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Chapter 5 – a kiss with meaning

Early the next morning Alexa wakes up in the arms of a very exited werewolf. Derek spoons her from behind, subconsciously he searched for her warm body during the night and Alexa surprisingly likes to wake up pulled into his body. His strong arms give her the feeling of being save and protected. He would protect her, not that she needs it, but it still is nice to feel this way. That is a change of pace for her that someone would give her the chance to let go of her role as protector for a moment, so that she can just be a normal person. Even with the morning erection currently pointing at her ass, feeling save is warming her heart.

It makes her smile that she has that kind of effect on Derek, even with zero experience in matters of sex. No wonder, if you never let anyone get close, one of her inner voices, which sounded like an older version of her, points out. But the only ones she ever let in were her parents, her daughter Sarah and her son David. Besides them she always was too scared to let someone come close. No wonder with the knowledge that she will die, because of the cause. Not that she is scared of her purpose, she will do it, but dying still is a scary thing to her. She is afraid to die before she could do much, just like her predecessors. She may be afraid of that, but she accepted it, but that doesn't mean that she would want that the ones she loves have to see her die. So she kept the ones she loves at a bare minimum to spare them the heartache.

But Derek Hale could be a problem. She knows that, she feels way too comfortable in his presence and she feels her defense mechanism fall. She is equally scared and happy about it. He always had that effect on her to change her world upside down. So naturally she doesn't know what to do, besides ignoring it for now.

That is why she tries to get up, without waking him, but of course faith has other ideas. "Where are you going beautiful?" Derek asks her in a husky voice, which sends a shiver down her spine.

It also makes her blush and that bewilders her more, because Alexa normally doesn't blush. She fights it down, as she still tries to get up with her short answer. "Breakfast." She knows that the kids will be awake soon and that they need something to eat.

Reluctantly he lets her go, but he smirks at making her blush. He likes to have an effect on her, as she has an effect on him. "Ok, I will be in the kitchen in a moment." He needs time to come down and they both know why, so with shaking her head she walks out of the room to the kitchen.

As soon as she was out of the room he takes a deep breath and has to admit to himself that he has it bad, like never before. To have such a reaction, only because of holding her in his arms, without feeling skin was the best evidence for it. It only can get more intense from now. The interesting fact is that it doesn't scare him like with all the other women in his life. Normally he wouldn't let them near, even Jennifer or Braeden he kept away from his heart. Everything you have you can lose. For someone, who almost lost his whole family that is more than just a fear, but reality? He wants to let her in, to have it bad for her and see where it all leads. That is a new development for him. Maybe she is his future.

With a smile on his face he gives his little girl a kiss on her forehead and ruffles David's hair carefully to not wake him, before walking to the kitchen. As he reaches the kitchen he stops at the door, crosses his arms in front of his chest and watches her work. It was so domestic to see her work in his kitchen.

He liked what he sees and hopes that they can have something together. He noticed that she was somehow hesitant and shy, like she wasn't experienced as she should be for her age. Not that he hates that fact, he likes it and sees it as the possibility to give her something no-one else before has given her.

She has a slight swing in her hips as she breaks the eggs for some scrambled eggs. After he watches her for five minutes Alexa has enough. She could feel his eyes on her since he stood at the door. Hey she was a werewolf after all, so she says over her shoulder without looking at him. "Are you standing there the whole time or are you going to help me?"

Now it was his time to blush, because she caught him watching her. But he should have known better, because he as well would have caught her doing it. Still it was embarrassing. But he tries to play it down as he walks to her and asks. "How can I help?" He doesn't want to push her to fast.

"If my memory serves me right, you hate cooking even making a sandwich. So get the plates and put them on the table. The kids will be awake soon." she tells him.

With a smile he does as she says, because she is right or at least partly. He was 12 at that time, which 12 year old likes to cook. Ok, he doesn't love it now, but that doesn't mean he can't fend for himself. He lives alone for a long time now and that means taking care of himself. But he can persuade her of his domestic skills at another time, because his sensitive hearing picks up little feet on the upstairs floor. "They are already on their way." he tells her.

"I figured as much. I am just interested, who woke who?" she says with a smile. Normally it is Sarah, who is up first and wakes David to come to breakfast.

"Why is that important?" Derek wants to know. After all they are his family now and he wants to learn as much as he can about them through her and from them.

"If David woke up first and in turn woke her up, nothing bad will happen besides that she will be grumpy, but she bearable. But the other way around is always tiring, because then we are having a werewolf at the breakfast table and until his first bite he almost bites your head off." David isn't a morning person, at least not if someone else wakes him.

"Ok." That is good to know. But there are still some things he wants to know in matters of them being a werewolf. "But you can calm him down?"

"No." was her sad answer, even if David accepts her as the alpha of sorts; she still never could calm him. She always guessed that he needs a male for that. Maybe that is where Derek can help, because she knows that the bond between him and Sarah made him part of their little pack and vice versa. Of course she didn't know that Derek and David bonded as well.

"Do you have an idea why?" he wants to know.

"Yeah, I think it is because I am a female wolf." she tells him.

That is his chance to see and find his place in the pack. Maybe he has the chance to calm him down and with it he would be fully accepted into the pack. "I try." was his answer to that, because he knows that she would want him to try.

Alexa knew he would say that. They both know how packs work. As answer that she is grateful for it, she gives him a kiss on the cheek, before she turns back to making breakfast. It would make her happy if her son finally has someone in his life, who could calm him and to who he can submit to. Like a lovesick puppy Derek touches his cheek and feels butterflies at the same time that is a novelty to him. Like a pretty lady had never given him a kiss on the cheek before. But she is different at least to him. At least it feels that way, even if he can't point his finger on it for now. It is as if he should know why, but it still is out of reach.

The moment was over as fast as it came as Sarah toddles into the kitchen with a big smile on her face as she sees her parents. She yells. "Daddy." and runs to give him a good morning kiss first.

"Hey cub, did you sleep well?" he asks her as he picks her up.

"Yeah." she turns to Alexa. "Hey Mommy, Dave is a bit grumpy." she says and gives her a kiss as well.

"I figured." was the short answer of Alexa, because if Sarah was happy and awake that can only mean that she has woken David up and with it, the werewolf. "Go take a seat, breakfast is ready." she tells her after a moment.

"What do we have?" she asks as Derek puts her on one of the seats at the table. With a kiss on the forehead he takes the seat beside her.

In that moment a grumpy, pre-teen with a wolf-face walks to the table and says in a hard voice. "Morning." without thinking about it, he takes the seat beside Derek. One look at him tells him that he needs to calm him down.

Like his father did for him, as he was a child, he reaches for his neck and squeezes it. That is a method to calm the wolf down, if he accepts Derek as his new alpha, the wolfing out would go away and they would look at his human face again. David looks at Derek as he does that and sees the eyes Derek flashes at him. As a beta, Derek still was the lead male werewolf in this pack now, because of age as well as the possible relationship between Alexa and him. That makes him an Alpha for this pack and hopes that David's inner wolf accepts him as his leader.

In his heart David knows that part of it is the bond he subconsciously formed yesterday after seeing the other wolf interact with his sister and Mom. Not that he would show it. No for now, he would keep it close to his heart. Adults until he met Alexa only disappointed him, so he was on guard. He doesn't trust easily. But for wolfs it is easier.

Derek squeezes the neck until David's features transform back to his normal self. Sarah and Alexa watch the exchange between them and smile that David finally has someone to look up to. That was the moment they all know and accept that they are pack and family. "Thank you." David says with a smile to Derek.

"No problem, pup." Derek says and with giving him a different nickname from Sarah he makes them equal and different at the same time and with it the bond between them grew.

Alexa brings the breakfast and puts it on the table; there were pancakes, waffles, scrambled eggs and toast with ham as well as cheese. Before she takes a seat, she walks to Derek and gives him another kiss on the cheek. This time he saw it coming and instead of letting her go, he pulls her to him into his lap to scent mark her.

The kids watch the both of them with smiles and even if they are just kids they know more than the adults at the moment. They see that the two are made for each other and they are happy about that. Maybe their new parents would find love with each other.

After a moment Derek and Alexa let go of the other, so that she can take a seat as well. They eat breakfast with a little small talk. The kids went to play in the living room after they were done eating. Alexa puts away the dishes as the kids left to go play and asks Derek. "I have seen you have two spare rooms, Sarah and I will share one and David take the other one, if that is, ok with you?"

"No." he tells her sincerely without thinking about it and in a louder tone. Not having her in his bed makes him uneasy.

She looks perplex at him, it looks if she has misread the situation that they could stay here. "Ok, I will find us a motel." She turns her back to him, to hide her face and the possible tears by washing the dishes.

He doesn't need to see her to know that she is crestfallen, but he didn't mean it like she understood it. He has to clear that up and fast. So he steps behind her and presses his chest to her back so that he can whisper in her ear. "I didn't mean it that way. I want you here and that means that Sarah has her own room, just like David." Than he turns her around so that she can see in his eyes that he means it. "But I want you in my bed. I liked how you felt there and I haven't slept as good as yesterday in a long time." She understands what he is not saying with it.

Being this close to him and those words make her heart beat faster. Which of course he could hear with his supernatural hearing and that made her blush. Derek smirks down at her, but still doesn't step away; he wants her to understand that she is important to him and that he likes to have her at his side at night, even if only for sleeping, for now. "But … but …" she stutters, she doesn't know what to say.

"No, buts." he tells her sternly.

Vulnerable she looks at him and admits to him. "Ahh, I don't know how to say it, but." she blushes and looks away. "I don't know how to react here; I never had a boyfriend and such." The last part was whispered and she hopes that he understands her meaning.

To hear her say that makes his inner wolf howl in appreciation, because it is like he wants to claim her for himself. Derek wasn't far behind. After not even 24 hours having her back in his life he has accepted that he wants her forever, if possible. That was fast, normally he needs time to open up to someone, but with her it comes naturally. But he needs to treat this carefully so that he doesn't scare her away.

He leans forward and touches her nose with his and says. "Lexi I don't expect anything from you and I will not pressure you into anything that you don't want."

She can see his sincerity in his eyes and hears it in voice. His steady heartbeat she can hear helps his case as well. Nevertheless she is nervous. She never was in this position before, never before has a guy come on to her and ask her out, at least not that she knows of. So she never before thought, about how she looked, but in her mind she is sure that Derek can get everyone he wants, why should he want her. She never was one to wait around, but said everything clearly. "Why me?" it came out as a whisper.

Now Derek was perplexed, how can she not see how magnificent she is? Didn't anybody ever tell her how beautiful she is? But with no experience it would explain, why she thinks that she is not good enough for him? He can't have that, he needs to reassure and tell her, how he sees her. "Lexi I don't know, who told you that you aren't beautiful, but you are, Lexi. As I saw you yesterday you literally took my breath away and I have to tell you not many women have managed that." he cares her cheek as he goes on. "You have a smile that lights up a room and the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen."

With everything that he tells her, her heart beats faster and louder. But she still can hear his heart beat and it was steady. So she knows that he is telling the truth. Nevertheless it still makes her blush and being this close to him and hearing him say that, urges her to do something she never has done before in her life. But she can't resist, she simply has to kiss him and that is why she acts on instinct.

For a moment Derek was stunned, he didn't expect her to kiss him. But he got over his shock fast, because he has a beautiful woman in his arms who kisses him Her lips felt so soft on his and as he starts to kiss her back, he brings her nearer to him. He needs to feel her close and she complies easily.

For a first kiss is a good kiss, especially for Lexi with no idea what she really is doing. But Derek wasn't complaining in the slightest so she must do something right. It was more than good for Derek to explore her lips and body this way. He can feel himself getting hard, but he doesn't want to push her, so he steps away and breaks them apart, but still connects their foreheads together.

As she glance into eyes others eyes something else happened that neither of them could have foreseen. A massive headache starts for both of them as memories, that were taken away a long time ago resurface and make themselves known. After that nothing will be is the same as it was, not that the kiss wasn't an indicator that things will change. But the kiss was more than meaningful and brought things to light that were long forgotten. It was time to remember them.

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