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Songs for Chapter
"Punching in A Dream"- The Naked and the Famous (Sophie &Sophie/Family)
"The Last Great Star in Hollywood"- Meg & Dia (Sophie/Issac)
"Old Mary"- The Dead Weather (Sophie/Victoria/Gerard)
"Holy Water" James Levy and the Blood Red Rose (Sophie/Derek)
"Let Us Move On"- Dido (Sophie/Derek)
"Broken Crown"- Mumford & Sons (Middleton/Simmons/Emerson Family)
Sophie woke up to the sound of her alarm. Groaning, she turned over and hit the off button on her clock. For some reason, she wasn't feeling school today. With Lydia going missing and Gerard Argent in town, she wanted nothing more than just a normal, stress free day. Reaching over, she expected to feel a warm body beside her. Derek's body. Instead she felt nothing, but an empty cold spot. She turned over and saw that Derek was gone. She sighed slightly. He probably left earlier while she was still sleeping.
Something on the pillow beside her caught her eye. It was a small car. Picking up and opening it, she began to read it. It was in Derek's handwriting.
Sorry I wasn't here when you woke up. Needed to take care of something. I'll see you later.
The witch shrugged and put the card on her desk. Reaching for her phone, she checked her messages. She had several for Stiles, but one from Scott caught her attention.
Not sure if Derek told you or not, but Allison's grandfather killed an Omega last night. Derek said he's declaring war against us and anything supernatural.
Sophie frowned for a second. She didn't even know when Derek came into her room last night, so she had no clue about what Gerard had done. Why didn't he tell her? She shook her head and continued to go through her messages. She saw she had one from Derek.
You look beautiful when you're asleep.
Sophie smiled slightly at the text. It was nice of him to say that, but she still had an uneasy feeling about the fact that he hadn't told her about Gerard. Taking a deep breath, she set her phone on her desk and got up out of her bed. Walking out of her room, she headed down for the kitchen. As she walked down the stairs, she saw Zelda walking up them.
"Morning Soph" Zelda said as she put her hair into a ponytail.
"Hey Zel" Sophie replied continuing her trek to the kitchen. Walking in, she grabbed a coffee mug and poured herself a cup of tea from the teapot on the stove.
"Sweetheart it's rather rude not to greet company do you think" she suddenly heard a voice speak. Sophie quickly turned around, jumped and screamed. At the kitchen table sat not only her Nana, but her Grandfather. She took a deep breath and let it out.
"Well that wasn't the reaction I was hoping for" her Grandfather raised an eyebrow at her. "It's almost like she isn't happy to see us Jacqueline."
"Well maybe if you hadn't scared the daylights out of her Victor, you would have gotten the greeting you wanted" Jacqueline shrugged at her husband.
"Of course I'm happy to see you Grandpa" Sophie walked over to him. "You just startled me that's all." Victor stood up and hugged his granddaughter tightly.
"You are becoming more and more beautiful everyday my dear" Victor smiled pulling away.
"Thank you" Sophie smiled. "When did you all get here?"
"Late last night, we didn't want to wake you up" Jacqueline said hugging her. "We also didn't know if you had a visitor and we didn't want to disturb you two."
Sophie pulled away and her eyes widened. Jacqueline just laughed at her granddaughter and shook her head. "Oh to be young again. I'm sure you're parents are finally happy you're getting into some sort of trouble."
"Can't be getting into too much trouble" Sophie heard a voice say. She turned around and saw a woman with brown hair and a man with red hair standing in the doorway. "Your mother and I won't have anything to talk about anymore. It's always, "Melanie, my daughter needs to spice up her life, she needs to do this." Its quite comical."
"Aunt Mellie. Uncle Gareth" the witch walked over to her aunt and uncle hugging them tightly.
"How are you Sophie?" Gareth asked her.
"Well" Sophie nodded. "Can't complain currently." She looked at her aunt. Melanie's facial expressions worried her. Her aunt looked worried, looking Sophie up and down. "Aunt Mellie are you okay?" she frowned at her aunt's facial's expressions.
"Oh yes of course sweetheart, guess I'm just still somewhat tired from the trip
"Any news on Stella?" the witch asked her.
Gareth looked at his wife and licked his lips. "We'll have plenty of time to talk about that later" Melanie smiled uneasily at her niece.
"Sophie you can talk to family later, you need to get to school soon" Carolyn said walking into the kitchen. She stopped dead in her tracks and saw her mother drinking a martini.
"Mom it's a little early for a martini isn't it?" Carolyn sighed at her mother.
"It's five o'clock somewhere" Jacqueline shrugged in response, beginning to light the cigarette.
"And I thought the doctor told you to lay off smoking" Melanie commented frowning.
"I'm going to die eventually. No matter what I do. I'm going to live life to the fullest" Jacqueline smiled taking a puff of the cigarette.
"Okay well I'm going to go get ready for school, I'll see you all later" Sophie said before leaving the kitchen. She couldn't believe her whole family was here. She was confused as to why everyone was here. Walking up the stairs she saw Zelda coming out of her room.
"Why didn't you warn me about the family reunion that was going on in the kitchen" Sophie glared at her.
"Oh yeah, by the way my parents and Grandpa and Nana are here" Zelda smiled at her.
Sophie rolled her eyes at her cousin. "Why do you think they're all here?"
Zelda shrugged in response. "I'm not sure. They wouldn't tell me anything last night. Something feels off, if that makes sense."
Sophie stayed quiet for a moment. She knew exactly what Zelda meant. She could understand her grandparents coming to visit, but why were Gareth and Melanie there as well? Why weren't they talking about Stella? "It makes complete sense" the witch spoke and looked at the redhead.
Sophie got out of her car at the school. For once, she was actually glad to be out of her house. With her entire family there now, it was getting a little too crowded for her taste. At least she would have a few hours of peace and quiet. She'd probably consider calling Derek after school in order to further avoid going home.
She began to walk towards the school and pulled out her phone. She had a few messages from both Scott and Stiles. Her two friends had early morning practice and wanted her to come watch. She figured she might as well since she had a free period this morning and all her homework was done. She began to type a response to both boys when she suddenly frowned.
A feeling of uneasiness washed over her. Something didn't feel right. Almost as though someone was watching. It was a feeling that she hadn't felt since she had first met Derek. Looking up she looked around at her surroundings to see if anyone was around. Her eyes moved around the school and stopped. The feeling Sophie had wasn't anything in her head. Staring straight at her was a boy. It was the same boy who she had come across in the locker room a few days earlier. What the hell was his problem? She frowned and stormed over to him.
"Can I help you with something?" Sophie spoke staring at him.
The boy's eyes went wide. "I….uh….I…" he stuttered. "Sorry."
Sophie rolled her eyes at him slightly. "Do I know you?"
"No you don't" he shook his head. "Sorry I didn't mean to stare."
Sophie sighed heavily. This was a waste of her time and she had to meet up with Scott and Stiles. "FYI, pictures last longer." With that she turned a heel and walked towards the school entrance, leaving the boy by himself.
Isaac Lahey let out a deep breath. His straight face slowly grew into a smirk. Derek was right about Sophie. She had a fiery spirit. She was something else. He could see why Derek was so protective of her. The teen still couldn't process that she was a witch, but then again the only thing he knew of Sophie Middleton until a few nights ago was that she tended to keep to himself and she was attractive. He looked at his watch. He was late for lacrosse practice. He'd worry about Sophie later, but he was looking forward to keeping an eye on her.
"I'm serious. It's not like the last full moon" Scott exclaimed as he and Stiles walked down the hallway to the locker room. "I don't feel the same."
"Oh, does that include the urge to maim and kill people like me?" Stiles asked as they walked into the locker room.
"I swear I don't have the urge to maim and kill you" the werewolf pleaded with his friend.
"You know, you say that now but then the full moon goes up and out come the fangs and the claws and there's a lot of howling and screaming and running everywhere, okay?" Stiles listed quickly. "And it's very stressful on me and Sophie, so yes, I'm still locking you up."
"Okay, fine. But I do think I'm in more control now. Especially since things are good with Allison" Scott explained leaning against the locker.
"Okay, I'm aware of how good things are with Allison" Stiles rolled his eyes slightly.
"They're really good" Scott smiled at his friend.
"I….thank you, I know" Stiles huffed.
Scott beamed at his friend once more. "I mean, like, really good."
"All right, I get it!" Stiles yelled. "God times like these where I wish Sophie were here. I need one of her snarky comments. Just please shut the hell up before I have the urge to maim and kill myself."
Scott looked at his friend in disbelief. "All right, did you get something better than handcuffs this time?"
"Yeah, much better" Stiles said dropping his backpack and opening his locker. As soon as the door opened, a long chain began to drop to the floor continuously. The two friends watched as it did and slowly Coach walked over to the pair. The other lacrosse players looked up and looked on at the scene, smirking.
As soon as the entire chain fell to the floor, Finstock looked down at the ground and sighed. "Part of me wants to ask. The other part says knowing will be more disturbing than anything I could ever imagine. So….I'm going to walk away."
Stiles kept his eyes on Scott the entire time. "That's good. That's a wise choice, coach." The two friends got on the ground and began to pick the chains up. Scott suddenly frowned and his eyes flashed yellow. He quickly looked around the locker room. He smelled something. A scent he was too familiar with.
Stiles looked up and saw his friend's face. "You okay?" he asked as Scott stayed quiet. "Scott."
"There's another. In here, right now" his friend breathed quietly.
Stiles frowned at him slightly. "Another what?"
"Another werewolf" Scott stated immediately.
Stiles stared at his friend in shock for a moment. "I'll call Sophie."
Sophie stared at her friends in shock on the lacrosse field. For once in her life she was at loss for words. After receiving a 911 text and multiple calls from Stiles, she hurried to the lacrosse field only to be bombarded with two pieces of information that she wasn't ready for. Gerard Argent had declared war on the supernatural creatures of Beacon Hills and Derek had bit someone. Someone who was on the lacrosse team.
"Motherfucker" she finally stammered out.
"Wait? You mean you didn't know about this?" Stiles exclaimed to her.
"I didn't! Don't you think I would have opened my mouth if I knew Derek was going to bite someone. I'm pretty sure that if he mentioned that or the fact that Gerard sliced a Omega in half I would have remembered that bit of information " she said looking around and lowering her voice. "I would never keep something like that from you guys. Especially since what you just told me about Gerard. Jesus fucking Christ!"
Scott looked at his friend curiously for a moment. He listened to her heartbeat. No blips, nothing. Sure her heart was racing, but not because she was lying. "You really didn't know did you?"
Sophie shook her head. "Scott I swear to you Derek never said a word about this when I last saw him. I didn't even talk to him last night."
"Why wouldn't he tell you though?" Stiles asked her.
"How the hell should I know?" Sophie shrugged at them. "I'm not his keeper. I don't know what he does when he's not at my house. God can today get any worse?" she groaned pinching the bridge of her nose.
"What else is going wrong with today?" Stiles frowned at her.
"One supernatural problem at a time. Mine is mild compared to what we're about to deal with" Sophie looked at the two boys.
"Sophie…" Stiles and Scott said together glaring at her.
"I just had more family pop into two unannounced and I just get the feeling that something is up that's all" the witch shrugged. "Like I said, mild compared to another freaking werewolf at this school. Are you sure there's another werewolf?"
Scott nodded his head as the three of them walked to the bleachers. "It was kind of like a scent, but I couldn't tell who it was."
"What if you can get him one-on-one? Would that help?" Stiles asked looking around.
Scott nodded his head. "Yeah."
"Okay. I think I got an idea" Stiles said before he got up and ran off.
"Why do I feel like this is only going to end in disaster?" Sophie let out huff causing Scott to chuckle slightly. The witch looked around at the other lacrosse player and suddenly frowned. Once again the boy who was staring at her was looking straight at her. This time, his face had a look of worry on it.
"Hey Scott" she suddenly spoke as he looked up. "Who is that guy?"
Scott looked to where Sophie was motioning her head. "Isaac Lahey. He really doesn't play much. Why?"
"He was staring at me earlier today and I just thought it was weird. He's doing it again" the witch replied as Isaac quickly looked away.
"Have you ever talked to him before?" Scott asked in response.
"Not that I can remember" Sophie shook her head.
"Maybe he has a thing for you" Scott smirked at her.
Sophie raised an eyebrow and looked at the teen in disbelief. "I seriously doubt that."
"It'd give Derek a run for his money" Scott continued.
"Utter one more syllable and the next thing you'll know, your neck will be wrapped around your lacrosse stick" she glared at him. Scott's eyes went wide slightly and the witch just groaned loudly. "I'm kidding!" Scott's made a face at her slightly as Stiles came running back to the pair and sat down.
"I told coach you're switching with Danny for the day" the teen said quickly putting on his gear.
Scott frowned at his friend for a moment. "But I hate playing goal."
"Remember when I said I had an idea? This is the idea" Stiles looked at him.
Scott eyes lit up and nodded. "Oh."
"There we go" Stiles huffed at him.
"What's the idea?" Scott suddenly asked his friend.
"Oh good god" Sophie sighed running her hands through her hair.
Stiles looked at him in disbelief and sighed. "I seriously don't understand how you survive without me sometimes." With he grabbed the werewolf and the two of them ran out onto the field.
"Well good luck" Sophie said watching them run off, hoping that everything would work out.
"Let's go! Line it up!" Coach yelled out. "Faster! Make daddy proud."
Scott ran into the goal and positioned him. "Here we go" he breathed out. He looked over at Sophie, who nodded his head at him. Once Coach threw the ball at one of the players and the teenager threw the ball, Scott went charging for him, knocking him down to the ground. She saw him quickly smell the player, looking around to see if anyone was noticing.
Scott reached out his hand. "Let me help you up."
Finstock groaned and looked at the teenager. "McCall!"
"Yeah" Scott replied.
"Usually the goalie stays somewhere within the vicinity of the actual goal" Finstock glared at him slightly.
Scott nodded his head and ran back towards the goal. "Yes, coach."
Finstock glared at him. "Let's try it again" he yelled out. He blew his whistle and threw the ball to Matt. Sophie had seen him taking pictures for the yearbook and such, but he was a person she had never talked to. Matt threw the ball at Scott and the teen ran towards him, knocking him over and onto the ground. Scott got on the ground and began to smell him.
"What the hell man?" Matt exclaimed as Scott helped him up.
"My bad dude" Scott replied.
"McCall! The position's goalkeeper. Not goal abandoner" Coach yelled at him once more.
Scott nodded his head once more. "Sorry, coach."
Coach blew his whistle again and Stiles and Sophie looked at one another and shrugged. This was going badly and both of them knew it. " Let's go!" Once again Finstock blew his whistle and threw the ball, ending with Scott hitting a player to the ground. Finstock let out a huff and glared at the teen. Stiles made a face at his friend. The next thing Sophie knew she was grabbed by the coach and then Stiles was grabbed by his face protector on his helmet.
"Stilinski, Middleton, what the hell is wrong with your friend?" Finstock looked between the two of them.
Sophie stayed silent and just shrugged her shoulders at the lacrosse coach and looked over at Stiles. Finstock turned his attention to the other lacrosse player.
"Uh, he's failing two classes. He's a little socially awkward and if you look close enough, his jaw line's kind of uneven" Stiles said quickly after a moment.
Finstock looked over at Scott silently for a moment before letting go of Stile's helmet. "That's interesting" he spoke walking away. Again he blew his whistle. "Let's fire it up" he yelled. He threw the ball to Danny, and Scott ran towards the teen, knocking them to the ground. The teen smelled the other player.
Danny smiled up at him. "It's Armani."
"Huh?" Scott frowned down at him.
"My aftershave. Armani" Danny replied.
Scott smiled at him. "Oh. It's nice." With that the two boys got up.
"McCall! You come out of that goal one more time and you'll be doing suicide runs till you die. It'll be the first ever suicide run that actually ends in a suicide. Got it?" Finstock yelled at the teen.
Scott looked at the coach before he ran back to the goal. "Yes, coach."
Finstock rolled his eyes. "Yeah."
Sophie and Stiles looked at one another once more. The witch shook her head. They were getting no where with this plan.
Jackson was the next player up and he looked straight at Scott. His face fell. " Uh, coach, my shoulder's hurting. I'm going to…..I'm going to sit this one out." Jackson then walked off and something caught Stiles's attention. He gently hit Sophie and motioned in front of him. Isaac was breathing heavily and glaring at Scott. It was strange to the two of them.
Isaac quickly charged towards Scott as the teen did as well. Once they both hit the middle of the field, the two teens knocked into one another, fell to the ground on all fours.
"Oh shit" Sophie breathed heavily. Something was wrong, almost as if Isaac….
"Umm we have a bigger problem" Stiles suddenly spoke snapping her out of her thoughts. The two of them looked over and saw both of their fathers walking towards the lacrosse field with a deputy.
Isaac looked over at Scott frantically. "Don't tell them. Please don't tell them."
Sophie stared at the scene silently and Scott turned and looked at her. His face said it all. It was Isaac. That was the person Derek bit. Isaac Lahey was now a werewolf.
Sophie, Stiles, and Scott watched as the sheriff and her father talked to Isaac. The students were gathered around the bleachers watching the scene, wondering what the police wanted with the teenager as Scott listened in on the conversation.
"His father's dead" the werewolf suddenly spoke up. "They think he was murdered."
"Murdered? How? When?" Sophie asked the two of them.
"Are they saying he's a suspect?" Stiles asked Scott.
"I'm not sure, why?" Scott shrugged.
"Because they can lock him in a holding cell for 24 hours" Stiles explained.
Scott frowned at him. "Like, overnight?"
"Oh yeah" Sophie nodded her head.
"During the full moon" Stiles continued.
"How good are these holding cells at holding people?" Scott asked looking at his friends.
"Well it depends" Sophie made a face at him.
"Depends on what?" he asked frantically.
"People, good. Werewolves, probably not that good" Stiles looked at him.
Scott sighed and looked back over at Isaac. "Stiles, remember when I said I don't have the urge to maim and kill?"
Stiles nodded and frowned. "Yeah."
"He does" Scott breathed.
"Derek I swear to God this is not the day to be ignoring my phone calls. Call me back damn it" Sophie huffed before she hung up her phone. She took a deep breath and breathed out. She couldn't believe Derek had bit someone and that he didn't tell her about it. She was going to kill him. It was decided. However until she found him there wasn't a thing she could do. The cops had Isaac and god only knew where the Alpha was.
She began to walk to the office. She was required to drop off an acceptance letter to the guidance counselor in order to prove that she had gotten in somewhere. She had a feeling it was some ploy by the school as since she had moved here, she had kept to herself except for Scott and Stiles. She remember that when she first moved here, she was required to see the guidance counselor Ms. Morrell once a week to discuss her progress in socializing with people. Walking into the office, she reached into her bag and pulled out a copy of it.
"What can I help you with dear?" she heard the secretary asked. Sophie looked up and her eyes went wide. She was face-to-face with Victoria Argent.
"Hello Sophie" Victoria smirked at her.
The witch stayed quiet for a moment. Why the hell was Victoria working at the school now? What was this some Argent intervention? "Mrs. Argent" she finally managed to get out.
"What can I do for you?" the hunter looked at her.
"I…I….uh…I just needed to let the guidance counselor know that I've gotten into somewhere for college" Sophie said shakily.
Victoria raised an eyebrow at her, glaring at her almost. "Well congratulations. Where were you accepted to?"
"Boston College" Sophie replied simply.
"Boston's a lovely place" Victoria grinned at her. "I believe we have some friends there. Some hunting buddies of ours."
Sophie swallowed the lump in her throat. "Well we have some as well. It is Massachusetts you know. It's known for a lot of things."
Victoria smirked at her slightly. "Yes it is. Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Plymouth, Salem Witch Trials" she said her face falling into a glare.
"Lots of history there" she suddenly heard a voice behind her say. The witch took a deep breath. She knew exactly who was behind her. She turned to see Gerard Argent standing and smirking right behind her.
"You must be Sophie Middleton" he said walking towards her. "I've heard a lot about you."
"Yeah?" Sophie looked at him. "Like what?"
"You're at the top of your class here, nearly perfect SAT scores, and now accepted into Boston College. You seem to be doing well with your life" Gerard smiled at her.
"So it would seem" Sophie said simply.
"It would be a shame, if you threw everything away during your senior year wouldn't it? So many opportunities for you, but one wrong decision and who knows what could happen to you" Gerard told her. The statement sounded more like a threat. She knew that Victoria wouldn't have kept the fact that there were witches in Beacon Hills, especially since she was involved with Derek. "I'll be keeping a close eye on you Miss Middleton."
"Well I guess she'll have to watch her back then" Sophie looked over and saw her father standing in the doorway of the principle's office, along with the sheriff. Gerard smiled at Freddie and nodded his head.
"You have a lovely daughter Detective" the elder hunter smirked.
"I know" Freddie nodded his head before turning his attention to Sophie. "Soph get to class."
Sophie nodded her head and quickly put a copy of her acceptance letter on the counter before exiting the office. As she walked out, she saw Scott and Stiles sitting outside in chairs. Before she could say a word, her father and the sheriff came out behind her. Stiles quickly grabbed a nearby magazine to hide himself from his father.
The sheriff looked at his son in disbelief and then looked at Scott. "Hi Scott" he said before he began to walk away and roll his eyes. Sophie was just about to open her mouth when she felt a presence behind her.
"Boys" she heard Gerard say. Stiles and Scott both looked up and Scott's eyes widened. "Come on in."
Sophie sat outside of Gerard's waiting for Stiles and Scott to come out. She looked at her one once more and still hadn't heard from Derek. She gently hit her head against the wall and sighed. The next thing she knew, Scott came flying out of the office. He quickly grabbed her and the two of them ran down the hallway. Once they made it out of the school, they saw Isaac in the back of a police car being driven away. They were two late. They turned to head back into the school when they heard another car pull up. Turning around the saw the familiar black Camaro.
"Get in" Derek greeted both of them.
"Are you serious?" Scott looked at him in disbelief. "You did that. That's your fault."
Derek sighed and kept silent for a moment. "I know that. Now get in the car and help me."
"Wow taking responsibility for something. Shocking" Sophie muttered under her breath.
"No, I've got a better idea. I'm going to call a lawyer" Scott exclaimed. "Sophie's mom to be exact. Because a lawyer might actually have a chance at getting him out before the moon goes up."
"Not when they do a real search of the house" Derek shot back at the teens.
Scott frowned at him. "What do you mean?"
"Whatever Jackson said to the cops, what's in the house is worse. A lot worse" Derek replied. He then opened the door to the Camaro. Scott sighed and got in. Sophie stared at Derek, her lips pursed together and glared slightly at Derek.
"What's with the face" Derek looked at her pointedly.
Sophie stared at him silently for a moment while he waited for an answer. "Oh there's a lot of things this face could mean right now."
"Well while you're figuring that out, get in. We could use you" he replied.
Scott looked at her pleadingly. He didn't want to do this by himself. He couldn't. Sophie took a deep breath and glared at the Alpha. At least Scott would be there because if he weren't, she would have killed Derek. Against her better judgment, she got into the backseat of the Camaro.
Sophie, Scott, and Derek walked into Isaac's pitch black home. The cops still hadn't made it there yet, but it seemed as though it would only be a matter of time. With a flash light in his hand, Scott looked around the house, looking for any sign of what Derek was talking about.
"If Isaac didn't kill his father, who did?" Scott suddenly asked the Alpha.
"I don't know yet" Derek only responded.
"Then how do you know he's telling the truth?" Scott shot back as the three of them walked through the house. Sophie stopped for a moment and frowned. Something didn't feel right in the house. She felt a lot of anger and fear. The question was, who did it belong to?"
"Because I trust my senses. And it's a combination of them" Derek began. "Not just your sense of smell."
Scott stopped dead in his tracks and sighed. "You saw the lacrosse thing today."
Derek stared straight at him. "Yeah."
Scott looked up at the Alpha. "Did it look that bad?"
Derek gripped the teen's shoulder. "Yeah."
"Was it really that bad?" Scott looked over at Sophie.
"Well I think Danny actually enjoyed you smelling him" Sophie shrugged slightly. "But other than that, yeah it was pretty bad."
Derek smirked slightly at the witch's comment as he led them to a door in the kitchen and opened it. Through the door there were a set of stairs that led down to a basement.
"You want to learn?" Derek asked the teen. "Let's start now"
"What's down there?" Scott asked shining his flashlight around.
"Motive" Derek said simply.
Scott began to walk down the stairs. "And what am I looking for?"
"Follow your senses" Derek told him. Sophie began to follow her friend, when she felt Derek's hand wrap around her wrist. "Not you" he whispered in her ear, pulling her against him. Sophie felt her breathing hitch as she felt Derek's hand on her body and his breath against her neck.
"What happened down here?" she heard Scott ask.
"The kind of thing that leaves an impression" Derek replied lowly. The next thing Sophie knew Derek took her hand in his and lead her down to the basement where Scott was. The witch could barely see a thing, but once her eyes adjusted, she could tell that the teen was standing in front of a fridge. Derek suddenly switched on the flashlight causing Scott to jump and look at both Derek and Sophie. Even just looking at the fridge, Sophie knew that she was staring at the motive Derek had mentioned only a few minutes ago.
"Open it" Derek told him.
Scott took the lock in his hand and slowly took it off the hook. He then proceeded to open the fridge, his eyes widening at what was inside. Sophie gasped at what she saw. Inside the fridge were tons of scratch marks all over it, as if someone was trying to get out of being locked in.
"Oh my god" Sophie breathed in shock. This is why Isaac said yes to the bite. The teenager was being abused by his father.
Sophie and Scott just continued to stare at the fridge in shock. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. She took a deep breath and walked away from the pair, her fingers running through her hair.
"This is why he said yes to you" Scott looked over at Derek.
"Everyone wants power" Derek told him.
Scott stayed silent for a minute and looked over at Sophie. The witch had her arms crossed and was staring into space. "If we help you, then you have to stop. You can't just go around turning people into werewolves" Scott looked at him.
"I can if they're willing" Derek shot back.
"No you can't" Sophie shook her, her voice barely a whisper.
"Did you tell Isaac about the Argents? About being hunted?" Scott sneered at him.
"Yes, and he still asked" Derek huffed.
"Then he's an idiot" Scott exclaimed.
"And you're the idiot dating Argent's daughter" Derek glared at him. Scott's face fell and he looked over at Sophie.
"I didn't tell him" Sophie answered.
"Yeah. I know your little secret. And if I know, how long do you think it's going to take for them to find out? You saw what happens to an Omega" Derek told him. "With me, you learn how to use all of your senses. With me, you learn control." Derek grabbed Scott's hand and saw his claws slowly emerge. "Even on a full moon."
"If I'm with you, I lose her" Scott protested shaking his head.
"You're going to lose her anyway. You know that" the Alpha said. He turned to leave and motioned for Sophie to follow him.
"Wait" Scott suddenly spoke causing Derek to stop. " I'm not part of your pack. But I want him out. He's my responsibility too."
Derek frowned at the teen. "Why? Because he's one of us?"
Scott glared up at Derek. "Because he's innocent."
Sophie walked out of the Lahey house in a daze. Part of her understood why Derek bit Isaac. He was being abused. He needed to be able to defend himself. However, there was a bigger part of her that was upset with Derek that he didn't tell her that he was going to bite him.
She felt Derek walk up behind her and gently grab her arm. "Sophie…." the Alpha began. Sophie ignored him and stared straight ahead. What could she say to him? Derek sighed and looked at her. "Look I get you're…."
"Why didn't you tell me about Isaac?" she turned and sneered at him.
"I didn't think you needed to be involved. This isn't your fight Sophie"
"I didn't need to be invol….oh you've got to be fucking kidding me Derek" Sophie groaned. "I've been involved with this whole thing from the second I met you."
"I have everything handle Sophie" he growled at her
"Cause you seem to be doing such a good job right now!" she huffed at him. "When were you going to tell me about this? Your grand plan? Were you going to share it with the rest of the world."
Derek stared at her silently for a moment. "I was going to tell you eventually. Isaac was supposed to look after you."
Sophie ran her hands through her hair. "Don't you think that's something I should know?"
"Sophie…" Derek groaned once more.
"No!" she exclaimed walking over to him. "You don't get to Sophie me right now. I'm not the one who fucked up and bit a teenager who is know being held by the cops. This is your fault buddy and guess what per usual Scott, Stiles, and I have to clean up the mess."
"Sophie don't get involved with this. I can fix it" Derek protested in response.
The witch glared at him and shook her head. "Too late. Maybe you should have thought of that before you bit Isaac without telling anyone" she sneered. Before the Alpha could respond, Sophie's phone began to ring. She pulled it out and saw Stiles was calling me.
"Hey Stiles" she greeted. She frowned up at Derek. "Yeah he's with me right now, why?"
Sophie had stayed quiet the entire time since Stiles had picked up her and Derek. Stiles pulled the Jeep up to the sheriff's station. It looked empty apart from the deputy working at the front desk.
"Okay, now the keys to every cell are in a password protected lockbox in my father's office" Stiles looked over at the window. "The problem is getting past the front desk."
"I'll distract her" Derek replied beginning to open the Jeep's door.
Stiles quickly grabbed him pulling him back. "Whoa, whoa, whoa…..you? You're not going in there." Derek looked down at the teen's hand on his shoulder. "I'm taking my hand off" the teen said quickly.
"I was exonerated" Derek looked at him.
"You're still a person of interest" Stiles looked at him in disbelief.
"An innocent person" Derek shot back.
Sophie groaned from the back seat. "I'd say that's debatable right now." Derek turned and glared at her in the back seat.
"An…..you? Yeah, right!" Stiles laughed slightly getting a glare from Derek also. "Okay, fine. What's your plan?"
"To distract her" Derek frowned at him slightly.
"Uh-huh. How? By punching her in the face? Huh?" Stiles asked making a face at him.
Derek smirked slightly at the teen. "Heh, by talking to her."
Stiles sighed and just shook his head. "Okay, all right. Give me a sample. What are you going to open with?" he asked. Derek looked at him and stayed silent. "Dead silence. That should work beautifully. You have a freaking girlfriend. Sophie didn't you train him or something. Any other ideas?"
Derek rolled his eyes. "I'm thinking about punching you in the face."
Sophie rolled her eyes, and glared at the Alpha and leaned forward. "You lay a hand on him and I'll set you on fire faster than you can even lift a finger." Stiles beamed at his friend and then looked at Derek smiling.
"You know you're really hot when you try to be intimidating" Derek smirked at her. Sophie glared at him as Stiles made a gagging noise.
Derek walked into the sheriff's department. He looked around and saw that the front desk was empty. He walked over to the counter as the deputy walked out of the office. Sophie and Stiles stuck their heads out of the front door to the police station and watched.
"Good evening, how can I help…..you?" the deputy looked up and her eyes went wide.
"Hi" Derek smiled at her.
"Hi" the deputy responded to him.
"Um, I had a question. Um, sorry I'm a little" Derek began to stammer. "A little thrown. I wasn't really expecting someone…." Stiles took Sophie's hand and the two of them began to quietly walk towards his dad's office.
"Like me?" the deputy raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, I was going to say so incredibly beautiful but, yeah, I guess that'd be the same thing" Derek replied. Sophie stopped in her tracks and shot him a glare and an eye roll as Stiles dragged her into the office.
The two teens walked into the sheriff's darkened office. Stiles headed straight for the lockbox on the wall. Quickly he punched in a number and opened the box. However, as soon as he did, his face fell. The key was gone.
"Oh, no" the teen suddenly breathed out.
"What's oh no?" Sophie said walking up to him.
"The key's gone" Stiles looked at her. Sophie pushed him out of the way and looked at the box. The two of them then heard keys jingling from the hallway. The two of them frowned and began to walk down the hallway. Turning the corner, the two of them suddenly ran into a deputy.
"Oh. Uh, just looking, um…." Stiles began. The two of them looked and saw that that deputy had an arrow in his leg. Allison's arrow. Stiles's eyes went wide. "Oh, sh…" The hunter grabbed him quickly and tried to grab Sophie.
"Get off of him" Sophie screamed throwing her hands out sending the deputy off the teen. He quickly got up and hit Sophie causing the witch to fall to the ground. The deputy then grabbed the two teens and dragged them down the hallway. As they were pulled, Stiles grabbed the fire alarm and pulled down, causing the alarm to go off. The hunter dragged them into the holding room. However, the hunter stopped and let go of the two teens, both of them falling to the ground. One of the hold cells was open.
Sophie suddenly heard a faint growl and looked to the side. There stood Isaac fully transformed. He growled once more and grabbed the hunter, shoving him onto a nearby desk, and then grabbing him once more and throwing him on the ground. Stiles and Sophie quickly got out of the way and crawled against one of the walls. The hunter attempted to pull out a syringe and stab Isaac with it, but the werewolf squeezed it out of his hand. He threw the hunter against the wall, knocking him out cold.
The sound of glass breaking heard throughout the cellblock caused Isaac to turn around. Behind him stood Derek with the syringe completely crushed. Derek looked over at Sophie and Stiles, but then noticed Isaac about to charge at both of the teens. The Alpha suddenly roared loudly, his eyes flashing red. Isaac retreated in fear and crouched down on the ground. He slowly looked up and he had reverted back to his human self.
Stiles breathed heavily and looked at Sophie and then back at Derek. "How did you do that?"
Derek turned to him and smirked slightly. "I'm the Alpha."
Sophie sat in her desk chair. Her computer was open to a paper she should have been working on, but for some reason she couldn't focus. Not after everything that happened today. Not after what she witnessed. She couldn't get her mind off of Derek, the fact that he had turned Isaac and blatantly lied to her about it. She shut her computer, it was no use, she wouldn't be getting work done tonight.
Sitting back in her chair she took a deep breath and looked over towards her window. Her face fell. Derek stood outside of it staring at her. The witch groaned and got up out of her chair. Walking over to her balcony door, she opened it and glared at him.
"What the fuck do you want?" Sophie snapped at the Alpha.
"Glad to know you've gotten over everything" Derek sighed at her.
"You have a lot of nerve coming back over here" she said as she turned, walking away from the door.
"I didn't realize that when your girlfriend is pissed at you, you can't come over to her house to talk to her" Derek huffed at her.
Sophie's eyes went wide slightly. Was she hearing things correctly? Did Derek just call her his girlfriend? She wasn't going to worry about it right then and now. She crossed her arms. "What the hell are you doing? Turning Isaac? Why him?"
"Sophie you said it yourself" Derek sneered. "I needed a pack. You of all people should know exactly how this works."
"Well I didn't think you'd actually turn teenagers, people who go to my school. I figured you'd find other wolves without packs" Sophie shot back quickly. "Derek you can't go around just turning teenagers."
"Isaac was willing. I gave him the choice. He chose the bite" the Alpha growled at him. "I'm stronger if I have a pack. I can protect you better if I have a pack."
Sophie groaned and huffed loudly running her hands through her hair. "Derek when are you going to realize that I don't need you to protect me all the goddamn time. Just because I don't have claws and teeth doesn't mean I can't defend myself."
Derek rolled his eyes at her. Not this again. "Sophie I know you are perfectly capable of handling yourself. You're more than capable, but with Gerard in town and coming after us, you're going to need help. You can't just pretend like you can actually take on the hunters by yourself."
"Don't you think I'm terrified that Gerard Argent is in town?" she shouted at him. "Witches tell their kids bedtime stories about Gerard Argent and how he burned them alive. There are even rumors that they have bullets that can kill us. We can't use our healing abilities. He's the fucking principal of my school. I don't even feel safe at school or anywhere. He could get to me, to you, to Scott, to Isaac, to anyone now."
Derek looked at Sophie silently for a moment. He could see how scared she was. Walking over to her he put his arms around her tightly. He was surprised that after a moment she followed suit. He soon pulled away looking straight at her. "I'm sure as hell not going to let them lay a hand on you and I'm not going to let them get to me to Scott, Isaac, to anyone" he told her taking her hands in his own. "I should have told you about Isaac. I'm sorry. I'm still not used to having someone in my life that I can trust. I promise from now on, I won't keep you in the dark. No more secrets. I promise."
"You look exhausted" Derek pulled away from her. "You haven't been sleeping much have you?"
Sophie shook her head in response. "Not really."
"What's on your mind" he stared at her.
"Nothing important" the witch shrugged at him.
"Sophie…." Derek groaned at her.
"Derek really, I've just got a lot on my mind. With more hunters in town and with everything that happened with Peter, Stella missing, I just feel on edge" Sophie sighed looking at him.
Derek smirked at her and leaned forward, placing kisses on her neck. "I can think of a few ways to make you relax" he said in between kisses.
Sophie pushed him gently away. "My family's downstairs."
"I bet your parents and Zelda won't even notice" Derek pulled her closer to him.
"Not only are my parents and Zelda down there, but my grandparents and Zelda's parents" she told him before kissing him on the cheek.
Derek frowned slightly at her. "Why do you have so much family showing up all of a sudden?"
Sophie stayed quiet for a moment. She had to admit; both of her grandparents and Zelda's parents showing up was a bit strange. Melanie had even acted strangely toward her earlier. "I….I have no clue to be honest. I'm assuming it has to do with Stella. Just something else to worry about tomorrow. In the mean time, I want to go to bed. Are you staying the night or leaving?"
Derek smirked at her for a moment, before taking his jacket off and putting it on her desk chair. The next that came off was his shirt. Sophie's eyes went wide at the sight of his bare chest. She felt her face warming up slightly. How she was still slightly shy around him was beyond her. "I guess that means your staying then" she spoke her eyes still wide. She walked over and got into her bed as she watched Derek strip down to nothing, but his boxer shorts. Derek walked over and got into her bed. Sophie turned over on her side and stared at him quietly.
Derek also stared at her. It was still new to him, being so close to someone. Someone he could trust. He didn't understand the hold Sophie Middleton had over him. The only thing he knew was that he did care deeply for her. He was willing to do whatever he needed to protect her. It was why he had instructed Isaac to keep an eye on her at the school. Now that he was a fugitive, he'd have to figure out a new plan to ensure her safety.
"Will you be here when I wake up?" she whispered looking at him snapping him out of his thought.
Derek stared at her silently for a moment. "If you want me to."
Sophie nodded her head and snuggled closer to him, laying her head on his chest. Derek moved closer to her as well and put his arm around her and began to run his fingers through her hair. The witch looked up at him and smiled at him.
Derek raised an eyebrow and looked down at her. "What?"
"You called me your girlfriend tonight" she said quietly.
Derek rolled his eyes and smirked at her slightly. "Is that okay?"
"So does this mean we're putting a label on what we are?" Sophie asked playing with one of Derek's hands.
The Alpha turned to her and leaned forward, kissing her briskly. Sophie returned the kiss just as quickly. Derek wanted nothing more than to just have his way with her right then and there. The way her body fit into his and felt against his own was indescribable, but he'd wait for her. He didn't want to force her into anything she wanted. He'd take her virginity when the time was right. He was sure of that.
"If that's your way of asking me to be your girlfriend, then the answer is yes" she breathed pulling away.
"Get some sleep Soph" he chuckled before kissing her forehead.
"We've checked with all of her friends, her college professors, those she worked with, but no one has since Stella since she disappeared. It's like she vanished out of thin air" Gareth explained to Victor, Jacqueline, Melanie, Freddie, and Carolyn around the kitchen table.
"That doesn't sound at all like Stella" Carolyn let out a sigh.
"It's not" Melanie shook her head running her hands through her hair.
"Have you tried a tracking spell?" Freddie spoke up.
"Several" Victor nodded. "However, there's something blocking it. It's a lot of power. It's almost as if Stella put a cloaking spell on her so we couldn't find her"
Carolyn leaned forward in her seat. "But why would Stella deliberately not want to be found. Had she been acting strange before she disappeared? Did something happen?"
"Everything was normal. She was going to school, going to work. There wasn't anything out of the ordinary that we were aware of" Gareth replied shrugging before looking at Melanie. The brunette looked down at the table and took a deep breath.
Carolyn frowned at her sister. There was something else. "Mellie what is it?"
"There is one thing that could have triggered everything, but we don't know for sure" her sister began.
"What is it?" Jacqueline asked, clearly intrigued.
"She found the book" Melanie said simply.
Carolyn's face fell and her eyes grew wide. "What book? Please don't tell me you're talking about the book? How the fuck did she find it?"
"We don't know" Gareth replied. "We're not even sure if she had found it, but she began asking a lot of questions about lineage and…well you know what."
"You don't think her disappearance has something to do with it?" Freddie looked up at the elder witches. "Who else would know about this."
"It's impossible for anyone else to know the truth" Melanie let out a breath. "No one knows except for us. We decided if it was going to happen, we'd let it happen naturally. Has Sophie showed any power changes?"
Freddie shook his head. "She hasn't"
"That's not true" Carolyn protested causing Freddie to stare at his wife in confusion. "I know I say I don't go through her head, but sometimes I do. Ever since Sam's death, I can never get a read on her, so sometimes when she's just doing homework in the kitchen I listen."
"What's been going through her head then?" Jacqueline spoke up.
"The night of the formal" Carolyn replied. "When Kate Argent took her. Kate had a witch bottle to subdue her powers, but for a moment she could use her powers. She doesn't understand what that surge of power meant."
"Carolyn you need to tell her" her father looked at her. "Melanie, you need to tell Zelda as well."
"Sophie won't want this. She and Sam never wanted anything like this" Carolyn protested gripping her hands together. "They wanted a life outside of the coven as did Zelda."
"Zelda's not going to want this either. It would be something she would be a natural at, but she wanted to have a life outside of magic. It's why she went into medicine" Melanie sighed.
The group stayed silent for a moment. Carolyn licked her lips and looked over at her parents. "What do you want us to do?"
Victor looked over at his wife and sighed. "I suggest you tell your children. You can't stop what's about to happen. Zelda and Sophie are going to need each other more than ever. We need to find Stella and we need to prepare for their lives to change."
Here you have it! Sorry for the wait. As always school's been busy. I've been on spring break and this chapter for some reason just didn't come to me as easily. I hope to have another chapter up within the next day or so, but don't hold me to it. As most of you know, we are sadly losing Tyler Hoechlin. As of now I am hoping to get to season 5, but I'm not going to be making any big plans yet of how it'll affect Sophie. I have the ending for season 4 already planned out and honestly it could really work with a number of things. So we'll see. I'm hoping Derek will show up at some point, but if not we'll take it from there. Thanks for all the reviews, alerts, and favorites. Also if you guys have any music requests that you think might work with chapters or between interactions of characters. Let me know! I have a list of stuff, but I'm always looking for new music! Let me know what you think! Read and review!