frozen by his stare, as if his green eyes held her to the spot she stood instead of gravity. Suddenly, there was a warmth in her stomach and she wanted nothing more then to feel Derek's lips on hers.

"Uh, um sorry, yeah…" She backed away and walked out of the room into the kitchen. She got some yogurt and sat down next to her copy of Romeo and Juliet. Derek grabbed something from the fridge and sat down next to her. Munching on something they both looked out the large windows of her kitchen. She lost track of time and they were probably there for about thirty minutes, just sitting.

"We should go study now." Derek said, accidentally scaring her.

"Hmm, yeah probably should." She sighed. She got up and walked almost out of the kitchen when he grabbed her body from behind and gave her a hug. She turned around laid her head next to his collar bone. Marie looked up and could feel the air thickening as he got closer and she ached for that kiss. Derek's nose was barely not touching hers when she noticed him pause…it was her move. She lingered there, savoring the excitement her body was flooding with, and barely brushed her lips on his. Tingles shot throughout her body and there was electricity in her brain, frying her rational thoughts. She pressed her lips to his this time, feeling him on her, and getting high from it. Derek reached down and picked her up, wrapped her legs around his waist and walked into her room. She could feel him pressing into her and wanted more, craved it like a drug.

He put her down as she kissed him, she brought her hands to his shirt and lifted slowly as Derek watched and kissed her cheeks. He was beautiful, his stomach was toned and lean and his shoulders were strong and safe, she felt so safe. Derek kissed her nose and unbuttoned her shirt, taking his time with each button, and revealed her bra. Her eyes bore into his as she felt him take her waist and lower her onto her bed. He supported himself on his forearm with one arm and his other hand was hooked under her jaw and caressed her neck with his thumb. She couldn't help but smile as he laid his lips on hers and let out a quiet moan. She almost protested when Derek stopped and looked down at her body. She noticed a blush on his cheeks directly before he planted a sweet kiss between her breast and trailed down her stomach. He set fire to her body, the flames crawling from her low stomach up to her face, she felt as if she was melting under the heat. With each breath on her skin the fever only intensified and drove her closer to insanity. She felt like her body would combust with desire. Derek brought his face back to hers, lightly kissing her lips and making his way down her jaw line to her neck, and he gently sucked where her pulse was the strongest.

"You are..." He started, completely breathless, "so beautiful…" Derek kissed down her neck to her collar bone, starting a new fire. "So beautiful it hurts…". She too, was out of breath and instead of responding, she let her hands go where they pleased and find the button of his pant that she unbuttoned and unzipped. Derek quickly kicked away his pants and pressed into her. She wanted to so badly, every fiber of her being begged her rationality to throw caution to the wind but she couldn't find it in her to give her virtue away just yet.

"Derek…" She whispered in a tone that conveyed her thoughts. She brought her hands around and ran them through his hair. Derek looked deep into her eyes, desire ramped. He put his lips to her ear, lightly tickling her.

"Oh, wilt thou leave me so unsatisfied…?" Derek mentioned in a voice that almost unraveled her decision. He must have remembered Shakespeare was her favorite.

"What satisfaction canst thou have tonight?" She pleaded with him, knowing he would not take forcefully, not matter how it pained him. She trailed her fingers down his back and around to his front, tracing every crease of his abdomen. Derek gently rocked into her, and she held back a moan as he sent her over the edge. She could feel him hard against her and decided to give him some satisfaction. She brought her hand lower and slipped it beneath his boxers. She touched him and enjoyed every trace of pleasure across his face as he breathed heavily against her neck. She looked up to see Derek's jaw slung open from pleasure and his eyes, not the familiar green, but vibrant blue. In an instant she knew what he was, and that he could turn any second.

"Derek?!"