"Your…"
"Yes, Derek Hale, was, is, my mate."
"Where is he?"
"Truthfully, I don't know. I know he's still alive because I can feel him but thirty years ago, he left, with Scott, Jackson, and Danny. Leaving Lydia, Allison and I behind."
"Who are the others?"
"Who? Jackson and Danny?"
"Yeah, but the two girls too, who are they?"
"Oh, Jackson and Danny are Derek's betas. Scott, was the other alpha's, Peter, beta until Derek killed him and Allison and Lydia are mates to Scott and Jackson."
"Where's Allison and Lydia?"
"Don't know that either. After their mates left, we kind of lost track of each other. I was wondering around, lost, feeling empty. I raised Derek and mine's children. They grew up and left as soon as they could to look for their other father, their alpha."
"They just left you?"
"Yeah, some things I will never understand, but why they left, I understand completely; being a mate of a werewolf, who happens to be the alpha, and being part of a pack, I understand. There is this loyalty to the alpha that each member understands, whether a werewolf or not. They wanted to find their father and be close to their alpha."
"Have you heard from them?"
"At first I did, now, I have no contact with them."
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be. Like I said, it's a pack thing. Only when you become a pack member do you understand fully. Yes I miss them dearly but sooner or later they would have to leave, and well, they just left a little sooner than I thought."
Nate, feeling guilty, wanted to change the subject. "You said the other alpha, Peter, was killed by Derek. He was the one who bit Scott?"
"Correct. He was Derek's uncle."
"And Derek killed him?"
"Yes, let me tell you the rest of the story, hopefully it'll help some. After Scott…"
"How am I supposed to control this?"
"I don't know Scott, but I'm going to help you in any way that I can. Did Derek tell you anything when he stopped you the other night?"
"Not really, other than that if I want to control this, I need him."
"He's really helpful. Ok, Scott, listen to me, I'm going to train you on how to control this, we'll get through this together." Scott nods his head in understanding.
The final bell rang, signaling that the end of the school day has come to an end.
"Shit!"
"What?"
"We have practice today. Dude, you cannot go out there without knowing how to control this. You might kill someone."
"But Coach won't let me sit out, I'm first line."
"Say that you're sick or something."
The two walked to the locker room, gear bags slung over their shoulders. Finstock comes out of his office.
"McCall! Get your ass to the field now! You too Bilinski!"
Scott walks over to Coach. "Hey, Coach, I c-can't practice today…"
"What's that McCall? You get your ass to the field now or you loose your spot on first line!" With that, Finstock slammed his office door, heading out to the field.
"What happened?"
"Scott went out to practice and almost exposed what he was. Luckily he was able to run to the locker room and turn on cold water to calm himself down."
"That Finstock seems to be an ass."
"Finstock was a total ass. Anyways, after the incident on the field, I put Scott through the 'Stiles' Boot camp for Newly Bitten Werewolves'"
"Are you serious?"
"What? He had to be trained, and Derek, well Derek at this time hated everyone, never smiled, always growling and threatening to rip my throat out with his teeth and blah blah blah."
"And yet, you two ended up being mates?"
"Shocker isn't it?"
The two men had been sitting in the little café for over an hour now, Stiles' food was devoured, and another couple of milkshakes were ordered.
"Was Scott ever able to control himself?"
"Eventually, but it took a while, that is, until Allison showed up."
"His mate."
"You have been listening."
"I try." Nate gave a smile. "What does Allison have to do with Scott controlling himself?"
"She was the one to calm him down. After they started going out, and after my training, we discovered that Allison was Scott's anchor. He was able to keep himself under control just by thinking about her or hearing her voice."
"Was that how it was for you and Derek? I mean, were you able to stop a shift?"
"After we discovered that we were mates, even before hand, I was always able to calm Derek, stopping him from shifting."
"I can't even imagine being able to do that, to stop a shift, that has to be some strong bond."
"It sure is kid-o, it sure is."
"Did Allison know that she could do this? I mean, it seems like it took you and Derek awhile to both realize what you could do with Derek, but did Allison know that she had this affect on Scott?"
"No. It took a long time before Scott even told her what he was. It wasn't until the formal that his secret came out, but he didn't exactly tell her."
"How she find out then?"
"After the incident on the field, a magnitude of events happened. Remember when I told you that I was put on first line but wasn't able to play?"
"Yeah?"
"You have to go in there. Go to Peter's room and see if he's in there."
"Why do I always have to be Robin?"
"Stiles!"
"Geesh, Ok, I'm going."
"Wait."
Stiles turned around, facing Derek. Derek grabbed the back of the teen's head, slamming it into the dash board.
"What the fuck?"
"You know what that was for, now go."
"Once I was inside the facility, I found Peter's room, noticing he was missing. Then, out of no where, I saw him and his nurse. My only thought was that I was going to die. Suddenly, Derek came to my rescue. There was a battle between the two, Derek won."
"What's the story with this Peter guy?"
"OH, I forgot that little piece of info. Peter Hale, Derek's uncle, was one of the few who survived the Hale house fire. The whole family was trapped in the basement and the house was put to flames by Derek's ex, Kate Argent. After the fire, Peter was in a coma, thus leaving Derek and his sister, Laura, to fend for themselves. Laura became the alpha since she was the oldest. So Derek and her left Beacon Hills due to the pain of loosing their family. After leaving, Laura got word that something was wrong with Peter, in addition to him being in a coma. So, Laura came back home, found her uncle in the woods and he killed her to become alpha. It was her body that Scott found that night when he was bitten."
Nate was starting to connect the dots. "What did Derek do?"
"Peter told Derek that it was an accident, but thanks to Scott, Derek found out the truth; that his uncle killed his sister so he could become the alpha. After becoming the alpha, he needed a pack, and therefore found Scott and bit him to become stronger, but Scott didn't want the bite, he tried to stay far from Peter."
"But he never thought that Scott would rebel against him?"
"Peter believed that the bite was a gift, not a curse. So he thought that Scott would adapt and follow him, never thinking that his newly turned beta would go against him."
"Wow."
"Yup. Are you going to finish that?" Before Nate could respond, Stiles grabs the milkshake sitting in front of him and starts eating it.
"You said Allison didn't find out until the formal."
"Mhmm."
"Why the formal? Why didn't Scott tell her sooner?"
"He was afraid she wouldn't love him, be scared of him and because of her family history."
"What about her family history? How did he tell her?"
"He didn't exactly tell her…"
"What are we doing out here?"
"I want to show you something." Allison ran between the parked buses, stopping when she felt strong arms around her waist. The two lovers locked gazes.
"Come on." Allison broke free of Scott's embrace, making her way onto a bus. Scott hesitates then starts moving to the entrance of the bus, only to be stopped by bright lights on either side of him.
There were two vehicles, trapping him between the buses, no escape. The cars started to move at full speed, heading towards Scott.
"Who was after Scott? Why did they want to kill him?"
"Damn I keep forgetting shit. Sorry. The people in the cars were hunters, the Argents to be exact, Allison's father."