A/n; So I officially suck, this has taken me far too long sorry! Things are a little crazy at the moment. I wanted to make the point that I am British, so I'm sorry for any spelling confusions or anything, oh and please keep reviewing I really love reading them! And last but not least, enjoy!

I'm out on the edge and I'm screaming my name,
Like a fool at the top of my lungs,
Sometimes when I close my eyes,
I pretend I'm alright, but it's never enough

Kate was perched awkwardly on the edge of a black leather chair, in Derek Hale's living room. He was standing, more like leaning, casually on the door frame. Strangely enough, Kate did not feel the need to fill the silence, as she did with most people.
Derek didn't look uncomfortable, he looked outwardly relaxed, but Kate guessed that after the call she had just overheard, all was not well.

'I don't spend too much time inside, as you can probably see' he commented, gesturing to the odd clutter scattered around, most of it obviously belonging to a girl, Laura, Kate guessed.

'What do you normally do outside before sunset?' She maintained eye contact with him for a few seconds, bowed to the pressure, and looked down at her interlaced hands.

'I.. find a decent spot, one where I can see the sun real good, and I just watch.' he smirked, surveying Kate's reaction, when she did not give one he continued, 'Is that not crazy enough for you K?' he laughed.

Kate forcibly stopped herself from blushing, now would have been an opportune time to tell him that she spent a lot of time outdoors too, albeit for a very different reason, but all the same.

'That sounds perfect. A perfect end to an otherwise awful school day' He sensed the bitterness in her voice, that she was trying to disguise.

'It's tough being new.' He remarked, going silent for a few seconds before his eyes lit up in the form

of an idea, 'Follow me?'

Twenty minutes later, Kate was hiking through the undergrowth, with some difficulty in her ballet flats. She was tailing Derek, who looked extremely good from behind. He was carrying a bag of snacks, and a couple of cans of mountain dew, he'd advised Kate that the sunset would make the both of them hungry. Kate beat off another branch, coming towards her threateningly, and let out a gasp as she almost tripped.
Derek turned and tried unsuccessfully, to stop himself from laughing.

'You didn't exactly tell me to come prepared!' Kate winged, she was normally so much better than this, she concluded quickly that it was Derek's fault, Derek with his bloody lovely blue eyes.
After another five minutes he slowed, cocking his head to figure out his bearings. Kate had the weirdest thought, it seemed as though he was listening to the woods, but when she tried it, she rendered it impossible, as all she could hear was the sound of her own laboured breathing.

When he was convinced of their heading they set off again, only a few metres, up a sharp slope that Kate certainly did not appreciate, to an opening in the trees. The trees parted to a collection of conveniently placed boulders, overlooking a valley of green below. The sun was fully visible, a beautiful fiery orange color in the sky. They put down their things and stood for a moment, smiling an appreciative smile at one another that sent butterflies through Kate's stomach, combined with a twinge of fear. Fear because of how fast this was all going, this morning she had been a new girl in an traditional small town, and tonight she was watching the sun set with this beautiful boy. A beautiful boy who probably wouldn't like her if he found out she'd been eavesdropping on his particularly private conversation.

'Have you ever come up here with Laura?' Kate asked, purely out of curiosity. He turned to face her, absent mindedly moving to pluck a piece of her brunette hair away from her face. Upon realizing what he was doing he pulled back quickly, taking what Kate perceived as a deep breath and replied

'No, I keep this baby all to myself... so consider yourself honored' he added.

Kate did feel honored, he was effectively sharing his safe haven with her, and he by no means had to. Kate looked up at him and noticed he was looking at her curiously, here came the inevitable twenty questions.

But the questions didn't come, he simply said 'I think Laura loves you already'

'I'm sure she doesn't, she seems to have plenty of friends already' She replied.

'She has friends, but none of them really care. They're friends simply because they've grown up together, its such a small town, most of the time you have to make do' Kate laughed, it was hard to imagine Derek settling for anything less than what he wanted.

'What's funny?'

'I just cant imagine you.. making do'

'I don't really. I actually like my own company' Kate laughed again, feigning surprise.

'I like things others don't, I don't like computer games, I don't like getting wasted for the sake of it' Kate felt like she was getting a quick run down of Derek's personality, trying to mentally take note in case any of it came in handy later.

The sun was almost down now, resting beautifully just on the tip of the horizon. Kate had an irritable feeling in her gut that once the sunset ended, their conversation would too, but she did nothing to stop it.

They sat in silence for the next minute, Kate imagined the space between them sizzling with the spark she'd witnessed in the movies. She shook herself mentally, real life wasn't at all like the movies.

'We'd better head back now, you don't know what's in the woods after dark!' He proclaimed with a cheeky grin.

'Well you are, apparently'

He grinned again, wider still.

'Only sometimes.' And with that he disappeared behind the trees, leaving Kate no option but to follow him, like she had been all afternoon.

The walk back turned out to be less silent than the walk there, Derek asked abstract questions, like the name of her first pet, her favourite teacher in Kindergarten, and her favourite member of The Beatles. She considered this to be a strange way to get to know her, but it was a way at least.

When they arrived back at the house, Laura was sat delicately on the porch. Reading a book under one of the fixed Lamps. Eat, Pray, Love was the book, and Laura exclaimed that it was her 'Guilty pleasure' in response to Derek's raised eyebrows.

Laura tried to coax Kate inside, and when Kate politely declined, shot her brother a look for 'tiring Kate out'.

Kate said a quick goodbye to prevent awkwardness descending, and climbed into her car. Laura and Derek were both ascending the steps to her house, when Derek turned, Laura was oblivious, and he

smiled, that knowing smile he'd began to use around her, and this time she returned it.

When she got home she received no acknowledgement from Chris, who was still camped out on the sofa, this time playing an Xbox game involving a lot of blood. For once, Kate didn't try hard to talk to him, she found herself content to just walk past to her room, and not slamming the door with frustration for once.
She flopped onto her bed, tripping over boxes of clothes as she did so, and closed her eyes. After a few seconds of closing her eyes, images began forming in her head, one particular one, the most beautiful blue eyes, slipped away into her dreams with her.