Dirty Dancing in the Moonlight – Chapter 12


~A Teen Wolf fan-fiction collaboration between Miss E Charlotte and Sage Londyn~


After keeping Jackson's hands off of her long enough to get dressed, Teagan and Jackson finally left her house and made their way to the bowling alley. Even with all the time she took getting ready, she and Jackson were still the first ones there.

The two walked over towards an empty lane and sat down side by side at a group of chairs. Jackson leaned back in his seat and laid an arm around her shoulders with a sigh as they waited for someone else to show up.

Hearing him sigh, Teagan turned her head to look at him and chuckled when she noticed him pouting.

"What's wrong with you?" She asked.

"We're the first ones here." Jackson pouted.

"So?" Teagan asked confused.

"So we could have been doing other things and still got here on time." Jackson pointed out.

"And what 'other things' did you have in mind?" Teagan asked with a smile, even though she already knew what he was thinking.

"You know what other things I was thinking." Jackson said, as he grinned at her. He sat up then leaned forward to kiss her lips before saying softly for only her to hear, "What do you say we get out of here?"

"We can't." Teagan argued, although he was kind of talking her into it when he began to nibble on her ear.

But no, she had to stay strong, they made plans with their friends and they needed to be there. She pulled away from him then said, "Seriously Jackson, no. We told them we would be here. We can't just leave."

"We're here but they're not, so we did our part, now let's go back to your empty house and have our own fun." Jackson suggested, as he began to kiss on her neck again.

When he nibbled her neck, she gasped and grabbed his hand as she whimpered out, "ok, let's go."

Jackson grinned, pleased with himself for getting her to agree, he was already imagining the things he was going to do to her once they got back to her house.

He quickly stood up, his eyes on her as he pulled her to stand up with him. With a grin still on his face he turned around to walk away until he saw Allison and Scott walking towards them.

"Hey, you're here." Allison said happily as she gave Teagan a hug.

After the hug, Allison glanced at Jackson then said, "Hey Jackson, what's up?"

Jackson mumbled something no one understood before sitting back down in his chair in a foul mood. He was so close, so so close until stupid McCall showed up at the wrong time.

"Where's Avery and Derek? Are they in here yet?" Allison asked, as she glanced around.

"No she's not here yet and she texted me earlier to say Derek isn't coming." Teagan answered.

"Really?" Allison asked, she could have sworn she saw Derek's car in the parking lot but maybe she had been mistaken.

"Yep, so I guess she is flying solo tonight." Teagan said.

"Or not." Jackson said with a laugh when he saw the blonde walked in with a grinning Stiles following along behind her like a puppy.

"What?" Teagan mumbled, feeling very confused at the moment.

She glanced over at Jackson who raised his eyebrows at her, as if to say 'told you she would move on'. With wide eyes, Teagan looked over from Jackson to look at her best friend as she walked over to them.

"Hey!" Teagan called out to them both with a friendly smile.

While Scott and Stiles quietly talked to each other, Teagan gave Avery a look, wondering what was going on. Avery just shrugged back and smiled, as if it was no big deal.

After the girl's silent conversation, Allison grabbed Scott to go pick out a bowling ball while Teagan grabbed Avery to go get bowling shoes. Once they were at the counter Teagan opened her mouth to ask her to explain with words what was going on, but before she could say a word, she saw Stiles walking up behind them.

Teagan reached into her pocket and pulled out some cash then handed it to Stiles as she said, "here. Why don't you go get us all some snacks?"

Stiles nodded his head then turned around to leave. As soon as the girls were alone, Teagan looked at her friend then said, "Ok, spill."

"What?" Avery asked innocently.

"Don't 'what' me, you know exactly what I'm talking about." Teagan hissed, then added, "Earlier today you were going on and on about Derek and now you show up with Stiles?"

"Don't pretend you're heartbroken that Derek didn't show. I know you are thrilled about it." Avery said bitterly.

"Ok, I'll admit, I don't trust him but I trust you, A." Teagan said, then added, "And believe it or not I am sorry that Derek didn't want to go, but I still don't understand why you are here with Stiles. I thought you really liked Derek, what happened?"

Avery sighed as she ran a hand through her hair then said, "We had a fight. It was so stupid too. Stupid bitch Lydia."

"Wait, what?" Teagan asked confused.

"Lydia said some things recently and got all in my head and then I took it out on Derek." Avery said, then added, "I should have never let what she said bother me, but you know how Lydia is sometimes. I swear she is like a mind ninja sometimes, she knows your every insecurity and uses it against you."

"I'm really sorry Avery." Teagan said sincerely.

"So am I." Avery said back, then added, "I really believe we could have been something, until I opened my mouth and ruined it all."

"Stupid bitch Lydia." Avery mumbled again.

Teagan chuckled at her last comment then asked, "Why are we friends with her again?"

"Cause she had pretty hair?" Avery guessed with a shrug, causing Teagan to laugh.

"That must be it." Teagan agreed, as she laughed again with Avery joining her this time.

Once the laughter died down, Teagan said seriously, "Don't worry about Derek."

"I know, I know, just forget about him cause he's a murderer and a creep and blah blah." Avery mumbled, as she rolled her eyes.

"No that's not what I was going to say." Teagan said, then added, "I was going to say, don't worry about him cause I'm sure you haven't ruined anything. Just apologize to him later and I'm sure he will forgive you."

"How can you be so sure?" Avery asked.

"Cause as much as I hate to admit it, he does like you. I noticed it the night of the game. When he wasn't scanning the field with that creepy gaze of his, he was staring at you, A." Teagan admitted.

"Really?" Avery asked with a wide smile.

"Really." Teagan said, then added, "and speaking of staring, someone else is staring at you too."

The two girls glanced over towards their friends and saw Stiles watching Avery as he shoved French fries in his mouth. The two giggled then turned back around to face the counter as they continued to wait their turn.

"Whatever you do A, just don't hurt him. He seems like a nice guy and he is crazy about you." Teagan said about Stiles.

"He knows we're lab partners and nothing else." Avery said.

Teagan shot her a look then said, "I think you two are a little more than lab partners. I've never seen you take lab partners bowling before."

"Ok fine, maybe we're friends, but only a little bit and he knows that." Avery admitted, then added, "Don't worry T, I've got it all under control."

Before Teagan could say anything back, Jackson showed up behind them to playfully throw Teagan over his shoulders, causing her to scream out in surprise.

Avery watched the two and couldn't help but smile, she hoped to have something like they have herself one day and she would really love it if Derek was the one she could have that with.

After dropping Stiles off at his house Avery drove home, but before she could get out of her car, her cellphone rang.

"Hey Allison." She greeted as she answered the call.

"Hey, I need to tell you something… I was going to tell you at the bowling alley but I didn't. I wasn't going to tell you, but I'd feel bad. So I'm going to tell you." Allison rambled on.

"Um, okay… well no time like the present." Avery said with a laugh.

"I saw Derek." Allison finally said.

"You saw him doing what?" Avery asked.

"Watching you." Allison said, not sure if she should be telling her friend this.

Avery looked around her dark driveway and front yard, "Make it sound a little more creepy, why don't you?"

Allison sighed, "At the bowling alley, Derek was there… I saw him watching you and I wanted to tell you but the whole 'he was charged with murder' thing kind of freaked me out. I'm sorry."

A small smile spread over Avery's lips, "He came to the bowling alley?"

"I don't know if it's sweet or creepy, but I thought you'd want to know." Allison said.

"Thanks." Avery said as she got off the phone with her.

Ever since her fight with Derek earlier that night she had felt bad.

Even though she had –had fun at the bowling alley with her friends, she knew it was unfair how she acted towards Derek.

It was pretty clear by the look on his face that he had no idea what she was talking about.

How could he know? It was her own insecurities getting the best of her and she knew Lydia had said those things to try and hurt her.

But she really liked Derek, cared about him more than any other guy and she'd hoped he cared about her too.

Starting her car she drove to the edge of the woods, and grabbed the flashlight from her glove box.

Her hands shook as she started into the woods. Not because of the cold night air, and not because Scott had got bitten in the woods.

No, her hands were shaking because she was going to same spot where her mom had died in the fire that killed Derek's family.

She had only gone there once since losing her mom, it was when she was 13 and her dad had been so busy working he'd forgotten about her birthday.

The burnt remains of the house had sat vacant since Derek and his sister Laura moved away after the fire.

She didn't tell anyone she'd went there, not even Teagan.

Avery had just wanted to feel close to her mom that day, she never felt close to her when she visited her grave in the cemetery and she thought maybe if she went to the spot where her mom died, she might still feel a piece of her there.

But she didn't and the sight of the soot stained house was too much for her to take and she hadn't been back since.

But now she needed to apologize to Derek, and didn't want to do it over the phone.

She took a few deep breaths trying to calm herself as she neared the house, she was thankful when she saw Derek's car.

She wasn't sure what she would have done if she'd gotten there and he'd been gone.

The longer she stared at the house the more she lost her nerve being there, her mom had spent her last agonizing minutes trapped in the basement.

She started to turn around and leave, deciding she'd just call him tomorrow but her light brown eyes widened when she saw the front drivers side window was busted.

She walked over to the car and picked up a piece of the broken glass from the door frame and looked at it.

Thinking he might have been attacked and could be hurt, all her thoughts and fears of the house subsided and she walked quickly up to the door.

Opening it she walked inside and looked around, she didn't know how he could stand to live there.

Avery opened her mouth to call out his name, but no words would come out.

Walking up the stairs she used her flashlight to illuminate her immediate area.

She walked through the upstairs and stopped when she saw a mattress laying on the floor in one of the rooms, with a blanket and pillow on it.

Walking farther inside, she saw some of his clothes laying in an old chair, she crossed the room and looked out the broken glass of the window into the moonlight illuminated woods that surrounded his house.

Turning around to continue her search for Derek, she saw him standing in the room with her.

"Are you okay? The window was busted on your car…" She said, as she looked him over in the dimly lit room.

"Just hunters letting me know they know what I am and that they're watching me." He said taking a few steps closer.

"But you haven't done anything." She said, confused.

"It doesn't matter… most of them have a code that they live by but it doesn't stop from trying to intimidate me." He said with a shrug.

"But it's not right." She said.

"That's just how it is, Avery." He said.

"Well, maybe I can talk to Allison's dad. Tell them you haven't done anything…" Her voice trailed off when she saw him shaking his head back and forth.

"This is one of those times when you really need to think before you try to help." He said with a small smile.

"And it's probably best if they don't know exactly how much you know about me, about all of this." He said.

She nodded.

"Yeah, I guess so." She said.

"You shouldn't be out in the woods when it's dark." He pointed out, knowing the alpha was still attacking people.

"I had to come see you… Allison told me she saw you at the bowling alley, watching me." She admitted, her lips curving into a small smile.

He was silent.

Avery laughed and said, "She told me she didn't know if it was creepy or sweet."

Derek looked at her, "I only went there to see if you were okay. I wasn't following you."

"I thought it was sweet." She assured him, when she saw the slightly worried look on his face.

"I came to apologize, I know I really freaked out on you and you didn't deserve that." She said, her words sincere.

"I honestly wasn't sure what happened." He admitted, watching her face closely.

"Pretty much just the fact that guys have really only ever saw me as a piece of ass, and nothing else. And I think it just happened for so long that it was easier to believe you were the same then to actually think you saw me as more." She said as she looked down at the floor.

It was the first time he'd really saw her without seeming like she didn't have an insecurity in the world.

"I never saw you as just a piece of ass. You've always been more to me…" He said taking a few more steps closer.

"I thought that too, but then one my friends not so kindly reminded me of my history with guys and then it's just been weighing on my mind so much." She said, looking back up at him.

He was silent as he watched her.

She let out a dry laugh, "Stupid isn't it?"

He walked up to her and moved some of her hair out of her face, before taking her chin in his hand and making her look at him.

"It's not stupid. Everyone has things they struggle with." He said. His eyes locking with hers as he spoke.

She smiled at him, and thought that if she tried to tell her friends how he acted with her no one would believe her.

"Still, I'm sorry" She repeated her apology.

Keeping her chin in his hand he leaned forward pressing a kiss to her lips.

Pulling back her eyes locked with his and her breath caught in her throat, she could feel her heart starting to race.

Leaning back in he kissed her again, letting go of her chin as his fingers tangled in her soft, wavy blonde hair.

As his hands started to move down her sides, she softly moaned against his parted lips and leaned her body against his, before she grabbed the sides of his open leather jacket and started to push it off of his body.

Breaking their heated kiss he caught her hands in his, "We don't have to do this tonight, it's okay." He said, his voice was soft and his breathing ragged.

After the way she had acted earlier that day, he didn't want her to feel like she had to do anything.

She smiled.

"I know, but this is what I want. I want to stay with you tonight." She whispered back as she pulled her hands from his grip and slid his jacket off.

He immediately reclaimed her mouth with his own, the passion mounting in their movements as their hands tore at each other's clothes in the soft glow of the moonlight shining in through the broken glass panes of the window.

~(The next morning)~

Avery's eyes fluttered open as she squinted in the morning sun and looked around the almost empty room.

She smiled as she felt Derek's arm over her side and she could hear his even breathing and light snoring beside her.

She scooted back from the edge of the single person mattress against him, appreciating the warmth of his bare upper body as his arm tightened around her.

The cold morning air was quickly filling the room from the broken window.

Pulling some of the fabric up from the shirt of his she had borrowed to sleep in she smiled against the fabric as she breathed in and noticed it smelt like him.

No guy had ever made her feel this way before.

Normally the morning after she spent a night with a guy she didn't want to hang around, she'd quickly gather her things and leave before they'd even wake up.

But all she wanted to do was stay there with Derek, she hoped he wanted her to stay to.

Slowly fear started to creep into her mind as she wondered if maybe she should leave before he woke up.

She wasn't sure if after everything that had happened, if she'd be able to take it if he was the same as all the others like Lydia had told her.

Her heart started to beat quicker when she wondered if her fears were justified.

Derek raised his head from the pillow they were sharing when he heard her heart starting to race.

He'd been awake for a few moments wondering if he was doing the right thing or not.

It could possibly be putting her in danger by being with him, some hunters would stop at nothing to get their job done.

A lesson he'd learned the hard way years ago when he fell for Kate Argent and she'd used him to lead her back to the rest of his family.

He knew it was Kate who was responsible for the murders of his family in the house fire.

Then he thought of Avery's mom who was just visiting his aunt the wrong day at the wrong time, and also perished in the flames. He felt responsible for her mother's death.

A sinking feeling rose in his stomach when he wondered what she'd think if she ever found out that he was the reason hunters identified his family as werewolves and set fire to the house.

When he'd first met Avery after coming back to town, he'd found her physically attractive and her straightforwardness amusing, but he'd never imagined that anything would actually happen between them.

And he certainly hadn't counted on developing such strong feelings for her. In fact, no one had ever made him feel the way the she did.

He laid still as he watched her as she slowly slid out from under his arm and stood up; closing his eyes and pretending to be asleep when he saw her start to turn her head to look back at him.

Once she saw he was still sleeping she quickly pulled her jeans on and her leather jacket over his shirt she was still wearing.

He raised his head and watched as she tip toed out of the room hoping to sneak out before he woke up.

Once she was out of the room he stood up and pulled his jeans on over his boxers, and quietly went after her.

Stepping off the last stair, she held her breath and looked around as the floor creaked under her feet.

When the house stayed quiet she turned around to continue heading for the door and jumped when she saw Derek standing in front of the door.

"Hey…" She said, surprise showing on her face.

"Are you really trying to sneak out on a werewolf?" He asked with raised eyebrows.

She sighed, "I wasn't very quiet, huh?"

He shook his head back and forth.

"I'm sorry." She said softly.

"Where are you going?" He asked.

"I need to go home, shower and changed for school I've already missed first period." She said as she nervously twisted some of her long, blonde hair around her finger.

He frowned when her heart beat revealed she wasn't being truthful with him.

He tried not to be suspicious of her, but the last time he'd fell for someone they'd killed his family.

"Why are you lying?" He asked taking a few steps forward.

"Because I try to lie my way out of situations when I'm embarrassed." She admitted honestly.

"What's going on?" He asked, frowning at himself when his voice came out more gruff then he meant to sound.

"I was sneaking out because I didn't know if you wanted me to be here when you woke up. So I thought I'd just sneak out and go about my day leaving the ball in your court." She said.

He breathed a small sigh of relief when he heard her heart beat stayed steady.

"You really still think I'm just using you?" He asked.

"I'm trying to fix the way I think… I just have some issues I need to sort through is all." She said, offering a small smile.

He nodded and silently related to her statement in his own way, he needed to stop being suspicious of her.

Walking forward he leaned down and kissed her, "Of course I'd want you to stay."

She smiled and her heart skipped a few beats as their eyes met.

"You could stay…" He said as he reclaimed her mouth with his own.

"And I really want to, but I can't miss the 2nd half of the school day. I've got 2 important tests." She said as she raised up and kissed him as she ran her fingers through his hair and pulled his face closer to hers.

She still had a smile on her face as she left his house and headed back through the woods to where she had parked her car.


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