Hello my dears, thanks for favoriting, following, and reviewing. I must warn you now mid-terms start this Thursday and end next Thursday so I might not be able to update often because I have to study. But I hope to see all of you wonderful readers afterwards. And to the guest who asked me when Gerard and Derek decide who's going to keep Stiles; you're just going to have to wait and find out ;) I have a surprise for you guys. Okay, enjoy! Review and leave suggestions xx

Ch7

Where did this week go? Between Stiles going to school and catching up on house work it's already Saturday night and I have that date with Audrey. I'm so nervous. Thought Derek. "Whatcha doin'?" asked Stiles? "Getting ready to go out." Derek answered. "Can I come?" Stiles begged. "Not this time bud, I'm going out with a friend." Derek said. "But, Derek. You're my friend. Nobody else can have you." Stiles cried. "You're not leaving me are you, you're not gonna leave like mommy?" Stiles began to panic.

Derek bent down and placed his hands on Stiles' shoulder. "I told you I'd be your friend forever, remember?" Derek consoled. "Yeah, I remember." Stiles breathed. "I'll be back before you know it. Mrs. White is going to watch you. She made cookies for you." Derek said. "Alright!" Stiles cheered. "What's your friend's name?" "Her name is Audrey." Derek answered. "Is she pretty? Is she nice? What's her favorite color? Does she like dinosaurs? How about the color red? Does she want you to be her boyfriend? Do you want to be her boyfriend? Will you kiss her? I think you should so she can come back and play with my dinosaurs. Will she like me?" Stiles rambled on.

The doorbell rang, "Why don't you go ask her yourself." Derek insisted. Stiles ran from Derek's bedroom to answer the door. Stiles jiggled the knob before opening it. "Hi there, sweetheart." The girl said. "Are you Audrey?" Stiles asked. "Yes I am. Who are you?" Audrey asked back. "I'm Stiles, I like dinosaurs and Derek is my best friend so you can only be his friend. Not his best friend because that's me." Stiles said. "Nice to meet you Stiles, and don't worry, you can have Derek as your best friend." Audrey laughed. "Thank you. Oh I think you're very pretty." Stiles blushed. "Thank you; you're quite the handsome little boy." Audrey smiled. Stiles blushed again, "Wanna see my dinosaurs, Audrey?" Stiles asked. "Sure, dinosaurs are cool." Audrey replied. "Yeah, they're even cooler than the color red and cooler than Derek. You have to be pretty cool to be cooler than Derek." Stiles stated.

Stiles grabbed Audrey by her hand and pulled her over to the heap of dinosaurs in front of the TV. and told her about each one. "This one is my favorite. I named him Derek, after my Derek. He is a Brontanto Saurus." Stiles informed her. Audrey giggled at Stiles' pronunciation of Brontosaurs. "He's pretty cool, Stiles." Audrey smiled. "Yeah, isn't he? So, do you want to be Derek's girlfriend?" Stiles asked nonchalantly. "Stiles!" Derek said sternly. "Look! There he is, Audrey!" Stiles shouted in excitement. Stiles ran over to Derek, "I really like Audrey; she told me I was handsome and that she thinks dinosaurs are cool." Derek laughed. "Sorry if he talked your ear off. He does that pretty often." Derek apologized. "It's fine. He's quite a delight." Audrey grinned. Derek took a good look at Audrey. Her dark wavy hair stops just past her shoulders, she has big, bright, brown eyes, her skin is very light; like an ivory; she has on this purple dress that stops a little past the knee; it showed off her curves very nicely, she has a large bust, and a very pretty face. "Wow." Derek said in awe. Audrey blushed. "Wow to you, too." She replied. Derek shook his head and looked over at the door. Mrs. White walked in, "Hello everyone, Mrs. America has arrived." "Thanks so much again, Mrs. White." Derek greeted her. "Not a problem, Stiles is a joy." She said while placing the cookies down on the kitchen table. "Hi Mrs. White!" Stiles shouted. "Hi, honey." She replied with a smile. "Hello honey is right. Who is this beautiful young lady?" "Hi, I'm Audrey. Lovely meeting you." Audrey smiled. "The pleasure is mine. Now run along you two, go have fun. Go on, get." Mrs. White encouraged.

Derek opened the door for Audrey and was about to leave before Stiles shouted his name. "Derek! Wait!" Stiles ran over to Derek and gave him a hug. Don't forget to come back, okay? Promise?" Stiles searched Derek's face with desperation. "Stiles, I'll be home no later than 11:30, okay? I promise." Derek assured. Stiles sighed in relief and went to play with his dinosaurs and eat some cookies.

Closing the door behind them Audrey said, "Wow, Stiles is really attached to you. He must really love you, huh? I bet you make a pretty great best friend." "Yeah, it's strange; I've only had him for like a week. I don't know why he likes me so much." Derek said. "Aren't you his father?" Audrey asked. "Yeah, but I only just found out last Saturday. It's a long story. He's a good kid." Derek stated. "He doesn't know, does he?" Audrey asked solemnly. "No, I don't know how to tell him." Derek sighed. "Well, don't worry about it right now. The right time will come. So, what are you feeling for dinner?" Audrey asked. "Um, we can go to Luca's." Derek offered. "Sounds good to me." Audrey smiled.

Audrey and Derek walked to Luca's. "How many?" The host asked when they arrived. "Two." Derek said. "Follow me." The host instructed. The host lead them to a small, private booth by the window. "Here you are. Enjoy." He grinned. "Thanks." Derek and Audrey said in unison.

"What do you feel like having?" Audrey asked, flipping through the menu. "Steak sounds good to me." Derek stated. "I'll go with a salad, I think." Audrey said. Closing there menu Derek said, "So, tell me about yourself." "Well," Audrey began, "I'm a lawyer and I'm currently working on a big murder case. Good thing I'm not defending him because it is not looking good." "Cool, my dad is a lawyer too." Derek stated. "What do you do?" Audrey asked. "I am a stay at home dad. Thought I'd test those waters. I have been thinking about getting a job, I just don't know where I want to go though." Derek replied. "That's cool. Stiles is a good kid. I'd want to be around him all the time, too. I get that you want to take your time picking out your job." Audrey said. "I went to law school, I just; this might sound awful but, I just didn't want to end up like my dad." Derek sighed. "I guess you two don't have that great of a relationship." Audrey suggested. "Not at all." Derek replied. "So, tell me about Stiles." Audrey poked. "Well, he is my son. His mother left me before she told me she was pregnant. Her name is Kate. She is dating some man named Carlos. I woke up last Saturday morning to a loud crash. I run down stairs thinking someone broke in or it was my cousin, Scott; nope there stood Stiles with milk all over the floor and cereal no where near the bowl. He handed me a note from my ex stating he is mine and that he's my problem now. She isn't coming back for him. I know it. She left on 'vacation' with Carlos." Derek told her. "Wow that was awful of her." Audrey gasped. "Yeah, but she wants to send her father up here to get Stiles within the month or next month. I don't think I'll be able to give him up." Derek sighed. "Well you can fight for him." Audrey reminded Derek. The food arrived, "Let's worry about this when the time comes." Derek said.

Audrey and Derek spent all of dinner getting to know each other. After paying the bill Derek decided they hit some bars. "How about this place?" Derek asked pointing at a lively bar." Audrey looked in and shook her head in agreement. Derek ordered a beer and Audrey ordered an apple martini. "Are lawyers allowed to drink while in the middle if a case?" Derek asked. "How do you think I stay sane?" Audrey laughed. "My dad use to be a big drinker." Derek said. "So was mine." Audrey sighed. "Hey, can we do this again sometime?" Derek asked. "I'd love to." Audrey replied. "Bring Stiles next time. I'd love to get to know him." Audrey smiled. "Oh don't you worry, he'll talk your ears off." Derek laughed. The two of them sat in the bar talking it up like old friends. I could definitely get use to having her around, thought Derek.

Derek looked at his watch and saw it was 12:30. Shit, Stiles. "Hey, let's get outta here, I'll walk you home." Derek offered. "Audrey hopped off the bar stool and grabbed Derek's hand. "Where do you live?" Derek asked. "Right down this way. It's about a 5 block walk." Audrey answered. They began there walk back to Audrey's. "I had a great time tonight, Derek." Audrey said. "Yeah, me too." Derek agreed. "I'll call you again really soon, I promise." "Good, because I really like you." Audrey smiled. They walked in tandem, hand in hand, in silence just enjoying each other's company.

"Here we are." Audrey stated. "Good night." Audrey smiled. Derek smiled back, leaned in and kissed her. "Good night, Audrey." Derek replied. Audrey blushed and put her hair behind her ears. Derek watched her until she was safely in her house. Derek then ran home to Stiles. Shit, I can't believe I lost track of time. He's probably so upset.

Derek got home and found another note on his door. Oh God, what is it this time? Do I have a long lost brother or something? It was Mrs. White.

Derek, Stiles is safely and quietly in bed. Mr. White needed me. Sorry. Hope you had a wonderful night.

-Mrs. White

Derek ran up the stair to see Stiles. Just like he thought; Stiles was in his bed sobbing and choking. He's having another panic attack. "Hey, hey buddy. What's wrong? Why are you crying?" Stiles stood up and jumped into Derek's arms. "I-I th-thought y-you weren't coming b-back and that I'd be alone. I though you f-forgot about me and Audrey became your new b-b-best friend and you went to live with her instead of m-me!" Stiles cried. Trying to gasp for air, Stiles reached for his inhaler that he found in his bag. "I would never do that to you. Stiles." Derek sighed. "I'm always going to be here for you. I just lost track of time, kiddo. It won't happen again. I promise." Derek soothed while rubbing circles on Stiles' back with his knuckles. Stiles buried his face in Derek's neck again and they stood like that for awhile. Rubbing Stiles' back helped him calm down and get his breathing back to normal.

Stiles pulled away and crawled over to his pillow. "Derek, stay." Stiles pleaded. Derek made his way over to his bed and reached for his shorts and t-shirt. Quickly throwing them on, he sat down next to Stiles. He checked his phone before shutting it off for the night.

There was a new text message from an unknown number. He opened the message and read it.

Hello Derek. This is Gerard Stiles' grandfather. I am coming earlier than expected. I am coming next week to retrieve Stiles and bring him home with me. Hope all is doing well and I will see you then. Also, don't bother trying to keep him from me; I have all the paper work making me his new guardian.

Derek quickly shut his phone off and sucked in a breath of air. Oh, God. They're really gonna take him from me, aren't they? I need a lawyer. Kate is doing this on purpose.

"Derek?" Stiles called out. "Sorry bud." Derek lied down in bed and Stiles crawled over to him resting his head on Derek's chest. "Night-night, Derek." Stiles sighed tiredly. "Night kiddo." Derek whispered. "I love you, Derek." Stiles yawned. Derek's eyes widened at the words that just came out of Stiles' mouth. He's so tired, he probably didn't mean them or even realized he said them. Stiles stared up at Derek waiting for an answer. I l-love you too, Stiles." Derek whispered back.