Derek never expected this. Peter was right. He might actually find his mate at these gatherings. And here she was. Not what he expected to be his mate but she is made for him. To be his soul mate through fate.

A five foot three young woman who looked the age of fourteen. Derek hoped she isn't fourteen. He really doesn't need this. Her hair, a long dark brown pixie cut with the bangs that brushed over her eyelashes. Her cheeks reddened. One thing already that he loved about her face was the moles. She had a few of them scattered across her cheek. And the other thing he loved was her brown eyes. How expressive they was.

And what she was wearing said it all. A black tee shirt (one size too big) with the batman symbol on it and black running shorts and black converses with yellow shoelaces. Through her ensemble, Derek knew that she is not the girly type at all.

And then she couldn't keep her mouth shut. She has been talking for the past five minutes over nonsense. Yet his wolf loved the sound of her voice.

"Dude, can you like stop staring at me? It's creepy," she said. Derek then glares. "I know you're the alpha and all but you are giving me creepy vibes."

"Sorry that Stiles is your mate, man," Jackson snickers. Derek's wolf was ready to rip his throat out for disrespecting both him and his mate but he shook off for Jackson being her older brother.

"Shut up." she said to him by throwing a roll at him. "I'm amazing." she then said to Derek.

"Stiles?" he questions her name. Stiles Stilinsky. Such an abnormal nickname.

"Yeah, I like it better than what JJ named me." she said pointing at Alpha John.

"JJ?" he raised an eyebrow at his friend.

"It's my endearment for my favorite brother," Stiles explained.

"Her name is Genim. Our grandmother's name," John said grimly.

I like Genim better, his wolf said.

"I like this one," Peter said to him with one of his creepy smirks. "I can see why fate chose her for you." Derek could see it a little. Not by the looks but by the personality. She talks a lot. More than what Derek would say in a whole day. And she's expressive by talking with her hands moving about in grand ways. She laughed at almost every sentence. And she smiles more than what he does in a month. "And she has Alpha blood in her as well..."

And then Laura kept glancing over at him. Pretty much sending he signs to talk back to his mate. Derek only listened to her rants about...he doesn't even remember.

Laura sighs. "Stiles, how about you tell Derek about what you've been doing for the past few years." Derek felt like this was punishment. Her talking.

"Oh, um, ok," she bites her lip nervously. "I went to college early at the age of sixteen at UCLA. Kind of close to home, ya know? Double majored in English and French. Minored in philanthropy, secondary education, and learned a bit agriculture."

"Why those?" Isaac asked before Derek could.

"Well, I always wanted to be a teacher but then there was some seminar, the creator of Toms, who had this awesome motivation speech about giving back to the world and I thought that was a grand idea. I minored in teaching to teach ESL and agriculture to help the environment." she said all in one breath.

Derek never thought he could love his mate even more than now. She's smart. Real smart. And she loves to teach.

"I studied abroad a couple of times. Which worried JJ like crazy. He kept calling. I guess because I was really leaving the nest."

"Someone could easily take advantage of your kindness," he said seriously.

"I can take care of it," Stiles shrugs. "I graduated early and joined the Peace Corps at nineteen for four years. And now I'm here."

"You was in the Peace Corps?" Isaac asked the obvious. "How was it?"

"Scary at first. They assigned me to teach ESL at this small village in Africa but then assigned somewhere in India teaching as well but also help them sustain water. It got real hot there so I just chopped off my hair. I finished right on time to come back for this shindig. I was going to go back but..." she trailed off. Derek knew why. Mate. Her wolf wouldn't allow her to be on the other side of the world from her mate. It's impossible to even be a few cities over.

"I bet it was a culture shock." Peter now spoke. "No technology, no McDonalds."

"I don't like McDonalds that much. But the tech thing was not like I thought it was going to be. They allowed it. I didn't live in a tent or something. I lived in a cool cabin with others. We had a TV but no cable so we watched DVDs. And I had my friend, Danny, send the Games of Thrones DVD and I am indebted to him for that. That was my life besides teaching. And the food was awesome. I think I am healthier than ever. Eating no fast food. I think I lost weight as well." Derek was utterly shock of how much she said within thirty seconds.

"How did you...you're wolf handle that?" Isaac asked leaning closer to Derek's mate.

Stiles shrugged. "Well, I did have this run in with one pack in Africa which almost caused me my life. I had to call JJ to bail me out of trouble. I found a place with the lions and cheetahs to run her around a bit. She became a bit restless in India since it was really nowhere to run around. "

Stiles is selfless, Derek thought. She is like no other. She is smart as well as a good person. She wants to teach. And wants to help others. Volunteering four years out of her life right after college. No wonder fate brought them together. A caring woman who would put others before herself. She would put pack before her own self. And that scared both him and his wolf.

Stiles then takes a deep breath and smiled at Derek which caused his wolf to purr. His wolf never purrs.

"So tell me about yourself, Alpha Derek," she said biting her lip waiting.

Everyone's eyes was on him. Laura and Peter smirked. Derek couldn't come up with anything. He hasn't done much with his life in the past ten years.

Derek walks out leaving them hanging.

"Don't mind him. He's just..."

"...like JJ?" Stiles finishes for Laura. Stiles is use to it a bit. JJ is everything but words. Barely speaks unless he has to. "It's cool."

"He is just a bit overwhelmed." Peter told her. "Having such a worthwhile mate who exceeds his expectations."

Stiles was shocked by that answer. She thought she would be less for his standards in a mate. Even if she has alpha blood running through her veins.

But he exceeds her standards. Never in her life would she thought her mate would look like that. Stiles knew anyone who is her mate would look good in her eyes but this one. He's a sex god.

Almost as tall as her oldest brother, six foot four? No wonder she thought Laura was beautiful. She look almost exact to her mate. But Derek wore the look better. Those green eyes, she could barely look at them. They gave her goose bumps. And she really wanted to kiss his strong jawline that had a slight stubble of a beard on it that no man could pull of but him. She also loved Derek's hair. Nice raven black hair that was styled perfectly. She blushed automatically at the thought of them mating. She could just picture his naked built sculpted body taking over hers.

"I'm glad I came," Stiles heard herself saying.

"Should have come sooner. You would have met him sooner," Jordan said.

"You know I couldn't." Stiles said.

So the word got around. Derek had finally met his mate. But the news of who it was really caught the interest of the packs. They all watched Stiles like an animal in an exhibit. They like her more than their own alpha. She is charismatic. Laughed a lot. Told jokes.

"You like Batman, too?" she asked Scott. Scott bring over his mate, Allison, to meet his new best friend/ Luna.

"Luna, ever since Dark Knight has come out it has been my obsession." Scott said.

"Dude, do not call me Luna. Call me Stiles or Dude." Stiles warned Scott. Scott glanced back at Derek who was watching them from the porch.

"I don't think I could do that." he said.

Stiles rolled her eyes at him. "Whose pack are you in anyways?"

"Hales'. Yours." he replied with a grin.

Stiles squealed and did a little happy dance then wrapped her arm around Scott not minding Allison and Derek who was watching. "Yes! Best Friends unite!"

"He's the third in command." Allison said.

Stiles smacks Scott on the shoulder. "Now you really have to call me Dude. We are pretty much equal in ranks."

"You are my Luna. Pretty much the alpha."

Stiles rolled her eyes. "So when did you guys meet?"

"Um," Allison blushes glancing at Scott. "A couple years ago at a Lakers vs. Heat game. He freaked me out at first grabbing me and said mine. Thought he was creepy." Stiles knew that Allison was human. And just picturing a younger Scott scaring her growling mine through a crowded basketball game made her laugh.

"But as soon as you seen those puppy brown eyes you fell in love?" she guessed. Allison nodded.

Derek avoided Stiles the whole night. As soon as he sensed her getting close within earshot he bolted the next direction. Laura scolded him saying that this is his chance to be happy. That he should get to know her when they are in a happy setting but Derek being Derek couldn't oblige.

"Do you want to reject her?" Peter asked him as Derek made his way outside to the backyard where everyone was crowded in.

Derek instantly growled at his uncle for even thinking that.

"Well, how am I supposed to know when you keep running away from her?" Peter nudges him. "The pack loves her because she's the complete opposite of you." Derek realized that sensing the improvement from his fellow pack members as he walked by them. "I wouldn't mind less talking though. That's my only flaw about her." Peter paused thinking about something. "And her parents was alphas. With alpha blood running through her veins she could produce many strong offspring to expand the Hale name."

"Are you really thinking about that right now?" Derek asked. He tried not to think about mounting his mate but it is in his blood. His wolf wanted her now more than ever. All thoughts of not wanting a mate left his brain as soon as he locked eyes with Stiles.

"I'm thinking we should set the ceremony next week if possible, Saturday." Peter said as he checked his cell phone. Derek rolled his eyes at this uncle. He didn't expect Peter to be on board this quick about his mating life. "She seems close to your Beta and Third-in-command, too." he points at Stiles who was laughing with Isaac and Scott. His wolf could care less about her relationship with Scott. Scott has a mate. But Isaac...

"That's a good think considering they would be most likely to be protective of their Luna," Laura steps up with Gemini on her hip. "Go over there, Derek. Because all she is thinking right now is that you are willing to reject her."

"I will not reject my mate." Derek stated as he stared at Stiles dancing strangely to Foster the People playing through the crowd.

"I must warn you that she's a little too use to being around boys," John told him. "Maybe that's my fault for not pushing her towards the few girls we have in our pack. So she use to stripping in front of them when she transforms into her wolf and wrestling with boys." he explains.

Just what Derek needs, to be jealous over his mate's nonsexual relationships? She hardly seems like the type to have a relationship in that way.

"Don't worry, I'll gussy her up for you," Lydia, Peter's mate, said. "I've dealt with her all through college."

"You went to college together?" Derek asked. Lydia came into the pack last year for Peter. She belonged to the Stilinsky pack with Jackson who is actually her real mate but he rejected her when he had the chance to become an alpha for another pack as long as he married the daughter of the alpha. Lydia got over it well when she met Peter who lost his mate through the Hale fire.

"Yep, roommates for two years. That's how I met Jackson," Lydia explained. Peter growled at the name. "I think this is a match made in heaven."

Derek rolled his eyes. He never thought his mate would be like this. Stiles was dancing. A dance he never seen the female species in his lifetime ever done before. Her eyes was closed. Her head tilted up with her arms in the air flailing around in an unfashionable matter. She was singing along to the lyrics of Best Friend by Foster the People which she fails miserably singing along to it. Scott was laughing hysterically to her frantic dancing moves but also following along beating his chest and wailing the lyrics as loud as he can. Allison only shakes her head at her idiot of a mate. And Isaac could only smirk at his best friend and Luna make complete fools of themselves.