Derek POV
What was I doing? I almost hooked up with her! I was so pissed at myself. I ran all the way home and collapsed onto my bed, breathing heavily. Suddenly, in a fit of rage, I punched the mirror. It shattered into a million little pieces. I glanced at the clock. It was 1:00. I had to go meet up with my uncle.
Hailey POV
Damn Derek! I'm so sick of him doing this! He'll kiss me back and act like he likes me and then all of the sudden he hates me! I'm so freaking confused. My phone started ringing. I picked it up.
"Hello?" I asked.
"Hey. It's Stiles. I need your help with something". I heard Scott come into the house. "Scott's probably home by now, so ask him to give a ride over here". He hung up before I could respond. I ran downstairs.
"Scott?" I said, looking at him.
He glared at me. "What?"
"I'm sorry". I ran up to him and gave him a huge hug. His arms wrapped around me. "Can you give me a ride to Stiles' house?"
"Yeah of course. What does he need us there for?" he asked, grabbing his keys.
"I don't know he just said he needs my help with something". Scott nodded and we got into the car. We got to Stiles' house and found him buried in a pile of papers.
"What're you doing Stiles?" I asked, sitting beside him.
"Research. I took some of my dad's papers about the Alpha's victims. He's upstairs sleeping. All of these victims are connected to fire".
"Stiles, you're dad wouldn't just fall asleep leaving all these papers here", Scott said. Then he glanced at the bottle of whiskey. "Oh".
"Yeah…so have you heard from Derek?" Stiles asked. I had no clue Derek had gone MIA.
"Not since the locker room", Scott said, creating an awkward silence.
"What happened in the locker room?" I asked, confused. They never tell me anything. He explained the situation to me. What are we going to do without Derek?
A week later…
Derek POV
Kid might be stupid, but he has a damn good taste in music. Like Hailey. I admit, I got a sick pleasure out of scaring the kid. The whole time I spent talking to him, I just wanted to punch him right in his mouth. Have fun kissing her with a swollen lip.
I don't want him to be part of the pack. I don't want to have to see him or be around him; have to call him my 'brother'. My being a werewolf created some type of bond, some type of connection, between Hailey and me. I don't want them to have that connection. He can't have with her what I have. But then I remembered; I was acting. I get to kill him. I get to sink my claws into his flesh. He never gets to touch her again.
The whole time we were on our way to my house, he wouldn't shut up about he would be late for his date with her. Too bad he won't make it.
I knew he was afraid of me. And he damn well should be, because if he hurts her, he'll have to deal with me.
Hailey POV
"Hey", I said with a smile.
"Are you ready?" Jackson asked. We were going on our first real date. I was surprised; he cleaned up nice. Especially after coming from an 'intense workout session' as he labeled it.
"Yeah". Scott knew and he was pissed. He hasn't spoken to me ever since he found out. I got in the car and we drove to a little restaurant at the edge of town. We were having an amazing date. Jackson was cute, funny, and he knew what he wanted. While he was in the middle of messing with his spaghetti, my mom and some guy walked in. They looked like they were on a date. I hid my face as they sat at a table nearby. I peeked over; she was with the Alpha!
"Hailey, isn't that your mom?" Jackson asked, staring over at them.
"Crap. Yeah. Don't look. Hopefully she might not see us", I whispered.
"Why are you whispering?" he chuckled.
"I don't know", I whispered. "Hold on a second I need to talk to Scott". I grabbed my phone and texted Scott that Mom was with the Alpha. He said he knew and he was following them. Unfortunately, my mom spotted me. She came over excitedly, giving me a hug. Her date followed with a seemingly friendly smile.
"Peter, I'd like you to meet my daughter Hailey. I didn't know you were out tonight sweetheart. Oh, hey Jackson!" she said.
"Hey Miss McCall", he said with his charming smile.
"Hi Hailey, nice to meet you", Peter said, shaking my hand. He seemed really surprised at my…well, existence. I guess Derek the traitor didn't tell him everything.
"Yeah you too", I choked out. Is he serious?
"I didn't know you had a daughter Melissa". What was he playing at?
"Mom, I'm kinda…" I began, but she cut me off.
"Oh, you two are on a date" she realized. She gave me a stern glance as I grabbed Jackson's hand. "I'll be there in a second Peter".
"Of course", he said politely, sitting down at their table.
"If you don't mind Jackson, I need to steal Hailey away for a minute". I could tell she was pissed.
"No problem", he said.
I leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. "I'll be back in a second". I smirked as I saw my mom get further enraged. We walked into the bathroom.
"We didn't discuss you dating". She said, oddly quiet.
"We didn't have to. Grandma let me date. She may not be here anymore, but I follow her rules".
"I am your mother, like it or not Hailey. And you have to listen to me. You should've come to me before you began to date. We needed to talk about this!" she spoke urgently.
"I already talked about it with Grandma", I told her, leaning back against the sink.
"It doesn't matter; I did not okay this".
"You lost the right to make decisions in my life when you sent me away", I said with venom. I felt guilty as I saw hurt in her eyes.
"Okay", she sigh in defeat. "Have fun". She walked back out to her date. After a minute, I went back to Jackson.
"Is everything alright?" he asked, grabbing my hand.
"I hope so".