Ashlee's p.o.v
I walk out of the station with my head hanging. Mum grounded me. She. Grounded. Me. I don't even live with her! She told me i'm coming to stay at home for a few nights where she can make sure i'm behaving like a grounded person. Kira and John found this very amusing of course but I didn't. Mum drops Kira off on the way to the loft so I can grab my stuff. I lead her up the stairs, feeling so very childish. I open the loft door and Laura, Cora and Derek's heads snap up to me. Derek's up in seconds, checking me over.
"Are you okay? Did she hurt you?" he asks. Mum walks into the loft and he steps back from me a little.
"Ashlee is coming to stay at home for a few nights" she informs them. They all look confused.
"I'm..i'm grounded" I mumble. They all look like they're fighting off smiles.
"We understand" Laura says, trying to keep a straight face. I turn back to Mum.
"Mum!" I whine, making all three of them break and laugh. "I was only protecing myself! She shoved me first!" I defend.
"You broke her nose and ripped out some of her hair" Mum says slowly like I should go 'ooohh'.
"But-but she shoved me first" I repeat. Mum looks past me at the three laughing Hales.
"Were you three involved?" Mum asks. I try my hardest to tell them to say no.
"Both of them were, not me" Cora says with a smirk. Cora!
"We were trying to stop the fight..ma'am" Derek adds the last part for good measure.
"Really, we were. But it wasn't Ashlee's fault. Jennifer went after her first..Ashlee just sort of..lost it for a second" Laura backs up. Mum sighs.
"Fine. I believe you" she says, looking back at me.
"Yay!" I say. You can't ground me, i'm ungroundable!
"But I still want you to come stay at home for abit, at least one night" Mum says.
"But Cora's leaving in the morning" I pout.
"It's okay, i'll be here until 10, just make it back by then" Cora says.
"Come on, we miss you at home. Scott and Stiles are dying to see their sister" Mum says.
"Okay" I smile at that. I miss them too. With school and everything, it's been hard for them to visit as often as they did before. "Let me just pack a bag" I say. Mum nods and Laura invites her to sit down for a coffee. I smile at the two, how they easily get along. I walk up the stairs to my room. I grab a bag and start packing it.
"I'm sorry about last night" Derek says from behind me.
"It's okay" I smile at him. "She shouldn't have touched you or me. She doesn't get to get away with it" I say.
"But you got into trouble with the police and your Mum and it was my fault" he sighs, sitting down on my bed. I finish packing my bag and jump up next to him.
"No, it wasn't" I say, pecking his lips. "It didn't help that I went abit overboard either" I grin.
"Abit?" he teases.
"Shut up" I say, leaning againist his shoulder.
"She didn't hurt you though, did she?" he asks me worriedly. I look at him with a 'really?' look. "Stupid question" he chuckles. "Forgot you were the Shrieff's step daughter for a second" he says. I stand up and he stands up with me.
"I'll be home tomorrow" I tell him. He nods and pulls me close. Our lips touch softly, neither one of us deepening the kiss. We just stay like that, our lips pressed together.
"Ash, come on-oh god!" we jump apart at Mum's voice. Oh no. Anyone but her.
"Mum-" I try.
"I'll be waiting downstairs" she says, walking out of the room.
"Argh" I groan. "She was not supposed to find out like that" I sigh.
"Sorry.." Derek says sheepishly.
"No, it's okay. I just have to fill her in now" I tell him.
"Of course" he nods. "What are you going to tell her?" he asks quietly.
"Um.." are we even together? "That you and I aren't just roomates" I decide. He nods.
"Call me if you need me" he says.
"I can handle it" I say, leaning up to kiss him again. This kiss is chaste, we're both worried someone else will walk in. "I better go" I say.
"I'll walk you out" I smile at that. He holds his hand out and I take it. We walk down the stairs together. Mum's eyes dart between the two of us but she doesn't say anything. I say goodbye to Laura and Cora, promising to be home in time to see Cora off. Derek and I follow Mum out to the car.
"Bye" I say, turning to Derek.
"Bye" he says, kissing my forehead, both of us well aware of the pair of motherly brown eyes watching us. I turn back to Mum and smile at her, getting into the car. Derek smiles at her as well, going back inside. Mum gets into the car, starts it and drives out of the driveway. She's silent for a long time and it's starting to scare me. Just as i'm about to open my mouth, she cuts me off.
"Are you dating him?" she asks.
"No" I tell her. She quickly turns to me with a confused look before returning her eyes to the road. "We haven't talked about that yet but it's looking that way" she sighs in relief.
"You know you're going to have to tell John, Scott and Stiles, right?" she asks.
"Yeah..I know" I say.
"Does he..you know..treat you right?" she asks. I chuckle at the awkwardness in her voice. Boys isn't something we ever talked about.
"He does. He looked after me when I was sick" I tell her. I left out 90% of the real story but he still looked after me.
"That's nice" she smiles warmly. "I think we should meet him properly, go out for lunch or something" Mum offers.
"I'll have to ask him but i'm sure he won't mind" I say. On the inside, i'm panicking. We're not really a couple and that is a very couply thing to do. I have no idea how he'll react to the offer. Once we get home, I walk in first. Scott and Stiles get up from the dinner table to hug me. I give John a big hug as well. I sit down with them, urging them to finish their dinner.
"Dad told us you got arrested" Stiles brings up with a grin.
"That's correct" I say. No point hiding it, right?
"What happened?" Scott asks.
"Got into a fight at the club" I shrug.
"A fight?" John says.
"Well..yeah" I say.
"Remember she walked away with a broken nose and a chunk of her hair missing, you walked away with an angry attitude" John points out.
"She deserved it" I say. Before John can interrupt, I continue. "She grabbed Derek and she shoved me. What was I supposed to do? Just let her do it? I'm a Stilinski, you should know I wouldn't just let it go" I say.
"Why does it matter so much that she grabbed Derek?" Scott asks.
"Uh.." I say, eyes flicking over to Mum who is smirking. Dammit. Now John, Scott and Stiles are focusing all of their attention on me. "We are..sort of..but not just yet..uh..together" I say the last part quickly.
"I'm sorry" John says, putting his knife and fork down. "Did you just say that you and Derek, Derek Hale, you're roomate, are together?" he asks me.
"Sort of but not just yet" I say, smiling nervously.
"We're all going out to lunch" Mum speaks up.
"What?" John, Scott and Stiles ask at once.
"You heard what I said. All of us and Derek and Laura are going out to lunch" Mum repeats.
"Okay.." John says slowly. I look at the men of our family. They look to be having trouble letting that information sink in.
"I'm tired..I might just go on up to bed" I say. Mum nods and kisses my cheek. I give the other a small smile and wave before going upstairs. My room is still the same apart from the furniture I took to the loft. I get changed into my baggy singlet and sleep shorts before slipping into bed. Argh. Now I remember why I was so relieved there was a bed already there. This bed is so uncomfortable. Derek's bed is much comfier. I'd be cuddling with him right now if Jennifer hadn't have ruined everything. She failed because I beat the shit out of her but she still sort of won because i'm partially grounded. Of course I love staying here and spending time with my family but tonight i'd love to be at the loft. I want to spend as much time with Cora as I can before she leaves and I had a legitimate reason to stay over in Derek's bed tonight. Sleep finds me though, i'm too worn out by the past day's events to stay up late.
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I'm really liking Derek and Ashlee's relationship :) It's chilled but they're not interested in other people. They will have to have the 'in a relationship' talk soon though! Stay tuned! Favourite, follow and review!
