The next few days passed without much event, though Stiles and his pack were never off their guard. There was no telling when those werespiders would be back. He also hadn't forgotten Allison telling them about those other hunters, the Berns.
Stiles started to wonder if Derek should be at home by himself while they were all in school. Wouldn't he be vulnerable?
Derek of course told him everything would be fine. He could protect himself. Derek couldn't be argued with when he was determined, and Stiles knew better than to try.
Today he and Derek were driving Stefan to Beacon Hills High to register. Stefan was only a junior. Apparently he'd started school a year later than Stiles.
Derek always found it a little strange to be back at his old school. Not that it like overwhelmed him or anything, but he had memories of this place.
Stiles had saved him once in the pool, but that had also been where he'd first met Kate Argent. How could he ever forget? Kate had been filling in for the swimming coach.
He liked to avoid the school if he could. Kind of hard when here he was walking down those same old halls with lockers on either side.
Stiles thought of an idea quite suddenly as he walked next to Derek and Stefan down those halls. That's how Derek could be protected, instead of being alone at home...
He smirked and decided to take matters into his own hands. After all, wasn't he the alpha? It was about time he exerted some of that alphaness.
"Derek," Stiles said. "Why don't you show Stefan where he needs to register at? You know the school. I need to make a pit stop."
"Fine," Derek agreed.
Stiles watched them walk ahead. Time to set his plan into motion. He made his way for Vice Principal Madison's office, knowing she handled most of the schedules and school records.
He paused outside her office door to shift first, putting on his most intimidating wolf face. If Derek could do this, so could he.
Vice Principal Madison was straightening papers, bumping them against her desk, not noticing Stiles sneak up behind her.
She jumped when claws were at her throat, screaming when she saw the face.
"P-please don't hurt me," she shrieked.
"No," Stiles said, his wolf voice several octaves deeper than his usual. "Not if you do what I say. You are going to change Derek Hale's records to show he never graduated. Then you're going to enroll him, no questions asked."
"I can't do that!" she insisted, shaking with fear.
"You'll find a way," Stiles said, grabbing her shirt collar in his fist, knowing he had to be convicing. "If you don't... I know where you are. Are we clear?"
He released her shirt and walked toward her door, turning back to face her one more time. He released a snarl and she jumped, her hands shaking terribly.
"Okay!" she sobbed. "Yes... "
He shifted back on his way down the hall, smirking. That had been great, and strangely empowering. Now he knew why Derek used it on people. He was powerful! Yahoo!
Derek and Stefan were waiting for him outside of Student Services.
"All done," Derek told him.
"Good," Stiles said with a smirk. "We have something to discuss in the car cupcake."
"What did you do?" Derek asked, frowning slightly.
He could tell Stiles had done something.
"You know I worry about you being home alone while we're in school."
"Yeah," Derek said, expression a little curious. "And?"
"Well I found a way to make sure that won't happen," Stiles replied, still smiling like a million bucks.
Derek didn't like this. He paused and eyed his mate warily. Stiles clapped him on the back like they were suddenly chums, rather than mates.
"Derek... welcome back to high school."
Derek's expression was a little surprised. Oh crap...
ooOoo
"Are you sure this is a good idea Carter?"
Wendy looked worried.
"Relax sis," he told her. "Of course it is."
They were in the hotel room alone. Daniel and Dustin had gone to pick them up lunch somewhere.
"I'll just slip in," he said. "The Argents won't even know I'm there. I'll hide somewhere. I need to find out what they're up to. They could suspect we're around."
"This is dangerous Carter."
"I know," he smiled deviously. "I so admire danger."
"Can't you just plant a wire or something?" she asked.
"Now what fun would that be?" Carter asked mischeviously. "I'll be back tonight, just in time for us to go register for school tomorrow. The Hale pack will never suspect that among their own student body is their enemy."
Wendy still didn't like the idea of Carter sneaking into the Argent place and snooping around by himself. Still she couldn't argue. Carter was the alpha.
ooOoo
Author's Note: Yep Derek's going back to high school. Give me your thoughts.
Also. I wanted to announce I'm accepting prompts for Teen Wolf and Glee fanfics. Any pairing, any scenario. PM me or send me a review.