Chapter 10: The Talk

"What the hell was that Care?" Looking around the room noticing the broken lamp, Liz faces her daughter with a horrified expression on her face.

"I really have no idea", Caroline had an equal confused expression. "Was it Klaus? Shit, he must have seen me toss out his gift. Oh well, he can get over it." She thought, Shrugging her shoulders both Forbes went back to bed.

In the morning, Caroline was greeted by the shining sun through her balcony door. What a magnificent sight to see. Grinning she gets out of bed, "I could defiantly get used to this."

Walking down the stairs she notices she can't hear her mom's silent snores. Seeing a note in the kitchen, Caroline's worries went away.

Hey Sweetheart,

Went into the station to finalize some things. Be back soon.

Love,

Mom

Getting some cold blood out from the fridge, she decided she wanted to explore the house more. Walking right out of the kitchen there was a huge living room. As she roams the house she realizes there's a total of 6 good sized bed rooms. "I wonder what we are gonna do with those?" Moving onto the hallway she looks up. Noticing there's a hatch, she grabs it and pulls it open. Out comes another stair case.

"No way! I've always wanted one of these", Caroline excitedly exclaims as she sees a remodeled attic. Walls are up and there's a floor. "Can't wait to to see what I can come up with for this room", grinning she went back to her room to finish her tasty blood laying in bed.

As she took her last sip, she heard a loud knock on the door. Being nervous, and a bit angry that it may be Klaus she ran to open the door quickly.

"What?" She said as she flung open the heavy wood door.

"Caroline? You okay?" Derek said, taken back by her tone.

"Derek! Stiles! So sorry, I thought you were someone I didn't want to see." A surprised Caroline responded.

"Oh, so you wanted to see us?" Derek smirked as she let them into the house.

"Great place Caroline." Stiles said excitedly.

"Thanks, it's a dream come true. So what brings you here? Also, how did you know where I lived?"

Using one of his fingers, Derek pointed to his nose with a very amused face.

"Oh, right", laughing, Caroline gestures for them to sit on her couch in the living room. Which thankfully sits three people comfortably. Taking the lead Caroline sits in the right corner bringing her legs to rest under her. That was when she realized she never put her pants back on. Instead of feeling embarrassed she just looked at them like nothing was wrong.

"You can sit you know", she said in a teasing voice.

Stiles took no further hesitation and jumped to the left side of the couch, sitting sprawled out, looking like it wasn't his first time inside Caroline's house. Derek took a more subtle approach and just sat down in the middle.

"So, what in the world happened last night?" After a few minutes of content silence, Caroline breaks the ice.

Smiling Stiles starts to explain. "Well apparently werewolves have this thing called mating. Which is of course awesome in its own right, but now I found out a werewolf can mate with more than one person. I know crazy, right? But still awesome. I'm still kind of confused as to how it happens so I should let Derek take it away", blushing Stiles looks down.

"You are adorable", Caroline just had to tell him.

She found his babbling to be a breath of fresh air. Glad she wasn't the only one to babble now and again in situations. In turn Stiles was just as glad she wasn't annoyed with him.

"Well that's where it gets complicated. I haven't really met any werewolves who have two mates, but I have heard of them. Its said that the three people can date and have feelings for others, but can never completely give themselves to that person. For every pair it's different how its activated. And last night it happened when I touched the two of you. I was surprised by the pain - which by the way thank you for getting us off the cold forest floor", touching Caroline's hand softly, Derek gave her a small smile. Caroline couldn't keep eye contact so she looked down smiling softly.

"So you're telling me we are all mated to one another? I know nothing about you two-", letting go of Derek's hand, Caroline gets up of the couch and starts pacing.

Derek lets out a quiet whine as she moved away, but only Caroline could hear. "But at the same time I've never felt anything the way I have felt in so little time with you two. How the hell is that even possible? I mean you guys could end up hating me or wanting to kill me. I just can't handle any more pain in my life", turning away from them, Caroline feels a tear coming down from her left eye.

Feeling, rather than seeing, Derek and Stiles come closer to her. Caroline wiped away the tear. From behind Derek tentatively wrapped his arms around her waist to comfort her. Stiles keeps walking till he is in front of her. With a knowing look on his face he gets close to her and puts his hands on Derek's upper arms, like he is also hugging Care. The three sighing, they all felt it, that jolt of familiarity and safeness. It was an incredible feeling.

"That's the mate bond Care. And there is no rush. We have all the time to get to know each other and I highly doubt we could ever hate you", trying to console her, Derek started rubbing his face in her hair. That made Caroline giggle and her terrible mood was banished, even if it was just for a little while.