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Emma, Allison, and Lydia watched on as Scott seemed to impress not just the girls but everyone on the field. "I may go to game if he plays this year," Emma joked as Lydia slowly nodded. After Coach Finstock blew his whistle indicating try-outs were over Emma grabbed her phone and looked at the time seeing it was going on four thirty. "Allison, Lydia, it was fun hanging out and all, but I really should go look for my necklace…" she said with a slight cough.

"You sure you don't have a cold…or the flu?" Allison asked as Emma laughed nodding.

"Something was in my throat," she lied. In fact she felt colder than normal. "I'll see you two tomorrow," she smiled before walking away. As soon as Emma turned her car on she quickly adjusted the air feeling a bit better as the warm air blasted against her hands. Pulling out of the school parking lot she proceeded to drive to the place where her brother had ditched her. The woods seemed different in the day light and less scary, but still she felt the eyes of someone on her. Keeping as quiet as she could be she began walking around the woods looking high and low for her necklace.

"Hey," an annoyed voice echoed out from behind her. She jumped with a scream and hid behind a tree. "I know you're there," the voice commented as she slowly walked around the tree staring into the green eyes of a dark haired figure. "You're on private property, you know that," he squinted as Emma began to choke on her own words.

"I-I'm sorry, I just….I was just…have you seen a necklace?" she asked nervously. The pale guy who stood before her hadn't changed his face expression or body posture making her feel more scared by the second. "It's a small little stone on a gold chain, it is like an extraordinary blue, I assure you there is a great reward if it is found," she said trying to sound tough.

"Do you know what Private Property means?" he squinted a little.

"Yes, but…"

"It means leave," he smirked, "now." Emma stood up straighter and walked closer.

"No one tells me to leave, I'll leave when I'm good and ready," she snapped getting in his face. Emma smirked and turned around as the guy sighed. She could feel his breath on her neck warming it a little. The warmth lasted a few minutes but she refused to express any satisfaction. She knelt on the ground pretending to search the area. "Is this it?" he asked as the small gem fell from his hand dangling from the thin chain.

"It is," she gasped quickly standing up a massive smile spreading from cheek to cheek. She ran over to him and held her hand out.

"You said there was a great reward for the one to find this?" he suggested as she bit her nail. She had nothing to give him and she looked around.

"It's in my purse…which is in my car," she nodded confidently holding her hand out. He shook his head and pointed indicating for her to take him to her car. She gulped feeling a lump in her throat as she began walking back to her Mercedes.

"That is a bright color," the guy said rubbing his eyes.

"I know," she laughed opening the car door. She pulled a twenty from her purse and looked at the man. "Will this do?" she asked as he took the twenty and threw the necklace at her. "Be careful, you shouldn't throw other people's valuables," she growled.

"And you shouldn't trespass, you're lucky," he smirked tucking the twenty in his pocket. Emma quickly put the necklace on and sighed in relief. The guy who had helped her turned around and began to walk away.

"Wait, I never got your name," she said with a small blush which made her pale face look like she had a fever.

"Derek Hale," he grumbled before turning again. She stomped her heel in the dirt causing her to lose her balance, she hung from the door to keep herself balanced. Derek turned around and looked at her annoyed.

"I'm Emma, by the way," she said as he nodded and walked away. Emma's smile quickly left and she glared at him as he disappeared into the woods. She climbed into her car and drove off. As she drove down the street she couldn't help but not smile. Her smile felt strange and foreign no matter how hard she tried she couldn't hide it. As she pulled into the driveway she found her mom's car in the driveway. Emma walked into the house and found her mom drinking tea in the kitchen. "What are you doing home?" she smiled as her mom looked at her seriously.

Her mom saw her daughter's smile and then the small think gold chain around Emma's neck. "You found it," she said semi-happy for her daughter.

"I did, well I didn't, but this guy…did," she said instantly regretting what she had said.

"A guy, you said a guy?" her mom sounded nervous as Emma shook her head. Fixing her teal eyes on her mother she smirked.

"Mom, I just met a guy I didn't sleep with him," Emma laughed as her mother crossed her arms.

"I don't want to deal with you right now, go to your room, do homework or something," she sighed as Emma looked at her mom shocked.

"You can't ground me for meeting a new person. That's not fair."

"Emma, room, now!" Mumbling she turned from her mom and stormed up the stairs rushing into her bedroom. Emma sat in front of her mirror and looked at her reflection. The blush had vanished and her skin returned to the pale white color. She grabbed her phone and called the one person who would bother to listen.

"She did what?" Lydia laughed on the other line. Emma grunted not wanting to repeat herself.

"She grounded me for meeting someone new," Emma grunted laying on her bed.

"Was he hot?" Lydia asked as Emma started to blush again. "Em?"

"He actually was," Emma laughed. Felix opened Emma's door without knocking and made the signal to hang up. Emma shook her head and waved her hand. Aggravated he grabbed her phone and Emma jumped up ready to attack him.

"Lydia, she'll see you tomorrow," he barked.

"Hi, Felix," Lydia laughed before hanging up. Emma glared at her brother as she took off her sweatshirt finally.

"What? Did mom tell you what happened and you're here to reprimand me?" she smirked swiftly pushing her hair back off her shoulder. Felix stood before her without saying a word.

"Em, I'm not dad, and I know I can't be him, but I can watch out for you." Emma laughed looking at him funny.

"No, you aren't dad."

"Em," he growled as she looked out the window at the falling rain. "Why do you care so much, he was a low life, he didn't work, he had a PhD in fairy tales, he spent his days in those silly books, he didn't teach anyone anything."

"He taught me," she said feeling a sharp pain in her heart.

"What to be a prissy little brat? You are no princess, Em, I mean that in the nicest way." Emma rolled her tear filled eyes.

"Yeah, I'm sure you do. He taught you too, remember sitting on his lap as he told you the stories from Denmark and Ireland? They had life lessons in them if you listened," she snapped.

"They were children stories, dad had screws missing," Felix laughed.

"I'm not having this conversation," she sighed wiping the tears that fell. She walked past him grabbing her keys. She read his face and smiled, "Anywhere but here," she whispered as he grabbed her arm. He shuddered and pulled her close wrapping his arms around her.

"You're cold again," he said softer hugging her tightly. Emma struggled to get out of her brother's grip.

"Lydia calls it Raynaud's disease, look it up," she grunted finally pushing him away. She rushed down the stairs and out the front door. The rain fell down hard as she made a run for her Mercedes. After the engine turned over she hit the gas and pealed out of the driveway the back wheels spinning hardly getting a grip on the road. Emma drove having no clue where to go. Her thoughts filled every inch of her mind and she couldn't think with everything running all at once. As she drove past the reserve a black figure dashed across her car and she hit her break, but not in time. "Oh my God," she gasped jumping out of the car. Her hood was dented and steam began rising from underneath. She moved closer to the front of the car and saw that whatever she hit was no longer there.

Emma climbed back into her car and pulled her phone out. She was wet and freezing and had no sweatshirt to keep her warm. She pulled her phone out to call her brother but her phone was dead. "No, no, no," she whined as she began to shake from the chill. A large black figure dashed past her window causing her to jump. Emma quickly locked the doors. She turned her emergency lights on hoping someone would drive past soon. Emma turned on the interior light and looked behind her seat looking for her book. Another black figure ran past her back window causing the fear to spread throughout her body.

Emma's mind traveled to the times where her father told her stories of the French folklore of wolves as big as men. "Just my imagination," she laughed it off. After finding her book she looked at the rearview mirror praying for a car to turn around a corner. "Come on, please, come on," she whispered. She made eye contact through her mirror with two red glowing eyes, the figure moved to the left side of her car looking at her through the side mirror. She clenched onto her necklace thinking of her father. The air was silent and when she opened her eyes she was alone, she saw nothing in the mirrors and a few tears fell down her cheeks. Someone knocked on her driver door window and she screamed at the top of her lungs. She looked at the familiar person standing in the rain outside her door.

Emma unlocked the door and jumped out instantly hugging Derek. He looked around uncomfortable as she began to cry.

"There, there," he said awkwardly patting her back. She hardly knew Derek, but at this moment she would hug a tree if it could comfort her. "What happened?" he asked inspecting the damage. Emma bit her nail as she shivered in the rain, completely torn inside. Derek noticed her shaking and took his jacket off wrapping her in the warm leather. He walked her to his black Camaro. "I'll call a tow truck," he offered as he sat next to her in the driver's seat.

"Thanks," she mumbled her heart pounding in her chest. Derek began driving listening to her directions back to her house. Emma sat shivering under his jacket and she kept sneaking glances wishing he would reach out to her, but she could tell he was far from a sentimental man. They pulled into the driveway and Emma sat quietly in a vegetable like state. "We're here," he mumbled pointing to her front door waiting for Emma to get out of his car.

"Thank you," she managed to say as he looked at her. "You saved my life," she smiled, the same smile she gave him when he found her necklace. "Whatever I hit…it wasn't normal, like an animal," she continued her smile vanished and she looked as if she talked in a trans. "It's eyes were evil, like a blood red. And it walked…like a wolf, but was it a wolf?" she asked herself forgetting Derek sat next to her. Silence took over them both, Derek looked out the window as she coughed and then sneezed. "Thanks, again," she smiled before climbing out of the car. As she walked to her the front door she turned around and ran back to the camaro. Derek lowered the window and she handed him his jacket. "Listen…my friend is having a party Friday night, I doubt you want to go to a party with a bunch of high schoolers, but I'll be there," she smiled politely as Derek looked at Emma's house, seeing a top floor light turn on.

"Maybe," he answered quickly as she nodded awkwardly not wanting an answer like that.

"Yeah, sure," she smiled taking a step away from the camaro. Emma waved before walking into her house. Her mom called her from the den but Emma ignored her and ran to her room changing out of her soaking wet clothes and changed into her winter pajamas. She climbed under four layers of sheets and fell asleep.

The next morning Emma climbed out of her warm bed and moved to her bathroom. Taking a quick shower she changed into a soft floral dress and nude heals and walked into her bedroom sitting in front of her mirror she smiled at her reflection. She grabbed her golden brush and began brushing her long blonde hair. Afterwards she stared at herself. "Unacceptable," she whispered grabbing her make up off the desk. Giving her cheeks some color she smiled and then she quickly covered her blue turning lips with a rose red lipstick. "Better," she smiled. Her door opened and Felix walked in only wearing his pants.

"Hey, hurry up, we're leaving in ten minutes," he demanded as she waved her hand and he walked out. After making herself fully presentable she ran down the stairs with three minutes to spare.

"Can you tell me, why my bill for the mechanics is going to cost me three grand?" her mom said bitterly.

"It's not like you can't afford it," Emma joked as her mom slammed the bill on the dinning room table.

"What has gotten into you? You think you are so entitled to everything. You are disobeying curfew. And this needs to end," her mom barked causing Emma to look away in shame.

"I hit something last night, I don't know what it was but it was scary, like a wolf," Emma said softer looking away trying not to let her mascara run. She sniffed a few times and her mom's eyes got softer.

"Em, Em, come here," she sighed opening her arms. Emma cried as she collapsed in her mother's grasp. "Why did he leave? I mean he did love us right? Felix reminds me everyday he left because he couldn't take care of us and didn't want to do a thing with us, why did he leave?" Felix ran down the stairs and looked at them confused.

"Go, I'll drive her," her mom whispered waving her son to leave. Her mom grabbed her keys and took Emma by the hand bringing her to her car. As they drove down the street the car was awkwardly silent except the occasional sniffle that came from Emma.

"Emma, he left for multiple reasons. None of them have to do with you. Your father loved you with every ounce of his heart. Too much if I should say." Emma slowly looked up. "the biggest reason why he left…I pushed him away," she sighed.

"No, mom, don't…"

"I did, I told him his degree was worthless and he was worthless, we grew apart. I told him he needed to move out that night and he left right after you fell asleep, but not fast enough to have your brother go off on him, I'm surprised you didn't wake up. He went back to Denmark, I guess, I haven't heard from him, and nor do I care," her mother finished as Emma stared at the front entrance of the high school.

"Thanks," Emma grumbled getting out of her mothers Lamborghini. As she walked to the front steps her mom called out causing her to turn around.

"Em, I love you," she said sincerely as Emma smiled and waved feeling a little better. Lydia ran over looking at her in excitement.

"What?" Emma asked as they walked over to her locker with Lydia following behind her.

"Well, I know you had a horrible break up and all, but…"

"No." Lydia froze her smile dissipated in thin air. "No lacrosse players, no jerks, no guys for a while Lydia," Emma snapped as Lydia frowned.

"Just one?" Lydia begged. "At least meet him. I told him you were coming to the party and he really wants to meet you, please, Em, for your best friend?" Emma sighed as the first bell rang.

"I hate when you do this, fine," Emma grumbled as Lydia smiled again and hugged her before running down the hall. Emma made her way to her first class and took her seat sitting right next to Scott.

"Scott, right?" she asked as he looked at Stiles who shrugged and then looked back at Emma.

"Yeah," he nodded.

"You're pretty good at lacrosse," she smirked as Scott thanked her with a nod. "I'm sure you'll make first string this year, coach would be pretty dumb not to," she laughed as Scott nodded having no clue what to say. The bell rang and Emma turned and faced the front waiting for a long boring lecture to start.

After her second full day at school Emma sighed in relief at the last bell. She was glad to be in her natural habitat of knowledge but even she needed a break from it. She found herself once again sitting on the bleachers with Allison and Lydia. "So you found your necklace," Lydia smirked seeing the gold chain.

"Well I didn't, but Derek did," she sighed before sneezing.

"Who?" Lydia questioned as Emma laughed and shook her head.

"No one too important, but he did find my necklace, that's pretty impressive," she laughed pulling it out of her dress letting the sun shine off of it.

"Wow, that's really pretty," Allison spoke up staring at the gem.

"Thanks, my dad gave it to me, he said something about it being the gem of a royal," she shrugged. "He treated me like a queen…before he left," she sighed staring at the gem.

"Well it's really cool, for the memories it carried," Allison said trying to cheer Emma up. Coach Finstock blew the whistle and the girls looked onto the field to watch day two of try outs.

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