"Look, my little brother all grown up!" Laura cooed from the door of Derek's room, Isaac cuddled in her arms and Jackson firmly gripping her right leg while watching his father argue with two perfectly identical ties.
"Why are you here again?" Derek huffed throwing both on the bed and crashing on a nearby chair.
"Because you needed a baby-sitter and neither mom or dad could come" she answered putting Isaac down "Calm down, it's going to be fine".
Derek wanted to scream: he didn't remember all that chaos when he had dated Kate. Well, it had been nearly a decade since he last went out with someone he wanted to get romantically involved with. Yep, he was starting to talk like his mother. Just great.
"I like this one" Jackson said after having rummaged through his father's endless collection of ties. He moved to step in front of his dad and aunt and proudly showed them a simple, elegant red tie "Lydia told her dad loves red"
Ok, if ever Derek had had any doubts about the amount of love he could feel towards his son, this was definitely the moment he realized there was no going back: he simply adored him. Then he remembered that he felt grateful because his eight year old son was helping him hook up with his friend's dad and suddenly felt pathetic.
"That's perfect. Thank God there's your son here or you'd totally be lost" Laura said dropping a kiss on Jackson's forehead to then move to help her brother fix his tie.
"Doesn't the belly bother you?" Derek asked watching the growing bump hidden under her shirt.
"You get used to it after the third" she answered "Now, doesn't daddy look dashing?" she asked her nephews.
Both boys turned from the corner where they had started a little game and nodded towards their dad grinning, Jackson proud of himself for having helped and Isaac simply to show around the missing tooth now leaving an empty place in the first line of teeth. Laura would've melted at the adorableness of the little one hadn't she been used to her own son's tactic: a toothless grin that big only meant trouble.
She ushered Derek out of the house after nearly twenty minutes of senseless babbling about having to call him in case of emergency, the numbers were on the fridge and he would keep his phone turned on just in case.
"It's going to be fine. He likes you!" she had to yell at him before closing the front door in his face.
"Does he always act like that when he goes on a date" she asked not expecting an answer.
"He hasn't been on a date since she left. That's the first time" Jackson told her sitting next to her on the couch and turning the TV on to let his little brother watch his favorite program.
"Really? But he has gone out before" Laura said to her nephew.
"But she never liked his companion before" he stated.
"We're doomed aren't we" she asked.
Jackson and Isaac just nodded.
"And remember Erica had to take her pills at eight on the dot. And don't let Lydia eat what she wants. Actually, both of you stay away from anything containing butter or sugar, fruit excluded" Stiles finished his speech while putting on his jacket "This is too elegant"
"It's a date, son, a first date: you have to dress to impress" the Sheriff said handing him a mint candy for his breath.
"Your granddaughters make you watch too many fashion programs" he smiled popping the sweet in his mouth and letting it melt.
"Guilty as charged" his father said putting his hands up in surrender.
Ok. He was wearing a tie, something he last did on his wedding day, he had gelled his hair, also something he last did ages ago and he was going to have a panic attack. He had to breath normally if he wanted to get to the restaurant alive. He kissed goodbye Erica and Lydia one last time and headed for the door.
"By the way, dad, you can tell Melissa she can sleep over tonight. I'm sure the girls wouldn't even mind having to share you with her for dinner"
"Don't know what you are talking about!" the sheriff said looking away and walking from the room.
"Tell her I said hi!" Stiles said going out of the door. Really, six years those two had been together and still they believed neither of their sons knew it. Scott might have been daft, but even he could see his mom being happier than he had ever seen her. They were going to need to have a world with their parents one of this days.
Thinking about his father's relationship kept his terror quiet enough to allow him to get to the restaurant. It was a rather fancy place, just opened up two or three years ago and he suddenly felt really out of place. Stiles and elegant didn't go together. He contemplated the idea of turning the Jeep around and phoning Derek with an excuse, but the thought barely got time to be formed before being aborted immediately.
Derek was waiting in front of the restaurant, looking as God-like as ever with his black suit and a red tie he probably didn't really feel comfortable with. In fact, Stiles watched the man shifting uncomfortably from one foot to the other before deciding to take it off. Deciding it was for the best, Stiles took his tie off too and got off the car.
"Sorry I'm late. Some last minute reminders to dad took longer than expected" he excused himself while approaching.
"No problem, I just got here myself" Derek said "Wanna go in?"
"Yeah, I'm starving" Stiles smiled. Derek answered with a huge grin moving his hand to rest on the small of Stiles' back to point him to the entrance. The small pressure made the man wish for some further touching. Bad Stiles! He thought .
The beginning of the evening was spent talking about their jobs: Derek worked in the family business, selling homemade products resulted from centuries of old family recopies that his granddad had decided to use to make money. He was mostly to take care of the money, having majored in accountancy back in college, though he had always wanted to use his minor most. He had loved arts back in school and had always wanted to teach, but the early departure of his grandmother, who had always taken care of the money, made him enter the business alongside his terrible older sister Laura.
As for Stiles, he had always wanted to work with children, because they seemed to understand his insanity the most. He had read Myths and Folklore and got himself a degree in elementary education.
"That's why you moved back, isn't it? They were looking for a teacher last year" Derek asked sipping his wine.
"Yep. Though I can't teach my girls because that would sort of cause of some conflict. It's just great to be able to see them learning something"
"And it feels even better when you know you taught them that" Derek simply stated.
Stiles nodded agreeing with the older man. From then on the talking run smoothly until one of the waiters told them they were going to be closing in twenty minutes. Four hours had passed and neither man had noticed and this made them look at each other with a sheepish smile growing on their lips.
They split the bill because Stiles had insisted, saying that Derek could fully pay for the next one.
"That is, if you want to go out with me again. It's okay if you don't because I get it, I am used to been considered a simple night out and really I would not be offended if you"
Derek moved forward and captured Stiles' lips in his. He waited for the other man to respond and nearly moved away after some seconds of silence and lack of movement from Stiles. When his lips were nearly completely detached from the other pair, Stiles took hold of Derek's jacket and kissed him again. The older man moaned when Stiles licked his lower lip and opened his mouth fully, letting his tongue slide in. They stayed glued to each other until Derek decided it was time for some oxygen to enter his lungs again.
"Wow" Stiles said.
"Yeah, wow" Derek agreed giving a peck to the other man.
"I guess this means we're going out again"
"Most definitely" Derek said smiling.
"Most definitely" Stiles confirmed.
Author's Corner
Hiya everyone!
I'm so glad you liked last chapter and I'm also very happy so many of you decided to leave a small comment to the fic. It took me some days to picture out their first date and especially their first kiss: I know it's sort of cliché for Derek to shut Stiles up when he talks so much, but, come on, it's just the perfect excuse to kiss him!
To alyssa14anc: don't worry I've got something planned for the boys in the next chapter. And maybe something for little Lydia and Erica, too.
See ya on the next chapter guys!
Lilylovesbones
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