I helped Dean with the dishes after breakfast seeing as it was our house. I walked out of the kitchen and smiled at Lydia, "You ready to go?"

"Of course, just waiting on you. Go get some money and shoes, NOT your combat boots and i'll be waiting in my car" she smiled and walked out.

"Jeez. What's wrong with my boots?" I asked

"There not..uh..girly" Dean answered

I turned to him and gave him a death stare, "As girly as I am" I walked up the stairs and into my room leaving suprised Dean and a amused Derek downstairs. I loved my boots and I was going to wear them. I sat on my bed tying up the laces when I heard footsteps at my door.

"Can I help you?" I asked

"You know Lydia will kill you right?" Derek answered walking further into my room

"Lydia doesn't have fangs though" and for dramatic flare I let mine extend and then pulled them back with a small smile.

Derek shook his head in amusement and took a seat next to me on the bed. He held out his card to me, "Here. Take this"

"I can't take your money Derek" He kept his hand out at me. I ignored it. He huffed and I took it from his hand. I stood and put it on my desk picking up my own wallet, "With all the moving around, my brothers-uh..Dean, he started running credit card scams." I explained.

He stood to stand with me, "I'd rather you take mine and keep yourself off any police radars"

"I'll be fine Derek" I answered softly.

"Your so stubborn" he said just as quiet as he leant towards me.

"Hurry up would you Vee-" Lydia yelled storming into my room

Me and Derek jumped apart at the sound of the banshee's impatient voice.

"Oh. Sorry.." Lydia had the decency to sound sorry

"Well. Let's go Lydia. Bye Derek" I threw his card back to him with a smile and followed Lydia to the car.

"So Vee, what was I interrupting huh?" Lydia asked in an amusement laced voice

"Nothing. I don't know?" I answered

"It didn't look like nothing"

"I really don't know Lydz"

"Well by the look on your face you wanted it to be something" she answered truthfully

"I did but I didn't. I'm just-here we are"

"This conversation isn't over Veronica Winchester" she said using my full name so I knew she wasn't joking. We got out of the car and walked into the mall.

It was quieter than usual, thank god. Lydia dragged me from shop to shop helping me pick out outfits and getting some for herself but she paid more attention to me which was a little bit strange. Lydia Martin loved to shop for herself. I brushed it off though. I was actually enjoying myself, getting to have this time with just Lydia like this, it had been awhile.

"Vee?"

Shit. Damn ADHD. "Sorry Lydia." I answered quietly

"ADHD again?" she asked

"Yeah. It's been getting worse lately"

"Maybe we should go to the doc-"

"Let's just get lunch" I cut her off with a smile. I hated going to the doctors. They make you feel like a test monkey, asking you questions and poking and poding you. I hated it. Lydia took my hand and we walked into a small cafe just outside the mall. We ordered BLTs, ate and listened to the relaxing music playing for awhile longer. My phone started to ring and I excused myself to answer it, "Hello?"

"Veronica?"

"Speaking. Who is this?"

"It's me, Erica. I-I need to talk to you about something when you get back" she was worried

"Erica what's wrong? Is it Boyd? Did he do something?" I asked going into big sister/mother mode

"No, it's more the opposite"

"Opposite? What do you mean?"

"Could you just please come to Derek's loft when your finished?"

"Sure thing Erica, bye"

"Bye and tha-thank you Veronica, really"

She hung up and I walked back inside to Lydia. "Who was that?" she asked

"Erica" I answered still a little confused

"Is she okay?"

"Yeah. Just wants to talk at the loft when I'm back"

"What happened to her house?"

"Her parents decided to leave town after her dad got a better job overseas and she wanted to stay here with the pack. She doesn't go home often though, she prefers to be around the pack."

"What she your new best friend or something Vee?" she asked jokingly

"Noone could replace you" I shoved her arm playfully

We got into the car and Lydia started driving. "Do you want me to drop you off at the loft?"

"Aren't you coming?"

"No, I..uh, have a date"

I knew there was something going on between her and my brother so when she said this I got angry, eyes glowing blue. Lydia saw me and pulled over.

" ?" I ground out

"No! No, Vee. With Dean"

I immediantly let my eyes return to normal, "I'm so sorry Lydia"

"No it's fine. I should have said before, I know your temper" she said with a laugh

"What are you two doing?"

"Movies at the house, romantic dinner for two and if i'm lucky, later we'll-"

"Nope! No. Stop right there. Just take me to Derek's before I have to mame and kill myself" I yelled

She laughed and pulled out driving towards the loft.

"Erica? Erica you here?" I called out to the empty loft. I talked to Derek and he took the pack out to train in the forest so I could talk to Erica in private.

"Veronica?" she replied walking into the main room

"I'm here. What do you want to talk about?"

Erica nodded towards the sofa and we both sat down. She didn't say anything and we were sitting in awkward silence. I was about to question her but she started to talk.

"You know that I love this pack right? That I see you as the sister I never had?"

I nodded at both questions

"Well I feel like your the only one I can talk to about this"

I stayed silent and waited for her to start.

"I've started to have feelings for-for another"

I was shocked by this. When I first met her and Boyd they were in love. He treated her like a princess and she adored him.

"What do you mean? What about Boyd? What about-"

"I can't help who I fall for Veronica. You of all people should understand that"

I raised an eyebrow at that, "What are you saying Erica?"

"Never mind, it's just I don't love Boyd. I don't know if I ever did. All I know is i've fallen for someone else and I was wondering if you could-"

"Could what?! Break the news to Boyd?! Break his heart?"

"No i'm going to talk to him. I just need help with getting the guy I likes attention. Me and Boyd were bitten not too long apart. We trained together, were chained up together, it's different than it would be usually-"

"Nothing's the same as it would be usually Erica. I'm not going to help you crush Boyd."

"Can you please just hear me out. You don't even know who it is" she said to me as I got up to leave.

"Who then Erica?! Who could it be that could make this okay?" I turned and yelled at her

"It-it's Stiles"

I walked straight up to her and slapped her across the face, "How DARE you! He is in a happy relationship with Malia!"

Erica held her face and sarted to cry, "They're not mated yet Veronica, I still have time"

I was getting so angry. My eyes were blazing blue by now. "Do you not understand Erica?! Not only would you break Boyd's heart but Malia would be hurt in the process as well. You don't do THAT to pack Erica, you hurt this pack and you hurt everybody, Derek included."

"What? Derek? Is that all your worried about? What about me and what I want? I spent my whole life being bullied and picked on because of-"

"I know Erica but that doesn't make it right! It makes you just as bad as those people were. I get that you are alot more confident now with your new 'look' but I promise you I won't let you do this."

"Well you're not my alpha Veronica so you don't get a choice" and she tried to walk out but I grabbed her arm causing her to look up at me.

"I'm warning you Erica, if you hurt this pack intentionally I will hurt you. I don't know what happened to you but I don't like it"

"Don't threaten me Veronica unless you plan on following through with it. Now let me go. I've got to find Stiles" she had a cocky smirk on her face and I couldn't hande it. I punched her in the face with my other arm and she fell to the ground.

"Bitch!" Erica squealed and she got up, her eyes glowing yellow. I got ready to fight her as she was about to lunge but Derek came running in the door with the pack and grabbed her as Kira and Scott grabbed me.

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!?" he demanded

"She hit me the bitch-" Erica spat out

Derek spun Erica around and growled in her face, defending me, causing her to step back in fear.

"Ronnie what happened?" he asked me angerily but alot softer than before. I didn't want them to know what had happened because then they would know what Erica wanted to do.

"Ronnie!" Derek asked getting angrier because of my silence. I didn't say anything just looked at the floor as Scott and Kira loosened their grip on me but continue to hold my arms just in case. I let my eyes return to normal.

All of a sudden Derek was in my face, "VERONICA!" I snapped my head up and all the betas whined lowly at the aggression in his voice. " "

I looked at Erica. She was staring at Stiles. The anger bubbled up inside me again and I tried to get to Erica as my eyes lit up blue again. Derek roared and I stopped, my eyes forced back to normal. "I'm going to ask one more time. What happened!?"

I looked at Erica and begun, "Erica called me here to talk. She wanted help that she thought only I could give. She wanted to-to..." I couldn't say it out loud. Stiles, Malia and Boyd were here.

"VERONICA!" Derek yelled

"OKAY!" I yelled back, "She wanted to leave Boyd and take Stiles from Malia! Now get the fuck out of my face Derek" I warned lowly. He may be my alpha but I was still a Winchester.

Everybody was silent, all accept Malia who pounced on Erica delivering punch after punch to Erica's face. I pulled out of Kira and Scott's grip and pulled Malia off of Erica. As I was pulling her off Malia slashed Erica in the face leaving four deep, bleeding cuts on her cheek.

"Malia! MALIA! Calm down!" I yelled as the rest of the pack came into action. Grabbing Erica as she tried to fight back and comforting Boyd as he started to break down and cry. I pulled Malia into Derek's room and slammed the door shut, standing in front of it blocking her only exit. She was trying to calm herself down but was having a very hard time doing so. Anger, hate and jealousy was rolling off her in waves. She tried to get past me but I pushed her back and she hit Derek's bed. She growled at me and I roared a warning at her. She slowly stopped and begun to cry, eyes, claws and fangs returning to normal. I pulled her into my arms and hugged her tightly. She wasn't angry anymore. Just sad, hurt and jealous.

"You don't have to be jealous of her Malia" I whispered in her ear as I hugged her. She only cried harder. I pulled away and held her face, "Malia. I'm serious. Don't be jealous of her. Stiles would never leave you for her" She nodded.

Knock, knock.

I smelt the air and realised it was Stiles. I looked at Malia and she nodded. I stood and let Stiles in. He ran past me and launched himself into Malia's arms, hugging her and whispering comforting words to her, "I'll never leave you behind. Never"

I left the room and closed the door behind me giving them much needed privacy. Boyd was still crying and Erica was still in the loft. Derek was pacing the room. Scott was demending information out of Erica, why she would do this, telling her she's hurt Boyd but she didn't care. Her tears were fake, she had a cocky smirk on her face as she told Scott she deserves to get what she wants. I was on her in seconds. I was smacking the back of her head into the loft floor repeatatively. Derek was the one to pull me off Erica. He pulled me to the other side of the room and I pulled myself from his grasp. I went to go after Erica again as she just laughed, Malia grabbed me this time.

"It's okay Veronica. Stiles is mine and noone's gonna change that" she said loud enough for Erica to hear and it worked successfully because Erica stopped laughing.

"Lets get out of here Stiles. Veronica, you're coming too" Malia said and I followed her and Stiles as I turned to look at Derek. He looked hurt and suprised. Once we were outside I let out a roar of frustration and anger. I was hugged and thanked by both Malia and Stiles and we were in the car driving away from the loft.

Malia and Stiles led me into graveyard. I knew Lydia and Dean were on a date at my house so I refused to let them take me there. I was walked to the graves of Laura and Cora. I looked up at them, "We'll be waiting in the car" was all Malia said before taking Stiles by the hand and walking away. I sat down and talked to them. I felt safe and more relaxed here even though not that long ago I was attacked and taken from here.

"Maybe coming back was a mistake. Ever since I've been back theres been death all around me. I've lost both my parents and now my brother. I don't know how much more of it I can take."

"You have to be strong Ronnie" I knew that voice. It was impossible though. I looked up to see my father walking towards me. I was so shocked I couldn't say anything.

"Ronnie" I looked at him.

"Dad?" I asked emotion thick in my voice.

"Yes"

"How? Are you a-alive?"

"No Ronnie, i'm not, but Cas sent me down"

"Why?"

"I need you to know I love you. Even though I didn't show it much when you were growing up, I do. Don't give up Ronnie. Look how far you've come. You avenged Cora and Laura, the Hale family too. You have a pack that loves you-"

"I don't think I do anymore. I offended my alpha" I said sadly and guiltly.

"You were always a leader Ronnie, remember that. You came in here with two members of the pack, they supported you. You still have them. Derek will come around. I know you, don't beat yourself up about it."

I heard footsteps and turned to see Peter. I looked back and my father was gone. In the back of my mind I heard his voice, "I love you Ronnie". "I love you too dad" I replied quietly.

"Ronnie. We need you at the loft. We need to decide what to do with Erica" he slowly got closer

"Why do you need me? Derek decides what happens, it's his pack" I kept my head down

"The others, they said they won't decide without you, I said I wouldn't either." I looked up at Peter and he was telling the truth.

"Please Ronnie?" he pleaded. I kiss my hands and placed them on both Cora and Laura's graves then stood.

"I came here with Malia and Stiles, i'll go back with them-"

"They already left. I told them too. You're coming with me."

I nodded and followed Peter to his car. As we drove he asked who I was talking to before he got there.

"I could hear you talking to Cora and Laura but there was someone else too"

"It doesn't matter"

"You looked really upset Ronnie.."

"It's personal. Matters to me and me only"

"Okay" he answered softly and the rest of the drive was silent.

We pulled up to the loft and walked up the stairs to the loft door and I stopped. It was like when I first met them and asked to be accepted, I was nervous and scared. Peter toke my hand in his and opened the door and led us inside. They were talking still but noticed we had come in. Derek growled quietly and Peter let my hand go and went to sit with everybody else. I walked and opted to stand behind them than sit with them. I looked around and saw Malia and Stiles hand in hand and I smiled. I also saw Dean and Lydia. I walked over to them, "I thought you had a date night?" I asked in a whisper

"Family is more important" Lydia replied and Dean nodded.

Derek stood in front of them all and we all stopped talking, "Now. Erica is being held in the training room at Dean's house" he looked to me and then back to the pack, "while we decide what to do with her. I want to know what you all think, this is going to be a pack decision" he looked at me again for a few seconds too long and away again. Each member begun talking one at a time to the whole pack about what they think we should do. They all wanted Erica to be kicked from the pack. When it came to Malia she had everyones undivided attention. Stiles held her hand in support.

"I,uh..I think she should be" she looked at me and I nodded to her, "kicked from the pack."

I knew she wanted to say killed. I knew because I did too. Throat ripped out, bloody. I knew it was abit gorey but I had been feeling a rage deep inside for awhile now, getting worse everyday. After seeing my dad I know I have to protect everyone in this pack from emotional and physical damage. It was my turn.

"I want her out of my sight dead or gone" I said evenly and got up and walked out into the forest.

Bad Erica! I didn't want to kill her off but I wanted her gone with the potential to return. Hope you enjoyed this chapter, remember to R&R and favourite and follow :)