After a lot of convincing and a few promises (that odds were Mae wouldn't keep) later, she was given permission to spend the night at her friend's house. Well she told them it was a friend's house anyway. That was the closest to the truth lie that she could come up with at the time. Mae was still pretty shocked that she was given permission in the first place. Damon must have seen the value in her argument that not acting like a normal teenager would arouse suspicions that they didn't need. He even went as far to tell her that there wouldn't be any reprecussions from calling for permission instead of asking in person like she was supposed to. Mae thought something was up about that but didn't question it. Questioning it would just make things worse.

Stiles gave Mae a ride back to her house but parked far enough away so his vehicle wouldn't be seen, per the request of Mae. "If you aren't out in ten minutes I'm coming in to get you." Stiles told her as she got out of the Jeep and Mae saluted in reply.

Mae headed inside the house to find Ty sitting on the bottom of the stairs waiting for her. "Move it." Mae said in a 'not in the mood for you right now' tone. Talking to him was one of the last things that she wanted to do.

Ty stood up but he didn't move, "Mae please listen to me…"

He was cut off by Mae baring her fangs at him. "I am never going to listen to you again! I trusted you!"

Ty knew that and he regretted betraying her like that but he had to do it, "Mae, it would have been much worse if I didn't tell him. You know that. It wouldn't have just been you either that would have been punished, but me too."

Mae scoffed, "So you betrayed me to save your own fur. Nice Ty. Really nice to see where your loyalties lie."

Ty looked at her like she was crazy, "You've always known where my loyalties lie first Mae. He's my alpha, he's our alpha. Nothing about us is going to change that."

Mae didn't say anything else to Ty except for, "Get out of my way before I punch you." her fangs were present, her eyes were golden, and her fists were clenched. Mae was serious with her threat.

Ty was going to give up trying to convince her, for now, and stepped aside so Mae could go upstairs and get her things. After packing her bag she came downstairs to find her parents waiting for her near the door. There was a look of disappointment on their faces, like they were ashamed of her, of her actions. Mae went over to them and didn't say a word, their faces said it all. Mae's father opened the door for her and didn't look at her as she left.

Mae got to Stiles' Jeep and tossed her bag into the back. "Ready?" He asked as Mae got in the passenger side, "Yeah." was her relply.

Stiles waited a moment before starting the car so he could ask, "You alright Mae?"

Mae glared at him a little, "Why do you care? I mean it's not like I want your help anyway, right?"

Stiles let out a sigh, "I deserve that."

Mae just nodded in a 'no, really?' sort of way and said, "And more. Next time don't jump the gun before you have all the facts."

Stiles found that ironic since he usually was the one that worked out getting all the facts, "I'll keep that in mind." On that note Stiles started up the car and drove to Scott's house.

—-

Stiles got Mae's bag from the back of the car and carried it inside for her. Mae followed Stiles in and was surprised to see how many people were there. Scott was sitting next to an Asian girl on the couch, there was a young boy in some sort of sport's jersey, Lydia of course, a woman that she was guessing to be Scott's mom talking to Derek, and a blonde girl who came over to Stiles and wrapped her arm around him possessively. "Don't get any ideas. He's with me."

Stiles sighed, "Malia, the proper greeting would be 'Hi, I'm Malia. Nice to meet you'."

Malia rolled her eyes and was about to speak when Mae cut her off, "I got the gist." She took her bag from Stiles and set it off to the side as Stiles seemed to try to explain proper friend etiquette to Malia. From the sounds of it, it really didn't sound like it was the first time.

Scott got up from the couch and went over to Mae. "Hey, let me introduce you to everyone." Scott proceeded to introduce Mae to Kira and Liam, since she had already met Malia at the door, and then his mom. Mae just said a brief hello to everyone and put her hands in her back pockets, "So, are we going to watch a movie or what?" Mae asked since she was starting to feel uncomfortable. It was weird for her to be around so many teenagers, especially those of the supernatural variety. Damon was very…possessive of his pack. He liked keeping them as close as possible. This was going to take a little bit of getting used to.

Scott gestured to Stiles to get the movie ready when Scott's mom informed them that she was heading to work and to behave. Derek was heading out too when Mae stopped him, "You're leaving?" She asked.

Derek looked around before looking back to Mae, "This isn't my scene. You have fun, okay?" He gave Mae a kiss on the cheek and headed for the door.

Mae grabbed his wrist which made him turn around, "Please don't go. As much fun as this may be…I just…I just don't want you to go. Okay?"

The way Mae looked at him made him think of Paige even more than he had since first seeing her. He couldn't bring himself to say no and replied, "Okay."

Mae smiled after he said that and pulled him over to sit next to her on the couch.

The one named Kira came out of the kitchen with the young one Liam, both of them carrying big bowls of popcorn. Scott seemed to be in charge of the drinks. It was amusing watching him practically juggle the cans of soda he was bringing in but Lydia helped him out before he dropped any of them.

Once everything was set on the coffee table Stiles enthusiastically announced, "And now for our viewing pleasure…Star Wars! Since some of our present company has never seen it before." Stiles eyed a couple people among the group then sat down on the floor next to Malia.

Mae had a little grin on her face as an idea came to her mind to mess with Stiles a bit, "Star Wars? Okay now this is the one with Captain Kirk right?" Mae smiled wide at the groan that came from Stiles in reply.

Stiles then said, "You know I could go into a lecture about how awesome Star Wars is and how it's NOTHING like Star Trek, but I'm not going to because the movie is about to begin. So just sit back and let yourselves be educated."

Mae gave Stiles the Vulcan Live Long and Prosper hand gesture and said, "Aye, aye captain." That made Stiles look at her with narrowed eyes before turning back to face the TV. Mae had seen all the Star Wars films but she couldn't resist messing with him.

Derek could tell what Mae was doing and chuckled at her. She looked at Derek with an innocent 'what?' look on her face before laughing and grabbing some popcorn before passing it along. Sitting there with Derek and everyone else made Mae feel something that she had never really felt before; like she belonged.

—–

Mae didn't realize how tired she was because she didn't even make through half of the first movie before she fell asleep with her head on Derek's shoulder. Since 'the guest of honor' had fallen asleep Lydia took that as her cue to leave.

"I still want that explanation Derek." Lydia said to him as she looked at the sleeping Mae. Being around her sent shivers down in her spine and while part of her felt like she understood it the other part of her really didn't like it. It felt wrong to her, the fact that Mae was alive felt wrong to Lydia. There was enough on their plates for the moment so she'd wait for the info. Lydia wasn't going to wait too long though, she had her own ways of finding out information.

Derek didn't say anything to Lydia after she said that and neither confirmed nor denied that he'd give it to her. After Stiles tried to convince Lydia to stay and watch the rest of the movies with them, she finally made it out the door with Kira not too far behind since Lydia was her ride and it was getting late. Scott's plans for a pack sleepover wasn't quite going as planned but he'd make due with who stayed behind to try to convince Mae to leave her pack. Scott made a promise to Derek to try, so he would.

Derek didn't move a muscle the whole time Mae slept with her head on his shoulder. Eventually he fell asleep as well. Mae was dreaming about an event in Paige's life; she was walking down a hallway with a note in her hand. It looked like a note anyway. Mae could feel in the dream that something wasn't right but she couldn't change anything. She couldn't make Paige move away. At the end of the hall a large man appeared and his eyes glowed red. Paige tried to run away but the alpha ran after her. Just as the alpha was about to catch up, Mae awoke with a slight jolt. Now that was a dream she hadn't had before.

Mae looked at a sleeping Derek and carefully moved away from him so she could get up. Stiles and Malia were sleeping on the floor, which made Mae almost burst out laughing because Stiles was the little spoon. Scott was nowhere to be seen so she assumed that he was probably in his own room sleeping. The little wolf, Liam, wasn't in the room so she figured he probably went home along with Lydia and Kira since they weren't there either.

Once all this assumed information was taken in, Mae got off the couch and went into the kitchen. One of her assumptions was wrong when she found Liam sitting on the kitchen counter eating some ice cream out of the carton.

"That's hardly sanitary." Mae said to him in a playful, scolding tone when he was mid bite. She thought it was cute that he looked like a deer caught in the headlights in that moment. Mae then grabbed a spoon from the strainer and got on the counter next to him and took a spoonful for herself. "Oh well, not like some germs are going to kill us." She smiled and took the bite of ice cream.

Liam smiled as well and finished taking his. "Couldn't sleep?" He asked between bites.

"Weird dream." Mae replied with a mouthful of ice cream.

Liam nodded in understanding, "Same." Granted his were more nightmares than weird dreams but whatever.

"Born or bitten?" Mae then asked randomly yet curiously. The question seemed to confuse him, "What?" he asked. Mae scooped another bite, "Were you born a werewolf or bitten?" She replied, clarifying.

Liam felt stupid for not realizing that was what she was asking, "Scott bit me. You?" he answered then asked. He didn't feel weird for asking her since she had just asked him the same thing.

Mae found herself laughing at that question, "If you asked me that two days ago I would have said born, but now I think that question has a way more complicated answer attached to it."

Liam looked at Mae curiously, "Complicated isn't always a bad thing it's just…complicated." Man Liam really needed to get some sleep because even he didn't think he was making any sense. This made him laugh and Mae laugh along with him.

Meanwhile Derek had awoken and was standing outside of the kitchen, pretty much eavesdropping on Liam and Mae. Was this juvenile? Yeah, even Derek thought that but he had his reasons. Didn't he?

"So, what's your pack like?" Liam asked, which made Mae groan, "Did they make you ask me that?" she asked in reply. Liam looked confused again, "Uh, no. Just asking."

Mae shrugged at this information and took another bite of ice cream, "A lot different than this one I can tell you that. My alpha…is a…well he's a possessive whack job that I swear only keeps his betas because of some weird Stockholm syndrome like effect on them."

Liam's eyes widened, "And you're still with that guy's pack because?" he had a bit of a drawn out emphasis on the word 'becasue'.

Mae wiped some ice cream off her lip with her thumb, which Liam stared a little too long at, before she replied, "Because of my parents, but I'm starting to think they wouldn't even care. Then there's Ty, before you ask no he's not my boyfriend. More like my brother but I've recently learned that he'll side with our alpha over me no matter what."

Liam tapped his spoon on the ice cream carton a couple times and asked again, "And you're still with that guy's pack because?" His repeated question made Mae laugh in an 'I can't believe it' way, "You know, I'm starting to wonder myself." she admitted.

Derek was starting to give Liam a bit more credit now. Not only was he the main part in saving Scott from being a berserker, he was able to convince Mae that staying in her pack probably wasn't the best idea. Derek found himself a little jealous of the kid for being able to achieve something that he wasn't able to. This feeling did not sit with Derek well and while he was giving Liam credit where it was due, he was really starting to not want Liam and Mae getting too close to each other. Jeeze, he was starting to feel like a scheming, jealous, teenager. Derek decided to head back to the couch before he got caught in the act of eavesdropping by anyone.

Mae and Liam finished up the carton of ice cream then decided to try to get some sleep. They quietly went back into the living room and everyone was where they were when Mae went into the kitchen. Except for Derek, he looked like he'd stirred around or something after she got up. Liam climbed back into his sleeping bag on the floor while Mae grabbed a blanket and went back on the couch. She knew she should have slept on the other end of it but went ahead and did what she wanted anyway. Mae laid her head on Derek's leg like he was her own personal pillow and snuggled into the blanket. Because she was facing away, and her eyes on the verge of closing, she didn't see the little smile on Derek's face. Liam couldn't see it either but he could see how Mae was getting comfortable to get to sleep and he was starting to think that he didn't have a chance in the world with her.

—–

Mae had dreamt the same dream over again and was jolted awake at the same time during it. At least this time when she did wake up, it was at a more appropriate hour. "You okay?" She heard a voice ask from across the room.

Liam was rolling up his sleeping bag and was the one that asked. Mae realized that she wasn't sleeping on Derek anymore, but a pillow. He wasn't anywhere in sight for that matter. Mae rubbed her eye a little nodded nodded as she sat up to answer Liam's question, "Yeah, I'm alright." Seeing that Malia and Stiles weren't asleep on the floor she asked, "They leave already?"

Liam shook his head, "Nope, they're in the kitchen. I think Stiles is trying to teach Malia how to make eggs or something." Based off the smells coming from the kitchen they didn't seem to be succeeding. "I foresee donuts and coffee in the near future." Mae said with a laugh.

Liam's nose scrunched up a bit at the smell and replied, "I'm with you on that one." they both chuckled a bit after that.

As if on cue Derek and Scott came through the front door with donuts and coffee. "My saviors!" Mae cried out in glee, "How did you know?"

Derek handed Mae the bag that he was biting onto since his hands were full then answered, "Stiles and Malia in the kitchen? Do you have to even ask?"

Mae laughed and climbed off the back of the couch and followed Derek into the kitchen.

Liam hung back for a minute to watch her and Scott noticed this, "Are you crushing on her?" Scott asked Liam a little teasingly.

Liam felt like he was blushing but didn't even know if werewolves could blush or not, "What? No!" He replied too quickly and defensively.

Scott just said, "Uh huh." And handed Liam one of the trays of coffee to carry.

Liam had an 'oh, shut up' look on his face directed towards Scott as he took the coffee and went into the kitchen.

—-

Mae couldn't remember the last time she had laughed this much, truly laughed. That Saturday morning had to be one of the best she'd ever had. Mae could see that this pack wasn't just that, but a family. She never thought that there was an alpha out there like Scott who actually cared, really cared for his betas and even those who weren't his betas. It was the complete flip side of what her pack was like. Even though Mae hadn't said it aloud, or even really admitted it to herself, she had made her choice. Destiny or whatever supernatural hubbub that brought her here was obviously trying to give her a message. Mae wasn't going to be so quick to ignore it this time. No matter the consequenses that might come from it.

—–

A few hours later it was time for Mae to head back to her house. Stiles drove her again and parked far enough away once more. After Stiles parked the car he said, "You were just messing with me about the movie weren't you?"

Mae looked at him with a wide grin on her face.

"I knew it." He replied a bit dramatically.

Mae laughed, "I warned you I was going to get back at you."

Stiles had no argument with her there.

"Thanks for the ride. See ya spazz boy." Mae grabbed her bag and hopped out of the car, making her way to the house. She was so…happy really that she had completely forgotten the fact that she was an hour later than she told Damon she'd be home by.

Mae walked into the house and dropped her bag to the side. She turned around to head for the living room and was instantly greeted by a back hand. This caught Mae off guard and she staggered back a little.

Damon growled as he got closer to her. "You're late."

Mae shot back, "So what?! I came back didn't I?"

Damon took that differently than she had meant it, "Were you considering leaving?" He asked her with a growl to his tone as he grabbed Mae by her shirt and pulled her closer. "And where do you think you'd go pup? You're nothing without this pack."

Mae looked away from Damon until she heard him tell her that she was nothing without this pack. That made her eyes turn yellow as she slowly turned to stare her alpha down. "I am more than you'll ever know!" She shouted back at him.

Damon was not pleased and threw Mae into the wall. She cried out a bit on impact which made her parents and Ty come running downstairs. Damon's daughter was probably being the 'perfect little girl' and stayed up in her room.

Ty's first instinct was to rush to Mae's side but Damon's eyes turned red as he ordered Ty to stay put. "It's time for hear to learn." Damon spoke while in his full Alpha form.

Mae got herself to her feet and Damon took another swing at her. Mae defended herself but Damon was stronger than she was and threw her aside again with ease. He kicked her when she was down, "You need to learn your lesson pup!" Damon kept repeating as he kicked her. Damon picked up a beaten Mae and drew his claws. He was half tempted to kill his beta right then and there but was pulled from these thoughts when a knock came from the door. Damon looked at Ty silently telling him to go see who it was.

Ty was silently grateful for the distraction and opened the door to find the human that had brought her books by the previous day standing there.

"Hey! I'm Stiles, Mae around?" Stiles had gotten a call from Lydia. She was freaking out about Mae saying that she had already died but wasn't dead and was about to die again but couldn't let that happen, or something along those lines. It was one the clearest 'messages' Lydia had ever gotten about someone's death so she called Stiles to tell him. He was the first person that came to her mind to call and it was lucky she had because he was the closest one in proximity to Mae.

Ty blocked Stiles' view when he tried to look around the door. "Mae's busy. She'll call you later."

Stiles wasn't going to accept that, even though he knew he couldn't take on a wolf "Oh come on, I literally dropped her off less than five minutes ago. How busy could she have gotten within five minutes?"

Ty was not having any luck getting rid of Stiles so Damon was going to take a whack at it, literally if need be. "There a problem?" Damon asked, directed towards Stiles.

Stiles replied, "Nope, just looking for Mae." While Stiles was trying everything he could to either get inside or have them send Mae out, Mae had a different idea in mind. She was hurt as hell but she wasn't going to stick around and let history repeat itself with her death. Mae tried to get out the back door but she was blocked by her parents.

"You need to listen to your alpha." Her father said firmly as he mother tried to guide her back deeper in the house.

Mae could feel her faster than normal healing kick in double time. Her eyes were yellow as she looked at her father. With a firm tone of her own she said, "He has never been my alpha!" Mae headbutted her mother and elbowed her hard. Her father rushed towards her but he was never much of a fighter. Damon really only wanted him for his smarts anyway. Mae clawed her way past her father and out the back door.

By this time Damon had already thrown Stiles out and he was headed back to his jeep. Mae ran as fast as her still healing body could with her parents not too far behind. Stiles was just starting his jeep when Mae quickly got inside, "GO!" She screamed which startled him but with Mae's parents coming from one direction, Ty and Damon coming from another, he wasn't going to waste any time. Stiles put his car in gear and got the hell out of dodge.

—-

Stiles brought Mae to Derek's loft. He was still freaking out a bit, thinking that they had managed to follow them there. Mae was still sore but she was almost fully healed. Stiles was pacing back and forth in the loft when Mae filled Derek, Scott and Liam in. Stiles called Scott and told him to meet them at Derek's loft. Since Liam was with Scott at the time, he brought him along.

Mae was getting to the end of the what happened when Stiles chimed in as he bit his nails nervously, "Next time I am not being the getaway driver. Got it?!"

No one really replied to that since they were more focused on what had just happened to her. "How come you heal so fast?" Liam asked Mae since she looked even more healed then than when she got there earlier.

"I guess I was given a little something extra to make sure I'm kept around longer this time." Mae looked at Derek when she said this because she knew he'd know what she meant.

Derek looked like a volcano about to explode. He wanted to go over to that house and rip that pack to shreds. Damon especially. Scott could see this clearly, "Derek, you have got to try to stay calm."

Derek shook his head, "I'm going to kill them."

Scott sighed, "Why is killing still the first plan of attack? Can someone please explain that to me?"

Mae got up from the couch and went over to Derek, "No one is killing anyone, you hear me? I'm not going to let you get their blood on your hands. Besides, no offense Derek, but Damon is the strongest wolf I have ever seen. Even before he became an alpha he was a force to be reckoned with." Mae was not going to risk losing Derek, no matter how much she wanted Damon to pay. "But I can't control your actions, just like you can't control mine. So, if you're going then so am I."

Derek looked at Mae like she was crazy, a look she'd been getting a lot lately, "You're not going anywhere." He said to her, to which she replied, "Then you're not going anywhere either."

Derek was about to reply to that when Lydia showed up and looked exasperated. "Okay! I have tried being patient about this but I am soooo sick of it." She looked at Derek and Mae, "How are you not dead? I feel like you should be dead. I also feel like that you have to be kept alive. So will someone please tell what the heck the story is!" Lydia wasn't going to take any sort of answer but the one that she was looking for.

Derek and Mae looked at each other. Mae said with a sigh, "I guess it's story time."

Lydia threw up her hands, "Finally!" She then went over to the couch and crossed one leg over the other after taking a seat. "Well," She said, "I'm ready." Lydia's personality was going to take Mae some getting used to but at the moment she sucked it up and went over with Derek to tell Lydia and everyone else there the story.

—-

Once everything was explained, exactly how Paige died was left out again, Liam look like he was trying to wrap his mind around it. Scott looked like the past couple days had finally been explained in a way that made sense. Stiles wasn't really phased since he had already heard the story which bugged Mae, and Lydia…well Lydia looked like she was processing everything she heard. Lydia pouted out her lips in thought, "Interesting." Was all she said as she thought some more. "You technically have already died. So that feeling makes sense but now…I'm trying to figure out why you have to be kept alive this time."

Mae looked uncomfortable at that comment.

Liam then chimed in, "Extra fast werewolf healing power and a banshee who feels like you have to stay alive? I think you're right Mae. Something really wants to make sure you stick around this time."

Mae looked at Derek in question, hoping he'd have the answer. Unfortunately he had the same look of question on his face as she had on hers. "That's not comforting." Mae said to Derek after seeing the look on his face. Mae crossed her arms and slouched down a bit in her seat. Could things get any weirder for her in Beacon Hills? Mae didn't know, none of them did but she had a feeling that they were soon going to find out.

(End Chapter 6)