"Move out of my way!" A growl was starting to bring me out of my haze. "What the hell happened to her?" I could hear voices mumbling but nothing was coming in clear. "Where is she?!" I figured out the voice belonged to Derek when the door busted open and his scent blew over me. I kept trying to open my eyes, but every time I made progress they snapped shut. "Who shot her?" I could feel him standing next to me and then a small voice was found, I assumed from a corner of the room.
"I...I...did. It was only a stun arrow though. It shouldn't have affected her this way. I would never have tried to hurt her, I swear." Allison, I would recognize her voice anywhere. She sounded as if she had been crying, or still was. Her voice kept cracking and she sniffled a few times.
"What the hell were you doing shooting her anyways? We made a pact, We don't harm your kind, and you don't harm my pack." I felt Derek's anger rising from inside him, and I was nervous he was going to hurt Allison.
"St..." I tried to get the words out of my mouth, but my throat and mouth was so dry that I couldn't get anything to really come out.
"I didn't know she was a part of your pact!" Allison shouted and then I heard a few choking sounds, and then someone else was in the room.
"Let her go Derek! She didn't hurt her on purpose!" Scott. The sound of his voice brought back some memories. I was walking up the stairs, and then pain just spread from my heart through my entire body. I can't remember much else after that though.
"She hit Katerina with an arrow! She broke the pact!" I heard a few more choking sounds and I knew that Derek must have Allison in a tight grip.
"Stoo..." I tried to speak again and barely any sound was coming out. I focused on making my body follow my commands. "Stop!" It was a small sounds but I heard feet hit the floor and someone gasping for air. He must have heard me.
Then like a thousand pounds was being lifted from my body, I shot up, eyes wide open and gasping for air.
"Caterpillar..." I felt arms wrap around me and I knew it was Derek.
I stayed like that for a few minutes, just getting my breathing back to normal and letting my eyes get used to my surroundings. "The effect of the drug is wearing off." Allison said and she came over to stand at a safe distance but still close enough that I felt her support.
"What drug?" Derek growled at her.
"I'm...not sure. It's something that allows us to know that a werewolf is a werewolf in human form. I suspected she was...but when I shot her, she reacted like a human would and like a werewolf would. I've never seen anything like it before." Allison was barely making complete sentences and I wanted to give her a hug and say that I don't blame her for shooting me.
"Soo you suspected and you just thought you'd shoot her and see what happens? You could have killed her!" Derek was growling again, and I knew that I was going to have to calm him down, but I was still trying to get my tongue and mouth to form words.
"I didn't know she was a member of the pack. I didn't even know she was a werewolf...or whatever she is." Allison defended herself.
"Who is she Derek? Don't lie to me." Scott commanded. I felt Derek lay me back down gently on the table.
I watched him stand up straight, keeping his eyes on me. "She's my cousin. And she is a halfling. I just wanted to protect her. If everyone knew who she was, I thought she would become a larger target than any one of you because of her being a Hale." The whole time he spoke he didn't take his eyes away from me.
"She's your cousin?!" Scott said surprised. "And you were just going to keep this from me?" Scott was getting angry now.
I was finally able to get control over my legs and arms. I sat up straight on the table and Derek's hands moved to help me out. "He was twrying to prothect me. He just thold you this." I said, and my mouth still felt weird. Like it was a little numb.
Deaton entered the back room at the that moment. "Here sweetie drink this. It will help your mouth feel normal again." I took the small cup and down the liquid that was in it. It tasted like liquid paper.
"Tanks" I felt like a two year old still learning how to speak.
"The numbness will go away in a few minutes." Dr. Deaton said smiling at me.
I smiled back at graciously. "How could you not tell anyone about this?" Scott said, still angry with Derek.
"He did. He told the ones he could control. That way if we were in some situation, we wouldn't give up her real identity. You and the other could." Isaac stepped in through the door, and my stress level and anxiety diminished with every step he took towards me. He came over and sat next to me on the table. He lifted my chin in his hands and looked me in the eyes. "You okay?" I nodded slightly and hugged him. At that moment I didn't care what others thought. For all they knew it was a hug between friends. He held me tightly and then smiled at me when I pulled back.
"You trusted the rest of the pack, but not me?" Scott asked, hurt that Derek didn't put his trust in him.
"I just wanted to wait until I knew everything would stay safe in Beacon Hills for a while. She's the only family I have left Scott. I couldn't risk losing her." Derek offered and to his defense, he was being very rational.
"You should have told me." Scott said, but I could tell the argument was over for now. We all sat there in silence for a few more seconds. Derek leaning against the wall, I could tell that he was trying to calm himself down from getting so worked up. Scott sitting in one of the chairs, still shocked that I was Derek's cousin. Allison had moved and was now sitting by my side hold my hand. Isaac had his arm around my waist holding me tight and he was holding my other hand. My body still felt a little shaky.
"I came as soon as Scott texted me. He said Allison shot someone and that I needed to get here as fast as I could." Stiles said each word in one breath, and then his eyes locked in on me, and he looked confused. "Pillar? What are you doing here?" He was still out of breath but I know that his eyes took notice to Isaac's arms wrapped around me. "Are you okay?" He said walking over to me.
"I'm fine." He had to put the pieces together eventually and I figured it would be better if I gave him time to do so. He looked at everyone in the room. "Scott said.." He pointed to Scott. "That Allison shot someone..." He pointed to Allison and she dropped her head. "But it wouldn't be Isaac because he was with me." He pointed to Isaac. Then he turned to look at Derek. "And she wouldn't dare shoot Derek. I don't think anyone has the balls to do that." He was shaking his head. "Which leaves you...in a room with... do you know who he is?" He looked at me and then to Derek.
I shook my head slowly... "He's my cousin Stiles. I'm the one that Allison shot." I said solemnly. He opened and closed his mouth several times before words escaped.
"Then why don't you have a wound?...That would make you a..." His words trailed off.
"Half of a werewolf. Not a full one." Scott answered and then Stiles started scratching the back of his neck.
"I don't believe this..." He pushed open the door and started walking out of it. I pushed myself off the table and I could barely walk but I made myself anyway.
"Stiles! Don't leave... I can explain." He turned long enough to say two words.
"Not now." Then he jogged out the front door and into his jeep, started it up and pulled out of the driveway...
I turned around and was face to chest with Isaac. I felt my eyes start to swell up and tears beginning to form but I wasn't going to allow myself to cry over a boy. I expected to see slight anger in Isaac's eyes but all I saw was sympathy and then he wrapped me up in a hug. The others entered the lobby a few minutes after Stiles pulled out of the parking lot. I pulled back from Isaac, and looked at my cousin, Derek.
"You ready to go home?" Derek asked gently. I shook my head yes, but I wanted to talk to Isaac before I faced whatever Derek wanted to say to me.
"You mind just meeting me there? I want to talk to Isaac about something." I didn't look at Isaac, but I was sure he didn't mind giving me a ride home. Derek just nodded his head once and then marched out the front doors, down the steps, and into his car. He spun tires as he pulled out of the parking lot and I was glad that I wasn't the one on his bad side, for once.
"You wanna give me a ride home?" I looked at Isaac and awaited his answer.
A slow smile crept over his face. "You voluntarily asking to spend time with me in close proximity? Hell yeah I'm game." He put his arm around my waist and lifted my arm to lay over his shoulder for support to walk down the stairs. I was pretty sure that my body could move on it's own, but I was happy to have the support just in case my legs decided to give out on me.
"Pillar! Wait..." I stopped in my tracks and Isaac turned me to face Allison coming down the steps, with Scott following closely behind her. She stopped right in front of me and she gave me a weak smile. "I just want to say I'm sorry. I didn't plan on you getting hurt. I just wanted to know." She looked a little pained to be apologizing for doing only what she was born to do.
"I don't blame you Allison." I smiled at her. "I mean, yeah you were the one to shoot me. But like you said, you weren't trying to harm me. You were just looking for answers. Now you got them. Sooo... maybe you won't shoot me again?" She let out a short laugh of relief and then she nodded her head as she rung her hands together in front of her.
"That sounds like a plan. I'll call you later okay? To make sure that you are doing well." She smiled at me and I smiled and then Scott stepped forward.
"He is going to be mad, you know that right?" I dropped my head in sadness and I felt Isaac's hand squeeze my waist.
"I was just being loyal to Derek. I didn't like keeping it from any of you." I looked at Allison as I said the second sentence, then I looked back at Scott. "Tell him how sorry I am for me? I don't him to hate me for this." I told Scott.
"I don't think the guy is capable of hate. If he was then, we wouldn't be best friends. He'll be upset, but it won't take him long to get over it. Just be honest and don't give up on him." Scott smiled at me and his words gave me some reassurance.
"Thanks Scott." I smiled at him thankfully and then I turned to walk down the rest of the stairs.
Once we reached Isaac's car he opened the passenger door and picked me up and placed me inside. "I am pretty positive that I am back to normal. You don't have to baby me. I appreciate it, but it isn't necessary." He pulled the seat belt around my front and buckled me in. When he pulled back he stopped when his face was right in front of mine.
"Just because you think you are fine, doesn't mean you really are. I've told you before, it's that Hale blood. It makes you stubborn as hell." He grinned and pulled back and closed the door gently. He entered the driver's seat quickly and cranked the car, turning on some heat for the both of us. "So did you really need to talk to me, or was this just an excuse to spend time with me. I mean I know now that we are both seeing other people, it will be hard for us to find time to see each other. I completely understand." He said in a jokingly matter, but the topic of his joke made me remember his display in chemistry class today.
"Are you really dating Erica? Or is this a way to get back at me for dating Stiles?" It was a bit out of line, and pretty forward for me to ask him, but I really wanted to know. He was quiet and as soon as I thought he wasn't going to answer, he stopped at a red light and turned to look at me.
"This," He motioned between us, "I don't know what it is. It's frustrating and I don't like. It's driving me crazy. Watching Stiles stare at you every damn second of the day, and you smiling back so sweetly at him makes my insides feel sick. I don't know, and it's insane. I don't like feeling jealous, especially when I know that I don't have a right to be. You made it clear that what this is, you don't want to give in to it. I need a distraction, so I can stop focusing on how much my body and my mind wants you. I don't know if it's this unexplained pull I feel towards you, or if it's real. But I do know that I can't sit next to you, and watch you ogle some other guy. I need a distraction and that's what Erica is." He didn't look angry, sad, or happy. He just looked like a guy, searching for a solution. A solution didn't include me.
The light turned green and he turned down the street that my house was on. "I really do like him you know." I don't know why I was trying to defend myself to him, or why I kept bringing up this topic, but something inside me wanted it to come out.
"I know that he is infatuated with you. Out of all the time that I sat in the shadows of every one in this town, I have only seen Stiles look at one girl the way he looks at you." He pulled in a parked the car, but neither of us made a move to get out of the car. We just say there.
"Lydia Martin." I said the words with a sadness that I didn't quite understand.
I had my hands melded together and I was biting my bottom lip with the thought that I wouldn't measure up to Lydia. "He hardly even looks at her now." He reached over at took my hand in his and kissed it gently. "He looks at you. I told you every second of every minute you are within his sight. I know this because I glare at him the entire time he is doing it." He said the last part with a half joking tone and I smiled.
"I'll fix this. I'll figure out what is this thing that makes us crazy around each other and I'll fix it." I already knew what it was, but he didn't know that. I was determined to not let him suffer because of me. I would go back and talk to Deaton and Deaton's mom tomorrow.
He let go of my hand and opened his door and got out of the car. He came over to my side and offered me his hand for help out of my seat. "You really think there is a way to fix it?" He asked, but he didn't sound hopeful.
"I will find a way to fix it." I put my hand on his face to cup his cheek. "I promise." He grabbed my hand and snaked my arm through his arm and we walked up the stairs to my house. "Maybe until I figure out a way to fix it, we should try and stay away from each other. Don't be in rooms by ourselves, or cars. Just so that way maybe this feeling won't consume us entirely?" I stopped him before he opened the door and after I finished what I was saying he looked at me.
"May I return a little later, after Derek leaves and talk to you about this?" He looked and sounded a bit distracted and I had no idea why he was acting so funny.
"I guess..but." Before I could ask why he was jogging to his car and I was left standing alone on my front porch.
I opened the door and walked into the lobby. Heading straight to the kitchen to make a cup of tea. Derek was asleep on the couch and I didn't want to wake him so I was trying to be as quiet as possible. I heated my water and as soon as I was putting the teabag in the cup Derek appeared in front of me.
"Holy...you scared me!" I threw a napkin at him and I noticed that he looked really sad. "What's wrong with you. You look like a sad, lost, little puppy." I looked at him and he didn't really look back at me. "Want some tea?" He scrunched his nose up and I laughed. "Come on..." I walked over and made me sandwich. "Since when are you so quiet."
"You were shot today. You expect me to be all happy and smiles?" His words were barely a whisper and that's when I realized that he blamed himself for what happened earlier today.
"Yes, I was shot. By a werewolf hunter. And it hurt like hell." I walked over to the table and he joined me. "But I'm fine. I didn't die. Look I'm drinking tea and eating a sandwich!" I laughed and his face didn't brighten in the least.
"You were shot, and I wasn't even with you. You could have died." He looked so serious that I couldn't stop laughing. He looked up at me, and he was confused as to why I was laughing so uncontrollably. "You think this is funny?" When he spoke I just laughed even harder because he was acting like I went to war or something as dramatic as that.
"I...I'm sorry." I seriously had tears rolling down my face from where I was laughing so bad. "It's just that you are acting like a crazy person D. You couldn't have prevented that even if you knew it was coming. Allison wasn't trying to kill me. Put yourself in her shoes, she overheard a friend talking to a girl she knew was a werewolf. She's a hunter, if she had a suspicion that there was a werewolf on her hunting grounds that she wasn't aware of, then of course she is going to find out for sure. It wasn't a bad night if you think about it. Now everyone knows that I'm your cousin, and a halfling. And they were all accepting and okay with it. So chin up buttercup!" I smiled and then took another bite of my food.
"Almost everyone was okay with it. Have you talked to Stiles?" I looked up surprised to see Derek caring about my relationship with Stiles, considering I knew he was against it.
"I tried texting and calling him, but he didn't pick up." I said quietly and then Derek pulled out his phone.
"He left this message on my phone while I was asleep. I think you should hear it." My mind wondered in every direction as to what could be in the message. I took the phone and put it to my ear.
Hey Derek, I know you told me to never call unless it was an emergency but I need to know that she is okay. Don't tell her I called, she'll get pissed I'm ignoring her and talking to you. Please call or text me, or Scott and let me know that she is okay. I just...really care about her.
The message ended and I looked up at Derek. "I didn't call him. I figured if you called from my phone, he'll be expecting me and he'll pick it up, but then he will have to talk to you." He stood up. "I'm going to crash in the guest room, just in case you need anything tonight." He pushed the phone towards me. "Call him. He might be an idiot, but he's an idiot that makes you happy." I smiled at my cousin and he walked up the stairs.
I stared at the phone for a few minutes, debating with myself on whether or not I should call. Finally I just took a deep breath and picked up the phone. I dialed Stiles back and put the phone up to my ear.
Ri..."Hello?" I hadn't expected him to pick up so quickly. The phone didn't even ring once fully!
"Hello? Derek if you are messing with me, this isn't funny." I stifled a laugh and kept Stiles waiting on the other line. "Dammit Derek, just tell me she's okay. Unless that's why you aren't speaking. Oh god, where is she at? I'm coming to find her."
"I'm fine, I'm fine. I'm actually drinking tea, that's how fine I am." I could practically see Stiles' face. His mouth hanging open, and then him physically trying to kick his self in the ass for calling and falling for the trap of having to talk to me. With the mental image in my head, I couldn't help but smile.
"You're drinking tea? You decide that the first words you say to me is that you are fine, and you are drinking tea? You have got to be kidding me! You were shot, in the back, with an arrow, by a werewolf hunter. You know why? Oh, that's right, because you are a werewolf! I'm dating a werewolf, and I didn't even have a clue. How dumb am I?" I dropped my head at the anger that was in his voice.
"Your message said you just wanted to that I was okay. I was telling you that I was okay." It was probably the dumbest thing to say, since we both knew that he wasn't just wanting to know that I was okay. He was wanting answers. "And you aren't dumb."
"I don't want to talk about this over the phone Pillar." This time he sounded sad.
"Then come over. We can talk it all out. No more lies. I promise." He was quiet for a few moments and then I heard him take a deep breath.
"I don't think I can do that. I just kind of want to think about things for a little bit." My heart just sank right into my stomach.
"Yeah. I understand." I tried to keep myself from sounding so upset. "You want time then I will give you time. Take care Stiles." I closed the phone before I had to listen to any more of Stiles' words.
I walked into the kitchen and placed my cup in the dishwater, and headed up the stairs and into my room. I didn't even flinch when I saw Isaac sitting in my chair. "Hey." I greeted him as I walked over to my dresser and pulled out a tank top and boxer shorts. And at that time, I didn't even care that he was really in the room. I started to take off my shirt, and he didn't make a move.
"I'm sure that you have seen a girl get undressed before, so you can close your mouth." He closed his mouth and a small smile came on his lips.
"You okay?" I slipped on my shorts and walked over to my bed and got under the covers. "I heard the conversation with Stiles." He admitted to eavesdropping, and normally I would yell at him, but at that moment I just wanted him to hold me.
"He doesn't want to see me. I knew he was going to be mad, but I didn't think he would avoid me. Then again what do I know? I don't even date, because I had never stayed in the same place long enough to." I felt my bed dip when Isaac sat on the other side.
"He'll come around. He's not going to give up his chance to be with the most amazing girl that has ever stepped foot in Beacon Hills." I smiled and I just stared at the wall.
"I know that I said that we should stay away from each other, and I still believe that we need to, but can I ask a favor?" I felt him moving and I turned around in the bed to see what he was doing. He was taking off his shoes. "What are you doing?"\
"I'm going to hold you. That's what you were going to ask right?" He grabbed a blanket from the chest at the end of my bed. I turned back around to face my wall and I felt his arms go around me. He was sleeping on top of the covers next to me.
"You're okay with this?" I asked to make sure, because I didn't want to make him feel uncomfortable in any way. I felt his lips right near my ears, and then his breath tickled my neck.
"I would hold on to you every night, if given the chance. Now just try to sleep. You've had a hell of a day." He kissed my hair and then I closed my eyes, and tried to dream of a world, where everything wasn't so complicated.
Hey everyone! So here is the full chapter! I really hope that you guys enjoy it. I know that not much happened in this chapter, but the next few will be filled with lovely and wonderful events, I promise. Please take the time to shoot me a review, the feedback helps in so many ways. Much love to my readers! :)
