Chapter 14: A New Beginning
Meanwhile Scott and the rest of the pack had already made it to Vet clinic and were standing around waiting for Derek and Elizabeth to arrive. Isaac was talking with Scott while Liam, Theo, Corey and Mason were busy staring at the older werewolf wondering who he was as they hadn't really been introduced to him. What was bugging them the most was why he was wearing a scarf.
"Who's the scarf wearer?" Liam piped up as they looked at Isaac who was in mid-conversation with Scott.
"Yeah who is he?" Theo questioned, as he placed a hand on Liam's shoulder which almost caused him to be decked by the younger teen. "Woah, take it easy," he muttered under his breath as Liam hadn't expected it.
"Who's who?" Stiles questioned, looking around the room before his eyes settled on Isaac. "Oh he's no one, no one at all," Stiles nodded, hoping that Lydia would agree with him.
As Elizabeth and Derek pulled up outside the Vet Clinic they could hear the yelling match that had erupted between Stiles and Isaac for no apparent reason other than Stiles not liking Isaac. Derek rolled his eyes as they climbed out of the car and both adults leant against it waiting to see who would be racing outside first. First out was Corey and Mason, looking between each other and then back into the clinic.
"Slow down you pair, let me guess - Stiles is going off at Isaac?" Elizabeth questioned, as the two came to a halt in front of them.
"Who's Isaac?" Mason questioned, before it dawned on them that Isaac was the one that was fighting with Stiles. "Scarf wearer?"
"I'll go," Derek volunteered before he was almost bowled over Stiles running from the clinic waving his arms. "Stiles," Derek side-stepped and held his arm out knocking him over.
"Go back inside," Elizabeth laughed, turning Mason and Corey around as Derek helped Stiles up. "And Stiles there's no need to bicker with Isaac,"
"He started it!" Stiles exclaimed, both Derek and Elizabeth shook their heads. "Fine," he grumbled walking reluctantly back inside with the others.
"Guessing that no one introduced Isaac before the yelling match?" Elizabeth questioned, as they entered the examination room and she sat up on the table.
"Stiles, didn't give us a chance," Lydia said motioning to her boyfriend who was standing sheepishly in the corner of the room.
Scott shot Stiles a glare and a shrug at Elizabeth and Derek, he had an idea of how much trouble they had gone through to find him. Isaac was part of Derek's pack first and then Scott's. Elizabeth looked around the room and noticed that almost everyone had paired up with someone save for Isaac, but that wasn't unusual. Malia noticed that Elizabeth was looking around the room and looped her fingers with Scott.
"This is Isaac," Derek motioned with his head as he leant against the door frame.
"Isaac that's Liam, Theo, Mason and Corey," Scott pointed to the others with each of them waving or acknowledging with a nod. "Why'd you come back?"
"For you," were the only words that left Isaac's mouth before he thought of more. "And because Allison would have wanted it," the latter was said quietly.
"The only reason I ever come back is for you two," Elizabeth motioned towards Scott and then Derek. Derek rolled his eyes at her, he knew that he was the reason he'd worked that out after all these years. "You know it's the reason," Elizabeth laughed, Scott kissed Malia before letting go of her hand and going over to his aunt.
"Stop coming back...actually don't stop," Scott said hugging her before thinking better of the situation he wanted her around more than she had been.
"Well...considering that I own an apartment not far from Derek..." Elizabeth muttered, in all reality she'd had the apartment longer than Derek had, had the warehouse/loft. She needed somewhere to live after all.
"What? I didn't think it through okay?" Scott laughed throwing his hands in the air as he noticed that Theo and Liam seemed to be closer than usual.
'Theo, that plan I was telling you about...it's started already,' Elizabeth sent the message to the young man as she rested her head on Derek's shoulder. 'Meet Derek and I tomorrow up town I've sent you the address,'
Around an hour later and Derek and Elizabeth had left, leaving the teenagers talking about Scott's pack and what it meant to them. Although Stiles had been doing a lot of thinking about Derek and Elizabeth rather than talking about being a part of the pack. They were also wondering where Peter had gotten to after they had defeated the Anuk-Ite and Hunters for the most part.
"You know if Derek marries your Aunt, he'd be your Uncle," Stiles said all of a sudden as he looked at Scott who was still talking to Isaac about him being back and being a part of the pack.
"He'd be my what now?" Scott looked up in confusion only having been half listening to his best-friend.
"Uncle...because you know she's your aunt," Stiles repeated, not thinking about the first part of the sentence which was what Scott hadn't heard.
"Derek, he'd be your family," Lydia explained, the explanation wasn't helping any, as Scott was still quite confused about what they were talking about.
"Wait a minute...what?" Scott questioned running a hand over his face as he looked at Malia who was equally confused by conversation.
"And she'd be your cousin-in-law," Stiles motioned towards Malia who stepped back and almost in Theo, who caught her before they both landed on the floor.
"Someone has clearly been thinking about this" Isaac said looking at Stiles before he decided to explain what they were talking about. "Stiles was talking about if Derek married Elizabeth,"
"Oh god no!" Scott put his hands over his ears he didn't want to hear it.
"I'm only stating facts!" Stiles exclaimed as Lydia walked over to him and gently pulled his head down towards her so that she could kiss him. "What..." he mumbled into the kiss.
"You have too much time," Lydia laughed, kissing him again. "No more talking,"
"Besides she never answered when they got together," Malia said suddenly, she was ignoring what Stiles had been talking about.
It was that statement that made everyone realise that Malia was right Elizabeth and Derek had never answered Scott's question. Malia thought for a second and then shrugged it off she didn't really care when her cousin had realised the connection between himself and Elizabeth. Scott on the other hand still wanted to know, as did Lydia. Theo and Liam managed to sneak out and into another room while the others were talking.
"Now do you want to tell me what's up?" Theo questioned taking the smaller and younger teen by shoulders.
"Nothing," Liam pushed Theo's hands off his shoulders and turned away from him.
"Don't give me nothing, I saw the look on your face. You wanted to kill him," Theo said walking around him him so that he was looking at him again. "It's just you and me in here,"
"But it's not just us," Liam grumbled looking at him and then back at the floor.
"Yeah, but they're not listening they're too busy talking about Derek," Theo laughed, it as true that was the only reason they had been able to walk out of the room. "Fine, we'll go for a walk and you can tell me then,"
"Fine," Liam grumbled again, as Scott stuck his head out the door of the room.
"Go walk," Scott said, he'd heard bits of what they were talking about and if Theo could get anything out of Liam then it was worth it.
"How much did you hear?" Theo questioned as Liam walked out of the clinic and leant against the building.
"Enough, go walk with him," Scott reiterated before rejoining the others, Theo glanced at Scott and then walked out of the Vet's and found sitting leaning against the building.
Theo pulled Liam up and the two of them started walking away from the building. Theo offered a smile to him as they found somewhere to sit and talk. Liam looked at Theo and then looked away again, he wasn't sure that he was ready to tell the older boy why his anger had gotten the better of him at the Zoo.
"Hey, look at me," Theo smiled, putting a hand on his friends shoulder and getting him to look at him. "It's okay, you know that right?"
"It was nothing..." Liam thought back to when Brett and the rest of the Devenford Prep lacrosse team beat him in the Zoo.
"I know that look, remember I perfected the lying," Theo said still with his hand on his friends shoulder while slowly moving the other hand to his face. "Tell me,"
"Fine...Devenford prep...lacrosse..." Liam muttered, Theo was starting to get the picture of what had happened at his last school.
"It's okay, we'll keep it between you and me," Theo smiled at him before pulling him into a hug and kissing the side of his head. "Promise," Liam glanced at Theo before resting his head on the older boys shoulder. "Guess I should have done that sooner?"
"Mhmm," Liam mumbled, he didn't know what it was about him that was making him trust him – whether it was their personalities or what.
The next day Theo headed to the location that Elizabeth had sent him, when he arrived Elizabeth was sitting with Derek drinking coffee. Theo looked at Elizabeth and then at Derek as he noticed that there was a third cup of coffee on the table. Elizabeth motioned for him to sit down and smiled at him.
"What did you want to talk about?" Theo questioned, pulling the chair out and sitting down raising an eyebrow at her.
"The phone call you made to me a few months back, you kept your end of the deal," Elizabeth said, watching as Theo nodded and Derek placed the papers on the table. "When I came home and contacted you..."
"What's this?" Theo replied picking up the papers and noticing that it said 'Papers of Legal Guardianship'. Melissa and Elizabeth had contacted his biological parents who had agreed to allow Elizabeth to have full-guardianship of Theo. "Wait this is dated last month,"
"Yeah, well I told you that you'd have a family...this is step one, step two's in progress," Elizabeth smiled at him, she had a feeling that his brain was trying to work out exactly what he was thinking. "There is conditions,"
"You have to do exactly what she says," Derek said with an almost evil glint in his eye before he laughed. "As in you go to school and finish,"
"And you continue to help Scott when he needs it," Elizabeth added before she paused and added one last thing. "One last thing, you told Scott when you first came back that you wanted a pack...he's not the only one that takes in misfits,"
"Guardian...school...wait..." Theo was slowly processing what Elizabeth and Derek had just said to him as he took a mouthful of the coffee. "I'm actually part of your family now?"
"Yeah, hey I said I was working on something," Elizabeth shrugged before she found herself being hugged by Theo, something that she hadn't thought would happen. "You just need to promise me that you'll do everything that I say even if you disagree with it," Elizabeth returned the hug causing Derek to start laughing at the last thing she'd said.
"Alternatively you can talk with her, with us if you disagree with something," Derek added, indicating that he wasn't going anywhere any time soon.
Theo thought for a second before he agreed to the terms that she was laying out for him. It took a few minutes for realisation to hit that he wouldn't have to live in his SUV any more. Elizabeth dug through her pocket briefly and produced a key and held it in her hand before dangling it in the air.
"This is yours, and I will take it away from you if you do anything stupid," Elizabeth said as Theo held his hand out for the key and she dropped it in it. "Got it?"
"I got it, do I have to actually get good grades or attend school in general?" Theo questioned, school was the last thing that was on his mind.
"No, you just have to make sure you get passing grades and graduate," Elizabeth replied, as she had some of her coffee and noticed that Derek was staring down the street. "What is it?"
"I get the feeling that we're being watched," Derek answered, both Theo and Elizabeth nodded they felt it too. "You and Theo go, I'll catch up,"
"Derek...we don't know for sure that it actually worked, be careful?" Elizabeth's voice was almost a whisper as she looked at Derek.
"Stay with Elizabeth," Derek's voice was insistent as the three of them stood up, Elizabeth grabbing her bag and the paperwork and shoving it inside. Derek went to investigate while Elizabeth and Theo headed back to the apartment.