A few days had passed since the kiss with Derek, and I hadn't seen him since. I suppose it was because he had been helping Scott out with the whole werewolf thing. But I couldn't help myself from thinking,
Are we a couple?
I shook my head as I jogged around the block, trying to clear my head of the thoughts that had been plaguing my mind for almost a week now. They were interrupted when my phone went off, ringing loudly and ruining the calm moment. I pulled it out of my shorts pocket and started to walk saying,
"Hello?"
"Hey, Ann. It's Stiles. Uh, so I don't know how you're going to take this, but, uh..." he paused, hesitating, and I glared into the phone growling,
"Out with it man!" He sounded defensive as he replied,
"Okay, okay... jeez, you McCall women are snappy. Anyways, uh, Derek's been arrested." Ignoring his comment about the McCall women I snapped,
"What do you mean arrested! What the hell happened Stiles?" I asked, stopping in the middle of the road, unable to move or do anything other than listen to him at the moment. He sighed and said,
"He was arrested, because... because he killed someone Ann." I shook my head, even though he couldn't see me. Furious I glared at the phone and yelled into it,
"Derek wouldn't do that! Why would you even joke about something like that?" I heard him groan and say,
"I wish I was joking, but I'm not. We found a body, a girl, buried in his backyard." I heard some shouting and him continue,
"I'm watching the cops haul him in right now." I sighed and pinched the bridge of my nose saying,
"Okay, I will take care of this. Go home and get some rest, because you have a game in two days, and who knows you might even make first line." I tried keeping my voice light and I heard his sarcasm coming through the receiver as he said,
"Okay Dad... I'm dropping Scott off and then I'll head home. And Ann? Be careful, please." I sighed and sprinted back to the house and without changing threw myself into my car and sped toward the police station.
When I arrived there no one was free, so I resigned myself to pacing in the waiting area until a short, plump woman who had been watching me came out from behind the desk and said,
"Excuse me miss, can I help you?" Sighing with relief I nodded and asked,
"Yes you can actually. Is Derek Hale allowed to have visitors?" She smiled at me softly before saying,
"I'll ask, hold on just a moment dear." I nodded and sat on one of the uncomfortable white plastic chairs and waited. After a few minutes she came out and said,
"Okay, go on in." She winked at me and I smiled gratefully as I ran into the area for the holding cells.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Derek's POV
I smelled her distinct scent as soon as she walked through the doorway, filling the cold, sterile environment with its warmth. She literally ran over and put her arms around me through the bars as I said her name softly,
"Annja." She looked at me through teary eyes and said,
"Oh, Derek." I smiled down at her and said,
"It's okay; they have no evidence of anything...that body could have been there for years." I felt awful for lying, but knew that if I told her the truth she would be even more worried than she already was. I could smell the fear rolling off of her in waves.
Her kind eyes were wide and full of the innocence I'd grown to love as she said,
"What I don't understand is how they knew it was there?" I looked at her with confused eyes until it dawned on me; Scott and Stiles still hadn't told her. I stroked her dark hair as I said softly,
"Annja, Scott and Stiles turned me in." She pulled away slightly and shook her head saying,
"No, they... they wouldn't have done that. Not to me, they know how much I care about you." My heart was heavy as I nodded saying,
"I'm afraid they did." Her brown eyes narrowed and a fire lit in them as she almost snarled,
"Just they wait till I get a hold of them. Then they'll wish they were locked in here with you." I smiled and joked,
"Remind me never to get on your bad side, okay?" Usually humor isn't my forte, but I was trying to cheer her up. It worked, as she laughed and said,
"You got it. Don't worry you'll be out of here in no time." Still smiling she reached up to capture my lips with hers through the bars.
I gladly returned the kiss and pulled her as close to me as I could through the bars. Pulling away I rested my chin on the top of her head, relishing the chance to simply hold her to me. Our visit was cut all too short by a guard walking into usher Annja out. In a gruff voice he said,
"Alright missy, this man's visiting time is over." I let out a quiet snarl and reluctantly let her out of my embrace.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Annja's POV
"Calm down! You don't want people to know about your abilities, right?" I asked, lightly smacking Derek across the back of his head. Smiling down at me he joked,
"I have a feeling that if I told them, they'd probably think I was crazy" We laughed for a moment before Derek sighed and glared over the top of my head at the guard saying,
"Guess you'd better go." I nodded sadly and turn to leave saying over my shoulder,
"I'll try to talk to Scott and figure this all out." Quietly, almost so that I didn't hear it he said,
"Please be careful baby." I bit my lip and smiled thinking,
Well, I guess that answered my question!
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