AN: My list of things to do in a day keeps growing...I'm kind of loving it, to be honest. I've also switched to my personal writer preference, it was on my old computer and my computer before that so I'm more used to it. Anyway, I updated fast because...well, honestly, I've been dying to get this chapter out.
pandabear1715: this sounds familiar, but this one's for you. Also, thank you so much, I'm honestly still grinning ear to ear from your review.
Maddelynn: Thanks, I hear you, and since I can take the SATs as much as I'd like I'll probably torture myself until it's a perfect score. You gotta let me know how yours go though. Yeah, the 'Sterek scene' was mainly because you asked for that and with the engagement I couldn't say no, plus, it filled a blank I had in my plot. So thank you. And thanks for sticking with the story, I have no idea how you do it, along with the rest of the readers.
You guys I injured my hand, it's so hard to type...I didn't realize that until typing the above. But I hope it's worth it.
By the time Aleysha, Dominic, Erica, and Boyd returned to the house, the group decided who would go after who. Scott, Jordan and Derek were going to stay at the Hale house in case any of the hunters showed up there while Telisa, Karen and David were to stay at Stiles' house for the same reason. Aleysha, Dominic, Erica and Boyd were going to head back out together and look for the hunters or crazed wolf. Allison, Lydia, Jackson and Andre were going to go in the opposite direction. While Stiles, Brett, Issac and Jefferson were going to head to Peter's and confront the older man about it. Jordan tried to get Stiles to confess a secret she knew he was holding in but the younger man didn't tell her as he grabbed hands with his husband and led the blond out of the house, the two betas following.
"So," Scott says only a few minutes later, breaking the silence as he looks to his Alpha. "What happened between you and Stiles?" Derek licks his lip. "Derek...what did you do?" Jordan straightens in her seat to look at him, curiously.
"He told me he saw Peter and I was just telling him that I was right. He was going to die because of the werewolves." Derek admits, keeping his posture while crossing his arms over his chest. Scott narrows his eyes.
"Then?" He asks and Derek looks to Jordan then back to the questioning beta.
"I might have kissed him..." He says, with a sheepish shrug. Scott's jaw drops and Jordan launches herself off the couch and sucker punches the Alpha in the face. She shakes her hand glaring at him as he stumbles.
"You sonuvabitch..." Derek looks to her as she balls her hands into fists.
"You can't tell Brett. It was my fault, Stiles didn't do anything wrong." Derek says, pleading with her not to tell him. She looks back at him like he's the dumbest person she's ever met.
"I don't have to tell Brett, Stiles can't keep a secret from that guy to save his life. We know, that's why we avoid telling Stiles about surprises we have planned." Derek straightens back up and shakes his head frowning.
"Stiles said he didn't want..." Derek is cut off as Jordan hits him in the jaw again. Scott yells at her and pulls her to sit. Derek rubs his surprisingly sore jaw. "He didn't want Brett to know." Jordan glares at the man and Scott looks at him with a similar expression.
"What did he do?" Scott asks when Derek finally breaks, slumping into the chair. "When you kissed him...did he kiss back?" Jordan glances to the beta with a softer expression sensing the hope laced in the words and wonders if that's how Derek's betas all felt. That they wanted Stiles back but that doesn't give Derek the right. And if Stiles kissed Derek back, she was gonna punch that boy as well.
"Yeah, did he?" Jordan asks, raising her brows and pursing her lips, Derek looks up to them and inhales.
Brett looks down at his husband and frowns, Stiles hasn't said a word since they left the house. Something happened and Stiles wasn't telling him something and that scared him. The last time his husband didn't tell him something in Beacon Hills was when he started feeling worse. Brett licks his teeth and narrows his eyes, trying to read his husband. He could tell it wasn't something good but he can't figure it out. He stops and Stiles looks to him, tilting his head.
"What's wrong?" Brett asks.
"What?" Stiles questions. The betas laughs stop and they both look towards the married couple.
"You haven't talked and you're doing the 'something happened' thing. What happened?"
"Noth-"
"Stiles?"
"Derek kissed me." Brett lets out a breath of air and stares at Stiles. "And I kissed him back." Brett looks away and licks his lip into his teeth.
"You...?" He looks back to Stiles and his face is etched in pain. Stiles own face is dashed with pain, fear and desperation. "You kissed Derek...?" Brett nods. "Right...okay." Brett turns.
"Wait, Brett, please, let me explain." Stiles begs, following after his husband who turns sharply on him, holding up a hand.
"Don't." Stiles blinks and purses his lips. "We'll talk about it later, I...right now, I don't want to talk to you, I want to be alone." Stiles opens his mouth but closes it and nods, letting his husband walk away. He waits a few minutes before he turns and slams his fist against a tree, his forehead resting against it. He mentally berates himself for what happened in that room and closes his eyes.
Issac and Jefferson stayed were they were, both looking at each other in shock but neither willing to run after the couple, knowing they needed to talk about it alone. They both sit down after a few seconds in a complete silence.
"You think they're gonna be okay?" Jefferson asks biting his lip and looking towards the direction his Alpha and Alpha's husband ran. Issac looks down to the young boy before looking into the woods himself.
"I don't know...you know them better than I do. What do you think?"
"I never thought Stiles would kiss Derek." Jefferson admits looking towards the older, curly-haired man. "When I thought about us staying I never saw that as a possibility, not...not while Stiles was still married to Brett anyway."
"But them not being married was an option." Jefferson chews on his bottom lip at Issac's question.
"Well, not usually but...it was a possibility. Do you know how many marriages end in divorce?" Jefferson replies before continuing. "A lot, like a majority. So, it's always been a possibility, just not one that actually seemed realistic. Now, though..." Jeff runs a hand through his hair and Issac looks down at him. "It seems like even the impossible is possible."
"Do you think you'd leave if something happened?" Jeff shakes his head.
"No, we wanted to stay more than Stiles did, and I don't think Brett can stop loving Stiles no matter what he does so I think he'd stay just to make sure Stiles is safe." Issac nods and then Jeff smiles a small smile. "At least I'm not the last to know about this secret though." Issac covers his mouth at the laugh that escapes his lips and Jefferson beams up at him.
"I still wouldn't leave." Stiles tells Derek and Derek listens as Stiles heart thuds a bit faster in his chest. Derek couldn't understand how someone could be like that. He loves it, how Stiles would stay even though he knew he was dying because of love. That's what he needed. "I'm not leaving." Derek felt his self control slip out the window as he dove down and kissed Stiles. Stiles fell back on the bed and Derek pressed his palms into the bed by Stiles head, kissing him as his ex-lover kissed his back. Stiles hands moved on the bed and Derek kissed harder, putting everything he had into that kiss. Stiles hand went up, a part of Derek waiting to be pushed away and a part hoping to be pulled closer. The hand balled into a fist and socked Derek in the side of the head, knocking him off the boy in shock and horror. Stiles sat up, eyes wide and breath fast. He shot off the bed and turned to point an accusing finger at Derek.
"What the fuck was that?" He almost yelled. "You can't do that! I'm married. I love Brett, okay? You aren't gonna ruin this for me. What the hell Derek?" Derek ran his hands over his face.
"I'm sorry, I don't...I couldn't help myself." Stiles glares at him before his face goes desperate.
"We can't tell Brett about this. This never happened, understand?"
Scott smirked at Derek before asking "Stiles punched you?" Derek sighs and nods.
"It's not the first time he's punched me." Jordan lets out a laugh at that before sighing heavily.
"That's not how Stiles is going to see it. He's going to think he did something wrong. You should've came down here and told Brett and took whatever he gave you...probably more than a few punches." Jordan tells him before sitting down across from him. Scott sits on the table in between them. "The second I can get one more in...I will."
Stiles pushes himself off the tree and looks in the direction Brett left, wondering if the man was going to come back before or after they went home. He lets out a sigh and heads back towards the two betas he left behind when a hand grabs him. He grunts when he hits the tree and his hands grab onto the arms holding him before he meets the man's eyes. Stiles frowns when he recognizes the face.
"Hey, Mr. Aberro, what're you doing in this town? I know I'm a catch but, sir, I had to quit." He winces when Steven pulls him from the tree and slams him back into it. "Wow, you're really mad."
"You killed my brother." Steven growls at him and Stiles swallows.
"No, you're brother tried to kill me. I didn't do anything to you." Stiles growls back and Steven laughs in his face.
"You can play innocent to the wolves you meet but I know you, Stiles, I know what you really are beneath that." He hisses out Stiles name as if it's a poison, which Stiles thinks is a bit funnier than it should be. Steven's smile widens to psychotic levels at Stiles confused face. "You really don't remember do you?"
"Remember what?"
"Back before your momma died, we were like family." Stiles stares at him, disbelieving, confused. He doesn't remember than. "Then...you killed our baby sister..." Horror fills Stiles eyes and his lips part, searching for a lie.
Aleysha, Dominic, Erica and Boyd are walking north, remembering that the hunters were probably heading towards Washington. There's small talk amongst them about relationships and before the bites. They smell the four hunters long before they find them hidden behind the rock.
"Wait," Screamed the unfamiliar male as he shoves his hands out. "Please don't hurt us. My names Brian, this is Marcus, Jenny and Kelly. Please." Aleysha smiles at him and extends a hand.
"We know you're buddies. Nice to see you two again." Kelly stares at her wide-eyed. "I think we both have the same enemy at the moment and we could really use your help."
"You don't understand." Brian says. "It's not just the wolf I'm scared of."
"What?" Erica questions looking at him. "Hunters don't hurt hunters." Brian nods before shaking his head.
"Normally, no but this isn't just another hunt for them...this is personal. And I'm the only one who has a way to make the chemical."
"We know, and we need you to make the cure." Brian frowns at Boyd.
"I know, the wolf said it wasn't working and he wanted more. I told him I was done and he...he killed Paul and Caroline, said he didn't need anyone telling you guys about him."
"We already know who it is, now you need to come with us and save Stiles, we can't do this without you and trust me you need us." Brian looks to Jenny, Kelly and his eyes land on Marcus before he nods and looks back towards Aleysha.
"Alright, let's go. While we head there, I think you deserve to hear the full story." Aleysh tilts her head and hums, wondering what the man is talking about. What full story?
Brett walks for a few minutes before slumping against the tree. Derek kissed his husband. Stiles kissed Derek. He frowns and stares in the direction he came. Stiles kissed Derek and it bothered him but not as much as it should. Not as much as it should because he knew Stiles still loved him, he could see it in the man's heart broken, scared eyes. He knew because those eyes were scared that Brett was going to leave him and what did he do? He walked away. Because it hurt. What could've been running through Stiles' mind that he would kiss Derek? That he would completely forget Brett and kiss Derek? Brett closes his eyes and inhales slowly, exhaling heavily. But this is Stiles we're talking about and while there is a lot that needs to be forgiven in this situation his husband has the right to explain. For all Brett knows, Stiles didn't kiss back he just hesitated to push Derek away and Brett could understand that. In fact, there's a small part of Brett that understands why Stiles would kiss back. It's the same part of him that screams 'Derek's going to take Stiles', that shrieks he's losing his husband when he knows, he's not. Brett shoves himself off the tree and heads to Stiles.
AN: Wow, yeah, my hand hurts. On top of that, live with those cliffhangers babes. Stiles killed a baby girl you guys, is anyone not enraged right now? Will Brett save Stiles or will Steven off him? Wow, I must really not like Stiles with the amount I've tried to kill him in this story alone. I'm a horrible person. Hope you guys liked it. This is such a fast update! I'm so proud of myself.