About A Girl

And when you asked for a light
I set myself on fire
And if I go far away I know
You'll find another slave

"Derek, I think it's about time you and I sat down and had story time." Stiles said, standing in the doorway of the old Hale house.

"Stiles, I know you have a lot of questions about being a werewolf, but I'm not in the mood to talk." Derek put down the book he had been reading and turned to Stiles. The bite hadn't changed Stiles that much physically, but the change was still a bit noticeable. His skin was clearer, and he stood taller, straighter. It was Stiles' eyes that Derek noticed the most. There was fierceness behind them that hadn't been there before.

Stiles took a few steps closer to the Alpha and held out the ripped out page of the yearbook. "Well that's a good thing because I'm not in the mood to listen to bullshit" Stiles snapped thrusting the page into Derek's hand. "Tell me everything there is between you and Kate Argent."

"You mean besides the fact she was a psychotic bitch who burned my whole family alive?" Derek growled as he glared at the skinny teen "I don't know what you're looking for but it has nothing to with her."

"Well, considering that you were in the same class in high school, I think there's more to this" Stiles said, not backing down from Derek's glare. "Oh, there's that fact that after all those years she popped up to finish the job. Oh, and her father came back for revenge when her killer was dead. Why does Gerard really want to kill you?"

"Because he's a psychopathic werewolf hunter that destroys everything and everyone around him!" Derek shouted finally losing his patience. He turned away from Stiles and covered his eyes with his hand, obviously upset about something that he didn't want to share.

Stiles was silent for a few minutes, rolling over Derek's words and reactions in his head. Suddenly it dawned on him, the connection. "Kate didn't always try to kill you, did she?"

Derek sighed in defeat before looking back at the new werewolf "No" he admitted grudgingly "There was a time I thought that we were in love."

Stiles' eyes widened slightly before he nodded his head, urging Derek to continue.

"I thought we were just like any other teenage couple, and that's what I wanted" He confessed. The Alpha told his story of heartbreak, making sure to avoid looking Stiles in the eyes. "It felt so good, so simple, pretending that I was a normal boy with a normal girlfriend. But we both knew that we would never be a normal couple."

"That's why you were so hard on Scott when it came to his relationship with Allison" Stiles concluded. "You were afraid that history would repeat itself."

"Something like that" Derek sighed. "I was afraid that Allison was just trying to get close to Scott so it would be easier for her to finish him off. But then I saw how they fought side by side. Allison isn't Kate, but there was a time when Kate looked at me the same way."

"Then Gerard came home." Stiles finished. Everything made sense now; the fire, Gerard's obsession with Derek, the changes in Allison. The whole screwed up mess was coming together now.

Derek turned to stared wide eyed at Stiles "How do you know that?"

Stiles chuckled humorlessly "It doesn't take a genius to fit it all together. It makes sense when you look at how he's manipulating Allison, it would be a lot like the way he would turn his own daughter into someone who would set her boyfriend's house on fire to prove to her father that she was loyal."

"What are you saying?" Derek growled.

"I think Gerard ordered Kate to kill your family." There was no easy way for Stiles to say it, no easy way to tell a man that his whole family was killed by a girl he thought loved him because of some pissed off old hunter. Gerard was the kind of man who would destroy his own family to get what he wanted, and that's what the bastard did.

When the truth hit Derek the rage came too. It was the rage that he used as an anchor, the rage he used to control the beast inside of him. It came out a desperate roar, filled with anger and sorrow. He looked at Stiles, his eyes glowing red. "I'm going to kill him even if it's the last thing I do."

"You won't get any complaints from me" Stiles shrugged "But I say let's make sure that it's not the last thing you do. I do have a plan." Stiles went on to explain everything in his plan, explaining all the details and such. Derek listened, and soon he understood why Scott had survived this long. He had Stiles looking after him.

"You know that plan's crazy" Derek finally said after hearing all there was to hear.

"That's why it's gonna work, that and I'm waaaay too pretty to die this soon." Stiles smiled, not feeling as confident as he sounded. He turned to leave, you know, cause he had places to be and people to avoid getting killed by.

"Stiles" Derek called before the teen got to the door. "There's something else you should know"

Stiles stopped, looking back confused "What did I miss?"

"You missed the part where Peter isn't an Alpha anymore" Derek told him, letting his doubts surface. "He shouldn't have been able to turn you. Whatever he did to you, you might not be one of us."

"What a relief" Stiles laughed as he continued to walk out the house "At least now I don't have to worry about my jeep smelling like wet dog every time it rains."

As Stiles left the Hale house he let Derek's words sink in. He already knew that Peter wasn't an Alpha, but he wasn't worried. As long as he didn't turn into something like Jackson, he would be fine. He didn't feel completely human anymore, but wasn't sure if he felt like a werewolf either.

Author's note: I am so sorry I made you all wait. I had to rethink my ending like six times. I think I got it now, and the next chapter won't take as long, although it will be short. I may call it the end, but it's more like end of season two. I'll have some nice Stiles/Erica chapter's after.