Moving day was not the joyous day that it was suppose to be. Abby never realized the effect that she had on the Stilinski house hold, and Stiles certainly wasn't going to tell her. He wouldn't tell anyone because he couldn't admit it to himself. Sometimes he simply missed his mom. Stiles was sour as they packed Abby's things from her room. Inside of helping with the move he opted to hide in his room playing a mindless video game. He was going to help them take her after all.
"Man why are you being such a dick?" Scott was leaning against the door frame that lead to Stiles bedroom. He was surprised at his friends behavior. Stiles was always the fun one. It wasn't like him to mope.
"What's that?" Stiles was too focus on his game to register what his friend said.
"I said why is your ass up here while the rest of us are doing the heavy lifting?" Scott fully walked into the bedroom now.
"Go away Scott." Stiles shook his head. He was in no mood to get into that particular conversation.
"Seriously what the hell is wrong with you?" Scott had a sour look upon his face.
"Scott go back to moving boxes." Stiles continued to act like Scott wasn't in the room.
"Do you know how lucky are?" Stiles temper had gotten the best of him, and once those flood gates were open he was going to let it all out. "You have people who give a shit about you."
"What are you talking about?" Scott was confused. Did Stiles not truly understand how many people cared for him?
"Your life is perfect, and you had your family had to destroy mine." Stiles stood up throwing his controller down in anger.
"Perfect are you kidding me? Stiles my whole family burned in a fire. I never had parents. My life is far from perfect." Scott spat at his friend.
"My mother is gone too Scott, and no one seems to care. You have some much and you don't even know it." Stiles wasn't referring to the money, the big house, or the fancy toys. Scott had what Stiles longed for a family. The Hale house was always crazy packed with family and Stiles loved it.
"That absurd Stiles. We all care." Scott shot right back.
"Remember that party? The one that Derek and Abby had to come and pick us from? Did you know that I was happy to be busted? To know that someone cared enough to know where I was? You don't know what it's like to come home from school to an empty house everyday, to have no one there to ask how your day was, or to want to know if your homework is don? No one is around to ask where I'm going or who I'm going with. You bitch and moan about Derek being a hard ass, and you don't even know how lucky you are to have him." It took everything Stiles had not to let the tears flow. These were feelings that he tried to keep hidden. His father didn't need the extra burden the way that he saw it.
Scott was taken back. He had no idea that his best friend had felt that way. "Stiles," he began in a gentle voice.
"Look I know my dad loves me more then life its self, but he works more hours then I care to admit to. Just forget it Scott and leave." Stiles motioned with his had towards the door. Scott left resigned knowing that it would be useless to talk to his friend now. Scott was never more grateful for his family then at the moment.
Unfortunately for Stiles both his father and Derek heard his admission. Both men felt extreme amounts of guilt. John felt like a failure as a father. As for Derek he felt like a failure as the leader of the pack. They would both make it up to Stiles.
"Mr. Hale, your brother is here to see you. Should I send him in?" Amy spoke into the phone.
That caught Derek by surprise. Scott hadn't visited him at his office since he was a boy. It was another thing that Derek had missed since Scott became a teenager. "Umm yeah. Send me right in."
"Hey Derek." Scott entered the office fresh from lacrosse practice. The evidence hanging from his bag pack.
"Scott!" Derek walked from around his desk and embraced his brother. "This is a nice surprise." Derek held a hand out for Scott to take one of the seats in front of his desk. Scott couldn't help but notice that there were two picture frames on Derek's desk. One of him, and one of Abby. This made Scott smile.
"Yeah, I need to ask you something. And I wanted to do it without the rest of the family." Scott dropped his bag at his feet as he made himself comfortable. When you live in a house full of werewolves with super hearing very few things were private.
"Okay," Derek was suspicious. It wasn't like his brother to be so secretive.
"It's about Allison." Scott finally admitted with his head in his hands.
The world slowed for Derek, and his face visible paled as one thought came to his mind. "OH MY GOD YOU DIDN'T GET HER PREGNANT DID YOU?" Derek was ash white as he voiced his fears. He could feel the blood rushing in his ears as his blood pressure rose. If Scott got that girl pregnant then Derek was going to have him neutered.
"What no." Scott balked at Derek's suggestion. Honestly did no one have faith in him.
The color seemed to return to Derek's cheeks as he accepted Scott's answer.."Oh thank God." Derek relaxed into his seat still breathing heaving, heart pounding, with a hand over his heart. He could still feel his heart beating furiously in his chest. "Then what is it?" He needed a drink after that.
"Well," Scott started and then stop. "You see," Scott attempted again but failed.
"Scott whatever it is spit it out already. Honestly I don't think that my heart can take another scares."
"Okay, okay. I was wondering if you would have dinner with Allison and I. Like the dinner I had with her father."
That was what Scott wanted, to simply ask him out to dinner. That was the thought that was running through Derek's mind. He actually laughed. "Yeah, sure. We can talk to everyone when we get home."
"No, just you and Abby." Scott corrected. "At first at least." Scott loved his family he did, but Derek was well, Derek. His opinion meant more to him then anyone else's.
"Ummm, sure if that's what you. Let me talk to Abby, and we can pick a day." Derek lead them both out of the office intending on going home.
Derek entered that room that he now shared with Abby to find the women in question just coming out of the shower. Derek was apprehensive as he approached Abby. They needed to have a talk. The full moon was approaching, and Abby needed to be prepared. "Hey Abby can you come sit with me for a moment?" Derek called out to her.
"Okay, give me a minute. I just need to throw some clothes on." Abby took in Derek's appearence and was concerned. Derek looked worried. "What's up?"
"Ummm the full moon is in a few days, and I just wanted to have a talk. With you living here now and all I wanted to go over somethings." Derek was seated on the couch and patted the place next to him for Abby to take.
"What kind of things?" Abby was intrigued. The day by the lake was the time that Derek ever talked about his wolf stuff.
"To start I may act a little strangely. I maybe become slightly more possive, I'm gonna wanna be around you a lot, and I may bring you things."
"Define those things. What do you mean by be around me a lot, and bring me what?" Abby eyes read suspcion as she looked upon Derek. Derek was being vague, and Derek vague was not a good sign.
Derek closed his and took a deep breath preparing himself for what he was about to say next. "I'm gona want to have sex with you; a lot."
Abby laughed at Derek's admission. "Okay, I think I can live with that. What else."
"I'm gonna wanna bring you food. Like hunt as a wolf to provide for you." He hoped that Abby made the connection with his words because he was sure if he would be able to explain without grossing her out that he would go out and kill random animals to feed her.
Abby thought for a moment before an idea came to her."Wait are you the one that put the rats in my room?"
Derek had the good grace to look sheepish. "It won't happen again."
"No, more rats Derek." Abby was disgusted at the idea of finding more woodland creatures in her room.
"Right, got it. Won't happen again." Derek still kept his down. Really rats, was all that he could think. He could have done better.
Abby was about to let the subject drop when another thought came to her; what if he didn't stop at just the rats. "No dead things at all."
Derek winced that was going to be a problem. "I'll try."
"Can you with you?" Abby asked out of the blue.
"Come where?" Surely she didn't mean on the full moon.
"When you guys go hunt on the full moon." Abby asked in a hopeful voice.
"No it is far to dangerous. One of us could lose control and hurt you. Scott and Isaac are still pups." Derek was horrified at the thought of Abby traipsing through the woods with them.
"But I have the big bad Alpha to protect me." Abby tried to joke.
"No, I'm serious Abby. Promise, promise me that you will stay in the house." Derek voice was so stern that it shocked Abby into agreement.
Abby ignored Derek's warning and snuck out of the house to see them anyway. She was curious to see what they were like as wolves. She had so many images running through her head. Honestly was it really that hard for Derek to grasp that she was curious? She wasn't even sure how she was going to go about finding and she was about to give when she heard a howl. Following she came upon Isaac who had just taken down a bear. Sensing the new presence Isaac turned towards it. With a smile on his face he stalked towards his new prey. Abby knew that she was in trouble.
Derek smelled her and took off in the direct that the scent was pulling him towards. He arrived just in time to see Isaac standing over Abby. Abby was huddle on the dirt floor with her back against the tree and her arms covering her head.
'ISAAC!" Derek howled in order to get Isaac to back off. Isaac whimpered at the sound of his Alpha's command and threw himself as far away from the pair as he could.
Abby didn't want to look at Derek. She was certain that he was scarier then Isaac, and she just wanted to forget that this whole mess ever happened. God she was going to have nightmares for weeks.
"LOOK AT ME!" Derek commanded. His voice was in human, holding a growl to it that was making Abby very fearful. "You wanted to see now look." Derek took Abby's face in his hand and forced her to turn to him. "Open your eyes Abigail." Derek was inches from her face.
"I'm sorry." Abby whimpered. She really wished that she had listened and stayed home.
"Come now isn't this what you wanted? Why you defied me." Derek was relentless. He knew that she was scared, but he wanted her that way. He wanted her so scared that she would never attempt another stunt like this again.
"No." Abby was final able to find her voice, and an ounce of courage.
"Back down." The Alpha within Derek roared and pushed Abby back into a tree. She might not have been a wolf or pack, but she was his mate. As far as the Alpha within him was concerned that still meant she had to follow his orders. "Do as you are told."
"Derek."Scott was the first of the rest of the pack to find them. His first instinct was to follow the lead of his Alpha, however, seeing Abby on the verge of collapse was feeding his need to protect her. "You're gonna hurt her. Let her go." Scott took a step closer throwing caution to the wind. If anything if Derek decided to attack Scott had a better chance of defending himself against Derek.
"Get your ass back to the house and I will deal with you once I've had time to calm myself." Derek changed back to his human form and stalked into the woods. Abby didn't need to be told twice as she took off in the opposite direction.
Abby really didn't want to go back to the house, and certainly not to the room she shared with Derek. She was very afraid of him right now. She couldn't go back to her uncles, that was no longer her home the Hale manor was. She was tempted to simply go into town and get a room, but she knew that would only make things worse. So she did the only thing that she could think of; she went home.
After Derek left Abby he ran off and took down some of the bigger wild life that the preserve had to offer. His hope that his blood lust would be sedated before he returned home. Abby had scared the hell out of him, and he expressed his fear in the only way that he knew how anger. When Derek returned home he could sense that the rest of his pack had long since returned and were safe asleep in their beds.
Derek entered their bedroom and found Abby curled up in the bed with her back facing the door. He didn't miss that she was lying as close to the edge as possible, or that she was faking being asleep. Sighing he stripped off his clothes and crawled into the bed. Being very cautious he pulled Abby closer to the middle of the best and rested his arm against her middle. It hurt him when she flinched at his touch.
"Abby I'm sorry." Derek stated. When he didn't get a response he continued. " You have to know that I would never hurt you. You scared me so much tonight." He squeezed her tighter just to prove to himself that she was still in his arms. "Abby please look at me. I know your awake." Sighing when he still didn't get a response he sighed in defeat, and placed a kiss on her shoulder. He would try again after they both had some sleep.
Abby lay in Derek's arms wide awake. She heard everything that Derek has said. Still she was left questioning, well, everything.
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