Derek's quite OOC in this chapter but I don't care :) I love it :3 This is my second favourite, my first being chapter 8! Shout out to Carlie13, nosferatufan, Stargazer1364 and megladon1616 for reviewing! What an awesome response to last chapter! Really hope you guys like this one! You guys are so amazing with all the kind words! I liked her outfit too :) I just had to make Ash the one to do it so Derek would be all jealous and Isaac could be all flirty ;) I'm evil! Enjoy!
Ashlee's p.o.v
Derek opens a wooden box, it's filled with chains and oh god I know where this is going. Full moon's coming tonight. And we need to be locked up..even me, hence why i'm here.
"What is that?" Isaac asks, looking at the triskele.
"It's a triskele" Boyd speaks up, surprising Derek. "The spirals mean different things. Past, present, future. Mother, father, child"
"You know what it means to me?" Derek asks. Boyd shakes his head.
"Alpha, beta, omega" I speak up, sitting down cross-legged on the floor in a pair of Scott's grey trackpants, they're rolled up at the ankles because they're too big for me, and a white singlet, so happy to be out of those tight, revealing clothes. My long hair's thrown in a messy bun on top of my head and my face is free of make-up.
"That's right" Derek says, smiling softly at me. I smile back. "It's a spiral. Reminds us that we can rise to one or fall to another. Betas can become alphas but alphas can also fall to betas or even omegas"
"Like Scott" Isaac says. My head snaps up to him. Erica and Boyd are looking at me a little nervously. Isaac looks over at me, smirking. I growl under my breath.
"Scott's with us, they both are" Derek says.
"Really? Well, where is he now?" Isaac asks sarcastically. I get on my feet, eyes glowing an angry yellow.
"Why don't you ask me?" I taunt, baring my fangs.
"Enough" Derek says, looking between Isaac and I. "Scott's looking for Jackson" Derek tells Isaac.
"He's out helping while you're being chained up because you can't control yourself" I throw at Isaac.
"So are you" he says, crossing his arms over his chest. I growl properly now.
"I said enough" Derek says angerily, looking between us. I glare at Isaac before I back down, plopping back onto the floor, letting the colour drain from my eyes. Derek explains the price for the bite. He starts handing out weird chain contraptions.
"Good thing I had my period last week then" Erica smirks, making me chuckle. The betas look uncomfortable but Derek just shakes his head. He grew up with an older and younger sister so he's used to all that.
"Well, this one's for you" he says, showing her a headpiece with screws. Her smirk falters a little at that.
"And her? What kinds of chains will she be in?" Isaac asks, motioning to me with a smirk. I raise my eyebrows at the sexual double meaning. "And can I be the one to put her in them?" he winks. I'm getting sick of Isaac really fast.
"Isaac" Derek warns with a growl.
"Derek, can Isaac and I have a quick training session?" I ask, staring down Isaac. Derek's angry face turns to a knowing smirk.
"If Isaac doesn't mind" he says.
"I definately don't mind" Isaac grins.
"It's your funeral" Derek says, smiling at me. I've been training with Derek. He knows what i'm capable of and what his beta is capable of. And i've been training with Scott. I think I can take Isaac. Of course the other three follow us out.
"Whenever you're ready sweetie" Isaac says. I let my eyes glow golden as I growl and run at him. He swipes out at me but I duck, getting behind him. I grab his arm and bend it behind his back. "Rough. I can work with that" Isaac chuckles. I kick his inner knee, dropping him to his knees. I force him to the floor, bending his arm further, feeling the bone start to strain from the pressure. Isaac groans in pain.
"Now, don't ever call me anything other than my name. Don't look at me like that and if you keep flirting with me..this will happen" I say, pushing his arm up and popping out his shoulder. I get off him, fixing my bun. I turn back to the other three. Boyd and Erica are wide-eyed and Derek's grinning proudly. "But really..do I have to be chained up? Lydia's throwing a party" I change the subject. I kind of want to go..
"You don't like Lydia" Erica reminds me with a grin.
"I just don't know her..and I like parties" I grin back at her. I don't mind Lydia..she's just different to me, she's girly.
"If she's going, so am I" Erica says to Derek.
"Erica!" I whine, knowing Derek won't let her as it's her first full moon.
"You're all staying here, in chains" Derek confirms. He goes over and pops Isaac shoulder back in, helping him off the floor. I sit back down on the ground, stretching both my legs out. I pull my phone out, holding it in both hands, resting my elbows on my thighs. I start playing Minecraft when a hand snakes out and takes it from me.
"Hey!" I object.
"No phones. We're training, getting ready for the full moon" Derek says, holding mine in his hand. I try to snatch it back but Derek moves, raising an eyebrow in amusement.
"Derek!" I whine. I lunge for it quickly and manage to get it back from him. "I know, no distractions. I'll put it away..you just can't have it" Derek raises an eyebrow. "Dude, it's my phone, it's personal" I say.
"Whatever you say" Derek says.
"Well would you let me go through yours?" I challenge.
"And read all my messages to your brother, your brother's sidekick and my pack? Sure" he says, knowing I wanted him to say no as to prove my point of phones being personal.
"Oh..well, you still can't have mine" I say, slipping in back into my pocket. As if perfect timing, my phone starts ringing. I cringe and pull it back out. "No more after this" I promise before answering. It's Scott. Derek shakes his head with a small smile before walking away. He's sort of cute when he does that little smile..alot cute. My phone ringing again pulls me out of those thoughts. "This better be good, Derek's going to kick my ass if I keep using my phone" I answer.
"Okay, okay, i'll make it quick. Lydia's having a party but noone's here.."
"I can't leave..I already tried" I sigh.
"We've completely ignored Lydia..everyone's think she's crazy since she ran throught the forest naked for 3 days"
"Well..of course they would. And there's no we, it's you and your friends"
"Really? Pretending you don't like them?" he chuckles. "We all know they've grown on you. Even Erica, Boyd and I-"
"I'll admit to the others but not the last one" I say.
"Who? Isaac? Why?"
"Doesn't matter. We just don't get along" I tell him. I know if I tell him, Scott will kick his ass and i've already done that so there's no point. Besides, if he keeps doing it, I get to keep kicking his ass. I know he doesn't mean any of it anyway, he's just cocky because of the bite.
"What about you and Derek?" he asks. I feel myself tense up but I have to be careful of what I do or say because he's on the phone and Derek's in the room. "He's not being a dick or anything, right? He's just being regular angry Derek?" Scott asks.
"No, he's fine. We tolerate each other" I shrug.
"Good" he smiles.
"Now, go have fun"
"You have fun too" he says sarcastically.
"Rubbing it in my face much?" I chuckle.
"You'll be fine. Go hang out with Isaac" he smirks.
"Shut up" I say half-heartedly. "Bye Scott"
"Bye A" he says hanging up.
"Phone" Derek says, making me jump as he's right behind me.
"Jesus" I say, clutching my chest. I lean my head back and look up at him, his hand out. "Dude, you're acting like a Dad" I say, turning it off before giving it to him. Derek just puts it down by his own. So he's not taking if off me..it's like a trust thing. He wants me to not use it but he's giving me the choice to go and get it and use it again. Fine. I can play that game too. We've got another half hour until Derek has to start chaining us up so I find myself sitting in the train cart with Erica. I rock on the bar, swinging back and forth. "What do you guys do for fun around here?" I ask her, we're just sitting around..and it's really boring. Isaac and Boyd are somewhere doing the same thing. Derek's reading a book. It's weird but Derek's actually a pretty big bookworm. I know most of what he reads is to help with the supernatural but his eyes are soft when he reads, he enjoys it. I really should not be noticing these things about him.
"Train. Derek lectures us. Eat. Sleep. Train. Sit around" she shurgs.
"That sounds horrible" I chuckle.
"Well..what do you do?" Erica asks.
"I go out with Scott and Stiles, go for runs, go shopping if I can be bothered..I even went to art school for a year" I shrug.
"Really?" Erica asks, her eyes lighting up.
"Yeah. I only came back like a month ago" I tell her.
"What was it like?" she asks, getting interested. She moves so she can look at me while I talk. I like this side of Erica..the none bitchy side. Yeah, I think we can be friends.
"Abit different to regular school, we obviously only studied art but you always had a paintbrush or a pen or pencil in your hand. We never sat their and listened to someone babble on and on..it was nice" I tell her.
"Maybe Derek can get some pointers from you" she says nudging me.
"Derek's too much of a hard-ass to listen to me" I say.
"I don't know, we teased him the other day about you and he stormed off into his cart, barely scowled us" she tells me.
"Shut up Erica" I say half-heartedly. I think back to him kissing him. What the hell does he think he's doing? Actually, what the hell do I think i'm doing? I liked it, alot. I'm not allowed to like it, that's absurd. I should not like kissing him..him and Scott are constantly at each other's throats. Me liking him is so wrong. Wait! I meant liking the kiss! Not him..that came out wrong, I meant liking the kiss is so wrong. No way. Not him, just his lips on mine. Not him. Nope.
"It's time!" Derek call out to us. I jump at his voice again as it drags me from my thoughts. Dammit Derek, stop making me react weirdly towards you!
"Here we go again" I sigh, getting up.
"This is our first full moon..is it bad?" she asks me nervously.
"I have to admit, this is my second. My first was horrible, painful. Derek had to take me and Scott out to stop us from killing Allison and Jackson" we walk out together. Derek hands out our chains, taking us back into the train cart. I hold Erica down as Derek screws the bolts into her head. She screams out and Boyd has to look away..I think there's something between them to be honest. Next he chains up Boyd. Then Isaac, further up. And lastly, me, across from Isaac.
"These are for you" he says, holding out handcuffs. He takes he chains from my hands, putting them down.
"These are what I used last time..and I got out..and tried to kill you, remember?" I remind Derek.
"I know but I think you'll be okay" he says, cuffing one hand. "Do you trust me?" he asks. Uh..do I? I find myself nodding a little cautiously because I don't know if I do, I think I do. He only cuffs my hands around a pole in the train. Isaac's watching us.
"Really? Of all the ones you could put me near" I sigh, glaring at Isaac.
"He won't say anything" Derek says, sending Isaac a warning glare. Derek stands to double check the others.
"Wait" I say, grabbing his arm. "What if I get out? What if I hurt you or one of them?" I ask a little fearfully.
"You won't, you'll be fine" he assures me. I nod and let him go. Why he has so much faith in me..I have no idea.
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I feel my cuffs being yanked. I look up and they're all shifted, snarling at each other.
"Uh..Derek!" I call out. He comes running in. Isaac tires to attack him but he easily dodges him. They're going nuts..I really hope I didn't look like that. Erica rips the headband off and goes after Derek. Isaac dives out the window.
"Isaac!" Derek yells. With the distraction, Erica and Boyd throw him down and start attacking.
"Derek!" I yell, yanking at my cuffs. I see his blood flick off their claws whenever they pull them back. I want to help him but what if I can't control it once i'm loose? What if I hurt him? I hear Derek grunt in pain and I roar, ripping the handcuffs to pieces before I can even put together another thought. I jump at Boyd first. I throw him off Derek, shoving Erica down the train cart after. I grab Derek's hand and help him up. We go back to back, him restraining Boyd and me restraining Erica. We both end up having to knock them unconcious. I chain them back up and lay them down as Derek manages to get Isaac back without knocking him out. I sit back down, holding my wrists out for Derek to cuff me back up too but he shakes his head, nodding for me to follow him out. I give Isaac a nod as I pass him, the beta alot more settled. I walk out with Derek, falling to the floor in exhustion.
"You've earnt this" Derek says, tossing me my phone with a soft smile. I smile brightly at him.
"Thanks" I say. I turn it back on to continue my game of Minecraft. "Damn! Fucking Creepers ruining everything" I frown.
"What are you playing?" Derek asks, turning around at my whining.
"Minecraft" I tell him. "Do you play?" I ask. He just stares blankly at me. "Oh..forgot, 'distractions'" I say.
"Exactly" he says.
"So you have no games on your phone? None at all?" he shakes his head. "Nothing remotely fun?"
"I call and text when I have too, that's all" he shurgs.
"That's really sad Derek. Come here, i'm going to put Minecraft on your phone" I say. He raises an eyebrow. "Don't raise that caterpillar at me" I tease. "You can't have a smartphone with no games, pass it here" I hold my hand out expectantly. He sighs and brings it over, putting it in my hand. I have to log him into my account to get it as he has no account of his own. "Here" I grin triumphantly, holding it back up to him. Maybe he'll crack a smile more often now..Minecraft is my digital life, I love it. He looks down at his screen with confused eyebrows.
"What the hell is this?" he asks.
"It's Minecraft" I say.
"Are you sure? It's squares..I don't get it" he says. I roll my eyes.
"It's hard to believe you're only 3 years older than me. It's like you're 70" I say. I pat the floor beside me. "I'll show you how to play" he rolls his eyes and sits down beside me. "Watch me" I say.
"Okay" I show him how to walk, how to select weapons. "What do I do now i've got a sword?" he asks.
"Wait 'till nightfall, kill everything you see" I shrug.
"What do you do until night?"
"Build stuff. Like houses" I tell him, showing him how to place blocks.
"Do you have a house?" he asks.
"I have a castle" I boast, walking through the familiar path of the forest I created, lining it with flowers and torches to guide me. "See?" I say, showing him. I don't even realise i'm leaning againist his shoulder.
"I bet I can do better" Derek grins. I look over at him.
"Okay. Up for a challenge?"
"What kind of challenge?" Derek asks.
"We'll see who can make the best house in 10 minutes"
"You just taught me how to play" Derek says. "That's not exactly fair"
"What's the matter Sourwolf? Scared to lose to me?" I tease. His eyes narrow.
"Fine. What does the winner get?" Derek accepts.
"The winner gets to choose what they get" I say. "And no, you can't have my phone" I say with a smirk.
"That's fine, I have something else in mind" there's a mischevious glint in his eye and I really want to know why.
"Okay, 10 minutes, go" I say. We must look ridiculous. I'm almost 20, Derek just over, both sitting on the floor, clicking viciously at our screens trying to make the best house on Minecraft. I'm sure i'm a kid stuck in an adult's body. But I like seeing this side of Derek, when he's not being an emotionally constipated douche. The time goes really fast. I should have given us longer..I don't even have a roof. "I don't want to do this anymore" I say once the 10 minutes have passed.
"What's wrong McCall? Scared to lose to me?" Derek teases.
"Fine" I whine. I give him my phone and he gives me his. Damn..
"Where's the roof?" he chuckles.
"Shut up" I say. Dammit. I should have known I needed more time, it always takes me ages to make my houses because I like to make them huge.
"I think that's a win for me" Derek says. "Well, mine has a roof so.."
"Yes Hale, that's a win for you" I say, giving him back his phone and getting mine from him. "Now, what is it you want?" I ask. He doesn't answer so I turn to him. My eyes widen when he kisses me. It takes me less than a second to grab his neck and kiss him back. A few seconds later we hear footsteps. We jump away from each other, scared to look up and see Scott. But it's not Scott. I look up to see Lydia.
"Lydia?" I say, getting up. "What are you doing here? What about the party?" I ask. When she doesn't answer, Derek stands up as well.
"Lydia?" he calls out as she's showing no sign of having heard me. She tilts her head at us before I have wolfsbane blown in my face again. "S-shit" I say, falling back. I hear Derek hit the floor beside me.
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I wake up in the Hale house. I feel so weak.
"Lydia" I say, she's dragging Derek and I. I can't stop her as she puts Derek's arm into Peter's burnt body's hand. She arranges the mirrors so the full moon shines down on Peter. I can't move, I can't help. My body is slowly allowing movement, like the kanima's venom wearing off slowly.
"Lydia, stop" Derek says. Derek yells out when Peter's claws sink into his arm. The three of us watch in shock as Peter literally comes back from the dead. He walks out, as naked as the day he was born.
"L-Lydia" I call out. She turns to me with wide, tear-filled eyes.
"I just wanted it to stop" she whispers before she's leaving too. I look over at Derek and he's not moving..or breathing.
"No, no, n-no" I say, dragging myself over. I lay my head on his chest, trying to find a heartbeat. I pull myself up best I can to perform CPR but i'm falling down beside him before I can even try. I try to fight it but the whole world turns black as my eyes shut.
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Peter's back! I loved writing that scene with them playing Minecraft, hope it wasn't so OOC that you hated it because I really liked it :) That's gonna be like a thing for them, Minecraft. Like how you have inside jokes with your friends, like that. Favourite, follow and review!