I woke up with the bright sun shining in my face. I grumble as I get up to take a shower. Before I can even sit up straight, I am held down by Derek's muscular arm. I almost forgot that I spent the night with him. I wriggle out of his grasp and tip toe out of the room. His new house was big and old which made sneaking out of his room harder because of the creaky floor. It reminded me of the Salvatore's house. I walk into the kitchen and immediately regret it. the cold floor hurt my bare feet. The only downside of this house was how cold it got. It didn't help that I was wearing nothing but one of his long sleeve shirts and my short shorts. My stomach growled, reminding me of how hungry I was.
I got a big cookbook out and looked at some recipes. I've been learning to cook for myself now that I can't just compel a chef. I turned to the page with the pancake recipe on it. That should be easy enough to make. I get all the ingredients out and start making the batter. Once I start mixing I feel warm hands around my waist and feel Derek's breath on my neck.
"Let me" Derek whispered. He took the whisk from my hand and started mixing. He was the cook. He made all these amazing dishes from scratch that left me surprised.
I nodded, "Good, I'm not sure if these be tasty." I walked around the island and sat on a stool and watched him mix the batter.
"So are the hunters a threat to us?" I asked
"No, at least I hope not." Derek said obviously concentrated more on breakfast. "By the way, you know how to spoil a great morning." He said with a smile.
I rolled my eyes, "Derek this is serious. They almost killed you."
"And the alpha almost killed you." Derek said. "I can't completely focus on the hunters when you put yourself in so much danger."
"You know I can protect myself. I'm a survivor." I said.
"I know but I can't help but worry." Derek said his eyes making contact with mine.
I walk around and kiss him. "I know." I whisper and put my head on his chest. His strong arms wrapped around me make me feel like nobody can hurt me.
"As much as I want to do this, the pancakes are burning." Derek whispered.
I grumbled and let go of my heat source and sat back down. A few minutes later Derek served pancakes with whipped cream and a chocolate drizzle.
"Oh Derek, you know a way to a girl's heart." I said.
He chuckles as he stuffs a chunk of food into his mouth.
I sigh and smile to myself. Another great start to the weekend.
After breakfast, Derek and I snuggle on the couch. Who knew he was a big snuggler?
A call from Lydia breaks the peace and I get up to answer the phone.
"Katherine!" Lydia says in a sing song voice.
"Lydia" I say suspicously
"Ok so you know how formal is on friday?" Lydia squeaked.
"Yes" I answered rolling my eyes. Of course I know, she won't stop talking about it.
"Come shopping with me and Allison for dresses!" Lydia commanded.
"I guess so." I winced. Even though I loved shopping, Lydia could easily get on my nerves.
I hang up on Lydia after we're done talking. I sigh and start getting ready to go. After showering, doing makeup, and fixing my curls, I get dressed. I put on a nude top, black skinny jeans, and a leather jacket. I look in the mirror one last time and make my way to the door. On the way I see Derek tying his shoes.
"Where are you going?" I smile.
"Just a jog in the woods. Where are you going?" Derek smiles back.
"Oh you know just going dress shopping with my besties!" I say sarcastically.
"Don't have too much fun." Derek says. He kisses me and walks me to my car. (that's right i got a car.)
I get in my car and drive over to the mall. The drive was short and I easily found a parking spot.
I walk into Macy's and immediately see Lydia and Allison.
After two hours of walking, gossiping, and millions of dresses we're stuck in the dressing room still indecisive of what to wear.
Lydia picked out a white dress with a black band around it and Allison got a silvery dress. I couldn't decide between a sleeveless black dress or strapless red lace dress. Both Allison and Lydia voted on the red dress so I got that one.
Lydia bought Allison the dress as an "I'm sorry I made out with your boyfriend when he wasn't really your boyfriend" gift. Allison is still mad so she gets revenge by making Lydia ask Stiles to the formal.
"Stiles? Are you kidding me?" Lydia frowned
"Yes that's your punishment." Allison said managing to smile.
"Don't frown, Lydia. Someone could be falling in love with your smile." I said
"And who will you be bringing, Katherine?" Lydia asked, turning the attention towards me.
"Umm I don't know. I haven't really thought about it." I said. I couldn't bring Derek for a couple of reasons so I really don't know.
"Oh come one you have to bring someone." Allison said.
"Fine but who would I bring?" I asked.
"Oh honey I can easily set you up." Lydia assured me.
"Ok but it better be good." I said unsure of what she's planning.
After shopping I head to home tired. I smile and think of Derek and wonder what he is doing right now. I pull into the driveway and put my car in park.
I grab all my shopping bags. Besides a dress, I bought heels, makeup, and new jewelry.
I get home to find Sophie passed out with candles around her. She must have been meditating. I drop my bags in my room and wake Sophie up.
"Hey Soph" I whisper.
She opens one eye and then sits up rubbing her eyes. "Meditating was a little too relaxing today."
"Obviously" I say.
"What did you do today?" I ask Sophie.
"Oh you know the usual online shopping and witchy business." she says tiredly.
"Well I'm going to clean up and head over to Derek's house." I say.
"Sounds good, I think I'm gonna have Lucas over." Sophie said.
"Oh well I hope you have fun with Lucas." I say to Sophie raising my eyebrows.
"Stop." Sophie says blushing.
I roll my eyes and go upstairs. I put my new things away and flop onto my bed. I look at my phone and it read 4:30. If I got there quickly I could help with dinner or at least watch Derek make it. I put on a more comfortable top and switch my heels to boots. I say a quick goodbye to Sophie and hop in my car.
I get to Derek's house quickly and unlock the door with a spare key he gave me.
"Derek" I loudly say. "Derek"
"Derek?"
I walk around the dark house. He's gone. That's unusual. He's always here at this time. I have a weird feeling in my stomach and call him. No answer. I decide to go back to the kitchen and make dinner. I look through his cookbook to find a recipe that I can make without it being a disaster. I decide on pasta and start boiling water in a pot.
I sit on the couch while I'm waiting for the water to boil. I check the time 5:00. Where is he? I decide to call Scott. No answer. I guess I'll call Stiles.
"UH Hello?" Stiles answers.
"Have you seen Derek today?" I asked.
"No I haven't. Scott and I are worried that Peter will do something to Allison or you. Scott lost his phone too." He asked.
"I was with Derek earlier in the morning and now he's not here. He's not answering his phone. I might just be paranoid but I have a bad feeling about this." I said.
"Ok I'll let you know if I hear from him. Don't worry about him too much too, Katherine. He can handle himself." Stiles assured me.
"I guess so." I answered and then hung up. Derek can handle himself. He's strong and smart.
I get up and put the pasta in the water and set a timer. As I wait for the timer to go off I turn a movie on. Some new harry potter movie is on so I watch that. The timer goes off and I drain the water and put the pasta in the bowl. I put some red sauce and cheese on the pasta and sit back down on the couch.
This time the pasta is actually good and I'm proud. If only Derek could see it. I sigh and continue to watch the movie. Once the movie is over (which was surprisingly good by the way) I head upstairs. I check my phone 10:30. No notifications. I sigh and get ready for bed. After I get changed and was my face, I slide into bed. The bed smells like him and I easily fall asleep.
The week goes by slowly. Derek is still gone and I'm worried. Today is Friday, the day of the winter formal. Lydia found me a date to the dance. Chad. Ugh. I'm tempted to ditch the dance but then I would have nothing to do but worry about Derek.
Sophie and I get home from school and get in the shower. I had to wash my hair and shave, then do my hair, do my nails, do my makeup, and get dressed. After chaos, I looked into the mirror. DAMN. I look great. If only Derek could see me now. I walk downstairs and see Sophie all dressed up in a nude dress with her long blond hair curled up.
"Oooohh who's this hottie." I say to Sophie
"I could say the same thing to you." Sophie said.
"Oh it was nothing." I said flipping my hair.
Sophie laughs. "So is Chad picking you up?"
"Yeah it's going to be awkward I can already tell." I say.
Not even one minute later is when we here a knock on the door and Chad is there. He looked good.
"Hey Chad. I haven't seen you in awhile." I say awkwardly
"Yeah it's been too long. Anyways Jackson is probably waiting so we should go." He said
"Okay. Bye Soph I'll see you at the dance." I say
We get to the highschool without any awkwardness. Our conversations were pretty good.
We pulled up and parked. Chad pulled out a flask and took a drink. He looked at me and offered it. I took it and drank a long sip.
"Let's to this." I said and got out of the car.
We meet Lydia, Stiles, Sophie, Lucas, Jackson, and Allison outside the dance. Jackson had said something to make Lydia mad. Before he can turn around and leave, Jackson turns to me and says, "Damn Katherine you look hot." I roll my eyes and watch Jackson and Allison leave.
Lydia starts angrily blabbing about society and girls when Stiles cuts her off and says, "I think you look beautiful."
"Really?" Lydia says, her expression immediately softening.
"Yes." Stiles says.
"Let's go." Lydia says and she take his arm, marching into the dance.
I chuckle. "Shall we?"
"We shall" Chad says.
For most of the dance I was dancing and drinking. Actually enjoying myself. Then a slow song comes on and I frown. I didn't really want to slow dance. Chad looks at me.
"Would you like to dance?" He asks me.
"Sure" I say.
He wraps his arms around my waist and I wrap my arms around his neck. Even though we weren't a thing for very long, he still comforted me. We stayed like that in silence for awhile and then he broke the silence by striking up a conversation. It lasted for atleast ten minutes before I see Lydia back away from Stiles and rush out of the gym.
"Uh I have to go. Friend stuff." I say to Chad and follow Lydia without waiting for a response.
"Jackson?" Lydia calls out to the empty parking lot.
"Lydia what are you doing?" I ask.
Lydia turns around with a worried look on her face. "Oh um I'm looking for Jackson."
"I'll help." I say and walk next to her. I see a dark figure on the lacrosse field. Unfortunately I can't tell who it is because of my dumb human eyes.
"Over there. Is that him?" I say to Lydia.
"I don't know. Let's go."
We walk onto the field. I get a bad feeling and walk slower. Lydia walks ahead of me, on a mission. The bright lights on the field blind me. I can't make out who this person is. Is it Jackson?
"Jackson?" Lydia says.
It's not him. It's Peter.
"Oh my god." I say.
Peter walks up towards us as we begin to back up. He opens his mouth and I watch as two large fangs grow into his mouth. I start looking around for ways to run when I hear Stiles yelling, "Run! Lydia, Katherine, Run!"
I back up as I watch Derek knock her out and tear her dress. I see Stiles running towards us and I run. I'm a survivor. I'm Katherine freaking Pier- and then everything was black.
Ok so how was that! I finally gave you a chapter. Again I'm soooo sorry for never updating. Please leave reviews and comments and suggestions. I really will use your suggestions. I'll try to write a better and longer chapter soon.
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