A Ghost

From The Past

Part 2

Disclaimer: As always, I own nothing but what you see here.

Summary: Derek finally wakes up an hour later.


In the hour since Derek had passed out, the entire group of teens minus Allison due to trust issues Erica and Boyd had towards her had made their way over after the news was shared to them over the fact that Derek apparently has a daughter. Stiles was even willing to punch him in the face to wake him up much like he'd done before but everyone had been unwilling to do that thanks to a little kid being with them and all. Something Paige was happy about as she liked to keep her daughter's viewpoint violent free thank you very much! Cora had decided to take Scott elsewhere and wasn't shy about not giving him a choice in the matter either. Making both Erica and Lydia smirk over that and Scott's own befuddled if slightly freaked out expression. "Huh, I can't tell if Derek's gonna be happy about that or not." Remarked Stiles after seeing that happen.

He then shrugged. "Eh, probably not happy knowin' him."

"I don't know, Batman, he's always liked Scott no matter how much our favorite Scottie annoyed him so he might." Erica replied with her head tilted to the side with a smile on her lips as she stared in Stiles' direction.

Even making him a bit flustered much to the amusement of the others. A low groan broke through, making the group look towards the source of it. Which was Derek as he started to wake up and for Stiles to breathe a sigh of relief since this meant he wasn't being the center of Erica's attention anymore. Unknown to him however, she was smirking as she knew full well what he was sighing about and couldn't wait to make his relief short lived. "Unn… What hit me?" Muttered Derek as Boyd came over to help him up.

"Nothing hit you man."

"Then what did…. Oh." Trailed off the man as he looked from his Beta to Paige and her daughter.

No, their daughter apparently. Which… Was a Hell of a thing for him and he still couldn't believe it was even real for that matter. Derek then realized they had more company over. "Why are you all here?"

"Well, its not everyday we find out someone we know is a parent." Spoke up Lydia with a shrug.

"Aside from high school you mean." Added Isaac.

Lydia nodded. "Good point, but this is different as I don't associate with those people unless absolutely needed. Of course none of them ever wanted to kill me for something I wasn't even close to being."

A sigh came from Derek as he felt more then saw Lydia's glare on him. Making for Paige to wonder about that. "Do I even want to know?"

"It was a case of mistaken identity." Grumbled Derek before the others could beat him to it.

"A case I have not been apologized too for."

"I don't do apologies."

"High school, music class, hallway, you being an annoying teenaged boy with other teenage boys until later. Need I go on?" Asked Paige with a raised eyebrow and her arms crossed looking at him challengingly.

Causing the man to actually blush a little and for several to grin in amusement over it. Alia came over to the blushing man and tugged on his shirt, causing him to look down at her. "Yes?" He asked a bit uncertain.

"C-Can I h-hug you?"

He looked shocked by that while Paige gained a smile on her lips, glad to see her baby girl willing to hug her father. Everyone else gained expectant looks on their faces with eager grins of anticipation. "Uhh… Sure." Replied Derek and he knelt down and instantly had the girl hugging him.

Making for him to awkwardly hug her back. Snickering could be heard from Stiles and getting a glare from Derek in the process. "Shut up, or I'll rip your throat out. With my teeth."

Grinning, he put his arms up defensively and backed up a little while the man went back to hugging his daughter. Reveling in the familiar scent of family, a scent that did not lie. Making for the man to realize that everything had just changed and he hoped he could be part of his daughter's life now that he knew about her. And if something was to happen with Paige again… Well, he wouldn't be opposed to it.


Author's Notes: After several weeks of having this on my laptop and un-finished til now, I'm glad to get it done as it was just really slow going to deal with for whatever reason. Hope you all enjoyed and many apologies for the delay in updating this fic!