Chapter 14:
Derek's P.O.V.
I crouched down beside the side of the bed which Steph was still asleep on from last night, or I think it was this morning, I'm not quite sure. I reached my left hand out and lightly stroked her soft cheek, smiling as I saw the wedding band on my finger. I snapped out of my daze as I felt a small hand wrap around my wrist and saw Steph's blue/green eyes staring at me, still a little hazy from just waking up.
"Morning sweetie." I smiled. Her lips curled upwards and she shut her eyes again as she stretched, her shoulders cracking as she did so. "You okay?"
"Mhm." She hummed, opening her eyes to look at me again. She reached out for me and I moved closer as she leant forward a little, burying her face in my neck and nuzzling me. I curled my arm around her bare back and pulled her closer to me, dropping a kiss on her shoulder. "What time is it?"
"Eleven." I replied.
"Ugh." She moved back and sat up, the sheet tucked under her arms so it covered her front. She rubbed her eyes before looking at me again. A smile tugged at my lips as her hair was sticking out in every direction from last night. "What?" she asked, tilting her head to the side slightly.
"Nothing." I smiled, reaching out and running my fingers through her hair; brushing the tangles out.
"Did you give me sex hair?" she accused, eyeing me before reaching her own hand up and patting her hair down.
"Maybe." I grinned.
She huffed and launched herself at me, tackling me to the floor as she lay on top of me with the sheet still somehow around her. I growled playfully as I wrapped my arms around her, making her giggle as I rubbed my nose against her neck. I felt her hands on my head before she messed up my hair, making it fan out in different directions.
I chuckled and rubbed my nose against hers before pulling my head back to look at her. I saw a smile on her face before she buried her head in my chest, clutching the sides of my shirt in her small hands. I tightened my arms around her back and hugged her to me, burying my nose in her shoulder and inhaling her scent.
"You have a habit of sniffing me." I heard her soft voice.
"You have a habit of cracking your knuckles and twirling your hair when you get bored or nervous." I said back. I heard one of her fingers crack and smiled. "See?"
"Shut up." She muttered, turning her head into my neck. "You're the one still smelling me."
"I can't help it, you smell slightly different." I inhaled deeply. "A little sweeter, it's not a bad thing. Plus you smell a lot like me, which I definitely like." I paused for a moment. "Which reminds me, the first time I met you in the woods; you smelt of me. It was very faint, but it was there." I looked down at her face as she coughed a little.
"That would be because I literally ran into you earlier in the day at the gas station, but didn't let you see my face cause I ran off embarrassed." She met my eyes hesitantly.
"That was you?" I asked, slightly dumbfounded. She cringed and nodded.
"Yeah…" She trailed off and I laughed. "It's not funny! I swear, I never saw you and then you were suddenly right behind me and I slammed into you. Do you know how embarrassing that was? I made a fool out of myself in front of a completely hot stranger."
"You thought I was hot?"
"Is that the only thing you caught?" She arched an eyebrow as she looked at me. "I swear you have selective hearing sometimes."
"What was that sweetie?" I smiled and she tugged on my hair.
"Don't be a smartass." She deadpanned.
End Derek's P.O.V.
I sat up so I was sitting on his stomach and quickly grabbed the sheet before it fell; only just remembering it was there. I adjusted the sheet so it was wrapped around me and covered all the vital parts again before realising Derek was staring at me.
"What?"
"I was hoping you'd forget and let the sheet fall." He admitted. I shifted slightly and felt him tense beneath me, making me smirk.
"What? Like this?" I moved my shoulders a little and the sheet fell, bunching up at my hips. Derek's eyes flashed red and he nodded.
His large hands slid underneath the sheet and ran up my thighs before grasping my hips, pushing me down on him lightly.
"You know, we've been together nearly two years and you've never actually taken me in the shower." I remarked. "And I'm in need of one now so…" I trailed off as he got the indication.
He grabbed me and shot upright, nearly running for the en-suit bathroom. He almost literally tore his clothes off before herding me into the shower cubicle, the warm water hitting us in a waterfall. His eyes turned red as he spun me around, making my arms shoot out to brace myself against the wall so I didn't fall.
"We can fix that." He growled by my ear as he covered my body with his before biting down on the curve where my neck met my shoulder, but not hard enough to break skin.
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I felt a shadow fall over me and squinted my eyes open against the sun as I looked up to see a shirtless Derek standing over me.
"You could have told me I was hurting you." He said with a sad expression on his face. I tilted my head to the side questioningly before realising he was looking at my hips. I had small bruises where his fingers had gripped my hips the night before.
"It's okay, they don't hurt." I said, pulling my legs closer to my body so he could sit on the end of the sunbed I was on. He sat down and put his hands on my hips, lightly rubbing his thumbs over the bruises he made. He sighed and pressed a kiss to my forehead.
"I didn't know you brought your laptop." He remarked.
"To keep in touch with the pack, see if everything's going okay." I replied.
"I never thought about that, good idea." I smiled and reached my hand up, caressing his jaw. "That's why you're the Alpha female." He smiled.
"But I'm not a werewolf." I frowned.
"You don't have to be, you're mated with me. Therefore you lead the pack by my side." He explained.
"Oh." He chuckled and placed a kiss to my knuckles.
The laptop I brought with us beeped from the small table beside me and I sat up, accepting the Skype call from Isaac. His face came up on the screen and I smiled.
"Steph!" he grinned. I laughed lightly and angled the screen so Derek was in the camera's line too. "Hi Derek!"
"He's like a little puppy, it's so cute." I muttered. Derek chuckled and moved closer to me.
"Hey Isaac, everything okay?" he asked. Isaac nodded.
"It's just me here right now, everyone else is home. It's like ten at night." He replied. "I miss you." He said sadly. My face softened as I looked at his upset face.
"Aww, we miss you too Isaac." I blew him a kiss and made him smile.
"Yeah, I'm not doing that." Derek remarked. Isaac and I laughed.
"Didn't expect you to." He said.
We talked with Isaac for a little while before Derek ordered him to go to bed as I noticed Isaac trying to force his eyes to stay open. I shut the laptop and felt Derek's nose in my hair for the millionth time that day.
"Why do you keep smelling me?" I asked, pushing his head away playfully.
"You smell different." He said, pushing his face closer to me again.
"You said that this morning." I stated. "I get it. Why does it matter?"
"I don't know why you smell different though." He paused for a minute before something quickly flashed across his face.
"What?" I asked. He shook his head.
"Don't worry. I still like how you smell anyway."
"Oh, that's good to know." I rolled my eyes at him, making him smile.
I felt a small flutter in my stomach and absentmindedly rubbed it, not noticing the look Derek was giving me as he watched me do it.
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