Chapter 8: Lunatic

Alice stretches awake in her room as her mother came in, "Hey sweetheart." she tells her, Alice smiles at her mother, "Hi mom." she mumbles, then turns on her side. "You should take a day off from school and work, in fact take a week off." Melissa tells her, Alice smiles."That sounds nice mum, but I can't." Alice tries to argue. "Ah, no, you're taking the day off from school, I'll call in saying you're sick." she tells her, Alice smiles at her. "Thanks mum." she mumble and drifts back to sleep, Melissa smiles and then kisses Alice's forehead.

Then leaves the room, as she left Alice in her room, her window was open and Derek sneaks into her room and found Alice asleep in her bed, covers over her nose, Derek found that it adorable. He kneels down in front of her and light brush a loose bang out from her face, she moves a little, snuggling under the blankets further. Derek chuckles a bit, kisses her forehead then left her room.

It was midday when Alice woke up, she sat up in her bed, stretching her aching and sore muscles, then she spots a small box on her nightstand with an Alice Lily and with a note, she reaches over and grabs the box and note, she sets the box on her lap and opens the note:

This heirloom has been pass down in my family

for generations, and I wanted to give it to you. Knowing that

I'm always with you.

~Derek Hale

Alice smiles to herself, sets the note down and opens the box, she gaze in awe at she took out a blue sapphire heart shape gem that hang on a silver chain out of the box, she sets the note and box on the nightstand, ran to her bathroom, to her mirror and clips the necklace around her neck.

She smiles and got dress to fit her look for today; she wore tight jean, black boots, with a long black sleeve shirt and pulled her hair up into a half ponytail, with no make-up on. Alice then walks down to the kitchen, pulling out a glass and fills it with water, she drank from it then her phone rang. She place her glass in the sink ans pulls her phone out.

It was a text from Stiles, 'Scott is acting like a total dick, he hurt Danny and made out with Lydia, I need your help soon.' he text her, she stares at the words then thought to herself, 'Could this be the effect of the full moon?' she asks herself. 'Kk, get here soon.' she text, then scrolls through her contacts and stops at Derek's number. 'Something is wrong with Scott, Stiles tells him that he's become a total dick, plz help soon.' she text him, then ran to her car. She starts the engine and took off for the store.

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She arrives and looks at the weapons Isle. She looks at the arrow heads, she took on and held it up to eye point of few, -I know I'm new to this whole supernatural world, but I can't help but think...- she mumbles to herself, she sets the arrow head down, then walks out of the store. She stops in the parking lot and looks around. She felt as if someone was watching her, she kept her guard up and slowly made her way to her car.

She got in and headed home, it was now nighttime when Alice made it home. She saw Stiles's jeep park as she parks next to it, Alice got out and ran up to Stiles, "Hey Ally." Stiles greet her, "Hey." she greets back. "Okay, quick question. Have you've been feeling different or a complete bitch lately." he dares to asks. She shrugs her shoulder, "No, I'm still me, I feel tired, hungry, full of questions and really want to kick my brother's ass at the moment." she tells him.

He let out a sigh of relief and pats her shoulder, "Okay, good, that's good." he states, then unlocks the door, they both walk in. "Scott?" Melissa calls out then she walks to the door and saw them, "Alice?" she asks, they gave her an awkward smile."Stiles." he throws in, "Key." she points at the object in his hand, "Yeah, I had one made, so." Stiles tells her. "That doesn't surprise me, it scares me, but it doesn't surprise." she tells him, Alice scratches the back of her head. He then drops the duffel bag to the ground.

"What's that?" she asks him, "School project, Scott wanted Stiles and I to help him so we came to meet up with him." Alice tells her mother, Stiles looks at her then quickly at her mom and smiles, "Stiles, he's okay, right?" Melissa asks him. "Who, Scott? Yeah Totally." Stiles tells her. "He just doesn't talk to me, much anymore, not like he use to." she tells them."I'm sure he had a tough week." Alice tries to cheer her up. "Yeah, yeah, I get it. Yeah, um. Okay um, you both be careful tonight." she tells them, then searches for his keys. "You too." Stiles tells her, "Full moon." she adds, Stiles looks at her in shock.

"What?" Alice asks her, "There a full moon tonight, you should see how the ER gets on all the nut jobs." she tells her, "Oh." she mumbles, stuffing her hands into her back pockets, "By the way, Alice where did you get this?" Melissa asks her and she lifts the heart sapphire, "Oh, my secret admirer gave it to me." she tells her, Alice smiles at her. "I'd hope this admire of your isn't a nut job." Melissa warns her, she nods, "Promise you mum, he isn't." she promises her. "Good, and you know it's actually weird they came up with the word, 'Full Moon', lunatic" she tells them, letting go of the necklace, then left for work. "Derek gave you that necklace, didn't he?" Stiles asks of her, "Yes, yes he did." she answers.

"God you two are like two peas in a pod." Stiles pulls the duffel bag up, she giggles and walks up the stairs, "What? No smart remarks?" he calls after her, "Nope, I'm good." she tells him as they walk to Scott's room, Stiles turns on the lights and Scott was sitting in his chair, Stiles jumps a bit. "Oh my god! Dude you scared the hell out of me." Stiles tells him as Alice glares at her brother, who had the look of a jerk. "Mum said you weren't home yet." Alice said in a low tone.

"I came through the window." he tells her as Stiles drops the duffel bag, "Ok, lets get this set up, I want you to see what I brought." Stiles squats down and rummages through the bag. "I'm fine." he tells him, Alice squats down next to Stiles, keeping her eyes on him. "I'm just going to go to bed early and lock the door." he tells him.

"Really? Cause you got this... serial killer look... going on in your eyes, and I'm hoping it's the full moon taking effect, because it's starting to freak me out." Stiles tells him, "I'm fine, you should go now." Scott tells him again in a dead drop tone. "Alright, I'll leave, will you at least take a look at the in the bag and at least look at the stuff I brought, maybe you use it maybe you don't." Stiles tells him, "That sound good?" Alice asks him. Scott slowly got up, walks over to them, kneels down in front of the bag and pulls out a long chain.

"You think I'm going to let you put these on? Chain me up like a dog?" Scott asks of him, setting the chain down, "Actually no." Stiles tells him, then grabs his hand, pulls out the cuffs and cuffs him to the heater, then pulls back and grabs Alice arm, who was not surprise that Scott was cuff by his best friend, pulls her along. "What the hell are you doing?" he shouts at them, tugging on the cuffs. "Protecting you from yourself and giving you a bit of pay back. For making out with Lydia." Stiles tells him.

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Alice stood in Scott room, watching him struggle against his retrain, "Struggle all you want, you won't get out." she tells him. He glares up at her, hate in his eyes. "Oh don't look at me like that, you were asking for it when you became a complete dick." she shot back at him. "And you didn't experience the change dear sister, why not enjoy yourself and become the whore you are." Scott shot back at her, she stiffens at the word, then looks away, "I know about Derek, how anymore are you going to bring to your bed? Stiles? Jackson? Or even Danny." he went on, taunting her.

Tears well up in her eyes, then she turns away and went to leave, "Hey! You can't leave me like this!" he shouts at her, she stops at the door and looks over she shoulder, "I can and I will." she said and left without a word said. She told Stiles what Scott said to her and left the house, going for a walk to calm down. She walks through the wood, arms wrap under her chest, she sniffles and huffs, as the tears well up in her eyes. She just kept walking not caring about who was around or even near, as she was walking, something was watching her.

It quickly crept up to her, place it's hand on her shoulder and turns around her, she was now face to face with Derek who had a concern look on his face, "Lily, what's wrong?" he asks her, cupping her cheek. She sniffs and then let her tears fall. Derek pulls her into his arms and lets her cry on his shoulder. He runs her back, "What happen?" he asks her, Alice pulls away. Taking calm breathing, "Scott what happen, Stiles had him cuff in his room, then I stood guard and told him that he was asking for it and then he called me a whore because of you and me." she said in one breath, Derek looks at her. "Alice you and I both know that's not true. You shouldn't let petty words get to you, you are more stronger then Scott, you've fought against the Alpha's control, you took down a hunter with your bare hands, and you are the first bitten I've known to control their shift." he said griping her arms loosely. "That's because I have an anchor long before I've even knew it." she tells him, "What's your anchor?" he ask her.

She was quiet for a moment, finding the words, then looks Derek in the eyes. "You." she tells him, he was in shock, "Somehow you're what's keeping me in control, I don't know how to explain it, but umm, the reason you're my anchor is because..." she went silent for a moment, her face started to heat up. "What? Lily, what?" Derek asks her. "I... I love you." she confess to him, he looks at her, loss of words. His hands travel up to the side of her head and grips her close, he press his forehead against hers, and exhaled. Then he leans his face close to her, lips inching closer together, but her phone ring; once again. Their moment was ruin again, damn interruption.

She sighs, pulls away from Derek, pulls out her phone, "Yes Stiles?" she asks him in a calm tone, "Scott got out and he's gone." Stiles informs her, "What? How?" she asks in a freak out tone. "The full moon, gave him a new kind of strength, he broke loose and now is loose in Beacon Hill." he tells her, she scoffs."Fan-fucking-tactic." she mumbles then the look of realization. "Oh god." she mumbles, hanging up the phone, "What?" Derek asks her, "I know where Scott is." she mumbles and took off, Derek follows after her. Alice was running at high speed, Derek found themselves in the parking lot of the Store, where they saw Scott staring at a car where Jackson and Allison were in. he lets out a growl and ran towards the car, "Dammit." Alice growls, wolf out and chase after him, Scott jumps on the car ready to strike, when Alice slams into him, sending the twins both down a hill into the forest, Derek quickly follows after them.

Scott throws her off and glares at her, Alice growls at her. Derek lands beside her, "Scott snap out of it!" Alice snaps at him, Scott snarls at her, then the twins charge at each other; Alice rolls under his arm swing, jumps on his back and put him in an arm lock. Scott tries to throw her off, but she made it difficult. "Scott, you have to stop!" she tries to snap him out of it. Derek then helps her out as well, she jumps off of Scott's back. Derek hit him, sending him flying to the ground, Alice ran over, hand tight around his throat, and she roars in his face, Scott looks at her with wide eyes.

She lets go of his throat, he stumbles back, leaning against a tree, Alice and Derek walk through the shadow, and how shifted back as they stand in the moon light, Scott looks around, then frowns. "What's happening to me?" Scott asks him. "It's what he want to happen." Derek tells him. Scott looks up at the two, his eyes shot to Alice, knowing that he hurt her, said something that wasn't true at all.

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Derek help Scott walk into Scott's room, Alice sat in her room, just looking down at her lap. After an hour, Derek walks into her room and sat in front of her, "You wore it?" he states, looking at the necklace. "Yeah, you gave it to me and how could I refuse a gift given to me?" she tells him, he smirks. "My mother would often tell me that the sapphire is a fallen star from the heavens." he tells her as he fondles the necklace, she smiles at him. "Alice, do you want to be human if you were given the change?" Derek asks her, she looks at him, "No, I prefer to stay the way I am, not because of the speed, sense, or the fast healing, which it pretty awesome." She states.

Making them both laugh. "It gives me a chance to do something, I couldn't do before." she tells him, "And what's that?" he asks again. "Protect the ones I care about, my friends and family with the strength I don't have before." she answers him. He looks at her and smiles, "So if you were given the change to become human again, you won't take it." he sums up, "Yeah, pretty much." she states. She then looks away, with another thought on her mind.

"Derek, remember when I took Kate down?" she asks him, looking him in the eyes. He nods, "Well these pass couple of days, I've been thinking." she states, trying to form the words in her head, "That old man that taught me how to fight, I'm starting to think..." she pauses.

"Think what?" he moves a strain out of her face, "That he wasn't some nut case old man. And that there was more to him that meets the eye." she states. "Alice what are you saying?" Derek asks her, "Derek... I think I was train by a werewolf hunter." she tells him.