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Derek.
Derek had come looking for me and had found me.
"Where the hell have you been?" he practically shouted, his hands gripping my shoulders tightly, I glared at the hand that was on my left shoulder before turning that glare onto Derek.
"Why do you care?" I hissed glaring at the hands that were beginning to make my shoulders ache with pain. It was bad enough I was freezing to death, I didn't need the added pain and I already felt bad enough as it was.
"Shit, you're freezing" he suddenly said as he noticed my blue lips and the chattering teeth I couldn't hide, I shook my head,
"I'm fine" I managed to say,
"Just let me go" I added once more glaring at the hands that held me hostage. I was relieved when he did let me go, but sighed as he shrugged off his jacket and held it out to me. I shook my head and walked past him.
I didn't need him. I didn't need his help and I sure as hell didn't need his stupid jacket.
"Kayla!" I heard Derek call out and within seconds he'd caught up to me,
"Damn your stupid pride and just take the freaking jacket" he growled, shoving it towards me, I stubbornly shook my head.
He was right. Damn my stupid pride.
"Damn you to Kayla" he spat wrapping the jacket around my shoulders, I was surprised at the sudden warmth the garment brang to me and I quickly shoved my hands through the sleeves, ignoring the amused expression I received from Derek. The jacket was too big for me, but not so much as that I looked stupid wearing it, my fingers just peeked out from below the sleeves and the hem ended not too far below my hips. Shoving my hands in the pockets I looked straight ahead,
"Don't you dare say a word" I threatened picturing the amused look on his face and when I glanced at him saw that I'd pictured it perfectly, Derek shrugged and looked ahead as well.
We soon reached his loft and as we entered it I tugged off my squishy, water filled boots, revealing my now slightly wrinkly, pale feet. I dug around in my bag and grinned as I held up a pair of socks, my feet were freezing and I hurried to slip them on, as I did Derek reappeared and threw a towel at me, I used it to dry my face first and then dried my dripping hair.
I soon ended up sitting on the couch with my feet crossed under me and the towel in my lap, Derek's jacket still around my shoulders; rain ran down the large window I'd gotten so used to and the sky was dark with grey clouds and of course the rain.
"So where were you?" Derek asked as he sat down beside me, his dark hair glistening in the dim light that was somehow getting through the rain and into the loft,
"I never left the forest" I admitted taking a strand of my hair I began to plait it nervously, not really sure why we were even talking. This was not like Derek. All that ever happened was he would go up the stairs and I would lie on the couch until I fell asleep. We never talked.
"You know we all kept calling you to find out where you were" he said quietly, I nodded; I'd seen that the whole pack had called me, but it was Derek who had called the most.
"We were all really worried about you. I was worried about you" I stared at him, my hands fell into my lap, the plait abandoned, my mouth hung open a little and I felt my eyes widen.
I couldn't really believe that Derek had been worried about me; all I'd ever gotten from him was coldness, abruptness or disregard, not much kindness thrown into the mix at all. It was heard to believe that he had been worried about me. But what had happened back in the woods? He'd shown that he did care then. I was just to stupid to accept it and believe it.
"I don't believe you" I said, regaining my senses and continuing on my plait, forcing my eyes to go back to their normal size and shutting my mouth, I didn't get a reply and we lapsed into an awkward silence that filled the room, I finished my plait and started on another one, as I finished that one I began another. I sighed,
"This is so stupid" I muttered, looking at him, all I got was a nod in agreement, I sighed again, surprised that I would sigh twice so close together.
"Look, I'm sorry I didn't pick up but I just really didn't want to talk to anyone" I said, my fingers starting on yet another plait.
"I get it. But next time please answer at least one of us" My mouth dropped open again and I was about to let Derek know what I thought about that comment, who said that there was going to be a next time? I stopped when he held up a hand though,
"Just let me finish" I narrowed my eyes but nodded now curious as to what he was going to say.
"We were all really worried about you but to be honest I was more worried than I thought I would be" he said, not looking at me but straight ahead, his hands on his knees,
"Kayla for some reason I can't get you out of my head and when you're not here I always seem to think about you and for some crazy reason wish that you were back here. When I promised you that I would make sure you didn't do anything stupid I meant it, but on that day I realised that I wouldn't be able to promise you that. I realised that I wouldn't be able to chain you to that chair and watch you be in that horrid place when you're forced to change. The reason I came was because I realised that I wanted to help you get through it, to be there for you"
I watched him the entire time, my eyes growing wider and wider and my heart beating faster and faster as he spoke. I thought back to when I had first met him in Dr Deaton's store, I'd hated him then but as I remembered all the times we'd been together after that I had seemed to enjoy. My cheeks burned as I remembered the time when I'd ended up falling asleep on his shoulder,
"When did you realise that?" I whispered,
"That time when we were talking and you fell asleep on me" Derek said quietly. I buried my face in my hands at that,
"I thought you didn't even know" I mumbled into them, my face growing hot,
"I was awake when you left" he admitted. I groaned into my hands and let my hair fall in a curtain over the side of my face,
"That is so embarrassing" I said, I would say my face got even redder, but I doubted that was possible. I stiffened when I felt Derek push my hair off my face; his fingers went under my chin and turned my face towards him,
"Kayla I can't get you out of my head" he said, looking me in the eye. I had no idea what to say and I closed my eyes for a second, trying to think of something to say to what he had just confessed.
"Look, I—" But I didn't get any further than that because Scott suddenly burst through the door, Stiles, Allison, Lydia and three other people I didn't know close behind, Derek was suddenly standing up and looked like he was walking away from the couch, I barely just covered my shock before eyes turned to me and I stood throwing Derek's jacket off my shoulders to,
"Hey" I said trying to look like nothing had just happened between Derek and I.
"Since we finally found you we've decided to have a party to celebrate finding you and because you found your anchor on your first full moon!" Stiles said a smile on his face; I rolled my eyes, perfect.
"And whose genius idea was this?" Derek asked,
"Lydia's" Scott, Stiles and Allison said in unison,
"And who are they?" I asked, looking at the three newbies.
"Erica, Boyd and my uncle Peter" Derek answered, I put the names to their faces, remembering each one, I had a thing for names and once I heard one I tried to not forget it.
"Let's get this party started!" someone called, I wasn't even paying attention to who said it, but was glaring at the ground, I so didn't want this. Why on earth did they have to throw a party? I mean seriously, I hardly knew them.
Two hours later music was pumping through the loft and I was pretty sure that I was the only one still sober, well maybe Derek and Peter were, I thought glancing at the two as they sat on the stairs talking. I sighed and looked at the time on my phone, it was only 9 but I really just wanted to go to sleep, I suppressed a groan as Lydia and Allison walked over to me and collapsed on the couch, one on either side of me.
"Have you noticed that Derek and Peter keep looking at you?" Lydia giggled, Allison nodding eagerly on my other side, I rolled my eyes at her.
"They aren't" I assured her, but couldn't help but glance at them myself, I was right; they seemed to be deeply engrossed in their conversation but as I was looking away I saw both their eyes flicker towards me. I groaned and slumped lower on the couch as Lydia and Allison's giggles surrounded me,
"Let's play a game" Allison said, her face lighting up,
"Yes! Truth or Dare" Lydia replied eagerly, I groaned and slumped even lower on the couch, wishing I could just disappear into it. I sighed and shoved my face in a pillow as Lydia and Allison gathered everyone up and turned off the music, I hated Truth or Dare and I thought that it would be even worse with werewolves.
"Come on. Lydia's going to get you to play somehow, may as well do it willingly" I heard Derek say, I removed my face from the pillow and peeked at him,
"Can't I just disappear?" I groaned,
"If only" he muttered when an amused expression came over his face I knew I was going to hate what he said next,
"Or are you scared?" he teased. That's it. No one ever called me scared. I stood up and rolled my eyes at him,
"Of course not" I said walking past and sitting down in the circle that everyone else was sitting in on the floor.
"Who's starting?" I asked and all eyes turned to me, I froze,
"Shit" I muttered,
"Truth or Dare" Lydia said in a sing song voice. Damn I was stupid. Why had I opened my mouth?
"Truth I guess" I said weakly, knowing that it couldn't be too bad,
"Who's your anchor?" Scott grinned, I shook my head,
"Changed my mind. Dare"
"Aww come on! It can't be that bad!" Peter said, but as I looked at him and the look he had on his face I silently swore that he actually did know.
"Dare" I repeated firmly,
"Fine. I dare you to…." Lydia began,
"Oh, I know!" Erica said and crawled across the circle and whispered in Lydia's ear who nodded eagerly and then giggled.
"I dare you to tell someone who your anchor is" she said, I frowned, clearly there was going to be something humiliating later on because she could of just dared me to tell everyone who it was.
I look around the circle and silently cursed Erica, I looked at Derek and sighed, he was the only one who knew that he was my anchor, even though I suspected Peter, I didn't know for sure. I shuffled across the circle towards him and knelt in front of him, I was sure that I was getting a few raised eyebrows at who I had chosen to tell but I really didn't care, I just cared that no one else found out.
Leaning forward towards him I briefly thought about what I should say or if I should just pretend to say something,
"This is so stupid" I whispered into his ear before leaning back and grinning at him, turning I shuffled back to where I'd been sitting and sat with a bored expression on my face.
"Ok…Your turn Derek!" Lydia said excitedly, she was so drunk I was surprised that she hadn't passed out,
"…Dare" he said cautiously.
"I dare you to tell someone who Kayla's anchor is!" she said gleefully, I froze and so did Derek, I hoped that he would tell Peter, I bet he already knew and it would be so much better if he told Peter because I hardly knew the guy and didn't really care what he thought of me.
I was surprised when Derek shuffled over to me and quickly knelt down and leaned towards me,
"Completely stupid" he whispered in my ear and grinned at me before returning to where he had sat.
"You can't tell Kayla!" Lydia exclaimed,
"Hey, you said tell someone who it is; you didn't say it couldn't be her!" Derek replied, a small grin on his face at his deviousness. I burst out laughing and was soon joined by the others,
"Well, I guess its Kayla's turn again" Allison said as the laughter died down.
"Dare. And you better not dare me to tell someone who it is, that's just stupid!" I said a warning note in my voice.
Sometime later Peter had just finished his dare of dancing the macorina on one foot, we were all laughing again and I ran a hand through my hair to get it out of my face as he sat back down. We all watched in silence as Peter's gaze fell on Derek who sighed,
"Dare" he said with a roll of his eyes,
"Hmm…." Peter looked around the circle and his eyes fell on me. I froze, watching suspiciously as Peter's face turned into one of evil amusement,
"I dare you to kiss Kayla!" he proclaimed, my blood ran cold and I felt like dying. Of course everyone was completely amused at the reaction we both had and the sound of their drunken laughter filled the loft.
I shook my head, refusing to do it, Derek was just sitting there, his eyes filled with pure hatred and focused on his uncle,
"Come on you babies just do it!" someone called above the laughter accompanied by many shouts of agreement. I glared but knew that the only way to shut them up would be to just do it; a plan was forming in my mind as I shuffled forward and was slightly surprised when Derek did to. They hadn't said that he had to kiss me on the lips; he could just kiss my cheek or something, that would get us out of this.
I leant forward a bit to tell him my plan but I supposed Derek had a different idea as he leant forward to, his hands rested on my shoulders and I knew that we had completely different ideas. As he leant closer and closer I resigned myself to the fact that I was going to kiss him and there was no way out of it but just before our lips touched I jerked back when someone shouted out;
"WAIT!" Everyone looked at the new comer, who had burst through the door and was standing outside the circle,
"I can't believe you guys would play Truth or Dare without me!" the guy said and I frowned at him, wondering who the hell he was and why the hell he cared, I thought all guys hated Truth or Dare.
"Isaac! You're finally here!" Scott yelled and I thanked god the he had,
"Let's dance!" Stiles shouted suddenly and his statement was greeted with shouts of agreement, apparently Isaac's arrival had drawn the attention off Derek's dare and I quickly stood.
Music blasted through the loft once more and I quickly removed myself from the dancing that was going on, I sat down on the empty stairs and watched as the others danced, I had begun plaiting my hair again and didn't realise someone was standing in front of me till he spoke.
"Hey there" Peter said, I glared at him,
"You're evil you know" I muttered,
"Save it. Heard it before, in fact heard it a few minutes ago from Derek. Oh look, here he comes!" Peter said, I was almost positive he was drunk but couldn't be quite sure because when he walked away he didn't stumble or sway at all but what he had said made me think he was.
"Mind if I sit with you?" Derek asked, I shook my head and moved over a little on the step I was sitting on,
"Your uncle is really evil" I said quietly unsure what to really say to him, Derek grimaced, but nodded,
"Yep, completely" We lapsed into silence again and I created two more plaits before Derek spook.
"Look, about before this happened" he said gesturing to the party,
"I want to finish it" he mumbled, glancing at me. With a slight frown I shrugged and nodded,
"Sure" I said, abandoning the plait I was working on to look at him. Derek seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and he reached out and put his hand on my cheek, I frowned and glanced at it, about to ask what he was doing but was interrupted by Derek's lips crashing down on mine.
My eyes grew wide as I realised what was happening, about to push him away I hesitated and closed my eyes and before I knew it I was leaning into the kiss, my arms crossed themselves behind his neck and the hand on my cheek wound itself into my hair, pulling me closer to him.
I drew back but kept my eyes closed and my arms around his neck, I glanced up at him and without another thought kissed him again.
The hollowness inside me was gone and I never wanted it to come back.
The song changed and a Nickelback song blasted through the speakers. Lullaby. That was the song that was playing. I almost cried as the song played.
Maybe tonight hadn't turned out to be so bad after all.