Ashlee's p.o.v
Stiles takes the day off school the next day so I hang out with him. I'm not training with Derek until later on, we can't risk someone seeing me go there now that the hunters and police are after him.
"What are we doing today?" I ask Stiles, following him into his room.
"I have research to do, you should do some too" Stiles says sitting down at his computer. I fall onto his bed.
"Research?" I ask, stretching.
"Yes"
"About what?" I ask, getting comfortable and hugging into his duvet.
"Werewolves idiot, duh!" he says, clicking away furiously on his laptop keyboard.
"What do you think Derek's for?" I say. We hear a scoff and both turn towards it. Whoops.
"Derek!" Stiles yelps at the leather jacket-cladded werewolf creeping behind his door. So much for trying not to get caught.
"Stiles!" John calls out. Derek tells Stiles to get rid of his Dad.
"So that's what i'm here for? To give you the information you're too lazy to research yourself?" Derek asks, amusement in his tone.
"Of course. Oh, and to creep into teenaged boys' rooms" I tell Derek, keeping my voice down so Papa Stilinski doesn't hear. Derek looks at me, confused. "First Scott's room, now Stiles', when am I gonna come home and find you in mine?" wow. Okay..oops. "That was not supposed to come out like that" I say, turning a deep red. That tiny smirk pulls at Derek's lips.
"Are you a teenaged boy?" he asks.
"I could be" I quip, smirking a little.
"You weren't wearing pants last night" Derek reminds me. Oh, that's right. "I don't think you could be" he says, looking over my body quickly. And holy crap i've never felt so giddy before. I'm blushing madly but Derek's too busy slamming Stiles into the door and threatening him to notice. Thank god.
"How do we trace the text?" Derek asks Stiles.
"I know of someone" Stiles says.
"Let me guess..Mahealani?" I guess.
"How'd you know about Danny?" Stiles asks.
"I went to Beacon Hills High too" I say. "And I was friends with Danny, he's a nice guy" I say.
"You..and Danny? Friends?" Stiles asks.
"Yes, friends. What's wrong with that?" I say.
"Why does he hate me then?" he asks himself. "Don't answer that" he says, pointing to Derek knowing the older man probably has alot to say on the subject.
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"Danny!" I say, hugging him when he walks in the door.
"Ash?" he says, hugging me back. I nod. "When did you get back?"
"A couple weeks ago"
"And you didn't call or text?" Danny says in mock hurt, pulling back.
"I was getting there" I say, bumping his hips with mine. I missed Danny.
"Well i'm glad you're home" he says, kissing the edge of my lips.
"Me too" I say, smiling at him. He's gay so him kissing me isn't weird.
"Enough..just trace the text" Derek says quietly, only my werewolf hearing able to hear it.
"Oh, Danny, before you and Stiles do lab work..there's something else he needs" I say, opening it up to Stiles. I sit down on the bed again and Danny looks to Stiles. I swear all teenagers do is argue, these two are no exception.
"And who is he?" Danny asks Stiles quietly, sitting down beside him.
"That's my cousin..Miguel" Stiles says, not meeting the older wolf's eyes. Derek looks up and glares at Stiles.
"Why is he here?" Danny asks. Stiles looks over and me and then to Derek and back again. I go to stop him, I know what he's going to say but i'm not fast enough.
"He has a crush on Ash so.." Stiles whispers, Derek hearing of course.
"Oh" Danny says, smirking at me. I'm going to kill Stiles once Danny's gone. Here turns to Derek. "I'm gay so me kissing her was..not like that" he clears up. I hear Derek suck in through his teeth, getting annoyed.
"It's fine" he grounds out. Dude needs to chill, nobody can hate on Danny, he's a total sweetheart.
"Wait..is that blood on your shirt?" I look over and sure enough..there's blood on his shirt.
"Yeah..he gets these horrible nose bleeds. Hey Miguel" he yells out to Derek. Derek looks back up with a searing look of pissed off across his face. "I thought I told you you could borrow one of my shirts" he says, motioning towards his drawers. Derek slams the book in his lap closed, throws it on the bed and goes to Stiles drawers. I can't help but watch as the older man peels his shirt off, throwing it to the ground in anger. He's pale but it suits him. Especially with the dark hair. And the green eyes. Stiles is still trying to convince Danny to trace the text.
"Um..Stiles" Derek says, holding a pinstriped shirt. Stiles turns around, Danny's already staring..naughty Danny..
"Yes?" Stiles says.
"This..no fit" Derek says, pulling at the shirt.
"Then try something else on" Stiles says, wanting to get this text traced, maybe getting a little annoyed at Derek's whining too. I'm perfectly happy watching Derek change actually. Stiles turns around but Danny's still watching. That's when the smell of arousal fills the air. Oh my god. Danny! Derek pulls on an orange and blue striped shirt. Stiles asks Danny what he thinks of the shirt.
"It's not really his colour" Danny says, eyes tracing over Derek's body. Oh my god! Derek angerily takes the shirt off and throws it back in the drawers.
"Stiles!" Derek snaps. "None of these fit!" Stiles looks to Danny and Danny takes another look at his naked torso before agreeing to trace the text. I chuckle and Derek's glare turns to me. Stiles is pretty proud of himself. Derek's getting angrier and angrier, desperately trying to find a wearable shirt so Danny can't keep checking him out, looking at him like he's a piece of meat. A fine piece of meat at that. He knuckles turn white as he grips the drawer.
"Dude" I say, getting up. Derek turns to look at me. "Come with me, i'll get you one of Papa Stilinski's shirts" I offer.
"Your Uncle" Stiles throws in.
"Thank you for that" I say, rolling my eyes at Stiles. I led Derek out, not missing the wiggling eyebrows Danny sends me while still trying to check Derek out. He's worse than a 14 year old boy! I go into John's room and open up the closet. I find one of his 'around the house' shirts and pass it to Derek. "Here. Now you can calm your little werewolf ass down" I say.
"Yeah..thanks" Derek says, pulling it over his head. I sneak a look at his abs and my eyes follow the trail of hair going past his jeanline before he gets his sight back again. I musn't have done a very good job of hiding it because Derek's looking at me weirdly. I turn back to the closet to close the doors and take my eyes away from Derek. I close one door and as i'm closing the other, my eyes catch an old but familiar dress. I open the door back up and reach for it softly. Derek's watching me with confused eyes. I trail my hand over the soft fabric of Claudia Stilinski's wedding dress. My family were there for their wedding, I was the flower girl. I remember how she looked in it, she was beautiful. John must miss her so much, I know Stiles does. I know I do. I remember i'm not alone in the room and quickly shut the doors.
"Sorry" I say to Derek, trying to subtly wipe away the tears forming in my eyes.
"It was Stiles' Mum's..wasn't it?" he asks. I nod, looking down at the ground. I'm surpised when I feel the older wolf rub my arm in comfort.
"Hey, Danny's gone and.." Stiles trails off when he walks in. Derek lets me go and steps away from me. "What's going on in here?" Stiles asks, eyes narrow.
"Nothing. I was getting him a shirt" I say, pushing past him to get outside.
"Ash-" Stiles tries.
"I'm going for a run. I'll be over later for training" I say to Derek before running out the door before my tears can fall. I miss Claudia so much. I let my tears fall as I race past the trees, leaves crunching under my feet. I see Allison and make nothing of it. Then I see her Aunt..Kate, following her. I creep after them, keeping myself out of sight. They're in Derek's house..they shouldn't be here, they have no right. I hear Kate and Allison talking. They're talking about Derek at first. Allison goes off, says she wants to feel powerful, she doesn't want to be scared. Kate promises to give her want she wants. I know what that means. I'm running back towards my own house before they can even step out of Derek's house.
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"Scott!" I yell out when I get home.
"Up here" Scott says. I jog up the stairs and to find Scott in his la crosse gear.
"Scott, we need to talk about Allison-"
"No, i'm just about to leave for the game" Scott stops me.
"Kate's going to train her-"
"I don't want to hear it. We'll talk when i'm home" Scot cuts me off again. I growl.
"She's dangerous Scott-"
"And so is Derek but we're trusting him so back off!" Scott snaps. I step back at his harsh tone. I didn't bother listening to Scott's apology, I just ran out the door. All I ever do is run. Luckily, my wolf loves it. I might as well go train with Derek now.
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"Derek" I call out, standing outside the house. I hear movement inside. The door opens revealing Derek. I smile down at his shirt, still in John's one. He moves, letting me in. "Allison and Kate were here earlier..Allison's going to start her training soon" I inform him.
"Is Scott still with her?" Derek asks. I nod.
"I tried to talk him out of it but he..he got angry" I tell him.
"I'll talk to him" Derek says.
"Don't hurt him" I say quickly.
"I won't" Derek says. "Okay..should we train?"
"Let's train" I say.
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I double over on the ground, coughing.
"Dude, what the fuck?!" I ask Derek angerily. Guy just flipped me over and slammed me into the ground. He holds his hand out and I take it, letting him pull me up.
"I'm trying to teach you how to survive" he says softly.
"Well, don't be so rough about it, i'm still learning"
"The hunters don't care" he shrugs.
"But you do" I say without thinking.
"I do" he nods in agreement. My eyes narrow at him..what? "But you need to learn and quickly"
"Okay, I get it" I sigh. "Again?" he nods.
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At least this time I landed on my feet. It still hurts though.
"You're getting better" Derek says.
"Is that praise?" I ask, smirking.
"You're getting better" he repeats, smiling a little himself. My phone starts going off and Derek glares at it.
"I know, distractions, hold on, it's Stiles" I say, knowing he hates how we all have phones and constantly use them. "Hey Stiles" I answer, walking away from Derek.
"Where are you?" he asks.
"At Derek's" I say. "Training"
"Get to the hospital right now, bring him with you" Stiles tells me. I look over at Derek and he nods, grabbing his keys. I follow him outside.
"What's happening?" I ask, getting in the car.
"I talked to Danny, the call didn't just trace back to the hospital, it traced back to Melissa. We need to go and talk to her" Stiles says, I hear his Jeep start.
"Okay, we're leaving now"
"Okay, bye-"
"Wait!"
"What is it?" Stiles asks.
"Don't go inside, wait for us to get there, okay?" I stress.
"Ash, i'm fine-"
"Don't go inside without us" I repeat. He sighs. "I'm serious Stilinski. Do not go in there by yourself" I draw out. I have a bad feeling about this.
"Fine. I'll see you soon"
"Bye" I say, hanging up.
"What's wrong?" Derek asks.
"I just have a really bad feeling about this..I don't want him to get hurt" I say. Derek nods in understanding and takes off towards the hospital.
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We pull up beside Stiles' jeep. He's not in it.
"Damn it Stiles" I say, getting out. Derek's walking in front of me in an instant.
"Stay behind me..you're right, something's not right here" he says, glancing around the empty parking lot. I nod. We go in and it's dark.
"Are you sure you should be coming in? You're sort of..wanted" I say.
"Someone has to watch out for you" he says. His eyes widen a little at the words. "And there's noone here anyway" he adds quickly.
"Stiles?" I call out.
"And you must be Ashlee" I turn towards the voice. Who the hell is that and how does he know my name? Derek punches over a nurse and my mouth falls open. Dude..what the hell?
"Both of you, get out of the way" Derek orders. A roar rips from the man's throat, his eyes burning red..oh god. It's the alpha, I can feel myself submitting. He charges at us. I rip Stiles out of the way, letting the alpha take me down instead of him. I hear Derek growl and he pulls him off me. The alpha picks Derek up and slams him againist the wall, he falls down beside Stiles. Stiles scrambles to get away. The alpha reaches down and grabs Derek by the throat.
"Let him go!" I snarl, running over and kicking the alpha in the face. His head snaps back.
"Ashlee, RUN!" Derek yells. The alpha looks back at me, anger all over his face. Oh shit. He grabs me by the throat with his other hand, picking the both of us up. I struggle againist him. He tells us how he slowly healed, cell by cell. He drops Derek and throws me againist a wall to grab the keys from his nurses' pocket. Derek crawls over to me. "Go, take Stiles and run" he coughs.
"I'm not leaving you by-by yourself" I say, face screwing up in pain. I feel the alpha grab me again. Derek grabs him by the collar and headbutts him, making him drop me. The alpha kicks out at Derek, sending him across the room.
"Yes, becoming an alpha, taking that from Laura, pushed me over a plateu in the healing process. I can't help that" the alpha says. Wait..Laura? Derek's sister? Oh my god. This is him, this is his Uncle Peter, the one he spoke briefly about when he was telling me everything. Derek gets up and swings at him but Peter is too fast. He catches both of Derek's hands and forces him to his knees. "I tried to tell you what was happening. I tried to warn you" he throws Derek through a glass window. I get up and run at Peter, leaping onto his back. "I'm glad I bit you, you're a fiesty one" he says before grabbing my hands from around his neck and flipping me into the broken glass from throwing Derek into the window. I feel shards stab into my back and I howl in pain. I can hear Derek crawling away. Peter must too because he leaves my side to go after him.
"Ash?! Ash!" Stiles yells, skidding to my side.
"Watch out for-for the..the glass" I warn him.
"I don't care about the glass, I need to get you out of here" he says, trying to pull me up. I cry out. "I'm sorry but please, we need to go" I nod and grit my teeth as he pulls me up, feeling the glass cut deeper into me.
"What about D-Derek?" I ask.
"Go!" Derek yells out like he could hear me.
"We need to go" Stiles says, pulling me out the door. I try to get back inside, to get Derek away from that psycho but i'm weakened and sadly, Stiles is stronger than me.
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