The Cracked Mellon

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Not betaed so all the spelling and grammatical mistakes are mine. Let me know if you spot them.

Now on with the story...

Chapter : 2

Derek does not know how things got so ugly so fast.

One moment Derek and Stiles were arguing and the next moment Stiles was on the ground... unconscious and bleeding.

I did this to Stiles, Derek thought remorsefully.

The ironic thing about all of this was that they were arguing about Stiles's safety. Derek did not want Stiles to go with them. It could be dangerous to him. He was a human after all and Derek was not going to loose anybody else if he could help it.

All Derek wanted to do was push Stiles against a solid object and intimidate him ... like he had done so many times in the past, but as luck would have it, things did not go as planned.

The solid object that Derek pushed Stiles against happened to be a glass window. What was he thinking? Oh right! He wasn't thinking at all. Being in Stiles's company does that to him. Stiles's hyperactive energy and his ability to talk Derek's ear off makes Derek lose his patience.

"No Stiles , you are not going."

"I am"

"What are you going to do ...fight them off with your baseball bat?"

"If I have to ...then Yes. And don't go hating on the bat, it has saved all our lives on more than one occasion. That bat is my ally and..."

God ! Can't this kid just stop talking and listen to his good for one damn minute? Doesn't he have any self preservation?

And in that one split second, Derek lost it. He just grabbed Stiles by throat and without thinking shoved him against the window behind him.

He realised his mistake almost immediately and tried to pull back but it was too late.

Stiles's head and his back impacted with the window and shattered into tiny sharp pieces.

The Hale house was old. The window was not made of safety glass.

Stiles's head hit the window with a force and he lost consciousness before his body hit the floor.

Derek's shout of "Stiles" was muffled by the angry growls of the pack. Before he could move towads Stiles to help him, an angry Scott was on top of him followed by Maila and Liam.

Derek's guilt at what he had done to Stiles rendered him helpless against the trio who were currently attacking him. He wasn't going to fight them ...he deserved this...how could he hurt Stiles?

The scent of Stiles blood followed by Kira's voice to "cut it out, Stiles needs a hospital." drove them away each other. They scrambled to help Stiles.

"He is bleeding a lot"

"I don't think we can get this piece of glass out"

"Don't apply pressure directly on the glass, apply around it otherwise it will lodge itself in the skin and cause more damage that it already has.

"I think we should drive there. It will be faster than waiting for an ambulance." One of them said.

"I am calling my mom. I will let her know we are coming. You get him in the jeep." Scott said and moved to call his mom.

Derek picked Stiles up effortlessly but with all the care in the world (too little too late... he thought to himself) and gently placed him in the back seat of the jeep.

Scott came out jogging after talking to his Mom and said, "she will be waiting for us... Lets go."

They all crammed into jeep not wanting to leave Stiles alone, Derek applying pressure to Stiles wounds and Scott driving like a maniac to reach the hospital as soon as possible and left the Hale house behind.

Scott's mom was waiting along with a stretcher and wheeled Stiles away as soon as they pulled out of the jeep. They followed after Stiles's retreating form and were let to the waiting room.

They waited for what felt like hours when the doctor finally made an appearance.

"He's going to be fine right?" Scott asked the doctor as soon as he came near them.

"Yes" the doctor replied calmly and they all breathed a sigh of relief at that.

"He suffered a mild concussion..." , The doctor continued. "and minor lacerations on his scalp, neck and back. The one near his scalp required 11 stitches while some on his back and neck required a couple of stitches each. As we know head wounds bleed a lot so Stiles lost quite some blood before we managed to stop it. His blood pressure was low when he was bought it and his heart rate was elevated. The good news is that his blood loss did not warrant any transfusion and his MRI and CT scan did not show any internal damage to the head. He also regained consciousness during his tests which is a good news."

"He's awake! Can we see him?" Scott asked immediately excited.

"He's not awake now. We have administered a mild sedative to help with the pain and help him rest. He will be out for at least a few hours..but .you can still see him if you want.

"Yes" they all said in unison.

The doctor smiled at the response and said "OK ... The nurse will take you to him. Just let us know when he is awake. I want to speak to him once he's awake." With that the doctor left.

The rest followed the nurse to Stiles's room. Derek stayed silently outside the room while the others visited Stiles. He was relieved that Stiles was going to be alright but he was feeling guilty as hell that it was because of him that Stiles was in the hospital. He still had Stiles's blood on his hands and the scent was doing nothing to alleviate the guilt.

He could not face Stiles.

He doubted Stiles would want to see him after what happened but he couldn't let himself leave the hospital when the others except Scott decided to head home.

He would wait here and ask for Stiles's forgiveness once he woke up.

TBC.

Note: I am new to this whole writing gig. I just put my jumbled thoughts on paper and publish it before I chicken out. I know I have a long way to go. Also all the medical details in this fic are either made up or googled.

I would really like to know what you think about my writing. Reviews and positive criticism is appreciated.

Thankyou.