Just so we're clear, no Jennifer and Derek! That is so terrible, I just can't. Shout out to Lexi, Stargazer1364 and nosferatufan for reviewing! Not sure about Erica and Boyd living..still considering it because it's a big part of why Derek feels the way he feels. Kali dieing instead of Ennis? Thinking about that too :) Yeah, I like the way Isaac and Ash are to be honest :) I'm having a long think about these things but just warning you now, some of you won't be happy sorry :/ I can't always please everyone and sometimes bad things just have to happen. Anyways..enjoy this chapter!
Ashlee's p.o.v
My eyes flutter open and the first thing I see is Derek sitting on my bed, watching over me. He's holding my hand in his. When he realises i'm awake, he clears his throat and stands up like he wasn't just doing what he just was.
"You're okay" I say with a soft smile, pulling myself to sit up.
"Don't worry about me, I was worried about you" he says.
"I'm fine, barely a scratch on me" I assure him, my wounds having almost completely healed as I slept.
"Good" he smiles a little. I pat the bed, telling him to sit back down as he's standing awkwardly. "Are you sure?"
"Sit down idiot" I roll my eyes. He nods and returns to where he was sitting earlier. "How's Cora doing?" I ask him.
"She's..she's different to how I remember. She's not the little girl she was before the fire" he sighs sadly. I rub his arm in comfort.
"She'll come around"
"I don't know.." he says. "I hope she does"
"How's Erica doing? Boyd?" I ask.
"Both still healing, Boyd alot faster than Erica. She was really hurt, i'm suprised she lived through it"
"She's a tough one" I smile. Derek smiles and nods in agreement. We fall into silence. The sun's barely up so i'm still tired. I yawn, taking my hand off Derek's arm to cover my mouth. Derek chuckles.
"Get some more sleep" he says.
"Get some more sleep with me?" I ask quietly. A soft smile comes to his face and he nods. I move so he can get in with me. He brings an arm around my waist loosely and I lean into him. He kisses my head softly.
"Sleep, heal" he whispers. I nod and let my heavy eyelids slip closed.
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Derek and I go to the school when morning comes around to make sure Jennifer, she told Derek her name, won't say anything. The attraction to Derek is reeking off her. I don't blame her, I actually understand it. Doesn't mean I won't hesitate to slap the bitch for trying anything. Then I have to remind myself that Derek isn't actually mine so..
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I go back to the loft with Derek. The boys are at school and suprisingly enough, me and Cora get along. She's not like the other teenaged girls wrapped up in this. She's different, she's like me. We aren't like Allison or Lydia. I go and see Erica, she's still upstairs in one of the spare bedrooms, trying to heal. I come back downstairs to see Cora working out. I go to tell her to stop and heal but Derek waves me off. I take to the couch, letting him deal with his sister. Derek tries to tell her to stop but she won't listen. So instead, he kicks her hand out, making her fall to the floor. She tries to fight him but it's clear as day how weak she is. She gets angry, she practically tells Derek he wasn't worth her coming back to Beacon Hills. I watch him swallow tears and it's takes alot of self-control for me to not get involved. Then everything goes to shit when the buzzer goes off.
"What's that?" Cora asks.
"Trouble" Derek says.
"Erica, stay upstairs, don't make a sound" I say, knowing she'll hear me. The loft door is pulled open revealing the alpha that attacked Scott at the hospital. Cora goes after him but i'm pushing past her in seconds. He hurt Scott. "No, no, wait, stop!" Derek yells. He manages to grab Cora, but not me. The alpha grabs me by the throat and slams me into the ground. I feel bones crack on impact..okay, that wasn't the smartest idea. But he hurt Scott and I saw red. Derek's right, Scott is my anchor, he keeps me human..but he can also have me shifting in seconds.
"Cora, stay back!" I yell as the she-wolf looks to come after me. Derek's already making his way over but he's stopped by another alpha..one with claws instead of toenails. She goes after Cora first, throwing the girl head-first into the wall, making her dizzy. She goes after Derek, kicking out at him. He catches her leg and throws her away. She rips down Cora's pull-up pole and goes after Derek. "DEREK!" I scream as I watch the female alpha stab it right through his back and out his chest. I struggle againist the larger alpha, kicking up at him. "Get off me!" I growl in his face, desperately trying to get over to Derek. I get my knee up and get him in the throat like back at the hospital. He looks back down at me with smirk.
"If only you were an alpha, you could join us" he says. Cora gets up.
"Cora, don't" I warn her. She looks between me and Derek, I can tell she's itching to jump in.
"Le-le-let her g-go" Derek gets out. Deucalion motions for Ennis to let me go. The second he's off me, i'm running and growling at the woman, Kali is what Deucalion called her. She's the one that almost killed Erica..that only fuels my anger. And those big, strong alpha arms are wrapped my body and neck.
"See, we're not unreasonable" Deucalion says. He looks over at me. "It's her that's being unreasonable" I struggle againist the alpha. "Looks like you've found yourself another wolf Derek" Deucalion says. I know what he means by that. He knows something's up with Derek and I. I kick my legs out as my upper torso is being restrained..really strongly. I try to elbow the alpha holding me but it doesn't land. "Ennis, a little tighter" Deucalion tells the one holding me. The alpha, I now know is Ennis, tightens his grip around my neck. Deucalion smirks at Derek.
"St-stop" Derek says. Deucalion's smirk doesn't falter. Derek looks at me with wide eyes, trying to growl and warn Ennis but he's weak..only getting weaker. My head begins to swim.
"Stop!" Cora yells. I shake my head best I can at her. She runs towards me anyway. I hold a hand out.
"C-Cora, stop, please stop, i'm-i'm fine, s-stop" I beg her. She weak and she won't be able to heal like we can. And Derek's just got her back, it would crush him to lose her. I just focus on keeping my breathing even as Deucalion talks to Derek..tries to make an offer for him to join their pack.
"I AM THE DEMON WOLF!" Cora hides behind the pillar at his loud, demanding voice. I squeeze my eyes shut when I hear the pole being ripped out of Derek, blood slipping all over the floor. I'm shoved to the floor by Ennis. I gasp for breath, my head feeling far too light.
"Are you okay?" Cora asks, skidding down beside me.
"H-him..Derek..go to h-him" I say. She nods and runs to her brother's side. It takes abit but I manage to pull myself off the floor and go to his side as well.
"You're-you're okay" Derek says, looking at me. His breathing is too quick, like he's going into shock.
"Course, you're the one dying, not me" I say with a small smile. Derek smiles but his face screws up in pain.
"Come on" Cora says, grabbing one arm. I grab his free hand, threading my fingers through his. Derek gives my hand a little squeeze. Cora watches us but doesn't say anything. Our veins turn black as we take his pain and help him heal.
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Cora and I watch from around the corner as Derek kicks Isaac out. He tells him it's too much with Cora here. Erica's up and moving, still healing, but she's mobile so she's returned home as well as Boyd. They both have cover stories for their long disappearances so everything should be fine. I may want to kick the shit out of Isaac 80% of the time but the way Derek kicked him out..throwing that glass..that wasn't right. I walk out after him. Derek's eyes widen when he sees Cora and I, when he realises we heard and saw all that.
"Where you are going?" Derek asks.
"I'm going after Isaac" I say, walking out.
"Wait, you're still healing" Derek calls out after me but I ignore him. "Ashlee!"
"She'll be back, she's just trying to help" I hear Cora tell him.
"She's being stubborn is what she's being" Derek sighs.
"And you're acting like a jealous boyfriend" Cora smirks. I hear Derek's heavy footsteps go into his room and, like an angry teenager again, slams the door shut. I almost want to go up there and apologise but I turn away. I jog through the rain, catching up to Isaac.
"He kick you out too?" Isaac asks, realising i'm beside him.
"No. I don't live there, idiot" I say. He smiles at little. "Isaac..where are you gonna go?" I ask.
"I..I don't know" he shurgs. We're both dripping from the rain.
"Come on. We have a spare room at my house" I say.
"Are you sure?" he asks.
"Of course"
"Derek won't like this" he says.
"Well, Derek shouldn't have kicked you out, knowing you have nowhere else to go" I say. "So hurry up and follow me because i'm literally soaked to the bone" Isaac starts to follow me home.
"You know..we could just strip down and stay in the woods together, naked" Isaac says, raising an eyebrow.
"Do you want a dislocated shoulder again?" I ask him, raising my eyebrow back at him.
"If it means we get to strip down and stay in woods together naked..sure" he says with his cocky smirk. I smack him in the back of the head.
"Don't make me leave you out here in the rain" he chuckles.
"It's because of Derek, isn't it?" Isaac asks.
"What do you mean?" I ask innocently, crossing the street to where there's a little shelter under the trees.
"You like him" Isaac says.
"What? No, I don't" I scoff.
"Yes you do" Isaac says, a grin coming to his lips.
"No, I don't"
"Yes. And he likes you"
"No, he doesn't" I say, turning to him.
"It's obvious..especially after what he did when we were training. As much as I hate to admit it"
"Isaac, don't be an idiot, i'm too old for you. You don't want to like someone like me" I say.
"Derek does" he shoots back, teasing again.
"Shut up. No, he doesn't" I say. Isaac smirks at me.
"And you like him" Isaac teases.
"Isaac" I warn, half-heartedly.
"Don't worry, i'm not going to tell Scott" he assures me. I nod my thanks, silently admitting to his previous statements. "So what are you two? Boyfriend and girlfriend? Fuck buddies?" Isaac asks. I raise an eyebrow at the questions.
"Neither" I say. "I..I don't know what we are" I say.
"Sorry for intruding" he says. I turn to him.
"It's okay" I say, nudging him earning me a chuckle from the male.
"I can't act like this when i'm with Derek..you know..like a kid"
"Well..you're not with Derek right now. You're with me" I say. "Besides, like 80% of my personality is childish" I chuckle. Isaac joins in and we walk into the house. "I'll take you to Scott, I need to have a shower" Isaac opens his mouth and by the smirk of his face, it's going to be sexual. "Don't even try that when you're here. Scott hears everything" I tell him. He nods and I drop him off outside Scott's room.
"If you need some company while you're in there, you know where to find me" Isaac winks. I shake my head.
"You couldn't help yourself" I shrug. "You're funeral" I leave a confused Isaac to go into my room. I grab clothes and head for the bathroom. I'm about to walk into the bathroom when Isaac's thrown out of Scott's room and into the wall. "What did I tell you?" I chuckle, going into the bathroom.
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I wake up when I hear Isaac and Scott talking about getting Mexican food. I pull myself up and go into his room.
"I want Mexican" I say, yawning. Both of their heads snap to me, only just realising i'm in the room.
"No!" they both yell. I look at them, confused.
"What?" I ask.
"Uh..we can eat alone" Isaac says.
"What happened to us? You moved on to my brother?" I joke, making Isaac smile. "Joking Scott" I say, feeling his glare.
"Just..we need to do this..alone..as in, without you" Scott says. I narrow my eyes at him.
"No. You're not going anywhere without me" I say, realising they're going to get themselves in trouble.
"Ash-"
"No. End of story" I say. Scott sighs, passing me a helmet.
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This..none of this, went according to plan. None of it. Scott was going to try to make peace with Deucalion. Derek, Boyd, Erica and Cora were never supposed to show up. An awful roar rips through the air from Cora.
"Derek!" she yells down at her brother. He lays lifeless, broken, on the esculators below. Ennis fears the same. Neither of them moving, neither of them breathing. The alphas start to get to there feet.
"C-Cora, we need to g-go" I say, pulling her away from the ledge. She struggles againist me. I can feel the tears soaking my cheeks but I feel numb. It hurts too much. Derek's dead. Cora's broken. Scott's hurt.
"No, I need to go down and-" Cora says squirming.
"He's dead" I say. Cora freezes and looks at me with wide eyes. "I'm so sorry" I breath out, more tears falling. She sobs into me. I pull her away, the alphas on thir feet. "We need to go!" I yell at the others, dragging Cora with me. I can't believe it. I can't believe Derek's dead. I craddle Cora to me in the car, letting her mourn. I can't, and don't bother to, stop the tears that fall from my own eyes. Derek's important to me..was important to me, will always be important to me. Seeing him lay there, no heartbeat, not moving..it broke my heart. Seeing Scott's devastated face, seeing his betas wide-eyed, Cora's broken, tear-soaked face..it tore my broken heart to shreds. I..I can't believe he's dead.
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