Chapter 10: The Other Wolf
After Bella had dropped off Isaac at the cemetery, the butterflies in her stomach all went away. She had never felt this way with a boy before. Being around Isaac made her all nervous and girly, something no boy could make her do. When she got home she jumped and laid down on her bed, facing the ceiling. Bella grinned like a 5 year old and stood back up to change her clothes when she saw Derek Hale standing in the corner of her room. She grabbed the nearest thing, a notebook, and swung it at him. He caught it easily and chuckled, "Relax Bella. I'm not here to watch over you. My name is Derek Hale and I'm looking for your brother. So can you tell me where exactly he is?"
Bella took a long pause in order to calm down. She replied coolly, "He and Stiles went out on a date." Derek smirked at her. "I mean, they went out on a double date. With Daisy Wright and Allison Argent." She saw Derek tense up when she mentioned Allison's name. "What do you have against the Argents?"
Derek squinted his eyes and stared her down, "Do you have any idea what the Argent family does?" He walked towards her and Bella began to backpedal towards the wall until he had his hands pressed up against the wall on either side of her. "That family isn't who they say they are. I suggest you watch your back with that Allison girl. And tell that to Scott too."
"Why don't you tell it to me yourself?" Scott appeared in Bella's doorway, wolfed up already. "Now back away from my sister before I claw your eyes out." Derek took one last look at Bella before he took his hands off the wall and started towards the open window. Bella rushed to her brother's side.
"Scott," Derek started. "I know you think I'm the one who gave you that bite, but I can tell you it wasn't me." He looked over at Scott and Bella, who gave him doubting looks. He swung his legs out of the open window. "I know I can't prove it to you, but I can tell you this," he called. "There's another wolf, a powerful one called the Alpha. He was the one who bit you. He was the one that turned you into a werewolf. So unless you want to be killed a werewolf, I suggest you help me look for the Alpha and kill him." He stood up on the windowsill, prepared to jump. Derek turned around at the last second, "By the way, that Argent girl is bad news. Stay away from her." He finally jumped out the window and ran towards the woods.
Scott and Bella ran towards the window to find Derek, but he was gone. They looked at each other with confusion. Bella was the first to speak up, "So how was your date tonight?"
Scott shot her a look and replied, "I saw you with Isaac tonight. Broke Stiles's heart seeing you with him." Bella grew a sad face. She hadn't known that they had seen her and Isaac on their date. She had known about Stiles's big crush on her and liked to flirt back at him sometimes, but she knew that she had really broken his heart this time. "He was having a really good time with Daisy until he saw you Bells."
"I don't want Stiles to be moping around after me Scott," Bella retorted, obviously affected by his words. "I like Isaac now and if Daisy likes Stiles, then I don't wanna stop him," Bella continued nervously. "I love Stiles and I give him so many chances to make a move, but he's too shy to take them. I'm sorry." Scott looked at her sadly and nodded. Bella went to her brother, who was sitting on her bed, and leaned her head against his shoulder. "On the bright side," she added, "How was your date with Allison?"
Scott blushed and Bella pushed him, where they both laughed. "It was great, actually. I really like her and I think she may like me." His goofy grin suddenly faded into a frown. "What do you think Derek meant when he said she was bad news? Do you think she's hiding something from me?"
Bella shrugged her shoulders, "I mean, can you blame her? You're kinda hiding the whole werewolf thing from her so…" Her voice trailed off and Scott's glared at her with his glowing gold beta eyes, making them both laugh. "You should get some sleep though. We've both had a long day." Scott nodded and stood up off of Bella's bed. He kissed her forehead gently and walked out of her room, closing the door behind him.
Bella went to her bathroom and took off her makeup. She looked at herself in the mirror with her smeared makeup and water dripping down her face. Sighing to herself, she changed out of her dress and into warm flannel pajamas. She turned off her light, pulled the covers up to her chin, and rolled to her side. Bella looked at the moonlight shining through her window in the dark sky. I like Isaac, I really do. Then why do I feel all nervous when talking about Stiles? Scott was telling me about Daisy liking Stiles. Why do I feel jealous? She tried to shake the thoughts out of her head, but it was impossible. All Bella could think about was how she was breaking Stiles's heart being with Isaac, and how it was breaking her. She knew that she liked Isaac, but did she have feelings for Stiles too?
A tear slowly slid down her cheek. Then another, and another. Before she knew it, Bella was crying herself to sleep. She knew that the feelings of one of the boys had to be ignored, but she didn't know if she would be strong enough to do it.