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Chapter 8 – shovel talk
David watches the exchange with a smile and instead of cuddling with the two girls he follows Derek out of the room after he is sure that Sarah will take his suggestion to heart. Both, man and boy, look at each other and convey to the other, that they would keep their girls save as it is their responsibility.
The young boy trusts Derek and that is something new to him. Normally he needs time and space to get to know someone, before he decides to trust them. His time in the orphanage has told him this lesson the hard way. He learned that he only can rely on himself and nobody else. Until he met Alexa and Sarah and apparently Derek now, but he still has something to do.
So he follows the other werewolf, who he accepts as his Alpha male, even if he only is a beta, to the kitchen. For a moment David watches him to get his wits and courage, together because let's not forget in comparison to the other werewolf he is just a pup. But his inner wolf his telling him that he has to do this.
Of course as the more experienced werewolf Derek knew that something was up, he could smell the anxiety on the other were from a mile away. But he doesn't call him out on it, because he wants to give him confidence, that he tells him it in his own time and waits silently for the other to start with whatever he has to say. But if he is true to himself he has a slight idea, what this is about and he waited for it since he kissed Alexa.
With a deep breath and clearing of his throat to keep the anxiety at bay David says in a stern voice or as stern he can muster to get the others attention. "Derek."
For a moment Derek waits so that he doesn't give away that he has waited for it, before he faced the young boy. "Yeah." he says, it was an answer and a question at the same time.
"I have something to say." David points out the obvious. Derek didn't say to go on with it, he just waits for it and the young boy is grateful for it. After a moment of considering his words, he decides to go with the direct way. "I like you Derek, but she" he points on the celling to tell the older wolf of whom he is talking about. "is my Mom." The only one he really knew. Yeah, Maria and Alexander were legally his parents, but he never saw them as such. Almost in the moment Alexa stepped into his live, she became his mother, just like it happened with Sarah. He knows that his Mom feels the same way, he heard a discussion with her parents that she wanted to be his Mom legally as well, but because of the minimal age difference that wasn't possible. No-one would believe that she had him with only 12 years. But she still acted as a mother to him and he loves her for it.
Even if neither of them told the other that was this way. Alexa always talks only about Sarah being her child, but he still was her son as well, David knows that. Derek wasn't dumb and he wasn't a new wolf. He knows how packs work and she was the pack mom, if you want to call her that and that is why she sees David as her child as well. He saw how they acted with each other and felt a bond to the boy as well, like he did with Sarah. That is why he almost knew that he could calm the younger wolf down without any problems.
What he says next makes Derek smile. "So if you hurt her I will shred you to pieces, even if you are stronger, bigger and have more experience than me. I will make you hurt, even if it is the last thing I do." His voice was hard and he wolfed out as he said that.
Derek's heart swelled with pride, because just like with Sarah his wolf almost immediately accepted him as his boy. Yes, he didn't show that, because he read the young wolf as a shy, introverted young boy, who doesn't show feelings often, probably because of his experience in the orphanage, if he has to guess. So hearing him threatening to hurt him, should he hurt Alexa makes him proud. It makes him proud that he doesn't shy away from his responsibility's even if the odds are against him, because as the lone male wolf in Alexa's pack the protection is his responsibility if he knows it or not. He simply acts on instinct.
Of course David interprets his smile in a mocking way as he adds after a moment. "I know that I am just a boy in your eyes and you simply find it funny, but …"
But he couldn't go on as Derek was in his personal space with his werewolf speed as these words leave his mouth. He got down on his knee to be on eyelevel with him, put his hand on his shoulder and reassures him. "Stop, pup. I am not laughing, because I find it funny. No, I smile because it makes me proud."
Now the boy was perplexed. "Proud? How so?" he wants to know.
Instead of answering the question, Derek asks him a counter question. He is considered the Alpha male of the pack now, which means it was his responsibility to educate the pups in the ways of the werewolves and that is, what he will do. But first he needs to know, how much he knows and Derek himself always learned best by thinking for himself. With the needed information, he could figure it out and he knows that David can do it as well. "What did Alexa tell you about packs?" Even if he doesn't know what she taught him, Derek knows that she taught him something.
That surprised David a bit, but after a moment of thinking he answers, even if he doesn't know where this is all going. "Pack animals have a hierarchy and every wolf has responsibilities so that the pack can survive, like Mom's is to protect me and Sarah no matter what."
"Good, but she would do that not only because she has tom but because of the love she feels for both of you, she loves you very much." He wants that David knows that she doesn't think of him only as a responsibility, but as a son. His answering smile tells him that he understood. That is a good point to start. "Do you know about other responsibilities from pack members, say the lone male member of a pack?" That is the points where he wants to go today, after all.
The metaphorical light bold went on, because David is or was the lone male member of his pack until Derek stepped into the picture. So they are talking about him. But he still needs some moments to figure out an answer. "To keep the pack save he will threaten every new member of the pack, especially male wolves." he says.
Derek smiles at his smart boy, because that is what he is. "Yeah, that is right. So do you see why I am proud of you?" he asks his next question.
Now David smiles as well, because he caught on, what Derek is trying to tell him? Another reason is, that no other adult beside Alexa treated him like he can think for himself, they decided for him, but not Alexa and apparently not Derek. "I acted as the lone male wolf, because that is what I am and so I told you off." The boy looks at Derek and asks vulnerable. "So you are not mad."
In these eyes he can see a frightened little boy, who until he met Lexi had no-one, who was on his side and he trusts Derek to be on his side now, apparently. That makes Derek proud and he will do everything to not misplace this trust. He would show him what it means to have family and be part of one. "No, on the contrary, I am proud of you for protecting your Mom and sister." he tells him.
That floored David, no-one ever was proud of him for standing up against adults, except Alexa. But she normally does it for him so that he hasn't has to do it. But this admission let the bond he felt between Derek and him grow. Yeah, like Sarah he felt a connection, but in contrary to her he is wary of new people, especially adults. But Derek didn't disappoint him, so out of character he hugs him and scent marks him like a pup would with his parents.
Derek was happy to obligate. As soon as he felt the little boy move he welcomed him and scent marked him. He was his boy after all now, just like Sarah was his baby girl and Lexi was his girl. But he still has something to say. After a moment of scent marking he steps away so that he can look at his boy.
David had tears running down his face, because only Lexi and Sarah ever accepted him like that, but never a male person. But to have a Dad, if you want call Derek that after only a short amount of time of knowing him makes him happy and the tears fall freely. Derek sees it as what is and he feels it at well, David accepted him as his Dad and that made him smile.
So he wipes away the tears on his son's cheek, but didn't command on them. He has the feeling that David normally wasn't like that, sharing his feelings was normally very hard for him. Something Derek can relate to. "In matters of your threat I want to tell you that it would kill me to hurt Lexi." he tells him seriously and not only because of the effects of the soul mate bond.
"Why?" he wants to know, not that he doesn't believe his new Dad, he just wants to know the reasons for it. His Mom always called him a curious little boy after he started to trust someone, which he apparently did in this case, so the questions flow freely.
"What do you know about mates?" he asks him. Just like before he wants him to think on his feed that is something anyone should do, you never know in which situation you need it.
"Not much, only that they are apparently the other part of the wolf." was the short answer.
"That is right, but there is more to it. See if you have found your mate it is hard for us to leave them. They are our other half and you can't have them out of our reach. Normally they stay close and start a life together." Derek has to start somewhere.
"Why?"
"The bond between them demands it, because we are stronger together. Separation is more than painful, but there apparently is a way around that."
"Such as?" he wants to know after Derek didn't go on.
"I don't know what Lexi told you about me, if she told you about me in the first place. But we met while we were children and at that time we learnt that we were mates. But my mother, who was a powerful Alpha, took our memories of that so that we could live our life without being in pain." He wasn't going to tell him that it happened, because Lexi asked for it. Neither would he tell him that it always felt like something was missing from his live. That are things they have to stay between Alexa and him, to make it work.
For a moment David thinks about what Derek is telling him until he placed it with his memories about his Mom and her life. It made click for the young wolf. "That explains it." he says out loud without thinking about it.
Perplex Derek looks at him and asks. "What explains what?"
David looks at his new Dad with a smile and says. "She always felt like something was missing, not that she said so to me or Sarah, but we may have overheard her while she talked to her parents." A sheepish smile starts on his face, hey he is a mischievous boy after all, but he is nervous how his new Dad will take that, that is why he scratches his neck.
That statement warmed his heart, but makes him sad at the same time. It is nice to know that Lexi felt the same way as him. But even if he can understand her reasoning for taking away the memories and wasn't angry about it, it still makes him sad that she did it. No, he really wasn't angry, because of it, only slightly hurt, because he missed the time with her. Now he will do anything to make the time count, he doesn't plan on letting her go. Not now, not ever.
Besides that he also sees the sheepish look on his sons face and smiles. "Don't worry, I was just like you, but never get caught." he tells him. Derek would never forbade something he did himself, but simply pointing out that he has to be cautious, if he doesn't want to get in trouble. David understands the warning loud and clear, that is why he nods lightly and would take it to heart. "Back to the topic at hand, because of her being my mate it would hurt me if I hurt her. She literally is my other half and being near her completes me, completes us." David glace told Derek that he doesn't quite understand. No wonder he still is a little boy and hasn't found his mate yet. "Don't worry you will understand as soon as you have found your mate." he tells him as he ruffles his hair affectional and stands up to his full height.
"Ehhhh, girls are ugly." David says.
Derek laughs and simply says. "If you say so, but come to me should that view change." Not that he is looking forward to have the birds and bees talk with his kids, but he still would do it to keep his son and daughter save. But thinking about it, it would be better to keep Sarah locked up until she is 30, she is way too beautiful now, not considering the fact that it will only grow in the coming years. Almost all supernatural beings are beautiful fully grown. Shaking that thought from his mind; he walks to the fridge and asks David. "Are you hungry?"
"Yeah, a little bit."
Another laugh escapes Derek, because if someone knows what a little bit means it would be him. His mother always scolded him that he ate like a horse and Derek the smart boy he was always said that he was a growing boy. "Do you want some sandwiches?" he asks, because nothing else is to find in the fridge.
"Please." he says and takes place at the kitchen counter.
With that Derek takes everything he needs out and starts making sandwiches for himself and his boy. While he does that he feels David's eyes on him, like he wants to ask him something, but doesn't know how. So after another moment without him asking, Derek took the initiative. "Ask away. You can ask me anything." After a moment he adds. "That is the way a family works, talking to each other, being there for each other." He knows that he is the first male David accepts as an Alpha.
"Are we going to live here?" he asks in a whisper. David really doesn't want to be far from his Mom or his Dad and hopes that they all will stay together in the same place.
"Yes." But still Derek starts thinking, because even with the size of the loft, it isn't an optimal place for a family. Especially if he wants more children someday, besides the two he just gained. As he pictures their family with a baby he doesn't picture them here, but in his old home. The Hale house was still his after all; it was in the woods and had huge grounds for the pups to run around.
With his family living there they can give the house a new live and probably transform the bad memories into new and better ones. He just has to rebuild the house. A smile starts on his face. Yes that is the best thing, he will build the house for them as family, as pack and as a couple. It probably would be a good idea to talk with Lexi about it, but he remembers that she always loved running around in the old house.
He almost missed the next question. "Can I decorate the room like I want?"
Derek puts his hand on his pups shoulder and squeezes as he says. "Of course this is your home now." The implied meaning was that it wasn't because of the room or the loft, but because of the family he gained. The pack will not let him go, where ever they are, there always will be a home for him.
A huge smile grows on his boys face as he says that. It is good to see his boy so happy; Derek will do everything to make him happy, just like he wants Sarah and Alexa to be happy. They are his responsibility now and he will love them as much as he can. He puts a plate with sandwiches in front of David and takes a seat beside him to eat as well.
They eat in silence and think about their lives. In a matter of moments it changed upside down for both of them. Derek never would have guessed that, he would have a family as he got up yesterday morning, but he wouldn't change a thing. Without trying all three of them found a place in his heart. That was a feed in itself. After all the shit that happened in his life he closed his heart off, because it was easier to work through the pain this way. People always left him, even after Cora came back and he saved her, she left again. Ok, she needed guidance he couldn't give her at the time, but maybe she would come back or at least visit in the future and who knows someday they could be siblings again.
A similar train of thought went through David's mind. Not that he didn't has a family with his Mom and Sarah, which he has and he loves them to death. But having a male figure in his life he can look up to is new to him. He tried with Alec, Alexa's father, but he never could trust him. David always had the feeling that he only took him in, because his Mom put her foot down. He knows for a fact that Sarah feels the same way about Alexa's parents, but they never told her about that, because they didn't want to hurt her. But here with Derek he finally has a Dad. Yeah, it was new and would probably take some time to get used to. But for the first time in his short life he wants to have someone like him in his live.
A knock at the door, breaks them out of their mushing's.
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